Debuting back in ECW in 1995, Rey Mysterio Jr. has been in the wrestling business for nearly 25 years. Mysterio has been in ECW, WCW, and his most notable being in WWE for a 13 year run. Mysterio is a former WCW and WWE Cruiserweight champion, WWE Tag Team champion, and former World Heavyweight champion. Mysterio left the company back in 2015, but stills continues to wrestle on the independent circuit in places such as Lucha Underground.
"I told myself, once I started feeling aching and I was having hard times getting up from my bed in the morning when I woke up, it was gonna start getting close to that time [to quit]. I was feeling that right towards my end of the last year or so of WWE," Mysterio said. "It came to the point where I was feeling like that constantly. I didn't want to fall into another phase of taking either medication to ease my pain. I wanted to use the rest way to heal my body up. Believe it or not, the last two years, I don't think I've felt better."
Despite leaving the company back in 2015, Mysterio is still very open for one last run with the WWE as he wasn’t a fan of the way he left.
"This is the way I was thinking at the time, and I still think that to this day. When I left WWE, from my understanding and from the time that we sat down ... that I decided not to re-sign another contract with WWE was for me to get some off time," Mysterio said. "I never meant or insinuated in any way or form that I was gonna leave for good. I think that should say a lot. I wasn't announcing that was the end of Rey Mysterio's career.
"I would definitely love to go back and finish up. Whether it's one year or whatever the case might be. Whether it's a farewell. I owe a lot to that company. That company gave me such an amazing opportunity, and I took advantage of every single moment I was with WWE to the fullest. I wouldn't want to just be remembered as 'Oh, man, he never re-signed and he never came back.' I would definitely love to come back and do a last run and say goodbye to my WWE fans. Tell them goodbye in a proper way."
However, Mysterio doesn’t want to do a full time schedule.
"I don't think I can go back [to a full-time schedule]. There's just no way," Mysterio said. "I can't go back to that schedule. It would be common sense for them as well. That was my main motive for stepping away. I wanted to be able to have some free time. I'm still working really hard right now on the independent scene, but I control my schedule. I might get booked three days -- Friday, Saturday, Sunday, come home Monday, and the following weekend I don't have to work. That right there gives me a peaceful state of mind like you have no idea."