While he inherited the last name of his father, that doesn’t necessarily mean Dominik Mysterio inherited all his moves as well.
In the wrestling world, Rey Mysterio is known for moving fast and high. On occasion, his son Dominik Mysterio will take flight as well, but for the most part, the current WWE Intercontinental Champion likes to keep himself grounded while in the ring. During an interview with the Intoxicados Podcast, Dominik explained why he doesn’t incorporate too many high-flying moves into his work.
“The reason I’m like that is because – and this is just my personal opinion – I feel like you see that so much,” Dominik said (h/t to WrestleTalk for the transcription). “Especially nowadays with the way wrestling has (evolved) and just moved on from what it used to be. You’d go from chain wrestling, to you’re now doing lucha libre style, to a mixture of lucha libre and American style.
“You have guys doing insane backflips. I can’t do half that s**t,”; he continued. “… I mean, I’m sure I can if I put the time in, but I feel like it’s more special because you see it so often, but not from me. So when you do see it from me, you’re like, ‘Damn, did you see Dom do that moonsault?’, or like, ‘Damn, did you see Dom do that?’ I want it to mean something, I want it to be special when I do it. ‘If you go out there and wrestle 100 times and you do a moonsault 90% of the time, the people are gonna expect it. If I give it to them 10% of the time, when I do hit that moonsault, everyone’s gonna be like ‘Damn, did you see that moonsault?’ It’s gonna mean more.”
Most recently, Dominik defended his Intercontinental Championship against Penta at WWE Backlash Thanks to interference from the Judgement Day and El Grande Americano, Dominik retained it.
