Rey Mysterio has looked back on one of his most memorable storylines, arguably for the wrong reasons.
During his rivalry with Eddie Guerrero in 2005, Latino Heat revealed that he had a secret that he wanted to share with the world, much to the protest of his long-time friend and rival. Guerrero would later claim that he was the biological father of Dominik Mysterio, much to the protest of Rey. Settling the issue in the ring, SummerSlam 2005 saw a match take place with arguably some of the biggest stakes in wrestling history, a ladder match where the winner would receive the custody of Dominik.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet, Rey Mysterio recalled Bruce Prichard and Eddie Guerrero coming up with the idea and that Dominik was on board when he knew that he would be getting paid for it:
“I want to say that that came from Bruce [Prichard] and Eddie [Guerrero] I don’t know if somebody else had some input in it. But when that idea was brought up to me, I said, Sure, that sounds cool. Let me speak to Dom about it. Dom from his understanding had always been a little bit shy, timid, especially back then, younger. But when he knew that money was involved, he said, Yeah, I’m down. I’ll do it.
But Eddie spoke to him, I know Bruce spoke to him as well, which is crazy, just to even see so many years past and now Bruce being there and talking to Dom and Bruce kind of telling him okay, this is what we’re gonna have going on for the next storyline. You know, I can’t imagine what Bruce feels when he speaks to Dom when he spoke to him when he was only seven years old. And it’s got to be such a cool feeling.”
Continuing, the Hall of Famer stated that the fact that Dominik was very familiar with his surroundings made the segments a lot easier to film:
“Being a kid sometimes you don’t take into consideration how important or how this is really going to work out, it was just minor details. I know Eddie had a lot of saying to making him feel comfortable. I know he would feed him Twizzlers every now and then when we did some of the shoots like on the swings.
But overall, the surroundings that he was in, he felt like he was at home. I think that had a big part to do with him saying his lines and doing what he had to do at the right time. And you ask yourself now, why is he becoming so good, so fast? Well, he’s been around for so long, and it’s just insane.”
Rey Mysterio Explains Delayed WWE Debut
Prior to debuting in WWE in 2002, Mysterio made his name in WCW and was one of many stars who did not make the jump shortly after the closure of WCW. During the same interview, Rey Mysterio explained why he did not appear on SmackDown until more than one year after the buy-out
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