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
the WWE.
Chyna is
Fluent in 3 foreign languages.
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.
Bradshaw
played his last two college games with a broken leg.
Tony
Schiavone was an announcer with the WWE in the late 80's.
The Million
Dollar Belt is actually worth 140,000 and is locked in a safe
at Titan towers.
The theme
song for IYH: Badd Blood, is now Steve Blackman's entance
music.
Jerry Lawler
was 23 time USWA Champion.
Paul Bearer,
before getting into the wrestling business, actually worked at
a morgue.
Hardcore
Holly is a former NASCAR Racing driver.
Chris
Jericho's father is former NHL hockey player Ted Irvine.
Big Bossman
really worked as a prison guard.
Farooq was
an All-American football player at Florida State University.
Paul Wight
went to Wichita State University on a basketball scholarship.
Before
entering the ring wars, Jerry Lawler was a radio disc jockey.
Mankind's
wife Collette is a former professional model.
Before
Becoming a wrestler, Jeff Jarrett worked as a Referee.
Rey Mysterio
like's to go Cliff diving for fun.
Randy Savage
played baseball in the St. Louis Cardinals' minor-league
system.
Ryan
Shamrock once worked at a Strip Club in Houston, TX.
The Rock
played college football for the Miami Hurricanes.
Road Dog
fought in Desert Storm.
Ric Flair
broke his back in a plane crash and was told he would never
wrestle again.
Scott
Steiner won the Michigan State amateur wrestling championship
five years after his brother Rick.
Paul Wight
went to Wichita State University on a basketball scholarship.
Part of
Mankind's right ear was torn off by Vader on a tour of Germany
when his head was caught between the ropes.
Shawn
Michaels is the only winner of every major WWE title.
Legion of
Doom is the only tag team in wrestling history to hold the
AWA, NWA, and WWE tag titles.
Raven was a
manager in the WWE that went by the name Johnny Polo. Under
this name he managed the Quebecers and Adam Bomb.
D. Lo Brown
is a Certified Accountant.
Mark Henry
has set several world weight-lifting records and competed in
1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Kevin Nash
played college basketball at the University of Tennessee.
Before he
embarked on a wrestling career, Bret Hart studied to become a
film director.
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.
No heel has
left one of the first 14 WrestleManias as WWE world champion.
The Shawn
Michaels-Bret Hart "Ironman Match" at Wrestle Mania XII lasted
61:52.
Sable
debuted at Wrestle Mania XII as Hunter Hearst Helmsley's
valet.
Undertaker
was in Suburban Commando with Hogan.
Owen Hart
has either entered or left WrestleMania as a world tag team
champion with three different partners: Yokozuna, Davey Boy
Smith and now, Jeff Jarrett.
On May 26,
1987, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the Iron Sheik were arrested by
NJ State police. Duggan was charged with possession of
marijuana and drinking alcohol while driving. Sheik was
charged with possession of marijana and cocaine. Duggan
received a conditional discharge and Sheik received one year
probation.
On July 4,
1989, Davey Boy Smith, Jason the Terrible, and Chris Benoit
were injured in a head-on automobile accident in Jasper,
Alberta. Smith suffered a cracked vertebrae in his back and
needed 100 stitches in his head after being thrown through the
windshield of the car. Jason suffers 2 fractures in his left
leg. Benoit suffers and injured right knee.
Bam Bam
Bigelow was chosen as the opponent for Lawrence Taylor at WMXI
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.
The WWE says
that the Dynamite Kid left the WWE 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 Bulldog opted to keep contact
with the WWE and because of that and other reasons, the
Bulldog and the Dynamite Kid haven't spoken in years.
In 1991, Ric
Flair was fired/quit WCW. He showed up in the WWE 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.
On April 4,
TitanSports debuted WBF BodyStars on USA Network.
When Shawn
Michaels was attacked outside of a nightclub by approximately
10 "thugs" (actually it was by a marine group), Shawn was
accompanied by Davey Boy Smith and Sean Waltman (123 Kid).
Shawn tried to be the brave one and he ended up suffering for
it.
Ted Dibiase
attends church at First Assembly of God in Concord, North
Carolina.
Retired
wrestler Nikita Kolav also attends church at First Assembly of
God in Concord, North Carolina.
The Ultimate
Warrior left the WWE in 1991 because he and Vince McMahon did
not come to terms on his future role...Warrior wanted to be in
the title situation but the WWE saw differently...in 1992, the
Warrior disappeared again because he did not want to get
involved in a second-rate feud with Nailz.
Before Andre
The Giant had any idea of becoming a pro wrestler, he used to
collect stamps!
One of the
wishes that Kama has, is that he wants to learn how to
play.....classical piano!
Double J is
an avid movie buff!
Before
entering the world of wrestling, Fatu/The Sultan earned money
by dancing on the streets of San Fransisco!
Before going
in to pro wrestling, Ahmed Johnson's favorite wrestler was Ted
DiBiase!
Before
entering in the world of wrestling, Goldust's 'director'
Marlena used to be a make-up artist on the Larry King Show!
Not even she could do anything with his hair!!!
In his free
time, Stone Cold Steve Austin is a bigtime Antiques Collector!
Prior
entering the jungle in the WWE, Sable was a top model for
"Guess" Jeans!
Before
entering the World Wrestling Federation, Faarooq Assad was one
of the only two men to have had his football jersey retired at
Florida State University!
Mr. Bob
Backlund was a wrestling teacher at Central Connecticut State
Collage!
That Ahmed
Johnson used to be a pro Football player for the Dallas
Cowboys.
