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Felger & Massarotti

Mike Riley with former WWE/NXT Superstar FANDANGO

Felger & Massarotti

Beasley Media Group

Sports

4.1978 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Mike Riley spoke with former WWE/NXT start Fandango

"Dango" talks about breaking into the wrestling business and working his way up to WWE where he wrestled Hall of Famer Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 29.  Plus he discusses the state of pro wrestling today and has advice to any wrestlers looking to break into the business.

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0:00.0

B-Pod Studios

0:03.0

B-Pod Studios

0:03.0

Coming Friday, October 1,

0:19.3

Route 1 North in Zagas, Mass, at the world-famous Calhoun restaurant, the artist formerly known as WWU superstar Fondongo.

0:30.0

Now just Dongo will be signing autographs and having a meet and greet with fans from 6 to 8 p.m.

0:38.7

And right now, honored to be joined by Dongo himself.

0:44.7

Hey, Sarge, how you doing, bud?

0:46.6

I'm good, man, I'm good.

0:47.8

And I know you're really excited to be back in the Boston area.

0:50.9

Yeah, I'm a little worried about the Red Sox, man.

0:52.7

We're 10 gauges up on the Yankees in in what, July? I was down at Fenway, and now, sorry about the echo in here. I'm not at the house I'm building. And now we're just fighting to get into the playoffs. So, a little shaky, but I think we're going to do it. It's going to come down to the wire, and that's usually how these wildcard races go.

1:13.1

So we'll see a couple days left.

1:14.7

And, you know, you talk about rooting for the Red Sox.

1:17.8

You're a local product here, New England, from the great state of Maine, right?

1:22.5

Yeah, the Pine Tree State, man.

1:24.3

I grew up in a small town called Standish, Maine, which is about 30 minutes west of Portland,

1:30.0

which I live now.

1:32.2

And I actually started wrestling out there when I was 15 or 16.

1:36.7

There was a ring set up out in Buxton, Maine.

1:40.0

And, yeah, that's where I got my start out in the woods.

1:44.1

Bumping in the woods.

1:45.5

So at 15 years old, look at you, and when did you know you wanted to be a pro wrestler?

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