5 interesting facts about EC3

#3 He advertised The World’s Strongest Man cologne

In January 2011, Derrick Bateman aka EC3 made an impact of a different nature on Raw. In a pre-taped video segment, where he played the part of a scientist at the ‘Bateman-Institute’, he advertised a Mark Henry brand cologne which was supposedly developed at his science lab.

The reason for this was unknown at the time as the gimmick was never followed up by any match with or against Mark Henry in the future. It seemed like the creatives had planned something but pulled out later.

Later on, a report by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter revealed that the skit was an internal joke.

The reason behind it was that Henry had a reputation for smelling the worst while sweating as compared to anyone else in the company.

It was so much that many wrestlers even brought up the issue while working with him. Due to that, the ‘cologne’ was used as a joke on Raw where Bateman was the star.