The McGuire Twins were in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world’s largest twins. Most of the pictures of them in the record book showed them riding motorcycles. When I was growing up, we thought they were riding minibikes, but I think they were just that much bigger than the bikes they were riding. They also worked as professional wrestlers. I saw them wrestle live at the Jackson Coliseum. There were a couple of differences in their matches and other matches that happened that night. Most of the time, the wrestlers would get into the ring by grabbing the rope and climbing up the side. There were no steps to get into the ring. For the McGuire Twins, they rolled in a heavy duty set of steel steps. There was no way they would have ever gotten into the ring with out these steps. They also tightened all the connections holding the ring together. This was when I first discovered one of professional wrestling’s secrets. When they assemble the rings, they leave much of it loose to make more noise when the wrestlers stomp. The wrestlers stomp when they hit each other because the sound makes it seem like the hits are much harder than they really are. The ring barely made any noise during the McGuire Twins match. When it was over, they removed the steps and loosened the ring back up for the main event.
UPDATE: I have a friend that read this post that lives near their burial place in Hendersonville, NC. Here are some pictures he shared with me. Their actual names are Billy Leon McCrary and Benny Loyd McCrary.
