Dominik Mysterio Says Victory Over AJ Styles At SummerSlam Is At The Top Of His List Of Big Victories

Dominik Mysterio reflects on his match with AJ Styles at SummerSlam.

On August 3rd, Dominik Mysterio would face off with AJ Styles for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The bout was a large homage to Eddie Guerrero, with Styles wearing gear inspired by Guerrero to take on Dominik twenty years after Guerrero fought for custody of Dominik at SummerSlam 2005.

While speaking on the My Mom’s Basement podcast, Dominik was asked about his match with Styles at the event, noting that he did not have to prepare for the match.

“It was an amazing 20-year anniversary. Everyone kept asking me, like, ‘oh, what did you do to prepare?’ I didn’t do anything. AJ had to prepare for me. You know, I’m the greatest Mysterio of all time, greatest Intercontinental champion of all time. It was a great time.”

It was then pointed out to Dominik about his navy blue gear, with Dominik confirming it was  a ‘slap in the face’ to his father.

“Yeah, that was… I don’t want to say an homage, but it was a slap in the face to, you know, my deadbeat dad’s gear in 05′. It was almost like a- I’m going to do it better than you did.”

Dominik also was asked where his bout with Styles would rank in terms of his top victories in wrestling, with the Intercontinental champion ranking his win over AJ at the top.

“Man, for me, other than there’s been a couple of good victories for me, but like that one would probably rank at the top. I’ve beaten my deadbeat dad, but this was, was special for me, 20 years and now coming in my five year debut anniversary, so like, it was very special. Like I said, no Judgment Day, nobody, and it wasn’t a shot at the Judgment Day. Like I love my family. But it was more of like, like a shot to the haters. Cause everyone was expecting like, ‘Oh, who’s going to come out and help them, is Roxanne going to come out? Is Finn going to come out?’ Like, no, no one came out. I told him I was going to do it all on my own and I did just that. I outsmarted AJ and I beat him right in the middle of that ring.”

Elsewhere in another recent interview, Dominik noted that he would give up chicken tenders for Liv Morgan to return from injury sooner. You can read more about that here.

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