| Rey Mysterio, Jr:
619 Rey Mysterio
Jr is one of the best high-flyers in the wrestling world today.
He was in the original 4-man line-up of The Filthy Animals, and
is one of the most recognizable athletes in professional
wrestling.
Rey started out as a wrestler at the age of 16 in Mexico under
the name 'Colibri'. This was after only two years of training by
his uncle, Rey Mysterio. After wrestling independent shows in
California, and after his success south of the border, his uncle
persuaded him to change his ring name to 'Rey Mysterio Jr'.
They began tagging together
drawing much fan support and after Rey Mysterio jumped ship to
the AAA, Jr. went along with him.
Many stories have been told that
Rey used to do his Math Homework in the locker room before
matches, but he soon left High School in the 11th grade to
become a full-time wrestler.
He soon found his ideal opponent:
Juventud Guerrera. The two had many memorable matches, and both
Rey Mysterio and Fuerza Guerrera (Juvi's father) became involved
in the feud. He also fought Psychosis to many classic matches.
They claim to have wrestled each other over 150 times.
Jr soon found major fan support
abroad as he wrestled briefly in Japan and then had a short
stint with ECW. Then WCW gave him a call.
The US fans were amazed at Rey's
high flying talent and good mat skills. The match which is
thought to establish him as a star was his win over Psychosis at
Bash at the Beach 1996. Mysterio reversed a Splash Mountain into
a hurricanrana of the top-rope to seal the win in the opening
bout of the card. This was the same night in which the nWo
formed.
He went on to have famous clashes
with Jushin 'Thunder' Liger and Eddy Guerrero, the last of which
was when Guerrero pinned Rey at Halloween Havoc '98. As a result
of this, Jr was forced to join the LWO. At first he was a
reluctant member of the group, not happy with their evil ways
and cheating during matches. But when the rest of the faction
took the money from Ric Flair to stop the madness, Rey
surprisingly kept on his shirt.
When the nWo Wolfpac reformed,
they went on a mission to destroy any other organizations. With
Rey the sole member left, he refused to take off the LWO shirt,
and Konnan defended him for it. As a result. 'K-Dogg' was booted
from the Wolfpac.
This led to a tag-team match
against Kevin Nash and Lex Luger at Superbrawl '99, where the
stipulation was Rey's mask against Miss Elizabeth's hair. After
interference, Rey and Konnan went down to a loss and Mysterio
was forced to unmask. This perhaps was blessing in disguise, as
it only earned him more popularity.
Rey wanted revenge on Nash, and
he pinned him cleanly in the middle of the ring on NITRO the day
after Superbrawl. He then went on a winning streak, defeating
Super-Heavyweights Scott Norton and Bam Bam Bigelow in
consecutive weeks. When Nash and Rey met again at Uncensored,
'The Giant Killer' was on the verge of victory, until Lex Luger
interfered and Nash got the win.
After this, he started tagging
with Kidman, and they won the Tag Team Championship after
feuding with Dean Malenko/Chris Benoit and Raven/Perry Saturn.
Rey then went on to capture the World Cruiserweight Title for a
record fifth time.
Rey then joined the ultimately
unsuccessful No Limit Soldiers group with Konnan, but when it
collapsed, he formed The Filthy Animals along with Konnan,
Kidman and long-time enemy Eddy Guerrero.
After feuding with The
Revolution, he was sidelined with a knee injury. After returning
when Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff came to power in WCW, he had
a brief stay in the New Blood faction with the rest of the
Animals, and soon it was revealed that Tygress was his
girlfriend.
The Filthy Animals soon turned
face again, and have more popularity than ever.
After some absents Mysterio came
back but this time in the WWE and got a shot at the
Cruiserweight championship at WrestleMania XIX against Matt
Hardy. After a loss at WrestleMania Rey Mysterio is off to
bigger things in his career!
The DVD Features 10 Bonus Matches
Including:
-Rey Mysterio vs. Dean Malenko at
Great American Bash '96
-Rey Mysterio vs. Dean Malenko at Nitro '96
-Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero at Smackdown '02 (WWE debut)
-Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit at Smackdown '02
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Rating: TV-14
(L-V-D)
Format: DVD
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