Robbie McAllister had no intention of making history when he walked into Universal Studios during WWE WrestleMania week in 2008.

He was there to see friends, clear his head and escape, however briefly, a job he no longer wanted.

Instead, he became the centre of one of WWE’s most infamous “political disasters” of the era.

The Highlanders - McAllister and his cousin Rory - had arrived in WWE with optimism, a throwback tag team built around Scottish heritage and old-school brawling. They were instantly recognisable: wild hair, kilts, face paint on occasion, and a presentation straight out of a cartoonish, rowdy 1980s territory.

Yet by early 2008, the optimism was gone. McAllister now admits he was mentally checked out and increasingly frustrated at the way he was being used on televisio

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