Simon: Paul took time off when his son was born - "somewhat coincidentally" - Me: "That's GOTTA be Kane!"

This may be hard to believe, but the Big Show is actually big in real life

Imagine if Mark Callaway was an actual undertaker burying dead bodies at his local cemetery, or a biker

The Iron Sheik is actually from Iran, he defected to America in the 70s; he was also the head coach of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling team throughout the 70s leading them to many medals and even won gold at the PAN-AM games himself decades before Angle won gold. ((Edited from typo))

I remember when I first saw Paul Bearer. "Isn't that Percy Pringle??"

The general adnan story is actually fascinating for me because of how Saddam Hussein actually wanted wrestling in Iraq

I kinda miss these old creative weird gimmicks. Now days every gimmick is the same: leather jacket wearing, black clothes wearing, wanna be badasses.

The General Adnan story really is amazing. I had no idea how accurate it was.

Gee, that Isaac Yankem guy sure looks like Kane

Big Boss Man was a Prison Guard when he first debuted

"Paul Bearer" looks like the my pillow guy.

Is it just me.. buttt has Jimmy Hart never AGED AT ALL!!

Wait . . . . so what was "true" about Sparky Plugg?

RVD was a real 420 enthusiast.

To be honest, I like Big Boss Man better during the Attitude Era. He had a better ring attire and entrance theme during that time.

I was in my 30s before I realized the pun on Paul Bearer's name.

Brit baker is a beauty

I was one of many people that went on the Jericho Cruise and during a match featuring Brtt Baker, a guy behind me said "wow this is a stupid gimmick". Then the guy next to him had to explain that she's an actual dentist.

Paul Bearer's real name was William Moody, not Paul

Simon: "Fans were perfectly happy to accept a dodgy policeman as the real deal..." Me: That's because it's actually believable.

Paul bearer’s real name wasn’t Paul moody, it was BILL Moody.

CM Punk. His Straight Edge gimmick was his real ideology.

I hate to admit it but I didn’t get the Paul Bearer pun until I was like 10

Paul Bearer and The Undertaker were my favorites as a kid. When that church bell rang, my eyes lit up!

Sparky Thurmond Plugg or STP for short is something used in automobiles.

Paul Bearer wasn't lost on me as a kid, but then again my dad died when I was 5.

imagine if thE REPO MAN was in that list..

Simon sounds kind of negative at some of the over the top gimmicks but I personally long for this stuff. It's what wrestling needs these days and doesn't have enough of. Need gimmicks. Maybe in the past I would look at them as over the top but with the shortage of gimmicks nowadays I can't help but look at them and long for them.

Also: Matt Striker

Uh Boss Man was a prison guard but not the warden. In US the Warden is the chief administrator in charge of running the prison on day to day business. He is not a guard patrolling cell blocks and watching personally over inmates.

Shane Douglas taught at my highschool (well before my time) New Brighton High School

As a kid, I got Paul Bearer and the Undertaker mixed up because pall bearers are supposed to be strong enough to carry coffins while undertakers are the guys who embalm the bodies, so it doesn't take as much strength. I was a weird kid.

No "Duke the Dumpster" or Max Moon?!!! lol

When I was a kid when I saw Paul Bearer and Undertaker in their WWIII debut, I was shocked at how many kids in the crowd were actually crying in fear. No joke, if you watch that 6-man tag team match now you will hear and see cries of fear, not boos, when Undertaker enters the ring

I don’t know if Dr Britt Baker DMD counts cause it’s not even a gimmick, let alone a ridiculous one.

Brother love really loved everybody. Andre the Giant was really a giant. Berzerker was also really a viking.

other wrestlers who were teachers: Spike/Runt/Lil' Runt Dudley, Matt Striker, and Blitzkrieg(Blitzkrieg returned to teaching the 2000's and even wound up on the news in 2018 s parents and teachers were pissed he use to wrestler as a Nazi) wrestlers who were bouncers or body guards: Vampiro, Dave Batista/David Batista/Batista, Sting, Road Warrior Animal, Rob Terry, Giant Haystacks, and "Ravishing" Rick Rude

What about David Otunga? Isn’t he an actual lawyer?

The Maestro seems like it was a pretty good gimmick. It should have gone over better.

Dont forget Nailz , convict that fight against the boss man

Jimmy Hart was a member of The Gentrys, but he didn't sing lead on their biggest hit "Keep On Dancing" -- Guitar player Larry Raspberry sang that one

Chris Harvard really went to Harvard and is now a neuroscientist studying sports related brain injuries.

What’s the deal with boss man actually having a badge and removing it before the match ? After a while the badge disappears from tv entirely

"OH YEEEEEEESSS!"

Dr. Paul bearer was actually a fright night TV show commentator that lived in Winter Haven Florida, I'm almost certain that's where they got the name. But it was a totally different guy

The Big Bossman being corrupt as hell and beating up people at random was the most realistic part of his gimmick.

General Adnan’s real name is Adnan Bin Abdul Kareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie. He grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, his father was an imam, and Saddam Hussein was a friend from high school. He attended Oklahoma’s State, where he was on the wrestling team. Turned pro in 1959 as Adnan Kaissey, but his most popular gimmick was as Billy White Wolf. He and Jay Strongbow held the WWWF tag team titles. Needing neck surgery, he worked a match with Ken Patera where Patera “broke” his neck with his swinging neckbreaker. After recuperation he worked for New Japan in 1974 as the Sheik of Sheiks, and in 1981 debuted in the AWA as Sheik Adnan El Kaissey, wrestling and later managing. In 1990 he worked in the WWF as General Adnan, managing Sgt Slaughter and The Iron Sheik.

I'm pretty sure Barry Darsow was actually a repo man at some point in his life.

6:57 that moment VINCE remembers oh vYeah I have the final say and ..... why am I lookin' this ridiculous ?!

How about that wrestler called Vamp? He’s a vampire. And Jim Cornet who always carried a tennis racket.

Bill Moody (Paul Bearer) being a qualified mortician I knew. General Adnan being a real life former friend of Hussein I knew. Jimmy Hart being a musician and writing most of the WWF's and later WCW wrestler theme songs I knew. The rest I'll admit to not knowing.

I remember almost all of these. #1 was the only one I hadn't heard of before.

I dunno, I see Robert Kellum pretty frequently at conventions, he's known as "Papa Stro"

Bastian Booger was actually a gigantic, sentient booger.

Mean Gene could be pretty mean at times.

You do realize that Paul Bearer's real name wasn't Paul Moody, right? It was William Alvin Moody...

What about crime time they were really street thugs

William "Bill" Moody, not Paul.

Iron Shiek was like Jinder Mahal

I'm confused. What it TRUE about sparky plug. He wasn't a race car driver so what part of that was true??

Paul's name was DOPENESS.

I hear or see Simon Miller and I hit the like button. No questions asked. Like Pavlov's dogs and the bell, Simon = Like!

It's funny how, in addition to Adnan, Nikolai Volkoff and Iron Shiek had also come to America to escape the nations they pledged allegiance to on screen.

This list, but yet a Day Time Kid Show Host/ Fighting Murder Clown is the best thing ever?

I think Undertaker helped Paul get into the WWE since Paul managed him while he tried to get into the WWF in the first place so he probably suggested Paul Moody to Vince McMahon or something like that

Paul Bearer's name was Bill Moody, not Paul Moody. The Big Boss Man was a guard, not a warden.

Ol anderson?

1:00 - Who is Bob grappling with here? I know I've seen him, but his name escapes me...

I like Paul Bearer I knew him as Percy Pringle he was a great person and friend I met him in Dallas Texas at the legendary sportatorium he was a manager back then 2 I really like him rest in peace Percy Pringle!!!

That's one badass dentist!

Well as far as the Big Boss man went, he was actually a corrections officer in Cobb County GA. A corrections officer works in a prison and isn't a police officer. They made this mistake with the Mountie in the early 90s, Jacques Rougeau would just wrestle under his own name when in Canada at that time.

I just love how he says WCW lol

The Maestro. What is Derby C Derby?

"Bad guy Col. Tom Parker" is just regular Col. Tom Parker

2:29 His name was William Moody

Paul Bearer’s real name was William Moody, not Paul Moody. He was also Percy Pringle in WCCW.

What about Doink The Clown and the "Heel " Doink the Clown Gimmick?

I had Whataburger last night.

Calling Britt Baker's gimmick "ridiculous" is stretching a little. I love how she berates everyone with technical dentistry talk and if i didn't know she was a dentist, i wouldn't not believe it.

Big Boss Man wasn't a cop, he was still a jail warden like in real life.

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Bill Moody, Simon. BILL Moody, not Paul. :P

Repo Man. flippin lame anyway and such a fall from grace for SMASH.

Tommy Dreamer actually had dreamd

I'm hoping there's a bit with Britt later on where she's in the dentist office with someone and they're going over her accolades. The person pipes off that she'll never win the AEW Women's Title. She sets them back and as the camera pulls away you hear screaming and the dentist drill.

I wouldn't technically count Britt Baker. She does perform dentistry in AEW That would be like including Kurt Angle had a wrestling gimmick

Dr. Bill Miller really was a veterinarian.

I did know of an independent wrestler that used Dragon Ball Z as part of his gimmick. I don't think he still uses it anymore though.

Interesting Adnan story

2:23 but why is Adam taking a shit on the desks tho??

I know the big boss man was actually a correctional officer but there’s no way in hell he was a warden, not sure if Warden means something different in the UK but down here it means you run the prison

Is that Simon from Rock reacts

Undertakers awesome and I liked Big Boss man character. This video wasn't all bad gimmicks, some of them were though.

I have a friend that likes the fact their depressed and it sickens me to the core

Number 1 should be Duke the Dumpster Drosie!

Jesse The Body Ventura ... has an actual body.

Paul Moody lol his name was William

The Big Boss Man was a brilliant gimmick.

Repo Man?!?!

Duke "The Dumpster"