WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio has revealed one major unknown fact about himself.
Arguably one of the most popular and greatest luchadors of all time, Rey Mysterio has been actively wrestling since 1989 and has made a name for himself. Popularly known amongst the fans for his babyface character and colorful masks, he was once briefly unmasked during his late WCW tenure.
An owner of several iconic wrestling luchador masks, Rey Mysterio, recently, during an interview with GQ, 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.”
H/t Fightful
Rey Mysterio recently suffered an injury before WrestleMania 41, and later underwent a successful surgery for it. Currently on the recovery path, there is no confirmed timeline for the Hall of Famer’s return.
WWE Veteran Wants To Retire With Randy Orton And Rey Mysterio
Appearing on the Nikki & Brie Show with Nikki Bella & Brie Bella, Natalya opened up on her retirement plans. Hoping to hang up her boots at the same time as Orton and Mysterio, she said,
“I just feel so good. People say to me, ‘When are you going to hang it up?’ I’m going to hang it up when Randy Orton hangs it up, when Rey Mysterio hangs it up. When I look at Randy, he’s in the best shape of his life. Rey is in the best shape of his life. What I love now in WWE is we’re not letting a number define what people can do. That’s the great thing about this era. If you’re good at what you do, you go in there and rock it. I actually feel like I’m in better shape than I’ve ever been in my life. Knock on wood, I wake up every morning pain free.”
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