"I lift barbell plates. I eat T-bone steaks. I'm sweeter than a German chocolate cake. How much more of me can you take?"
When you discuss the hyperbolized figures in pro wrestling history, "Superstar" Billy Graham has to be in the conversation. He was supposed to be a reviled rulebreaker, but after hearing him talk, fans never truly reviled him. At the height of his popularity in the 1970s, Graham sold out Madison Square Garden, the original mecca of pro wrestling, 19 times.
If you are a current pro wrestling fan and never heard of Graham, well, you actually have and just aren't aware of it. Hulk Hogan, probably the biggest wrestling star of all time, copied a lot of his persona from Graham. The blond goatee. Walking to the ring wrapped in a feather boa. The emphasis on physique. Using the word "brother" liberally in his interviews. If you closed your eyes and listened to prime Graham and prime Hogan, you could barely tell them apart.
