| 1-It was the Hart brothers that invented the ladder match gimmick, in the early 1980's 2-Vader has held more different World heavyweight titles than anyone else in the modern era; capturing WCW, IWGP and CWA World titles, and AJPW's Triple Crown 3-Lex Luger was booked to win the WWF World title from Yokozuna at Wrestlemania X, but the night beforehand he told his friends while at a bar, and when the story leaked all plans were changed - Luger didn't get handed the belt 4-In 1985, a rival wrestling promoter (who shall remain un-named) attempted to talk Bruiser Brody into attacking Mr. T as he made his entrance at the first Wrestlemania 5-In early 1991, Shane Douglas was set to have a huge push in the WWF as a rock star, complete with songs by Jimmy Hart, but he left the promotion to tend to his ill father instead 6-Uliuli Fifita (Meng) once reputedly ripped out Jesse Barr's eyeball in a carpark fight 7-Missy Hyatt was the first woman to ever win a male championship in pro wrestling (discounting Jimmy Hart) 8-In early 1992, as revenge for the WWF 'stealing' their World Champion Ric Flair, WCW was going to steal Bret Hart, the Intercontinental champion, but the deal fell through at the last minute 9-Marc Mero actually left WCW in 1996 because he disapproved of the promotion's product 10-Jim Hellwig was once billed as The Dingo Warrior (in World Class Championship Wrestling) 11-Tom 'The Dynamite Kid' Billington once set fire to Gypsy Joe at a counter in McDonalds 12-Steve Austin was the first choice for the role ultimately landed by Bill Goldberg in Universal Soldier II, but Time-Warner executives wouldn't let him appear 13-Mikey Whipwreck, Taz and Sabu are the only three wrestlers to hold the ECW triple crown - the World, World Tag Team and Television titles 14-Larry Zybysko is a licenced pilot, and often flies Hulk Hogan in for Pay Per Views and episodes of Monday Nitro 15-Jushin 'Thunder' Liger is deaf in one ear 16-Billy Gunn was booked to win the WWF Intercontinental title from Ken Shamrock at the 1999 Royal Rumble, but - like Lex Luger - when he went partying to celebrate the night before, plans were changed and he didn't get the title 17-Glen 'Kane' Jacobs has degrees in English and Teaching 18-Abdullah The Butcher owns 'Abdullah The Butcher's House Of Ribs' restaraunt in the US 19-Kimberly (Falkenberg) has posed nude twice for Playboy magazine, and Rena 'Sable' Merowitz has posed once 20-Jake 'The Snake' Roberts' father, brother and sister all were profesional wrestlers 21-During their time in WCW, Sid backed down from a bar fight with Brian Pillman - but returned from his car armed with a squeegie! 22-Japanese loony Shoji Nakamki was once powerbombed onto a bed of nails, and was once even piledriven onto a pile of burning logs! 23-Taz's personalised number plate reads 'TAP OUT' 24-Hulk Hogan and Ed 'Brutus Beefcake' Leslie were once billed as brothers 25-Marcus Bagwell had calf implants n 1995 but they later leaked and had to be removed 26-Terry Funk first 'retired' in 1983 27-Ric Flair has held a total of 16 world titles in WCW/NWA/WWF, not 14 as we are constantly told 28-Yoshihiro 'Ultimo Dragon' Asai trained The Great Sasuke 29-Jim "The Ultimate Warrior' Hellwig was NJPW's original choice for the role of Big Van Vader (which went to Leon White) 30-Ed Leslie was the first choice for the gay role of Adrian Adonis 31-Mick 'Cactus Jack' Foley was once World Class Light Heavyweight champion 32-Chris Adams, the 'Gentleman', went to prison for headbutting an airline pilot 33-TNT (Juan 'Savio Vega' Rivera) was in the locker room just feet away from the room Bruiser Brody was murdered in on the night of his death 34-Wrestling's best ever PPV buyrate was a 10.2 - drawn by Wrestlemania III 35-Andre The Giant was billed as 7' 4", but was only 6' 10" 36-Cactus Jack + Terry Funk vs The New Age Outlaws at Wrestlemania XIV was scheduled to be a barbed wire match, but the PPV carriers refused and so the dumpster match was born 37-Dean Malenko has been wrestling for 20 years (debuting in early 1979) 38-Eddie Guerrero's father Gori invented both the Gori Special and Camel Clutch 39-Andre The Giant once fell asleep in a match with the late 'Big' John Studd 40-Jerome 'New Jack' Young and Bam Bam Bigelow were both once bounty hunters 41-Vince McMahon Sr. prevented Vince McMahon Jr. from becoming a professional wrestler because he thought it was too dangerous 42-Andre The Giant reputedly downed 118 bottles of beer one night 43-The WWF's lowest ever buyrate came at IYH 5 (headlined by Bret Hart vs Davey Boy Smith) - it drew a 0.35 44-Hulk Hogan was not the first wrestler to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated - it was light heavyweight legend Danny Hodge! 45-Davey Boy Smith and his cousin Tommy 'Dynamite Kid' Billington hate each other so much that Tommy refuses to speak Davey's name 46-Bam Bam Bigelow and Vader legitamately hate each other 47-Scott Levy (Raven) has been billed as Scott Anthony, Scott Levy, Scotty The Body, Scotty Flamingo, Johnny Polo and, most recently, Raven 48-The late El Santo starred in more movies than any other wrestler 49-Terry 'Sabu' Brunk's uncle The Sheik first used fireballs in wrestling 50-The WWWF was once a part of the NWA 51-Lou Thesz retired at the age of 74 (!) 52-Sting, DDP and Lex Luger are the only three men to ever hold the WCW quadruple crown - the World, World Tag Team, Television and United States titles 53-Bad News Brown (Allen Coage) won a gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games - in Judo 54-Shawn Michaels is the only man to hold the WWF quadruple crown (or 'Grand Slam') - thw World, World Tag Team, Intercontinental and European titles 55-The Iron Sheik was once the personal bodyguard of the Shah of Iran 56-Scott and Rick Steiner have held four different Tag Team Titles together on ten different occaisions 57-Perry 'Saturn' Satullo once dated Joanie 'Chyna' Laurer 58-BlackJack Mulligan went to jail for counterfeiting 59-Mark Callaway was originally billed as Kane "The Undertaker" on his arrival in the WWF - later he became just The Undertaker 60-Brian Lee (real name Brian Harris) was the best man at The Undertaker's wedding 61-Ed Leslie has been billed as (take a deep breath before reading this): The Disciple, The Booty Man, The Clipmaster, The Zodiac Man, The Man With No Name, The Man With No Face, (why not 'The Man With No Talent'?), The butcher, Brother Bruti, Furface, Brutus Beefcake, Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake and 'Dizzy' Ed Boulder. Phew! 62-Booker T. and Stevie Ray were once billed together as 'The Ebony Experience' in the GWF 63-Steven Regal has wrestled in more countries than any other wrestler ever - 24 |
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