Taz’s most popular gimmick was to go by ”The Human Suplex Machine”, where he would throw opponents around, anywhere and anytime. He recently spoke to Apter Chat, where he revealed that some of his competitors whom he faced in the ring abhorred his gimmick as they would have to take quite a few bumps.
This is what he said:
“That’s why they hated me for the most part because I acted that character, the Human Suplex Machine, I would show up to the arena three hours before the show and I was the Human Suplex Machine, I couldn’t break that in my mind. I wasn’t trying to work anyone, but to portray that character, I had to live that gimmick.”
“No one could ever say to me that I was playing wrestler. I believed I was Taz. I believed I was the Human Suplex Machine. I was the Tazmaniac. That’s who I was and that’s important to succeed as a wrestler even to this day today, in 2018, it doesn’t matter.”
While it was unintentional on his part as he’d never want to hurt anybody, it didn’t really help with his perception that a few wrestlers who faced him had of him.
You can listen to the entire interview below.
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h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.
