{"id":127861,"date":"2024-10-23T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T13:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=127861"},"modified":"2024-10-23T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T13:52:03","slug":"the-former-world-champion-most-likely-to-face-dirty-dom-on-wwe-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/23\/the-former-world-champion-most-likely-to-face-dirty-dom-on-wwe-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"The Former World Champion Most Likely To Face &#8220;Dirty&#8221; Dom on WWE Raw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Dirty&#8221; Dominik Mysterio<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> believes he is ready to face Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship. Dom&#8217;s cockiness comes from having <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rhea Ripley <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">whisper sweet nothings in his ear for two <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">years,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> before he <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/07\/11\/it-is-time-to-finish-the-judgment-day-for-good\/\" target=\"_self\">kicked her to the curb<\/a> to be straddled, stroked, and slobbered on by <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Liv Morgan.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pulling off the mullet and mustache combo hasn&#8217;t done anything to dampen Dom&#8217;s demeanor <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">either<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. He now proudly tucks his <a  href=\"https:\/\/euroshop.wwe.com\/en\/apparel\/wwe-dominik-mysterio-latino-cheat-t-shirt-black-mens\/d-4517562477+f-46559075422943+z-9-771441797?utm_medium=cse&amp;cur=GBP&amp;loc=en-GB&amp;_s=GPA_CA-wwe-uk&amp;sku=206444665&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD34559SeuFbuRoNtnF_RZBTDu2lY&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwveK4BhD4ARIsAKy6pMKxbzbTTYRFAdZi86DmmYJuM5euO1V5fvhIOE6FisuiaOQihDGp1g8aAqXYEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Latino Cheat&#8221;<\/a> t-shirts into his busy pants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw <\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GM <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Adam Pearce <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">doesn&#8217;t share the same view of Dominik Mysterio as Dominik Mysterio. Pearce laughed <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">uncontrollably<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> when <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Carlito <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">requested he book the Gunther vs. Mysterio title <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">bout during the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/20\/preview-wwe-raw-21-10-24-jey-uso-vs-bron-breakker\/\" target=\"_self\">October 21, 2024 episode of <em>WWE Raw<\/em><\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Instead, Pearce has booked Dom into a match with a mystery former World champion for next week&#8217;s <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here, we take a look at who is likely to face Dom.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BOLD move, Carlito.<br \/>Let&#39;s see how it plays out&#8230;<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y4tHfRYDyL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/y4tHfRYDyL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1848538349507621224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dominik Mysterio: Who He Isn&#8217;t Facing<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s obviously the option of a\u00a0<em><strong>WWE SmackDown\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>or <strong><em>WWE NXT <\/em><\/strong>superstar taking the spot. But as Pearce is so involved in the selection process, it&#8217;s likely the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/09\/20\/adam-pearce-promises-war-for-wwe-raw\/\" target=\"_self\">proud <em>WWE Raw\u00a0<\/em>GM<\/a> will hire from within.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are ten active former World champions on the <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw <\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">roster. Three of these are booked for action already on <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw <\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">so they are out of contention.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/15\/sheamus-returns-to-wwe-raw-tonight\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sheamus <\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">faces <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ludwig Kaiser. <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> fellow former World champs <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rey Mysterio <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kofi Kingston<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> are tied up in the triple threat no.1 contenders match for the World Tag Team Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Miz <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">can&#8217;t face Dom because he&#8217;s stuck between a rock and a hard pace. By that we mean stuck between the terrifying <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/06\/20\/wrestling-stars-react-to-wyatt-sicks-massacre\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Wyatt Sicks<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; who have targetted him because <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">of his betrayal of<\/span> <strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">R-Truth &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and the intimidating <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Final Testament. <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Karrion<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Kross <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">thinks The Miz owes them one because <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Paul Ellering <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">took an <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Uncle Howdy <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">mandible claw for him last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not so fast, <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikethemiz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@mikethemiz<\/a>&#8230; you&#39;ve got work to do now!<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAWTalk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RAWTalk<\/a><br \/>\u25b6\ufe0f <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peacock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@peacock<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3opB71MRBn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3opB71MRBn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1848550629695766706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM Punk <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">returning to WWE to slap Dom around seems unlikely. <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Drew McIntyre <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is still feeling the effects of his Hell in a Cell match with CM Punk, so probably wouldn&#8217;t travel to Hersey, PA to please Pearce. But both men might want a fresh start after their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/08\/cm-punk-wwe-feud-drew-mcintyre\/\" target=\"_self\">epic trilogy <\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and there&#8217;s not much fresher than Dominik Mysterio. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There&#8217;s <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">obviously<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> always the chance of a surprise return. <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kane <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">would make sense as it&#8217;s the 1<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/21\/should-you-watch-kanes-see-no-evil-2-on-its-10th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_self\">0th anniversary of his <\/a><\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">See No Evil 2 <\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">slasher movie. But he&#8217;d have to take a break from flirting with Donald Trump to do that so we can put him in &#8216;ain&#8217;t happening&#8217; pile. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pennsylvania hasn&#8217;t bred many former WWE World champions. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/03\/olympic-journey-of-kurt-angle-featured-tribulation-triumph-and-a-broken-freakin-neck\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kurt Angle <\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">would be the only hope of a local hero returning <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Hersey.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who Will Face Dominik Mysterio?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The most likely option is <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Braun Strowman. <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Universal Championship run makes him valid, the crowd would pop for him and he could beat the living daylights out of Dom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Damian Priest <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">would love a chance to get his hands on Dom. The former &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"es\">El Campe\u00f3n<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8221; is also eyeing a shot at Gunther&#8217;s World Heavyweight Championship. Priest is therefore a very likely candidate to humiliate Dom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Priest <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/08\/03\/andnew-gunther-dethrones-damian-priest\/\" target=\"_self\">lost the title to Gunther<\/a> when <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finn B\u00e0lor <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">stabbed him in the back. B\u00e0lor seemed to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">take a good<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> look at Dom&#8217;s back last week while unimpressed to hear of Dom&#8217;s opportunity. So the inaugural Universal Champion could be looking to betray another <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Judgement Day <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">brethren. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welp&#8230;<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAWTalk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RAWTalk<\/a><br \/>\u25b6\ufe0f <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peacock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@peacock<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7RHcqu0Ikx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7RHcqu0Ikx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1848556437036786109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finally, that leaves just <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seth Rollins <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">as a former World Heavyweight Champion who might take a shot at Dom<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pearce accused Rollins of having ring rust a few weeks ago, so &#8220;The Visionary&#8221; might see Dom as a perfect chance to shake this off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rollins &#8211; who has competed in just six matches in 2024 &#8211; is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/02\/should-bronson-reed-be-worried-about-seth-freakin-rollins\/\" target=\"_self\">return to action against<\/a> the seemingly unstoppable\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Big&#8221; Bronson Reed\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0<em><strong>WWE Crown Jewel\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>next month.<\/p>\n<p>Oh one last thing.\u00a0<strong>Jinder Mahal.\u00a0<\/strong>Don&#8217;t forget about him.<\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Dirty&#8221; Dominik Mysterio believes he is ready to face Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship. Dom&#8217;s cockiness comes from having Rhea Ripley whisper sweet nothings in his ear for two years, before he kicked her to the curb to be straddled, stroked, and slobbered on by Liv Morgan. Pulling off the mullet and mustache combo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":127868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,25,4,3],"tags":[3014,255,6558,8558,111,76],"class_list":["post-127861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-adam-pearce","tag-braun-strowman","tag-damian-priest","tag-dominick-mysterio","tag-finn-balor","tag-seth-rollins"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}