Pro wrestler Vinnie Massaro is a relative unknown to those who primarily dedicate their viewing experiences to what comes on their televisions and streaming services a few times a week.Massaro has been in the ring for nearly three decades starting in Hayward, California, and making it to the top promotions Japan has to offer.He’s been a mainstay on the independents and is helping to train and wrestle those on the come up in West Coast Pro, Pandemonium Pro Wrestling and elsewhere.While he understands that the dream of reaching WWE or All Elite Wrestling (AEW) may be dashed, he told Fox News Digital he’s fallen in love with helping the younger generation grow as professional wrestlers.COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITALPro wrestler Vinnie Massaro brings the pain in the ring.
(Provided to Fox News Digital)"Honestly, the dream is not WWE, the dream is not AEW.Those dreams have kind of gone.
I realize that I’m not young," he said."I’ve reached that stage and that age where nobody is going to hire me as a professional wrestler.
But there are other things like training.I love teaching young people how to wrestle.
I love helping out in the back.I love doing agenting and that kind of stuff.
To me, that’s a better outcome for me."Ten years from now, people may be like, ‘Oh you know Vinnie Massaro, he used to be a wrestler.’ You’d be like, ‘Oh I kinda saw him but he’s a good trainer.He knows how to teach people, he’s a good agent and he knows how to do that stuff.’ So, I think, eventually, that’s what’s going to end up being my calling card.
Even if it’s just being here at West Coast Pro, teaching the students at West Coast Pro and being a professional wrestler in the independent circuit, I’ll be happy."Massaro said the dream, in the first place, was never to get to WWE or World Championship Wrestling (WCW).He wanted to be on Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) as the hardcore promotion was becoming popular in the Northea...