12 Wrestlers With Terrible Backstories

2. The Kiss Demon

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The Gobbledygooker came out of a giant egg, but as terrible as that giant turkey was, he wasn’t a wrestler. The Kiss Demon emerged out of a coffin and actually competed in the ring.

One of Eric Bischoff’s favourite bands is Kiss. In the late 90s, though, not many people under the age of 40 shared that same fondness for them. Instead of just being a responsible adult and buying a ticket to a Kiss show on a night off of work, he subjected millions of wrestling fans to watch the ageing rockers during the main event of their wrestling program.

Oh, but it gets better! You see, having them on TV wasn’t good enough. “We must have Kiss every week!”, Bischoff likely thought. So, he worked together with the band to create a Kiss character, which was named...The Kiss Demon. So much creativity all around!

So, Demon's story is still a bit of a mystery as it was never fully explained who or what he was. He just seemed to materialise out of thing air from that coffin. Did Gene Simmons kidnap some man and then force him to wear make-up and compete in a professional wrestling ring while they continued to tour? If you think about it, it’s really the only logical explanation.

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