Kidman and Mysterio participated in a Cruiserweight tag team tournament for the newly created WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship and advanced to the final round where they ended up losing to Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo.

Their feud ended when Guerrero gained a victory over Mysterio in a steel cage match.

The match stemmed from Mysterio eliminating Big Show at Survivor Series, and ended as a " no contest " when Big Show's tag team partner Kane interfered in the match.

The next week, Mysterio made his return to Raw after an extended absence by attacking Kane, turning back numerous claims that Kane had " ended his career ".

Mysterio defeated The Miz and Kofi Kingston to advance to the finals of the tournament but ended up losing to CM Punk at Armageddon.

Their feud ended at WWE Capitol Punishment when Punk beat Mysterio.

He defeated Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio to become the number one contender for Kane's World Championship at WWE's Survivor Series PPV event, which ended in a draw.

The tournament ended with Benoit and Angle beating Edge and Rey Mysterio becoming the first-ever Tag Team Champions.

However, Hayes ended up being attacked by MVP before being saved by Rey Mysterio.

** The match originally ended in a time limit draw but was extended at the request of Mysterio.

Mysterio went up against Kidman for the Cruiserweight title at Starrcade 1998 but was unsuccessful winning back the title in a Triangle match that also involved Juventud.

On the October 18 episode of Nitro, Mysterio and Konnan teamed up together ( after Konnan joined the Filthy Animals ) to defeat Harlem Heat for the World Tag Team Championship.

Mysterio then teamed up with Eddie Guerrero to win the Tag Team Championship back from the Bashams at No Way Out.

The match at WrestleMania was part of a storyline in which Guerrero turned on Mysterio and beat him up after abandoning him during a match against MNM for the Tag Team Championship.

In subsequent weeks, Guerrero threatened to take custody of Dominick, drawing up custody papers and having his lawyer present them to Mysterio.

After the match, Michaels and Mysterio hugged in the ring and Mysterio pointed up to the sky, crying, in memory of Guerrero.

The feud with JBL saw Mysterio face off against any opponent of JBL's choosing in the three weeks leading up to his title match against Mysterio at Judgment Day.

In the weeks leading up to his title defense, Mysterio defeated Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms in a Champion vs. Champion match but was defeated by Rob Van Dam at WWE vs. ECW Head to Head on June 7.

Few weeks later, Rey Mysterio teamed up with Kofi Kingston in a losing effort against Kane and Henry, Kane once again made an attempt to attack Mysterio but he was saved by The Great Khali.

During the match, Mysterio broke up Batista's pin on Undertaker possibly costing him the match and the title.

In the weeks leading up to the Elimination Chamber, Mysterio began a feud with CM Punk that also involved Punk's Straight Edge Society.

Four days later on SmackDown, Mysterio returned to in-ring action when he teamed up with World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus to defeat Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler via disqualification.

He would return one week later on the August 31 edition of Smackdown, defeating Cody Rhodes. At Night Of Champions, Mysterio would lose a fatal-four way title match against Sin Cara, Cody Rhodes, and the eventual winner, The Miz. The following day on Raw, Sin Cara and Mysterio teamed up to defeat Epico and Primo in a tag team match, after which they were attacked by the Prime Time Players ( Darren Young and Titus O ' Neil ).

Spider-Man took care of all those, but Ock counted on Mysterio to distract the vigilante with an illusion of New York literally torn up out of the ground.

In the opening cinematics, Sandman alongside Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, and Venom are abducted by the P. H. A. N. T. O. M. s and end up under the control of Mysterio.

After defeating Mysterio ( who used robots of the X-Men ), Sandman ( who Spider-Man defeated in an airtight box which had been constructed to trap Spider-Man when he touched the card but rendered the Sandman unconscious ), and the Vulture ( who forced Spider-Man to battle him without his web-shooters before being caught when Spider-Man uses a lasso the Vulture tried using to catch him ), Spider-Man went up against Doctor Octopus, who first removed his arms to attack Spider-Man from behind, then sent him into an enormous fishbowl so he could kill him like a real octopus as he was wearing scuba equipment.

Spider-Man defeated both Kraven and Mysterio and left them webbed up.

He wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) from 1995 to 1996 and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) from 1996 to 2001, as Rey Misterio, Jr ./ Rey Mysterio, Jr. but dropped the " Junior " from his name when he began working for WWE in 2002.

He had ring names such as " La Lagartija Verde ( The Green Lizard )" and " Colibrí " before his uncle gave him the name of Rey Misterio, Jr ./ Rey Mysterio, Jr hermano de aitor cigaran y eder santos.

The " Jr ." was dropped from his name and was billed simply as Rey Mysterio.

Vickie acted as the manager / valet for Chavo, who was upset about Eddie's name being used by non-Guerreros ( namely Rey Mysterio, with whom they maintained their first feud with ).

He is the uncle of well-known luchador Rey Mysterio, Jr. His name directly translates to " Mystery King " in English.

In addition to the Turtles, who wrestled at Stump Asteroid twice, famous wrestlers include Ace Duck, Bloodbath, Cryin ' Houn ( who later changed his name to El Mysterio ) and Leatherhead.

At WWE Bragging Rights, Mysterio was unsuccessful in winning the World Heavyweight Championship in a Fatal Four-Way match including Batista, CM Punk, and then-champion The Undertaker.

At the Royal Rumble, The Undertaker successfully defended the championship against Mysterio.

On the May 28 episode of SmackDown, Mysterio fought The Undertaker unsuccessfully, to qualify for the World Heavyweight Championship title match at Fatal 4-Way but in the process, accidentally injured the Undertaker and took him out of the competition.

However, during the weeks before SummerSlam, Kane had marked Mysterio as the one who had attacked The Undertaker putting him in a vegetative state ( which was a storyline put in place to explain Undertaker's absence due to the injury he had sustained against Mysterio in the Fatal Four Way qualifying match ).

After the match at SummerSlam, which Mysterio ultimately lost, Kane had attempted to put Mysterio in a casket, only for The Undertaker to emerge from the casket.

The event has facilitated the rise to stardom of wrestlers including Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Macho Man Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, John Cena, Batista, Rey Mysterio and CM Punk.

John Cena would go on to retain his WWE Championship at both WrestleMania 22 and 23, while the same events would see Rey Mysterio and The Undertaker win the World Heavyweight Championship respectively.

Shawn Michaels unsuccessfully attempted to hand The Undertaker his first defeat at a WrestleMania in an acclaimed match, and the WWE Intercontinental Championship was defended at the event for the first time since WrestleMania X8 with Rey Mysterio defeating John " Bradshaw " Layfield.

Following the match, Big Show and Kane attacked Mysterio until The Undertaker chased them from the ring.

was also used by Mr. McMahon to attack The Undertaker and by Jamie Noble ( Nunzio's storyline cousin ) to attack Rey Mysterio.

He lost two subsequent rematches against The Undertaker on Smackdown and in a Fatal Four Way match at Bragging Rights also involving Batista and Rey Mysterio.

At Fatal 4 Way, Punk challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship against Mysterio, The Big Show and the champion Jack Swagger, but was unsuccessful when he was attacked by Kane, who was accusing various people of attacking The Undertaker.

At SummerSlam, Kane defended his championship against Mysterio, during which The Undertaker returned to confront Kane and Rey Mysterio.