8 Things You Didn't Know About Ready To Rumble
7. Rey Mysterio Suffered Major Knee Injury During Filming
In the movie's credits, the line 'No Wrestlers Were Harmed During The Making Of This Motion Picture' appears. A cute, throwaway line, but not exactly true. While a few errant punches were thrown and groins kicked (Ready to Rumble must set the record for on-screen nut shots), one of WCW's brightest superstars suffered a pretty serious injury on set.
Rey Mysterio re-injured his notoriously dodgy knee while repeatedly filming a sequences for the first match shown on camera (which was Rey & Billy Kidman Vs. Juventud Guerrera & Prince Iukea FYI). An unmasked Mysterio's knee gave out as he was tasked with performing a pop-up Frankensteiner over and over again, with the camera crew requesting re-shoots to get it from every conceivable angle.
He was out from November 1999 until May 2000 but, if it's any consolation, his brief appearance is one of the best-looking things in the film.