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Kōyamaki

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  1. I actually tried editing this post again but, there is apparently a time limit window on that function, so...I'll just make note of some of the factual errors I made regarding some of the information about the bios. I recently learned that Jake the Snake was actually still wrestling in smaller indie promotions after he had left the then "WWF." For all these years, I just assumed that the reason he was never seen on TV anymore was because he had retired from the business. Easy mistake to make at that time.

    I also learned that Lex Luger ( real name Larry Pfohl ) actually had a previous gig with WCW before he debuted in the WWF as "The Narcissist." Almost nobody who was not an avid wrestling fan way back even remembers these earlier career runs of his in Jim Crockett Promotions and WCW. Likewise, almost nobody still remembers Razor's older personas such as "Big Scott Hall, Starship Coyote"  or the "Diamond Studd." It turns out there is a lot more backstory to some of these characters than I ever realized growing up. I couldn't believe that some of these huge stars had such humble beginnings as tag partners to other guys who were permanently relegated to jobber status while they ascended. A key skill to climbing the ranks of stardom in pro-wrestling is being good on the "stick" <-- informal slang for microphone.

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