Orton is the deadbeat dad who can’t stay out of prison (presumably for kicking people in the head or burning their swamp compounds down) but who keeps getting parole and won’t stop trying to reconnect. In fact, Randy holds the honor of most reigns as Dominik’s dad, having won the title seven times (so far) over the course of his career. Orton beat Mysterio on Smackdown in September to claim custody of Dominik for the first time, but it certainly wouldn’t be the last.

And he lost custody to a man who would be in Dominik’s life for the next 15 years… WWE Randy Orton After that whole big emotional ladder match with Eddie, according to the above rules, Rey lost custody just 11 days later. Still, it has to be said that Rey doesn’t have a great track record of maintaining custody over his adopted son. Rey is currently Dominik’s tag team partner, and they even won the titles together, so there’s probably no bad blood there.

The primary source for this lineage is With these rules in mind, here are the wrestlers who have held custody of Dominik since August 21st, 2005.

Therefore, custody cannot change hands in an untelevised match.

While regular championships can occasionally change hands at live events and house shows, custody of Dominik is a storyline, and storylines aren’t usually advanced at live events and house shows.

Count-outs, disqualifications, and no contests do not result in a change in custody.

Custody changes hands in the same manner as a regular championship-by pinfall, submission, or any other pre-determined match stipulation.

Only one person can hold custody at any given time. However, triple threats, fatal four-ways, and even battle royals (including the Royal Rumble) do count.

Tag team matches, handicap matches, Survivor Series, and any other match with multiple winners don’t count.

Custody of Dominik is on the line in every match that can result in a single winner.The ring announcer obviously never announces that custody of Dominik is on the line in a given match-that would give the game away-but it is constantly being defended under the following stipulations: Struggle and Redemption: On Eddie Guerrero’s 2004 WWE Championship Victoryįirst, we should lay out the rules.and Eddie Guerrero Wrestled a Perfect Match Fortunately, after an in-depth investigation that took far more time and effort than I’d care to admit, I have managed to uncover the complete lineage of the Custody of Dominik Championship, and I am now prepared to reveal the truth. It’s not enough to win custody in wrestling-you have to defend it! There’s been a hidden war raging through WWE since that fateful day in 2005 over who gets to be Dominik’s dad, a war that’s been fought at the highest levels of the promotion, a war that has never seen the light of day. Only it’s not that simple, is it? You can’t just introduce custody papers to a wrestling show, hang them above the ring like a championship belt, and then expect us to forget about them. It was our first introduction to Dominik, who would return to our television screens years later as a wrestler in his own right, but whose paternity storyline was considered resolved upon Rey’s victory. At Summerslam 2005, at the culmination of the infamous “I’m Your Papi” storyline, Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero in a ladder match to win custody of his (kayfabe adopted but actually legitimate) son, Dominik Mysterio.

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