10 Forgotten Pro Wrestling Scandals
These are 10 forgotten pro wrestling scandals
Professional wrestling has had more than its fair share of scandals.
No surprise then that a few crimes and misdemeanours may have been forgotten about, even if they were major news at the time or particularly salacious in detail.
Some were somehow never major news, while others were effectively swept under the mat. Regardless, they’re all part of professional wrestling’s sordid history and we ought to make sure they do not fully escape out collective memory.
These are 10 Forgotten Pro Wrestling Scandals.
10. Hardbody Harrison
A former US Army veteran of the Gulf War, Harrison Norris Jr. decided to try his hand at pro wrestling and enrolled in the WCW Power Plant training school in the mid 90s.
Used as an occasional jobber by the Turner-backed organisation, the man who performed as Hardbody Harrison was one of several talents who received a sizeable payout (rumoured to be one million dollars) when a racial discrimination lawsuit against the company was settled in 2003.
Norris didn’t use that money to create a better life for himself, however. On the contrary, he was making the lives of others completely miserable.
In August of 2004, Norris was arrested in Smyrna, Georgia and charged with three counts of false imprisonment. He spent the night in jail and was released on $55,00 bond.
A year later, the FBI raided his home and he was once again arrested, this time on nine federal counts of false imprisonment and trafficking women, who accused the toughman contest winner of various abuses.
Choosing to represent himself during trial, Norris couldn’t convince the jury and was sentenced to life in prison, which is where he remains today.
