Allen Ray Sarven would wrestle for the WWF (as it was) under several gimmicks during the mid-1990s. He was a superhero, a ninja and a rock n roller, famously and terribly replacing Shawn Michaels as Marty Jannettys partner under the name Leif Cassidy. Nothing gelled, until he was one of the wrestlers sent to ECW under the terms of the WWFs talent exchange initiative with the maverick east coast promotion. Directionless, he dipped into a book on abnormal psychology, and decided to play a character with schizophrenic tendencies. Finding an abandoned mannequin head on the street near the ECW arena, the picture was complete: Al Snow and Head were born. Snow began talking to the mannequin head as if it was his friend or tag partner, bringing it to the ring with him, and writing HELP ME! backwards on its forehead. This made him incredibly popular with the ECW crowd, who loved a loveable maniac, and Snow (and Head) would often draw chants of Head! Head! Head! in arenas across the USA. Head was temporarily replaced with a chihuahua named Pepper, who Snow also talked to as if it was his partner. Al Snow was never what youd call a massive draw, remaining firmly rooted to the midcard, but he had his significant moments. Most memorably, he fought himself in a hardcore match, the culmination of which was violently throwing himself from the top turnbuckle through a table.
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