Surprising Wrestling Facts

[BestSportsEntertainer]

John Laurinaitis has more 5 star matches than Daniel Bryan. Seriously how?

Anyone have any more?

[Y 2 Jake]

I don't think that qualifies as a fact.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I don't think that qualifies as a fact.

I thought it was implied that I was going off of Meltzerâ??s ratings.

[Y 2 Jake]

I wouldn't use that as a basis for a fact.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I wouldn't use that as a basis for a fact.

To be more clear, itâ??s not a fact that Daniel Bryan has never had a 5 star match and John Laurinaitis has. As we know, wrestling is subjective, and thereâ??s no fully objective way to rate matches.

However it is a fact that Meltzer himself never gave Daniel Bryan a 5 star rating but did to John Laurinaitis, a man known to most newer fans for being just a boring on-screen authority figure who also had a role backstage.

[Yaz]

Laurinaitis was actually a pretty good in ring performer, he inovated a couple of moves while in Japan, he just didn't have an ounce of personality in his body. Outside of that, yeah, Meltzer's ratings are just opinions. It isn't like Bryan's lack of a Meltzer five star match is keeping him from getting a job or keeping people from claiming him as one of the best wrestlers of this generation.

[Spidey]

http://www.factfiend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/JOHN-CENA.jpg

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Vince Russo & Vince McMahon are former World Champions!

Scott Hall and Roddy Piper are not.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Vince Russo & Vince McMahon are former World Champions!

Scott Hall and Roddy Piper are not.

Never forget David Arquette

[Y 2 Jake]

I am not a former world champion, whilst we're naming mundane facts.

[A11]

I will enjoy Y 2 Jake pissing on every surprise fact

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I am not a former world champion, whilst we're naming mundane facts.

Youâ??ll get there one day, Jake.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Jason Jordan is not actually Kurt Angle's son.

[Alex]

AJ Styles has held the most world titles from different companies

[mrluck_07]

Jason Jordan is not actually Kurt Angle's son.

I thought it was Gable.

[smarkmouth]

I thought it was Gable.
No, Jason Jordan is not Gable's son, either.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Wrestlemania 19's main event; Kurt Angle (c) vs Brock Lesnar was the first Wrestlemania main event in which both competitors had their real names as competitors.

[mrluck_07]

No, Jason Jordan is not Gable's son, either.

:lol:

[#AbsoluteUnit]

The reason why Steamboat never won a WWE Championship is because he refused to turn heel. Hogan said that he'd gladly drop the WWE Championship to Rickie if he turned heel. Rickie said no because he is a "family man", and didn't want to turn against the grain.

*I'm not 100% this is true or not, I read it in someones book. If anyone has a better summary of this, please correct me*

[Jack-Hammer]

John Laurinaitis has more 5 star matches than Daniel Bryan. Seriously how?

Anyone have any more?

Well, there's no accounting for taste. Hell, Uncle Dave once awarded the Sheepherders, AKA the Bushwhackers, his "coveted" 5 star rating in a bout they had against the Fantastics in the Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup tournament back in '86 or '87.

[Jack-Hammer]

I've read that Vince wanted to give Scott Steiner a major singles push, but Steiner turned it down as it meant no longer teaming with his brother Rick.

It's easy to forget that Scott Steiner was once a fairly reasonable human being who didn't wish death, destruction and pretty much any form of ruination on anyone he didn't/doesn't get along with. It's also easy forget that he didn't always have unbridled hatred directed towards WWE.

[mrluck_07]

Vince had the foresight on Scott.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Every NXT Takeover event has happened on Rusev Day

[BestSportsEntertainer]

A giant has now tapped out to a goat twice in a row.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Dolph Ziggler had more tag team title wins in the Spirit Squad than he does as Dolph Ziggler.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Shinsuke Nakamura and Hulk Hogan once wrestled on the same show.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

During Cesaro's 8-month long US Title reign from 2012-2013, he lost clean on TV 27 times. Some were in tag team matches or on Main Event, but what a way to make your champions look strong, WWE.

[King Patrick Star]

Chris Jericho has held two Championship Title Belts simultaneously more times than anyone else in WWE history.

WCW World Heavyweight Championship Title Belt and WWF Tag Team Championship Title Belt
Undisputed WWF / WCW World Heavyweight Championship Title Belts
Unified WWE / World Tag Team Championship Title Belts.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Sting vs Undertaker happened in WCW. Taker was still known as Mean Mark Callous.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Chicago, Illinois, USA has hosted a WrestleMania, Money in the Bank, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. For the third largest city in the USA, Chicago has never hosted a Royal Rumble.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

WrestleMania 2 happened on a Monday

[King Patrick Star]

The Miz is the only SuperStar to hold three Championship Title Belts simultaneously in WWE history.

United States Championship Title Belt and Unified WWE / World Tag Team Championship Title Belts.

[Y 2 Jake]

King Patrick only posts about title belts

[King Patrick Star]

Edge and Sheamus are the only two SuperStars in WWE history to win the Royal Rumble match, the King Of The Ring tournament, and the Money In The Bank ladder match.

Edge
King Of The Ring 2001
Money In The Bank 2005
Royal Rumble 2010

Sheamus
King Of The Ring 2010
Royal Rumble 2012
Money In The Bank 2015

[#AbsoluteUnit]

SummerSlam 1992 was delivered on a tape-delay.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

WWE.com has a poll asking if Roman Reigns is a proud warrior or egomaniac. As of right now, 70% have answered egomaniac.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Rob Van Dam vs Rene Dupree was the only match to happen on Raw, Smackdown, Heat, and Velocity during the Ruthless Agression era.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Undertaker has a phobia of cucumbers.

Brock Lesnar was roommates with Shelton Benjamin in college.

The Rock was originally known as Flex Kavana.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Bret Hart's WCW PPV debut was as the special referee for a match between Eric Bischoff and Larry Zbyszko.

When Ivan Koloff ended Bruno Sammartino's nearly 8 year title reign, he had to immediately leave the ring due to fear of a riot.

[A11]

Rob Van Dam vs Rene Dupree was the only match to happen on Raw, Smackdown, Heat, and Velocity during the Ruthless Agression era.

This is a good surprising fact.


WWE.com has a poll asking if Roman Reigns is a proud warrior or egomaniac. As of right now, 70% have answered egomaniac.
This is a shit surprising fact

[ShinChan]

This is a shit surprising fact
Maybe he expected more than 70%...

[BaconBits]

Undertaker has a phobia of cucumbers.

Brock Lesnar was roommates with Shelton Benjamin in college.

The Rock was originally known as Flex Kavana.


Shelton is godfather to Brock's oldest kid.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

This is a shit surprising fact

The surprising part is that WWE would ask the question in the first place.

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Roman Reigns’s heel is not a part of his foot.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Edge was first known as Sexton Hardcastle.

Ric Flair doesn't know his actual birth name.

Ronnie Garvin vs Greg Valentine was the first ever Submission match on WWF PPV.

Hulk Hogan's first pinfall loss on PPV was to Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania 6.

Edge, Christian, Lance Storm, and Renee Young all attended WrestleMania 6.

Mr. Perfect was originally going to win the 1990 Royal Rumble.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

John Cena is a fan of Japanese anime.

Tommy Dreamer and Nunzio attended the first WrestleMania.

Vince's original name for WrestleMania the "Colossal Tussle".

Rob Van Dam and Kevin Nash attended WrestleMania 3.

Undertaker was almost given the gimmick of the Gobbledy Gooker.

Honky Tonk Man returned to WWE in 1996 and formed a team with Billy Gunn.

[klunderbunker]

John Cena is a fan of Japanese anime.

Tommy Dreamer and Nunzio attended the first WrestleMania.

Vince's original name for WrestleMania the "Colossal Tussle".

Rob Van Dam and Kevin Nash attended WrestleMania 3.

Undertaker was almost given the gimmick of the Gobbledy Gooker.

Honky Tonk Man returned to WWE in 1996 and formed a team with Billy Gunn.

1. Undertaker was possibly going to be in the egg, not be the Gooker.

2. Honky Tonk Man managed Gunn. They didn't team together.

3. You read a lot of WhatCulture.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

3. You read a lot of WhatCulture.

Yeah I should have fact checked a lot of these.

[Spidey]

Naomi was the first black wrestler to win a championship at Wrestlemania and walk out with it.

First guy - Cedric Alexander three months ago.

[Alex]

Jeff Hardy has held the most different championships in WWE

WWE, WHC, IC, US, Euro, Hardcore, Light Heavyweight, World Tag and Raw Tag

The only ones he missed were ECW, Cruiserweight (defunct) and currently Smackdown Tag and Universal.

Chris Jericho is 2nd. Missing out on the Light Heavyweight title, Cruiserweight and ECW. He would need to win the Universal, Smackdown and Raw Tag titles

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Ric Flair wasn't aware of the scripted finishes until his first match.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Hulk Hogan was the first WWF Champion and WWE Champion.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

John Cena had a 7-year losing streak from 2011-2016 at SummerSlam.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Stone Cold was the first wrestler to win a championship at back-to-back WrestleManias (14-15). Hardcore Holly was the second (15-16).

Christian is the only wrestler to win a championship at three consecutive WrestleManias (16-18)

[BestSportsEntertainer]

The Hardys are the only tag team to hold the WWE, ROH, and TNA tag team championship within one month

[#AbsoluteUnit]

One (or two) of the Von Erich's used to fake an injury so they could get the first seat on the airplane. There, they were the first to hit the booze. (KB knows this story better than I do.)

[Alex]

The Hardys are the only tag team to hold the WWE, ROH, and TNA tag team championship within one month

Aren't they the only team to hold the WWE, TNA and ROH belts?

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Aren't they the only team to hold the WWE, TNA and ROH belts?

Yeah a few other teams held two, but they're the only team to hold all three.

[Yaz]

George Hackenschmidt drank 11 pints of milk a day.

[Elky]

1. Undertaker was possibly going to be in the egg, not be the Gooker.

2. Honky Tonk Man managed Gunn. They didn't team together.

3. You read a lot of WhatCulture.

That would have killed the character before it even got started.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Elias was trained by Super Hentai

[Spidey]

Anime porn?

[#AbsoluteUnit]

^ Awkward, if true.

[smarkmouth]

Daniel Bryan's notorious 18-second loss to Sheamus is the longest match losing a WWE world championship he's had. The title was stripped from him two other times (one in kayfabe, the other due to injury) and his match against Randy Orton when Orton cashed in his MITB privilege was 8 seconds.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Big Show once had a Last Man Standing match with Matt Jackson and a Knockout match with Joey Ryan on the same Smackdown in 2008.

[smarkmouth]

The scream in Lars Sullivan theme song is Alicia Fox. Specifically, the scream she did when Cedric Alexander broke up with her on 205 Live.

[A11]

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is the greatest stadium the WWE will EVER host a show in

[#AbsoluteUnit]

I like your enthusiasm, but nothing will top Madison Square Garden.

[A11]

Madison square garden? Holds a full crowd of 3 people and is not in the sporting capital of the world

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Right.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

The Rock, This is Your Life is actually not the highest rated segment in Raw's history

[OYDK]

Michael Cole is the greatest wrestling announcer in history.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

John Morrison appeared in a backstage segment at WrestleMania 20

[BestSportsEntertainer]

John Cena once wrestled Kazarian at a UPW event in 2003. Samoa Joe, Mike Knox, Joey Ryan, and The Miz also had matches.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

When Hogan was born, there were only 48 states in the U.S.A.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

CM Punk's last one-on-one wrestling match was against Billy Gunn

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Jim Ross defeated Triple H in a match on a Raw in 2005.

[EnviousDominous]

The stable The Corre was the only stable where every member was born in a different continent.

Wade Barret - Europe

Ezekiel Jackson - South America

Heath Slater - North America

Justin Gabriel - Africa

[EnviousDominous]

On the June 23rd 2003 episode of RAW, Kane broke a mirror out of frustration due to knowing that he'll have to unmask later on in the show.

Breaking a mirror is seven years bad luck. Here's a series of examples of how Kane doomed himself:



Kane spends the next seven years unable to win a major match, or earn a major singles world championship. He took a clean loss to Sylvain Grenier, he had his feud with Shane involving testicular shock torture, his fake wedding with Lita that involved a baby punt, Kane and Big Show became tag team champions by accident at Taboo Tuesday only to lose the belts to The Spirit Squad, Kane went on his rampage that was a shameless plug for "See No Evil", Imposter Kane ran amuk (not really), Kane lost to Umaga in a "loser leaves RAW" match, Kane lost to Khali at WrestleMania 23 and The Great American Bash of that year (2007), Kane's team was victorious against *ahem* the team of Big Daddy V at Survivor Series 2007, Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero for the ECW Championship and promptly lost it to Mark Henry.



At the first Money in the Bank PPV on July 18th 2010, Kane won the Money in the Bank ladder match. Kane cashed in the briefcase later that same night, and defeated Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship. This win made Kane the first wrestler in history to have been WWE, World Heavyweight, and ECW champion. This was also the first time anyone successfully cashed in their briefcase on the same night that they earned it. It was also the fastest cash-in in WWE history at 47 minutes.

Don't break mirrors!

(This was discovered by RayAP19 from Reddit)

[EnviousDominous]

Jeff Jarrett won more championships than Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan combined.

Raven won more championships than The Undertaker and Sting combined.

[EnviousDominous]

The only prowrestling tag team consisting of two real life sisters, other than the Bella Twins, are Xochitl and Ayako Hamada.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dg2BKOtMhk

[Alex]

Jeff Jarrett won more championships than Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan combined.

Raven won more championships than The Undertaker and Sting combined.

Is this because they were in different promotions?

[Yaz]

Jarrett also worked for his father for a bit and ran his own company so he got a lot of gimmie titles. Still an interesting note.

[EnviousDominous]

By my count of 22 gimmicks (and please correct me if I'm wrong), the wrestler with the most gimmicks in history was Stan Frazier. It's also argued that Stan Frazier holds the record for the fastest televised pinfall victory at 9 seconds. Also; his wedding to Joyce Stazko was one of only two genuine weddings to occur as part of a prowrestling program.

[EnviousDominous]

The most decorated non-guest referee, in terms of championships earned in a previous career as a wrestler, is Drake Younger with 20.

Scott Armstrong only earned 18 championships.

[EnviousDominous]

By my count, 10 women have earned men's wrestling championships.

Trish Stratus - Hardcore Champion

Terri Runnels - Hardcore Champion

Godfather's unnamed Ho - Hardcore Champion

Molly Holly - Hardcore Champion

Madusa - Cruiserweight Champion

Daffney - Cruiserweight Champion

Jacqueline - Cruiserweight Champion

Sexy Star - Lucha Underground Champion

Kimber Lee - Chikara Grand Champion

Chyna - Intercontinental Champion


This is staggering when you consider that only one man has ever held a women's wrestling championship.

Harvey Wippleman - Women's Champion

[EnviousDominous]

The only professional wrestler to have ever won a Super Bowl was Steve "Mongo" McMichael.

The only other professional wrestler to have played in a Super Bowl, without winning, was Marcus Cor Von.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Three wrestlers have fought at WrestleMania for the 3 biggest titles. (WWE/World, IC, and (any form of) Tag-Team Championship:

Hogan, Miz, Bryan.

[EnviousDominous]

The most Olympic gold medals ever earned by a professional wrestler was 2. 2 gold medals were earned by NJPW's Willem Ruska in Judo at the 1972 games, which also made him the only Olympic Judo competitor to win more than one gold medal at the same Olympic games. 2 gold medals were earned by Bobby Pearce in Rowing, one at the 1928 games and one at the 1932 games.

Kurt Angle only earned one Olympic gold medal.

[klunderbunker]

By my count of 22 gimmicks (and please correct me if I'm wrong), the wrestler with the most gimmicks in history was Stan Frazier. It's also argued that Stan Frazier holds the record for the fastest televised pinfall victory at 9 seconds. Also; his wedding to Joyce Stazko was one of only two genuine weddings to occur as part of a prowrestling program.

Most of those gimmicks were just different names, not different gimmicks.

And 9 seconds is nowhere close.

[Y 2 Jake]

WWE.com posted an album the other week of red headed superstars and it didn't feature The Undertaker.

[EnviousDominous]

I shared this one on WZ, but I haven't seen anyone on here share it, so here goes:

Hogan and Sting have wrestled 1-on-1 a total of 14 times (that I've been able to find), and Hogan hasn't won a single one of them. Their match at Starrcade in 1997 had the result of Hogan winning thrown out due to accusations of a fast-count.

Bret Hart and Goldberg have fought a total of 4 times (that I've been able to find), and Bret Hart has won every one of those matches.

[Undying]

Cena's matches with Punk and Bryan are all time classics while no one remembers or talks about Punk and Bryan's matches against each other.

[EnviousDominous]

Another fun fact that I shared on WZ and haven't seen on here:

Dusty Rhodes is the only wrestler that I've been able to find that went undefeated in steel cage matches for his entire career.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Undertaker's first manager was Brother Love

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Jerry Lawler was in the last TLC match on Raw.

Edit - I was wrong. CM Punk vs Ryback happened in 2013.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Stan from that backstage segment with DX was actually Tye Dillinger

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Tony Schiavone actually came up with the infamous "butts in the seat" line. Eric Bischoff told him to say something negative but not exactly what to say.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Jesus Christ was born on Rusev Day (December 25th)

[Spidey]

The average age of the winners at WWE Crown Jewel is 38.

Last year's Wrestlemania (not including Nicholas) is also 38.

[smarkmouth]

Guess how many matches Tye Dillinger had on TV in 2018?

https://statics.sportskeeda.com/editor/2018/09/5f32a-15377576631390-800.jpg

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Zack Ryder hasn't had a match on RAW all year. He does have hope with 1 RAW remaining in 2018.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

El Ligero has wrestled over 2,400 matches for 210 different promotions

[BestSportsEntertainer]

All of the female wrestlers on Smackdown originally debuted in NXT

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Sylvester Stallone inducted Hulk Hogan into the WWE HOF

[Spidey]

https://i.ibb.co/X3zWtn1/684243-v2.jpg

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Each of the Usos has more Hell in a Cell wins than Mick Foley, Braun Strowman, Daniel Bryan, Edge, Chris Jericho, and The Rock combined.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Nia Jax is the first wrestler to appear in two Royal Rumbles in one night.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

At No Way Out 2009, Undertaker actually didn't reverse the 10 punches in the corner into a Last Ride.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

God is 0-1 in the WWE

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Jeff Jarrett is wrestling on Raw in 2019

[smarkmouth]

Jeff Jarrett is wrestling on Raw in 2019
More to that; Jeff now holds the record for longest gap between matches on RAW. His last match was 19 years ago. He breaks Zeb Colter's record by 3 years.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

WWE did a storyline where they blamed Baron Corbin for low Raw ratings but then put him in Raw's main event last night

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Mr. Perfect's last match was an axe-handle on a pole match against David Flair

[BestSportsEntertainer]

EC3 has tragically lost his voice

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Chris Jericho knows approximately 1,004 submission holds

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Andre the Giant was bodyslammed by Harley Race and Hulk Hogan himself before Wrestlemania 3. Ultimate Warrior also slammed Andre in what looked like anger in their match as Andre did not like working with The Warrior.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

The US Champion hasn't appeared on TV in over 3 weeks

[EnviousDominous]

Andre the Giant was bodyslammed by Harley Race and Hulk Hogan himself before Wrestlemania 3. Ultimate Warrior also slammed Andre in what looked like anger in their match as Andre did not like working with The Warrior.

One name that's hardly ever mentioned is Kamala. He slammed Andre in Mid-South Wrestling in the early 1980's. One rumor is that Kamala would wrestle with a knife in his tights, which he intended to use if Andre tried to legitimately hurt him. They had a long feud, and Andre was never stabbed.

[smarkmouth]

Kevin Owens' appreciation of Owen Hart is quite well known. His ring name is dedicated to Owen. His son is named Owen. He even often talks/prays to Owen before big matches. Which makes this stat pretty cool;

Both Owen and Kevin had two reigns as Intercontinental Champion, and both have been Intercontinental Champion for exactly 132 days total!

[BestSportsEntertainer]

This probably shouldn't be surprising, but Samoa Joe now gets to lose on Raw AND Smackdown.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Some 10-year old kid (now 11?) has a better WrestleMania winning percentage than the Undertaker.

[Spidey]

According to some bookies, the odds of Gronk winning the Andre battle royal are significantly better than Bray Wyatt's and Kevin Owens's.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

^ That legit doesn't surprise me.

Ummmm..... The Omni was JCP's version of Madison Square Garden. The Omni is now the CNN center.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Last Week Tonight vs WWE is the hottest feud going into WrestleMania

[smarkmouth]

This fact has expired.

Daniel Bryan's notorious 18-second loss to Sheamus is the longest match losing a WWE world championship he's had. The title was stripped from him two other times (one in kayfabe, the other due to injury) and his match against Randy Orton when Orton cashed in his MITB privilege was 8 seconds.

[klunderbunker]

^ That legit doesn't surprise me.

Ummmm..... The Omni was JCP's version of Madison Square Garden. The Omni is now the CNN center.

Not quite. The Omni was destroyed and was about two miles from the CNN Center. The first part is right.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Iron Sheik hasn't made it to the ring for the Gimmick Battle Royal and likely won't until WrestleMania 38.

[smarkmouth]

This might have already been mentioned in this thread, but it's still one of the coolest pieces of modern WWE trivia.

Seth won his first World Title by pinning Roman.
Roman won his first World Title by pinning Dean.
Dean won his first World Title by pinning Seth.

We gripe about WWE's lack of long term planning, but...

[Yaz]

This might have already been mentioned in this thread, but it's still one of the coolest pieces of modern WWE trivia.

Seth won his first World Title by pinning Roman.
Roman won his first World Title by pinning Dean.
Dean won his first World Title by pinning Seth.

We gripe about WWE's lack of long term planning, but...

You stole this off your Twitter you thief.

[smarkmouth]

You stole this off your Twitter you thief.

From myself :)

[Yaz]

From myself :)

How could you steal from someone? You are a monster and I feel bad for the, probably handsome, man you stole from.

[smarkmouth]

These aren't surprising, just a little snackbox graphic I made to promote a trivia night I'm hosting to promote the podcast. Shoot me a DM if you have any REALLY cool trivia items.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5P7OEAW4AETIhs.jpg:small

[Alex]

Matt Hardy is the only person to hold five different versions of the WWE tag team titles (according to Matt Hardy)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwx-IjPg3fH/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=17byhut60r83e

[smarkmouth]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D59zHdcW4AARXe4.jpg:small

[Yaz]

Kayfabe his son is named Owen Owens

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Vince approved the Curtain Call before it happened.

[klunderbunker]

Vince approved the Curtain Call before it happened.

Where did you hear this?

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Where did you hear this?

Jim Ross on the latest episode of his podcast

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Doesn't seem logical to approve something, then punish somebody for it for months afterwards.

[smarkmouth]

Doesn't seem logical to approve something, then punish somebody for it for months afterwards.

I'm not saying JR might not be incorrect here but this actually does sound like peak Vince.

[Stone Cold Tea]

I remember hearing on I think itâ??s The Kliq Rules, that Vince approved some form of goodbye but not to that extent.

I think it was that documentary.

[Yaz]

I've heard the some form of goodbye bit as well. From what I've gathered it was supposed to be some form of mutual respect, like a post match reluctant handshake. Not a full blown four way hug.

[klunderbunker]

Jim Ross on the latest episode of his podcast


Doesn't seem logical to approve something, then punish somebody for it for months afterwards.

This. I'd like some more context to that one.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Twitter Big E is the best thing in wrestling.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

This. I'd like some more context to that one.

Stone Cold Tea and Yaz are right. That's what I get for listening to a podcast when I should be sleeping.

[klunderbunker]

Stone Cold Tea and Yaz are right. That's what I get for listening to a podcast when I should be sleeping.

That didn't sound like it made a lot of sense. I can buy the mutual respect thing.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Samoa Joe hasn't murdered Dominic yet.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Samoa Joe is my low key C.I.

[Spidey]

Out of the 37 on AEW's active roster, 5 wrestlers are 38 years old or over (Jericho, Daniels, CIMA, Kazarian, Nakazawa).

Of the 38 stars in NXT, 3 (Fish, Ohno, Baszler).

Idk, seemed surprising to me. Thought AEW had more and NXT had none. Fairly close numbers.

[Yaz]

AEW just trying to copy WWE

[smarkmouth]

Professional Wrestling Legend R-Truth has held the 24/7 Championship for 99.8% of the title's entire existence. Comparatively, feeble weakling Bruno Sammartino only held the WWE title for 20% of the title's run.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Vince McMahon died 12 years ago today in a horrible limo accident.

[smarkmouth]

Vince McMahon died 12 years ago today in a horrible limo accident.

WWE might want to skip next week's "On This Day in WWE History".

[Alex]

The majority of the inductees in the TNA/Impact Hall Of Fame has left to go somewhere else. Of the 8 people inducted 6 went to WWE within a year if their induction. Earl Hebner (the only referee inducted) and Gail Kim (the only female) are the only ones not to have gone to WWE. Hebner worked the Indies before going to AEW and Kim is the only inductee to have stayed at Impact.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Jason Jordan didn't wish Kurt Angle a Happy Father's Day.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Jason Jordan didn't wish Kurt Angle a Happy Father's Day.

https://twitter.com/JasonJordanJJ/status/1140343876600913925

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon rewrote 70% of the script for No Holds Barred.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Jon Moxley joins AJ Styles and Ric Flair as the only former WWE Champions to compete in the G1 Climax tournament.

[Spidey]

Stretching the truth there with Styles. Might as well include Austin too.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

In singles matches McIntyre is 0-2-1 against Reigns, but Shane is 1-0.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

The Rock and Jerry Lawler are undefeated against Hogan.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Becky Lynch is more of a man than Mike Kanellis and Seth Rollins.

[Yer Maw]

That's less surprising and more stupid.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

That's less surprising and more stupid.

This thread became "mildly interesting wrestling trivia and stupid, unfunny jokes" a long time ago.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Psicosis is the only wrestle to wrestle for AAA, NJPW, ECW, WCW, AJPW, CMLL, TNA, and WWE.

[smarkmouth]

Days before his passing, Owen Hart worked this dark match. It's said that Owen was highly impressed with the rookie.

https://www.wwe.com/f/all/2017/01/007_RAW_05101999_0072--ccd3bde92ba9699c4375df915111daa4.jpg

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Mike Adamle is 69 years old.

[EnviousDominous]

Brock is the only Money in the Bank winner to successfully cash in on the same person who had previously successfully cashed in on them.

[smarkmouth]

Lesnar is the only 3x Universal Champion. There are currently no 2x Universal Champions.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

The Colons are still signed with WWE

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Rick Steiner has the best winning percentage in WWE History.

[Spidey]

Christopher Daniels and Shane McMahon are the same age, with Shane three months older.

[Spidey]

Ath the time of posting, Bayley has the highest percentage of wins out of the Four Horsewomen while in the WWE proper. Sasha Banks has the least.

Bayley was also the first women's Triple Crown Champion and the only Grand Slam Champion.

[Jack-Hammer]

I don't know if anyone's posted this, not reading through all the various 170+ posts so sorry if I'm stepping on toes.

I've been reading back through Ric Flair's autobiography the past few weeks, "To Be The Man" and came across a pretty cool fact that I'd forgotten all about.

This involves a wrestler by the name of George Burrell Woodin, better known to wrestling fans as Mr. Wrestling. A little background on Woodin is that he was a highly qualified amateur wrestler in college, capturing the Amateur Athletic Union Championship in 1955 and 1957, plus the Big Ten Conference Championship in 1958 and 1959. In the guise of Mr. Wrestling, which he began wrestling as while wearing a mask & white singlet not too long after his professional wrestling career began in 1962, Woodin was a star pretty much everywhere he went, though the man was essentially a god in the Florida, Georgia and Mid-Atlantic territories I know I'm rambling on a bit but now I'm getting to the point of things: Woodin was involved in the same 1975 plane crash Ric Flair, Johnny Valentine and Bob Bruggers. Woodin was the only babyface wrestler on the flight and was adamant about protecting kayfabe. He was injured during the crash, but not nearly to the degree as the others and after being taken to the hospital, he told the staff his real name and that he was a promoter and not a wrestler, and they didn't know as he'd wrestled under a mask for virtually all this time. However, rumors began circulating that Woodin was indeed on the plane and this was during the days when heels and babyfaces didn't associate outside of the locker room. Rather than risk exposing pro wrestling and breaking kayfabe, Woodin returned to the ring to wrestle two weeks after the crash and was in extreme pain. However, it preserved the business as no reasonable person would believe that Mr. Wrestling would be back in the ring less than two weeks after being in a plane crash that crippled three other wrestlers and eventually killed the pilot of the plane. Flair expressed admiration for Woodin in his book by saying that Woodin, who passed away in 2002, "was more than just Mr. Wrestling that day, but was the man who saved wrestling."

So basically, the man defied doctors' orders and put himself in harm's way by returning to the ring just to protect the mystique of the business. Gotta say that was a pretty badass move on Mr. Wrestling's part and took a level of dedication to pro wrestling that just doesn't exist anymore.

[Jack-Hammer]

Christopher Daniels and Shane McMahon are the same age, with Shane three months older.

Daniels also shares a birthday with the Undertaker as both were born March 24th. Taker's 5 years older and turns 55 to Daniels 50 next year.

[klunderbunker]

Daniels also shares a birthday with the Undertaker as both were born March 24th. Taker's 5 years older and turns 55 to Daniels 50 next year.

Your bonus trivia: the Undertaker's Streak began on his birthday.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Lacey Evans and Mideon are tied for the most WWE PPV singles matches without a win (0-5)

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Mandy Rose hasn't won a PPV match I don't think.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

She's 0-11 and hasn't had a singles match. That's probably way up there.

[Spidey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwuq_qzh_IY

[BestSportsEntertainer]

3MB has as many world champions as the Four Horsemen

[Alex]

I may be wrong but I believe Edge & Christian and The Hardys are the only teams to have got their start in a major promotion as a tag team where both members became world champions (even if it was in different promotions)

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Asuka has more main event PPV wins than all four horsewomen combined.

Asuka 4, Becky 2, Charlotte 1, Bayley and Sasha 0

[#AbsoluteUnit]

I still think it's crazy how Bayley is the most accomplished out of the 4 horsewomen. Sasha just needs the SD women's title to join her. Charlotte and Becky both need the Women's tag team titles to join Bayley.

EDIT: Wrong thread but I'll keep it here.

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Kind of narrow perspective for accomplishments. Bayley and Sasha aren?t even close to the levels of Becky and Charlotte.

Your argument basically says that anyone who?s held the World/WWE championship more than 4 times is more accomplished than Shawn Michaels.

[Spidey]

Indeed, though Bayley has won more than the others while Charlotte has the worst record outside of Sasha.

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Charlotte can afford it, as she?s been pushed at or near the top so long. Becky?s run at the top is more akin to Ultimate Warrior?s. Brief, but hard to find a woman who was more over. Hell, at one point I think most would agree she was more over than anyone in the business at the time. It?ll be interesting to see if she can get back to or near that level if she ever comes back.

[Jack-Hammer]

One of the Undertaker's older brothers, Timothy Calaway, passed away at the age of 63 on March 24, 2020 which, unfortunately, also happened to be Taker's 55th birthday. How's that for a birthday present?:(