In October 1985, a wedding was scheduled to take place on the second ever edition of WWF Saturday Nights Main Event on NBC. Head of a stable of hillbillies called (with a typically WWF flair for the lyrical) The Hillbillies, Uncle Elmer was six foot ten of bearded haystack, and about to wed his sweetheart Joyce. Riding high from having defeated Gentleman Jerry Valiant in only six seconds earlier on that night, Elmer was ready for the happiest day of his life only to have Rowdy Roddy Piper come out and insult his family, while Jesse The Body Ventura made fun of the proceedings on commentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3AOQKJ24BA The reception ended with Ventura going head first into the cake, in what was, in the end, rather a tame affair for the WWF. Why is it on this list? Because it wasnt a work. Stan Uncle Elmer Fraizier really did marry his real life partner Joyce Stazko in the middle of a WWF ring on national television, and allow Vince McMahon Jr. to book run-ins and a burial by a heel announcer on their actual, legit wedding day.
Professional writer, punk werewolf and nesting place for starfish. Obsessed with squid, spirals and story. I publish short weird fiction online at desincarne.com, and tweet nonsense under the name Jack The Bodiless. You can follow me all you like, just don't touch my stuff.
