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The job squad: 10 wrestlers who competed in work clothes: photos
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Irwin R. Schyster (a.k.a. IRS) made it his mission to ensure the WWE Universe paid their taxes on time.
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9 y3 E4 z, V. t1 f1 q3 RThe nefarious taxman held the World Tag Team Titles with The Million Dollar Man.
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7 i* t: o$ j6 F VHailing from Mt. Trashmore, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese set out to clean up WWE./ x. U1 M! s5 P& z' v
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. A2 r! _2 \: P7 Z9 `' {7 HHis opponents often got taken out with the trash.* ^: n- c3 v# P% h/ O$ u( v
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/ i* c6 g( M: YTL Hopper carried his trusty plunger, Betsy, with him to the ring.& j4 |5 q+ U% Z$ O
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His unlucky foes got the grimy plunger shoved into their faces.
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7 s; R4 p& C f$ Q; o/ QBig Josh made his way from the woods of the Pacific Northwest to WCW.% b: \, `+ e3 b1 f# \- @& F
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The mighty lumberjack carried an axe handle with him to the ring.4 G1 f/ i( V5 u0 E$ Q2 U
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Isaac Yankem, D.D.S., set out to drill through the competition./ ]0 X! |. N8 }
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When he wasn't busy in the ring, Yankem was a practicing dentist.5 N6 e7 R6 [; D" M
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- `+ | I2 m$ \; d" M Y. l# fThe Mountie sought to bring his version of law and order to WWE.
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That often involved shocking his opposition with a cattle prod.
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# N: k" n( R* S- QThe crooked cop defeated Bret Hart to capture the Intercontinental Title in 1991.6 ^4 K$ ~% z" o! i* E
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+ I- `/ D- y! k; K; N7 ~: kHe spent a night in the slammer after losing to The Big Boss Man at SummerSlam 1991.
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Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker was one-half of The State Patrol in WCW.
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With his nightstick in hand, The Big Boss Man tried to uphold justice.
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2 D) [( Y6 u x: I8 w: LWhen he returned to WWE in 1998, he updated his ring gear to that of a SWAT team member.
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