Identity of masked man from WWE SmackDown revealed
An update is available regarding the identity of the masked man who interfered in the main event of WWE SmackDown on Friday.
During the Elimination Chamber qualifier between Jacob Fatu and Logan Paul, the masked individual who has been stalking The Vision on WWE programming attacked Austin Theory at ringside. Paul then attacked the man and removed his mask, revealing him to be someone neither Paul nor the commentary team recognized on the broadcast.
In an update to this story, the social media account The Local Competitor identified the masked man as independent wrestler Don Furio. Furio has trained at Seth Rollins’ Black and Brave Wrestling Academy in Davenport, Iowa, and also at QT Marshall and Cody Rhodes’ Nightmare Factory in Norcross, Georgia.
The account also noted that Furio appeared in a segment on NXT in 2025 alongside Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo and wrestled on an episode of AEW Dark in 2022.
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