Rey Mysterio confirms the nature of his injury and the likely timeline for his recovery.
WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio has not wrestled since WWE Crown Jewel on November 4. There, Logan Paul beat him to win the WWE United States Championship. Santos Escobar attacked Rey Mysterio on the following episode of WWE SmackDown. Mysterio then noted that he had to get knee surgery. Haus of Wrestling subsequently reported that Mysterio was expected to be out for six to eight weeks.
Rey Mysterio recently confirmed his injury while speaking with Konnan and Disco Inferno on K100, Mysterio confirmed he suffered a meniscus tear. (H/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful for the transcription)
“Just wear and tear. This time, it was my right knee,” Rey Mysterio said..” I’ve never had any injuries on my right knee since 97 when I had my first surgery in WCW. The left knee kept on breaking down every other year, sometimes a little bit longer. Numerous ACL tears. The last big surgery I had on my left knee was in 2011.
“This time, you put in all the years, I’ve been favoring the right knee for the left one and finally, I tore the meniscus on my right knee. It’s six to eight weeks. I’m in week four. I’m getting a personal trainer at the beginning of the year that’s going to work with me just so I can work on my lower body and strengthen up my hips, my quads, my legs in general so I can resist. I’ve never had a personal trainer that can train me, kind of like UFC fighters train, so I can use most of my power from the hips down.”
Rey Mysterio On Slowing Down
Rey Mysterio went on to note that he knows he is slowing down, but he knows he can still go. He stated that he can hold back on some movements, but he tried to be innovative in order to make it seem like he has not slowed down.
“I know that I’m slowing down, the older I get. But I can make things look faster just by being in the business so long, that keeps the fans perspective of ‘he hasn’t slowed down.’ I can go out there every time and pour it out,” Rey Mysterio said. “I don’t know how to hold back.
“I know how to hold back on movements and stuff I know I can’t do, like pushing off my left knee is really hard. I know personally that I’ve slowed down over the years. [But] I try to be very innovative and creative with my style that it makes it seems that I haven’t slowed down.”
As of this writing, there is no word on when Rey Mysterio will return to WWE. WrestleZone will provide more information as it becomes available.
