Gene Snitsky Reveals Why He Was Able To Punt The Baby So Well On WWE Raw

Gene Snitsky was involved in a few notorious on-screen moments during his 2004 feud with Kane, including the segment where he punted a baby doll in the middle of the ring.

During a recent appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Snitsky was asked about the segment and noted that he was actually an all-area punter during his junior year of high school.

"Well, here's the thing, going back to like I was saying about football and all that, I was actually an all-area punter my junior year of high school. I averaged like 37 yards as a junior in high school, so I had always had the leg to do it. And ironically, all these years later, that's one of the things I'm known for. It's kind of funny," he said.

The 55-year-old then went on to note that WWE weren't aware of his athletic history and detailed how the segment was planned out, saying:

"No, like I said, I sat in catering and just waited for somebody to come and get me. Dean Malenko came and got me and said, they need you to ring for the first shot. But when we were doing a baby thing, Vince was there as well with that. A little bit of a funny story, we're walking through it, Vince was like, 'Then you're going to kick the baby into the crowd'. I'm like, cool. I'm thinking to myself, I'm going to try to kick it as high as I could to hit the Tron thing up top. Then they give me the baby. I'm like, man, it's gonna be kind of hard to do. Have you ever tried to kick a baby? It's not easy. You think it shouldn't be that hard, but it's actually pretty hard to kick a baby, though. But anyways, so in my head, I'm thinking I'm gonna whack the sh*t out of this thing. I'm gonna kick it as high as I can.

"And then Vince is like, 'Whatever you do, don't miss the baby. Make sure you kick it.'. I'm like, 'Listen, Mr. McMahon, I was already a punter in high school. This is gonna be f*cking amazing'. And he just looked at me and just left it at that. Then we went out. We did it in the whole spiel, and then back through the curtain, he gives me a big hug, he's like, that was great. I'm like, I told you. I don't have a confidence issue. I'm pretty confident in my ability, so I knew it was gonna be great".

These days, Snitsky runs a military and survival gear store in Hamburg, Pennsylvania.

H/T Fightful

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