A lot of people rip on Vince McMahon for being unoriginal. I'm willing to bet they never even consider Moose Cholak when they bring up things McMahon has stolen ideas from.

 

Decades before Vinnie Mac forced Terry Taylor to dress like and act like a Red Rooster, or before he humiliated Ricky Steamboat with the literal, fire-breathing "Dragon" gimmick, a guy was running through the WWA and AWA named Moose Cholak. His gimmick? He came to the ring wearing a moose's head. A real moose's head.

Must've been fun to haul around on trips.

Here's some fun facts:
Cholak was billed as being from Moosehead, Maine.
He liked to yell "Moooooooooooooooooooooose!!!!!!" a lot

See? He really WAS a moose! And the fact that he wore Rick Steiner-like headgear underneath the moosehead didn't help his image one iota

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