To this day, wrestling fans still laugh about Gene Snitsky punting a baby doll into the crowd on WWE RAW.
Former WWE Superstar Gene Snitsky recently sat down with Ari Barkan of PWMania to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked about his iconic WWE moment when he punted a baby doll into the crowd on Monday Night RAW, Snitsky said it came from the mind of Vince McMahon, who was very hands-on with the storyline.
“Well, I was always the kind of guy in high school and grade school that got dared to do something, do it just for a reaction that was just my personality,” Gene Snitsky said. “So, ironically, that was a perfect fit for me. And I can remember, you know, going into the ring and walking through it.
“And Vince was very hands-on with that storyline. So he came in, he’s like, ‘Hey, we’re gonna do this. You know, whatever you do…don’t f**k this up.’ I’m like, ‘Listen, Mr. McMahon. I was gonna be a punter in high school. This is gonna be amazing. Trust me.’ Honestly, to me, I said this the other day on a podcast. The funniest thing to me about that was the little fake baby sounds when I walked out with the baby doll.
“I’m thinking to myself, ‘This is freaking great!’ Like, I’m trying not to laugh while I’m doing the skit. Because it’s so ridiculous, and I’m like, ‘This is awesome!’ So I get in there and, you know, do the whole deal with the baby doll and punted it. It’s crazy like looking back on it. I didn’t think anything of it. It was just another day at the office.
“But it’s, you know, it kind of grew a life of its own…19 years later, we’re still talking about it. So that’s kind of funny to me that something so like off the wall, off the cuff just kind of stuck with the people and resonated with the fans to the point where they’re still talking about it all these years later. But it’s cool because, as a performer, that’s what you strive for. You want to be remembered for your performance. If your performance is accepted and revealed in people, people will remember you.
“So that was my main thing, man; I just wanted to get there, do everything I could, as good as I could, and make everything turn a pile of shit into a pile of gold. That’s kind of just my attitude. I was everything. Everything they gave me. I just wanted to make it the best I could possibly make it, the most entertaining.
“That’s just me. That’s how I live my life. Every day. I like to have fun. I like to goof around with my wife. You know, I always tell her I’m like, life’s too short, man. You got to have fun. If you’re not having fun while you’re doing it. So shout out to my gorgeous wife, Carolyn. Ironically, people still think it was real baby, believe it or not.”
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