Dominik Mysterio is making loads of friends and many enemies in WWE, such is the burden of being a young double champion on the rise. One such enemy is current WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, and one such friend is Roxanne Perez. Punk, possibly searching for Perez, took a cheeky shot on the two’s friendship in his birthday message to the previous WWE NXT Women’s Champion.
“Blissful birthday [Roxanne Perez],” Punk wrote on Instagram. “Happy with how hard you have worked and the way far you have come. Please stop hanging around [Dominik Mysterio].”
Perez, like former NXT star Cora Jade and others, was one in every of the developmental talents seemingly taken under the wing of Punk after he returned to WWE in 2023. Punk’s wife, AJ Lee, who returned to the corporate earlier this autumn, was also instrumental in inspiring Perez’s journey, even going up to now as to call Perez her “daughter” now and again. Perez joined Mysterio in The Judgement Day stable earlier this yr, following an injury to Liv Morgan. In doing so, Perez didn’t just cozy as much as Morgan’s longtime on-screen beau, in addition to the remainder of the faction, but additionally took over as one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.
Punk and Mysterio have loads of history, as Mysterio was Punk’s first opponent following the previous AEW World Champion’s return to the corporate. Punk bested the present WWE Intercontinental and AAA Mega Champion at a live event in Los Angeles, CA, in his first match in WWE in a decade.