Vince Russo
Early life
Early life
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Vincent James Russo of [Italian](/wiki/Italians "Italians") descent, grew up in [Farmingville](/wiki/Farmingville%2C_New_York "Farmingville, New York"), [New York](/wiki/New_York_%28state%29 "New York (state)"), and graduated from the [University of Southern Indiana](/wiki/University_of_Southern_Indiana "University of Southern Indiana") (then known as Indiana State University Evansville) in 1983 with a degree in [journalism](/wiki/Journalism "Journalism"). He worked for the school newspaper *The Shield* as an assistant sports editor and later as editor\-in\-chief.

Russo got his start in [professional wrestling](/wiki/Professional_wrestling "Professional wrestling") when he began training under the tutelage of [Johnny Rodz](/wiki/Johnny_Rodz "Johnny Rodz") at [Gleason's Gym](/wiki/Gleason%27s_Gym "Gleason's Gym") in [Brooklyn](/wiki/Brooklyn "Brooklyn"). He owned two video stores on [Long Island](/wiki/Long_Island "Long Island"). Russo also hosted his own local radio show from 1992 to 1993 called *Vicious Vincent's World of Wrestling*, which aired Sunday nights on [WGBB](/wiki/WGBB "WGBB") in [Freeport](/wiki/Freeport%2C_New_York "Freeport, New York"). The program ran for exactly one year, the final show being the one\-year anniversary.


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