10 People You Had No Idea Worked For WWE
7. The Fabulous Freebirds
The Fabulous Freebirds as they were known and loved made all their waves (and a sh*tload of money) outside of Vince McMahon's orbit in the 1980s.
In 1995, Michael Hayes had his hair shortened, his moustache sharpened and his name adjusted to Dok Hendrix when he signed on as a broadcaster for the company. Terry Gordy had his WWE cup of coffee through the gap in his Executioner mask a year later. But the pair and longtime associate Buddy Roberts very nearly spent their most profitable years in New York following the briefest dalliance with the company in 1984.
Seemingly a perfect fit as part of the burgeoning Rock N Wrestling movement alongside Cyndi Lauper et all, the Freebirds allegedly lived the gimmick a little too much to last in the company's locker room. Andre The Giant was one of several stalwarts upset with their backstage attitudes, and after only a handful of appearances for the company they were back to the more familiar surrounds of the AWA and World Class Championship Wrestling.