10 Wrestling Gimmicks Based On LIES!
1. George 'The Animal' Steele
Standard issue wrestling logic has it that the best characters are the real life characters with a feature turned all the way to eleven on the dial - so what the f*ck did schoolteacher Jim Meyers have lurking in his subconscious to unearth an Animal?
Covered in hair and able to effectively portray a deranged (then, eventually, lovably so) monster, William Meyers was a schoolteacher at Madison High School in his home state of Michigan. A celebrated football coach, he eventually became a member of the institute's hall of fame for his off-the-field achievements...though not for dying his tongue bright green.
Ironically, his first gimmick actually did try and make use of his past - The Student was his first label during a masked run designed to hide himself whilst he worked both jobs. Only upon embracing wrestling as a full time profession did he embrace the character that fans came to adore during the 1980s boom after its origins as a terrifying monster.