bunch of useless facts.....enjoy :)

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Oh, You Didn't Know? ...


**Former WWF jobber Barry O is the brother of "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr.

**Kevin Fertig (the former Mordecai) played football at the University of Memphis.

**In addition to wrestling, Jerry Jarrett owns and runs a successful construction company.

**In 1968, Vince McMahon graduated from East Carolina State University with a degree in business administration.

**At one time, Vince McMahon approached Verne Gagne about buying the AWA from him.

**Vince McMahon Jr. was Shane McMahon's best man for his son's 1996 marriage.

**WWE paid $3 million in 2003 to acquire the AWA videotape library.

**The ladder match as invented by Dan Kroffat (not Phil Lafon) in the 1970s.

**Diana Hart (sister of Bret Hart, and the widow of the British Bulldog) is a former competitive bodybuilder.

**Hercules Hernandez wrestled as the Assassin #2 (under a mask) at the first Starrcade on November 24, 1983.

**Hernandez was the last wrestler to be managed by Freddie Blassie.

**Hernandez formed a tag team with Scott Norton called Jurassic Powers in Japan, a name given by Hercules' trainer, Hiro Matsuda.

**Former WWF manager Slick's real name is Ken Johnson.

**Eric Bischoff came up with the idea for the New World Order after seeing a Tokyo Dome show during the New Japan vs. UWFI feud.

**Former Bushwacker Luke (Williams) works on the IWA Puerto Rico creative committee.

**Koko B. Ware's bird Frankie was killed in a 2002 house fire.

**Jonathan Coachman is the all-time basketball scoring leader at McPherson College in Kansas.

**"Ragin' Bull" Manny Fernandez is the head wrestling coach at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, CA.

**Victoria once performed as a cheerleader at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.

**Former wrestler George "The Animal" Steele played defensive tackle at Michigan State University.

**At one time, Road Warrior Hawk dated Eleanor Mondale, the daughter of the former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale.

**WWE talent agent Johnny Ace has three degrees in business and two minors, one in economics and one in computer science.

**Road Warrior Animal and Ace are brothers.

**Legion of Doom is the only tag team in wrestling history to hold the AWA, NWA, and WWF tag titles.

**Paul London took theatre classes at the University of Austin (Texas).

**Kim Woods is created with coming up with the 'loose cannon' gimmick for Brian Pillman.

**Melanie Pillman (widow of Brian Pillman) had a relationship with the Ultimate Warrior before she met Brian.

**Former AWA champion Nick Bockwinkel appeared in an episode of "The Monkees."

**Jesse Ventura gave Gene Okerlund the nickname "Mean Gene."

**Japanese promoters originally created the Big Van Vader gimmick/mask for Jim Hellwig, the Ultimate Warrior.

**Hellwig studied to be a chiropractor in Atlanta.

**"Rowdy" Roddy Piper was originally hired by the WWF to be a manager.

**Red Bastien was Piper's best man at his wedding.

**Piper was Ric Flair's best man.

**In 1975, Flair was in a plane crash with Johnny Valentine, Bob Bruggers and "Mr. Wrestling" Tim Woods. Modern medical science said that he'd never wrestle again.

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

**WCW paid Flair $75,000 to give back the WCW title after he had departed to the WWF in 1991.

**Flair's first match against Hulk Hogan took place in October 1991 with the "Nature Boy" winning the contest.

**Flair was adopted.

- In WCW, Jim Herd wanted Flair to cut his hair and name him "Spartacus."

**Early in his career, Hogan teamed with "Dizzy Hogan" who would later be known as Brutus Beefcake.

**Hogan earned $1.8 million for his match against Randy Savage at Wrestlemania V.

**In 1979, Hogan earned $125 a week from the AWA.

**Hogan weighed 195 pounds at age twelve.

**Maven taught sixth grade at Twality Middle School in Oregon.

**One of the conditions of the sale of WCW to WWF was that Turner Networks agreed not to air pro wrestling until April 2006.

**"Lethal" Larry Cameron was at one time being considered by WCW to be the third member of Doom.

**Tough Enough 2 winner Linda Miles played basketball at Rutgers. She played four seasons, 1998-2001, averaging 7.6 points and 5.5 rebounds.

**Buelah McGillicutty briefly portrayed Teresa Pillman in Stampede Wrestling, the "brother" of the late Brian Pillman.

**A-Train (Matt Bloom) played offensive tackle at the University of Pittsburgh, 1990-1994. He majored in legal studies.

**WWE Ring announcer Lilian Garcia lived in Spain for eight years and is fluent in both English and Spanish.

**WWE CEO Linda McMahon worked as a paralegal at Washington, D.C., law firm.

**Shane McMahon was on camera at Wrestlemania VI, as a referee named Shane Stevens.

**The Dudley clan featured in ECW included the Dudley Boyz, Sign Guy Dudley, Little Snot Dudley, Dances with Dudley, Dudley Dudley, Big Dick Dudley, Chubby Dudley, and of course, Spike Dudley.

**Spike Dudley is a former third grade teacher from Rhode Island before getting into the wrestling business.

**Elektra (Donna Adamo) was once married to Big Dick Dudley.

**Stacy Keibler was once a cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens.

**The Midnight Express theme music was originally used by Randy Savage in Kentucky. Savage later used the theme from "Fame."

**Savage signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds in 1974, and was also cut by the Chicago White Sox.

**Savage received the Harvard Lampoon's 1998 Real Man of the Year award.

**Savage bought the Gorgeous George name for his brother Lanny Poffo to use in WCW.

**Gorgeous George (real name Stephanie Bellars) spent jail time as a teenager for burglaziring a home and slashing a girl's face with a broken beer bottle.

**For a time the WWF was apart of the NWA.

**Kanyon wrestled under the ring Chris Morgan in his pro debut match.

**Chief Wahoo McDaniel once played for the New York Jets.

**Shawn Stasiak graduated from Boise State with a degree in Communications.

**Madusa trademarked her ring name in 1985.

**Lita got her tattoo in Amsterdam.

**Tammy Lynn Sytch (Sunny) attended Wellesley College where she majored in Pre-law.

**In 1990, the Black Scorpion's voice was Ole Anderson's.

**Ivory majored in journalism at the University of Southern California.

**Big Vito (Vito Lograsso) holds a rare victory over All Japan superstar Mitsuhara Misawa.

**Jacqueline has a black belt in Tai-Kwon-Do.

**Abdullah the Butcher owns a restaurant in Atlanta, GA called Abdullah's house of Chinese Food and Ribs.

**The WWF considered giving Dustin Rhodes a "Gunslinger" gimmick, before coming up with Goldust.

**Dustin wrestled as Dusty Rhodes Jr. during a 1989 All Japan tour.

**Test only had 15 pro matches when he made his 1998 WWF debut.

**The Maryland State Athletic Commission banned Balls Mahoney for life.

**HWA's Les Thatcher provided color commentary on Smoky Moutain Wrestling's syndicated television shows.

**Andre the Giant was the first wrestler inducted into the WWF's Hall of Fame in 1993. Members include Chief Jay Strongbow, Arnold Skaaland, Bobo Brazil, Freddie Blassie, Buddy Rogers, Gorilla Monsoon, James Dudley, the Fablous Moolah, Pedro Morales, Ivan Putski, Antonio Rocca, The Grand Wizard, George "The Animal" Steele, Ernie Ladd, Capt. Lou Albano, "Killer" Kowalaski, Baron Mikel Scicluna, Johnny & Jimmy Valiant, Johnny Rodz, Pat Patterson, Vince McMahon Sr., and Jimmy Snuka.

**The Top 5 all time U.S. Gates: 1) Wrestlemania XXVII - April 1, 2001, Houston, TX - $3,530,904, 2) Wrestlemania XIX - March 30, 2003, Seattle, WA - $2,760,035, 3) Wrestlemania XX - March 14, 2004, NY, NY - $2,400,000, 4) Wrestlemania V - April 2, 1989, Atlantic City, NJ - $1,628,000, 5) Wrestlemania III - March 29, 1987, Pontiac, MI - $1,599,000.

**The top 5 all time wrestling crowds: 1) NJPW - April 29, 1995, Pyongyang, North Korea - 170,000, 2) NJPW - April 28, 1995, Pyongyang, North Korea - 150,000, 3) WWF - March 29, 1987, Pontiac, MI - 78,000, 4) WWF - August 29, 1992, London, England - 75,000, 5) WWF - August 28, 1986, Toronto, 69,300.

**The largest crowd ever to witness a live wrestling event was in Pyongyang, North Korea. Over 190,000 fans paid to attend the "International Sports and Culture Festival for Peace" in 1995. The crowd saw Asian legend Antonio Inoki defeat Ric Flair in the main event. The largest U.S. crowd was Wrestlemania II in 1987 when the event drew just over 93,000 to the Pontiac Silverdome.

**Verne Gagne held the AWA World title for a total of 4,686 days.

**Gagne trained Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.

**Steamboat debuted as Richard Blood.

**Steamboat suffered his career ending back injury in a match with Steve Austin, while they were in WCW.

**When the Honkeytonk Man beat Steamboat for the IC title, he was a replacement for "The Natural" Butch Reed who was scheduled to win the gold.

**Former oddity Giant Silva (7'3") is a former member of the Brazilian Olympic basketball team.

**Giant Gonzalez is a legitimate 7'6 1/2", and played on the 1988 Argentina basketball team.

**ECW produced a total of twenty one pay per views. Their first was "Barely Legal" on April 13, 1997.

**Abraham Lincoln actually wrestled prior to entering the White House.