Former WWE/WCW/Lucha Underground Superstar Rey Mysterio will once again be making his way to the United Kingdom. The Luchador legend will be making an appearance for 5 Star Wrestling against one of the UK’s biggest rising stars, Zack Gibson.
The match will be headlining the company’s February 1st show in Liverpool’s Echo Arena, it will also be available to view in the UK on the FreeSports Freeview channel. For UK readers the channel info is as follows:
Freeview: Channel 95
Sky: Channel 424
Freesat: 252
TalkTalk TV: Channel 95
BT TV: Channel 95
You may remember the 5 Star Wrestling name, the company offered CM Punk $1 Million dollars to appear as part of their 128 man tournament that was subsequently cancelled.
– Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio took to Instagram to comment on this morning’s Chris Jericho vs. Kenny Omega Wrestle Kingdom 12 match, saying it “did not disappoint”:
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– WWE posted a video of Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss being interviewed by Renee Young, who asks the pair how they feel about being paired together for the Mixed Match Challenge and how they think Nia Jax will respond – given Jax petitioned to have Strowman as her partner for the tournament. Check out the video here:
– On the latest episode of his podcast, Talk Is Jericho, Chris Jericho noted that his “Alpha Club” T-Shirt is currently the top selling shirt at Hot Topic. This means that Jericho is outselling shirts from The Bullet Club, Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes and all WWE shirts. Jericho is set to face-off against Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 12 this Thursday in Tokyo, Japan.
H/T Wrestling Inc. for the info.
– Former WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio is set to face reality TV star Adam Maxted at a 5 Star Wrestling show on March 1, 2018 in Belfast, Northern Ireland from the SSE Arena. Maxted appeared on the British reality dating show Love Island. He recently noted in an interview with The Belfast Telegraph that he didn’t have sex on the show because he one day wants to make it in WWE, and had a tryout with the company this past May in the United Kingdom:
“I said to myself that there was no way I was going to risk my future and my dream – no matter how good looking the girl was or how much there was a connection or how much I wanted to do it,” Maxted said. “My dream is to be in the WWE and it’s such a child-based market so I wasn’t ever going to ruin my chances of getting onto that because I’d had sex on TV.”
Maxted’s full interview with The Belfast Telegraph can be found at this link here.
Aro Lucha has signed Rey Mysterio Jr. to headline their show from Nashville on December 10th. The promotion already announced earlier this month that Konnan will serve as Aro Lucha’s head writer.
Co-Founder of Aroluxe, former part-owners of TNA and current owners of Aro Lucha, Don Harris, had this to say about bringing Mysterio in.
“We’ve tried to bring our years of experience in the wrestling industry and tv production to the table, while also marrying that with some of the top talent in the lucha libre world. We’re excited to bring this roster to the fans and families that would not otherwise get a chance to see these stars outside of Mexico.”
Aro Lucha December 10th show lineup:
Rey Mysterio & Pentagon vs Rush & John Morrison
Jack Evans & Hurricane Helms & Maximo vs Garza Jr & La Mascara & Daga
MVP vs Sammy Guevara
Keyra & Lacey Lane vs Vanilla Vargas & Taya
Demus vs Mascarita Dorada
Willie Mack vs Mr. 450
5Star Wrestling has announced that both Rey Mysterio and John Morrison will be appearing on February 1st at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The company recently made a groundbreaking deal with UK television channel FreeSports to broadcast live events across the United Kingdom throughout 2018 and beyond.
FreeSports is a channel available via the UK’s FreeView service, Sky, FreeSat, BT, TalkTalk TV and is available in over 22 Million homes.
Also currently announced for the show are Zack Gibson and Rob Van Dam.
Tickets for the show are available to purchase here.
BREAKING NEWS: John Morrison set to defend the 5 Star Championship, at the Liverpool Echo Arena on February 1st. The event will be broadcast LIVE on TV right across the UK thanks to FreeSports.
WWE/WCW legend Rey Mysterio will be making his debut for ICW in 12 days at Fear & Loathing X.
Fear & Loathing is ICW’s biggest event of the year and the inclusion of Mysterio has been a huge boost for the company looking to sell out the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Mysterio’s opponent for the event is ICW homegrown talent Kenny Williams, who has been a mainstay on the UK independent scene for the past couple of years. William’s highest profile bout to this point has been on the reboot episode of World of Sport however this match with Mysterio completely eclipses anything he has achieved so far in his career.
ICW recently released a shot promo from William’s where he calls out Rey, he asks why Mysterio has not yet responded to his verbal jabs and the company has begun teasing fans asking “will we hear from the master of the 619 before November 19th?”
Are you going to the event? Let us know in the comments after checking out the video below…
UK based Pro Wrestling clothing company SPLX has officially announced Rey Mysterio as the latest performer to join their roster. Mysterio joins Zack Sabre Jr, Chelsea Green, Angélico, Matt Riddle, Dave Mastiff, Gail Kim and Jeff Cobb as a brand ambassador.
SPLX issued the following press release for Rey’s signing:
The latest athlete to join SPLX is a former two-time World Champion, Rey Mysterio. The master of the 619 joins Zack Sabre Jr, Chelsea Green, Angélico, Matt Riddle, Dave Mastiff, Gail Kim and Jeff Cobb.
Rey is considered one of the all time greats in the sport of professional wrestling. Now in his 28th year, he’s still putting on world class performances, and is regarded as a true pioneer within the industry.
Having inspired a whole generation of athletes, the world famous luchador isn’t looking to slow down and being a regular for CRASH as well as appearing all around the world including a upcoming match at ICW’s big Hydro show on 19th November.
We are very happy to welcome Rey Mysterio to Team SPLX, and look forward to working together.
Many fans of the UK scene were quick to highlight the working relationship between SPLX and top UK promotion PROGRESS. With PROGRESS’ Super Strong Style 16 tournament set for Alexandra Palace in 2018 will the ‘Master of the 619’ continue his run of UK based appearances and test himself against some of the UK’s best performers? It is worth noting that some of Rey’s fellow SPLX roster members have appeared in the tournament in the last couple of years.
ICW star Kenny Williams is set to have arguably the biggest match of his career when he challenges WWE legend Rey Mysterio at Fear & Loathing X on Sunday November 19th from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Williams recently spoke to Scotland’s Sunday Post about the match and how he idolised the Luchador superstar growing up:
“It’s hard to put into words.” My mum found out about the match and she doesn’t normally know any of the people I’m wrestling. She said: ‘I can’t believe you’re wrestling one of your toys!’ If you would’ve told me when I was 12 years old that I’d be standing in The Garage challenging Rey Mysterio I’d have called you an idiot!”
Regarding his time in ICW, he stated: “I started off as a stand-in replacement for someone who pulled out last minute. The crowd took to me, and the fact they’ve continued to support me, you can’t repay that.Getting to open the show at the Barrowlands in the first wrestling event there for thirty odd years was a great moment too,”
“I’ve been up and down the country on tours, tour buses… We’re like the best rock and roll school that money can buy!”
– As you all most likely know, Sami Zayn turned heel at Hell In A Cell this past weekend to assist Kevin Owens in defeating Shane McMahon in the evening’s main event. In response, “KO” helped Zayn defeat Mike Kanellis at last night’s (Mon. October 9, 2017) WWE live event from Lansing, Michigan. After the match Owens cut a promo and proclaimed that he and Zayn defeated Shane together this past Sunday.
– We previously reported that Kalisto dedicated his Cruiserweight Championship win last night to Rey Mysterio and the late WWE Hall Of Famer Eddie Guerrero (as it was his birthday last night). Mysterio later responded to Kalisto and claimed that Guerrero is smiling after the win:
Insane Championship Wrestling will be hosting Fear & Loathing X on November 19th from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Fear & Loathing is ICW’s biggest annual event and it sees top stars from around the globe compete with some of the UK’s finest. The company made the blockbuster announcement that Rey Mysterio would be competing earlier this year and now we know who his opponent will be.
World of Sport star Kenny Williams will be taking on the ‘Master of the 619,’ Kenny is a standard bearer for ICW and one of the top prospects on the UK scene right now, this is a huge opportunity for him to showcase his abilities to an even bigger global audience.
WCPW will be hosting their ‘Stacked’ Pay Per View event this evening. The card will feature a number of high profile bouts including some of the biggest names in New Japan Pro Wrestling. Check out the full card below:
Marty Scurll vs Will Ospreay
Rey Mysterio vs Ricochet
War Machine vs The Briscoes – Tag Team Titles
Travis Banks vs KUSHIDA
Primate vs BT Gunn – Hardcore Title
Alex Gracie vs Martin Kirby
Penta El Zero M vs Rampage
Mike Bailey vs Takahashi
Jay Lethal vs Angelico vs Drake
Gabriel Kidd vs Lucky Kid – Internet Title
The event will be live from 7.15pm UK time (2.15/1.15c) and available to watch via WhatCulture Extra ($6.99 per month) and FITE TV ($14.99 one-time purchase).
Are you checking out the show? Let us know in the comments.
In the past couple of months, we have heard many rumours about Rey Mysterio’s future and it was reported by multiple sources that he was in talks with WWE.
However, recently it was revealed that the talks between Mysterio and WWE have broken down and the High Flyer will not be returning to the company he called home for well over a decade.
Now the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter has explained how events occurred and why things didn’t work out between the two parties.
According to the Newsletter, things were overblown from the start as the talks between WWE and the Mexican Star never reached a serious stage. Apparently, when the news of Mysterio possibly returning to WWE came, he was actually talking to GFW.
As we noted before, the deal breaker on WWE’s part was his representative Konnan whom Vince McMahon apparently has a grudge with. On the other hand, Rey’s reason for not signing with WWE was their tight schedule.
It’s been said that at this stage of his career, the former World Champion is looking to work a lighter schedule where he could also work on side projects, which would not have been possible in WWE.
Regarding his future, it’s being said that he is expected to receive a significant offer from GFW soon and it’s most likely the next destination of the High Flying Star.
Though it’s worth noting that Rey Mysterio has a non-compete clause due to which he won’t be able to work for GFW for at least 90 days after the current season of Lucha Underground expires in September.
A few weeks ago it was reported that former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio could possibly be returning to the company, as the free agent was negotiating with both WWE and Global Force Wrestling (a.k.a TNA and Impact Wrestling). Per a new report from Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso, however, that is no longer the case.
The report suggests that Mysterio will, in fact, not be returning to WWE due to the fact that “The Chairman Of The Board” Vince McMahon has no interest in doing any business with “The Master Of The 619’s” representation – Konnan. Konnan and McMahon reportedly have some issues stemming back a couple of decades ago, as McMahon invested a lot of time and money into Konnan’s ‘Max Moon’ character which ultimately didn’t pan out.
Konnan was at a recent SmackDown Live taping to visit Chris Jericho and it apparently didn’t do much to help his relationship with McMahon.
WCPW has announced the name and location of their latest Pay Per View offering; ‘Stacked’ will be available to watch via the WhatCulture Extra service and iPPV on August 22nd.
The main event for the…stacked show will see former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio take on one of the premier high flyers in the industry, Ricochet.
Tickets for the Leeds, UK event are available to purchase via the Eventbrite.
Scottish based promotion Insane Championship Wrestling has announced that former WWE and WCW star Rey Mysterio will be appearing at their Fear & Loathing X event in November.
Fear & Loathing is the ‘Wrestlemania’ in ICW’s calendar year, previous events have seen the likes of Finn Balor, Kurt Angle and Mick Foley appear and the SSE Hydro in Glasgow can hold a capacity of around 2,500 to 3,000 fans.
Rey Mysterio has been making more and more appearances on the UK scene recently and with some upcoming shows with WCPW he seems set to continue this trend.
Rey Mysterio Jr. is expected t become a free agent this fall after season 3 of Lucha Underground finishes airing on the El Rey Network. Mysterio would then have to complete a 90 day no-compete clause before he could wrestle for another promotion with a television deal.
GFW and WWE are said to both be interested, but Karen Jarrett seems to be teasing that her promotion is the one that will land the popular 42 year-old luchador.
She posted the following earlier:
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Rey Mysterio to GFW
Global Force Wrestling has had two public relations nightmares since the Jarrett’s regained control over the company. Between fans feeling the company is preventing the Hardys from using the Broken gimmick in WWE, and Alberto El Patron’s recent actions, GFW has come under some hard luck lately.
Rey Mysterio is a proven draw, and with the loss of El Patron, that is something GFW needs. The company is most likely looking for any big splash they can make right now.
What Culture Pro Wrestling (WCPW) are celebrating their first anniversary this week. The YouTube based company has had an impressive start in the industry, having produced a number of high profile Pay Per View events including the likes of Kurt Angle, Alberto El Patron, Drew McIntyre, Rey Mysterio and Cody Rhodes.
Recent events concerning YouTube’s ‘Adpocalypse’ has seen WCPW in the news for the wrong reasons. Pro Wrestling is now viewed by the streaming service as ‘non-advertiser friendly’ and WCPW has been struggling to earn ad revenue since the change to YouTube’s policy.
Check out the video below for some interesting tidbits from WCPW’s first year in existence.
Top UK Independent promotion Rev Pro has announced the first match for their Summer Sizzler event that takes place in York Hall, Bethnal Green on Thursday 17th August.
Former WWE/WCW star Rey Mysterio will be taking on ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll. Mysterio has made some sporadic appearances across the UK this year, including dates for WCPW and World Association of Wrestling. It appears as though Rey may be taking more UK dates going forward and he sees the region as a home away from home.
‘The Villain’ on the other hand has been touring the globe and has not featured on many UK based cards this year. His recent debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament has impressed many and this match against crusierweight legend Mysterio will only help to boost his already impressive resume.
Back in 2015, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio decided to leave the WWE while sitting out-of-action to nurse a wrist injury. After some back-and-forth over contract disputes, as the WWE tried to extend Mysterio’s contract without his approval, he was finally free to walk away in February of that year when his contract expired. Since then, the Mexican star has been working the indie scene in addition to doing some extensive work with Lucha Underground.
Recently, Mysterio did an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard to talk about a number of wrestling topics, including his professional life after leaving WWE. Here are the highlights:
Working with Lucha Underground and his thoughts on today’s Cruiserweights:
“Lucha Underground is the pioneer in the cruiserweight division. Years ago, Konnan mentioned to me, ‘Wrestling has to change. Wrestling cannot always be a world for the giants,’ and he was right. Wrestling has changed. That change is because of Lucha Underground. That is not boxing anyone in. Cruiserweight is a form of giving life to those that still want to break into this business. There have been more opportunities given to that cruiserweight division, and that’s been helped by a lot of companies, including Ring of Honor and TNA.”
Almost signing with Impact Wrestling:
“I was actually in conversations a while back with Impact about doing some shows. To be honest with you, it’s not that I don’t want to go work for them, it’s just like I didn’t have it in my game plan. I also didn’t have Lucha Underground in my game plan before it was created. If the circumstances were right, I wouldn’t mind going. I’m not interested in signing a contractual deal, but I would love to do some shows. People want to see diversity in their opponents and fans want to see their dream matches. If people want to see a match-up, let’s make it happen.”
Not being let back into the building by security after he had a tryout with WCW:
“People still tell me I have a babyface, and I was 21 at the time, so I looked like a 12-year-old back then. I recall explaining to the security guards, ‘No, no, it’s OK, I wrestle,’ and they looked at me and laughed. So I continued to say that I was a wrestler, and they finally asked me for a credential. I didn’t have any credentials, this was a tryout. Finally, security was cool enough to find out who I was and let me back in the building, but that happened several times after that, too. I learned my lesson after the fourth time, and I started carrying a WCW badge everywhere with me.”
World Association of Wrestling (WAW) will be holding some of the biggest events in company history this weekend when they hit the Epic Studios in Norwich.
You may recognise that venue as the WWE UK tapings took place there last week. Owner of WAW Ricky Knight (WWE star Paige’s father) has publicly stated his anger towards the WWE for running ‘his’ venue.
Rey Mysterio and Alberto El Patron are scheduled to be part of the Weekend shows as well as Mr Anderson, Scott Hall, Dos Caras Jr and Saraya Knight.
The shows will also be available to watch via Fite TV, you can purchase at a per show rate of $9.99 or view the entirety of the weekend’s proceedings for $19.99 as a package deal.
You might remember Rey’s son Dominic from the 2010 CM Punk vs. Rey rivalry. It’s now 7 years later and Dominic is about twice the size of his father, and is training for a pro-wrestling career.
The 20 year old, who could go by Rey Mysterio III, started training in early 2017.
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Rey Mysterio Comments On Son’s Training
Reporters caught up with Rey at a comic convention this weekend, and asked him about his son’s training and how is father’s legacy will impact his career.
“I don’t think it’s hit him yet. That will eventually come, and I hope he understands exactly what he’s going through. My kid is a very smart individual” … “I wanted him to continue with the legacy, so now that he’s here, I just gotta do my job. I just gotta make sure that I prepare him right. Once I do that, I’m sure that he’ll be bigger and better than his old man.”
Dominic Gutierrez is currently training at the Battle U Pro Wrestling school in San Diego.
WCPW has announced that UK star El Ligero will be facing Rey Mysterio at the ‘No Regrets’ iPPV taking place on April 29th. The show will be available to watch via the What Culture Extra Service.
El Ligero is one of the hardest working performers on the UK scene today. He is a mainstay in companies such as PROGRESS, IPW:UK, Southside and PCW. His showing as part of the New Years Eve World of Sport programme earned him a spot on the WOS roster and he looks set to have a big year with his ‘kid-friendly’ persona hitting the mark on mainstream UK television.
Other matches announced for the show are as follows:
Travis Banks vs Penta El Zero M
Alberto El Patron vs Joe Coffey
Internet Title Match – Cody Rhodes (c) vs Gabriel Kidd vs Joe Hendry
What Culture Pro Wrestling (WCPW) have announced ‘No Regrets,’ a show that takes place at Newcastle’s Sports Central (Northumbria University) on April 29th and will be available to view live on WhatCulture Extra.
The show takes place the night before WCPW’s Mexican Qualifying leg of the Pro Wrestling World Cup and as such a number of Lucha Underground & Mexican stars will be on the show in What Culture’s home town of Newcastle.
No matches have been announced for the show however the following performers have been confirmed:
Rey Mysterio
Penta El Zero M
Rey Fenix
Cody Rhodes
Alberto El Patron
Drew Galloway
Stu Bennett
Juventud Guerrera
Travis Banks
Martin Kirby
El Ligero
Joe Coffey
Tickets for the event can be purchased via Eventbrite.
It has been quite a week for the World Association of Wrestling (WAW) promotion based out of Norwich, England. Having originally booked WWE superstar Jack Swagger for their TV tapings this weekend it emerged that Swagger was still in fact under contract to WWE and subsequently he was pulled from the shows. Swagger’s replacement Chris Masters went on to win the promotion’s World Heavyweight Championship during the tapings.
The biggest fallout from our afternoon show is that @ChrisMasters310 is our new Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion! #wawtv6
— World Association of Wrestling (@WAW_UK) March 11, 2017
Alberto also made the announcement that WWE/WCW legend Rey Mysterio would be making his way to the WAW TV Tapings that are taking place in May, the same month and venue that WWE will be taping their WWE UK Championship Live shows.
The WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup looks set to be one of the biggest events of the year and the entire event will be available to watch for free via the WCPW Youtube channel.
There will be 8 nations represented in the tournament and the performers in the English, Scottish, Mexican and German qualifying rounds have been revealed:
England – March 21st in Nottingham, England
Rampage
Zack Sabre Jr
Marty Scurll
Will Ospreay
Martin Kirby
Zack Gibson
Jimmy Havoc
Nick ‘Magnus’ Aldis.
Scotland – March 23rd in Motherwell, Scotland
Drew Galloway
Joe Coffey
Lewis Girvan
Kenny Williams
Joe Hendry
Mark Coffey
BT Gunn
Liam Thomson
Mexico – April 30th in Coventry, England
Rey Mysterio Jr
Alberto El Patron
Caristico
Penta El 0m
Rey Fenix
El Hijo del Dos Caras
Drago,
El Ligero
Germany – July 2nd in Berlin, Germany
Bad Bones
Axel Dieter Jr
Juvenile X
Crazy Sexy Mike
Cash Money Erkan
Lucky Kid
Tarkan Aslan
Pascal Spalter
The US, Japanese, Canadian, and Rest of the World groups will be revealed at a later date.