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# S& W3 H& V5 F4 L3 q. ~( z8 zAbdullah the Butcher took delight in punishing opponents.0 `- |& a1 V# N7 P0 y& ?
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) ^2 l7 @: O% RBruiser Brody didn't often need weapons to dish out pain.
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Dusty Rhodes may be famous for his interviews, but he had no trouble showing his opponents "hard times" in the ring.
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$ T+ w9 h0 v( B* b1 LThe Texas Bullrope Match became Rhodes' specialty.% h! `0 J3 A" U; b M% W
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( k, m) ?0 O: O$ bThe WWE Universe got a peek into Mick Foley's extreme side during his Hell in a Cell Match against The Undertaker.
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. I3 Y0 _) S! a. H; PThe Hardcore Legend wasn't afraid to use barbed wire ...
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! T% r: f3 D& O% ^7 G3 N! aECW's "Original Gangsta," New Jack had many scars from his vicious battles.
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Sabu was called "death-defying" for a reason.
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0 \4 U( i) B% b/ D' U0 V! _. j# vHe put his body on the line in all of his bouts, leaping fearlessly onto his opponents.
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( O% }2 P) D; ^/ V6 |# ~1 X/ QShane McMahon surprised the WWE Universe when he engaged in hardcore battles with Superstars like Kurt Angle.: n C: }7 ~* b
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0 n* k0 Q, S+ p* ZThe Boy Wonder had no fear of heights, diving from atop WWE's monstrous entrance sets.
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3 z8 L& L i7 l3 p8 `$ p, AAfter winning the NWA Championship in the 1970s, Terry Funk reinvented himself as a hardcore brawler in the 1990s.
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/ a7 q' P) w. GDubbed "middle aged and crazy," Funk brawled with ECW's best, capturing the company's World Title.
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0 D6 m/ }+ k; S& W4 P; ^Tommy Dreamer was the heart and soul of ECW.+ ?7 J9 Q7 D9 u' G. ^/ |! |
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! n. H- \% l3 ?5 s q8 K5 w0 QThe Innovator of Violence always came armed with a Singapore Cane.
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