REY MYSTERIO

He was released from his WWE contract in 2015 and he returned to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide and worked for the independent circuits until 2018.

Rey Mysterio’s Return to WWE

Rey Mysterio returned to the WWE in 2018 as a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble. In September, it was confirmed that he had signed a two year contract. At Money in the Bank in 2019, Mysterio defeated Samoa Joe to win the United States Championship making him the twenty-first WWE Grand Slam Champion. Unfortunately, he had to vacate the title due to an injury from a post-match beating by Samoa Joe.

Mysterio returned to in-ring action the following month and in November he defeated A.J. Styles for the United States Championship. His reign lasted 31 days.

Rey & Dominik Mysterio Drafted to SmackDown

At the WWE’s 2020 October Draft, the Mysterios were drafted to SmackDown but their feud with Rollins didn’t end until November when Rey Mysterio defeated Rollins in a one on one match. At the Survivor Series 2020 Kickoff show, Dominik Mysterio was the last person eliminated by The Miz in a dual branded battle royal. From here the Mysterios began feuding with King Corbin. At the 2021 Royal Rumble event, Dominik eliminated Corbin before being eliminated himself by Bobby Lashley.

On the special WrestleMania edition of SmackDown, Dominik and Rey Mysterio faced Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode, Chad Gable and Otis, and The Street Profits in a fatal 4-way tag team match for the SmackDown Tag Team titles. They lost the match after Ziggler and Roode retained the SmackDown Tag Team titles.

Rey & Dominik Mysterio Win Tag Team Titles

At WrestleMania Backlash, Dominik and Rey Mysterio won the SmackDown tag team championship titles. This was Dominik’s first WWE Championship and this win made the Mysterios the first father and son tag team champions in WWE history.

On July 18th, 2021, the Mysterios lost the SmackDown titles at Money in the Bank 2021 to The Usos at the kickoff show. Their reign lasted 63 days. At SummerSlam, in a rematch against The Usos, the Mysterios failed to regain the titles.

The Mysterios Move to RAW

As part of the WWE Draft in October 2021, both Dominik and Rey Mysterio were drafted to Monday Night RAW. A month later, Rey Mysterio competed in and lost a ladder match contest to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship. Seth Rollins Mysterio was later named as a member for Team RAW for the traditional Survivor Series showdown with Team SmackDown but was replaced by Austin Theory before the event took place.

On the December 20th episode of RAW, Rey and Dominik defeated the team of AJ Styles and Omos. On the January 17th edition of RAW, Rey Mysterio was announced as a participant of the 2022 Royal Rumble match. Later that night, he teamed with Dominik and The Street Profits to defeat fellow Royal Rumble competitors, Dolph Ziggler, Robert Roode, Apollo Crews and Commander Azeez. At the Royal Rumble, Mysterio entered the match at 23, eliminating Dolph Ziggler before being eliminated himself by Otis.

Following the Royal Rumble, Rey, along with Dominik entered into a feud with The Miz. At Elimination Chamber, Mysterio defeated the Miz via pinfall. The next night on RAW, The Miz challenged Rey and Dominik to a tag team match at WrestleMania 38.

The Mysterios Feud With Judgement Day

After a brief feud with Veer, the Mysterios began feuding with the newly formed stable The Judgment Day. Finn Balor and Damian Priest would continually attempt to have Dominik join the stable and betray Rey. But Dominik repeatedly deflected the duo’s attempts at having him turn on his father. . At SummerSlam on July 30th, the Mysterios defeated Bálor and Priest in a no disqualification match due to interference from a returning Edge, the Judgment Day’s former leader. On the following episode of RAW, they faced The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a losing effort.

The Mysterios Disband

At Clash at the Castle on September 3rd, Rey teamed with Edge to defeat Bálor and Priest. After the match, Dominik hit Edge with a low blow and hit a clothesline on Rey, thus disbanding the Mysterios. Rey was transferred to the SmackDown brand on the October 14th episode of SmackDown.

On Thanksgiving, Rey was attacked by Dominik and Ripley after Rey refused to let them into the house. On Christmas Eve, Dominik and Ripley visited Rey’s parent’s home. A confrontation started between Dominik, Ripley, Rey and Angie (Rey’s wife and Dominik’s mother) outside of the house. Dominik shoved Rey and Angie slapped Ripley. The police arrived shortly after and (kayfabe) arrested Dominik.

At the Royal Rumble on January 28, 2023, Rey was scheduled to enter the Royal Rumble match at #17, but was unable to presumably because he was being attacked by Dominik. On Valentine’s Day, Dominik and Ripley intruded on Rey’s and Angie’s Valentine’s Day dinner, where the latter party immediately gave way to the former. At the end of the dinner, Dominik fled the restaurant after two police officers entered the premise thinking there was a sting operation on him as “[he was] the most wanted man on TikTok.” Ripley was left to pick up the bill before leaving.

Latino World Order

WWE announced on March 10th that Mysterio would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2023. On the March 24th episode of SmackDown, with the Mysterio family in attendance, Mysterio lost to LA Knight because Dominik interfered. Dominik would then go up to the Mysterio family and antagonize them to the point where Dominik told his mom to shut up. This resulted in Rey finally hitting Dominik, where a match between Rey and Dominik at WrestleMania 39 would be made official.

On the March 31st episode of SmackDown, before he would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame later that day, Rey reformed the Latino World Order by gifting LWO shirts to Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Zelina Vega, Joaquin Wilde, and Cruz Del Toro). During the first night of WrestleMania 39, Rey defeated Dominik, thanks to the help of Bad Bunny.

United States Championship

On April 1st, the first night of WrestleMania 39, Rey defeated Dominik, thanks to the help of Bad Bunny. On the August 11th episode of SmackDown, Mysterio defeated Austin Theory to capture his third WWE United States Championship after replacing LWO stablemate Santos Escobar due to injury. Mysterio became the second WWE Superstar to win the United States Championship after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, after Bret Hart.

At WWE’s Crown Jewel pay-per-view event on November 4th in Saudi Arabia, Rey Mysterio lost the United States Championship to Logan Paul.

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