Rey Mysterio’s daughter quietly begins wrestling journey as brother Dom rises to the top

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Dominik Mysterio may be rubbing shoulders with John Cena in WWE and is fast becoming a wrestling workhorse.Dirty Dom – son to Hall of Fame icon Rey Mysterio – has made his mark in the wrestling business since his 2020 debut, wrestling in over 350 matches.Dominik Mysterio is rising fast in the WWE ranksWWEHe emerged as an MVP of sorts in 2023, wrestling in over 100 bouts and, the ideal villain, proving the perfect foil for WWE’s heroes along the way.Dom has excelled in recent months, flourishing in a rivalry with Cena over the Intercontinental title in a battle that has only served to elevate his standing.But the Mysterio men have not been the only members of their family to grab attention and WWE screen time over the years.The hidden Mysterio in the shadow of WWE star DominikLong before Dom was jeered out of arenas as one of Raw’s most reliable antagonists, a different Mysterio took centre stage. Not in the ring, but in a spell of unexpected prominence that caught fans off guard and has since drifted quietly into the background.The sibling WWE once pushed before Dom ever became a megastar was Aalyah.Her first brush with WWE came in 2010 when she appeared as a nine-year-old during Rey’s feud with CM Punk, standing beside Dominik as Punk taunted their father with the Straight Edge Society behind him. It was a fleeting role that lived on only in replays. Yet a decade later, Aalyah re-emerged in a way no one expected.In 2020, during the prolonged feud between Rey, Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy, she became a featured performer across multiple episodes of Raw. Camera time, backstage segments, ringside reactions – she quickly became a visible part of the story.It was the kind of exposure fans assumed would go to Dom as he learned the ropes, but instead Aalyah found herself pushed into the spotlight for several weeks.While the reaction to that chapter was intense – Aalyah herself calling it “freaking amazing” at the time – it led to very little further, until now.Aalyah Mysterio starred in a WWE storyline during the pandemic eraWWESpeaking on the Shoboy Show, Rey Mysterio confirmed earlier this year that his daughter has stepped into the ring under her own steam, training alongside Rey and fellow WWE icon Natalya.“My daughter just stepped into the ring for the first time last week with me,” he explained.“She’s 24 years old. ‘[She said] Dad when are you taking me to the ring just to play around and get in there?’ – for a year and a half. I said: ‘When you graduate.'”Graduation arrived, Rey explained, earlier this year, and his daughter’s persistence never wavered, so he took her to what has become known as Dungeon 2.0 with Natalya and Tyson Kidd.Rey Mysterio’s daughter wows in first wrestling training sessionHe went on: “[I] Took her to the ring, she jumped in there. She impressed me for a first-timer. For a person who has never been in the ring before, to do the things she did, it’s gotta come from the genes. You don’t learn that overnight.”It is likely much too early to tell whether this is the start of something more for the younger Mysterio sibling but, if Aalyah is to dip her toe further into the wrestling waters, she will do well to follow not just her father, but her brother.The Mysterio name is one of the most renowned in wrestling – Aalyah and Dom the children of ReyIG: aalyahgutierrezRey Mysterio may yet see daughter Aalyah star in the ringDom, the elder brother who once looked raw and hesitant, has spent the last three years growing into one of the most effective villains the company has. His timing, his presence and his ability to draw heat have placed him in the kind of rivalry Cena tends to reserve for talents he genuinely sees something in.And that sets up an intriguing contrast for the Mysterio family. Dom may stand as the clear standard-bearer for the new generation, but Aalyah now finds herself brushing up against the craft in a way nobody expected back when she made that fleeting childhood appearance.Sibling stories run deep in wrestling. From the Hardys and Harts to the Usos and Steiners, the business has always had room for families who push one another forward and spurred one another on.If Aalyah chooses to take another step, she will be doing so with a brother already firmly embedded near the top of the card and a father who has spent a lifetime proving what the Mysterio name can carry.For now, though, the balance remains simple. One sibling is a weekly force on Raw. The other is just beginning to understand what those ropes and bumps feel like.