Skip to main content
Inside The Ropes
  • News

    WWE News

    AEW logo for their Dynamite TV show

    AEW News

    IMPACT Wrestling logo

    IMPACT News

    New Japan Pro Wrestling

    NJPW News

  • Features
    Poster for WWE Royal Rumble ft Roman Reigns

    WWE Royal Rumble 2023 Predictions

    NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17

    NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Predictions

    WWE Superstars With The Most Wins In 2022

    WWE Superstars With The Most Wins In 2022

    Breakout WWE Superstars In 2022

    Top 10 Breakout WWE Superstars In 2022

  • Interviews
    20 Questions Deonna Purrazzo FI

    20 Questions With Deonna Purrazzo

    Rick Boogs

    Interview With Rick Boogs

    JONAH

    Interview With JONAH

    Rosemary Interview

    Interview With Rosemary

  • Podcasts
    What’s Going Down #99 – Austin Theory, Bray Wyatt & Tyrus

    Listen
    What’s Going Down #98 – SmackDown Main Event, Crown Jewel & More

    Listen
    Jeff Jarrett stands in-ring on AEW Dynamite 2022

    Listen
    Power Slam Podcast #264 – Steve Austin Comeback, Full Gear Preview & More

    Listen
  • Quizzes
    Play Word Rumble

    Play Word Rumble

    WWE logo

    Can You Name Every WWE Pay-per-view?

    WWE Survivor Series sole survivors quiz

    Can You Name All The WWE Survivor Series Sole Survivors?

    WWE Smackdown logo

    Can You Name Every Wrestler That Competed On The First SmackDown?

  • Live Tours
  • Shop
    Magazine
    Clothing
    Accessories
    Collectibles
  • Trending
  • Follow us:
    • Facebook Facebook
    • Twitter Twitter
    • Instagram Instagram
  • Watch us on YouTube:
    • YouTube YouTube
  • Subscribe to the Magazine
  • Play Word Rumble
WWE News

Rey Mysterio Would “Love Dominik To Incorporate The Mask”

By Matt Tennant. Published 16th February 2021.
Rey Mysterio Thumb

Former WWE Champion Rey Mysterio has opened up about whether or not his son Dominik will follow in the family tradition and wear a mask while competing.

Sporting a mask while between the ropes and in front of the camera is an age-old tradition for Mexican professional wrestlers with Mysterio and his uncle, Rey Misterio Sr., both famous for their coverings during their respective careers.

Invoking the images of animals, gods and ancient heroes, the vizard is often seen as a symbol of Mexican culture with the mask often serving as a storyline device to end a rivalry with a performer putting their hood on the line in a feud-ending collision. To lose a mask is seen to be humiliating and disrespectful.

Now, arguably the world’s most famous luchador has joined the Not About Wrestling podcast in order to talk about his son Dominik shunning family tradition and wrestling sans concealer:

“As a matter of fact there was [a conversation about masking him]. The only issue was that he was getting so much promotion without the mask, prior to him starting to wrestle. When I did my storyline with Samoa Joe with Brock and we just felt maybe it might be a little too late to mask him now.

We’ve talked about it. We would love to incorporate the mask somehow someway, so the legacy continues. Even if they know his face already. We can start a trend where Dominik is outside the ring and Dominik Mysterio is inside the ring.”

One of the most famous instances of a Mexican wrestler losing his mask and being forced to compete without it came at WCW SuperBrawl IX, when Mysterio himself lost a Hair vs. Mask Match – alongside Konnan – against Scott Hall and Kevin Nash and was forced to shed the famous cloth.

While Dominik searches for that breakout moment in his own career, he has been teaming with his father since the beginning of 2021 in wars with Seth Rollins and most recently in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match on the February 12 edition of the blue brand, which they lost to to Baron Corbin and Sami Zayn.

Credit for the interview: Not About Wrestling

h/t for the transcription: Wrestling Inc.

  • Facebook
    Share
  • Twitter
    Tweet
  • WhatsApp
    Send
  • Share

Popular Stories

  1. The Undertaker Admits He “Lost Sleep” Over Disappointing Recent WWE Appearance
  2. Nikki Bella Reveals John Cena’s Surprising Link To Artem Chigvintsev Wedding
  3. Lacey Evans Sparks Outrage On Social Media With WWE SmackDown Return
  4. Sami Zayn Humbly Claims He Couldn’t Be The Face Of WWE
  5. Kevin Owens Was Originally Set To Win WWE Championship Back In 2019
  6. Becky Lynch Once Kissed A WWE Legend On-Screen Before WWE Later Edited It Out
  7. “He Can’t Feel His Legs” – Kurt Angle Provides Worrying Health Update On Hulk Hogan
  8. Jerry Lawler Sets Stunning And Unprecedented Wrestling Record
  9. Bray Wyatt Comments On Divisive WWE Royal Rumble Match
  10. Triple H Confirms Reports Dwayne Johnson Will Likely Miss WWE WrestleMania 39
Inside The Ropes
  • News
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Podcasts
  • Magazine
  • Write For Us
  • Facebook Facebook
  • Twitter Twitter
  • Instagram Instagram
  • YouTube YouTube
© 2023 ITR Digital Media Limited. Read about our privacy policy.