When did Chuck Norris become Chuck Norris

I like this video. It made me laugh. But it also made me think, which I hate. What would Chuck Norris's career have been like if not for the internet? If not for Chuck Norris facts? Like would he have run his course as an action star and then faded away like everyone else? Or was he bigger than that no matter what? And who decided that it should be chuck norris facts? Does that guy get a cut of everything chuck has done this century? The internet is is like the emperor giving a thumbs up or thumbs down at a gladiator event. It's random, but when it happens your fate is sealed.