10 Most Drastic Differences Between Wrestlers In And Out Of WWE
6. WALTER
Outside of WWE:
WALTER was such a notable drawing card, with such a formidable aura, that he built a mythology around himself as a threat no man could vanquish. This was an arc mainly specific to OTT Wrestling in the Republic of Ireland, but it got over so well that it heavily informed WALTER's legend. He was the centre of that fictional universe: his scalp a prize so prestigious that it tore friendly warriors apart. WALTER made such lofty booking convincing with his insanely brutal offence; the blackened chests of his opponents, the hand prints, and the flesh ripples looked like they belonged to the old world of magazines, for they forced fans to view wrestling through a more naive lens capable of being shocked once more. WALTER used to be ace. He used to chop people in the throat. He used to get people over when they had merely put up a halfway acceptable fight.
Past tense.
In WWE:
He doesn't hit as hard, he's more effective as a marauding killer than an episodic heel, and he gets visually f*cking pinned by Joe f*cking Coffey.