10 Wrestlers That Became Complete Party Animals

5. The Public Enemy

Rob Van Dam
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The Public Enemy were so popular in ECW in the mid-1990s that they found themselves courting offers from both WCW and WWE by 1995 and would work for both before the end of the decade. Hindsight has revealed them to be more of a product of "Paul Heyman - Master Wrestling Magician" than of-the-time superworkers, but their consistency in Philadelphia was justifiably enough to sell them both as major players.

Over is over in wrestling, and this world, they were O V E R. Almost every time and regardless of feud or opponents, a Public Enemy party brought the house down. Once, literally.

Captured for posterity and several video and DVD releases, a post-match dance in the ring resulted in the low-quality squared circle rolling a seven under the weight of everybody very clearly having the best times of their lives. That this clip has been preserved on WWE.com along with a host of promotional materials for the Network is a cute tribute to the impact of their presence in an industry that, at the time at least, was in desperate need of their kind.

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