Municipal Waste Vocalist Recalls Blowing Out His Knee During His Time As A Runner For WWE

There was a behind-the-scenes causality during the WWE ThunderDome era. 

WWE moved into the ThunderDome in Florida during the pandemic as fans weren’t able to attend events. The ThunderDome was originally at the Amway Center in Orlando before moving to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg and then heading to the Yuengling Center in Tampa. 

During the ThunderDome era, Municipal Waste vocalist Tony Foresta was hired by WWE and ended up blowing out his knee as a backstage runner. 

“I  got a job with WWE. I was working in the ‘ThunderDome’ or whatever it was called. I was in ‘Smackdown’ and ‘RAW’. I was in the bubble with the wrestlers. At first, I was helping in the kitchen, cutting carrots, doing all that stuff. But when WrestleMania came around, I got a gig as a runner. I had my own WWE van. I took laundry to the laundromat and got shit for the dressing room and food for everybody. It was fucking awesome. That’s when I fucked my knee up for real. The two weeks before WrestleMania, you’re just running, running, running and you’re building this huge stage and all this stuff. I was running all over the place. The week after WrestleMania, we’re breaking everything down and I had a week off, then we were going to get back to it. I got my second Covid shot and then I don’t know what happened; some inflammation or crazy shit was happening, but it was a combination [COVID shot and years of wear and tear from jumping around on stage] and my knee exploded. I couldn’t walk for four or five months. Then I finally got the surgery, then that was a whole other timeframe of getting that back,” he told Blabbermouth. 

After surgery and the pandemic, Foresta returned to touring, but didn’t move as much on stage. He said he now feels great as he’s more focused on performing and less on moving around and partying. 

Municipal Waste’s new album Electrified Brain is set to release on July 1. Fans can learn more by clicking here.