8 Schizophrenic Wrestlers Who Couldn't Figure Out Who They Were
7. Mike Shaw
Big Mike Shaw was just a generic big guy grappler until Jinder Mahal’s uncle Gama Singh turned him to join his evil ways and so Makhan Singh was born, his success in Calgary was too much for the Hart family who had him committed to a mental institution.
It was just lucky for him that when Theodore R. Long was looking for a guy a to take to the very top of WCW, his first port of call was an asylum and faster than he could say “1 on 1 wit da Undertaker”, Norman The Lunatic was officially Teddy’s slave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz_kdzRgUJ8
Once emancipated from Teddy Long he turned face and change his name to the more happy go lucky Norman The Maniac – The slave lunatic was a heel but the maniac was a face? – However as part of his release rehabilitation he had been retraining to find a trade that would help him integrate back into society so Mr. T. Maniac became Trucker Norm.
While wrestling around the world under many different guises for numerous promotions he finally got the call from the WWF
WWF CREATIVE: Hi is that Mike Shaw, it’s the WWF, we’ve had a fantastic idea for a new faction and we think you’d be perfect for one of the roles.
TRUCKER NORM: Ten four good buddy, go ahead, over.
WWF CREATIVE: Remember that Robin Hood movie with Errol Flynn from 1938
MIKE SHAW: Yeah
WWF CREATIVE: Well that’s Vince’s latest pop culture reference and he’s instructed us to put together a faction called “The Merry Men”
NORMAN THE LUNATIC: That’s an amazing idea
Friar Ferguson arrived in the WWF, my only recollections being that he used to pin opponents by tea-bagging them. A complaint from the catholic church about the gimmick being too realistic and a viewing of Charles Laughton’s 1939 portrayal of Quasimodo gave Mike his most memorable gimmick yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxTcr3J1zQQ
Bastion Booger, a sweaty, disgusting, filthy wrestler with a humpback made from back fat who got involved in a love triangle with Bam Bam Bigelow and Luna – which is a threesome image that is now stuck in your brain forever.