For years, we knew Bill DeMott as the lovable loser Hugh Morrus. He had a name while not offensive, was pretty stupid. It was very un-humorous one could say. Morrus was a mid-carder in WCW who had some potential, but perhaps was best known for losing to Goldberg in the first match of his epic winning streak. After that, Morrus was stuck in a rut. Since wearing a singlet with question marks on it wasnt a main-event gimmick (unless youre The Riddler), he took on a more serious persona in 2000. Okay, his new persona was perhaps even more ridiculous, at least his new name was. You see, Morrus revealed to us that his real first name is actually Hugh. That was comforting to know. However, Morrus was not his last name. No, not at all. It was actually Rection. Hugh Rection. Well, thats also, stupid but not so offensive. Then Rection dropped the bomb on us that his middle name started with a G. He was Hugh G. Rection. Huge erection. Oh. At the time, management wanted to make DeMott a star, but giving him a penis based pun name was destined to keep him in the mid-card for all of eternity.
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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