Tony Atlas is a jack of all trades — world champion wrestler, artist and cunning linguist.
Tony Atlas was selling some of his artwork during a recent appearance on a K&S WrestleFest virtual signing. Atlas has taken up drawing in his post-wrestling career, showing off some impressive ink drawings of wrestling legends like Andre The Giant and Ted DiBiase.
Atlas said that he actually took up drawing as a way to break some bad habits like doing drugs, and he encouraged people to find a healthy hobby of their own.
“My artwork is my third pick. It was my way of quitting a lot of bad stuff in my life. It gave me a new lease on life,” Atlas explained, “so instead of sitting around the house and getting so datgum stoned I don’t know where the hell I’m at, I draw. Now I draw, so it became my third pick. It’s a great thing for people to have hobbies, and Tony Atlas’ hobbies [are] lifting weights, drawing and getting pussy in the face.”
Atlas is known for flexing his biceps in photos, but he shared some insight on another pose he did during his in-ring days.
“I stole this pose [holds up a vintage press photo of himself with his arms stretched out] from a guy called Sweet Brown Sugar, used to wrestle as Skip Young,” Atlas stated. “He used to pose like that all the time, so that’s where I got that pose from.”
Atlas also shared that the reason fans used to see wrestlers like himself and Hulk Hogan wearing Gold’s Gym attire back then was because the owner offered free memberships to wrestlers as a trade-off.
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