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#4 WWE Hall of Famer Michael Hayes was told to get a haircut
WWE Executive Director Bruce Prichard recalled in 2020 how Michael Hayes was ordered to get a haircut after joining the company as an on-screen personality.
Speaking on his Something to Wrestle With podcast, Prichard said Vince McMahon wanted the Fabulous Freebird to work for him in 1995. However, the WWE Chairman had concerns about Hayes' long hair and beard, which he considered to be a “country wrestling look.”
“We had the tryout, put him in the booth. Vince was like, 'Let's do this thing. Just one thing, Michael, we got to talk about the hair.' He was like, 'Whatever you need, boss.' It just so happened, we had a hairstylist upstairs,” Prichard said.
McMahon asked the stylist to cut Hayes’ hair and shave his beard, but he allowed his new employee to keep his mustache.
Prichard thought Hayes’ haircut was “respectable” and made him look 10 years younger. The latter was also renamed Dok Hendrix after joining WWE. The name was inspired by Doc Severinsen (band leader on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) and Jimi Hendrix.
