The question of who is on the Mount Rushmore of professional wrestling will always yield different answers because everyone’s feelings are different and subjective, with the usual choices being Hulk Hogan, The Rock, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Ric Flair and John Cena. . Looking specifically at the stars of the Attitude Era, WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long had some surprising choices for his Mt. Rushmore of wrestling.
“‘Taker (Undertaker), I would say Stone Cold, JBL, Ron Simmons,” Long said on the “Six Feet Under with Mark Calaway” Podcast, before answering why he chose JBL and Simmons. “They were the best and they still – well, they don’t wrestle anymore so I won’t say they still are – but they were the best. They were a great team, the APA, no one could touch them.
Long also revealed the little-known fact that JBL and Simmons were Vince McMahon’s “hit men,” but went on to joke that that was all he was going to say about it. The duo found great success through APA during the Attitude Era and became one of the most feared tag teams in WWE during that time.
The former “WWE SmackDown” general manager then recounted an old story of accidentally driving without Simmons after a bathroom break while heading to the next town and recalled Simmons’ reaction when they came back to pick him up . “We came back up, they opened the door and he’s standing there, and he’s covered in snow, he looks like a snowman, he’s covered in snow, and he looks at me and he goes, ‘Damn, Long. ‘”
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