Former WWE star Rico Costantino was in the corner of MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor) vs. The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) at the AEW WrestleDream pay-per-view event from the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA, earlier this month.
During the bout, Rico tried to help MxM, but Billy Gunn stopped him. Rico went for a spin kick, but Gunn laid him out with the Fameasser. The Acclaimed went over with their finisher to Mansoor.
While speaking on his Stylin’ podcast, Rico shared how things came together.
“Yeah, executives from AEW called, and they said their tag team, MxM Collection, needed my guidance because they were going against The Acclaimed, and guess who was Acclaimed’s manager? Saggy-ass Billy Gunn. My old client. The largest disappointment of my entire illustrious career. When I heard that, I was on the plane. They sent a private plane, I got on that, flew to Seattle, and started working with Mason and Mansoor, getting them all ready. Then, we’re having the match, and then things got crazy, it’s getting tougher everybody spilled out, and my guy was reaching, Mansoor was reaching in the ring. I just went in the ring, I didn’t do anything, but I was trying to pull him up to get his momentum, possibly to get a good countout victory. A V is a V.”
Rico contoinued, “So I was pulling him in, and I slip, and unbeknownst to me, Billy Gunn snuck up behind me, and he was in the ring with me. We’re not supposed to wrestle. He’s telling me all this stuff, and I went, ‘Wait a minute, you’re disrespectful.’ So I went to spin kick him. He was quick. He caught my foot, kicked me in the gut, and he gave me a Fameasser. He had the audacity to Fameasser me.”
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit Stylin’ podcast with an h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
