Was Steve Corino ever Fake 123 Kid?

[Dave at the Movies]

I could have sworn there was a picture of him in 123 Kid gear with Fake Diesel(Kane) and Fake Razor but maybe I just imagined it. 🤷‍♂️

[y4j1981]

From Corino's AMA on Reddit:

www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1vai01/steve_corino_here/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Q: How close were you to debuting as the fake 1-2-3 Kid with Fake Diesel and Fake Kane? I know you were slated for that role, but how far along in the process were you before it fell through? And was it just the poor reception for the whole angle that caused you not to come up with that gimmick, or some other behind the scenes reason?

Corino: Not close at all. It was a passing idea banking on that Fake Diesel and Fake Razor would get over. And it did not.

[Dave at the Movies]

Dec 6, 2022 21:08:24 GMT -5 booty2shoes said:

The answer is yes. It was only in WWC in Puerto Rico in 1997. Which is where the photo with fake Diesel and fake Razor would have been from. I believe he was just "Lightning Kid" or "Lightning Kid II" on those shows, though. He looked a lot like Waltman at the time.

Was he actually with Fake Diesel and Fake Razor?

I think I saw the picture in a coffee table style picture wrestling book I had from the late 90s. I'll have to dig it up and find the picture. The only thing I can really remember about it is that he looked an awful lot like Sean Waltman at the time. I may have even thought it was Waltman when I first got the book. It was definitely the first time I had ever heard of Corino.

[Dave at the Movies]

Dec 6, 2022 21:51:11 GMT -5 booty2shoes said:

Dec 6, 2022 21:48:19 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

Was he actually with Fake Diesel and Fake Razor?

I think I saw the picture in a coffee table style picture wrestling book I had from the late 90s. I'll have to dig it up and find the picture. The only thing I can really remember about it is that he looked an awful lot like Sean Waltman at the time. I may have even thought it was Waltman when I first got the book. It was definitely the first time I had ever heard of Corino.

I never saw the photo you're referring to, but I quickly looked up Corino on the Cagematch site and glanced at the results of a few of the 1997 shows he was on for WWC, and the fake Diesel and Razor were on those shows with him at the time. No idea if they were like a stable together or just took one photo together as a gag.

If I find the book I'll take a picture of it with my phone and post it here. It's most likely that it's just a picture by himself and I just imagined that he portrayed 123 kid in WWE because he obviously never did.

[The Blue Nova]

Before Corino bulked in 2000 and dyed his hear and grow a beard he did look like a young 123 kid