6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Monday Night Raw (3 November - Results & Review)

4. The One Man Who Can Make Fans Boo Dirty Dom

It’s no secret to anyone who has access to two of their five senses that WWE fans have taken a strong liking to Dominik Mysterio, cheering him wildly regardless of who he’s facing or what underhanded tactics he employs to retain his Intercontinental Championship.

Monday, Dirty Dom made his way to the ring to crow about his win on Saturday Night’s Main Event and how he was the greatest IC champ and greatest luchador of all time.

Cue Rey Mysterio to pop the crowd and send Dominik into a fit. Rey took umbrage at Dom claiming to be the greatest luchador, name-dropping El Santo, Blue Demon, and Eddie Guerrero. Dominik fired off a great retort/callback, yelling, “Keep my father’s name out of your mouth!” The younger Mysterio, though, immediately earned the scorn of the crowd when he said he was better than all three wrestlers, including Eddie.

The two verbally sparred for a while, with the fans imploring Rey to “whoop his ass!” Dominik suggested Rey was jealous of him (he even stole his mustache!) and had returned to cash in because he made the Mysterio name relevant. Dom finally lost his cool and swung, but he quickly fell to a hurricanrana and a 619 before bailing to escape.

It was impressive to see how fans actually booed Dominik when facing off against his father after they cheered Dom on versus babyfaces like Penta and AJ Styles. But if pulling the trigger on rekindling the father/son feud forestalls Dirty Dom’s face turn a bit and gets Rey back into the fold, then this is a win-win.