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Brian Damage
It’s Friday (I think) and you know what that means…it’s another edition of FUN FACT FRIDAY…pro wrestling edition. It’s just a bunch of obscure and overall useless wrestling facts to get you through the day. Some you probably know, while others maybe not so much. In any event, I hope you read up and learn a little something…or nothing. Anyway…Let’s learn!
The Rock N Roll Express’ Official Fan Club use to generate $100,000 a week in their heyday.
The infamous Kurt Angle “You Suck” chant first began on February 22nd 2001 edition of Smackdown at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
In 2009, Rey Mysterio won the Intercontinental Championship twice in the same year; his first two reigns with that title.
In 2019, 10 years later, Mysterio won the US Title twice in the same year; his first two reigns with this title.
On November 26th, 2019…Becky Lynch became the longest reigning WWE Raw Women’s champion of all time surpassing Ronda Rousey’s record of 232 days. She is also the longest reigning champion of the post Diva Era.
SD Jones was originally booked to win the WWF tag team titles with Tony Atlas, but Vince McMahon felt that Rocky Johnson had a better “look” and replaced Jones with Johnson.
Chris Warren…the singer of DX’s theme song ‘Break it Down’ also performed music for TNA wrestling back in 2007/2008. Warren passed away suddenly in 2016 at the age of 49.
After Jim Crockett Promotions were sold to Ted Turner in 1988…the company was tentatively named the Universal Wrestling Corporation until being renamed World Championship Wrestling. After WCW was sold to Vince McMahon in 2001….the remainder of WCW’s assets that WWE didn’t pick up were under the Universal Wrestling Corporation name. The UWC officially dissolved on December 5th, 2017 almost 17 years after WCW folded.
WWE announcer Corey Graves has a brother who wrestles all over the world named Sam Adonis.
ODB and Eric Young were the very last TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions.
Randy Orton, Braun Strowman and Aja Kong are all tied with the most eliminations in a single traditional Survivor Series match with four eliminations a piece.
Finn Balor nearly had his leg amputated after suffering an injury while wrestling for New Japan. His leg developed an infection after getting kicked in the shin. The infection started to eat away at his bone and was hospitalized for 10 day.
Xavier Woods revealed that two of the names being considered for The New Day when the group was formed were ‘The Beat’ and ‘The Million Man Ministry.’
Rusev’s first manager in WWE developmental was “Raquel” aka Shaul Guerrero (The daughter of Eddie Guerrero) who’s also the wife of Aiden English (Who seconded Rusev on the main roster)
‘Diamond’ Dallas Page actually started his pro wrestling career when he was 22 years old in New Jersey. His wrestling name was ‘Handsome’ Dallas Page and he only had three matches before he injured his knee and quit the business. DDP wouldn’t get back in the ring as a pro wrestler until roughly 14 years later.
For nearly 50 years Stu Hart had owned and wrestled for Calgary Stampede Wrestling. In all that time as bother promoter and wrestler, Stu Hart never put the promotion’s top title on himself.
Shawn Michaels was the very first opponent of Bret Hart when he became WWF champion and the very last opponent of his as WWF champion.
In his 9 year WWE career, Cody Rhodes never had a one on one opportunity at the WWE world title. In comparison, R-Truth, Zack Ryder, Spike Dudley and even James Ellsworth did.
JTG had a clean pin fall victory over Chris Jericho in 2009.
Christopher Daniels has worked for WWF, WCW, ECW, TNA, Ring of Honor, New Japan, AAA in Mexico and All Elite Wrestling.
In 2014, Seth Rollins versus Dean Ambrose in a Hell in a Cell Match was the first time two wrestlers in their 20’s main evented a WWE pay per view since The Undertaker and Yokozuna did it in 1994.
The name ‘Brutus Beefcake’ was created by Linda McMahon and Hulk Hogan.
