A WWE Hall of Famer has called out Mexican wrestling traditions after an incident involving Dominik Mysterio. Dirty Dom defended the AAA Mega Championship at Héroes Inmortales 2025 against Dragon Lee.

A hard-fought contest saw Dominik successfully walk out with his title, but he was involved in an unsavory incident. Following the match, a coin thrown by a fan in attendance struck Dom in the head and left him busted open just above the eyebrow.

Fans in Mexico have been known to throw coins in the ring as a show of respect, but WWE Hall of Famer JBL wasn’t impressed. Speaking on the Something to Wrestle With podcast, he lashed out at fans for injuring Dominik.

“Listen, I saw some of these comments about, ‘Hey, WWE needs to keep the tradition.’ What the hell is wrong with you people? They’re not throwing coins into the ring, they’re throwing coins at Dom, you dumbas**s, and you are dumb as**s for throwing it. You got him busted open that badly. That’s not throwing a coin in the ring for, ‘Hey, here’s something really cool for you,’ that’s throwing a coin at Dom,” he said.

JBL called out the actions of the fans, saying that it wasn’t the old tradition of throwing coins in the ring to show love, but it was done in order to hurt Dominik Mysterio.

“So don’t tell me about your stupid Mexican traditions and all this bullsh*t about how WWE is going to keep this tradition. No, do you throw these guys out of the arena? Because what they’re doing is they’re trying to make the baby the heel or babyface, whatever he is, both, I think, blink. That’s why they throw sh*t at you. They throw sh*t at you to make you flinch or whatever else they think is funny. That’s what they’re doing,” he mentioned.

You can watch the interview below:

After the incident, El Grande Americano came out to the ring to check on Dom and helped him to his feet.

Dominik Mysterio addressed Mexican fans after the incident

Following the show, Lucha Libre AAA shared a backstage clip of Dominik Mysterio boasting about his win and addressing the coin-throwing incident that left him busted open.

He said that he knows this is a Mexican tradition, but he doesn’t need their money. He added that if they want to throw something, they should try bills, before referring to himself as the “King of Wrestlers.”

Dominik Mysterio will be in action at Saturday Night’s Main Event, where he will defend his Intercontinental championship against Penta and Rusev in a Triple Threat Match.

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