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Rey Mysterio exists as one of the very few professional wrestlers that broke certain stereotypes that had existed in the wrestling business for many years.
Before then, wrestling world has a reputation of being a sports where promoters were occasionally looking out for ‘big names’.



An unknown wrestler with the name Rey Mysterio came in and revolutionised the wrestling business in the United States.
With a career typified by promotions across the globe, Rey has no doubt scaled heights that no one expected he would be able to, to become a prominent figure in the WWE scene. Blessed with a career typified by promotions across the globe, his fan base and star power is something that not many superstars in the wrestling business can boast of.
In the list below we bring you 7 of the not-too-popular but interesting facts about the 619 Master. Enjoy:

1.The Origin of the 619 Move: While Rey Mysterio is known as the Master of 619, interestingly, he was not the one that originated the move. Although no one would dispute the fact that Rey popularized the 619 move, but the fact is that the move was invented by Tiger Mask, also known as Satoru Sayama.



Sayama was known to occasionally pull off the move which he dubbed ‘The Tiger Feint’. However, it is noteworthy that unlike Rey Mysterio, Sayama did not have his opponents on the ropes.

2. Debut at the Age of 14: A whole lot of us have no idea of how long Rey Mysterio has been in the Wrestling scene. According to records, Rey has been wrestling for over three decades now after starting out at a very young age of 14.

His early burst into the Wrestling circle can be attributed to the fact that Rey was born into a wrestling family. Interestingly , he had his training under his uncle, Rey Mysterio Sr. He was able to adopt the "Lucha Libre style" much quickly.
Before he got the ring name Rey Mysterio Jr, he wrestled under many names including La Lagartija Verde and Colibrí.
He became a household name in the WWE scene Mysterio thanks to AAA.


3. Wrestling without Mask: For a larger portion of his career, Mysterio was famous for wrestling with the mask.



However, he has had outings where he wrestled without the mask. During his time in WCW, Rey was ordered to lose his mask by Eric Bischoff. Bischoff incorporated the whole thing into the storyline. Mysterio publicly claimed he was unhappy with the whole process. He would go on to have a solid run in WCW without the mask where he defeated some heavyweight wrestlers.
After the 619 master left for WWE, Vince McMahon insisted he needed to have the mask back. The move was met with much controversy as Ray's fans weren't happy with him for doing so.

4. His Musical Talent: We all know Rey Mysterio as a professional wrestler but not many of us are aware of how sound Mysterio's musical talents are.
In fact, Rey collaborated with rapper Madd One for the song “Booyaka 619” which was not only used as his entrance theme most of the time, but became popular in the wrestling circle.

Aside this, Mysterio was also the brain behind a song called ‘Crossing Borders’. This appeared on the WWE Originals album and it was also used as the theme song for the 2004 edition of No Way Out.
For many of us that may not know, the WWE Original album also has songs from a string of other superstars as well.

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5. The Story Behind His Body-tatoos: Another thing Rey is famous for are his fascinating body tatoos.

We are sure a whole lot of us would have wondered at one point or the other why he has so much tattoos on his body.

Well, every tattoos on Rey's body point to a story, like many with tattoos. For example, the tattoos on his biceps are the ones dedicated to his family. He has his children’s names inked and also, he has the initials EG on his arm to show is love for the late Eddie Guerrero. Rey has tattooed the word ‘Mexican’ to show that he is proud of his country and heritage. As he is a devout Roman Catholic, he also has a cross on his chest.

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