Subhojeet Mukherjee on October 21, 2024
AEW has a reputation for surprising fans with the arrival of former WWE Superstars, and WrestleDream 2024 upheld that tradition. During the Zero-Hour kickoff show, Rico made his debut, and he has now shared details about how his appearance came together.
The former WWE star was announced as the third member of MxM Collection during their match against The Acclaimed, who had “Daddy Ass” Billy Gunn in their corner. During the match, Gunn hit Rico with a Fameasser, leading to The Acclaimed ultimately securing the victory over MxM.
While speaking on his Stylin’ podcast, Rico shared how his surprise appearance at AEW WrestleDream came about. He mentioned that AEW executives reached out to him, saying that the tag team MxM Collection needed his guidance for their match against The Acclaimed, who had Billy Gunn as their manager.
Rico boarded a private plane to Seattle to work with Mason and Mansoor in preparation for the match. During the bout, chaos ensued, and while he was trying to help Mansoor gain momentum, he slipped and found himself in the ring with Billy Gunn.
Rico noted that they weren’t supposed to wrestle, but Gunn started talking to him. Feeling disrespected, Rico attempted to spin kick Gunn, who quickly countered, kicked him in the gut, and hit him with a Fameasser. Rico humorously referred to Gunn as “Saggy-ass Billy Gunn” during the recounting.
“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, 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.”
“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. Saggy-ass Billy Gunn,”
It is not known whether Rico will make another appearance on AEW television somewhere down the line but fans were undoubtedly happy to see him at WrestleDream, so we’ll have to see if he will return to AEW in the future.
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October 21, 2024 7:32 am
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