DON’T PIN INSURANCE SCAM ON ONE OF OUR GUYS
Matthew Perez
Updated on March 08, 2026
The World Wrestling Federation yesterday disputed the FBI’s claim that one of its former pro wrestlers was caught up in an auto-insurance scam.
Carmine Azzato, 31, of Brooklyn, was one of 67 people charged with conspiring to defraud insurance companies by staging fake auto accidents in a multimillion-dollar rip-off.
Barry Mawn, who directs the FBI’s New York office, said Azzato was a former WWF wrestler.
An FBI spokesman said the bureau believed he fought under the name Blast, and retired in 1997 as a result of an injury.
But WWF spokesman Judd Everhart said there was no record of Azzato wrestling with the WWF.
