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Baddest bodyguards in sports-entertainment: photos
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; Z0 J3 g3 C) TOpening its doors on Jan. 31, 2000, The Acolytes Protection Agency - or APA - offered up protection ... for a price., y- t7 P7 q2 x9 L& P( V
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t! X* `) z3 K, `5 EFor a time, Chavo Guerrero enlisted the help of Bam Neely to be his bodyguard.5 f1 Y8 B' m' f2 B" c- p2 x
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Big Bubba Rogers acted as Jim Cornette's silent muscle.
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3 L c0 b; k+ }& j# \) z) t0 E"Cowboy" Bob Orton - and his infamous cast - stood by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.8 B7 ~1 L% b; v7 l7 Y. Z& P7 S
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Deacon Batista debuted in 2003 at the side of Revered D-Von.
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5 \/ `, X6 m" O# ?1 NOne of the most famous bodyguards in WWE history, Diesel stood in the corner for Shawn Michaels.( ]# v0 h5 U6 G; [/ q) u
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9 }- |* K6 h( tBack in 1998 in WCW, "Hollywood" Hogan was often seen with his bodyguard, The Disciple, in tow.' t, A. F& r; I5 N) u7 N2 K2 F" L% U
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0 f0 s6 D* ?4 L* J( F. W5 w' ~Before he was one of the longest-reigning WWE Champions of all time, CM Punk utilized Luke Gallows to serve as his bodyguard.
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4 ~( Z) c8 M! w6 FCurtis Hughes was a classic ECW bodyguard.0 y( `4 G0 w7 c0 t" d# K
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" q2 u) i$ y& \Sycho Sid debuted as Shawn Michaels’ bodyguard on the Feb. 20, 1995, episode of Monday Night Raw.3 E# a8 P x7 d( A
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7 X: ]' r* O" n; N5 _7 HThe Wall stood behind Berlin in WCW.
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Perennially at the side of "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, Virgil is, arguably, WWE's most famous bodyguard.2 ~4 S" E: x% h* M* L
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According to Paul Heyman, “911 was a phenomenon. No history of ECW can truly be written without including a chapter on 911." |
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