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The job squad: 10 wrestlers who competed in work clothes: photos
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Irwin R. Schyster (a.k.a. IRS) made it his mission to ensure the WWE Universe paid their taxes on time.
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1 C0 B, P' c1 w9 k iThe nefarious taxman held the World Tag Team Titles with The Million Dollar Man. Z* w. M A, {" D6 p* R
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Hailing from Mt. Trashmore, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese set out to clean up WWE.
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' {" {3 ]2 ^+ I/ sHis opponents often got taken out with the trash.
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TL Hopper carried his trusty plunger, Betsy, with him to the ring.$ ^* ?2 D9 z% q. D
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5 u) w8 b3 _9 v7 o M+ s1 D% MHis unlucky foes got the grimy plunger shoved into their faces.1 l: }! W8 @- t% D: s
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9 Z2 b8 \& S- i4 DBig Josh made his way from the woods of the Pacific Northwest to WCW.
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The mighty lumberjack carried an axe handle with him to the ring.5 _2 L2 j# j- m
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2 l1 m4 K0 K6 \0 k& o: ^1 v HIsaac Yankem, D.D.S., set out to drill through the competition.3 M3 S t/ K: G* y; h2 j5 x
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5 t! g# T: M9 i7 A3 qWhen he wasn't busy in the ring, Yankem was a practicing dentist.
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0 n% {2 L. W& |7 v [The Mountie sought to bring his version of law and order to WWE.1 f z+ A: R6 n$ E; n$ o' H8 t/ {' w
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& i. S5 m' t( F6 SThat often involved shocking his opposition with a cattle prod.) f3 k4 c3 c( C
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The crooked cop defeated Bret Hart to capture the Intercontinental Title in 1991.' y+ T- m) p+ w0 `* D0 \
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He spent a night in the slammer after losing to The Big Boss Man at SummerSlam 1991.
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Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker was one-half of The State Patrol in WCW.
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With his nightstick in hand, The Big Boss Man tried to uphold justice.2 d$ A# {' T. o
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When he returned to WWE in 1998, he updated his ring gear to that of a SWAT team member.
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