Upon the introduction of the heel "Team Canada", the Misfits In Action became Made In America, though much of the gimmick remained the same. The group's comedic nature and the work rate of some of the wrestlers made the group immediate favorites with fans. Rection (a pun on the term "huge erection"), and lead the group in a feud against the Filthy Animals. Morrus, the leader, re-christened himself General Hugh G. and Booker T) formed the comedy stable Misfits In Action they all adopted new military-themed names for themselves. These ex-New Blood members (including Chavo Guerrero, Jr. The angry Morrus gimmick came to a halt when Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff took over and promised to take WCW in a "new direction."Īfter getting on Russo's bad side (in kayfabe), Morrus was fired from his "New Blood" stable along with a number of other wrestlers. He returned in early 2000 utilizing the same name and ring attire, but squashing a number of wrestlers as an angrier version of himself. It seemed that he (along with the rest of the group) were on their way to a major push when they secured a Pay-Per-View win over their Revolution rivals until the group suddenly broke up.Īt this time, DeMott took some time off from WCW. Now joining the growing Hardcore wrestling style in WCW he joined Jimmy Hart's First Family stable. As a curtain jerker he made history on September 22 1997, when he became the first wrestler to lose a televised match to Bill Goldberg.Īfter this, still using the Hugh Morrus gimmick, he changed tracks completely. Upon the dissolution of the Dungeon Of Doom, Morrus was relegated to a lower spot on the card than ever before. Unfortunately, he joined at a time of flux in WCW as the Dungeon of Doom was breaking up and Hogan was making a heel turn as well. In 1996 Morrus turned heel by joining the Dungeon of Doom in their quest to end Hulkamania. Seeing the nearly 300 pound man sail through the air impressed a number of people (both in the crowd and backstage) and Hugh was soon pushed as a mid-card face, usually in tag team matches. The most prominent thing about Hugh Morrus was his finisher, a moonsault dubbed No Laughing Matter. He made his television debut using the same gimmick, but with the name Hugh Morrus (a pun on the word "humorous") and he would stay with that for most of his WCW career. He debuted in dark matches as The Man of Question and The Laughing Man, a strange gimmick that saw him wearing a singlet covered in question marks and laughing a lot. In 1995, DeMott was signed to a World Championship Wrestling (WCW) contract at the behest of Kevin Sullivan who had been impressed by him. When DeMott returned to the United States, he wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling for a short time, before moving on to Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling where once again he won a heavyweight championship, this time outlasting a number of competitors in a battle royal to get it. In 1993, while competing in W*ING, Demott won a 16-man tournament to be crowned their heavyweight champion.Įxtreme Championship Wrestling (1993-1994) Under this name he found some success, first capturing the AWF Heavyweight title from Steve Strong in Puerto Rico, before moving on to the Japanese promotion W*ING and winning their tag team championship with Mr. In 1992 DeMott began wrestling for the American Wrestling Federation and started using the name Crash The Terminator. From there he began working at small independent promotions using his real name. 1.4 World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (2001-2007)ĭeMott was trained by Johnny Rodz in his New York wrestling school beginning in 1988.
1.2 Extreme Championship Wrestling (1993-1994).
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