10 forgotten wrestlers of WWE's New Generation Era

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#6 Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz

Steve Lombardi, aka the MVP aka the Brooklyn Brawler aka Abe Schwartz
Steve Lombardi, aka the MVP aka the Brooklyn Brawler aka Abe Schwartz

During the baseball strike of 1994, Vince took note of the fact many fans were angry with the MLB players rather than the MLB itself. He created the Knuckleball gimmick as a way to cash in on cheap heel heat.

Abe was supposedly an MLB star who couldn't play because of the strike. He blamed the fans--apparently any fans, of wrestling or baseball--for being out of work and regularly harangued the WWE audience over this.

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After the strike ended, there wasn't much point in Abe and he just sort of faded away.

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