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The Mysterios were an American
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comprised of
Rey Mysterio Óscar Gutiérrez (born December 11, 1974), better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. Widely regarded as one of the greatest profes ...
and his son
Dominik Mysterio Dominik Gutiérrez (born April 5, 1997) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Dominik Mysterio, and is a member of The Judgment Day. He is a one-time former Sm ...
. They are one-time WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions, making them the first father and son team to have won a tag team championship in WWE.


History


Dominik's early appearances (2003–2019)

Dominik made his first professional wrestling appearance on the June 5, 2003 edition of '' SmackDown!'' at just 6 years old when he was in the crowd along with his mother Angie and his younger sister Aalyah watching his father Rey Mysterio win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship from
Matt Hardy Matthew Moore Hardy (born September 23, 1974) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his time with WWE. With his real life brother Jeff, Hardy gained notoriety in WWF's tag team d ...
. After the match, Dominik came over the barricade and into the ring to celebrate with his father, who promptly gave him a massive hug and hoisted him up on his shoulders. Dominik made his second appearance on the December 11 edition of ''SmackDown!'' in the crowd again with Angie and Aalyah watching his father compete against
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in a non-title match in a losing effort. In the summer of 2005, Dominik made his third appearance in WWE at the age of 8, but this time in a more prominent role, as part of his father Rey's ongoing
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with
Eddie Guerrero Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005) was an American professional wrestler. He was a prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family, being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero is ...
, in which the two rivals fought for custody of him. During the storyline, Guerrero stated that he was Dominik's (
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) biological father. Mysterio defeated Guerrero in a
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for custody of Dominik at
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. He made two more appearances in 2006, first at
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with Angie and Aalyah watching his father win the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time and second on the September 15 edition of ''SmackDown!'' where he watched backstage as his father battled with
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. Mysterio would lose this match after
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and
Vickie Guerrero Vickie Lynn Benson (formerly Guerrero, née Lara;Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story'', p. 53. born April 16, 1968) is an American professional wrestling personality and manager. She is best known for her t ...
showed up on the stage with Gutiérrez to distract Mysterio as Kennedy rolled him up for the win. He once again appeared on the March 12, 2010 episode of ''SmackDown'', this time during the feud between Rey Mysterio and the
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(
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,
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, and Serena). On the March 19, 2019 episode of ''SmackDown Live'', Dominik appeared with his father, Rey Mysterio, who announced that he would be facing
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for the
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at
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. He once again appeared on ''
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'' from April to June, during the feud between Mysterio and Joe. During the following months, he was involved in his father's storylines and matches, including getting physically involved in Rey's
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match against Brock Lesnar at
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, where they attacked Lesnar and performed a double ''619'', but Rey was nonetheless defeated.


Work as a tag team (2020–2022)

In May 2020, Dominik again assisted his father, this time in dealing with
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and his teammates
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and
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, after his father suffered a severe (kayfabe) eye injury. At
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, Rey had his eye (kayfabe) removed in an Eye for an Eye match, where the winner could only be declared upon removing an opponent's eyeball from its socket. Dominik thereafter unsuccessfully came for revenge, having to be saved by his father's ally,
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. On the August 3 episode of ''Raw'', Dominik issued a challenge to Rollins, which he accepted for
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, in what was Dominik's in-ring debut. The following week, after the SummerSlam match was made official, Rollins and Murphy attacked Dominik, landing over 30 kendo stick shots. On August 23 at SummerSlam, Dominik made his in-ring debut, where he was defeated by Rollins in a Street Fight. The following night on ''Raw'', Dominik and Rey teamed together for the first time in an official match, where they faced Rollins and Murphy, but the match ended in a disqualification after Retribution attacked the Mysterios. Six days later at
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, The Mysterios defeated Rollins and Murphy to earn Dominik's first official victory in WWE. The next night on ''Raw'', Dominik replaced his injured father in a match with Rollins, set up to determine entries into another match that was held later that night to decide the next challenger for the WWE Championship. Rollins avoided a frog splash, and went on to defeat Dominik, as a frustrated Rey looked on backstage. Next week he defeated Murphy with the help of his family in a Street Fight. The following week on ''Raw'', Dominik once again wrestled Rollins, this time in a
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where he was defeated. A new storyline developed in September, where Dominik's sister Aalyah began to show feelings for Murphy, the former disciple of Rollins. This caused unrest amongst the Mysterio family, and one such distraction caused Murphy to pin Dominik during a match. As part of the 2020 Draft in October, The Mysterios were drafted to the
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. The Mysterio family's feud with Rollins would end on the November 13 episode of ''SmackDown'' after Rey defeated Rollins in a No Holds Barred match after assistance from Murphy, who turned on Rollins. At the 2021 Royal Rumble, Dominik took part in his first
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where he eliminated King Corbin before being eliminated by
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. On the February 12 episode of ''SmackDown'', the Mysterios were defeated by Corbin and
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in an Elimination Chamber qualifying match. On the WrestleMania edition of ''SmackDown'', the Mysterios would face defending champions Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode, Alpha Academy (
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and Otis), and
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in a
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for the
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, but were unsuccessful as Ziggler and Roode retained their titles. At
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, despite Dominik being attacked backstage by Ziggler and Roode prior to the match, Dominik and Rey won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, marking Dominik's first championship in WWE, and making Dominik and Rey the first father and son team to become tag team champions in WWE history. On the June 4 episode of ''SmackDown'', the Mysterios successfully defended their titles against
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, albeit with controversy as Jimmy's shoulder was lifted although the referee wasn't aware. After
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and
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granted a rematch later that same night, the Mysterios again retained their titles after
Roman Reigns Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoa'i (born May 25, 1985) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and former American football, football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WW ...
interfered and attacked the Mysterios, causing a disqualification, and both were assaulted by Reigns afterwards. The following week on ''SmackDown'', Rey called out Reigns for attacking Dominik, and challenged Reigns to a
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match at the namesake pay-per-view, but before Reigns could answer, Rey attacked Reigns with a kendo stick, but was ultimately overpowered, and while Dominik joined the brawl, Reigns powerbombed Dominik over the top rope and out of the ring. The next day on ''Talking Smack'',
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, Reigns' "special council", formally accepted Rey's challenge on Reigns's behalf. On June 17, however, the match was moved to the ''SmackDown'' prior to the pay-per-view in which Rey lost to Reigns. At Money in the Bank pre-show, The Mysterios dropped the titles to The Usos, ending their reign at 63 days. As part of the 2021 Draft, both Rey and Dominik were drafted to the Raw brand. On the January 31, 2022 episode of ''Raw'',
The Miz Michael Gregory Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name The Miz. Mizanin first gained fame a ...
defeated Dominik. The following week, the Mysterios were guests on "Miz TV". Rey claimed that Miz cheated to defeat Dominik while Miz took issue that Rey had an opportunity to qualify for the
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match while he did not and also that Rey was the cover star of the ''
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'' video game. Miz also questioned if Rey was truly Dominik's dad, referencing the
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battle that Rey had with
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back at SummerSlam in 2005. Dominik then defeated Miz in a rematch. Rey then defeated Miz during the
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Kickoff pre-show. Later backstage, Miz accused Rey of cheating due to Dominik and said he would find a tag team partner who was a "global superstar". On the following episode of ''Raw'', as Miz teased the identity of his partner to face Rey and Dominik at
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, the Mysterios interrupted, stating it did not matter who Miz had chosen. Miz then revealed his partner as social media personality
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, after which, Miz and Paul attacked the Mysterios. At WrestleMania 38, the Mysterios were defeated by Miz and Paul. The Mysterios later began feuding with
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(
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,
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, and
Rhea Ripley Demi Bennett (born 11 October 1996) is an Australian professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Rhea Ripley and is a member of The Judgment Day. She was also the inaugural N ...
) over the group's desire to recruit Dominik, with the latter continuously refusing, leading to the group attacking the Mysterios in several occasions. During Rey's 20th anniversary celebration on the July 25 episode of ''Raw'', the Mysterios defeated Bálor and Priest in a tag-team match. Afterwards in a backstage segment, Ripley attacked Rey's daughter Aalyah before dragging Dominik away, leading Rey into an assault by Bálor and Priest. At
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, the Mysterios defeated Bálor and Priest in a no disqualification match following an interference from the returning
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, the Judgment Day's former leader, who attacked Bálor and Priest, allowing the Mysterios to defeat them. At Clash at the Castle, after Rey and Edge defeated Bálor and Priest, Dominik hit Edge with a low blow. Rey pleaded with Dominik to stop, but Dominik hit a devastating clothesline on Rey, turning heel and disbanding the Mysterios in the process.


Family feud (2022-)

Following his heel turn at Clash at the Castle, Dominik officially joined The Judgment Day on the September 5 episode of ''Raw''. Dominik and The Judgment Day continued to torment Rey on ''Raw'' to the point that Rey informed WWE Chief Content Officer
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that he would rather quit than to fight Dominik. Triple H offered Rey to join ''SmackDown'' instead and it was made official on October 14, temporarily cooling off his feud with Dominik and The Judgment Day. On Thanksgiving, Dominik was filmed inviting Rhea Ripley to the Mysterio family home. Dominik and Ripley assaulted Rey after Rey and Angie (Rey's wife and Dominik's mother) refused entry into the house. On Christmas Eve, Dominik and Ripley was filmed visiting Dominik's grandparents' home. A confrontation ensued between Dominik, Ripley, Rey and Angie outside of the house with Dominik shoving Rey and Angie slapping Ripley. The police arrived shortly after and (kayfabe) arrested Dominik.


Championships and accomplishments

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References


External links

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