Persistence pays off—just ask Dominik Mysterio, who had to ask his future wife to be his girlfriend four times before she finally said yes.
In a revealing interview on Stephanie McMahon’s “What’s Your Story” podcast, the WWE superstar opened up about his teenage romance with Marie, his high school sweetheart who became his wife after a 14-year relationship that began with repeated rejections.
“I asked her to be my girlfriend three different times and she said no all three times, and then fourth time was a charm,” Mysterio shared. “I was very persistent cuz, I mean, she’s tall, beautiful, green eyes, long brown hair. So I was caught up, I was like, she’s gotta be mine one way or another.”
The romance began in eighth grade when Dominik, whose first language is Spanish, deliberately enrolled in Spanish 1 just to get closer to Marie.
“I forced myself into the Spanish class knowing damn well [I spoke Spanish],” he admitted. “I knew she was in there and she wouldn’t talk to me otherwise.”
His show-off tactics backfired initially. When the teacher asked who could count to ten in Spanish, Dominik counted to fifty, earning him a reputation as “cocky” in Marie’s eyes.
But persistence became Dominik’s greatest life lesson.
“Without her, I’d be lost,” he reflected. “Even when we got married, I did absolutely nothing for the wedding. She just told me what day to be there and what time to show up, and that’s exactly what I did.”
Their secret? “We have the same values and morals,” Dominik explained.
“What matters is what’s the same at home.”
The couple, now married over a year, proves that sometimes the best things in life are worth the wait—and the repeated asking.
