>>16130868It does spoil the fun, but you've gotta remember brother, it's an outlaw business.
What does outlaw mean?
Most talents were rough, unpolishable, dangerous lawbreaking sons of bitches who've been abused a lot and hurled a lot of abuse around them all the time.
Some trafficked cocaine, others heroin, there's guys that drove bootleg around, and Grizzly Smith is an example of a guy convicted for sexual misconduct of a minor. He was the 2nd in command in Mid-South for a large part of the territory's existence under Bill Watts.
These guys got guns drawn on them in arenas and at bars from time to time, in part because of the heat they drew and in part because they would finish fights the painful way whenever a drunk started one.
Pro wrestling was a way for these outcasts and misfits to make an honest living, but being surrounded with dishonesty and thievery, it's no wonder some would smuggle hard drugs across states for a bit of gas money.
