10 Most Unprofessional Wrestlers Ever
9. The Great Antonio
While he barely qualifies as a professional wrestler, the Great Antonio was not exactly a model pro.
At the best of times, it is not a particularly advisable idea to treat pro wrestling as a joke and make a mockery of the form. Virtually any wrestler in that situation would, at a minimum, aim a barely-worked stiff shot in a "safer" place. Just to let that person know not to take the piss.
The last person you want tagging you for "real" is Antonio Inoki, whose entire modus operandi was to present pro wrestling as a branch of martial arts.
Enter the Great Antonio, an "eccentric" strongman who dabbled in wrestling throughout the 1960s. He even did a couple of jobs for Bruno Sammartino. Dredged up for a tour of New Japan in 1977, much of it passed by without incident as he was steadily built up for Inoki as the foreign menace du jour by winning a series of three-on-one handicap matches.
It was during the singles match, on December 8, that the Great Antonio made his bid for infamy. He decided to no-sell Inoki's strikes with a face best summed up as "ner ner ner ner ner" and touched his belly as if it to say "You fake wrestler, you cannot get past me and my strength!"
In response to this thoroughly obnoxious display, Inoki kicked seven bells of sh*t out of him.