Rico Details Interaction With Tony Khan At AEW WrestleDream

Former WWE star Rico made a surprise appearance at AEW WrestleDream, showing up to accompany MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) for their pre-show outing with The Acclaimed.

Speaking about his experience backstage at the show during a recent edition of his Stylin' podcast, Rico said:

"I just went into AEW's locker room, and it was night and day from WWE back in the 2000s to AEW now. Everyone was friendly, you didn't feel that heaviness in the air, people were actually talking to each other, getting along. They got a lot of good. I got to see a lot of guys who were WWE, and everybody in the locker room came up to me at one point and thanked me for my career and what I did as characters. The locker room was fantastic, the executives like Sonjay [Dutt] and stuff like that, I met Mr. Khan. Mr. Khan shocked me. He goes, 'I remember you from American Gladiators. I was a big fan'. That's 34 years ago [laughs]. Everybody came up and thanked me for being there, they said they appreciated my work, what I did in the past. It felt really good to have somebody appreciate your work. It must have made a difference because after 19 [years], they're still remembering me".

A former two-time WWE Tag Team Champion, Rico worked for WWE until 2004 and retired a year later. Since leaving professional wrestling, he has worked in law enforcement in Las Vegas.

Earlier this year, Max Caster revealed AEW's attempts to variously bring Rico, Chuck Palumbo, Bart Gunn and Sean Waltman in for an angle. H/T Fightful