Rey Mysterio has returned to WWE, but with a brand new look.
Last seen on the April 18th SmackDown episode, Rey Mysterio has since then been ruled out with an injury. Sidelined from WrestleMania 41 and currently on a hiatus, the Hall of Famer is currently rehabbing from his groin injury.
However, tonight on the June 7th edition of Worlds Collide, Rey Mysterio appeared after a long stint of absence, and greeted the roaring Los Angeles crowd. He appeared after the opening ceremony and expressed his love for Lucha Libre.
However, fans noticed a distinctively special thing about Mysterio’s appearance. The Hall of Famer now sported a thick beard under his sacred mask. Looking unrecognizable, this was the first time Mysterio displayed a full-grown beard apart from his cameo goatee appearances.
Last night, Mysterio was also honored with the Legend Impact Award from the National Hispanic Media Council.
He was previously scheduled to face El Grande Americano at WrestleMania 41, but was later replaced by Dragon Lee.
Rey Mysterio Reveals An Unknown Fact About Himself
Earlier this year, during an interview with GQ, Rey Mysterio revealed an unknown fact about his masks.
“I always gotta carry, two masks with me. These masks, I don’t wrestle in. These are masks that I do only for presentations, like right now. Different type of material compared to the one that I do wrestle in, but I always gotta rock at least two, sometimes even four, depending on how many days I’m on the road. My costume designer is from Osaka, Japan, and he gets down, man. Big ups to Hayashi. This one that I’m wearing right now is a collection of of four masks that were made by Hayashi, an idea that he created, inspired by the band KISS, and in the back of the mask, the lettering of Rey on the back.
Ever since I found out what Lucha Libre was, my uncle Rey Mysterio Sr. wore a mask at the beginning of his career, and I always wanted to be like him. At the age of 14, 1989, I wore my first mask. I wore it all throughout 1990, maybe 99, which is when I lost the mask to Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. When I got signed for the first time with WWE, I came back with the mask. Since 2002 to now, I’ve been rocking the mask ever since.”
In other news: A Dominik Mysterio championship has been announced for Money in the Bank.