7 Times Pro Wresting broke the "Fourth Wall"

#4 Dean Malenko says the Revolution has Heat

The Revolution stable in WCW consisted of Shane Douglas, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, and Chris Benoit (not pictured.)

The Revolution stable in WCW was, at first, something of a new generation Four Horsemen. The idea was to bundle together four superstars who were stuck in the mid-card and try to make them more popular by teaming them up.

But when Vince Russo joined WCW the first thing he did was change the Revolution from a no-nonsense stable to an anti-American, pseudo-militia that garnered cheap heat from the crowd by being un-American. The popularity of the Montana Freemen, a militia group who claimed to have seceded from the USA--despite taking federal handouts like food stamps--probably led to Russo's decision to repackage the quartet.

But there was a catch: while most of the stable would deadpan put down the United States, Perry Saturn would often act ridiculously goofy in segments, somewhat spoiling the mood. Dean Malenko once broke the fourth wall by staring at Saturn and saying "What are you doing, man? We got heat!"

Heat referred to crowd fervour in the wrestling world, and Malenko was acknowledging the fact that the Revolution was getting hate from the audience. He quickly amended his statement to be "We've got Harlem Heat," the tag team they were to face in the following match, but it was a shaky dodge at best.

Malenko may not have been impressive on the mic, but he surely was a master in-ring technician.