Rey Mysterio is not ready to stop, and he says his body has not asked him to.
The 51-year-old Hall of Famer addressed the question directly on What’s Your Story? With Stephanie McMahon, in a year that has already taken John Cena, Hiroshi Tanahashi, AJ Styles and Brock Lesnar out of the ring.
Most recently, I have been battling with, is it getting close to my time to retire? I certainly don’t feel like I am. Like, my body is saying, “Okay, now it’s time,” and I always like to listen to my body.
He described his AAA General Manager role as something he enjoys without preferring it, and framed his own place in the picture as a matter of arithmetic rather than decline.
But I do understand that opportunities are very little, and there’s others that are going to come before me right now because it’s time to give the spotlight to other superstars, especially in the lucha libre world. So I am okay with that.
He left the ending open.
I think as far as tapping out, never say never, but it can just pop up one day, just out of nowhere, and say, “Okay, now it’s time.
His son is less patient. On The Ariel Helwani Show, AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio said retiring his father is not a possibility but an entitlement.
It’s my birthright. I will lose my absolute shit if it’s not me. I have to do it; it’s the only way possible. I gotta take his mask, and I gotta take his name.
Dominik also said no such match was ever discussed for WrestleMania 42, and that he would want it at El Auditorio de Tijuana Fausto Gutierrez, where Rey and several of his own godfathers have worked. He tied the urgency to family logistics, with sister Aalyah expected to sign, and to his father’s age.
The two are already at odds on screen. Rey left Dominik out of the tournament to crown a challenger for Roman Reigns and the World Heavyweight Championship, and Dominik confronted him about it on Monday’s RAW.
