Rey Mysterio: The truth behind WWE legend's friendship with Jennifer Aniston

One of the crazier rumours that circulated within wrestling media concerned a potential relationship between Rey Mysterio and actress Jennifer Aniston.

In 1997, an article which was posted by the Nation Enquirer detailed the supposed close friendship between former WWE Champion Rey Mysterio and Jennifer Aniston, who was in Friends at the time.

The article, which was published in magazine New Idea, saw Rey Mysterio allegedly speak about the relationship he had with Aniston at the time:

“Jennifer is a big fan of mine and I’m a big fan of hers.”

The article even claims that Mysterio explained that Aniston had been to some of his wrestling matches. For context, he was working for WCW at the time:

‘She’s been to four of my matches and we’ve become good friends. She told me she loves my wrestling.’

The supposed friendship between the WWE Raw star and Aniston was so strong, that the luchadore let Jennifer see him without his mask:

“I always wear my mask — ALWAYS!! It’s a big tradition in Mexico, my native county,’ he added. ‘But I broke tradition when I met Jennifer. I actually let her see me without my mask backstage. I’ve never done that for any of my fans. She really got a kick out of it. We talked for some time and exchanged home phone numbers.”

Mysterio married his wife Angie Gutierrez, who he is still with to this day, the year before the article was posted. However, that didn’t stop people speculating that Aniston and Rey were romantically involved.

The article did claim that Gutierrez was fully aware of the friendship that Rey and Jennifer had, and reputable reporters have claimed that the story wasn’t all that it was made out to be.

At the time, the reporter claimed that the story was massively inaccurate, with its