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00:00 Rey Mysterio is the greatest luchador of all time and it's not even slightly close.

00:04 Well maybe La Parker, but other than that when you consider how good Rey has been, for

00:08 how long he's been that good, there's no one else that can boast the legacy that the

00:12 master of the 619 has, although the less said about that time in WCW where he had actual

00:16 devil horns on his head, the better.

00:19 Whether it's in ECW, WCW, AAA, WWE, New Japan or hell even WCPW, that match he had

00:25 with Will Ospreay was a bloody corker, wherever he jumps out the sky he tends to leave behind

00:29 at least one all time great.

00:30 He is a very good wrestler and thoroughly deserves to be on the cover of 2K22 and speaking

00:35 of which, this video is sponsored by WWE 2K22, available now on Playstation 4, Playstation

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00:46 We've been playing it in the office this week and on the Raw Review Podcast, and had

01:02 a lot of fun playing it.

01:04 Go Eric Bischoff, go.

01:05 Thank you to WWE 2K22 for sponsoring this video, but if we're completely honest, any

01:09 excuse to talk about some of these matches we will gladly take because they do, honestly,

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02:45 8.

02:46 Mysterio Jr vs Ultimo Dragon - WW3 '96

02:47 Wouldn't be a Rey Mysterio match without a bit of superhero cosplay.

02:51 Turns out he was a huge nerdy back in the mid 90s before it was cool.

02:54 For his match against Ultimo Dragon, sorry, Ultimate Dragon at WW3, Mysterio dressed as

02:59 Spider-Man and wrestled at a speed that would profoundly irritate J. Jonah Jameson.

03:02 Also, absolute lolla, Ultimo Dragon's karate kicks.

03:05 Although yes, if he ever hit me with one of those, my soul would instantly leave my body.

03:08 It's an intense back and forth between two lucha legends, counter upon counter, springboard

03:13 upon springboard, after only a few months in WCW, Rey was already starting to garner

03:16 huge reactions and draw rave reviews, and this is one of his very best in the land where

03:20 the big boys play.

03:22 7.

03:23 Mysterio vs Angle - SummerSlam 2002

03:25 What a debut.

03:26 After spending the 90s having a raft of classics in ECW and WCW, it was unclear whether WWE

03:31 would get Rey Mysterio.

03:32 After all, WCW might have committed a horrendous crime in removing Rey's mask, but it was

03:36 at least a promotion that dedicated serious match time to cruiserweights.

03:39 WWE, not so much.

03:41 However, those fears were allayed at SummerSlam 2002, with the opening match pitting a debuting

03:45 Rey Mysterio against Kurt Angle and holy s***, talk about a pair of wrestlers with chemistry.

03:50 With his fundamental speed and power, Angle was a perfect base for Mysterio's high-flying

03:54 offense and from the first bell, the match moves at a clip.

03:57 Sure, Mysterio might have lost, but after repeatedly besting one of the best to ever

04:00 do it, he instantly made a name for himself with the WWE faithful.

04:03 Helps me put the mask back on him as well.

04:05 What were you thinking, Eric, mate?

04:07 6.

04:08 John Morrison vs John Morrison Smackdown September 4th, 2009

04:11 A proper WCW-style cruiserweight match, except with much louder reactions from the very beginning.

04:17 It's a proper little hidden away gem, as the master of the 619 wrestled the Shaman

04:21 of Sexy for the Intercontinental title, and it was very good indeed.

04:24 There's something about Rey Rey wrestling for the IC title that brings out the best

04:27 in him.

04:28 He had a corker against Ziggler for the strap at SummerSlam '09, a match against Jericho

04:30 - we'll get to that - but this one against Morrison is sensational.

04:34 Genuinely, it matches the speeds of some of his mid-90s matches, because the man is in

04:38 capable of aging, it seems.

04:39 The Smackdown crowd are proper loud for the whole thing, counters on counters, fancy headscissors

04:44 and the like.

04:45 Morrison swatting Mysterio out of the air with an amazing dropkick, ending with maybe

04:48 the only painful looking starship pain Morrison has ever hit.

04:52 Brilliant TV match.

04:53 5.

04:54 Mysterio vs Shawn Michaels Raw November 14th, 2005

04:58 This is more of an emotional pick than a match with the quickest moves, but damn does this

05:01 TV match make you feel a ways.

05:03 Mysterio has had a few great matches with HBK, because so do a lot of people, to be

05:07 fair.

05:08 They had a fantastic one on Smackdown in 2010 ahead of the Heartbreak Kid's retirement,

05:10 but this is their best, due in no small part to the tragic circumstances that brought it

05:15 all together.

05:16 The first time Mysterio faced Michaels one-on-one was on November 14th, 2005, the first Raw

05:21 after Eddie Guerrero died.

05:23 Theirs is the official tribute match, and it's typically fantastic.

05:27 WWE book Mysterio and Michaels as true equals in a two-gel, as well as you might expect.

05:32 Not only is it an intense back-and-forth contest, but Mysterio also pins Michaels clean as a

05:37 sheet.

05:38 No distractions, roll-ups, nothing.

05:39 1, 2, 3.

05:40 As the two men embrace in the middle of the ring after their first ever singles match

05:43 together, not a dry eye in the house.

05:45 4.

05:46 Mysterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrero ECW Big Ass Extreme Bash

05:50 This match has Rey Mysterio flipping someone off in it.

05:53 ECW, you are the land of the extreme.

05:55 Also the land of the f***ing quick.

05:57 Jesus, springboarding, Christ.

05:59 It's one of Rey's last matches in ECW before he makes the jump to WCW.

06:03 Fighting the juice himself at ECW's Big Ass Extreme Bash, god the 90s were wonderful.

06:07 And speaking of wonderful, this 2 out of 3 falls match is ludicrous.

06:10 I make fun of ECW sometimes, but those fans knew how to watch a Lucha Libre match, not

06:15 only cheering the high spots, of which there were many, the moonsault into the crowd, Jesus,

06:20 the plancha into the crowd, Jesus, but also offering polite applause for the seamless

06:24 technical transitions.

06:25 It's always nice to be appreciated.

06:27 The action even spills outside into the parking lot at some point.

06:29 The whole thing is a lot.

06:31 It became an infamously tape-traded match, the kind of thing that made a name for both

06:34 Mysterio and ECW as a whole.

06:36 Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho, The Bash 2009

06:40 This match rules.

06:41 A match for Chris Jericho's Intercontinental title, with Mysterio putting his mask on the

06:44 line for a little extra spice.

06:46 Mysterio does a great line in spotfest, but he also works super well as a plucky David

06:51 against a conceited Goliath.

06:52 See also everything he's ever done with Kurt Angle.

06:55 This match is born off the back of Jericho being a bad man and ripping off Rey's mask

06:59 from a previous match, and it benefits enormously from that story being told.

07:03 Few men can keep a match narrative ticking over like Y2J, and he's a proper little

07:06 sh*t bag throughout, constantly clawing at Rey's mask.

07:09 However, when he finally manages to rip it off again, surprise, there's another one

07:12 underneath which leads to Mysterio pinning the bad man.

07:14 A hugely satisfying ending to a match full of big moves, white knuckle kickouts, seamless

07:19 counters, high stakes, and tons of audience investment.

07:22 Mysterio and Edge vs. Angle and Benoit, No Mercy 2002

07:26 One of the best straight up tag matches at WWE have ever aired outside of NXT.

07:30 Featuring four members of the vaunted Smackdown 6, the mid-card sex set that made Smackdown

07:33 the vastly superior show in the first year of the brand split.

07:36 It was also the finals of a tournament, so obviously that just adds three extra stars

07:39 onto its rating from me, crowning the inaugural Smackdown Tag Team Championships.

07:43 It starts well, gets better, and ends best.

07:46 Mysterio and Angle renewing their impeccable chemistry, Benoit being very good as usual,

07:50 Edge holding his own, setting up a bunch of amazing tag offense.

07:53 It's 20+ minutes of tag team heaven.

07:56 False finish city, it genuinely escalates to NXT takeover levels of crowd engagement

08:01 and near falls.

08:02 Four astonishingly good wrestlers doing astonishingly good wrestling for 20 minutes.

08:07 That's just a winning formula.

08:08 Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero, Halloween Havoc 1997

08:13 Had to be.

08:14 And not just because Eddie's ascended to wrestling godhood since his passing, lionizing

08:17 his entire back catalogue, but simply because this is a f***ing brilliant wrestling match.

08:21 To call it WCW's greatest cruiserweight match is saying something, and yet it is.

08:26 An almost accidental masterpiece.

08:28 Two people just doing everything right for one night of their lives.

08:31 They have insanely good chemistry, attempt insanely ambitious stuff, and they nail it

08:36 all to the point where it approaches literal magic.

08:38 That springboard moonsault into a DDT, it's perfect.

08:41 It is perfect.

08:42 Throw in some Jericho-like touches of Eddie being a horrible bastard and raising the match's

08:46 temperature by clawing at Rey's mask.

08:48 It just rules.

08:49 It rules so hard.

08:50 Eddie ruled so hard.

08:52 And Rey continues to rule so hard.

08:54 Well done, Rey Mysterio.

08:56 And that's our list.

08:57 What's your favourite Rey Mysterio match?

08:58 Let us know in the comments.

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