| WRESTLING'S HISTORY THROUGH MY EYES Part 7 - The Heroes Of Wrestling by Damian Gray (trakxx2k3@vicgrimes.zzn.com) |
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| If wrestling has had any kind of involvment in the upbringing of young fans lives, it's in showing that heroes come in all shapes, sizes, races and creeds. The wrestlers that debut as faces very rarely win the affection of the fans, it's usually the heels that wins the fans acceptance through hard work, skill and perseverance. A prime example example of the aforementioned paragraph would have to be Dwayne Johnsson aka The Rock. One man who was percieved as a true hero to his fans was the legendary Bruno Sammartino, who once held the WWWF/WWF Heavyweight Title for an astonishing 8 years. Prior to his biggest run in wrestling ever, Jim Hellwig wrestled for World Class Championship Wrestling as the "Dingo Warrior" before his mad dashes to the ring and ring-rope shaking antics as the "Ultimate Warrior" made him the number 2 face in the company. In the 1990s, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (real name: Steve Williams) became the most popular wrestler in the history of wrestling since Hulk Hogan. The "Bionic Redneck" began his WWF/E career with the ludicrously c*ap name The Ringmaster. He quickly won over the fans after changing his name to "Stone Cold", that and uttering now the most famous 8 words in wresting history: "Austin 3:16 Says I Just Whipped Your A*s!" Charismatic Dwayne Johnsson, aka The Rock, was the reigning King of the Catchphrase. A Third generation wrestler, The Rock became (before Brock Lesnar) -at 26 years of age- the youngest WWF/E Champion ever. He has since gone on to become one of the most successful wrestlers in WWF/E history. At just 185lbs, Earl Caddock almost always gave up weight to most of the champions of his era, despite this hindrance he defeated Joe Stetcher for the World Title in 1917. Caddock gave up what most from his era said was a promising career to serve in WW1. |
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