10 Wrestlers You Didn't Realise Wrestled For WWE In 1996

3. Scotty 2 Hotty

Before he found fame as a hip-hop aficionado and purveyor of the worst finishing move in pro wrestling history, Scotty 2 Hotty was a jobber to the stars. His in-ring ability and relative lack of stature made him a perfect bump machine for the hulking lumps that made up much of WWE’s roster in the mid-'90s. Scotty didn’t sign with the company full-time until 1997, but he was far from new to it.

Then billed as Scott Taylor, the future 2 Hotty wrestled on WWE TV on three occasions in 1996, coming up short every single time. Taylor did the job for Mankind and a soon-to-become-Stone Cold Steve Austin, staring at the lights for two of the promotion’s fastest-rising stars. His third match was a losing effort against Leif Cassidy, who fans will know better as Al Snow. Or Shinobi, if you’re a bit weird.

Four years later, Taylor would get a modicum of revenge on Snow, teaming with Grandmaster Sexay to defeat the much-missed duo of Snow and Steve Blackman, the marvellously-monikered Head Cheese.

The Attitude Era wasn’t all great.

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