Rey_Misterio,_Sr.

Rey Misterio

Rey Misterio

Mexican professional wrestler and trainer (born 1958)

This article is about the Mexican retired professional wrestler. For his nephew, see Rey Mysterio. For his son, see El Hijo de Rey Misterio.

Miguel Ángel López Díaz (born January 8, 1958) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler and trainer, better known by his ring name, Rey Misterio ("Mystery King"). He is also referred to as Rey Misterio Sr. to distinguish him from his nephew.[1]

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Professional wrestling career

Misterio 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 Misterio about wrestling. His brother soon began to take him to train for wrestling and lucha libre. On the sixth of January 1976, Misterio finally made his debut as a wrestler on a show called "Day of the Kings", or Día de los Reyes.

Misterio 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.[2]

Training

In 1987, Misterio 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. Misterio is also known to have trained wrestlers such as Cassandro, Eiji Ezaki, Extassis, Extreme Tiger, Fobia, Misterioso, Pequeño Damián 666, Ruby Gardenia, The Warlord, and Venum Black.

Personal life

Misterio's son is also a wrestler, who wrestles under the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio. Misterio is also the uncle of wrestlers Rey Mysterio and Metalika, grand uncle to Dominik Mysterio and brother-in-law to Super Astro.[3] He is featured in the horror film El Mascarado Massacre (or Wrestlemaniac).[4]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
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    Last two men in an eight-man Steel cage match.
  2. [N 2]
    Last two men in a Steel cage match that also included El Hijo de Rey Misterio and Super Parka.

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    "Rey Misterio". Cagematch.net. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. [2]
    Scott E. Williams (8 March 2016). Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW. Sports Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-61321-873-0.
  3. [3]
    "Rey Mysterio Jr". Slam! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. April 26, 2005. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved 2008-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. [4]
    Oliver, G. "WWE Meets Horror!". IGN. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
  5. [5]
    "Rey Misterio, Sr". Online World of Wrestling.
  6. [6]
    Bryan Curtis. "The Tijuana Sports Hall of Fame". Grantland.
  7. [7]
    "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Psicosis (in Spanish). Mexico. October 2007. p. 60. Tomo III.
  8. [8]
    "SLAM! Wrestling International -- 2000: The Year-In-Review Mexico". Slam Wrestling!. Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. [9]
    Guzmán, Alejandro (November 8, 2018). "5 importantes cabelleras ganadas por idolos Tijuanenses". TJ Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved November 8, 2018.

References

  • Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 389–402. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  • "Luchas 2000". Rey Misterio (in Spanish). Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. pp. 26–27. Especial 20.
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