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Rey Mysterio is one of the greatest WWE Superstars in the history of professional wrestling. At this point in his career, any match that Mysterio competes in can be considered a major match.
Throughout his WWE career, Rey Mysterio has faced off against a plethora of WWE icons and Hall of Famers on the grandest stage of them all.
Rey Mysterio has had classic WrestleMania encounters with the likes of Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes and Samoa Joe. But in the twilight of his professional wrestling career, how many WrestleMania matches does Rey Mysterio have left?
Each WrestleMania match becomes more significant for Rey Mysterio with every passing year.
Let's take a closer look at 5 potential WWE WrestleMania 37 matches for Rey Mysterio this year.
#5 Rey Mysterio vs Murphy (WWE WrestleMania 37)
A major WWE storyline throughout 2020 was Rey Mysterio's feud with Seth Rollins on Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown. The feud between the master of the 619 and The Monday Night Messiah became so personal that it involved members of Mysterio's family. The feud also saw Seth Rollins attempt to remove Rey Mysterio's eye on several occasions.
A major superstar involved in the Rey Mysterio vs Seth Rollins storyline was The Messiah's devout disciple Murphy. Murphy became a loyal convert to Seth Rollins' vision for Monday Night RAW and WWE in 2020 and assisted The Messiah's quest to re-shape WWE through force if necessary.
Murphy helped Seth Rollins unleash brutal attacks on the Mysterios, even attacking Rey's son with a plethora of vicious kendo stick shots on Monday Night RAW. However, it later appeared that Murphy had changed his mindset and behavior towards Seth Rollins.
Murphy ditched The Messiah's vision for a shocking romantic storyline with Rey Mysterio's daughter Aalyah. Hesitant at first, The Mysterio family eventually welcomed Murphy with open arms and the former disciple of Rollins often accompanied Rey and Dominik to the ring during matches and segments.
However, at the end of 2020, the romantic angle between Aalyah and Murphy was quietly dropped. Murphy has since returned to WWE television and once again courted the favor of Seth Rollins.
Could Murphy reveal that he ended the relationship with Aalyah? Perhaps Murphy was using Aalyah to get close to The Mysterio family to further his WWE career? If that is the case, it could certainly lead to an issue between Rey Mysterio and Murphy that could be settled at the show of shows.
#4 Rey Mysterio vs Daniel Bryan (WWE WrestleMania 37)
WWE matchups like Rey Mysterio vs. Daniel Bryan are made for events such as WrestleMania. Rey Mysterio and Daniel Bryan are both multi-time former WWE World Heavyweight Champions. Both WWE Superstars are also arguably two of the biggest and most beloved babyfaces in WWE history. A match between the two at WrestleMania would be a dream bout for the WWE Universe.
Although not memorable, the two have faced off against each other in singles competition inside of a WWE ring before. Bryan and Mysterio had singles matches against one another in 2012 and 2013 on Monday Night RAW.
However, these were cold matches with no real storylines or angles heading into them. It's one thing to have a random, impromtu match on RAW, it's another to have a high profile match at WrestleMania with several weeks of hype, promotion and storyline build.
Daniel Bryan is currently scheduled to challenge Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at Fastlane, with the winner facing the 2021 Men's Royal Rumble winner Edge in the main event at WrestleMania 37.
However, it seems a formality that Roman Reigns will retain the Universal Championship at Fastlane. Therefore, this leaves Daniel Bryan without an opponent for the showcase of the immortals.
Perhaps Rey Mysterio is just the opponent that Daniel Bryan needs to steal the show at WrestleMania 37 inside Raymond James Stadium.
#3 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal (WWE WrestleMania 37)
WWE has established the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal as a staple of WrestleMania in recent years. Rey Mysterio already has some history competing in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion competed in the inaugural Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania XXX in 2014.
Despite being unsuccessful in the match, Mysterio has an overall positive history in battle royals throughout his WWE career. Arguably one of the greatest moments in Rey Mysterio's WWE career came by winning a battle royal. Mysterio famously won the Royal Rumble match in 2006 after entering at the number 2 position and lasting a record 1 hour, 2 minutes and 12 seconds.
The main reason that WWE utilizes the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania is to get as many WWE Superstars booked onto the match card as possible.
The WrestleMania pay-check is usually the largest monetary bonus of the year for WWE Superstars, therefore it's important that they find their way onto the card for the showcase of the immortals.
Battle royals and multi-person matches allow WWE to get as many people as possible performing at WrestleMania and getting that coveted payday.
At the time of writing, it would appear that Rey Mysterio doesn't have any concrete plans or opponents set for WrestleMania 37. If nothing changes in the coming weeks, it is increasingly likely that the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion will find himself competing in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal once again.
#2 Rey Mysterio & Dominik Mysterio vs Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode (WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships)
Since Dominik Mysterio made his WWE in-ring debut at SummerSlam in 2020, fans have been desperate to see Dominik team with his father to become WWE Tag Team Champions.
Rey Mysterio has teamed up with his son Dominik Mysterio on several occasions in WWE on Monday Night RAW, Friday Night SmackDown and during several pay-per-view events. However, Rey and Dominik Mysterio are yet to compete for any tag team championships.
Perhaps the father and son tag team could achieve this goal at WrestleMania 37. As members of the SmackDown roster, it is likely that Rey and Dominik Mysterio would challenge for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships.
The current SmackDown Tag Team Champions are "The Dirty Dogz" Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. It would certainly be a nice change of pace to see a major tag team championship match and storyline be featured heading into WrestleMania once again.
Historically, WrestleMania has seen some of the biggest Tag Team Championship matches in history, including the Ladder Matches and Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches between The Dudley Boyz, The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian in the early 2000s.
While a match between The Mysterios and The Dirty Dogz may be unable to equal the heights of those historic bouts, it would certainly be a worthy WrestleMania moment to see a father and son tag team become WWE tag team champions for the first time.
#1 Rey Mysterio vs Dominik Mysterio (WWE WrestleMania 37)
WWE is renowned for its shocking, over-the-top and soap opera style storylines. Throughout WWE history, the WWE Universe has witnessed a plethora of family confrontations, fights and matches.
Could The Mysterio family be the next family feud we witness on WWE television?
Rey Mysterio vs Dominik Mysterio wouldn't be the first time that a father and son compete against each other at WrestleMania. Shane McMahon defeated his father, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, in an iconic street fight at WrestleMania X-Seven in 2001. So, there is a precedent for this kind of storyline in WWE history.
In the last few months, the WWE Universe has seen Dominik Mysterio lose matches against the likes of King Corbin, Chad Gable and Otis on Friday Night SmackDown. During those matches, Dominik's father, Rey Mysterio has either been on commentary or at ringside supporting his son in the early stages of his WWE career.
However, Rey Mysterio has shown some subtle signs of frustration with his son's mistakes in the ring during these recent defeats. Could this lead to the iconic babyface Rey Mysterio turning heel for the first time in his WWE career, on his own son of all people?
Or could we be about to see the frustrated young WWE Superstar Dominik Mysterio snap and attack his own father, feeling that the legacy and shadow of Rey Mysterio is holding him back?
Nevertheless, the drama of a father vs son storyline and match is exactly what WrestleMania is all about. Big stories and big matches at the biggest event of the year.
Rey Mysterio vs Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania 37 would no doubt be a historic match worthy of the grandaddy of them all.
