| Interesting Wrestling Facts
Just a few i found at backstagewrestling.com..
Post some yourself if you know or find any
• Steve Austin is a big-time antiques collector!
• One of the band members who performed DeGeneration X's theme song is Triple H's real life brother.
• Test (Andrew Martin) was trained by Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
• Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor were scripted to have a gay marriage as a part of a storyline at a PPV. Jerry Lawler (Brian Christopher's father) strongly objected and the idea was nixed.
• Kane (Glen Jacobs) was born in Madrid, Spain.
• Kane (Glen Jacobs) has a degree in English and Teaching.
• Bret "The Hitman" Hart used to co-own a professional hockey team known as The Calgary Hitmen.
• Shane Douglas and Headbanger Mosh have licenses to teach!
• Jerry Lawler and The Honky Tonk Man are cousins!
• Shawn Michaels is a huge fan of country singer, Garth Brooks!
• Bradshaw once competed in the NFL, but had to retire due to a knee injury.
• The Rock is a skilled light tackle salt water fisherman.
• Along with Chyna and Triple H, Perry Saturn and Albert were also trained by Killer Kowalski.
• D-Lo Brown is a Certified Public Accountant!
• Vader knows how to play the piano!
• Jerry "The King" Lawler is a die hard Cleveland Indians fan!
• Marc Mero won three New York State golden gloves in boxing before entering professional wrestling.
• Ahmed Johnson used to play football for the Dallas Cowboys.
• Chris Chetti was the first man to graduate from ECW's House of Hardcore training school.
• Kevin Nash played Super Shredder in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II" the movie.
• X-Pac is a computer whiz!
• Duke "The Dumpster" Droese loves to do imitations. His best one is none other than Vince McMahon!
• "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is also good at doing impressions. His best is none other than Eric Bischoff!
• Brian Pillman played two years of football for The Cincinatti Bengals!
• Terry Funk first announced his retirement in 1983.
• In 1995, Buff Bagwell had calf implants which leaked and had them removed.
• Vince McMahon, Jr. wanted to become a wrestler, but his father, the late Vince McMahon, Sr. strongly objected to him doing so.
• Before breaking into wrestling, Jerome Young (New Jack) worked as a bounty hunter.
• During one drinking session, Andre The Giant downed 119 bottles of beer.
• Barry Windham's father, Blackjack Mulligan, served time for counterfeiting.
• Cactus Jack and Terry Funk were originally scheduled to face the New Age Outlaws in a "Barbed Wire Match" at WrestleMania XIV, but PPV executives objected them to do so, hence the Dumpster Match.
• Back when the ECW/WWF angle was going on, the WWF was going to hold a live Raw from the ECW Arena, despite it's size. This idea was nixed, however.
• Back in the 1980's, Hulk Hogan's opponents were banned from mentioning his receding hair line in interview• WrestleMania VII was moved from the Rose Bowl to the Sports Arena in Los Angeles because Vince McMahon feared a sniper might try to take out lead heel Sgt. Slaughter, playing the role of a Iraqi sympathizer during the Gulf War.
• The original idea for UPN's SmackDown! was for an all women wrestling show.
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