4. "Superstar" Billy Graham Embraces Demonic Teachings - Florida, 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp1CYy2Qkvc When "Superstar" Billy Graham lost the WWWF Championship to Bob Backlund on February 20, 1978, it set him off on a four-year bender that saw him end up in the Florida territory in 1982 with a shaved head, considerably less-than-developed physique, mustachioed and portraying a karate master. When describing his heel turn, the discussion of cult leader Kevin Sullivan placing scorpions and spiders upon his flesh to symbolize his ability to embrace his fear could easily pass for a Scientologist describing their auditing in "flowery" terms. However, if watching Graham alongside Sullivan and his crew in the early 80s, one could easily say that a real-life embrace of Scientology for Wayne Coleman could have possibly done some amazing things for his life.
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Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
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