Syko Speaks Out After Portraying ‘Mini John Cena’ on WWE RAW
Syko has opened up about portraying Mini John Cena on WWE RAW.
Dominik Mysterio is preparing to challenge John Cena for the Intercontinental Championship at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames. In typical “Dirty Dom” fashion, he decided to mock the WWE legend on RAW.
Mysterio brought out a mini John Cena, played by Syko, to mock his opponent. But when Syko took a shot at him, Dom snapped, hitting a Five Knuckle Shuffle, choking him on the ropes, and ending with a frog splash before Rey Mysterio stepped in.
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Skyo talked about the experience, saying, “It was an unbelievable moment. An out-of-body experience. It almost didn’t feel like it was real. That was a dream come true. I knew one day I would be on that stage, but to actually be there, it was amazing. I’ve put in a lot of work to get to where I’m at today, but when I was out there, the gratitude I had, and then feeling like, ‘Do I really deserve this? I can’t believe I actually accomplished this.'”
He said he didn’t know all the details beforehand because the company wanted to keep the segment a surprise. “I wasn’t for sure exactly. They told me a little bit of what I was doing, but they hadn’t decided if it was gonna be me or the other guy, Lil Tucker. So me getting there, I wasn’t fully knowing what I was getting myself into. They didn’t wanna let it out either, they wanted to keep it a surprise.”
Syko joked that Tucker’s gray hair made him look more like cameraman Stu the role Tucker ended up playing. “He had the gray hair that made him look more like Stu (laughs). And then also, Dominik Mysterio, he’s been to our show, and I had respect for him, he had respect for me, so he kind of put me over in that aspect.”
