Cody Rhodes on Dominik Mysterio’s WWE development : ‘Love the fact that Dom is training backwards’
Cody Rhodes believes Dominik Mysterio ‘oozes charisma’ and believes his unconventional wrestling training has been beneficial for his WWE career.
On the latest episode of his What Do You Wanna Talk About Podcast with Liv Morgan, Rhodes discussed Mysterio’s WWE career and behind the scenes personality. He talked about how Mysterio was training backwards – working the crowds for matches, understanding the psychology that goes into events and shows, but the basics of wrestling kicked in later, which is similar to how Rhodes trained.
“It’s weird because he’ll say something so mean about Punk in the media and I’m thinking ‘Oh, all of us are, all of us babyfaces are screwed. He’s coming for us all’. And then he’ll be like ‘Oh, Cody’s really cool guy’. So, I don’t know what I did, but Dom is that one guy, he’s the one, I’m trying to think if there’s another one but Dom is the one guy at work that I feel not cool around. I’ll have a new watch or something and I’ll be like, ‘Hey Dom’ and he’s got a giant sky dweller on, which is a very nice fancy watch. He just oozes charisma.”
“And I also love the fact that Dom is training backwards. He knows psychology, he knows how to engage with fans, he knows how (to work) a live crowd. But the fundamentals have come after all of that, which is a little bit of how I was trained.”
Mysterio made his official in-ring debut in 2020. He competed as a tag team with his father, Rey Mysterio for a couple of years before joining The Judgment Day in 2022 and turned heel, a persona shift that catapulted him into a distinct character and away from his father’s shadow.
He competed in his third WrestleMania match last weekend, taking on Demon Finn Balor in a Street Fight Match. During his six-year WWE tenure, Mysterio is a two-time Intercontinental Champion, and the current AAA Mega Champion.
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