![]() (although there is some reports were he says he isn’t related to him), took the name of “Hijo de” and he has been active since 2014. 7 Hijo de Rey Misterio (3rd Version) (2014 to present)Ī young luchador, who is rumoured to be another nephew of Rey Misterio Sr. in 2014, Hijo de Rey Misterio II dropped the character to continue wrestling as Rey Horus, emerging as a top indie star, as well as gaining national exposure as Dragón Azteca Jr. Months later, confusion came again when the original Hijo de Rey Misterio returned and started using the name. They solved things when the former Horus added the “II” (the second) to the name and everybody was happy, even alternating as “brothers” in some luchas. didn’t and offered the name of Hijo de Rey Misterio to a young luchador named Horus (which is rumoured to be one of his nephews) and he gladly did it. When the Hijo de Rey Misterio took a break, Rey Misterio Sr. Hijo de Rey Misterio, Hijo de Rey Misterio II (2011 to 2014) Incidentally, in Bolivia there is a luchador working under the name Rey Master and well, the guy looks totally like, yeah, Rey Mysterio. ![]() had to go and state that he was Hijo de Rey Misterio and not the famed WWE entertainer. Who by the way, will be come back up later in the article). Fair to say that the confusion was a huge deal at the time in Bolivian sports media, and even in TV programs, where promoters and the fake Rey Mysterio Jr. On a side note this guy later returned to México to wrestle under the name Horus (which has nothing to do with the world famous Rey Horus. Bolivian promoters decided the once Hijo del Faraón (a respected name in México) would don the Rey Misterio mask and made him go out to wrestle. This caused family turmoil and angered the original Hijo de Rey Misterio, who cancelled his dates. When international fame came to the Misterio name, and Hijo de Rey Misterio was active, he was booked in Bolivia, but with the name of Rey Mysterio Jr. However, he is sometimes billed as Rey Misterio Jr., but that´s because of our entry number 7… 5. Ten months later, he announced his return, adding the “I” (the first) to his name. Somehow this led to several promoters not to bill Hijo de Rey Misterio as such, promoting him as Rey Misterio or Rey Mysterio, confusing people (specially in México and South American countries) which caused disagreements within the family.Īfter the injuries of his father (whom he used to work with in the California based promotion Pro Wrestling Revolution), he tried to work at the CMLL not being successful and stating his retirement. He started training at his father’s school while a 13 years old boy and debuted at 17 in 2006 – which was a big year for the Misterio name, since Rey Mysterio had won that year’s Royal Rumble and achieved the World Heavyweight Championship later on at WrestleMania 22. (cousin to Rey Mysterio), incarnated the next version of the Misterio name as the “son of”, which in México is a big deal because of the bloodline. ![]() Hijo de Rey Misterio (2006 to 2011), Hijo de Rey Misterio I (2011 to 2015) ![]() He found fame in AAA and some visits to the United States in the ECW promotion alongside Psicosis and some other names, before making impact in WCW and WWE (since 2002, he was renamed to the english spelling of “misterio”, dropping the Junior). Now that he is an independent part time player, he uses the spanish spelling whenever he is out of WWE dates. Nephew of the lucha darling Rey Misterio, the kid named El Súper Niño and El Colibrí, started training lucha at 14 years, becoming friends with Roberto Castillo and even got to train together. Rey Misterio Jr., Rey Mysterio (1992 to present) Photo: WWE in 1997, just in the same place where he trained ten years before with Miguel Ángel López: the Auditorio of Tijuana. One curious fact is that he lost his mask on a bet match against Rey Misterio Jr. Misterio was very confident on his abilities at the grade of giving the name Rey Misterio II (the second, which at the time was something usual instead of using juniors or “hijo del…”) to the young Roberto, who made name in Tijuana using the name barely for almost a year. Later on, in 1990, he traveled to Mexico City and start a career as El Misterioso. Roberto Castillo is a luchador better known as El Misterioso (who now has an active junior at CMLL) and was trained in 1987 by Rey Misterio Sr.
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