Fandango Clarifies Retirement Comments

Former WWE star Fandango - who has been wrestling as Dirty Dango on the independent scene since his June 2021 release - has clarified comments he made about 'stepping away' from the ring.

Dango tweeted: "I'll be stepping away from the ring in couple months. Goodbye forever" in March, before deactivating his Twitter account.

Some took this as a retirement announcement, but the former NXT Tag Team Champion has cleared up any misconceptions during a recent interview with the Dropkick Podcast at WrestleCon.

"First of all, I just wanted to get rid of Twitter. In general, it's a very negative platform. It's kind of my own fault for reading the comments. It's good if you want to build your brand. I do construction back home, I'm kind of putting a lot more energy into that lately. I'm getting surgery this summer on my knee. I never really said I was retiring, I said I was going to step away for a little while. Of course, the dirt sheets picked it up. I kind of got a kick out of it. I'm gonna get surgery on my knee, it's been bothering me for about a year now and re-evaluate this summer, take the summer off, spend it with my girl and my dogs, and see where we're at. Wrestling is not going anywhere". 

The 38-year-old has wrestled for several companies, including the NWA and GCW, so far in 2022.

H/T Fightful