Dominik Mysterio clashed with WWE newcomer Penta simply hours earlier than the Royal Rumble as a talkSPORT interview was knocked off observe.
Mysterio had been previewing the marquee occasion in our unique chat when a heated trade adopted between the 2, who’re each in Saturday’s gigantic males’s Royal Rumble bout.
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Penta is WWE’s latest face having made a stirring debut and main first impression because the maiden recruit in what many are calling the ‘Netflix’ period.
Having spent the final yr in rival organisation All Elite Wrestling, Penta has wasted no time establishing his star energy in WWE and has swiftly amassed a large following amongst the corporate’s followers.
Mysterio, in the meantime, has been the resident WWE oik since turning on his legendary father, Rey Mysterio Jr, at Conflict on the Fort in Cardiff in 2022.
Aligning himself with the Judgement Day, ‘Soiled Dom’ has since established himself as one of many organisation’s most detestable characters, not least due to his therapy of former love curiosity Rhea Ripley whom he betrayed in favour of Liv Morgan.
Each males have been on the town to fulfil media duties forward of Saturday’s epic Rumble in Indianapolis and, unsurprisingly, issues shortly got here to forward when their paths crossed throughout Mysterio’s chat with talkSPORT’s Jon Jackson.
Dom had already blasted ‘f*** Penta’ inside the 39-year-old’s earshot, resulting in the luchador striding over to the belligerent Mysterio and getting in his face.
The 2 confronted off briefly earlier than Penta flicked off Mysterio’s cap – the latter then, maybe correctly, taking a step again earlier than issues might flip actually ugly.
The previous AEW World Tag Workforce Champion warned again in his rival’s route: “See you quickly, child”, as a potential tease towards a confrontation between the 2 on the Rumble.
Recovering his composure, former NXT North American Champion Mysterio laughed off shedding his cap, insisting: “He is doing me a favour.
“He thinks he is knocking my hat? I am making an attempt to cover my hair as a result of individuals love the mullet! Individuals wish to pay for the mullet, I can not simply provide the mullet.”
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Mysterio will be a part of Penta, LA Knight, CM Punk and John Cena as entrants already confirmed for Saturday’s males’s bout as wrestlers battle for his or her probability to problem for championship gold at WrestleMania.
Seth Rollins, Rey Mysterio, Sami Zayn, Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul are all additionally inside the 30-man line-up.
Elsewhere on the landmark present, WWE’s first PLE on Netflix, Cody Rhodes defends the Undisputed WWE Championship towards Kevin Owens in a ladder match.
A ladies’s Rumble match can even characteristic, with Charlotte Aptitude returning to move up a stellar line-up additionally together with Nia Jax, Bayley and Bianca Belair.
Dominik Mysterio was chatting with talkSPORT with WWE 2K25, which is out on March 14th.