Things have never come easy for wrestler Al Snow. When he learned how to
wrestle, he couldn’t have picked two tougher teachers than Gene Anderson and Ole
Anderson. Gene
and Ole were notorious for brutalizing would-be wrestlers to
the point of injury and charging them for their troubles. However Snow proved he
was tough enough to withstand the Anderson Brothers brutal
school before going on to wrestle.
Snow wrestled for several years in various promotions,
earning the respect and praise of fans that saw his matches
but achieving little in the way of fame. When he entered the WWF
in the early 1990’s, his fans expected him to make a big
impression but he found himself saddled with a variety of
failed gimmicks such as Avatar, Leif Cassidy, and
Shinobi. However
Snow persevered and was able to showcase his talents in Extreme Championship
Wrestling before returning to the WWF as Al Snow rather
one of the many ridiculous gimmicks that had
fizzled.
One of Snow's toughest opponents was the Big Bossman. The two feuded
over the WWF Hardcore Title which the Bossman won the
WWF Hardcore Championship from Al Snow at the 1999 Fully
Loaded pay-per-view. The feud heated up after
the Bossman dognapped Snow's pet Chihuahua
"Pepper". The situation worsened when the Bossman served
Pepper up to an unwitting Snow and their feud culminated in
the much maligned "Kennel in a Cell" match at the 1999
Unforgiven pay-per-view with Snow defeating the
Bossman
During the Attitude Era, Snow was a frequent
participant in the hardcore matches that were popular in the
WWF at the time.
Fans flocked to Snow when he introduced Head, a
mannequin head that he brought to ringside and which he
thought could talk to him. Snow’s bizarre
relationship with Head took a turn for the ridiculous when
stores banned his action figure because it was felt that
Snow’s relationship with Head promoted violence against
women.
While Snow was fairly popular in his second run in the
WWF, he found even more popularity when he became the head
trainer on the WWF reality series Tough Enough. Snow slowly began to
phase out of in-ring action as he concentrated on Tough Enough
and announcing duties on Sunday Night Heat.
After Tough Enough ended, Snow continued to announce on
Sunday Night Heat and even formed a short-lived heel team with
Jonathon Coachman against fellow announcers Jim Ross and Jerry “the King” Lawler. Snow continues to make
occasional appearances on the indie
circuit.
