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Dominik Mysterio Defending Intercontinental Title Against Former WWE Champion

By John Canton • Published Aug 25, 2025 22:00 EDT
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Dominik Mysterio will have to defend the Intercontinental Championship against a familiar opponent.

The last time Dominik Mysterio faced AJ Styles was earlier this month at SummerSlam. The veteran Styles thought he had his younger opponent beaten throughout the match, but Dominik managed to outsmart the future Hall of Famer by taking his boot off and hitting Styles with it during the match.

After the boot usage, Dominik hit a Frog Splash off the top rope to keep the Intercontinental Title.

Since that controversial finish at SummerSlam, Styles has been determined to get a rematch, but the heel champion Dominik didn’t want to face Styles again.

At the AAA TripleMania event in Mexico City, Styles cost Dominik the AAA Grand Championship by attacking him during the match and hitting a Styles Clash on Dom.

On WWE Raw in Birmingham, England, AJ Styles faced Dominik’s Judgment Day teammate Finn Balor in a singles match. Balor told his allies he didn’t want any help, which ended up being a bad move because Styles managed to beat Balor clean with a Styles Clash.

In a backstage segment, Dominik Mysterio and The Judgment Day complained to Adam Pearce about AJ Styles. Dominik said that his issues with AJ Styles need to end. Pearce said next week on September 1’s Raw in Paris, AJ Styles will be one-on-one against Dominik Mysterio for the Intercontinental Title. Finn was laughing in the background, and Pearce said it was official.

When AJ Styles wrestled Cody Rhodes at Backlash France in Lyon in 2024, the fans were totally behind him, even though he was a heel and had a “Phenomenal” song for him, so Dirty Dom will have to deal with that during the match.

Dominik Mysterio Isn’t Sure About Being A Babyface In WWE Again

It’s been about five years since Dominik Mysterio has been a regular on the WWE roster. Mysterio turned heel about three years ago and has thrived ever since.

Regarding a potential babyface run, “Dirty” Dom Mysterio showed off his wisdom by saying you can’t force that sort of thing.

I react to what is being given to me, right? As of now, they’ve been booing me, but every now and then they’ll chant that Dirty Dom song, and that Dirty Dom song, for one way or another, it always gets a crack out of me and I tend to break and smile because it’s… It’s funny hearing everyone singing it together because I’ve just been getting booed for years.

I don’t know if I’ll ever embrace it because I haven’t changed anything about myself. I’ve just been Dirty Dom all the way. So the fact that the people still love it, I don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see. It’s got to be organic. You can’t force anything. You can’t force it.