These last-minute decisions plagued all aspects of the Braden Walker act. Harris was very open to changing anything and everything about him if need be, including his physique and gear. But since the necessary conversations weren’t happening, things like deciding what gear he would wear to the ring got done at the last minute.

“I looked up to Curt Hennig so much and I got close with him for a period of time,” said the Impact Wrestling legend. “He made that singlet look good and he was in good shape, so I wasn’t opposed to the whole singlet thing… But they made it that day. That’s why I came out in plain black… They didn’t have any idea what to do with it, so they just got it made and sent me out there. Everything was generic.”

Harris’ affinity for “Mr. Perfect” was also the reason he used the Perfectplex as a finisher in his last match. Noble allowed him to run with it after turning down a number of other moves. But finding the perfect finishing move didn’t change the fact that he looked like a pre-loaded template from the Create-A-Wrestler mode of a wrestling video game. It also didn’t change the WWE executives’ perception of Walker because he was released from the company two days later.

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