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== Early life ==
Szatkowski grew up in [[Battle Creek, Michigan]], and graduated from [[Pennfield Senior High School]]. Szatkowski made his first appearance on WWF television in 1987 in a skit with [[Ted DiBiase|"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase]]. At the time, DiBiase was selecting [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#P|plants]] from the audience and offering to pay them to perform degrading acts and offered the 16-year-old Szatkowski $100 to enter the ring and kiss his foot, which he did.<ref>Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man, p.1, Ted DiBiase with Tom Caiazzo, Pocket Books, New York, NY, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-4165-5890-3}}</ref> This early appearance was later included as a bonus feature on WWE's ''Before They Were Superstars'' DVD and on WWE's ''Rob Van Dam: One of a Kind'' DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/12/30/300559.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629092150/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/12/30/300559.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2012|title=DiBiase's money bought a young RVD|first=Greg|last=Oliver|access-date=November 1, 2008|work=Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|SLAM! Sports]]}}</ref> He was also in attendance at [[WrestleMania III]] as stated on The Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology DVD.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}