15 Wrestlers Who Stole A Living From WCW

By Alexander Podgorski /

7. Steve 'Mongo' McMichael

What you see in the link below is one of the most timeless pieces of Botchamania history: the warning that Steve €˜Mongo€™ McMichael is about to enter the ring. Pro wrestling has featured many successful athletes who had promising football careers before entering the squared circle: Ron Simmons, The Rock, John Cena, Vader, etc. Mongo was not one of those people. He looked uncoordinated and out of place in a wrestling ring, and despite training with Terry Taylor at the WCW Power Plant, had a limited move-set and lacked the ring psychology needed to put on a good match. Worse yet, he seemed to lack timing and pacing, making many of his moves look like they were being performed by a green rookie instead of the consummate pro he was supposed to be portraying. In fact, the majority of his career wasn€™t that great, as he wasn€™t having that many good matches. Yet somehow, WCW thought it would be a good idea to have Mongo become a member of the legendary Four Horsemen stable, completely devaluing that name and the prestige it held.In the end, Mongo was a very underwhelming wrestler who failed to transition properly from football to wrestling. Maybe he should€™ve stayed on the gridiron instead.