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....and little known facts about your favorite Wrestlers
2008
May 9, 2008
Nick Hogan's license plate "COEHSP" stands for "Capable of Eluding High Speed Pursuit."
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Nick Bollea (Hogan) was sentenced to eight months in jail for his involvement in driving a car that resulted in his friend,
John Graziano, being injured.
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April 1, 2008
Mark Madden is reporting that Ric Flair watched old matches he had with Ricky Steamboat to prepare for his final match
with Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 24.
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The McMahons check their writers' computers to see if they have any e-mail contact with people outside of WWE.
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Vince McMahon paid for the funeral of Sherri Martel while Booker T helped pay for the gravestone.
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The Sandman's release last week from the WWE was due to an arguement with WWE Agent Rick Blood (Steamboat).
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August 2007
The current WWE drug testing policy was instituted after the November 2005 death of Eddie Guerrero.
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Craig "Pitbull" Pittman, a WCW wrestler from the mid-1990s, is now a police deputy in Tennessee. Pittman played
a close to life gimmick as he actually did duty as a Marine before wrestling.
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August 1, 2007
Jesse Ventura has a new pilot planned for airing later this year called "Live Justice," costarring ex-OJ Simpson
prosecutor Marcia Clark.
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Undertaker's real brother is Anthony Callaway
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Dan Madigan, the man who wrote See No Evil , with WWE wrestler Kane as the lead character, has a son named KANE
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CARLITO COOL is left handed
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Torrie Wilson's real name is Victoria
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Mickie James real name is Alexis Laree
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The first WWE film was SEE NO EVIL distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment on May 19, 2006
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HHH and Stephanie's new baby girl Aurora Rose, is the third grandchild for Vince. McMahon's eldest son, Shane, has two children
with former WWE announcer Marissa Mazolla.
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KANE: (once Issac Yankem) actually did study dentistry for a few monthes before dropping out.
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CHRIS JERICHO: onced wrestled 3 back to back matches in Japan which took a total of about 1 hour 7 minutes
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Wrestlemania was March 31 1985 in Madison Square Garden.
1980's Hulk Hogan's opponents were banned from mentioning his receding hair line in interviews.
Undertaker made his WWF debut in November 1990 at Survivor Series as the mystery partner of Ted Dibease.
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The Simpsons is a favorite TV show of such wrestlers as Bret Hart, Scott Hall, and Bad Ass Billy Gunn
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In September, 1997 Chris Jericho was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze - Kevin Nash
plays Super Shredder
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The song that STACY KEIBLER danced to on tv's Dancing with the Stars was called "I'm like a Bird" by Nelly Furtado.
Her dance partner was Tony Dovolani.
Stacy's legs are 42 inches from hip to ankle. Stacy studied Ballet before becoming a WWE wrestler where she has suffered
cracked ribs and a broken nose.
Eddie's father...Gory Guerrero was a founding father of Lucha Libre (Mexican pro wrestling), a legendary wrestling trainer,
a pioneer figure in Mexico, the best pro wrestler in Mexican history over the course of his 30-year career.
Eddie Guerrero wrestled at the University of New Mexico on an athletic scholarship.
JBL knew Guerrero well. Eddie stood beside him, as a groomsmen, during his wedding. and later helped through his divorce.
Nunzio won the cruiserweight strap off Juventud Guerrera at a show in Rome.
Steve Austin is an antique collecter.
Kevin Nash play's Super Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.
About 300 fireworks are used for each telecast. That equals more than 10 pounds of explosives.
Spike Dudley was a school teacher from Rhode Island before getting into the wrestling business
Kurt Angle's wife is a former stripper
Kevin Nash introduced Shawn Michaels to his wife, the former Nitro Girl Whisper (Rebecca Curci)
Undertaker was brought to the WWF by Brother Love.
D’Lo Brown is a certified accountant.
Tom Pritchard aka Zip and Brother Love are brothers.
Honky Tonk Man and Jerry Lawler are cousins.
The World Wrestling Federation owns the Domain www.payperview.com.
Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington despises his cousin Davey Boy Smith so much, he can't bring himself to say his
name.
Early in his career, Hulk Hogan teamed with "Dizzy Hogan" who would later be known as Brutus Beefcake
Two days before WrestleMania 9, Hogan was injured in a jet-ski accident.
The Rock's wife Dany is the Associate Vice President of Merrill Lynch
"The Crippler Cross Face" was invented by Dean Malenko and not Chris Benoit.
Bill Goldberg's father was a retired Gynecologist.
Glen Jacobs ( Kane) has degrees in English and Teaching
Andre the Giant once fell asleep during a match with Big John Studd
Randy Savage has played minor league baseball for the White Sox, Reds,and the Cardinals
Steve Austin is an antique collector
Gene Okerlund has been known as Mean Gene for years.
William Regal's new book, " Walking a Golden Mile" is full of British terms and slang. Darren Matthews (aka
William Regal)
Darren wrote the book at age 37
Sabu and Rhino( that's the way he now spells it because WWE owns the name Rhyno) are in TNA. Sabu came out to help Raven.
This could be the start of an ECW facion in TNA?
Hassan: real name is Mark Copani. He grew up in Detroit. He is of Italian descent.
Fast facts
Curt Henning also known as Mr. Perfect is the first guy to win 1 vs. 3 man handicap match.
Shawn Michaels also known as HBK is the first guy to win ladder match, Street fight.
TripleH has held the title for the longest period in a row [8 consecutive months]
Pat Patterson is the first guy to win the Inter Continental title in 1979.
Honky Tonk Man held the IC title [Inter continental ] for more than 14 months in a row. It is WWE record to hold this
title for maximum consecutive days.
Chyna made history by becoming the one and only girl to win the Inter Continental title.
KANE is 6 feet 9 inches yet wears lifts in his boots to appear even bigger.
The Heart Throbs picked up their first victory on the May 1, 2005, edition of Sunday Night HEAT.
Chris Jericho, whose Hockey Hall of Fame father Ted Irvine played for the New York Rangers. Chris likes to talk about
his Fozzy band...Wrestling and Hockey
Kurt Angle's wife is a former stripper
The Rock's wife Dany is the Associate Vice President of Merrill Lynch
Glen Jacobs (better known to the wrestling world as Kane) has degrees in English and Teaching
Eddie Guerrero's father 'Gori' invented the camel clutch
ECW's Dawn Marie appeared in the original Austin Powers MTV special as one of the go-go dancers and actually had a couple
of speaking lines
Sgt. Slaughter's character was portrayed in the cartoon G.I. JOE.
Road Dogg fought in Desert Storm.
Honky Tonk Man and Jerry Lawler are cousins.
Bill Goldberg, Raven, DDP, Dean Malenko, and Barry Horowitz are Jewish.
Brian Lee (Chainz) was the best man at Mark Callaway's (The Undertaker) wedding
Glen Jacobs (kane) was born in Spain
Wrestlers that are related:
Terry/Dory Funk
Rikishi/Yokozuna
Wrestlers who have been on the You've Been Punk'd tv show
are: Goldberg...Steve Austin...and The Rock
LILIAN GARCIA: began announcing RAW matches in August 1999. Lilian Garcia sang atop a float in the 2001 Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade. She graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina.
Muhammad Hassan: is from Detroit...so fans chanting U-S-A doesn't really affect him.
BIG SHOW: weighed 105 pounds when he was 6 years old
TNAannounced an agreement with Navarre Corporation to distribute Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's entire catalog of home
videos in the United States and Canada.
The APA : was the Acolyte
Protection Agency.
Edge's theme song is called "Metallingus" and its from Alter Bridge!!
Goldberg and Steve Austin have roles in the movie THE LONGEST YARD out in May 2005
Goldberg's first dream was of, being in the NFL , were crushed when he suffered an abdominal injury in a preseason game.
He went into wrestlling then left WWE years later due to his distaste for its politics.
Evolution was formed in early 2003 when Batista joined Flair, Randy Orton and Triple H
Dave Batista grew up in Washington, D.C. and worked as a bouncer in local bars and clubs. His real name is spelled BAUTISTA
Batista returned to action, after he re-tore his tricep muscle jogging, to attack Bill Goldberg earning Triple H's bounty
on the then-World Champion.
JOHN CENA: is left-handed
MICK FOLEY: ( MANKIND) is the only one to hold a KO
victory over Taker as of 2005
Randy Orton and John Cena are good friends in real life.
THE UNDERTAKER: favorite non-wrestling sports are basketball
and boxing,
John Cena's number in college was 54 (that's why most of his
wwe merchandise has a number 54!!)
He played football for eight years
The movie parody of "When Harry met Sally." Christy asks Kurt Angle to pass the SALT and he hands her the PEPPER
and she uses it instead.
Shane McMahon was on camera at Wrestlemania VI, as
a referee named Shane Stevens!
Spike Dudley is a former third grade teacher from
Rhode Island before getting into the wrestling
business!
Bill Goldberg's mother is a concert violinist!
Leatherface caused the scar on Mick Foley's left
arm.
THE HEARTBREAK KID: Shawn Michaels has no interest in getting into the movie business.
When a referee gives an "X" sign...it means that the fallen wrestler is truely injured and unable to continue in
the match.
Some movie spoof ads for Hollywood road to wrestlemania 21:
BRAVEHEART-----Triple H and Ric Flair
HARRY MET SALLY---Kurt Angle. Christy and Linda Mc Mahon
BASIC INSTINCT---Stacy Keibler..Jericho..Moolah..Mae Young
TAXI-------Big Show..Batista
A FEW GOOD MEN.........John Cena..JBL.. and the Coach
PULP FICTION...........Eddie Guerrero..Booker T
FORREST GUMP.....Eugene and William Regal
DIRTY HARRY...........The Undertaker
GLADIATOR........Stone-cold Steve Austin
A new WWE Hollywood spoof commercial of the movie Taxi featuring the Big Show will debut on WWE TV soon.
KURT ANGLE: says that Shawn Michaels and himself are the best wrestlers at WWE (2005)
* WrestleMania III sets the record for the largest indoor attendance of an event in history: 93,173 .
* Many celebrities like Cyndi Lauper, Mr. T, Aretha Franklin, Donald Trump, Vanna White, Run DMC and many others attend
WrestleMania.
WretleMania also has the best buyrates of all the pay-per-views held by the WWE like the World Series and SuperBowl
getting higher ratings than other games held in their respective sports.
John Cena and JBL are featured on the April 2005 issue of Smackdown Magazine
Christy Hemme Playboy issue is on newstands now. (March 2005)
The Jersey John Cena wore on Smackdown this past jersey is on sale at WWE Shopzone.The retail price is $45.00
The Tough Enough Season 4 DVD is on sale at WWE Shopzone.Its retail price is $19.95
Undertaker,Rey Mysterio,and HBK are the latest superstars with new t-shirts on WWE Shopzone. 2005
The old NWA/WCW. During the late 1990s THEODORE LONG caught his big break and became one of the top referees in WWE.
It costs WWE extra money if a PPV goes longer than the time alloted. PPV companies want the shows completed with 10 minutes
to spare.
CHYNA: She figures she's still women's champion, since she never lost the belt in the ring.
Her breast implants are called Chyna 2000s.
Her hair is not really jet-black and she can play the piano
She owns a Wonder Woman purse, with the words "Beat It, Creep" stamped on the side.
She is 5' 10" 165 lbs
TRIPLE H: calls that spray of water he does at his to the ring entrance a " spritz"
X-PAC: his drug rehab costs were paid by Triple H and Vince McMahon
Triple H: eats 7 small meals a day
BRUNO SAMMARTINO: built himself up without the use of drugs and steroids to 275 pounds. He performed unprecedented weight-lifting
feats, including lifting the 625 pound Haystack Calhoun at Madison Square Garden - and dropping him. causing the entire ring
to collapse in front of thousands of fans.
Chyna: is Fluent in 3 foreign languages.
Ric Flair: In 1991 he was fired/quit WCW. He showed up in the WWF 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 tr
bought it back from Flair for reportedly $75,000. (source "Ask Amanda")
The year 2004:
The Rock, Triple H, Kane and John Cena all take time
off for Hollywood movie ventures.
Victoria: Before becoming a professional wrestler she used to compete in motorcross events.
Big Show's boot size is 22 / 5E
The average wrestling match is 8 minutes
2004:
Kevin Nash is 45 years old
Two Wrestling Legends: Ric Flair and Jerry "King" Lawler have only had 4 matches in the ring together.
The only woman who defended the Intercontinental Championship against Chris Jericho at Armageddon 1999 was CHYNA
If any one Superstar symbolizes WWE, it's the Undertaker.
Roddy Piper talks about wrestling...quote: "Seventy guys under the age of 45 have died since 1997,"
The Royal Rumble winner automatically receives a title shot at a Wrestlemaina
Andre The Giant:
He wore a size 22 shoe.
Owned a 160-acre ranch near Rockingham, North Carolina where he raised quarter horses and longhorns.
Slept diagonally on a king-size bed.
Once consumed 117 bottles of German beer in one sitting.
Jackie Gayda (Miss Jackie) and Charlie Haas are a great combination in the ring and outside too. Haas and Miss Jackie are
engaged to be married sometime next year 2005
TOMMY DREAMER: is set to take over Prichard's job as Vice-President of WWE Talent Relations.
JERRY LAWLER and HONKY TONK MAN are cousins.
Eddie's father Gory was the patriarch of arguably the premier family in wrestling history. Eddie's older brothers Chavo,
Mando and Hector gained worldwide reputations as excellent wrestlers,
Ric Flair: To Be the Man, cowritten with Keith Elliot Greenberg, chronicles the anguish and exhilaration of Flair's life and
career -- in painfully honest detail.
8/3/97: In one of WWE's scariest moments, Stone Cold Steve Austin breaks his neck when Owen Hart connects with an unconventional
piledriver. Somehow, Austin manages to pull out the SummerSlam victory to claim the Intercontinental Championship.
Sean O'Haire and WWE part ways last month after a long period sitting on the sidelines not being used in the company. His
highest profile match for the company was a Backlash 2003 match against Rikishi, where O'Haire was managed by Roddy Piper.
The company never found a role for O'Haire after Piper was dropped from the company in June 2003. O'Haire recently made an
appearance for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
[Source: PWInsider.Com]
GAIL KIM: likes romance-comedies, something like Mickey Blue Eyes. Loves hamburgers and fries. Is a shop-aholic and,
gets moody when she is tired. Can make a great low calorie Tuna Fish Sandwich. Was popular in High School
The Eddie Guererro vs. John Bradshaw Leyfield feud is an
unqualified success.
Wrestling Term: RING RAT is a woman who hangs around the arenas and hotels after a wrestling show looking to sleep with
one of the wrestlers.
Part of Mankind's (Mick Foley) right ear was torn off by Vader on a tour of Germany when his head was caught between the ropes.
FAROOQ: was an All-American football player at Florida State
University.
JERRY LAWLER: was a radio disc jockey.
ROAD DOG: fought in Desert Storm.
REY MESTERIO: like's to go Cliff diving for fun.
ANDRE THE GIANT: before he had any idea of becoming a pro wrestler, he used to collect stamps!
THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR: left the WWF in 1991 because he and Vince McMahon did not come to terms on his future role.
FATU / THE SULTAN: once earned money by dancing on the streets of San Fransisco!
JEFF JARRETT: Before Becoming a wrestler, he worked as a Referee.
AL SNOW: His head, was the model for Mankind's Mask.
JOHN BRADSHAW: played his last two college games with a broken leg.
X-PAC: has a Black Belt in Judo.
CHRIS JERICHO: has a degree in Journalism.
Jerry "The King" Lawler and Grand Master Sexay are Father and Son
Jerry "The King" Lawler and Honkey Tonk Man are Cousins
Kurt Angle and Eric Angle are Brothers
Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy are Brothers
$1 million + per year
These are the big money earners in wrestling. In this bracket are Big Show ($1 million per year until 2009), Ken Shamrock
($1.1 million per year until 2001) & Steve Austin earned over $6 million in 1999.
MATT HARDY: has broken his nose 3 times.
NO WAY OUT: was the biggest night of Eddie Guerrero's career.
EDGE: If all goes well, Edge will be a World Heavyweight Championship contender if not the World Heavyweight Champion
by November, when his autobiography, Adam Copeland on Edge, hits bookstores.
If I can do a promotional tour with a belt around my waist and a book in my hand, I don't think I can beat that, he said.
Edge wrote the book himself with no help (credit www.wwe.com)
RIC FLAIR: was on a radio show talking about Wrestlemania. He also talked about steroids and said he never used them. The
host announced that Ric was going to be a Grandfather soon.
THE UNDERTAKER: (Mark Callaway) had a small role in the 1991, Hulk Hogan movie, Suburban Commando.
The Road Dogg was a highly decorated solider in Desert Storm.
BROCK apparently complained to a friend that he had only time to do 30 minutes worth of training in the gym because of his
busy travel schedule.
CHRIS NOWINSKI has missed seven-plus months of wrestling and still having headaches, he's confident that his in-ring career
is far from over, saying, The important thing is, I will come back to wrestle as soon as we get rid of these things that I
believe are beatable and so do my doctors." (credit www.wwe.com)
EDGE is due a major push on SmackDown after WrestleMania.
John Cena burst onto the WWE scene on the June 27, 2002, episode of UPN's SmackDown!
20 YEARS AGO:
On January 24, 1984, in front of a sold-out crowd in Madison Square Garden, Hulk Hogan defeated the Iron Shiek in 5:30
to capture his first WWE Championship.
January 21, 2004 - World Wrestling Entertainment said today that it is excited with UPN's decision to exercise its option
to renew WWE SmackDown! for two more years, keeping the program on UPN at least through September 2006.
OLIVIA WALKER: she was the seamstress who made the glitter robes for Rick Flair...22 different robes. She also did work
for Dolly Parton.
Olivia passed away two years ago.
As of this date: December 1, 2003... MOLLY HOLLY ...STACEY KEIBLER....and GAIL KIM are the only Diva's that have not had
a boob job.
EVOLUTION: the four members...Orton...Flair...Triple H...Batista..have a combined weight of 838 lbs in the ring.
WWE UNSCRIPTED a hardcover coffee table photos book (240 pages) is on sale now for $45.00
In late 1998-early 1999, the Four Horsemen reformed, this time with Benoit, Ric Flair, Dean Malenko and Mongo McMichael, and
Arn Anderson as special advisor.
RICK FLAIR: once won and lost 12 thousand dollars in one night.. playing just 3 hands of Black Jack.
BAM BAM BIGELOW: weighed 360 lbs
Slam Wrestling Website Poll for 2003
Best Wrestler of 2003 : Male
1. Kurt Angle (15%
2. Chris Benoit (14%). 3. Chris Jericho (12%). 4. Eddie Guerrero, Shawn Michaels, Brock Lesnar, Jon Cena (9%). 5. Rob
Van Dam.
LILIAN GARCIA: is the ring announcer on RAW. She loves to sing and listen to hard rock music....she is featured on the
CD WWE Orginials out January 2004 with the song "You just don't know me."
HULK HOGAN: said ...that Andre the Giant was well over 700 lbs when he body slammed him. Hogan tore his back lower shoulder
muscles doing it....but, felt it was worth it. It was not planned...Andre told him to do it while they were in the ring in
a match....That match made the history books for nobody ever could pick up The Giant
ANDRE THE GIANT: once drank 107 beers at one sitting...Hulk Hogan was there to witness it.
The Rock has certainly been on a roll lately.
He had his big screen movie debut in 'The Mummy Returns', had a baby with his wife Dany and returned triumphantly to
the WWF, where he proceeded to capture the WCW title...(credit Slam Sports )
CHUCK PALUMBO: was sitting in an airport that Sunday morning when news broke that U.S. forces had captured Saddam Hussein.
A former member of the Navy, Palumbo dialed his brother, Chris, who joined the Navy at the same time and continues to
serve in the armed forces. Chris Palumbo was part of Operation Iraqi Freedom before returning to the U.S. about two months
ago.(WWE website)
BIG SHOW: real name is Paul Wight, the giant-sized World Wrestling Federation superstar was found not guilty of assaulting
a wrestling fan in 1999.
RIKISHI: his WWE contract expires in October 2005
TRISH STRATUS: never wants to pose nude in PlayBoy Magazine...she has been asked...but said. "If you have seen one
naked blond, you have seen them all."
BIG SHOW: his favorite thing is THE RAT PACK ERA...he can be seen in a Tux and martini in hand emulating his idols Dean Martin..Frank
Sinatra..Peter Lawford...Sammy Davis Jr....and Joey Bishop. He just loves their music.
PAUL HEYMAN: love him or hate him ....the man is a genius in the way he as kicked up the pace as General Manager of Smackdown...he
comes up with the storylines and gives it his all.
SUPERSTAR WRESTLERS went to IRAQ to spend Christmas day entertaining the troops along with comedian Robin Williams....who
joked "I hear Saddam has gotten Johnnie Cochren to defend him."...this show was aired from there on Thursdays SmackDown
on Christmas Day.
THE ROYAL RUMBLE: features 15 of the best wrestlers from SmackDown and 15 of the best wrestlers from RAW.
STEVE AUSTIN: was a big coffee drinker, until he had a panic attack before an event...saying he almost blew his heart out..so
that was when he became a beer drinker. He is now having a regular guy light beer produced with his name on it "Stone-Cold
Beer."
KEVIN NASH: turned down his renewal W | 
