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Wrestling is everything,
to be a wrestling fanatic

and to be a wrestler,
and still I'm doing it.

A dream come true, teaming up
with his own son at WrestleMania.

When everybody said I
was too small, I'm still here.

It's tradition in Lucha Libre Wrestling
that once the mask is removed,

that is the ultimate insult.

It's a tradition that
my uncle gave to me.

It's part of my life.

It's not coming off.

This is staying on forever.

I mean forever.

The mask has always
turned me into a superhero.

That mask is his life.

It's been part of his tradition.

It transforms me.

Rey Mysterio is one of a kind.

A style of Lucha Libre that
you have never seen before.

From one side of
the ring to another.

Defies gravity.

Rey changed the game.

Breaking down doors.

He broke the blueprint of
what a wrestler should look like.

All odds are stacked
up against him.

And he beats him.

Eddie and Rey
were like brothers.

They were family.

His family is everything to him.

For him it was the
worst day of his life.

Because his best
friend passed away.

It was a hard time.

The ultimate underdog.

Overcoming the Goliath.

Every time I put on the mask.

That's what makes Rey Mysterio.

My parents, they were
both from Guadalajara.

They met in Tijuana.

My parents had to
make it across the border.

Illegally at the time.

My mom was pregnant.

And then had to
wait for me to be born.

Oscar Gutierrez.

With my parents having me
born in San Diego, California.

Was automatically going to
immigrate the rest of my family.

Mom, dad, three brothers.

My brothers and I all went
to the school in San Diego.

You know, gave us
a better education.

It is categorized as
the American dream.

He was the youngest
of my four children.

He was a little lazy.

He liked to make jokes.

He was restless.

Very restless.

He liked to climb
on a dog we had.

And he rode it like a horse.

He was terrible.

I remember as a kid when
we would spend time in Tijuana.

Being in Tijuana for
me was the ultimate.

Because that was the time I got to
spend with my uncle, Rey Mysterio.

My brother, Rey Mysterio
Grande, filled the auditorium.

People would stay outside.

It was something exciting.

As a family, we would go and watch
my uncle wrestle and support him.

This whole street would be
packed with cars on Fridays.

Because everyone would park down here
and they would just walk to the auditorium.

It was my introduction
to the world of wrestling.

Lucha Libre.

Well, it was big.

In Tijuana, it was always big.

Lucha Libre, specifically in
Tijuana, has been around since 1942.

Rey Mysterio debuted
on January 6, 1975.

Under a mask that didn't have
any of what is known today.

Because I was forbidden
to be a wrestler by my father.

My family.

Why Rey Mysterio?

Because I debuted on January 6, which
is the day of the Holy Kings of Mexico.

Rey, I'm fucking Spanish.

And Mysterio, at the same time,
condemned me that my family didn't know

that I was involved in
professional wrestling.

He was a captain.

He was a patrolman.

He enjoyed being
at home in Tijuana.

Being a cop.

Being a wrestler at night times.

At the time, my
uncle didn't have kids.

I was like... His adopted child.

And for me, he was always
like my second father.

Really cool memories for me.

We would play wrestling.

And, you know, this
is five, six years old.

I felt like I was already
getting in the spirit

of becoming a wrestler
without even realizing it.

We moved from San Diego
back to Tijuana because it

just made it much easier
for my father to go to work.

My journey really began at
5.30 in the morning every day.

Monday through Friday.

I would sleep already
with my clothes on that

I was going to take to
school the next morning.

We crossed the
border into the U.S.

School started at 7.45 for me.

I got out at 2.45.

Then I would have to go to my part-time
job, which was at Godfather's Pizza.

Once I got out of work,
make it across to Mexico.

And then I would have to
get ready to go to wrestling

school, which normally
would start between 7 and 8.

Because I was Rey
Mysterio's nephew, I got the

opportunity to be able to
train with the rest of the kids.

I was eight years old.

The youngest kid after
me was 15, 16 years old.

Always being the smallest and being the
underdog that was going to just harden me

up to be able to face
whatever was coming for me.

I want to say the last time I
was here was probably 2002.

So 20 years ago.

We would go on from 7 p.m.

till 10, 30, 11.

You know, sometimes we would
just keep it open until we got tired.

This was our stomping ground.

You know, we had every time in
the world to come in here and just...

create ideas, have a good
time, kick it with the homies.

I used to box in the Navy.

I was a bodybuilder
and I was really big.

Rey Mysterio Sr., he
said, uh, I'll train you.

So when I get to that class,
that's where I meet Rey Mysterio

Jr. That's his nephew and
he's the smallest guy there.

Probably like
5'3", 13 years old.

Really long hair, really skinny.

We clicked immediately.

I loved him.

He was like a little brother to
me and immediately I liked Rey.

It wouldn't take it easy on him.

That's for damn sure.

Does this guy have what
it takes to be a wrestler?

There were many times
that my uncle was head

of the class and we
would go through a routine.

I wouldn't do it correct or I would get it
wrong, whether it was a chop or a punch.

He would tell me,
this is how it's done.

And just, I mean, 9, 10 years old, you
know, taking a chop from a 25-year-old man.

It just... Like, I felt it.

It hurt.

A lot of times I would cry, get out
of the ring and say I've had enough.

This is it.

I'm done with this.

I would go to that little corner over
there and I would just tear up, cry.

You know, that was
like my hiding spot.

I would kind of look
at the corner of my

eye, see if my uncle
was going to come over.

But that toughened me
up because he never came.

So after almost seven years of training,
I remember telling my uncle, I'm ready.

I'm ready to go out
there and have a match.

Keep in mind, I
was 14 years old.

So that was an
issue right off the bat.

You have to be 18 to
have a wrestling license

or you have to get a
letter from your parents.

Give him permission because
he could get into an accident.

The Free Wrestling Commission
doesn't take responsibility

because he's still
very young, practically.

They never really saw the
passion that I had for this.

Very thin, very short.

I never thought I could
become a wrestler.

Well, I signed
the authorization.

I actually thought that I was going to
be Rey Mysterio Jr. right off the bat.

When am I going to
call myself like you?

I said, not yet.

You're not ready yet.

My first wrestling name
was the Green Lizard.

La Lagartija Verde.

My first opportunity
was outside.

Outside a church in a
parking lot in Tijuana.

I won that match, by the way.

Then after that, the name
Colibri pops into my uncle's head.

From that day on, I
was named Colibri.

And that means the hummingbird.

You could have mistaken me for a kid
sitting in the front row at the age of 14.

I was that skinny.

I was that small.

It was pretty clear from the
start that Rey was special.

That Rey was different.

The creativity that he had.

Aerial art, if you will.

Kind of a little
bit of a prodigy.

But, you know, there was
nobody his size really wrestling.

I knew my size was an issue.

I remember numerous times
trying to have promoters book me.

Man, you're too skinny, kid.

You gotta eat some more.

You gotta drink beer.

Subconsciously, I
was struggling with it.

There was only one passion.

Just given the
opportunity to wrestle.

That's all I ever wanted to do.

This is where it
all began for me.

This is where I
crawled for the first time.

Where I got up and walked.

And where I ran
for the first time.

And after I ran, I ran
straight out of here.

And never came back until now.

Because I was
ready to make it big.

A lot of memories here.

A lot of incredible memories.

Yeah.

This is my neck
of the woods, man.

This is where I was
pretty much raised.

Like, my surroundings
were so close.

Where I would go to wrestling
school was five minutes over here.

The auditorium
is right over there.

This is where
things began for me.

You know, as a little kid.

Wanting to be a
wrestler like my uncle.

When you look at the history
of Lucha Libre in Mexico,

there was a tradition of
the masks and the outfits.

There was a famous masked
wrestler named El Santo.

Wore a silver mask.

El Santo was also a movie star that
acted in movies wearing his mask.

To this day, one of the
biggest stars in the world.

Ever in Mexico.

What really stands out within Lucha
Libre, besides their high-flying maneuvers,

is the masks.

The mask is what
makes Lucha Libre.

They used to paint their faces.

They were characterized
as the Tiger Knight.

The Falcon Knight.

To go to the battles.

Lucha Libre adopts the masks to
give life to a character on top of a ring.

How important the mask is.

It's kind of like the heritage.

It's your lineage.

Kind of like a
religion in many ways.

And in fact, El Santo, when he
dies, he dies with his mask on.

He has always
tried to lead a life.

Double life.

That's part of the mystique
that the mask causes in people.

To know who you
are, how you are.

Breaking into this industry in the
late 80s, early 90s, was very tough.

A lot of promoters didn't want to
book me because I looked too fragile.

Rey's story from the start has
been the ultimate underdog.

Everyone has had challenges
that they think are impossible.

That's the story that Rey Mysterio
tells every time he's in the ring.

So you start right from the bottom
and you work your way up slowly.

What I had to do is compensate for my
lack of size and create something special.

Being innovative,
being different.

This was a high-flying
pace wrestling.

He's doing things that
other guys aren't doing.

The uniqueness, the
grace with which he did it.

And I'm thinking to myself,
what's he gonna look like?

What's he gonna be
like in a couple years?

I would have to convince people
to use him because of his height.

And I was like, this is
not a basketball game.

Just look at what he can do.

And so what I did is, everywhere I went,
I would say, I want you to see this guy.

I would even bring him
to bars in Hollywood.

We had to be over 21 years old to
go in and he was like 16 years old.

He'd go in there and the bartender
would be like, hey, what are you doing?

And I'd go, hey,
he's a little person.

He's very sensitive.

Don't bring up his height.

They would tell me, Ray, put the mask on
and don't take it out for nothing, right?

I would sneak into the back
of the bars and that's how I

made most of my living
throughout the ages of 14 and 17.

After the match, the bartender would
be there asking for his autograph.

And I was like, I was right.

Without a doubt, the
mask was a lifesaver for me.

It just hid my identity.

So now I was
starting to get booked.

I was building my name
up going up to the first

match when your name
is actually on the flyer.

It took me a good three years
to make it to the second match.

Here in Tijuana, at the auditorium,
this holds a particularly special spot in

my heart because this is
where Ray Mysterio Jr. was born.

17 years old, one night
we had a tag match.

They make our announcements.

And then all of a sudden
my uncle comes out.

He has a mic.

He's talking to the crowd.

He's saying, we've all
known him as Colibri.

What is this?

What are you doing?

He's like, wow, it
came out of nowhere.

As he's taking off my Colibri mask,
he's putting on the Ray Mysterio Jr.

mask without showing my face.

It hits you in a different way.

And only another
masked wrestler would

understand carrying
such a name and a legacy.

Knowing how special it is for me to carry
on the Mysterio name, a true blessing.

And that's how Ray
Mysterio was born.

I knew there was a world of wrestling
outside of Lucha Libre, which was the WWE.

It was hard enough for me to make it in
Mexico because of my size and my weight.

WWE was completely
out of the question.

It never crossed my mind.

I was 17 years old and
one of my friends, uh,

tell me, hey, do you want
to go to this, uh, gym?

The first day I went
to this gym, I saw him.

And there's a
connection immediately.

I was 15.

She was 17.

So, obviously, I, I had this
attraction for older women.

When I saw him and I say hi to
him, he was like super nice with me.

My friend invited me
to a wrestling show.

And I'm like, uh, not really.

I don't want to go.

The wrestling part
didn't really click with her.

She, she thought it
was for a lower class.

That day, I went to the auditorium
and he was walking in front of me.

So, I screamed to him, hey.

And he was like, hey.

And he come to
me and say hi to me.

The last thing I was
thinking of is if she

was dating someone,
which eventually she was.

Her boyfriend was in med
school, you know, and Angie

was in high school getting
ready to go to college.

After two months,
I was dating Ray.

My boyfriend, he
was in Mexico City.

And I promised Ray I
was going to end with him.

And that happened.

So, only one boyfriend.

I remember running into
her mom several times

at the beginning when
we were just friends.

I felt like she was a mean lady.

I'm sure that if I had a daughter that
was 17 and a 15-year-old kid that probably

looks like 12 was coming
around, I would push him away.

And she had every right to.

He's too big for him.

He's my kid.

He was little, she was too big.

In Mexico, we have
a word pelagartona.

Pelagartona means
too big for a little kid.

Working at Godfather's Pizza, going
to school, wrestling on weekends,

in love with my girlfriend,
the grind just doesn't stop.

Conan!

Conan at the time was a
huge megastar in Mexico.

I would watch him Sundays on TV.

He was the Hulk Hogan of Mexico.

Conan!

He kind of gives me the scoop on what's
going on that a lot of guys are starting a

new company by the name of
Triple A based out of Mexico City.

I was like, oh, that's cool.

Like, no, I'm telling you because
I want you to come over here.

This is your big break.

I was like, hey, man, how much
money are you making in school?

He goes, none.

I go, how much are you making
at that pizza place folding boxes?

And I go, well, I think you could
probably make five times that wrestling.

I told him, dude, my parents
aren't gonna let me go over there.

I'm in high school.

I was 17 years old, and my
parents were never really up to

date with my wrestling progress
and don't really understand it.

I go, I'll talk to your parents.

And he goes, yeah,
but I also got a girlfriend.

And I actually told him, if she
loves you, she'll wait for you.

In other words, there was
nothing he was gonna tell

me that was gonna stop
me from breaking the Mexico.

That's how much
I believed in him.

And so I came in, I talked to his
parents, and they let him go, you know?

Six of us stayed in a hotel.

We're there close to a month
waiting for this to kick off.

We were very worried.

Worried.

Worried about him.

Triple A.

And it was a lie.

It was a lie.

We run out of money, and we
kind of all gather up in a circle.

Okay, how much do you have?

How much do you have?

Okay.

And we can't stay
in a hotel anymore.

I remember every Sunday using the phone
and talking to Angie and just bawling out.

Oh, my gosh.

We cry every single time.

At that time, they
were living in a gym.

I was tired.

I was anxious.

I was just ready
to go back home.

I was ready to hang up
the mask and say, I'm done.

Nothing's gonna happen here.

My wrestling gear comes from a
very special place in Osaka, Japan.

And he goes by the
name of Masahiro Hayashi.

Hayashi.

Morning.

What's up?

Morning.

What time is it?

What time is it?

3 a.m.

You're crazy.

Cool.

You're crazy.

My first tour in Japan,
he just popped up one

day with an outfit, you
know, made for me.

He said, please, try it on.

And if you wrestle with
it, I made two masks.

The one you wrestle in, can you
please give to me after you wrestle?

And I made an extra one
so you can take with you.

And ever since then,
we've been best of friends.

It would be cool for us to pay a tribute
to both Eddie and Art Bar Love Machine.

One outfit, USA flag, the other outfit,
Mexican flag, representing both countries.

I like it.

Awesome.

So right now you go to sleep, and
rest up, and then tomorrow, work again.

Moshi moshi.

Moshi moshi.

In Mexico City, I know that he slept at a
gym, you know, not having a lot of money,

not having a lot
to eat is hard, but...

it was almost back then, it was
just kind of like paying your dues.

I tell him, stay over there,
I'll try to send you money.

She was very optimistic,
and she kept my spirit up.

I quit med school, because I
tried to help him with his career.

I make like 500
pesos, less than $50.

So I grab money for my gas, and I send him
the rest of my money, every single week.

That was a big deal.

It was a big, big relief for me,
until eventually, Triple A kicked off,

and our first show happens, and
that happens in the city of Veracruz.

Triple A, the first show
that we had, was sold out.

A full house.

We actually did really good,
but Peña was very picky.

The owner and founder,
his name was Antonio

Peña, and he goes, his
punches looked really bad.

We're going to have to
put him with the minis.

The minis, when they were little,
they were already like grizzled men.

Forget that.

These bitter guys are just going to beat
him up and run him out of the business.

Conan pulled me aside
and said, bro, if you don't

learn how to hit, he's going
to put you with the minis.

And I remember practicing punching a
wall, timing it where I can stop the punch.

I went to Antonio Peña, I go,
look, just put him on the main roster.

Trust me.

They were still rough with him,
because it was a different mentality.

That's just how
it was back then.

They gave me so many
ass whoopings, and I took.

I was always the
smallest guy in the ring.

Why wouldn't they test me?

Live from the LA Sports
Arena, it's finally here,

the wrestling style that
is sweeping the world.

The first time I ever saw Rey Mysterio
would have been at the AAA Worlds Collide

pay-per-view that was
broadcast here in the States.

Rey Mysterio Jr. In America, we all grew
up with Superfly Jimmy Snuka doing a dive

off the top of a cage, and that was the
most sensational thing we had ever seen.

Until you take a look at Lucha
Libre, it was mind-blowing.

An entirely new set of American
eyeballs were able to watch you.

And one day we
said, let's see him.

And Rey Mysterio Jr. has come up with some
moves that we have literally never seen.

He pressured me a lot.

Just like this.

Look at that.

From a rope, jump to another.

I had never seen
that kind of fight.

I would imagine that a Paul Heyman or
other American wrestling promoters would

have been watching
this new style of wrestling.

The buzz about Rey
Mysterio was so strong, I

knew this is someone I
have to keep my eye on.

In the 1990s, ECW was the disruptor
in the professional wrestling industry.

ECW couldn't afford
Madison Square Garden.

Where did we play?

A dilapidated bingo hall,
literally on the wrong side

of the train tracks in South
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

There is nowhere like Philly.

You know how the Philly
fans are, that they boo Santa

Claus, and you know,
they just, they were just wild.

Blood, sweat, and tears.

So I was speaking to
Conan, who was the biggest

superstar in all of
Mexico in the 1990s.

Conan was also a magnificent
power broker behind the scenes.

He asked me, he goes, those two
guys that are working for you in Triple-A,

Rey Mysterio and Psychosis, I keep
hearing a lot of good things about them.

And I go, well, with
all due respect, it's

going to be very hard
to follow those two guys.

They're kind of
revolutionizing the sport.

This man has
revolutionized aerial wrestling.

He is the best.

And he says, all
right, send them to me.

Conan was always my front man.

He was always the one that
was opening up doors for me.

It was crazy to even walk out there
for the first time and hearing the fans go,

Lucha, lucha, lucha.

I remember asking Mr. Paul Heyman,
is it okay if we use a table and a chair?

He said, Rey, use
whatever you want.

Oh, Dios mío!

There's your canvas.

You're an artist.

Paint the masterpiece.

I called Conan
during their match.

And I said, I love you.

I love them.

I'll take them next
weekend, the weekend after

that, and any other weekend
that you can give me.

Without a doubt, we
became crowd favorites.

Hey, uh, Pauly, could
we dive off of a car?

Yeah.

Which car?

Any car.

Pick a car.

That's concrete.

That's your canvas.

Oh, my God!

Pura Pura Idol!

Without Conan, Lucha Libre
would have been stuck in Mexico.

In Mexico, you got an
extreme type of wrestling.

It's called Lucha Libre.

Shortly after we were starting
to feel very comfortable in

ECW, Conan gets an opportunity
to have a tryout match in WCW.

Yes!

And this new door opens up,
and it's Conan going into WCW.

He was the guy that
brought me to Mexico.

He was the guy
that took me to ECW.

Now to hook me up
to get a tryout in WCW.

We get married in 1996.

And I waited for him four years.

It was a big wedding,
probably 300 people.

The best day of my life.

She went to my first match, and
she's been by my side ever since.

Truly have a lot
to be thankful for.

Eric Bischoff was
in charge of WCW.

And in an effort to compete
with WWE, he programmed

WCW at the same time
as Monday Night Raw.

I realized that the only way
that I was going to be successful

was to find a way to be
different than the competition.

What I wanted to do
was create a cruiserweight

division, a smaller
performers division.

The professional wrestling industry has
always showcased larger-than-life talent.

You had the Scott
Steiners, the Rick

Steiners, Hulk Hogan,
Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes.

You had all the
big-time superstars.

Conan became instrumental
in helping us identify the right

talent that was coming out
of Lucha Libre at the time.

From Tijuana,
Mexico, Rey Mysterio!

Rey was even smaller than
the average cruiserweight.

When he first got there,
everybody was making fun of him.

Oh, are we having
a minis division?

You know, does this guy
have a driver's license?

I went to Rey and I go, bro, I don't
want to put no pressure on you.

But you know what?

You're representing Mexico, you're
representing Triple-A, you're representing

Little Guys, you're
representing Lucha Libre.

Just go out there and kill it.

Mysterio is up and down!

The same guys that were making
fun of him, they were like, oh, my God.

Like, they couldn't believe
what they were seeing.

On top again!

He was inventing moves that
had never been seen before.

Evolutionary moves!

You know, I just was
looking, going, well, hold on.

You know, what's
going on out there?

One of the finest
cruiserweight matches ever!

Rey took advantage of his small
size with having crazy athletic ability.

That night, things shifted from,
what the hell is he doing here?

And where is he
going to fit into?

Oh, my goodness.

How am I going to follow that?

Truly one of the greatest matches
we've had this year on pay-per-view.

When he came back in, they gave him
a standing ovation in his debut match.

The wrestlers.

Unbelievable.

They all just went...

That's a very special moment
that stands out in my career.

I remember when Rey was this
young, impressionable, joyful kid.

He goes, I just had a son!

When Dominik was born, I had
signed with WCW, so I was excited.

I was going to pass down my
love for the world of wrestling.

And he tattoos Dominik's
name on the inside of his arm.

Loved being in the ring.

Had no qualms about
whatever he was asked to do.

And enjoyed every second of it.

And never had an ego.

I remember I was part
of the creative process.

We're going to have
this outside brawl.

Put it together.

Cameraman is going to the back.

So WCW created
a villainous group.

There they are.

They got baseball on the back.

And some of the wrestlers
were there to try to stop them.

One of which was Rey Mysterio.

There's Rey Mysterio.

He dove off.

He says to me, he says,
Nash, he says, do you

think you can throw
me through that window?

And I'm like, there's
glass in the window.

Rey Mysterio!

Oh, no!

Time!

And like a lawn dart, throws
him into the side of a trailer.

Threw him like he was a dart!

People looked at it
and they went, wow.

Like, Rey did such a
good job on the cell job.

Rey goes, bonk!

Poof!

And the whole place, all of us in
the back went, oh, god, he killed Rey!

I don't know what
I was thinking.

But at the time, it seemed cool.

And I did it.

Tough as nails.

Fine.

This is the first place where
I was able to meet Eddie.

Eddie Guerrero.

For the first time,
I met him here.

Eddie Guerrero!

I was just a fan.

I was just a kid.

Twelve years old.

Who would have thought back
then that we were going to meet

down the road and we were
going to share a ring together.

Become brothers.

And it's amazing how life
just manifests in special ways.

The Guerreros are a super important
family in Mexican wrestling lore.

Head of the Guerrero clan was a
gentleman by the name of Gory Guerrero.

And Gory spawned some
really talented wrestlers.

Eddie was the megastar.

Just an incredible talent.

You're not going to find a better
pro wrestler than Eddie Guerrero.

The Tino Herridge is a
bond between me and Rey.

It's a tremendous bond.

I remember when I
met Rey in Tijuana.

Conan introduced us.

I just remember this kid
that always had a smile.

In his face, you
can't help but like him.

Eddie and Rey
were like brothers.

They were family.

Rey and Eddie could have a match
blindfolded and it would be excellent.

To this day, Rey Mysterio
versus Eddie Guerrero at

Halloween Havoc 1997 is
easily in my top five ever.

Two of the greatest
wrestlers ever.

Two Latinos going out there and just
having an incredible match, including one

of the greatest moves that had
never been seen or done before.

He does a springboard backflip.

In midair, he ends up hooking Eddie's
head and bringing him back for a DDT.

And I've watched it
probably 150 times.

In many cases, unmasking is
devastating for a wrestler's future.

If Eddie gets that victory,
Rey gets unmasked.

It would be very difficult
to do that because the

mask is part of this
body suit that he has on.

There was a plan
to unmask Rey then.

Rey didn't want to do it and
told Eric Bischoff as much.

I remember thinking,
I'm not going to show up.

I just won't show up.

I get a call from Eric that, Rey, if you
don't show up for Sunday's meet and

greet, you're in breach
of contract and you don't

want to know what's
going to happen after that.

I was particularly supportive of
the idea of Rey losing the mask.

What I didn't appreciate was what
losing that mask meant to Rey personally.

The heritage that the mask represents
in Lucha Libre, those are all things that

were incredibly important
to Rey that I didn't relate to.

It was a big deal for
him to lose this mask.

He didn't want to lose it.

There was a lot of
politicking going on.

I said, yeah, I don't mind doing the favor
tonight, you know, and taking care of Rey.

If anything, I've always
wanted to take care of Rey.

He's like my little brother.

Day of the show, maybe
a match or two before

our match, the
direction gets different.

Ultimately, when it became obvious to
me what an issue it was for Rey, we had to

relent and revisit the
topic at a later date.

I ended up winning
the Cruiserweight title.

And then who would have ever thought that
that was going to be match of the year?

I was determined.

I really believed that Rey
could be a bigger star to us.

Without the mask, we
need to see Rey's face.

You know something?

It's not going to happen.

I'm not going to lose the mask.

The match is Scott Hall and
Kevin Nash versus Conan and

Rey Mysterio, a team that
couldn't exemplify Lucha more.

If we win, we take Ms. Elizabeth's
hair so they would shave her bald.

If I lose, I would take
my mask off and...

He was super bummed out.

You know, he
didn't want to do it.

But, you know, you had a job to
do and you didn't want to get sued.

Up on the top, they got this!

The World Cup!

Let's see what he looks like.

When we had lost... The
mask does have to come off.

And I was untying
the mask from behind.

Rey Jr., a man of his word,
he's going to take the mask off.

Pulling the mask off slowly
and then showing my face.

It was a crazy moment.

It's crazy.

Crazy.

It's crazy.

Undescribable.

As a spectator, you're watching and
you're waiting for that mask to come off.

And then it comes off and
it's, who the hell's that guy?

You know?

Let's leave it to Beaver.

Our first look at the face.

In Mexico, the mask
symbolizes their identity.

And to lose a mask
is losing your identity.

Removing the mask
is not just, okay, we're

going to start wrestling
under a different name.

It's shedding an entire
lore that you've built.

He's a handsome young man there.

I truly felt like I had let my fans down,
my family down, my heritage down.

My uncle, for all the hard work
that he had put in, was heartbroken.

I was super pissed
and I thought it was bull.

You know, I was like, this is.

I'm still kind of hot about it,
but I just thought it was like,

Ray deserved better than this.

Whenever someone asks me, in hindsight,
would you do that same thing again?

No, I would have probably done
it differently, or perhaps not at all.

But at that time, operating
with the data, the information,

the context of the moment,
yeah, I would do it again.

For the first time since I started
wrestling, I'm wrestling without a mask.

Look at his face, look
at his determination.

He is in the ring, ready to go.

After losing my mask, the following night,
I have a one-on-one against Kevin Nash.

I feel like I'm naked.

It was just weird.

The direction for Ray
Mysterio goes a different way.

You see a real life
David and Goliath.

The thing with Ray is he was so
fast and so quick that it made sense.

It was believable.

It worked.

I mean, the roof
grew off that place.

You know, him working
with Kevin Nash, 6'10",

made no sense to me
at all when it was booked.

But then when I saw it, I went, okay,
Ray Mysterio can beat Kevin Nash.

The giant killer is born.

Bam Bam Bigelow, Nicky Legend.

He lives!

That happened
for a couple years.

There is life.

There is a future.

After losing the mask.

Here I am on WCW television.

How can that happen?

You see, it was just
a matter of time before

I, Vince McMahon,
bought my competition.

When WWE purchased WCW,
there were no plans for Ray.

Ray had a very lucrative
contract with WCW.

And it was more
advantageous for Ray to sit out.

Also, there wasn't a
lot of interest in Ray.

in WWE at that time.

Same thing I've heard for years,
that Vince wasn't big on smaller talent.

When I sat down with them, they said, we're
just going to let your contract run out.

And I felt like that was a way of
them telling me, yes, we want to work,

but not now.

Meaning, maybe never.

He was still getting a paycheck
every week, and a healthy one at that.

So I said, spend
time with your family.

So that's kind of
where we left it.

I was pregnant at the time.

With my daughter, Aaliyah.

So he was like super
worried, because he

knows Vince McMahon
doesn't like short guys.

At that time, he was
like, he hates me.

But... I'm sorry, girl.

I have to hear
that for a second.

Please be honest and
tell me if I was a dick.

Yes, tell me.

One second.

Tell me how you felt really bad
when she was pregnant with Aaliyah.

I had a super bad time when
I was pregnant with Aaliyah.

He makes me cry a lot.

My wife's pregnancy obviously
had me a little bit stressed.

The fact that I didn't know what
the future was going to look like.

Being at home, when you're constantly
on the move, it just put me on the edge.

I only want to sleep and eat.

He called me fat
so that it hurts me.

That's when I really turned to
a big douchebag and became...

really...

really bad husband
and father with my wife.

I tried to be patient, but he
was, like, super hard with me.

But the day of my
C-section, when the doctor

pulled my baby out, he
was crying next to me.

I'm sorry.

I don't know why I feel this.

And everything changed.

That moment when she
was born, I felt so bad for her.

I don't remember
how I was acting.

And then, sure enough,
WWE reaches out, and JR

says he wants to sit
down and talk business.

Vince always had this vision of this Mighty
Mouse character, a constant underdog.

Here I come to save the day That means
that Mighty Mouse is on the way From the

old cartoon series
years and years ago, we

wanted an overachieving,
diminutive superhero.

That could do things that
other guys just didn't do.

And Mighty Mouse proves again...

I said, I want to hire you, as long as we
can do some sort of sensible negotiation.

I remember sitting down, and Angie
and I were at home watching SmackDown.

All of a sudden, you just
saw a bunch of images, like...

You couldn't catch what it was.

And it said Rey
Mysterio was coming.

And it excited me, because not only this
is amazing, Rey Mysterio is on his way,

but that looks like the mask.

Please tell me the mask is back.

One amigo, two
amigos, three amigos.

Not in a million years did I ever think
that, you know, this would be happening.

We're going to WrestleMania,
tagging with my dad.

You see that first kick coming.

He's a walking cheat code, man.

He's giving me so much advice.

No.

No, no, no.

You don't have to.

I can't be a little bit hard
on him, but I've learned

how to ease back and just
let him enjoy the moments.

They're not better than us.

That's for damn sure.

Thank you.

Viva la raza.

I left WCW not wearing
a mask, thinking that

I'm going to come into
WWE without a mask.

My train of thought
was, lucha libre.

You lose your mask, you
don't come back to the ring

under the same name
with the mask that you lost.

It's not that we were so
smart to put the mask back on.

It was just a refusal for us to be
stupid enough to keep the mask off.

You just want to be part of WWE.

The power that comes with it and
that pushes you out into the world.

It's tremendous.

He is the sensational, the
high flying, Rey Mysterio.

Vince wanted that
Mighty Mouse roll fill.

Rey far exceeded the cartoon
version of Vince's vision for him.

There's only one Rey Mysterio.

We knew we had to do something
very special on Rey Mysterio's first night.

It's Rey Mysterio!

He's scaling the cage!

Mysterio!

What the hell is Mysterio doing?

The moment that people
were going to remember was

Rey Mysterio scaling the
cage and diving off the top.

Look at Rey!

Look at Mysterio!

Oh, my God!

A crossbody!

At the top of the cage!

I kind of hovered.

He floated for a second.

And maybe that's just
my memory looking back.

He's looking at it differently, but
the way he flies is just different.

Folks, you are looking at the
exciting future of the WWE!

He's Spider-Man.

But we don't need CGI.

We don't need ropes.

We don't need any of that.

Just let Rey be Rey.

Rey is known for
the Hurricane Rana.

Top rope!

Springboard!

Hurricane Rana!

The Frog Splash.

Mysterio!

The Splash!

The West Coast Pop.

West Coast Pop!

The 619.

A 619!

Everybody had their own signature
move and a name right behind it.

Fans identify you with that
name or that move or that number.

When Rey was first doing the move,
we just tied in the area code from San

Diego and came up with a legendary
move, which is now named the 619.

619!

Picture a human
replicating a helicopter blade.

You know as he's winding
up for that move or as soon as

you fall on that rope, that
place is going to come unglued.

619!

Because he's kicking your ass!

Come on!

You can't help but like
him when you meet him.

And I've yet, for anyone within our
industry, to say anything bad about him.

That is unheard of.

And part of that is because he's
not the biggest guy in the world.

And I think that makes
him much more relatable.

Ray Mysterio came to WWE
but he didn't come with Conan and

Eddie Guerrero kind of took
Conan's place as the father figure.

Two of the greatest
Latino wrestlers.

A mentor, a
confidant, a brother.

We've got new tag team
champions in Mysterio Guerrero.

And Eddie was a very complex,
albeit talented as hell, individual.

Sometimes Eddie was
his own worst enemy.

I knew that he had demons.

With Eddie, you know,
it was just a difficult time.

I wouldn't even want
to touch the subject.

Eddie had alcohol issues.

Eddie had drug issues.

It ruined his marriage at one point
and he was lucky to get his family back.

Eddie was fired for his demons and his drug
issues and showing up to work and stuff.

Eddie was fired for his demons and his
drug issues and And no condition to work.

But Eddie also got a second
chance and made the most of it.

The connection with Eddie
was always at a thousand.

Every time we would see
each other, hey, you okay?

Do you need anything?

No, I'm okay.

Okay.

Love you.

Super close.

They are like super,
super close friends.

But Ray loves Eddie
like his own brother.

They had each other's backs.

They understood the culture
from which they both came.

And they had a great
respect for each other as men.

We had done a show in
San Diego, and he came

over to the house,
and Eddie didn't drink.

So we didn't drink either.

Angie went to bed.

Eddie and I stepped out to the backyard,
turned the jacuzzi up, and we were just

chopping it up, just talking about life,
about parenting, relationships, wrestling.

And we touched
every subject that night.

Dad, can I ask you a question?

Sure, baby.

What was the big
secret on Christmas?

I already have it.

The custody story.

Well, Eddie wrote a book.

And in Eddie's book, Eddie spoke
about his separation with his wife, Vicki.

And while Eddie was separated,
Eddie had a child with another woman.

Not a lot of people knew
that, until the book came out.

Interesting.

Meantime, you've
got Ray Mysterio.

And you see cute little Dominic.

Ray Mysterio did it for his son!

And I'm just thinking, hmm, what if when
Eddie was separated, he had an affair with

Angie, Ray's wife, and they had a child,
but Ray never knew, and Ray thought it was

his child, and just raised
Dominic as his own?

I threw it at Eddie first,
and then I took it to Ray.

Hey, Ray.

This should look
kind of familiar to you.

This is your son
Dominic's daycare.

Good-looking kid.

Kind of a chip off the old
block, wouldn't you say, Ray?

The first person that
approached me was my dad.

You know, he's like, hey,
got some news for you.

I mean, he's seven years old.

He just knew that it was
cameras, wrestling, and he loved it.

They're gonna pay you, and
you're not gonna go to school.

I said, that's a lot
of candy and toys.

You know, let's do it.

You want some candy?

I got some candy for you.

Hey, you want some candy?

Um, which as I'm doing,
I'm going, this is so wrong.

Javier, yeah, is it good?

You like bedtime stories?

I love bedtime
stories, Uncle Eddie.

Well, Uncle Eddie promises to tell you
a bedtime story you'll never, ever forget.

You think I should tell
everybody our little secret?

It got a bit grimy.

It got grimy and dark.

I will tell Dominic the truth!

And, like, Eddie really poured
his heart into this character.

What's up, home?

Ray and I, we explained to
him it was gonna be like a movie.

Yeah, yeah, Mama, I know.

He always knew
it was like a show.

Dominic, Dominic!

Ray is not your father!

Some of the teachers were
concerned about my home life.

They were genuinely, like, I would
get pulled aside, and they were like,

hey, are you okay?

Like, is everything
okay in the home?

I'm your father, Dominic!

I'm your papi!

His friends laugh
about they tell him.

Yes, it's probably Eddie,
your dad, because he's

super tall like you, and
your dad is super short.

Is it true, Dad?

Is it really true?

As far as I was concerned, I got to
miss school to go hang out with my dad,

so for me, it was
all fun and games.

I'm your papi!

I'm your daddy!

Perhaps together for
the last time as a family.

One of the more salacious
stories that we told.

Now you're with the Children
and Family Services, right?

His real dad tells
the truth, not lies!

At one point, I wanted to
put Dominic on a pole or

hanging over the ring, and
whoever gets him gets custody.

That was a joke.

But it was discussed.

It actually truly was discussed.

I'm going to climb this
ladder for Dominic Guerrero!

It's WWE, right?

You've got to have
a ladder match.

And a ladder match for
the custody of Dominic.

And you have to put the custody
papers in a briefcase above the ring.

Crawled me back into the
corner yelling, and as soon

as that hand comes up,
you know, there's my dad.

Rey Mysterio has his son back!

And that's Angie Rey
Mysterio's wife in tears.

I remember they asked
me, do you think you can cry?

I'm like, seriously?

When I saw the camera
in front of me, I want to cry.

Her hands on her little
boy and her husband!

I asked him if he was
traumatized at one point.

Did you ever think
Eddie was your real dad?

And he started laughing, and he
goes, no, I don't think so, but maybe?

This should be among the worst
storylines that WWE has ever done.

But they put it in the hands of
Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio.

And what we got was one of the most
beloved, memorable matches of the era.

Saturday night, I take a
red-eye to Minneapolis.

I get in roughly about 5.30 a.m.

So I took a cab to the arena.

One of the truck drivers pulls up and
he goes, did you hear what happened?

I said, no, what happened?

Not thinking nothing of it.

My phone rings,
and he can't talk.

He was crying,
crying, he can't talk.

A shocking find at a
downtown Minneapolis hotel.

The body of world wrestling
entertainment star Eddie Guerrero.

I remember like it was yesterday
when he calls me that morning.

He was crying,
crying, he can't talk.

And finally he tell me,
Eddie passed away.

For him it was the
worst day of his life.

Because his best
friend passed away.

I got my ass
straight to the hotel.

And right when the
coroners came in, somebody

asked Dr. Rios if we
can say bye to Eddie.

They let us in the room,
and we saw Eddie there.

And we were... yeah.

I try not to think
about that moment.

I always go back to the
time we were in the jacuzzi.

And just shootin', you
know, like two friends.

Two brothers.

Eddie had been through so much.

And had overcome so much.

Eddie was doing great.

Eddie was just
so out of the blue.

Just so out of the blue.

I remember that
day giving Ray a hug.

And telling him
that I loved him.

And it was a very long day.

And a lot of crying.

A lot of tears that day.

I love you.

We contemplated,
do we have a show?

Do we cancel the show?

We decided to do a tribute.

Ray, obviously, very upset.

And Ray, I think, needed
help getting through.

Whether I think
he knew it or not.

My mother had given me a cross.

The cross was meant to be given
to someone to have a better death.

For them to be in peace.

You know, I gave
to Eddie Guerrero.

I left it in Eddie's casket.

I want to dedicate this Royal Rumble to my
brother, to mi hermano, Eduardo Guerrero.

The road to WrestleMania
begins at the Royal Rumble.

2006, to me, was one of
the greatest years for any

individual superstar in
the history of wrestling.

And it begins for Ray Mysterio
in January at the Royal Rumble.

Paying homage to Eddie
tonight in a low rider.

Eddie's presence was there.

Felt so good, so alive.

30 superstars are
involved in this match.

Ray Mysterio
enters at number two.

And in order to win, you got
to run through 29 other guys.

And if you win, you have the
opportunity to main event WrestleMania.

Mysterio, eliminated by Costas.

You hear that Eddie
chant going again.

The ring continuing to fill
up, approaching record time.

He sets a record that night of the longest
time in history spent in the Royal Rumble.

And Mysterio!

But the fact that it came on the
heels of the death of Eddie Guerrero...

Look at this!

619 connecting!

Made it much more
important for Ray.

Mysterio!

He did it!

He did it!

The odds that were stacked up
against me, it was very special.

Ray Mysterio is
going to WrestleMania!

Ray Mysterio!

Tremenda entrada!

Tremenda noche!

WrestleMania!

Como un Dios Azteca!

What the... Back down!

Springboard!

Wow!

One, two, three!

He got him!

He got him!

The emotion from Ray
that night when he won was

unlike anything I'd
ever experienced before.

I had chills at ringside.

The biggest underdog
in the history of WWE.

Ladies and gentlemen,
dreams do come true!

Hoy en día son logros míos
también porque atrás de Ray estoy yo.

Pero esa semilla que
yo puse en México,

Oscar la ha llevado a
todas partes del mundo.

You know the late, great Eddie Guerrero is
looking down upon Ray and he's so proud.

I remember standing in
the turnbuckle and just

looking up and just
feeling that presence.

I remember it was first row
and it was like sad but happy.

Maybe he just
missed his best friend.

For the very first time,
Hispanic, masked wrestler,

with my size and my weight,
becoming world champion.

I've done it.

Right now they see
him as the best Mexican.

The wonders that speak of
him make us feel more proud.

It was the high
point of Ray's career.

It was the high
point of Ray's career.

Ray hit that top spot that the audience
accepted him and kept him there.

Kind of almost in legendary
status from that point going forward.

And there are three of Ray Mysterio's
biggest fans, his family here tonight.

Including his daughter on the
619 camp and his son Dominic.

Here's Dominic.

I realized that my dad had a different
job from everyone else's parents.

When I started going into kindergarten,
I would just get like bombarded.

With all these questions
about his moves and

what he does and does
he wear the mask at home.

This is completely different
from everyone else's parents.

I have seven godfathers,
six of them are wrestlers.

It was definitely hard to not
have him around all the time.

He would miss birthdays,
him leaving every week.

My mom would let me go with
her to drop him off at the airport.

And I was in the back
window like crying.

When he finally would come home, he
would go in his room and just pass out.

Sleep for hours.

But then the next
day it was like normal.

And it was just routine.

He would take us to school.

He would pick us up from school.

He's the best dad ever.

Genuinely just loves his
family so wholeheartedly.

His family is everything to him.

The first time I ever
saw my dad on TV.

Jeff Jarrett grabbed a
guitar and just smashed him.

I kept asking my mom.

I was like, is he okay?

Is he okay?

I know when something
happened to him.

When he's hurt,
he moves different.

Aaliyah, she gets super upset.

Watching him is,
it's always been a lot.

Albert's taking advantage
of that prone knee.

His knee injuries, he would land
wrong or he would go to grab it.

My mom goes, he's not okay.

She would be able
to tell right away.

You take out the knee of Ray
Mysterio, you take out 90% of his arsenal.

The worst injury that I've suffered
32 years has been my left knee.

Over 10 surgeries, ACL
tear, meniscus tears, MCLs.

My left knee has taken all
the damage over the years.

For us, when he gets
hurt, we are like, yes!

Because he is going to
spend months with us.

It's not that we enjoy
when he gets hurt.

You know, if he's
already hurt, then it's

like six months to a
year of having him home.

When he's going to get
surgery, I always go with him.

I'm with him every single
time, every single surgery.

Ray's style has played into
the injuries more than anything.

The high flyer style and
just the amount of abuse.

In 2008, I started seeing him like
super slow when he was at home.

He talks to me like an animal.

And I'm like, something
is not good here.

I was abusing my pen medication.

It came to a point where it
was numbing my whole body

that I was moving through
my matches without pain.

And that's what I
thought was good about it.

But no, it was destroying
my personal life.

Not just numb around the knee, but
it was numb in the brain and a lot of

dark moments where
I wasn't being a father.

I wasn't doing what I was supposed
to be doing as the man of the house.

And that hurts.

Like I was there, but
I wasn't really there.

And I find his pills.

And I throw away the pills.

And I tell him, if you love your
family, you have to go to rehab.

He talked with his boss.

And they sent him
to rehab for 28 days.

The worst days of my life.

But at this time, the best time.

We all fight with our own personal demons,
you know, whatever that case might be.

But you have to deal with it
and you have to pull through.

When he came back home after
the 28 days, never take any pill again.

Never.

Being sober.

Being sober, not having to take pen
medications to ease down my pain.

I do wake up sometimes
stiff in the mornings.

I know my son keeps on telling me,
Dad, you want to make sure, you know,

you can walk at the age of 70.

You know, I want
to see you walk.

And my daughter's the same way.

But in the meantime,
you know, I enjoy this.

I enjoy this way too much.

He shouldn't be doing that.

He should be living
in a beach somewhere.

Retired, you know.

Sipping Mai Tais with a
couple of dogs, you know.

But he loves this.

And I don't think he's
going to stop anytime soon.

I started connecting
with stem cells in 2014.

I really saw a turnaround
in my ability to compete.

2019 comes, more stem cells
were injected into my body.

Ankle.

Both knees.

One shoulder.

Both elbows.

And both wrists.

And that's when I
really started to feel

change that it was
like rejuvenating myself.

2022 comes around and now I'm starting
to feel the wear and tear of my knee.

And a little bit more aches.

He has severe
degeneration of the cartilage.

We're going to be injecting
stem cells directly into him.

Directly into the joints
to try and decrease

inflammation and help
regeneration of the cartilages.

So he can keep doing
what he does best.

I just finished getting another
stem cell treatment once again.

And I feel great.

I feel incredible.

To have the ability to perform
like I've been performing.

Be able to live
a life pain free.

That has been due to stem cells.

That has given me the longevity.

And have helped me
keep going the way I have.

That's what we're
missing the most.

The interaction with the fans.

It'll be a hundred thousand screaming fans
waiting to see their favorite superstars.

My favorite wrestler
is Rey Mysterio.

I love Rey Mysterio.

Rey Mysterio.

Dominique Mysterio.

Rey's wrestling with Dominique
to beat The Miz and Logan Paul.

It's going to be epic.

Are you guys ready for
WrestleMania access?

Ladies and gentlemen,
Rey and Dominique Mysterio.

Well, thank you for
coming out, guys.

Thank you for having us.

Yeah, thank you for the invite.

This is Dominique's
first WrestleMania.

Tell me what this is like.

Seeing my face on buses,
it's just been surreal, man.

I'm very blessed to be here.

Thank you.

Do we have any more questions?

I'm playing hooky today.

Rey, did you ever let Dominique
come play hooky to watch your match?

Many times.

And this is what
WrestleMania is all about.

Being able to
connect with your fans

because they come
from all around the world.

I come all the way from Mexico City to
support my favorite luchador, Rey Mysterio.

He's a small guy among big guys.

I'm a small guy, so I really
represent in a physical way with Rey.

Booyaka!

Booyaka!

Booyaka!

Booyaka!

Booyaka!

Booyaka!

Get excited.

It's on the way.

2014, I was burnt out
physically, mentally.

I had missed a lot of
birthdays, a lot of anniversaries.

I decided to take some time off and
reconnect with myself and my family.

I have been doing a couple
of shows here and there.

There's a lot of great
memories stuck on this tunnel.

Super Muñeco, we
just lost him recently.

Solitario and El Santo, some of the
best that ever come out of Tijuana,

are right here on this wall.

I got to do an event.

And that's where I'd seen Perro
Aguayo Jr. or El Hijo del Perro.

El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, who unfortunately
had his last match here against me.

We have a history that goes
back to the beginning of Triple-A.

You know, we had
very special moments.

We were going to
be meeting in Tijuana.

Perrito Aguayo was real, real,
real good friends with me and Rey.

Rey was happy to work with him.

I'm coming back in Tijuana.

Where it all started, the
people were waiting for this.

It was a packed house.

Everyone was so
excited and so into it.

We went to the show, my
kids, Dominic and Aliyah, myself.

We are there.

We go out there and we feel like
we're having a banger that night.

He was going to end
up in 619 position.

But for some reason, he
bumped and went out to the floor.

I take off.

Bounce off the back
ropes and swing for the 619.

Thank God my legs didn't
connect with his head or his face.

They kind of went over his head
because he was slouched over.

He's for a long time
hanging on the rope.

And you can realize
that something is wrong.

Something's bad.

I remember Conan being ringside,
you know, and kind of pulled his arm.

You know, I was
trying to wake him up.

And he wasn't responding.

He had to put him like on a piece
of board and take him out there.

I drove in the
ambulance with him.

We went to the hospital,
which was very, very close.

Me and Ray went to the hospital crossing
the street from the Auditorio de Tijuana.

We spent a couple hours there.

And finally the doctor came
out and he said, you know what?

I'm sorry, but
nothing we can do.

He passed away.

Ray was recharged
on the hospital wall.

And suddenly he saw that
he was thrown to the ground.

And he took his
hands to his face.

And someone told him
that the dog had just died.

They were very good friends.

I remember getting
home that night.

I just, I was holding
so much inside.

I took off my gear and
I jumped in the shower.

And bawling my
eyes off, you know.

I needed to be alone and I
needed to let all that frustration out.

And all that sadness
that was happening.

Rest in peace, Perrito.

Ray felt like guilty, but
he knows it wasn't his fault.

For respect, he went to the
funeral without his memory.

He didn't ask.

Like a human being.

Not like a wrestler.

One of the hardest things for me
to do was to face Perro's family.

It was just very heartbreaking.

I needed to get that
weight off my chest.

Give them my condolences.

And they said,
do not feel guilty.

This is in God's hands.

They understand completely.

That meant the world to me.

It was hard for him
to come back from.

I don't know how he
managed to get back in the ring.

Work was work.

So he had to, you know, go out
there and do what he had to do.

I don't know how that's
not traumatizing for him.

You know, I'm sure
it is in many ways.

But like I said, he had to
go do what he had to do.

Who's next?

A lot of times, the Royal Rumble will allow
talent that had been gone for a while.

An opportunity to come back.

Mysterio!

He looks as great as he ever
looked at any point in his career.

He's incredible.

Double sequence!

Nobody had to be convinced
that we wanted Rey Mysterio back.

You have to be an idiot.

If you know Rey Mysterio,
you can't help but love the guy.

One of the most popular
guys in the entire locker room.

I knew that my heart
wanted to be with WWE.

As well as, you
know, my son was now

training to break into
this world of sports.

Sports entertainment.

I think people were
expecting it at first.

They would always ask me,
hey, are you gonna wrestle?

Are you gonna wrestle?

I always wanted to try it.

Became a teenager and started fading
away and getting into, you know, football,

soccer.

But as I got older, it really started
to catch my attention a little bit more.

I'm like, Dominic, your dad starts
training when he was six years old.

You're 18, 19 years old and you
tell me now you want to be a wrestler?

There was never any insistence
from my end to push Dominic on stage.

I'm continuing with the legacy.

Going on to 19 at
the time was shocking.

But there was a feeling
inside that made me say, wow.

Yes, at least he's gonna try it.

We started his training with
Conan and another of his godfathers.

You know, we put him to work.

Kind of testing the waters to
see how much potential he had.

And he did show some potential.

I think it's awesome that, like, you
know, he's following in my dad's footsteps.

Cuando mi nieto dice, quiero ser
luchador, dije, oh, no, otra vez a sufrir.

Dominic está empezando
a hacer su propia historia,

y que es una tercera
generación de la familia.

Para mí es muy
satisfactorio todo eso.

First one and a half years,
he had to work his ass off.

I told him, I said, there's no better
place for you to be than WWE.

That's your goal.

That's where you want to be.

The fans had seen
him grow up in WWE.

Pretty much.

Wait a minute.

What on earth is Dominic?

So they thought that it would kind of
be cool for him to be part of my storyline.

No, no, no, come on.

Get him over there!

The miracle!

It was just for one
match at the time.

And it just kind of
went on from there.

That's his comfort zone.

Tag!

Got it from the top rope!

The splash!

Connecting the room!

Cover!

Into the leg!

My God, they did it!

First ever father and son.

Tag team champions.

I was blown away.

Having the opportunity
to make history.

You know, that doesn't
come very often in life.

Tag team champions!

I get, I get chills.

I get chills because that's...

Man, as a father,
that makes me proud.

I love him to death.

And the fact that
he's still doing it.

You know, I couldn't
be more proud of him.

Because I know, I know
he's doing this for me.

It was a special delivery.

Hayashi flew from Osaka.

Oh my God!

Yeah, I love it.

Oh!

Oh!

Hayashi goes out of his way
to make the best costumes ever.

It can be nerve-wrecking.

Anxiety build up.

What's about to happen?

Happy Mania.

Oh, you too.

Come in and break the
count however you can.

I got you.

I'm excited that my son gets to
have his first WrestleMania moment.

Yeah, squat down all the way.

Just let it push you.

He's got the safeties on.

And on top of that, he gets to
come out like his old man used to.

Being able to pop up together.

Who's that jumping out the sky?

You know what's crazy, Dom?

At the age of 14, I wrestled in front
of 100 people outside of a church.

To think now that I'm
47, look at the amount

of people that are
going to be here tonight.

Not in a million years did I ever
think that this would be happening.

Making history and I love it.

This is the moment
we've been waiting for.

WrestleMania time.

This is my nerves and
these are for Dominik.

Eddie Guerrero, Art Bar, Love
Machine, this is for you guys.

The

dream come true, teaming up
with his own son at WrestleMania.

I'm so proud of my family.

To see my son and my husband
working together like partners.

Wow!

It's about family, it's about
his lucha libre heritage.

Don't do the rope,
take out the Miz!

That's my baby!

Right into the legs!

Right into the stereo!

Run!

Run!

Run!

He's in second
position Monday night.

This time, are we gonna see it?

619 on your face!

It was like a shock for me.

I'm like, what?

Yeah!

It was super fun and
super incredible for me.

Somehow it's done!

Yes!

It was all of us, like closest
friends, closest family.

That is a once in a lifetime.

All of the stars
aligned correctly.

The only thing we missed was
beating Logan Paul in the Miz.

But that's okay.

Father and son, WrestleMania
moment is in the history books.

Just never thought
it would happen.

And it didn't.

He's revolutionized his industry
in ways people can't imagine.

He brought the
lucha libre style.

I don't know how many people can say they
started when they were eight years old.

And been doing this 30-something
years, you know, at the top of their game.

So to me, he will
always be, you know...

On Mount Rushmore, he has
all four heads but different masks.

Rey Mysterio!

I have no idea where I
would be without wrestling.

I mean, making pizzas?

Probably.

No one has a
bigger heart than you.

Three generations of Mysterio's
incredibly beautiful day.

I'm going to her lips!

The greatest little man
in the history of wrestling.

Double six by nine!

He opened up the
door for Hispanics.

He opened up the
door for smaller guys.

Look at Mysterio!

He broke the blueprint of
what a wrestler should look like.

I threw him like he was a dork!

Rey represents so
many different things.

Being a great father and a great
family man and a great athlete.

And very proud of
the culture of Mexico.

He's a first ballot
Hall of Famer.

Rey Mysterio has his son back!

He's a huge inspiration.

If you work your butt off,
you can get to that point.

Dreams do come true!

It's a huge inspiration
for kids in Mexico.

So much of the identity of
Oscar Gutierrez is Rey Mysterio.

That mask is everything
to him, but it's a way of life.

Rey Mysterio will go down
as the face of Lucha Libre.

Throughout this journey,
from day one, I've never

really had this desire to
become larger than life.

Or to make a certain amount
of money or travel the world.

Like, there was
only one passion.

It was your passion that gave me
the opportunity to step in the ring.

And to show my talent.

That's all I ever wanted to do.

The greatest mask of all time!

Rey!

Rey!

Grey!

Rey!

Rey!

Rey!

Rey!

Rey!

Rey!