2-Time WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels recently picked Dominik Mysterio as WWE’s MVP (Most Valuable Player/Performer) of 2023.
During an interview on The Michael Kay Show, Cody Rhodes reacted to HBK’s choice and then gave his own pick for the MVP.
Here’s what The American Nightmare said:
“Dom is a prickly individual, but if I was looking at it from tickets sold, merch sold, excitement over matches, genuine body of work, I’d say your MVP is, I’m not gonna say myself, but I’d say Seth Rollins, the World Heavyweight Champion, is probably somebody who’s more of an MVP.
Who am I to go against what Shawn Michaels said though? If Shawn Michaels sees something in Dominik Mysterio, that’s huge because he’s not one that often will make that claim. Dom, as difficult as he is to get along with, he is incredibly linked to the audience.
He walks out now, he puts the mics to his lips, and you can’t hear a word he’s saying because they boo him out of the building.
I have a sense that Dom will be getting that same reaction 2 or 3 years from now, but they won’t be boos, they’ll be cheers. There is something incredibly special about the young man.”
As of this writing, Cody and Dominik are the only two wrestlers in WWE to have wrestled over 100 matches in 2023.
Dirty Dom will be CM Punk’s opponent in Punk’s first WWE match since his return, at the December 26th Live Event at Madison Square Garden. They will have another match on December 30th.
Punk promoted this match while doing MMA commentary at a CFFC event, where he said the following:
“I’ve been wanting to punch this kid in the face since he was 8 years old. Now he’s legal and I’m gonna destroy him.”
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