Rey Mysterio and his son Dom Mysterio sit down with Marc Raimondi to discuss Rey’s Hall of Fame induction and facing off …
WrestleMania spaz approaching we are in Los Angeles and I am with two men who are featured on Saturday night’s show Rey Mysterio and Dominic Mysterio Father and Son huge match coming up WrestleMania 39 Sofi Stadium I just want to start with you Ray it’s a big weekend for you on several levels because it isn’t only the big match against your son on Saturday but Friday night you’re getting inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame firstly what is the significance of that for you oh it’s top of the top man uh is one thing you you wish that one day you get recognized for is being part of the Hall of Fame you know where all the Legends are the the legends that have paved the path for us to come through and now here it is a day is here like literally uh hours away and and I’m still fully active so it’s a bit hard to digest and and just sink it all in it’s a real moment but very very blessed and honored that’s a rare thing right you’re still an active wrestler yeah and you went to the Hall of Fame yeah same the same weekend that you’re going to be wrestling your your son it must be added meaning in that for you is there not there’s a lot of mixed emotions right now going around my my heart my head I just gotta set myself straight and take every moment once at a time and kind of enjoy the moment but also uh put in work you know do what I have to do Mr Dominic I know that uh you know things on television with your dad are a little adversarial at the moment but he’s going into the WWE Hall of Fame on Friday night one of the biggest honors you can get if not the biggest honor you can get in sports entertainment and professional wrestling what does that mean to you that your dad is going in uh for me it means that he’s getting recognition for something he’s done and the only thing I can think of is what kind of father hits his son right he’s getting inducted for all these things that he’s done over his career but to me that means nothing because he’s a he’s a bad father he hit me my mom’s sat there cheering so I’m why did he get asked the first question it should be my biggest night but I understand and uh like I said we’ll see who the better Mysterio is at the end of Saturday night at Wrestlemania are you father I’m not you’re not a father no so you can’t relate but when your kids get when your kids get out of line you have to set them straight and this is a situation right now you know you don’t enter the WWE universe and not expect to get hit go uh sign up for some ballet classes if you want to take it easy this is wrestling and this is what I have to put up with growing up not only did he not show up when I was home but he also when he was home he belittled me like this which is why I have to go and handle business on Saturday night it’s okay see you can’t even look me in the eyes I don’t really fancy myself as a family counselor but I guess I’m kind of playing that role right now uh Dominic I wanted to ask you do you have any favorite childhood memories you know being with your dad you know he’s been in wrestling for so long you grew up in this business as well any any favorite childhood memories uh favorite childhood memories I would say there is this one time where we were at the park and my dad was there um sorry that was Eddie um no I can’t say that I do actually because uh a lot of the memories even when I did travel with them he would leave me in the locker room you know I was with him but he’d he’d leave me in the locker room for someone else to watch over me because he had to go run and do his thing because he was too busy at work where I was as well but it is what it is and I give you a fond memory that I have absolutely he was actually uh graduating and I was on the road but uh he didn’t have a license and at the time I was driving an Audi R8 V10 and he took it to the graduation he drove around and like nothing you know so I didn’t see him bitching or complaining back then it shows how good his memory is it wasn’t even graduation because he weren’t there it was prom he did drive my car right but it was prom and I didn’t ask you said no so I took it anyways so there’s that first fond memory it wasn’t even correct about it yeah maybe how does how does the family feel about this match with with your son how does your your wife Angie your daughter Leah and then the extended family too you know your parents about this matchup oh my wife is uh it’s hit her pretty bad um the fact that she played a big role if not probably bigger than my role as a father and a mother you know why I traveled all these years she would have expected more respect out of Dominic and that’s pretty much out the window it just goes to show that you hang out with the wrong crew of people and he turned up ending up just like them is he talking about Ria Ripley and Judgment Day I imagine oh excuse me if I said anything about Mommy I guess he he’s just upset because he realizes that when I was with him we were tag Champs and we lost them and after that we just kept losing he faced Roman Smackdown he lost in Hell in the Cell and after that we just kept losing and hold on let me finish crash at the castle you won because of me because of what I did because of the help that I provided for you and Edge but what did you guys do you guys turned your backs on me so you know Mommy did come along and Finn and Damien and what did they do they helped me and we’ve been here we’ve we’ve been winning ever since I beat Gargano I beat AJ Styles I beat AJ Styles and the good Brothers I mean the list goes on and on ever since I joined the Judgment day but all I can say is I was on a losing streak with you and I had to realize that you were that weight that was holding me down you just don’t realize that no I but it’s okay I’m here to beat some sense into you on Saturday night that’s how you feel let’s see who beats who okay just to kind of to Pivot a little bit to your your performance last year or so you’ve grown so much in WWE uh you know you’ve really uh I don’t want to say you’ve moved out of your dad’s Shadow but I’m sure that you feel that way but how what has that been what has that progression been like for you as a performer on television and the growth you know being the character that you are now it’s been amazing you know like I said not in for the past almost in August it’ll be a year but for the past couple months my growth I feel like has just been insanely uh like it’s been a lot you know and I haven’t had him by my side has been very helpful because I’ve had three other people by my side that have been supporting me have been there for me and it just helped me grow believe it or not the fact that we’re fighting against each other doesn’t take away that I am your father and that I do have feelings for you but it doesn’t take away the fact that I told you already that I wish Eddie was okay okay I don’t care you can tell me whatever you want my my thought process my heart will be very hard to change so I’m proud of his accomplishments I’m proud that he detached and is making a name for himself you know uh is this the right thing to do to do it this way maybe it is for him maybe uh he’ll get slapped in the face on Saturday and wake up and realize that he’s been wrong this whole time we’ll know we’ll find out I think the only one that’s going to get slapped the nose is as wrong as you okay I think we’ll wrap it up there gentlemen thank you very much for the time I know there’s uh some adversarial feelings but we appreciate it thank you