Rey Mysterio to enter WWE Hall of Fame

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The WWE on Friday announced the first member of its 2023 Hall of Fame class will be Rey Mysterio.

WWE made the announcement on "Friday Night SmackDown." Mysterio came out to thank the crowd for their support as he received a huge ovation when it was revealed he was the first member of the class.

"A standing ovation for the greatest luchador of all time," broadcaster Michael Cole when Mysterio came out.

Rey Mysterio Jr. appears in the ring prior to the 6-man tag match during the New Japan Pro-Wrestling G1 Climax 28 at Nippon Budokan on Aug. 12, 2018 in Tokyo. (New Japan Pro-Wrestling/Getty Images)

Mysterio, whose real name is Óscar Gutiérrez, is known as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time and has been credited for popularizing the lucha libre style of wrestling.

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Mysterio was about 8 years old when he started training with his uncle, known in Mexican professional wrestling as Rey Misterio, to become a professional wrestler and would make his debut when he was just 14. He explained to Fox News Digital last year that while living in Tijuana, he would have to cross the border to get to school by 7:45 a.m., then go to his part-time job and then cross the border again to go back home and get ready to train.

By 1995, Mysterio had made his way to Extreme Championship Wrestling and had some of the most creative and electric matches the promotion had ever seen at the time. He would feud with the likes of Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera.

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