Al Snow Reveals Real-Life Frustration That Led To Creation Of His Famous Head Gimmick

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Al Snow revealed on the Going Ringside podcast that his famous Head gimmick was born from real-life personal frustration and a bad attitude he was dealing with at the time. Snow explained that when he returned to ECW, he developed the character as someone having a nervous breakdown under pressure, and the actual mannequin head became part of the act when he found it one night and immediately connected with it creatively. Despite initial resistance from Paul Heyman, who said he hated Snow's "manager," the gimmick was allowed to continue and eventually got over with fans.