{"id":294436,"date":"2023-10-19T19:41:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=294436"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:41:32","slug":"premier-league-managers-transformed-into-wwe-style-action-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/premier-league-managers-transformed-into-wwe-style-action-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League managers transformed into WWE-style action figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Stone Cold Steve Bruce! Football&#8217;s iconic managers &#8211; including Sam Allardyce, Roy Hodgson and Harry Redknapp &#8211; are hilariously transformed into WWE-style action figures using AI<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A host of Premier League managers, past and present, have been transformed\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The likes of Roy Hodgson, Sam Allardyce and Mark Hughes all had models made\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A host of Premier League managers, and two players, have been turned into WWE-style action figures as part of the latest trend with the wonderful tool that is AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The collection, which have been created by Soccer Slammers, shows off a handful of coaches both past and present that have been re-envisioned in the form of wrestlers.<\/p>\n<p>Each wrestler has their own unique details &#8211; with aspects such as nicknames, special moves, gimmicks, styles and catchphrase all being included for each figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The only current manager to be included is Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson, who&#8217;s wrestler nickname, supposedly, is &#8216;Woy \/ The Owl&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles boss&#8217; figurine, in a picture posted on Instagram, is draped in a feathery cape &#8211; clearly alluding to his owl title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/13\/76752195-12649237-Harry_The_Wheeler_Dealer_Redknapp-m-57_1697719959501.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/13\/76752197-12649237-Roy_The_Owl_Hodgson-a-58_1697719968635.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Football managers past and present &#8211; such as Harry Redknapp (left) and Roy Hodgson (right) &#8211; have been turned into WWE-style action figures thanks to AI<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/14\/76753745-12649237-image-a-6_1697721886486.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Man United great and former Newcastle manager Steve Bruce was turned into an action figure<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/13\/76752199-12649237-image-a-59_1697720006563.jpg\" height=\"636\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Neil &#8216;The Gaffer&#8217; Warnock was another of the former managers to be made into a figurine<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>In a caption on the post, it&#8217;s claimed that Hodgson&#8217;s &#8216;special move&#8217; is called\u00a0Icelandic Shock &#8211; which is a reference to England&#8217;s humiliating Euro 2016 defeat to Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, it&#8217;s &#8216;a move that involves Hodgson pretending to be stunned and helpless, then suddenly striking his opponent with a surprise attack.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As well as Hodgson, former managers such as Harry Redknapp, Neil Warnock and Sam Allardyce have all been turned into wrestling figurines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Redknapp, his nickname is &#8216;The Wheeler Dealer&#8217; and his special move is simply &#8216;The Transfer Window&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Warnock, who recently retired following his stint at Huddersfield Town, is nicknamed &#8216;The Gaffer&#8217; and has a special move called &#8216;The Rant&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, it&#8217;s &#8216;a verbal tirade against the opponent, the referee, or anyone else who gets in his way, often accompanied by gestures and facial expressions.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>They also added a catchphrase for the 74-year-old, which read:\u00a0&#8216;You&#8217;re a disgrace! You don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re doing! I&#8217;ll tell you the truth, you&#8217;re rubbish!&#8217; \/ &#8216;You&#8217;ve gotta f****** die to get 3 points!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/13\/76752201-12649237-image-a-61_1697720052144.jpg\" height=\"636\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Big Sam&#8217; Allardyce&#8217;s figurine included a &#8216;pint of wine&#8217;, according to Soccer Slammers<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Sam Allardyce &#8211; or &#8216;Big Sam&#8217; &#8211; was handed an ingenious special move aptly called &#8216;Big Slam&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>His &#8216;accessory&#8217; is a &#8216;pint of white wine &#8211; A drink that Sam enjoys and uses to celebrate his victories or drown his sorrows&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear that reference is being made to the\u00a0newspaper sting and covert recordings which cost him the England job back in 2016, where Allardyce met with undercover reporters at a bar and was pictured with a glass of wine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Steve Bruce, who has managed 12 clubs in his career after leaving West Bromwich Albion in February last year, is nicknamed &#8216;The Bruiser&#8217; and was handed the a special move called &#8216;The Sack Attack&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>While this is likely a reference to his dismissals from clubs in his career, the description reads: &#8216;Attacking the opponent from behind, putting a sack over their head, and then hitting them with a low blow.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/13\/76752191-12649237-image-a-60_1697720044883.jpg\" height=\"632\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fulham winger Adama Traore is the only current player to be included in the AI mock-ups<\/p>\n<p>Fulham winger Adam Traore is the only currently player to be included in the AI collection and it&#8217;s clear to see why, given his figurine&#8217;s impressive physique.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish forward has built a reputation for his muscular build and that was clearly reflected in his WWE-style action figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Soccer Slammers, Traore&#8217;s &#8216;accessory&#8217; is baby oil &#8211; something Traore has previously revealed that he applies to his arms and legs before and during the match, to make himself &#8216;slippery and hard to catch&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for fans, none of these models are currently available in physical form and can only be admired via posts online.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12649237\/Stone-Cold-Steve-Bruce-Footballs-iconic-managers-including-Sam-Allardyce-Roy-Hodgson-Harry-Redknapp-hilariously-transformed-WWE-style-action-figures-using-AI.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stone Cold Steve Bruce! 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