In the late ’80s, Aew’s Tony Schiavone often grew a mustache during his tenure in the NWA, and was officially seen at the time. But by the 90s, when he began working with WWE, Schiavone had started to throw away his mustache and wear the clean shaved look he would maintain until he appeared in TNA with a richer beard.
Strangely enough, in his episode of “What happened,” according to Ciaborne, the podcast is not his decision to shave his then-traditional moustache, but that is simply one of Vince McMahon’s whims. “Vince McMahon comes to me and he says, ‘I need to ask you something, and I hope you don’t mind doing this.” I think I’m a bit new,” recalled the veteran, joking that McMahon would not have asked him well, as he was said to have done in other cases before.
“But he said, ‘Can I do this?’ He says, “Gene Oakerland has a mustache and we want him to be the only announcer with a mustache.” And then I said, “Would you shave it?” And that’s why I was a mustacheless one. “In addition, Schiavone added that in the case of the Crockett brothers, David and Jimmy originally wanted him to raise a mustache, as they thought he was too young in their days with the NWA.
Today, Schiavone boasts a rich beard with pride.
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