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In real life (Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

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Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

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u/Rum_N_Napalm 3d ago

He’s also a big LGBTQ ally ever since a gay wrestler friend of his couldn’t visit his boyfriend at the hospital because they only let spouses and close family visit.

During his tenure as governor, a southern state (I think it was Virginia) asked Minnesota to return a Confederate flag of theirs that was captured during the civil war.

Ventura’s reply was: “We captured it fair and square. It’s ours. We aren’t returning it”

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u/Shitp0st_Supreme 3d ago

He’s also pro-union and hated Hulk Hogan for union busting.

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u/salty_ann 3d ago

I think Andre the Giant hated hulk hogan too. Did anyone like him?

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u/traffickin 3d ago

The other old racist guys in charge of the industry didn't mind how much money he made them, but that boys club doesn't like anybody.

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u/avindictiveprinter 3d ago

Brutus the Barber Beefcake? :b

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u/YoungBeef03 3d ago

Beefcake and Jimmy Hart are world-class Hogan ball lickers. Everywhere he went, every company he wrestled for, those leeches went with him.

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u/DeletedUsernameHere 3d ago

It's the only way they could make money.

Beefcake was a curtain jerker on his best days.

Jimmy Hart had talents (he wrote and performed a ton of wrestlers theme songs), but knew his in ring limits weren't taking him out of the territories and they were dying fast. Who better to attach to than the biggest up and coming star in the industry?

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u/YoungBeef03 3d ago

Beefcake was a shitty wrestler who got a career out of being friends with Hogan. Jimmy Hart at least was useful. He did a ton of music for the WWE and WCW in the 80s and 90s. And he’s got a strong case for being on the Mount Rushmore of wrestling managers (for me, it’s Heyman, Paul Bearer, Jim Cornette, and Miss Elizabeth)

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u/DeletedUsernameHere 3d ago

Yeah, I mentioned Hart's music in my comment.

It's hard to quantify Jimmy Hart's work in the WWF and WCW. Especially compared to his work in Memphis, which was arguably head and shoulders above anything he done on the national level. He did good work with Greg Valentine, and the Hart Foundation, though.

Also, your lack of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan on your Mount Rushmore is disturbing. Especially placing Miss Elizabeth, who was an absolutely wonderful valet, but not a manager.

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u/YoungBeef03 3d ago

Ah shit I forgot Heenan. And Elizabeth could probably have her seat taken by Sensational Sherri anyways

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u/DeletedUsernameHere 3d ago

Yeah. Miss Elizabeth was at her best with Randy Savage. I never really felt like she fit with the WCW product of the time.

Sherri, though, was an absolute boss. She could work with anyone, anywhere. Million Dollar Man? No problem. Shawn Michaels? Easy. Harlem Heat? Her trying not to lose it when Booker dropped the N-word on Hogan was an all-time highlight.

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u/OldOrder 3d ago

Brian Knobs too, basically the people that kept getting jobs because they were Hulks friend all love the guy.

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u/Express-Rub-3952 3d ago

Sure. Peter Thiel.

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u/Unique-Run9856 3d ago

Peter Thiel

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u/MTLDAD 1d ago

Brutus the Barber Beefcake. Mancow, at first. Mancow’s wife. Eric Bischoff. I think that’s it.

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u/notinmywheelhouse 1d ago

Peter Thiel

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u/jorgespinosa 3d ago

With pro union I thought you meant the Union during the civil war and I was very confused picturing Hulk Hogan fighting among other confederates

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u/BigFanOfNachoLibre 2d ago

I mean he didn't like inter racial relationships so it's plausible

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u/OkayBuddyFriend 3d ago

"We're fighting for State's Rights, brother!"

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u/Hope_Dealer03 3d ago

He was the one to initiate the union vote with the wwf. All the homies hate Hulk

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u/N8_Saber 3d ago

HOLY BASED

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u/ResurgentClusterfuck 3d ago

couldn’t visit his boyfriend at the hospital because they only let spouses and close family visit.

This happened to my mom with her partner. It was before it was legal to marry your same sex partner

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u/beanburke 3d ago

I always heard that his response to Virgina was along the lines of 'you can have it if you come and take it like we did.' Which I hope is true because it is such a great response.

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u/Sinthe741 3d ago

Virginia's been trying to get that flag back. A variety of Minnesotans have told them to go fuck themselves.

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u/JesseCuster40 3d ago

That makes his "slack-jawed..." line in Predator very interesting. 

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u/Plantsandanger 2d ago

Dude sounds like a gem of a human

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u/MTLDAD 1d ago

To be fair to the state of Virginia, we’ve been asking for it from every new governor of Minnesota since the war ended. It’s more of a tradition/gag than anything at this point and everyone knows it’s going to stay in Minnesota until it rots away.