{"id":128554,"date":"2024-11-26T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=128554"},"modified":"2024-11-26T23:12:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T04:12:14","slug":"dominik-mysterio-espns-best-wrestler-under-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/11\/26\/dominik-mysterio-espns-best-wrestler-under-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominik Mysterio: ESPN&#8217;s Best Wrestler Under 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESPN just released its list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/professional-wrestling\/story\/_\/id\/42594662\/30-best-pro-wrestlers-30-mysterio-mjf-storm-more\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top 30 wrestlers under 30<\/a>. It showed that Dominik Mysterio could steal not only Liv Morgan&#8217;s heart but also ESPN&#8217;s. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what makes Mysterio better than the rest?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it the fact that he\u2019s Rey Mysterio\u2019s son? Or is it the mullet? While this choice may be shocking to some, there is no doubt he has been heavily involved in WWE this past year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s look at how Dominik Mysterio jumped from the number five position on this list last year to number one this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Easy to Hate<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s hard to name someone in the company who is hated more than Dominik Mysterio; there might not be one. But that makes him so good at his job, as he is arguably the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/07\/18\/why-people-love-to-hate-dominik-mysterio\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"> biggest heel<\/a> in the company right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The audience doesn\u2019t let him get a word out anytime he puts a microphone to his lips. If he does, we can hardly hear him, and it is most likely some cocky or arrogant remark. He plays the heel role perfectly, from turning on two legends, Edge and his father, Rey Mysterio, to turning on one of the fan favorites, Rhea Ripley, making it even easier for fans to despise him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some might say he\u2019s lying, cheating, and stealing like a former Latino Heat had\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dominik Mysterio showered with boos - ISOLATED AUDIO: Raw highlights, May 1, 2023\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8bfSUiViF9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Dominik Mysterio&#8217;s Improving Skills<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dominik Mysterio found his niche with his character and is where he is now. He has grown immensely since his debut, especially in the past year. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is obvious when a wrestler loves the story they\u2019re in because it comes naturally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can tell it\u2019s not forced; maybe they even have fun with it. This makes it easy to get the audience invested. That\u2019s what Mysterio has been doing in this role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has improved not only in character development but also in skills. Not going into NXT before going to the main roster was a risky jump for WWE to take. When Mysterio made his main roster debut, he could\u2019ve benefitted from time down there, but he has shown that he can learn and grow independently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Top Stories<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dominik Mysterio has been involved in some of the top storylines in the past year. The storyline he has had between Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan has been going on for months, but fans still can\u2019t seem to get enough of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have had a variety of matches and segments, yet theirs can still be one of the most anticipated on the card. That is not easy to do because fans get bored of seeing the same thing, but if it is done right, it will create more fan investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Mysterio had his elbow injury in May, he continued appearing on television to keep the stories going. While he plays someone for us to hate on TV, things like that and seeing his consistent improvement shows his dedication to the business. He improved himself and the story by doing this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way he has flourished as a heel in the past year makes sense why ESPN can name him the number one wrestler under 30. This shows that it is not only wrestling skills but also the whole persona. Now, we have to see if he can hold the spot for next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cDirty\u201d Dom kisses Liv Morgan and betrays Rhea Ripley: SummerSlam 2024 highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TSuNDRzUxYE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><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><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN just released its list of the top 30 wrestlers under 30. It showed that Dominik Mysterio could steal not only Liv Morgan&#8217;s heart but also ESPN&#8217;s. But what makes Mysterio better than the rest? Is it the fact that he\u2019s Rey Mysterio\u2019s son? Or is it the mullet? While this choice may be shocking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5214,"featured_media":128572,"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":[2192,4,3],"tags":[6530,2090,217,3041,8591,47],"class_list":["post-128554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-dominik-mysterio","tag-espn","tag-liv-morgan","tag-rhea-ripley","tag-the-judgement-day","tag-wwe"],"modified_by":"Chinyere Okafor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128554","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\/5214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}