The time that Eddie Gilbert spent in the WWF was largely uneventful. He was basically a glorified jobber whose high water mark was getting destroyed by the Masked Superstar on television. It wouldn’t be much longer after that he got to shine in smaller promotions and “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert really made people take notice.
By the time Spiros Arion made his return to the then World Wide Wrestling Federation in the mid 70’s, he was already a star of international proportions. The Greek born grappler had already been a star in Europe, but was already one of the biggest stars in Australia. Arion came close to duplicating that status in the United States.
When Diamond Dallas Page announced in 1991 that he was going to give up managing to become a wrestler few gave him a chance. As a manager, he was average at best, but the fact was at the age of thirty five he was entering a profession that was generally started by people ten to fifteen years younger.