El Hijo de Rey Misterio

El Hijo de Rey Misterio
Ring name(s) Diablo[1]
El Hijo de Rey Misterio (I)
Billed height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[2]
Billed weight 69 kg (150 lb)[2]
Born February , 1989(1989-02-00)[3]
San Diego, California, United States[2]
Trained by Rey Misterio[1]
Medico Asesino, Jr.[1]
Debut April 2006[2]
Website Myspace page

El Hijo de Rey Misterio (born February 1989) is a Mexican American professional wrestler, or luchador as they are known in Spanish. His ring name is Spanish for "The Son of the King of Mystery" or more correctly "The Son of Rey Misterio", and as the name indicates he is the son of the luchador, Rey Misterio. He is also the cousin of Rey Mysterio, who started his career as "Rey Misterio, Jr." He mainly works on the independent circuit in the United States, especially in California and in Mexico, especially in Tijuana, Baja California. Hijo de Rey Misterio's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.[4] His patronymic surname is known though, López, as his father was unmasked and revealed his full name, Miguel Ángel López Díaz, per Lucha libre traditions.

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Professional wrestling career

El Hijo de Rey Misterio grew up in a wrestling family with both his father and his cousin being very well known Luchadors. At the age of 13 he began training with his father Miguel Ángel López Díaz who wrestles as Rey Misterio (Sr.) at his father's wrestling school in Tijuana.[1] He made his professional wrestling debut in 2006, initially working under the ring name Diablo. By the end of 2006 his father gave him permission to use the "Rey Misterio" name and he became "El Hijo de Rey Misterio".[1] The name has led to some confusion, especially when wrestling in the United States where a lot of fans have mistaken him for the son of Rey Mysterio, but Mysterio is actually his cousin.[1] Some promoters have actively sought to exploit this confusion by neglecting to bill him as "El Hijo de" and just billed him as Rey Misterio.[5] In one controversial case a Bolivian promoter used World Wrestling Entertainment footage of Rey Mysterio to promote a tour by El Hijo de Rey Misterio, when Hijo de Rey Misterio found out he cancelled his tour.[6] When El Hijo de Rey Misterio cancelled his tour the Bolivian promoter had someone else wrestle under the mask, pretending to be El Hijo de Rey Misterio.[7]

Since adopting the "Hijo de Rey Misterio" name he has been working mainly for Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR) in Northern California, shows in Tijuana and made various independent wrestling promotion appearances in America. His stint in PWR saw him team with his father on several occasions, the two won a tournament to become the first PWR Tag Team Champions when they defeated the Border Patrol (Oliver John and Nathan Rulez) on May 31, 2008.[8] The duo defended the title a couple of times during 2008 but were forced to vacate the title in June, 2009 as Rey Misterio, Sr. suffered a serious injury.[1] He has stated that while he likes working in the United States he really wants to focus on a wrestling career in Mexico, hoping to work for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) or Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), Mexico's two largest professional wrestling promotions.[1] In October 2009 it was reported that El Hijo de Rey Misterio had been working at CMLL's wrestling school in Mexico City, Mexico to train for his future CMLL debut.[9] He would, however, never make an appearance for CMLL, before suddenly announcing his retirement from professional wrestling in early 2011. On May 27, 2011, a new El Hijo de Rey Misterio, presented by both Rey Misterio, Sr. and Konnan, made his debut in Tijuana.[10] The original El Hijo de Rey Misterio, now wrestling as El Hijo de Rey Misterio I, return to professional wrestling in November 2011. On December 25, 2011, he defeated Mortiz and Mr. Tempest in a ladder match to win the Baja California Championship, joining Los Perros del Mal in the process.[11]

Personal life

El Hijo de Rey Misterio is part of an extended family of wrestlers, his father Miguel Ángel López Díaz is best known under the ring name Rey Misterio (sr.), his cousin Oscar Gutiérrez, works for World Wrestling Entertainment as Rey Mysterio. His other cousin is a wrestler known as Metalika and his uncle, Juan Zezatti Ramírez, is better known as Super Astro.[1]

Championships and accomplishments

  • Baja California Championship (1 time, current)[11]

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask El Hijo de Rey Misterio Inferno Tijuana, Baja California 02007-02-23 February 23, 2007  
Mask El Hijo de Rey Misterio Black Panther Tijuana, Baja California 02007-08-17 August 17, 2007  
Mask El Hijo de Rey Misterio Kendo, Jr. Tijuana, Baja California 02007-10-26 October 26, 2007  

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Landru (September 1, 2009). "Entrevista Hijo de Rey Misterio" (in Spanish). Hablando de Catch. http://hablandodecatch.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/entrevista-hijo-de-rey-misterio/. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c d "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts (Kappa Publications): pp. 77. 2008 Edition. 
  3. ^ "El Hijo de Rey Misterio" (in German). CageMatch.net. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=7859. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
  4. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. 
  5. ^ Ocampo, Jorge (September 2, 2008). "El Hijo de Rey Misterio (No confundir con Rey Mysterio) en Portugal" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2008/09/02/el-hijo-de-rey-misterio-no-confundir-con-rey-mysterio-en-portugal/. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
  6. ^ Ocampo, Jorge (May 1, 2009). "Hijo de Rey Misterio se presenta en Bolivia, la falta de información de muchos medios provoca líos" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2009/05/01/hijo-de-rey-misterio-se-presenta-en-bolivia-la-falta-de-informacion-de-muchos-medios-provoca-lios/. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
  7. ^ Ocampo, Jorge (May 10, 2009). "El conflicto Hijo de Rey Misterio / Rey Mysterio en Bolivia" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2009/05/10/el-conflicto-hijo-de-rey-misterio-rey-mysterio-en-bolivia/. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
  8. ^ a b Cagematch.net. "PWR Tag Team Championship" (in German). http://www.cagematch.de/?id=5&nr=867. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
  9. ^ Gutiérez, Ana (October 30, 2009). "Eæ Hijo de Rey Misterio al CMLL" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. http://www.fuegoenelring.com/articles_noticias_full.php?articles_id=348. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
  10. ^ Meltzer, Dave (June 2, 2011). "Jun 2 Observer Newsletter: UFC 130 in-depth, Super Hate stroke, St. Pierre vs. Diaz, Flair trouble, Mania buyrate, Lesnar surgery, Dana on Sonnen, Averno to WWE, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter (Campbell, CA): 21. ISSN 10839593. "The debut of the new El Hijo de Rey Misterio took place on 5/27 in Tijuana. Both the original Rey Misterio (Miguel Lopez, the uncle of the WWE wrestler) and Konnan introduced the new Rey, who had been wrestling as a prelim wrestler Horus on area shows. He is not related to either Lopez or Oscar Gutierrez, who is the WWE version. Lopez’s real son had done the role and got similar tattoos and contacts as the WWE version and worked a lot of indies in the U.S. and was probably the biggest independent wrestling draw in the U.S. now that El Hijo del Santo rarely comes, but he grew tired of the business." 
  11. ^ a b Pérez, Samuel (December 27, 2011). "Hijo de Rey Misterio se corona como campeón en Tijuana, integrándose a las filas de Los Perros del Mal" (in Spanish). The Gladiatores. http://www.thegladiatores.com/?p=7262. Retrieved December 28, 2011. 

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