Rey Mysterio admitted that his son Dominik Mysterio was finding it tough to adapt at first, and his son going his own way was the best thing to happen to him.

“For my son to come in out of nowhere and not have my style, have a different build — he’s 6’1″, he’s about 190, so it was just … it was very hard for him at the beginning to try to adapt and find his role as a wrestler. The comparisons were … they were made and, of course, he couldn’t live up to it not until we separated and he continued on his own path without having his dad by his side and that was the best thing that could have ever happened to him.”

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He revealed that Triple H, Bruce Prichard, and the creative team felt that Dominik should be separated from Rey as they had different styles of wrestling, and had to have their separate paths.

“It’s crazy to even put a name behind someone that really had the idea of separating us but I think it was just a work of minds put together,” said Mysterio. “I think the main idea behind it was the fact that we try to relate wrestling as much as we can to real life and who doesn’t fight with their kids? Kids always think that they’re right and the father’s wrong. They don’t take advice from the dad and just to be able to portray that story on TV for the fans to view was probably the success of the story.”

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