WWE’s 5 Greatest Hispanic Stars

2. Rey Mysterio

Since the late 1990s during the heat of the Monday Night Wars, Rey Mysterio was viewed as a superhero among young professional wrestling fans. He had a lot of success in the WCW and WWE that included a total of eight Cruiserweight Championships between both major wrestling promotions.

But he was also known as a bit of a giant killer during his wrestling career. Despite losing his mask to Kevin Nash at WCW SuperBrawl IX in 1999, he gained an upset victory the very next night over Nash. A few weeks later, he defeated Bam Bam Bigelow. But when he came back to the WWE, he was usually kept as the face of the Cruiserweight division with some feuds against top names like Kurt Angle.

Mysterio probably would have never been elevated to a world championship if it wasn’t for the passing of Eddie Guerrero. His passing allowed him to become more popular while the WWE properly booked him as the ultimate underdog at WrestleMania XXII, defeating both Angle and Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship.

Through more than a decade in the WWE, he held three world championships, the Intercontinental Championship twice and he won the WWE Tag Team Championship with four separate tag partners. But beyond the WWE, he’s probably one of the most decorated Hispanic professional wrestlers of all-time.