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Haystacks Calhoun

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The Resume

    (August 3, 1934-December 7, 1989)
    Birth name is William Calhoun
    Former WWE Team Champion
    Wrestled for the WWE

Why he might be annoying:

    He would always wear a horseshoe around his neck.
    He would wrestle barefoot and in overalls to reflect his background.
    He weighed around 450 to 500 pounds, yet the WWE didn't feel that was heavy enough so they billed him as being 601 pounds.
    He was involved in a battle royal in Los Angeles but they didn't want him to win, so they changed the rules by having all the wrestlers pile on top of him to pin his shoulders to the mat.
    His weight was supposed to make him look superior, yet Bruno Sammartino slammed him easily.
    He was one of the first in a long list of hillbilly wrestlers to make their way through the WWE.
    He died from diabetes, yet many people think he died from a heart attack due to his massive weight.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was one of wrestling's biggest attractions in the 60's and 70's and rarely lost a match.
    He was in huge demand with promoters all over North America.
    He was a devoted family man, always traveling with his wife.
    He and Tony Garea made for a unique tag team. Haystacks was heavy and sloppy-looking while Garea was about half the size of him, in good shape and a huge fan with the ladies, yet the two made a great tag team and won the tag belts together.
    The WWE named him one of the 50 greatest wrestlers in the history of the company.

Credit: Reo Rogerz


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 19 Votes: 31.58% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 61 Votes: 63.93% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 73.81% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 107 Votes: 65.42% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 108 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 348 Votes: 66.95% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 324 Votes: 64.51% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 49 Votes: 53.06% Annoying