Without a doubt the least heralded name on this list, The Renegade is one of those characters that the war between WCW and WWF brought up that is best left forgotten. He was WCW's parody of/homage to Ultimate Warrior, with long hair, tassels, mannerisms and music all similar to the WWE hero. Hulk Hogan even hyped up his debut by describing him as the 'Ultimate surprise'. Of course, this whole schtick grew tired very quickly, and Renegade was relegated (renegated?) to jobber status. He was released from his contract in 1998, and would shoot himself just a few short months later. Another sad story of a wrestler dying before his time. His TV title run began by defeating the legendary Arn Anderson at The Great American Bash in 1995. After defending the belt for three months, Diamond Dallas Page would end his reign at Fall Brawl. That was as good as it got for The Renegade.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.