History Awesome / ReyMysterioJr

** Mysterio and Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} defend those titles against Los Guerreros (Eddie and [[Wrestling/{{Chavo|GuerreroJr}}) and the Angle/Benoit team at ''Survivor Series''. All six of the "[[FanNickname SmackDown Six]]" in the ring together? If that isn't a classic, then what is?

** He has one of the most memorable debuts by jumping off the top of a steel cage.

* Mysterio's match with Wrestling/ChrisJericho at WWE's ''The Bash 2009'' saw him pulling out spots he hadn't done since 2002. WWE itself ranked it the #2 match of the year (behind only Wrestling/ShawnMichaels vs. Wrestling/TheUndertaker).
** The climax of the match saw Jericho get a chance to rip off Mysterio's mask, but rather than desperately try to cover his face and be left helpless, Mysterio hit Jericho with a 619 because he was ''wearing another mask under his mask!''

* Facing Wrestling/ChrisJericho for the Intercontinental Championship at ''[[Wrestling/TheGreatAmericanBash The Bash]]'' with Rey's mask also at stake. People have compared the match to Rey's acclaimed match with Eddie at ''Halloween Havoc 1997'' and it's easy to see why. At ''Extreme Rules 2009'', Jericho won the IC Title from Rey by pulling his mask off. Here, he tries the same trick, but this time Rey saw this coming by wearing another mask underneath and takes advantage of Jericho's surprise by hitting him with the 619 to not only regain the title but ensure he can continue wearing his mask.
* In late 2010/early 2011, Mysterio suffered a similar injury as Wrestling/TheUndertaker and was told by WWE doctors and trainers to stop wrestling--even though the company needed him to tour. Instead of taking a break like 'Taker, [[{{Determinator}} Rey went on tour]], further aggravating the injury while supporting the company. As a reward for his commitment to the job, WWE gave him the opportunity to run a program with anyone of his choosing (since he wasn't in a major storyline at the time). He chose Cody Rhodes--and helped elevate Rhodes to near-main-eventer status based on the strength of their impromptu program.

* Facing Wrestling/ChrisJericho for the Intercontinental Championship at ''[[Wrestling/TheGreatAmericanBash The Bash]]'' contested as Title vs. Mask. People have compared the match to Rey's acclaimed match with Eddie at ''Halloween Havoc 1997'' and it's easy to see why. At ''Extreme Rules 2009'', Jericho won the IC Title from Rey by pulling his mask off. Here, he tries the same trick, but this time Rey saw this coming by wearing another mask underneath and takes advantage of Jericho's surprise by hitting him with the 619 to not only regain the title but ensure he can continue wearing his mask.

** At the PPV itself, Rey received help from Dominick and the two performed a double 619 and double frog splash onto Lesnar and nearly defeated him. While he failed, Mysterio proves to Paul Heyman that he still has it despite his age and size against an InvincibleVillain like Lesnar.
* On Wrestlemania Backlash, Rey Mysterio and his son Dominick made history, by becoming the first Father-Son tag team to win Tag Team Championships. Not only did his son win his first major championship, he won it with him.
* On June 14, 2021 WWE Smackdown, Rey fights Roman Reigns in ''Hell in a Cell''.
* After months of having to endure his son's constant antagonism and disrespect, Rey ''finally'' strikes Dominik on the March 24, 2023 edition of ''[=SmackDown=]'' once Dominik started to badmouth Angie, his mom and Rey's wife. The crowd all but exploded when his blow connected, happy to see the SpoiledBrat finally get some form of comeuppance. Rey then followed this up with accepting Dom's challenge to a match at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'', a great way to cap off his upcoming induction into the 2023 WWE Hall of Fame.
* Speaking of which the buildup to the match can basically be seen described as "Tribute to Latino Heat". First, he hands Legado del Fantasma some shirts that bare the log of ''the Latino World Order'', a Latino based version of the NWO first created by Eddie Guerrero whose major feud was Eddie trying to convince his friend to take part in it and, in a case of irony, Rey was the only one loyal to the group when Ric Flair demanded that it break up. Then, there's his entrance in which Rey drives in one of Eddie's low-riders alongside Snoop Dogg, with his entrance music briefly playing the famous ''Viva la raza!'' before switching to Rey's traditional 619.

** Mysterio and Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} defend those titles against Los Guerreros ([[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Eddie]] and Chavo) and the Angle/Benoit team at ''Survivor Series''. All six of the "[[FanNickname SmackDown Six]]" in the ring together? If that isn't a classic, then what is?
* His first World Championship win at [=WrestleMania=] 22, defeating Kurt Angle and Randy Orton in a Triple Threat Match.

** Let's put this into perspective: Standing at 5'2 and the majority of his arsenal being aerial acrobatics which ''really'' isn't the best moveset for the Royal Rumble, Mysterio had to go through every single thing that was thrown at him, including eliminating Triple H and an ''extremely'' pissed off Cerebral Assassin pulling him from under the bottom rope and hurling him to the steel steps and then finally eliminating Randy Orton (who, it should be noted was number 30 and ''much'' fresher than Rey himself) with a head scissors to an uproaring crowd. He holds the record for the ''longest'' time spent in the Royal Rumble at 62:12, a record that was eventually broken by [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]]'s 76:05 12 years later. And Mysterio made his entrance with one of Eddie Guerrero's low-riders and wearing Eddie's t-shirt. ''That'' is how you make it at the Royal Rumble.

* Speaking of which the buildup to the match can basically be seen described as "Tribute to Latino Heat". First, he hands Legado del Fantasma some shirts that bare the log of ''the Latino World Order'', a Latino based version of the NWO first created by Eddie Guerrero whose major feud was Eddie trying to convince his friend to take part in it. Then, there's his entrance in which Rey drives in one of Eddie's low-riders alongside Snoop Dogg, with his entrance music briefly playing the famous ''Viva la raza!'' before switching to Rey's traditional 619.

* After months of having to endure his son's constant antagonism and disrespect, Rey ''finally'' strikes Dominik on the March 24, 2023 edition of ''[=SmackDown=]''. The crowd all but exploded when his blow connected, happy to see the SpoiledBrat finally get some form of comeuppance. Rey then followed this up with accepting Dom's challenge to a match at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'', a great way to cap off his upcoming induction into the 2023 WWE Hall of Fame.

* After months of having to endure his son's constant antagonism and disrespect, Rey ''finally'' strikes Dominik on the March 24, 2023 edition of ''[=SmackDown=]''. The crowd all but exploded when his blow connected, happy to see the SpoiledBrat finally get some form of comeuppance. Rey then followed this up with accepting Dom's challenge to a match at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'', a great way to cap off his upcoming induction into the 2023 WWE Hall of Fame.

* On June 14, 2021 WWE Smackdown, Rey fights Roman Reigns in ''Hell in a Cell''.

** Mysterio goes on to ''Wrestling/NoMercy'' to have a tag match with partner Wrestling/{{Edge}} against reluctant tag team partners Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and Kurt Angle for the new ''[=SmackDown=]''-only tag team championships, which was an instant classic (and hailed as Match of the Year by many a wrestling critic).

** Mysterio and Wrestling/{{Edge}} defend those titles against Los Guerreros ([[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Eddie]] and Chavo) and the Angle/Benoit team at ''Survivor Series''. All six of the "[[FanNickname SmackDown Six]]" in the ring together? If that isn't a classic, then what is?

* In his [[InNameOnly WWE Championship]] match with Wrestling/JohnCena, it looked like Cena was going to go for the [[FinishingMove STF]], only for Rey to quickly get out of it and put the '''[=STF=] on Cena.''' Sure, Cena managed to get out of it ([[spoiler: and ultimately win]]) but this was something we'd never seen from Rey before. And it was awesome.

* On Wrestlemania Backlash, Rey Mysterio and his son Dominick made history, by becoming the first Father-Son tag team to win Tag Team Championships. Not only did his son win his first major championship, he won it with him.

*** Let's put this into perspective: Standing at 5'2 and the majority of his arsenal being aerial acrobatics which ''really'' isn't the best moveset for the Royal Rumble, Mysterio had to go through every single thing that was thrown at him, including eliminating Triple H and an ''extremely'' pissed off Cerebral Assassin pulling him from under the bottom rope and hurling him to the steel steps and then finally eliminating Randy Orton (who, it should be noted was number 30 and ''much'' fresher than Rey himself) with a head scissors to an uproaring crowd. He holds the record for the ''longest'' time spent in the Royal Rumble at 62:12, a record that was eventually broken by [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]]'s 76:05 12 years later. And Mysterio made his entrance with one of Eddie Guerrero's low-riders and wearing Eddie's t-shirt. ''That'' is how you make it at the Royal Rumble.
*** To explain more on the Number 2 thing, when Rey gets his number, he's told by Vince that Eddie is probably looking down on him. Rey looks at his number, pauses, then ''laughs'' before looking up and stating how Eddie must be proud of himself. Also a nice CallBack to the previous Royal Rumble, where Eddie was revealed to have been #1.

** At the PPV itself, Rey received help from Dominick and the two performed a double 619 and double frog splash onto Lesnar and nearly defeated him. While he failed, Mysterio proves to Paul Heyman that he still has it despite his age and size against an InvincibleVillain like Lesnar.

* Not long after the above event, WWE made the decision to pair Rey and Sin Cara together and unleash them on the new-look Tag Team division. The [[HolyShitQuotient HSQ]] is predictably through the roof.

* [[SummonBiggerFish Bringing in Cain Valasquez from the UFC to attack]] Wrestling/BrockLesnar [[PapaWolf in retaliation for Brock victimizing his son Dominik.]] Revenge is sweet!

* Winning the United States Championship at ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank 2019'' and thus ''finally'' becoming a Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion.

* Winning the United States Championship at ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank 2019'' and this ''finally'' becoming a Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion.

* Returning to the main roster at ''[=SmackDown=] 1000'', at long last, and having a straight-up legit dream match with Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura on his first night back.

* Rey appeared via video at New Japan Pro Wrestling's New Beginning in Osaka for one huge reason: to challenge Jushin Thunder Liger at New Japan's Strong Style Evolved show in Long Beach! And incredibly, Liger accepted!

*** Let's put this into perspective: Standing at 5'2 and the majority of his arsenal being aerial acrobatics which ''really'' isn't the best moveset for the Royal Rumble, Mysterio had to go through every single thing that was thrown at him, including eliminating Triple H and an ''extremely'' pissed off Cerebral Assassin pulling him from under the bottom rope and hurling him to the steel steps and then finally eliminating Randy Orton (who, it should be noted was number 30 and ''much'' fresher than Rey himself) with a head scissors to an uproaring crowd. He holds the record for the ''longest'' time spent in the Royal Rumble at 62:12, a record that still stands. And Mysterio made his entrance with one of Eddie Guerrero's low-riders and wearing Eddie's t-shirt. ''That'' is how you make it at the Royal Rumble.

* His first World Championship win at WrestleMania 22, defeating Kurt Angle and Randy Orton in a Triple Threat Match.

* Finally returning to WWE at ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2018'' and actually making it to the final six. At age ''forty-three,'' an age at which most wrestlers have either retired or are seriously considering it.

* Finally returning to the main roster at ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2018'' and actually making it to the final six. At age ''forty-three,'' an age at which most wrestlers have either retired or are seriously considering it.

* How about his first World Championship win at WrestleMania 22?
** And also how about the fact to get there he won the Royal Rumble. A fine achievement by itself but Mysterio started off at '''number 2''' alongside ''Triple H''.
*** Let's put this into perspective: Standing at 5'2 and the majority of his arsenal being aerial acrobatics which ''really'' isn't the best moveset for the Royal Rumble, he had to go through every single thing that was thrown at him, including eliminating Triple H and an ''extremely'' pissed off Cerebral Assassin pulling him from under the bottom rope and hurling him to the steel steps and then finally eliminating Randy Orton (who, it should be noted was number 30 and ''much'' fresher than Rey himself) with a head scissors to an uproaring crowd. He holds the record for the ''longest'' time spent in the Royal Rumble at '''62 minutes'''. And he made his entrance with "Viva la Raza!" blaring, him entering in one of Eddie's low-rider and wearing Eddie Guerrero shirt. ''That'' is how you make it at the Royal Rumble.

** ...until TheMiz threw Sin Cara over the top rope to a wall of booing.

* Finally returning to the main roster at ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2018'' and actually making it to the final six. At age ''forty-five,'' an age at which most wrestlers have either retired or are seriously considering it.