Latest Backstage News on Ricardo Rodriguez’s WWE Release and Why He Wasn’t Being Used as a Wrestler

By Nick Paglino

In recent months, Ricardo had been working as El Local and was teaming up with Kalisto in NXT, however when Ricardo went down with an injury his spot was given to Sin Cara.

WWE also had issues with Ricardo’s weight, and reportedly set a weight goal for him which he was having trouble maintaining.

Ricardo was working under both a talent and announcers contract, and his talent contract had only two weeks left on it when he asked for his WWE release. With budget cuts ongoing in the company, a three man Spanish announce team was too much, so he likely felt he had little options in the company.

Nick Paglino
Nick Paglino

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.

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