Rey Mysterio On Dom's Heel Run, Eddie Guerrero, Plans To Retire, WWE Champion, His Legacy

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Mental Health, Sports, Wrestling, Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness, Business

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Rey Mysterio (@reymysterio) is a legendary professional wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Las Vegas to talk about his incredible career and the fact that he is still wrestling in WWE, being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame as an active wrestler, his son Dominik developing his heel persona, never wrestling Triple H in WWE, his thoughts on retirement, how he developed the 619 as a wrestling move, being swung on a stretcher by Big Show, his favorite mask, getting thrown like a lawn dart by Kevin Nash, the rumor that he was a stunt double in the horror movie Freddy vs. Jason, his iconic match against Eddie Guerrero at Halloween Havoc in 1997, winning the Royal Rumble from the #2 spot, never turning heel in WWE and much more! Sponsors: PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/ PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT for a first deposit match up to $100! BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code INSIGHT to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Chris Benfleet.
0:05.5	Yeah.
0:19.8	Oh, man. Welcome back to another one here on Insight.
0:24.2	I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:26.0	Thank you for being with us.
0:27.2	And thank you for sharing the show,
0:28.8	clicking that follow button and helping to make insight.
0:31.9	One of the top wrestling podcasts on the planet.
0:35.3	And welcome to episode 619. And who better to have on the show? For the very first time,
0:42.4	I might add, than Ray Mysterio. I can't believe that the stars aligned for us to have Ray Mysterio in
0:48.7	episode 619, episode 619. And what a good duty is. We drove out to Las Vegas to record this. That's where he lives now with Dominic, right? 619,
1:00.3	San Diego. We get into a lot of that, but yeah, they don't live in Southern California anymore.
1:04.9	Ray and Dom and their families. They live in Vegas now. So it's not the 619. The error code there is the 702.
1:12.2	So I don't know if he's, does he have to change the name of his move now from the 619 to the 702?
1:18.1	But what a great conversation.
1:20.0	We talk a lot about Dom, actually, during this and him getting into the business and getting his first taste of it when he was young with that custody of Dominic ladder match,
1:30.4	Ray versus Eddie, lots of great Eddie stories in this one.
1:34.4	And just lots of great stories in general.
1:36.9	I mean, Ray has had such an incredible career.
1:40.9	He started when he was 14 years old.
1:42.8	He's going to turn 50 this year. And he's still doing it.
1:46.0	Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as an active wrestler. And he's still doing it. And it's
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