Thursday, September 10, 2015
Mucho Dinero
Making his first appearance here on Beefcakes of Wrestling, please welcome Darin Dinero. Dinero currently wrestles for independent promotions like International Wrestling Cartel (ICW) and Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW). Before turning pro, Dinero (real name Darin Lyles), a history major, wrestled for the University of Mount Union's Purple Raiders team. Watch the video he submitted to WWE's reality show Tough Enough here. And watch him in action as Five Star Wrestling's champion in this match from June 2015.
Anyone know who he is wrestling in photo 5?
ReplyDeleteIt's a tag match against the "Sexy Talented Dudes" (STDs, eyeroll). Dinero's team is the "Backstreet Hitsquad." Here is the match:
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Thanks for finding this. The guy in pink gear is Corey Futuristic, his partner is Chest Flexor. Corey seems to have undergone a recent appearance upgrade. A torso shot, in pink: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/606089133895876608/Jeh5jTJ4.jpg
DeleteWelcome. Hard to pay attention to anyone else in the video aside from Dinero.
DeleteAnd from May:
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And the latest with his tag partner Roger Corpo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqoqlCJpb9M
Thanks, bruno
ReplyDeleteThe match above in full vs. Lucio DeVeer, including Dinero's win.
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An article from 11 June:
ReplyDeleteDarin Dinero (his stage name) is originally from Elizabeth, Pennsylvania – just south of Pittsburgh. At 24 years old, he is just now charting a course for his life. As an only child, Dinero said there was a lot of pressure to succeed. He wrestled while earning his degree from the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio. Today, he is a certified social studies teacher in the state of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
“As scary as that sounds, they let me teach kids!” Dinero boasts. “They saw in wrestling, that the best characters are just extensions of yourself. When I teach, I have a lot of energy. I always like to bring a lot of energy to whatever I do. I think people sense enthusiasm and passion. So I always am a character no matter what I am doing.”
Dinaro said he was very young when the bug for pro-wrestling bit him.
“I always wanted to be a wrestler since I was five years old. I didn’t want to go to college – my parents talked me into it. I was 150 pounds at the time, so it was a good move on their part. I was laying in bed one night, and I thought ‘Darin Dinaro – it rolls off the tongue – yeah I think I can make some money in this business so let’s go with that!’ So since I was 18 – five years before I stepped into the ring – I had my name picked out!”
Dinaro said there is a big difference between college wrestling and pro-wrestling.
“It’s different. In college, it’s a seven-minute grind, non-stop. It’s sometimes less impactful than this. Sometimes you grind, but you don’t have the big bam movements that pro-wrestling has. In both, you have to be athletic. You have to be able to protect yourself. I think one of the easiest transitions into pro-wrestling was protecting myself from years of amateur so I don’t get hurt out there.”
Dinaro has been wrestling for about 8 months now, but he trained for a whole year in front of that. He admits that he is pretty new in the business, and still earning my way.
“I try to feed into it. I try to give a full entertainment experience. Give people their money’s worth every time I’m on the card.”
I know #6 is Joe Rosa. I can't ID #5. There's another Instagram photo of the same match, both dated as posted a month ago. I don't know the exact date or promotion for the match itself. Sadly, no # with the particulars.
ReplyDeleteNote the earlier reply and the link to the match.
DeleteYes! Beautiful in this really clean, kind of retro way.
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