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Post by Stu on Nov 7, 2005 15:46:52 GMT -5
For the majority of his career, Batista had been portrayed as a big, roided up animal who could kick the crap out of everyone. It was only revealed this year that in reality, he's a very cool, calm guy with a good head on his shoulders, which is the total opposite of what his original character was (I'm not talking about the Deacon). Who are some other wrestlers out their whose real-life personalties are totally different from what is portrayed on television?
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Post by gshman on Nov 7, 2005 15:49:53 GMT -5
Well, some of the obvious ones:
Eugene
Any of the "flamboyant" teams (GAAAAAAAAAY!)
Kerwin "He's Chavo, dammit!" White
Kane
Snitsky (one can hope)
Taker (one can REALLY hope)
Kurt Angle. Though I'd like to think that flips out about everything. "I SAID I WANTED MY EGGS SCRAMBLED! SCRAMBLED, NOT SUNNY SIDE UP! YOU STUPID WAITRESS, I BROKE MY FRIGGIN NECK!"
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Post by rosie187 on Nov 7, 2005 16:12:44 GMT -5
The Ultimate Warrior - in reality a shy, retiring and level-headed individual.
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Post by Se7en: Horse That Wrote Poems on Nov 7, 2005 16:13:12 GMT -5
Rock … Duane Johnson.
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Post by no2humanorchid on Nov 7, 2005 16:16:24 GMT -5
Er,with the possible exception of a few,Ill go out on a limb here and say that MOST wrestlers are different people from the characters they portray in the ring.
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Post by gshman on Nov 7, 2005 16:19:21 GMT -5
On a slight side-track, did Hogan even have a defined persona throughout the 80s? Besides being big and "immortal?"
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Post by hakushi on Nov 7, 2005 16:48:07 GMT -5
Really can Snitsky be all that different from he's weird whacky psycho persona?
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Post by The King of Memphis Tennessee on Nov 7, 2005 17:03:49 GMT -5
On a slight side-track, did Hogan even have a defined persona throughout the 80s? Besides being big and "immortal?" Bruther? |
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Post by Loki on Nov 7, 2005 17:25:48 GMT -5
I read somewhere on the net that Jerry Lawler isn't an actual king... Can this be true???
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Post by gshman on Nov 7, 2005 16:48:02 GMT -5
I read somewhere on the net that Jerry Lawler isn't an actual king... Can this be true??? I believe that Memphis actually had an uprising circa 1999. Very blood civil war, they've just now entered the age of enlightenment. |
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Post by VinceNeil1981 on Nov 7, 2005 17:01:01 GMT -5
I met Marc Mero once. He was calm, except for when he slapped me on the forehead. (True story)
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Post by rororourboat on Nov 7, 2005 17:05:37 GMT -5
Mick Foley sounds incredibly strange when he isn't shrieking/generally sounding demented. I talked to him on the phone was (around nwo2000 he was schedueled to sign autographs at the car show the company which my mom was a receptionist for was putting on, he called to say he missed his flight and i picked up and talked to him for awhile [he was a great guy to put up with my annoying 10-year-old mark self])
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Post by Lancers on Nov 7, 2005 17:05:58 GMT -5
Steve Austin looks like he's playing a character. I can't imagine that the guy rides trucks, drinks beer, yells out profanities at random people and donkeypunches his girlfriends and/or wives in real life. He looks like the literary type. Probably reads 3 books a week.
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Post by amsiraK on Nov 7, 2005 17:22:57 GMT -5
Outside the IWC, I've never heard one bad word about Triple H. Every story I've heard has put him over as gracious and great with his fans.
Ditto Kurt Angle. Genuine and goofy-ish and nice to a fault.
Though I think him slipping into character at a Denny's would be hysterical.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Nov 7, 2005 22:22:25 GMT -5
Maria
I hope. If not I'm amazed she would find her way to the arena or how to feed herself.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 7, 2005 22:25:02 GMT -5
I was thinking maybe Edge and Lita. Surely they couldn't be that mean-spirited, sl****, etc. in real life. I mean, once you get to know them...
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Post by Millie D on Nov 7, 2005 23:07:53 GMT -5
Ok its already been said but after seeing that montage of Angle while in surgery holding his daughter's stuffed animal..that is when I knew that he was a normal guy
and I will go out on a limb here but i do believe that not ALL wrestlers live by the personas they have....they are human beings too and probably do get upset outside the ring but they are genuine and nice....sometimes its hard for people to seperate the character form the person and for them its gotta suck.. i mean Angle could be walkin somewhere with his wife and daughter in Pittsburgh and get a YOU SUCK from people becasue that is who he portrays...I do feel for the wrestlers cuz they travel a LOT and are hardly home but wherever they go you know that they make it home..
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Post by Scott on Nov 8, 2005 0:25:22 GMT -5
In the "best of RAW" segments Angle seemed really down to earth.
I love watching the old WCW tapes with "Stunning" Steve and the long blond hair, flowery tights, and Lady Blossom
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Post by sexualvanilla on Nov 8, 2005 1:06:25 GMT -5
Scott Hall's not really a drunk, Razor-loving, Scarface-sounding kinda guy. He's really a straight edge missionary who wrestles on the side
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