Dominik Mysterio slaps his dad Rey Mysterio. In real life, he has enjoyed what working apart has afforded both of them. In the storyline, the 48-year-old Rey was switched from Raw to SmackDown to avoid confronting his son. It ended up unlocking a winey, fake-tough-guy character - with Rhea Ripley as his bad influence “Mami” - that has allowed Dominik, 25, to flourish and to connect with the audience in a way he hadn’t before with some nuclear heat around him, Their on-screen story took a drastic turn last summer as Dominik got offended by his dad choosing to team with Edge and not him against The Judgement Day.Įventually, Dominik attacked both of them on Raw in September and joined the heel faction. They spent the next two years by each other’s side, forming a team that won the SmackDown tag team titles in May 2021 in front of no fans in the ThunderDome and wrestled The Miz and Logan Paul at last year’s WrestleMania among other highlights. “I honestly didn’t think he would have the passion to ask me one day that he wanted to break in the business,” Rey said. Rey Mysterio and his son Dominik teaming in 2021. He began training with Jay Lethal in 2018 and made his first appearance on SmackDown in March 2019. It was then he approached his dad about getting back into wrestling. His son’s interest in wrestling waned once the angle ended.ĭominik funneled all his energy into football until he was 19. He was intrigued just like any other kid to see what it felt like to step in the ring.” He’s just full of wrestling excited, just wanted to hit the ropes, just wanted to jump off the bottom rope, you name it. When he traveled with me he would jump in the ring and play in the ring just like any other kid. “He had his mask, he had his outfit,” Rey said in a phone interview. It started when Dominik was the centerpiece of a very personal and now-famous paternity angle between Rey and his on-screen rival and real-life friend Eddie Guerrero heading into WWE’s SummerSlam in 2005.Īn 8-year-old Dominick started to really enjoy his role and taste of his dad’s business. Rey Mysterio remembers fondly his son Dominik falling in love with wrestling, the beginning of a journey that will now find them across the ring from each other for a match at WrestleMania 39 this weekend. Major AEW signing leaves Triple H with significant WWE questionĪuschwitz criticizes WWE for showing concentration camp in video: ‘shameless’ Does CM Punk really deserve an AEW second chance?Ĭavinder twins tease their next move after Miami exit
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