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Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, better known by his ring names Rey Misterio, Jr., Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Rey Mysterio (born December 11, 1974 in San Diego, California) is a Mexican-American professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the SmackDown! brand.

Early career

Mexico

Gutierrez is a luchador as is his uncle and trainer, Rey Misterio, Sr. He debuted as a wrestler in April 1989 at the age of 14 in Tijuana, Mexico. He was too young to wrestle in the United States (U.S.) and athletic commission there would not give him a license at his young age. Technically, he was also underage in Mexico, but enforcement was generally lax. In Mexico, using the stage name Colibri (hummingbird in Spanish), he began a feud with another luchador, Psicosis (who was also trained by Rey Misterio, Sr.). This feud lasted several years even after Gutierrez's career moved to the U.S. When he turned 18, his uncle allowed him to use the ring name "Rey Misterio, Jr." Gutierrez later changed the spelling to "Rey Mysterio, Jr." and eventually dropped the "Junior".

Extreme Championship Wrestling

In 1995 he defeated Psicosis during their debut match on Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). This match was their first real impact in American professional wrestling, outside of the WCW-promoted When Worlds Collide pay-per-view (PPV). Their feud stopped for a while after a Mexican Death Match in November 1995 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. Mysterio also appeared at ECW One Night Stand reunion show where he defeated Psicosis again.

World Championship Wrestling

In 1996, he joined Psicosis in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), continuing their feud on and off for a few years. Mysterio would find success there, winning several WCW Cruiserweight Championships.

In 1999 he was involved in a feud with Kevin Nash. The feud with Nash culminated in a Caballera vs. Mascara Match (Hair vs. Mask) in which Mysterio lost. Unmasked, he still had a moderately successful career in WCW with The Filthy Animals until it was sold to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001. Rey then went back to Mexico to work for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, where he fought in some high profile matches.

World Wrestling Entertainment

In 2002, Mysterio signed with WWE, but was asked to wear the mask again. In Mexico, one could be fined or even have their license suspended in lucha libre by the Box y Lucha Commission for this; there, once a wrestler loses his mask, he cannot regain it. In deference to this tradition, Mysterio continues to not wear a mask when performing in Mexico. This includues non-wrestling appearances in the Rey Mysterio: 619 DVD produced by WWE, although he wore a mask on the recent tour in Mexico on January 1 and January 20, 2006.

Mysterio is known for his aerial wrestling techniques and has won the WCW/WWE Cruiserweight championship eight times - more than anyone else in history. Rey also performed on the WWE Originals CD (2004) with a bilingual song called "Crossing Borders". The song served as the official theme song for 2004's No Way Out PPV event in San Francisco, California where he was defeated by Chavo Guerrero, Jr. for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

Relationship with Eddie Guerrero

On February 20, 2005, Mysterio won his third ever WWE Tag-Team Championship with long time friend, and former rival, Eddie Guerrero. They won by defeating Doug Basham and Danny Basham (a.k.a The Basham Brothers) at the 2005 No Way Out. However, in a departure from traditional booking, the new champions did not defend their titles at WrestleMania 21 on April 3, 2005, but instead faced one another, with Mysterio winning. This led to storyline in which the team broke up and had Guerrero turn heel. According to the storyline, Mysterio was absent from SmackDown! due to an attack by Guerrero. Mysterio returned at Judgment Day and won against Guerrero again, who went on to attack Mysterio repeatedly with a steel chair.

Guerrero and Mysterio continued to feud, with Guerrero threatening to reveal a secret he and Mysterio shared involving Mysterio's son, Dominik. According to kayfabe, unless Mysterio defered to Guerrero's authority, he threatented to go public with the secret. A match was scheduled for the July 24, 2005 during the Great American Bash, with stipulations that if Mysterio won, Guerrero would not tell the secret, but if Guerrero won, he would. Mysterio defeated Guerrero with his son at ringside.

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