Rey Misterio

Mexican professional wrestler and trainer (born 1958)

Rey Misterio
Birth name	Miguel Ángel López Díaz
Born	(1958-01-08) January 8, 1958 (age 66) Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico^[1]
Family	El Hijo de Rey Misterio (son)^[1] Rey Mysterio (Jr.) (nephew) Dominik Mysterio (grand nephew) Aalyah Mysterio (grand niece) King Rey Mysterio^[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Bull Rider^[1] El Genio^[1] Rayman^[1] Maravilla Blanca^[1] Rey Misterio^[1] Rey Misterio Sr.^[1]
Billed height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]
Billed weight	98 kg (216 lb)^[1]
Trained by	Atila^[1] Chamaco Martínez^[1] El Egipcio^[1] El Enfermero^[1] Enrique Torres^[1] El Faraón^[1] El Solitario^[1]
Debut	January 6, 1973^[1]
Retired	2009^[1]

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]

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

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
- IWC World Middleweight Championship (2 times)^[5]
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- 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)- with El Hijo de Rey Misterio
Tijuana Wrestling
- America's Championship (1 time)^[5]
- Baja California Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[5]
- IWC Television Championship (1 time)
- Tijuana Welterweight Championship
- Tijuana Tag Team Championship (3 times) – Saeta Oriental (1), Pequeño Apolo / Super Astro (1) and Rey Guerrero (1)^[5]
World Wrestling Association
- WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[5]
- WWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rey Mysterio Jr.^[5]
World Wrestling Organization
- WWO World Championship (1 time)
Xtreme Latin American Wrestling
- XLAW Extreme Championship (2 times)
Other accomplishments
- Tijuana Sports Hall of Fame (Class of 2006)^[6]

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)	Loser (wager)	Location	Event	Date	Notes
Rey Misterio (mask)	Zorro de Oro (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Angel Azul (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Tornado Negro (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Monje Negro (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Rambo Star (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Destroyer (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Delfin (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Angel de Plata (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Fraile del Mal (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Estrella Azul (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Caballero Rojo (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Diamante Negro (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Infernal (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	El Siberiano (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	Estudiante (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Rey Misterio (mask)	MS-1 (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	N/A
Fishman (mask)	Rey Misterio (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	March 25, 1988
Rey Misterio (hair)	Lobo Rubio (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	October, 1988
Rey Misterio (hair)	Huichol (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	October 27, 1994
Rey Misterio (hair)	Psicosis (mask)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	August 26, 1999	^[7]
Nicho el Millonario (hair)	Rey Misterio (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	May 12, 2000	^[8]
Rey Misterio (hair)	Salsero (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	December 13, 2002	^{[Note 1]}
Rey Misterio (hair)	Kiss (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	February 28, 2003
Dr. Wagner Jr. (mask)	Rey Misterio (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	November 14, 2003
Rey Misterio (hair)	Cien Caras (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	August 25, 2006	^[9]
Rey Misterio (hair)	Nicho el Millonario (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	December 1, 2006	^{[Note 2]}

^ Last two men in an eight-man Steel cage match.
^ Last two men in a Steel cage match that also included El Hijo de Rey Misterio and Super Parka.

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Rey Misterio". Cagematch.net. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
^ Scott E. Williams (8 March 2016). Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW. Sports Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-61321-873-0.
^ "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)
^ Oliver, G. "WWE Meets Horror!". IGN. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Rey Misterio, Sr". Online World of Wrestling.
^ Bryan Curtis. "The Tijuana Sports Hall of Fame". Grantland.
^ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Psicosis (in Spanish). Mexico. October 2007. p. 60. Tomo III.
^ "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)
^ 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.