Rey Mysterio
Rey Mysterio, Sr., is a Mexican professional wrestler , trainer and actor, as well as the uncle of well-known luchador Rey Mysterio, Jr. His name directly translates to "King Mystery" in English. He was one of the top stars and promoters in Mexico throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Professional wrestling career:
Mysterio first began training to be a boxer, but after his body got bigger, he took a lot of bumps and lost some of his punching ability. When his trainers told him that he could still punch hard, they told Mysterio about wrestling. His brother soon began to take him to train for wrestling and lucha libre. On the sixth of January, 1976, Mysterio finally made his debut as a wrestler on a show called "Day of the Kings", or Día de los Reyes.He appeared at World Championship Wrestling's Starrcade 1990 Pay-Per-View event where he teamed with Konnan and competed in the "Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup" representing Mexico. In the first round the team defeated Chris Adams and Norman Smiley representing the United Kingdom, but lost to The Steiner Brothers in the second round.
Training:
In 1987, Mysterio opened a gym with Negro Casas and Super Astro. His first class included future international superstars such as Konnan, Psicosis, Halloween, Damian 666 and his nephew Rey Mysterio.Mysterio is also known to have trained wrestlers like Cassandro, Eiji Ezaki, Extassis, Extreme Tiger, Fobia, Misterioso, Pequeno Damian 666, Ruby Gardenia, Warlord, Venom Black, and X-Torm.
Personal life
Mysterio is the uncle of wrestler Rey Mysterio and father of El Hijo de Rey Mysterio.He is featured in the horror film El Mascarado Massacre (or Wrestle maniac).
In wrestling
· Finishing moves :
· Signature moves
Championships and accomplishments:
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
· IWC Television Championship (1 time)
IWC World Middleweight Championship (2 time)
PWI ranked him #373 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003
PWI ranked him #212 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2004
· Pro Wrestling Revolution
· Revolution Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with El Hijo de Rey Mysterio
· Tijuana Wrestling
America's Championship (1 time)
Baja California Middleweight Championship (1 time)
Tijuana Tag Team Championship (3 times) - Saeta Oriental (1), Pequeño Apolo / Super Astro (1) and Rey Guerrero (1)
Tijuana Welterweight Championship (1 time)
WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rey Misterio, Jr.
· World Wrestling Organization
· WWO World Championship (1 time)
· Xtreme Latin American Wrestling
XLAW Extreme Championship (2 time)
