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<\/a>10 Things You Might Not Know About \u201cHacksaw\u201d Jim Duggan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By anyone\u2019s estimation, \u201cHacksaw\u201d Jim Duggan is a WWE legend. He started his wrestling career all the way back in 1979, when he had his first pro match against a wrestler by the name of Gino Hernandez<\/a>. Duggan quickly rose through the ranks; although he began life as a heel, he would quickly find fame as a face, and a legendary career with the WWE would follow. Here are 10 things that you might not have known about James Edward Duggan, also known as \u201cHacksaw\u201d Jim Duggan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. He was the first Royal Rumble winner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very first WWE Royal Rumble competition was held in 1988, and \u201cHacksaw\u201d Jim Duggan, who had found favour with the fans as a Springsteen-style American everyman, was its first winner. In a Betway casino<\/a> interview, Duggan explained that he was able to win the competition because he was fast, aggressive, and – more to the point – stayed to the corners of the ring, where other wrestlers couldn\u2019t reach him. Maximising ring time is important, says Duggan, and that\u2019s how you win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Before he was a face, he was a heel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For anyone who\u2019s familiar with Duggan\u2019s American gimmick, it\u2019s pretty much unimaginable to think of him as anything but a hero. However, during a long-forgotten period in the early 1980s, Duggan wrestled as \u201cBig\u201d Jim Duggan, a fairly bland and forgettable heel. He tussled with the likes of Hulk Hogan, who was at that point nowhere near the level of fame he would eventually achieve, but this era of Duggan\u2019s career is perhaps best left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Duggan battled Ted DiBiase in an insane MSW in the early 80s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve never seen Hacksaw wrestle anyone outside the WWE, it\u2019s an experience well worth hunting down. His fury and ferocity are unbridled, and nowhere is this more apparent than in his match against Ted DiBiase in the Mid-South Wrestling promotion in 1982. The two feuded for a while, culminating in a match that was, well, insane. Almost any gimmick for a match you can think of is in here; cages, tuxedos, loser-leaves-town stipulations\u2026it\u2019s ridiculously entertaining and well worth a watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. His 2×4 was originally to move fans out of the way<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHacksaw\u201d Jim Duggan is pretty much inseparable from his 2×4 in the minds of fans everywhere, but he had to get it from somewhere, right? Well, the iconic Bruiser Brody (who also suggested Hacksaw\u2019s name, interestingly enough) posited that Duggan carry his plank into the ring so that rowdy, uncooperative fans would move out of the way. Needless to say, this gambit worked, and Duggan had found himself a gimmick that was worth hanging onto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n