As an emissary from the WWF's larger-than-life 80s future, Superstar Billy Graham is an incredibly important piece of WWE's past, present and future. If looking for the man whose promos inspired Hulk Hogan and The Rock, and look inspired pretty much every top star the company employed in the 1980s and current era performers like Batista and Ryback, look no further. If Vince McMahon needed a prototype for how to build a superstar, it still goes no further past the "Superstar."
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.
