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Jesse Ventura rose to celebrity status as a professional wrestler, but had an interesting journey through life prior to that point as well. For one thing, Ventura was among those wrestlers with a military background, as he served the US Navy from 1969 to 1975, garnering multiple honors. From there, he wound up a bodyguard for no lesser celebrities ...
The nickname The Body became synonymous with Jesse Ventura across over a decade of use. That wasn’t his first moniker during his time in the pro wrestling business, though. Dating back to his run in the Pacific Northwest under promoter Don Owen, he was billed as Jesse “The Great” Ventura. Some of the look and style he’d become famous for were in pl...
One of Jesse Ventura’s signature elements as a color commentator was playing a heel, and specifically acting as a vocal critic of Hulk Hogan, including more than once suggesting he ought to get back in the ring to challenge The Hulkster for the WWE Championship. Related: Hulk Hogan's 5 Worst Rivalries In WWE (And 5 In WCW) Many fans forget Hogan di...
Jesse Ventura quickly became better known for his broadcast work than his wrestling in WWE, and that included hosting The Body Shop--a forgotten wrestling talk showsegment. To fit into “The Body” persona, the set was made up to look like a weightlifting gym, and Don Muraco more than once stepped up to fill in for Ventura. The Rock was a bit less eq...
Though Jesse Ventura worked all but exclusively as a heel broadcaster, and maintained a kayfabe beef with Hulk Hogan (which, interestingly, only afterward gave way to real life animosity). WrestleMania 6 put his character in an interesting spot, though, as he had no heel to root for in the main event collision between Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior...
It's true that not every wrestler can succeed in Hollywood, but Jesse Ventura and Roddy Piper were each ahead of the game in taking a stab at acting, and each enjoyed a degree of success in the endeavor. Interestingly enough, 1991 saw them combine efforts as they were booked to co-star as retired-wrestlers-turned-cops in a series titled Tag Team. U...
Eric Bischoff has more than once spoken on his 83 Weeks podcast about Jesse Ventura’s broadcast work for WCW. Bischoff did not appreciate The Body’s efforts, including feeling that Ventura went out of his way to focus on getting himself over rather than pushing the talents in the ring, and also discussing a story of Ventura once being found asleep ...
Jesse Ventura returned to WWE television in 2009 for a one-off appearance on Monday Night Raw, playing a heel and, most memorably, compelling Vince McMahon to reprise their old commentary partnership one more time for the main event segment. During the show, Ventura offered some revisionist history in knocking John Cena for getting endless title op...
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19 Photos. Jesse Ventura was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Bernice Martha (Lenz), a nurse who was of German descent, and George William Janos, a steam fitter of Slovak ancestry.
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Aug 9, 2013 · Famous Veteran: Jesse Ventura. In this Sept. 21, 2012, file photo, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura speaks at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. (Jim Mone/AP File Photo) Military.com...
