The Custody Of Dominik Ladder Match at SummerSlam 2005 saw Rey Mysterio beat Eddie Guerrero with the help of Dominik and Eddie’s wife Vickie Guerrero. Mr. 619 got custody of Dominik and the storyline which received mixed reviews was finally put to rest. Moreover, fans were upset about Eddie losing every single match against Rey from WrestleMania to SummerSlam.
In an interview with Wrestling Inc, newly prison-hardened Dominik Mysterio reflected on the bizarre storyline. The young wrestler wished that Eddie Guerrero had won his custody instead of Rey Mysterio.
“I feel like I’ve always been drawn to Eddie, whether it’s early 90s Eddie, WCW Eddie, or it’s ‘I’m your papi’ Eddie, and to me, any Eddie is the best Eddie and he’s just the top of the top to me and anything I do is in his honor, man — the mullet, everything. So for me, yeah. He’s the man.”
“Yeah, 100%. And I mean, WWE storyline, he is my dad. So, man. I would’ve loved to have gone home with Uncle Eddie at this point, right? I feel like we would’ve had a really good dynamic at home.”
“I always tell people, I feel like Eddie and my dad slowly planted that seed of me becoming a wrestler without me even knowing when I was eight in that storyline.”
Wrestling Inc
Dominik has been modeling his new character on the late Eddie Guerrero to a certain degree. It was certainly a refreshing, and much needed, change for Dominik Mysterio. Whether he is the second coming of the late Latino heat is yet to be seen.
H/T Wrestling Inc
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