It was unimaginable scene at WWE’s first pay-per-view occasion put up WrestleMania 37, the WrestleMania Backlash, as veteran wrestler Rey Mysterio created historical past. The celebrity, who’s fondly remembered for his high-flying reflexes, alongside along with his son Dominik Mysterio went on to overtake the Dirty Dawgs, comprising Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler, to change into the primary father-son Tag Team Champions.
The contest kicked-off with Rey standing alone towards the duo because the Dirty Dawgs performed foul and attacked Dominik previous to the match.
However, Dominik confirmed up in direction of the top of the competition and went on to pin Roode to safe his first championship in WWE.
WWE celebrated the second by sharing an image of younger Dominik gracing his father, who held a championship belt in his hand, together with the most recent image of the 2 celebrating their SmackDown Tag Team Titles.
FIRST. TIME. EVER.@reymysterio & @DomMysterio35 make historical past as the primary father-son #TagTeamChampions in WWE historical past! pic.twitter.com/WE7KPR3xrF
— WWE (@WWE) May 17, 2021
Meanwhile, a number of different superstars additionally joined the celebrations and congratulated the brand new Tag Team Championships. Here are a couple of reactions:
Congrats @reymysterio and @DomMysterio35! Both such good individuals. Can’t wait to look at Dom study the ropes along with his dad as tag crew champions! So cool. #WWEBacklash pic.twitter.com/e1a1IfntDY
— Nattie (@NatbyNature) May 17, 2021
Match was unimaginable!!! Congratulations @reymysterio @DomMysterio35 #TagTeamChampions https://t.co/23oGnb6sZa
— Nikki Cross (@NikkiCrossWWE) May 17, 2021
.@reymysterio is such a cool dad #wmbacklash
— Trinity Fatu (@NaomiWWE) May 17, 2021
Congrats to @reymysterio and @DomMysterio35 -first father and son crew to win tag titles! My spouse’s favourite wrestler is 619, I’m nonetheless mad at him for retiring me. https://t.co/Ey8AmVH48t
— John Layfield (@JCLayfield) May 17, 2021
Meanwhile, WWE Champion Bobby Lashley efficiently retained his title towards Braun Strowman and Drew McIntyre.
Bianca Belair made certain she held onto her WWE SmackDown Championship as she defeated her opponet Bayley by way of pinfall after a motion packed match, which noticed the champion dictate most a part of the match.
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