20 Wrestling Facts You Probably Didn't Know
11. The Road Warriors Didn't Sell... Because They Couldn't Sell
The Road Warriors were one of the biggest tag teams in wrestling in the 1980s. They were also one of the most brutal and physical, even after joining the WWF as the Legion Of Doom and having their act toned down for family TV.
Hawk and Animal's stiff, no-nonsense style was originally a practical measure, however: at the beginning, the two men could barely work, and weren't good enough to make what they did look realistic. Worse, they couldn't sell realistically... which is why Georgia Championship Wrestling's booker Ole Anderson instructed them to no sell everything.
It became the Road Warriors' gimmick. They were the nightmare enforcers who felt no pain. Even after the two of them improved to the extent that they could sell convincingly and work a snug but safe style, they retained their badass apocalyptic warrior gimmick and no-sold wherever they could get away from it.
By that time, it was what the fans demanded.