Insight with Chris Van Vliet Headbanger Mosh: CRAZY Attitude Era Stories, Beaver Cleavage, Tag Team Champions, Jim Cornette
Feb 5, 2026
Chaz Warrington, longtime WWE performer best known as Mosh of The Headbangers and author of Beneath the Skirt, shares wild backstage tales. He talks about forming the tag team, Jim Cornette creating their look, the notorious Beaver Cleavage gimmick, returning to SmackDown in 2016, announcing a final Headbangers match, and his thyroid cancer journey.
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Championship News In A Parking Garage
- Chaz and Glenn learned they were winning the WWF Tag Team Championships when Jim Cornette pulled them into a parking garage to tell them and let them celebrate.
- They jumped around in the bowels of Louisville Gardens to get the excitement out before TV.
Shared Goal Fueled Locker Room Unity
- During the Attitude Era the locker room united around one goal: beat WCW and the nWo in ratings.
- That common purpose created camaraderie and mentorship from veterans like The Undertaker and Bret Hart.
Beaver Cleavage: A Short, Infamous Gimmick
- The Beaver Cleavage vignettes lasted five weeks and leaned into a Leave It To Beaver parody that implied incestuous humor.
- The gimmick got shelved amid backstage concerns and shifting company sensitivities.
