10 Wrestlers Who Improved At Something They Were Terrible At
4. Bob Holly - Promos
Bob Holly was a naff promo as Thurman "Sparky" Plugg. "My friends call me Sparky - and you can call me Sparky too!" he infamously said during his pre-debut vignette, despite the fact that, were any unfortunate sh*thead to actually call him "Sparky", he'd have broken their ass in half. In 1995, it was difficult to take "Sparky" seriously as an ass-kicker.
His name was "Sparky".
As with several of his peers in the Attitude Era, the renamed Hardcore Holly, mobilised into improvement by actually being encouraged to improve, grabbed the brass ring. He used it to batter his beleaguered opponents over the head with a gloriously economical promo game. Much like his thudding in-ring arsenal, Holly didn't need much to convey his point.
He once, delightfully, referred to Gangrel as "Dracula" and a "fat b*stard", popping Jerry Lawler on commentary and entering the hearts of young wrestling fans everywhere. Portraying himself as a no-nonsense ass-kicker by poking fun at the nonsense around him, Holly, celebrated as an ornery old-school ar*ehole by those he shared locker rooms with, simply transposed his no-frills essence from behind the curtain.