Former WWE star Rico Constantino comments on what Vince McMahon didn’t like about him
Former WWE star Rico Constantino, who worked on the WWE main roster from 2002 to 2004, did an interview with Chris Van Vliet and here are a few highlights courtesy of ChrisVanVliet.com…
Van Vliet: “Were you surprised when you got released?”
Rico: “Yeah, and I went and asked Vince for a raise because I had already filled my three-year rookie contract. I’ve held the tag titles twice, once with Rikishi, once with Haas. I was going to almost every show and on TV. I said I want $1,000 a week.”
Van Vliet: “What were you making before?”
Rico: “Minimum, which was $75,000 a year.”
Van Vliet: “But $1,000 a week is less than that?”
Rico: “No, I wanted a $52,000 raise on top of the $75k. I thought I was worth it, and Charlie and I and Jackie were about to come out on the SmackDown magazine front cover, and he told me I wasn’t popular.”
Van Vliet: “So that’s what led to you being released?”
Rico: “Yeah. Vince didn’t like me because of my age in the beginning, he was forced to put me there. And if anybody out there looks at my background, I’m an Action Man. I’m a straight to law enforcement. I’ve been to two police academies, graduated number one in both of them, I’ve got life-saving awards. I was voted one of the officers of the year by Crime Stoppers for catching a person who was escaping her parole, who led me to a person who was wanted for murder, and I caught a homicide suspect and shipped them back to LA. So I’m that type of guy. EMT, paramedic, people running this way, I’m running to trouble. I want to help people. So here Vince gives me this style in some feminine character, they may be hoping I fail. Well, I turned it around.”