WWE Hall of Famer JBL reacted strongly to the recent incident where Dominik Mysterio was bloodied after being hit by a coin thrown by a fan following his AAA Mega Championship defense against Dragon Lee at AAA Héroes Inmortales. On his Something to Wrestle With podcast, JBL condemned the actions of the fans involved.
While acknowledging the tradition of throwing money into the ring in Mexico, JBL argued that this specific incident was malicious. Mysterio himself cut a promo after the match, telling fans if they were going to throw money, to make it bills, not coins .
La afición de México premió la lucha de Dominik Mysterio vs Dragon Lee posterior a la lucha. El único problema es que le pegaron con una moneda a Dominik en la ceja 🤦♂️
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— Lucha Libre Online (@luchalibreonlin) October 26, 2025
“Listen, I saw some of these comments about, hey, we need to keep the tradition… What the hell is wrong with you people?” JBL exclaimed. “They’re not throwing coins into the ring or throwing coins at Dom, you dumb asses, and you dumb asses for throwing it. You’re throwing, 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.”
JBL forcefully dismissed arguments that this was simply part of a cherished tradition, stating the intent was clearly to harm the performer.
“So don’t tell me about your stupid Mexican traditions and all this bullshit about how WWE is going to keep this tradition. No, do you throw these guys out of the arena?” JBL argued. “Because what they’re doing is they’re trying to make they’re trying to make the baby the heel or babyface, whatever he is, both, I think. That’s why they throw shit at you. They throw shit at you to make you flinch or whatever else they think is funny. That’s what they’re doing. “This isn’t an old tradition of, Hey, we love you so much. They’re throwing coins at you; they’re throwing coins at him to hit him. So bullshit on all you guys out there saying, Oh, this great tradition of Mexican love, showing your love for these guys. Bullshit. This is a bunch of idiots throwing coins at somebody trying to bust them open, just like they did”.
JBL added that while babyfaces might receive money thrown respectfully, heels like himself often had dangerous objects thrown at them with the intent to injure.
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