7 Professions WWE Superstars May Have Portrayed Incorrectly

2. T.L. Hopper

When you hear the word "plumber," odds are that you think of a person holding a plunger and going to work on a clogged toilet. However, plumbing is a proper trade, and there are plumbers specializing in installing and maintaining systems related to water, sewage and drainage. In other words, plumbers not only take care of your basic fixtures like toilets and sinks, but any sort of sophisticated water-related system. Plumbers repair leaks, both on the basic and grand scale of things.

T.L. Hopper -- portrayed by Darrell Anthony, who had also been Uncle Cletus within the WWE -- emphasized the low-end stereotypes of plumbing. He carried a plunger to the ring and often stuck that plunger in the face of opponents after winning. Taking a step back, if there was no toilet in or near the ring, it was unclear why T.L. Hopper was bringing a plunger with him to wrestle. Or why Hopper would be kissing a plunger -- the same plunger he would stick in the face of opponents as a means of embarrassing them -- knowing full well where plungers are used. Furthermore, plumbers also carry wrenches and other tools with them when going to jobs, so where was the rest of his tool-belt?

Hopper did portray some of the plumbing profession correctly. He wore pants that were likely to hang low as a result of crouching over. He kept a rag or bandanna in the back-pocket of his pants for the sake of clean-up. His earlier-mentioned plunger appeared to be a real functioning plunger. But that's arguably as far as it goes when it comes to accuracy for a wrestling plumber.

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