10 Things You Didn't Know About Balls Mahoney
8. Chris Jericho Has A Disgusting Balls Story
Now there's a title I never thought I'd write.
Whilst I would never advocate judging a book by its cover, I'm going to immediately contradict that by saying that even the most cursory glance at Balls Mahoney makes one question his cleanliness. Sure, a gimmick is a gimmick, but no image of Balls looking like anything other than Balls exists.
In his first book, 'A Lion's Tale: Around The World In Spandex', Chris Jericho recalls one story about ol' Balls that makes the stomach retch. Whilst in Smokey Mountain Wrestling, Jericho resided in what Chris Candido termed the 'Smokey Mountain Flophouse'. Candido himself lived there, as did Boo Bradley Jr.
Boo reeked, in Jericho's own words, so he decided to take it upon himself to clean his room. The rubber gloves were thrust on to unwilling hands and Y2J set to work. Garbage was cleared, clothes were collected, and he even went as far as to clean under the bed.
Jericho would immediately regret this, as he was faced with what he describes as a 'nest of roaches'. Yep, Balls Mahoney had a nest of cockroaches living under his bed. They came there, Jericho says, due to Balls' tendency to eat sandwiches in bed and dispose of the crusts under the mattress. Lovely.