Odd Facts You Know About Wrestlers
 

Dont know if these are really odd but they are facts:

WWE owns the domain name http://www.payperview.com

When Ric Flair was in WCW his kids would watch Raw and only switch to WCW when Flair was on.

Andre the Giant drank 14 bottles of wine before his match with Hulk Hogan at WM3.

When Rock was in College he used to do the People's Eyebrow I all the time but called it the Heat Brow.

Tazz's personalized license plate reads TAP OUT

Crippler Crossface was invented by Dean Malenko

Kurt Angle's wife used to be a stripper

She's hot. I believe it.

Yeah post more facts, this thread'll be the man.

LOL

His back was in a lot of pain at the time, and he needed surgery really badly.

Al Snow is well trained in martial arts, mat grappling, free style, hardcore, and shoot-fight wrestling

Before becoming a wrestler, Val Venis used to race motorcross

Kane has degrees in English and Teaching

Ryan Shamrock's real name is Alesha Webb, and she is a topless dancer from Houston, Texas

Paul Wight played college basketball at Wichita State

Nicole Bass's married name is Fuchs

British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith paid the WWF $100,000 to get out of his contract to leave for WCW.

From 1986-1989 Ric Flair averaged 34 minutes per-match. In that span he had 19 matches that lasted longer than 50 minutes

Saturn dated Chyna before she entered the WWF

Hulk Hogan earned 1.8 million dollars with his match up against Randy Macho Man Savage at Wrestlemania 5

Shawn Michaels is a huge Garth Brooks fan

During one drinking session Andre the Giant drank 119 bottles of beer

WrestleMania VII was moved from the Rose Bowl to the Sports Arena in Los Angeles because Vince McMahon feared a sniper might try and take out lead heel Sgt. Slaughter, playing the role of a Iraqi sympathizer during the Gulf War

Triple H (WM2000) was the first heel to leave a WrestleMania with WWF Title

In 1991, Ric Flair was fired/quit WCW. He showed up in the WWF soon thereafter holding the WCW title and claimed to be the "Real World's champion." The reason he was able to leave the company with the title is because he owned that title. WCW later bought it back from Flair for reportedly $75,000

Christian and Jerry Lynn both won WWF Light-Heavy Weight Title on there TV debuts.

Really? I knew he had some back issues but I didn't think it was so bad that he needed 14 bottles of wine just to take the edge off. You would never guess he had 14 bottles of wine before his match, thats for sure.

Man, she was dumb. Who could possibly forget something so simple as a simple slap. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, watch the St. Valentine's Day Massacre with Val Venus v. Ken Shamrock. Midway through the match, Ryan gets involved and Ken confronts her. It went something like this:

Ryan interferes

Ken gets up and yells at her: "What the hell are you doing? What do you think you're doing? What's wrong with you?"
(This isn't the exact quote, but I do remember him asking her like three times in a row the same question because it was her cue to slap him.)

Ryan stares at Ken blankly.

Ken gives up and tells Ryan: "Slap me"

Ryan snaps out of her crack high and slaps Ken.


I should add something to this thread too...
I believe I heard once that Jericho was a Sunday School teacher before he got going with wrestling. Maven was the same way.

LOL!

One of Raven's legs is slightly shorter than the other.

Lance Storm is a mark for "Mad About You"

Al Snow's first PPV appearance was for the UFC in Dan Severn's corner.

Four former WWE wrestlers have worked in the UFC.

Marc Mero entered the UK version of "Gladiators" and had the most successful trial of any entry before pulling out with a knee injury.

Brian Pillman's widow Melanie once dated the Ultimate Warrior

Theresa Hays aka Bealuh McGillicutty got her start in Stampede Wrestling through her then boyfriend Brian Pillman.

<font color=goldenrod>The Rock dated an 18 year old when he was just 14.</font>

very odd fact I know about a wrestler.

Michael "Moondog" Mooney (ohio and pennsylvania Indie wrestler) is an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church.

Marc Mero now sells insurance. (ouch)

According to the Flair DVD, Ric had some sort of security deposit on the belt in the amount of $25,000. When he was let go, relationships between him and the then President of WCW were so bad that they refused to return his deposit. So he showed up on USA Pirmetime TV with the actual NWA Title. He returned the belt months later when they gave him back his deposit.

As for the topic..Randy Savage played minor league baseball and was considered a decent prospect. (for the Toronto Bluejays, I believe)

I remember that now, I think I will have to watch that tonight just to see it happen. I never really looked for it again untill now.

<font color=8307ff><b>This thread is pretty cool. :y:</font></b>

<font color="#99CCFF">Eddie Guerrero's father Gori invented the camel clutch

WWF's first pick for the Mr. Perfect gimmick was Terry Taylor, Red Rooster

Rock is a skilled light tackle salt water fisherman

Terri Runnels was a hair stylist for the Larry King Show prior to wrestling

Apparently feeling he had nothing to lose, Sid Justice double crossed Vince McMahon by kicking out of Hogan's leg drop at WMVIII. Sid had been caught cheating on a drug test a few weeks earlier and was going to be suspended. Sid's manager, Harvey Whippleman (who is said to have supplied Sid with the false urine sample that WWF official Dave Hebner found Sid carrying in a vile) reacted quickly, jumping into the ring and getting his man disqualified before all hell broke loose.

Just Joe was the best man at Rhyno's wedding on May 20th 2000 in Germany.

Steve Austin got the name 'Stonecold' from his ex English wife who told him to drink his tea because it was getting stonecold.</font>

Cincinatti Reds.

Tom Billington invented the superplex and was in the first ever ladder match

Randy Savage had a colored outfit corresponding with the outcome of the match he was in...

White = win
Gold = Championship win

I believe there are a few others, that I dont remember...

"Steve Austin got the name 'Stonecold' from his ex English wife who told him to drink his tea because it was getting stonecold."

I'm farely sure that's a pretty well known fact. Interesting anyways.

hahaha about Sid though, that's brutal if you think about it, completely screwing up the WM main event finish. Although the match sucked horribly.

That isn't true. He got it from his ex wife Jennie Clark truthfully enough but they were watching some documentry on serial killers. Heard the story from Austin's own mouth so I consider that to be as truthful as you'll get.

I never saw WM 8, what happened in the aftermath of Sid kicking out of the legdrop?

According to Austin in an interview which I think was on Confidential, he said the tea story was how he got it.

Pat Patterson is homosexual.

That match was so botched. Sid kicked out, Papa Shango ran out late...and then the Warrior ran out too...

Rock was on his way to an orgy when he met his wife. :naughty:

Thats not so true, Ivy... the Rocky and 2 friends picked up 3 girls at a bar...and they were leaving and he saw her at the bar..or something.

I'm saying what I heard him say in a interview. Eh.

I was going by what I remember from his book :$

"The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich only had one foot, he lost the other in a motorcycle accident.

Justin Credible is now a Real Estate agent

Here's a whole buncha them (from Top-Rope.com)

Al Snow's Head, was the model for Mankind's Mask.

The Rock won the WWE Title 15 years to the day that his father and Tony Atlas won the WWE Tag Titles.

Vince McMahon always wanted to be a wrestler, but his father, the late Vince Sr. strictly forbid it.

X-Pac has a Black Belt in Judo.

Chris Jericho has a degree in Journalism.

Andre the Giant once fell asleep during a match with Big John Studd.

George "The Animal" Steele was a teacher in Detroit before returning to WWE.

Chyna (Joanie Laurer) is Fluent in 3 foreign languages.

Bradshaw played his last two college games with a broken leg.

Tony Schiavone was an announcer with WWE in the late 80's.

The Million Dollar Belt that Ted Dibiase wore is actually worth 140,000 dollars and is locked in a safe at Titan Towers.

The theme song for IYH: Badd Blood, was Steve Blackman's entance music.

Jerry Lawler was a 23 time USWA Champion.

Paul Bearer, before getting into the wrestling business, actually worked at a morgue.

Hardcore Holly is a former NASCAR driver.

Chris Jericho's father is former NHL hockey player Ted Irvine.

The Big Bossman really worked as a prison guard.

Before entering the ring wars, Jerry Lawler was a radio disc jockey.

Mick Foley's wife, Collette was a professional model.

Before Becoming a wrestler, Jeff Jarrett worked as a Referee.

Rey Mysterio likes to go cliff diving for fun.

Randy Savage played baseball in the St. Louis Cardinals' minor-league system.

The Big Show went to Wichita State University on a basketball scholarship.

Before he embarked on a wrestling career, Bret Hart studied to become a film director.

No heel has left one of the first 14 WrestleManias as WWE World Champion.

Undertaker was in Suburban Commando with Hogan.

Bam Bam Bigelow was chosen as the opponent for Lawrence Taylor at WrestleMania XI because he was the WWE's best big man worker. Bigelow says that as payment for doing the job he was promised a big babyface push down the road.

WWE says that the Dynamite Kid left and retired because of an injury. Actually, the Kid still wrestles in England and the real reason he left was because of a locker room fight with him and Jacques Rougeau. The now deceased Bulldog opted to keep contact with WWE and because of that and other reasons, the Bulldog and the Dynamite Kid hadn't spoken in years.

On April 4, TitanSports debuted WBF BodyStars on USA Network.

Before Andre The Giant had any idea of becoming a pro wrestler, he used to collect stamps!

Before entering the world of wrestling, Fatu earned money by dancing on the streets of San Fransisco!

Prior entering the jungle in the WWE, Sable was a top model for "Guess" Jeans!

Before entering World Wrestling Entertainment, Faarooq Assad was one of the only two men to have had his football jersey retired at Florida State University!

Bob Backlund was a wrestling teacher at Central Connecticut State College!

Former Intercontinental Champion, Ahmed Johnson used to be a Professional Football player for the Dallas Cowboys.

Dynamite Kid still wrestles? :?:

"The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich only had one foot, he lost the other in a motorcycle accident.

There's actually a funny story involving that, Kerry was wrestling a match in Mexico & he knocks his opponent out of the ring. His opponent reaches into the ring & tries to pull him out, but grabs his fake foot & pulls his boot off. The crowd goes "OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH" & a couple women scream in the front row. Kerry falls down & rolls out of the ring, his opponent tries to help him put his boot back on & they both get counted out in the process. My personal fav wrestling story :lol:

Wrestlemania 2000 is the only Wrestlemania to not feature a regular singles match.

Well Sid HAD to kick out because Papa Shango ran out late. That fk'n entrance way was huge.

I guess you found the same web site that I found. :lol: