Rey Mysterio

Oscar Gutierrez (born December 11, 1974) better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is a Mexican American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its SmackDown brand. Mysterio trained in and started his career in the lucha libre style of Mexico and has achieved success in the heavyweight, cruiserweight and tag team divisions throughout his career. Before wrestling with WWE, Mysterio had notable tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1996 to 2001 as well as with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1996.

Mysterio is known for having a high flying style, which helped kick-start the cruiserweight wrestling revolution in the United States in the late 1990s during his time in WCW. He has been a World Cruiserweight Champion a record-setting eight times. In WWE, Mysterio has won the World Heavyweight Championship once, the WWE World Cruiserweight Championship three times, the WWE World Tag Team Championship four times and the WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship twice, making him the 21st person to win the Triple Crown Championship. Mysterio was also the winner of 2006 Royal Rumble. In WCW, Mysterio won the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship five times, the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times and the last WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship once with Billy Kidman as part of the Filthy Animals.

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