In a candid interview on “The TWC Show” podcast, WWE Intercontinental Champion “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio opened up about some of the serious injuries he has sustained during his career, including a punctured lung that he suffered in his very first match as a heel.

“Everyone Thought I Was Faking It”

Mysterio began by confirming that the rib injury that kept him out of action during his storyline with AJ Styles was, in fact, legitimate. “My more serious ones, like, I have my ribs. A couple weeks ago, I dislocated my two lower ribs, and they were digging into my cartilage,” he explained. “So that was why I was actually, like, hurt. Everyone thought I was faking it, but I was actually hurt.”

A Punctured Lung

He then detailed a much more severe injury that occurred at the very beginning of h

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