It all started for Warren Hullander in 1996. That’s when he became the professional wrestler known as Tank. That’s when he began to walk that fine pro wrasslin’ line between good and evil, hero and heel, leading man and also-ran.
“My first match was at a laundry mat-slash-arcade in Charleston (Tenn.),” recalled Tank, who played high school football at Red Bank with Marty Lowe, who went on to quarterback the University of Louisville, and John Becksvoort, who became a kicking star at the University of Tennessee.
“They put a ring up just outside the front door of the place. I lost to Alex Pain. I actually lost to him several times the first four or five months I wrestled.”
Come this weekend at East Hamilton High School, those 21 years that the turnbuckle titan Tank has traveled the South’s backroads in search of wrasslin’ respect and riches will come to a close. His final match – or matches – will take place in the Scenic City Invitational charity tournament that benefits the Hurricanes’ baseball program.
Tank hopes to go out on top. But he plans to go out for good, win or lose.