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Giovanni Vinci was released from WWE over a year ago. Since then, he’s been pretty quiet as it pertains to wrestling. He hasn’t shown up anywhere, and while he’s active on social media, it’s mostly fitness content.
Now, the former WWE star sat down for an interview with Chris Van Vliet where he as asked about his WWE release and if the call came as a surprise. For him, it was a surprise, but it also was not. He explained;
“I was and I wasn’t because, I mean, during the summer of the year previous, I wasn’t on TV, but I knew there was a plan to come back eventually. We did those vignettes and everything, but that didn’t last long, unfortunately. So after that, I noticed when some thoughts started to creep in. I tried to focus on the positive, and I always had high hopes. Like, for example, when the new year started, I know SmackDown went from two hours to three hours, and I was told, you know, there’s a quote from one of the producers, we have all the real estate in the world, there’s just not enough land. Basically, you have all the great wrestlers, there’s just not enough time on the show. So when SmackDown went to three hours, I thought, well, maybe now it’s gonna happen, maybe here’s the chance, and whatever. Then, yeah, I wasn’t needed for TV for a couple of weeks. You don’t want to hear that call. But when it happened, I can’t say that I was really surprised at it. So it was kind of a weird mix of feelings.”
Later on in the interview, Vinci said he still wants to wrestle, but he’s waiting for the right opportunity. You can see the full interview below.
