Rico

Real name: Rico Costantino
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 239 lbs.
Date of birth: October 1, 1961
From: Las Vegas, NV
Pro debut: 1998
Trained by: Jesse Hernandez & Danny Davis
Finishing move: Sudden Impact

Biography

– Constantino trained at California’s EWF promotion, but was soon noticed by Dr Tom Prichard and Terry Taylor at an open scouting and was sent to OVW at the behest of the WWF
– Constantino began working for OVW in February 1999
– On November 10, 1999, Constantino defeated Rob Conway in a Coal Miner’s Glove Match to win the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On November 14, Constantino defeated Rip Rogers to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On November 16, Constantino defeated Flash Flanagan to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On November 28, Constantino defeated Mr Black to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On November 30, Constantino defeated Bull Buchanan to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On December 4, Constantino defeated Steven Bradley to win the PPW Heavyweight Title
– The next day, Constantino defeated Nick Dinsmore by DQ to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On December 8, Constantino defeated Nick Dinsmore to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– Constantino lost the OVW Heavyweight Title to Flash Flanagan at the 1999 OVW Christmas Chaos event, regained it in a No-DQ Match at February 2000’s St Valentine’s Day Massacre, but would lose it back to Flash less than 24 hours later
– On February 27, 2001, Costantino defeated Nick Dinsmore for his third OVW Heavyweight Title
– On August 15, Constantino & The Prototype defeated The Disciples Of Synn (Damien & Payne) in the final of a tournament to win the vacant OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– On September 16, Constantino & The Prototype defeated Chris Michaels & Sean Casey to retain the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– On March 15, 2003, Constantino defeated EZ Money to win the HWA Heavyweight Title, but lost it to Stevie Richards two days later
– Constantino, his ringname shortened to simply ‘Rico’, debuted on Smackdown on March 21, 2002 as the stylist for Billy & Chuck
– At Judgment Day 2002, Rico was forced to tag with Rikishi against Billy & Chuck, but his team were victorious, winning the WWE Tag Team Titles
– On the May 30 Smackdown, Rico & Rikishi defeated Billy & Chuck to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles. Rikishi won the match effectively on his own, with Rico not wanting to attack his charges
– A week later, Rico turned on Rikishi, allowing Billy & Chuck to regain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At the Billy and Chuck wedding ceremony on September 12, 2002, Rico turned against the team and became the manager of the 3-Minute Warning (Rosey & Jamal). Rico followed his new team to the Raw brand
– On the September 16, 2002 Raw, Rico pulled off an upset victory over Ric Flair
– In August 2003, Rico debuted a new gimmick, reminiscent of Adrian Street, with Jackie Gayda as his manager
– In March 2004, Rico and Jackie were drafted to Smackdown, where they would link up with Charlie Haas, playing the straight man to Rico’s exotico character
– On the April 22 Smackdown, Rico & Haas defeated Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty to win the WWE Tag Team Titles
– A week later, Rico & Haas defeated The Basham Brothers (Doug & Danny) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– On the May 8 Velocity, Rico & Haas defeated Paul London & Billy Kidman to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Judgment Day 2004, Rico & Haas defeated Billy Gunn & Hardcore Holly to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– On the following Smackdown, Rico & Haas defeated The FBI (Johnny Stamboli & Nunzio) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– On the June 5 Velocity, Rico & Haas defeated Akio & Sakoda to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At No Mercy 2004, Rico, Haas & Miss Jackie defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von) & Dawn Marie
– Rico was released by WWE on November 4, 2004
– On February 2, 2005, RO&D (Rico & Buchanan) defeated Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse to win the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Titles
– Rico retired from wrestling in July 2005, whilst still serving as All Asia Tag Champion. He would transition into a career in law enforcement
– Rico made a one-night return to wrestling at AEW WrestleDream 2024, accompanying MxM Collection for their match against The Acclaimed