Rey Mysterio is a frontrunner in professional wrestling, opening doors for other minor luchadores to be taken seriously as competitors and it seems like WWE will give him massive credit for his achievements.
WWE issued a press release saying they will be celebrating Month of Mystery throughout August to honor the two decades since the luchador made his debut with the company. It said that in addition to celebrating “Raw” next Monday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, the company will be sharing social media posts, rare photos, original video features, a career retrospective and an in-depth exploration of its key content becomes iconic masks and its impact on business as recounted by his peers. Fans can use the #MonthOfMysterio hashtag on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to share their favorite moments and memories.
Mysterio signed with the company back in 2002. He made his in-ring debut on the July 25, 2002 episode of “Smackdown” in a match with Chavo Guerrero. In May 2003, he won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship before losing it to Tajiri later that year. He then descended into a feud with Eddie Guerrero, which culminated in a ladder match for custody of Rey’s son Dominik at SummerSlam and a rematch in a steel cage on Smackdown. Rey won the Royal Rumble in 2006 and went on to win the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 22. He would go on to win the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania before parting ways with the company in 2015.
Mysterio made a surprise return to WWE during the 2018 Men’s Royal Rumble match. He re-signed with the company in September of that year. He won the Money In The Bank US Championship in 2019 and became a WWE Grand Slam Champion. Since 2020 he has mainly performed in a tag team with his son Dominik. The father-son duo won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship last year.
The Mysterios will face off against The Judgment Day’s Finn Balor and Damian Priest in a tag team match at Madison Square Garden on the July 26 episode of “Raw.”
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