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Wrestlers Refusing To Break Character

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http://www.cracked.com/article_20029_5-insane-true-tales-wrestlers-refusing-to-break-character.html

Just before a bunch of people e-mail this to me, since I check Cracked every morning anyway.  Although the Samoans story reads as bullshit just because the attribution is Hogan's autobiography, but the rest is pretty spot-on. 

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  1. Paul ZummoSeptember 17, 2012 at 1:36 PM

    My only nitpick is that the George "The Animal" Steele story wasn't so much him not breaking character as him just refusing to acknowledge that he was a wrestler to all the folks back home. It did make me remember that Saturday morning show featuring Lyle Alzedo,  "Learning the Ropes," where he's a high school principal who is a masked wrestler by night.

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  2. Adam WelshSeptember 17, 2012 at 2:40 PM

     I'm assuming you only know about that show from WrestleCrap. At least, I HOPE you do.

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  3. VanSpaminatorSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    Ultramantis Black is pretty much the king of kayfabe these days, constantly cutting about the Lehigh Valley going about his business still masked.

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  4. Paul ZummoSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:18 PM

    Ummm, of course. I totally didn't watch that show every Saturday morning. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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  5. dwatersSeptember 17, 2012 at 7:03 PM

    That Nikita Koloff story was crazy.

    This is really missing from today's product.  I guess Undertaker still keeps his character a bit, not appearing at the Hall of Fame and such. 

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  6. MrJustinBSeptember 17, 2012 at 7:07 PM

    KoT out on DVD already! Holy frick that looks fun. All dues to UMB.

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  7. WilTricitySeptember 17, 2012 at 9:16 PM

    Konnan talked in his most recent podcast about Macho going into the hotel bar in his wrestling gear: "what's he going to do? Cut a promo?" - funny stuff... (also his interpretation of "jungle love": 'you'll take it and like it' is brilliant...)

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  8. JohnPetukaSeptember 17, 2012 at 11:28 PM

     You're right about that. And maybe because of that, I'd kill to hear Taker's real thoughts on his career, the big angles, and his locker room role. But this gimmick and his natural stoicism has built this impenetrable aura.  I'm not sure if we'll ever get that definitive DVD documentary or memoir/book.

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  9. Darryl StewartSeptember 17, 2012 at 11:42 PM

    Just like I totally didn't watch it every Friday night before Checking It Out with the guy from Get Smart (Don Adams)?

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  10. Matt JohnsonSeptember 18, 2012 at 7:20 AM

     Another "Learning the Ropes" fan. YES YES YES! You have to love the Dr. Death was the guy who did all of the Masked Maniac wrestling scenes for Alzedo.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1fRXCKFrqw

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  11. rxchrisgSeptember 18, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    I heard sometimes Scott hall will drink the occasional beer when out in public so as to keep in character in case any marks recognise him.

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