Dominik Mysterio really was injured.
No, for real.
The WWE Intercontinental Champion spoke about his history of rib injuries in WWE, and how his most recent injury had many people thinking he was faking it due to the ongoing storyline on WWE television suggesting as much.
Featured below are some of the highlights from 'Dirty' Dom's appearance on the Club 520 Podcast where he touched on this topic with his thoughts.
On his rib injury being legitimate, and simply worked into WWE storylines to keep him on TV: "I dislocated my two lower ribs and they were digging into my cartilage. So that was why I was actually hurt. Everyone thought I was faking it, but I was actually hurt."
On recalling a similar injury he suffered during his first match as a heel against Edge on the September 12, 2022 episode of WWE Raw: "My first match as a bad guy, I wrestled Edge [Adam Copeland] and I did a frog splash and I cracked my rib and it punctured a lung. And then I finished the match and then I just remember not being able to catch my breath and I told the doctor I was like, 'No, no, I'm good.' Went back to the locker room, ten minutes later, I was like, 'I still can't breathe.' I was like, 'This ain't right.' Sure enough, went to the hospital and they're like, 'Yeah, you got a pneumothorax. You can’t fly home.'"
Check out the complete interview via the YouTube player embedded below. H/T to F4WOnline.com for transcribing the above quotes.
