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During his five-decade career within the professional wrestling business, Bob Backlund carried the WWF on his broad shoulders as the All-American Boy from Minnesota who fought for the fans that made him. But during his second go-around, the All-American Boy shtick grew old, the fans turned on him and the business he helped build became infested with people who felt he lasted one too many days in the spotlight.

But every morning that Backlund wakes up and lives to see another day, he only focuses on the positive side of life.