- Al Snow's Head, was the model for Mankind's Mask.
- 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 WWE.
- Chyna (Joanie Laurer) is Fluent in 3 foreign languages.
- Bradshaw played his last two college games with a broken leg.
- Tony Schiavone was an announcer with WWE in the late 80's.
- The Million Dollar Belt that Ted Dibiase wore is actually worth 140,000 dollars and is locked in a safe at Titan Towers.
- The theme song for IYH: Badd Blood, was Steve Blackman's entance music.
- Jerry Lawler was a 23 time USWA Champion.
- Paul Bearer, before getting into the wrestling business, actually worked at a morgue.
- Hardcore Holly is a former NASCAR driver.
- Chris Jericho's father is former NHL hockey player Ted Irvine.
- The Big Bossman really worked as a prison guard.
- Before entering the ring wars, Jerry Lawler was a radio disc jockey.
- Mick Foley's wife, Collette was a 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.
- The Rock played college football for the Miami Hurricanes.
- Road Dogg 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.
- The Big Show 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.
- 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, and 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 entered WrestleMania as a World Tag Team Champion with three different partners: Yokozuna, Davey Boy Smith, and 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 suffered and injured right knee.
- Bam Bam Bigelow was chosen as the opponent for Lawrence Taylor at WrestleMania XI 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.
- WWE says that the Dynamite Kid left 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 now deceased Bulldog opted to keep contact with WWE and because of that and other reasons, the Bulldog and the Dynamite Kid hadn'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 (X-Pac). 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 the Godfather has, is that he wants to learn how to play.....classical piano!
- Jeff Jarrett is an avid movie buff!
- Before entering the world of wrestling, Fatu 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, Terri Runnels used to be a make-up artist on the Larry King Show.
- 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 World Wrestling Entertainment, Faarooq Assad was one of the only two men to have had his football jersey retired at Florida State University!
- Bob Backlund was a wrestling teacher at Central Connecticut State College!
- Former Intercontinental Champion, Ahmed Johnson used to be a Professional Football player for the Dallas Cowboys.
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