10 Weirdest Wrestling Characters (That Didn’t Work)
3. Bastion Booger
Wrestling is a fairly athletic pastime when all is said and done. You need to have a good level of strength, stamina and general fitness if you want to make it in the wrestling business, which is why the idea of a wrestling slob just doesnt make a lot of sense. The central conceit behind the creation of Bastion Booger appears to be that the pasty skinned and overweight Mike Shaw wasnt exactly a pleasure to look at, so they might as well stick him in an oversized, pre-soiled singlet and present him to fans as a disgusting slob. ...Yeah, because thatll catch on. For the rest of his tenure, Mike Shaw was eaten alive by just about everyone he encountered, even losing to the actor Virgil in his debut match.
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