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When I was a kid Bad News was wrestling in Calgary and I heard rumors then that he was legit tough, that he beat the snot out of a young Dynamite for being cocky. Same thing for Slater when I'd read about him in the wrestling mags, they portrayed him like a real tough guy bad ass. I was never impressed with what I heard about Harley until I got a bit older and realized that his lack of swagger was just confidence that he could always handle any situation.
Everyone likes to tell the story of Slater getting hot at Sting and sticking his head in the toilet. Paul Orndorff tells a better story of the future Mr Wonderful and his college roommate going down to the beach in Tampa. His roommate tried to pick up a girl in front of her boyfriend. Boyfriend commences to whoop roommate's ass and followed him back to the dorms. Future All-Pro for the Raiders, John Matuszak, wasn't allowed to come out of his room until he wrote an apology to Dick Van Slater... who then probably went home and did his homework like any other high school student.