What the Gimmick Was: A man who repossessed other peoples unpaid items. Why its Confusing: Lets just assume that being a wrestler in the WWF in the early to mid 90s wasnt a well paid job. After all, we had The Big Boss Man appearing to work as a prison guard in his free time, T.L. Hopper taking a break from his gig as a plumber to compete in the squared-circle, and The Repo Man fighting other men on the side just trying to make ends meet. So what exactly makes The Repo Man more confusing than those gimmicks? Well, being a repossession agent isnt an illegal profession, so why then did The Repo Man cover up his face in a Hamburglar type mask? Also, why did he even have to acknowledge that he worked in the field of repossession while he was competing in the world of wrestling? Why didnt he still compete as Smash from Demolition, and repo things off the clock? Well, if you can get around all that, it still doesnt explain why he felt the need to tow his opponents after a match by tying their feet to the ring ropes. This wasnt like Bossman handcuffing a man and brutally beating him after a match, this was just a minor inconvenience on Repo Mans opponents part. As long as you can untie a knot, you could get out pretty quickly. Lastly, perhaps one of Repo Mans most famous moments was when he stole Randy Savages hat. He claimed that Savage was behind on his payments.Lets say Repo Man is telling the truth for a moment on this one. Youd have to wonder what the odds are of Repo Man, out of all the repo men in the country, being the one contacted to take back another mans hat are. Youd then have to wonder why Savage was only behind on payments on only a single one of his hats.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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