Bob Holly - Nice Guy?

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Nova/Simon Dean posted this on his Facebook:

So I heard throught the grapevine that I was apparently "buried" in Bob Holly's book. My thoughts on this are as follows - Bob Holly was a good worker who I always had solid matches with.

Personally, he was despised by all who ever met him for being an a**hole bully who sucked the air out of every room he ever came into. Every person I ever knew in WWE hated the guy, with good reason. He was always miserable and treated everyone like crap. From taking liberties on Matt Capottelli (and to this day , how anyone can condone what happened, is truly insane) to beating up his {deleted, see original Facebook post] Rene Dupree, Bob showed his true colors, unless of course, the victims name was Brock Lesner, and then we all know how that worked out.

He was also the biggest "stooge" in company history as he spent more time on the road and TV in Johnny's office than Johnny's suit coat did! If you blinked the wrong way or sneezed , good old Plug was off to the races to Johnny, Vince, Taker or JBL..didn't matter who...that was how he stirred up sh** constantly for no reason, hence the reason he was there for so long. I don't care about stating the obvious , due to the fact I'm not going back to WWE either, so I guess that makes me and Bob equal.....

In thinking about it, I don't actually hate Bob. I pity him. You know why? Because of his ruined legacy and how he went out. Is Bob working as an agent or trainer? No. Is he in TNA or any other company? No. Even the few indys that had him never wanted him back. His "wrestling industry christmas card list" is probably 5 people long and no one has ever had a good word to say about him. Every agent who ever had his matches hated dealing with him and his lousy attitude.

Finally, lets all take a look at how Robert was cast off from the gates of the WWE. Did creative have nothing for him? No. Did he refuse a new contract? No. Did he get injured. No. His dismisal came after he was basically found crawling around backstage STEALING drugs from his "brothers". This had been going on for a while, so finally someone (Ken Kennedy, and good for him) decided to tell the office that Sticky Fingers had to go. And that was that.......

In closing , this will be the only time I address this misfit. The guy who pumped my gas this morning meant more to me than Bob ever did. In fact, he probably meant more, due to the fact he had a smile on his face and was a pleasure to be around....."

takamichinoku

I really like the idea of everyone calling him "good old Plug" for some reason, laughed out loud when I read it.

orestes

I think almost every time I've heard Holly mentioned by another wrestler he comes across as an asshole.

I didn't know about him being released because Kennedy accused him of stealing drugs, can somebody give some more back-story on how that went down?

rovert

orestes wrote: »

I think almost every time I've heard Holly mentioned by another wrestler he comes across as an asshole.

I didn't know about him being released because Kennedy accused him of stealing drugs, can somebody give some more back-story on how that went down?

Kennedy mentioned it in a shoot. Somebody was stealing stuff from guys in the locker room and HHH even held a locker room meeting claiming if he would out who did it, he would personally make sure that person was fired (he even added, "Yeah, I can do that!"). Kennedy outed Holly for it, like Dean says.

Holly's version is that him and Kennedy borrowed painkillers from each other fairly often, and it wasn't a big deal. Then Kennedy, having a grudge against him for some reason, claimed he was stealing them.

Mr.Nice Guy

I agree what he did to Capotelli was a disgrace and the way it was defended at the time as being part of the business etc. was scandalous.

gerrybbadd

A genuine asshole. Was delighted when Lesnar taught him a lesson after trying to make him look bad throughout their match

gimmick

To be fair, Capotelli was laughing during the match. Where they there to learn, or were they there to have a laugh?

Holly may have went ott, but vets have been beating the crap out of trainees since day dot. I'd argue Capotelli learned a lot then and there.

xpletiv

Did Holly actually get a broken neck from Brock?

He continues the match:
http://www.wwe.com/videos/hardcore-holly-vs-brock-lesnar-smackdown-september-12-2002-26041405