Biggest Fan: Barry M. Reardon "Because he is so hairy."
Of all the wrestlers on this list, perhaps the turnbuckle-eating heavyweight, known as much for his incoherence and furry back as his wrestling ability, is the superstar you'd least expect to hold a master's degree. But William Myers bears little resemblance to George "The Animal" Steele, the crazed villain with the green tongue who battled Bruno Sammartino and Chief Jay Strongbow in the late-1960s and 1970s. Myers is a very eloquent teacher and football coach, a member of the Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame, and he exemplifies the pageantry and showmanship that is really at the heart of sports entertainment, something that non-fans never seem to understand.
George "The Animal" Steele spent over two consecutive decades in the World Wrestling Federation, which is remarkable in an industry where wrestlers routinely shuffle back and forth between promotions. As a result, "The Animal" feuded with competitors across many generations, including a memorable storyline where he developed a crush on "Macho Man" Randy Savage's manager, Miss Elizabeth. Their feud included an Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania 2, Savage's WrestleMania debut, that ended only when the Macho Man illegally used the ropes for leverage during a roll-up pin.
William Myers continues to make wrestling appearances when people least expect it. But George "The Animal" Steele has always been about doing the unexpected, and that's one of the reasons this superstar is #49 on our list.
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