Corporal Punishment (wrestler)

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rdf:langString I got married in 2005 and, for whatever reason, I made the absolutely horrible mistake of inviting The Iron Sheik to my wedding. And if you've seen the stuff on YouTube or the stuff on Howard Stern, that's really him – he's a freakin' maniac.

rdf:langString He put the Camel Clutch on my marriage.

rdf:langString I honestly don't think [the marriage] ever recovered after that. … It was a freakin' disaster.

rdf:langString She said, 'Whatever you do, don't let him get on the microphone.' So, I tell my best man – and he's a huge wrestling fan growing up – 'Joe, man, don't do it – don't put the Sheik on the microphone.' So, as he's giving his best-man speech, [wrestler] Stevie Richards – who's one of my closest friends but a helluva instigator … I see Stevie has Sheik by the arm and he's walking him up to my best man with the microphone, and I'm like, 'Oh, man. What's going on?'

rdf:langString My wife's side of the family knows nothing about wrestling, they're not into wrestling – so they're very much normal. And the Sheik gets up there and says I'm one of his closest friends and what a great person I am and he loves me so much – "Danny McDermitt." So, he calls me by the wrong name – and I think, 'Oh, this is going to be good.'

rdf:langString Meanwhile, my side of the place – the wrestling [side] – is going crazy, screaming and yelling. And my wife's side of the family is absolutely horrified. Then Stevie comes running and pulls out a 'Hulkamania' sign and [Sheik] goes into a tangent about – [the usual one] you've heard on YouTube.

rdf:langString Here's the thing: a big part of my family is Jewish. I have family members who married and converted [to Judaism]. So, my fiancee at the time wasn't really comfortable with [Sheik coming to the wedding] because she knows how the Sheik is and she's seen the videos of him. And I had a lot of people in wrestling [at the wedding], and I guess I was thinking more about entertaining them and having a good time than I was thinking what was a good decision.

rdf:langString So, he's drunk, and he says, 'I just want to say to everybody, I have so much respect for Danny because he didn't kill the Jews like Hitler. And he's not like Saddam Hussein. And he's not a no good son-of-a-bitch like Osama bin Laden.' And I'm sitting there thinking, 'Man, to make me sound like a good guy, did you have to compare me to the three worst dictators in the world?'

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rdf:langString Daniel McDevitt (born October 19, 1973), best known by his ring name Corporal Punishment, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter. His career spans over a decade working in numerous independent promotions throughout the United States including the American Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Cueball Carmichael's Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance, Doug Flex's International Pro Wrestling, Independent Superstars of Professional Wrestling, , and the National Wrestling Alliance. He was a well-known "heel" in the mid-to late 1990s, especially in the Mid-Atlantic region as a top star in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, and engaged in feuds with Johnny Gunn, Axl Rotten, Stevie Richards and Adam Flash on the East Coast. He occasionally appeared in the World Wrestling Federation, as both an in-ring character and preliminary wrestler, during the "Attitude Era". In 1998, McDevitt and Mark "The Shark" Shrader, then owners of the "Bone Breakers Pro Wrestling Training Center" in Halethorpe, Maryland, left the MEWF to form Maryland Championship Wrestling starting a 5-year rivalry which would last until MCW's close in 2003. A graduate of the Baltimore Monster Factory, where he was trained by Axl and Ian Rotten, McDevitt's "Bone Breakers" students include WWE's Lita, Mickie James, Orlando Jordan and Florida Championship Wrestling star Calvin Raines. McDevitt reopened MCW in 2006 where he resumed his long-running feud with Adam Flash, and later, Zachary Shane. It was the latter feud which revolved around the real-life affair between Shane and McDevitt's now ex-wife Kim McDevitt. He gradually cut back his in-ring activity after 2008 but has continued to make on-camera appearances as MCW's owner. In recent years, he has become involved in more "behind-the-scenes" positions within the industry. In 2011, he was hired by the Urban Wrestling Federation as an agent and associate producer for its debut pay-per-view event. That same year, he also accepted a position as a guest columnist for the South Carolina newspaper Lexington Patch where he maintains a professional wrestling blog. Outside of pro wrestling, McDevitt maintains a successful career as a Baltimore-area real estate agent.

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