10 Wrestlers Who Stole Their Names From Porn Stars

4. Shag Thomas

wikiwiki...It has to be said, who else in the entire a(n)nals (see what we did there?) of professional wrestling ever had a potential porno name as solid and forthright as that of Shag Thomas? It is just a GREAT name for the sex industry. In fact, it€™s almost a shame to waste such a marvellous moniker on a professional wrestler. With a name like that, he should have been making dirty movies for years. As a sex film pseudonym, it neatly encapsulates who he is and what he does, all in one dubiously forceful package (yup, I can€™t believe I wrote the phrase €˜dubiously forceful package€™ just now either). If not sounding like a pornstar, then at the very least evoking an off-colour brand of Eastern European anal lube, €˜Shag€™ Thomas was actually a Corporal in the US Army during World War II and occupied a potentially life-threatening spot as a black heel in the 60€™s, (before turning face). In short, he may have had a funny name, but he was a tough dude with a funny name...
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