6. Vince McMahon Had To Convince Them To Be Babyfaces
Throughout most of the 1980s, The Sheepherders had made their names as a violent, hated, and nationalistic tag-team. The pair had gone from territory to territory proudly displaying their home flag of New Zealand while heelishly flushing maps of the United States down toilets. So when they met with Pat Patterson and Vince McMahon about coming to the WWF as babyfaces they were more than skeptical. Butch Miller got into the face of Vince McMahon and told him, "If you can make these faces babyface, go for it." Vince McMahon then looked to the fan-favorites of his company at that time to show them that it could be done. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and Hulk Hogan all were popular wrestlers who were not blessed with movie-star mugshots. Luke and Butch agreed to McMahon's vision and signed to his company. Their style then changed from brutal to funny and their names changed from The Sheepherders to The Bushwhackers.
