Another Monday Night Raw, Another Low Blow to Rusev, Another Successful Title Defence For Dominic Mysterio

Dominic Mysterio pulled off another successful title defence, this time against, The Bulgarian Brut, Rusev. This is second victory against Rusev who has been a force to reckon with ever since he returned to WWE. Both these victories has few things in common, a successful title defence and a low blow to Rusev. Rusev will not let it go and might ask for another title shot at the Intercontinental Championship.

Dominic Mysterio is turning out to be a master of trickery, who always have not one but many tricks up his sleeves. He now have a title reign of 183 days as he has successfully defended he title ever since he won it at WrestleMania. Not only that, he added another title around his waist, AAA Mega Championship. He will face Dragon Lee for the AAA Mega Championship but the former need to be cautious.

NEVER DOUBT DIRTY DOM. #ANDSTILL your Intercontinental Champion…@DomMysterio35! 🌐🔥 pic.twitter.com/ImQuja78T7
— WWE (@WWE) October 21, 2025

Rusev Yet to Score a Victory Against Dirty Dominic Mysterio

Rusev and Dominic Mysterio has faced each other twice and while both these matches has been dominated by Rusev, he turned out to be on the losing side in both of them. Both of those loses against Dominic Mysterio came unethically but that has been the game plan for Dominic Mysterio ever since he became the WWE Intercontinental Champion. He earned the nickname Dirty Dom for a reason.

Rusev was n cruising control of the match and was about to put Dominic Mysterio in an Accolade when the latter managed to escape. He went outside the ring to leave with his championship when Penta stopped him. Rusev to Dominic Mysterio inside the ring but the latter took a hammer with him to use inside the ring. Dominic Mysterio was about to use it when Rusev pulled it out of his legs.

DIRTY DOM DOES IT AGAIN! 🫢 pic.twitter.com/QQQRZWTHQK
— WWE (@WWE) October 21, 2025

Rusev tried to attack Dominic Mysterio with it but the referee stopped him and the moment the referee turned to put the hammer outside the ring, the latter delivered a Low Blow to Rusev. He then delivered a 619 followed by a Frog Splash to pin him and retain his title. Rusev was left fuming inside the ring.

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I am Ashish Negi, and I work as a WWE and NFL writer at The Playoffs. I have 5 years of experience in content writing, and I have written in different domains like Real Estate, but I found my love while writing in sports. I love watching sports and have been a fan of WWE and cricket. I got an opportunity to write full-time on WWE and NFL here, so following the footstep of my hero John Cena, I turn heel on my last company