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The job squad: 10 wrestlers who competed in work clothes: photos+ F5 N) m7 P; P+ h- Y8 q4 `
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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.9 T/ O& Z- X6 H+ v; N5 y7 z
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The nefarious taxman held the World Tag Team Titles with The Million Dollar Man.
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) x! Z# o" c: |Hailing from Mt. Trashmore, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese set out to clean up WWE.
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His opponents often got taken out with the trash.
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$ j+ p! I$ ? K% xTL Hopper carried his trusty plunger, Betsy, with him to the ring.
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His unlucky foes got the grimy plunger shoved into their faces.
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2 ^/ Y& @$ X$ [. j; N& J: mBig Josh made his way from the woods of the Pacific Northwest to WCW.
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% G4 u: A, t: V" QThe mighty lumberjack carried an axe handle with him to the ring.4 O: \- i9 h) r% u( K
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Isaac Yankem, D.D.S., set out to drill through the competition.) ?9 y: y* ^8 w8 s
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When he wasn't busy in the ring, Yankem was a practicing dentist.
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The Mountie sought to bring his version of law and order to WWE.
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The crooked cop defeated Bret Hart to capture the Intercontinental Title in 1991.
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He spent a night in the slammer after losing to The Big Boss Man at SummerSlam 1991.0 p0 C9 P1 n" c. C7 u* C0 j2 u
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1 W( X( m5 R. ~ D5 i8 k; E( qSgt. Buddy Lee Parker was one-half of The State Patrol in WCW.9 U2 w. E3 U* D, f) A
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: F4 ^& R7 O( [ R, m% ^8 ?When he returned to WWE in 1998, he updated his ring gear to that of a SWAT team member.
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