8. Vic Grimes And Erin OGrady Won WWF Contracts Off One Dark Match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg_0BWpPGrU In the days before the WWF had a Performance Center and talent scouts, dark matches were the best way of getting noticed by WWF agents. On a Monday Night Raw taping on January 20, 1998, two wrestlers by the name of Vic Grimes and Erin OGrady had a dark match that was apparently so good, both men were offered contracts on the spot. Grimes and OGrady had rapport with one another. In All Pro Wrestling, they had a feud where Grimes played the Goliath role and OGrady played the David role. Jim Cornette saw a tape of their feud in APW and told both men to attend the show where they got the contracts. Grimes would shuffle through WWF developmental and got a brief role on WWF television in 1999 as Key, a kind of drug dealer character that hung out with Droz and Prince Albert. The role didnt last long and he was sent back down to developmental before getting released. As for OGrady? Fans probably know him better by the name WWF game him when he hit the main rosterCrash Holly.
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