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Buddy Rose

The Playboy's new Blow Away Diet has him down to a slim, trim 217lbs!!

4 attires, logic, and parameters.

(1990 - 1991)

Rose had another run in the WWF from 1990 to early 1991. Having gained a large amount of weight, he turned this into a comical gimmick dating back to his AWA days. When the ring announcer introduced him and listed his weight at 317 pounds, Rose would angrily take the microphone away from him or her and claim to weigh "a slim, trim, 217 pounds". This would bait the crowd into a booing frenzy. On occasion, he would also do one-handed push-ups and kip-ups in the ring, and challenge other more muscular opponents to a "pose-down." Rose claims that Vince McMahon used to say, "I want everybody to work out...except for Buddy," knowing that Rose's weight was his gimmick. Rose memorably appeared in a faux infomercial for the "Buddy Rose Blow Away Diet," which consisted of pouring powder all over himself and then "blowing away the fat" with a household fan, which resulted in him looking the same. Rose was primarily used as an enhancement talent during this run, earning only a few victories over other undercard wrestlers on house shows, while losing all of his televised matches to elevate other stars, most notably against Kerry Von Erich in Von Erich's WWF television debut on the July 1990 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.

Music: Crowd Booing.mp3