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Old 05-11-2004, 12:08 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by Kane Knight
And they were doing it before Tough Enough...
Right. They let The Rock's "non-wrestling" name slip on actual WWE events more than once. Even in The Rock's first home video, he called himself "Dwayne Johnson".

They had A&E specials devoted to their wrestlers.

and in the case of Mick Foley...they realized they couldn't fool wrestling fans with a Mankind mask when they knew he was Cactus Jack from WCW and ECW. In fact, the breaking of kayfabe in his case was a big part of his WWE successes.
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