Ahmed Johnson used to be a pro Football player for the Dallas Cowboys.
Al Snow's Head, was the model for Mankind's Mask.
Andre The Giant had an interest of collecting stamps before he became a pro
wrestler.
Andre the Giant once fell asleep during a match with Big John Studd.
Bam Bam Bigelow was chosen as the opponent for Lawrence Taylor at WMXI because
he was the WWF's best big man worker. Bigelow says that as payment for doing the
job he was promised a big babyface push down the road.
Big Bossman really worked as a prison guard.
Big Show was treated for the disease acromegaly (gigantism) in 1993 at the age
of 21. It was after the treatment that Big Show began to gain weight. Before he
was 7'0" and 320 pounds with a 36-inch waist. After treatment his waist was 55
inches and his weight reached 550 pounds in early 1999!
Big Show went to Wichita State University on a basketball scholarship.
Bob Backlund was a wrestling teacher at Central Connecticut State Collage!
Bradshaw played his last two college games with a broken leg.
Bret Hart studied to become a film director before entering professional
wrestling.
Bret Hart won the last non-televised King Of The Ring in September 1991. He
pinned I.R.S in the final round and is the only man ever to win consecutive King
Of The Ring crowns.
British Bulldog, 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 suffers
and injured right knee on July 4, 1989.
Chris Benoit received a WWF try out in 1994 but didn't impress management enough
to be signed.
Chris Jericho has a degree in Journalism.
Chris Jericho's father is former NHL hockey player Ted Irvine.
D'Lo Brown is a Certified Accountant.
Dynamite Kid left the WWF and retired because of an injury, the WWF claims.
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 Bulldog opted
to keep contact with the WWF and because of that and other reasons, the Bulldog
and the Dynamite Kid haven't spoken in years.
Edge and Christian have been friends since childhood and both went to the same
high school and wrestling school.
Faarooq was one of the only two men to have had his football jersey retired at
Florida State University before entering the WWF! He received the status of an
"All American!"
Fabulous Moolah owns the longest title reign in WWF history, whose reign as the
first Women's Champion lasted from September 18, 1956 to July 23, 1984 (27
years, 10 months, 5 days).
Fatu/The Sultan earned money by dancing on the streets of San Fransisco before
entering pro wrestling!
George "The Animal" Steele was a teacher in Detroit before returning to the WWF.
Glen Jacobs (Kane) was Born in Madrid, Spain but moved to the USA at the age of
3.
Godfather used to run strip clubs in Las Vegas before getting involved in
wrestling. It was his real life friend Mark Callaway (The Undertaker) who got
him the job in the WWF.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the Iron Sheik were arrested by NJ State police on May
26, 1987. 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.
Hardcore Holly is a former NASCAR Racing driver.
Hardcore Holly worked as a full time welder before he entered the WWF in 1993.
Haku made his pro wrestling debut before Molly Holly, Essa Rios, Jeff Hardy and
Stephanie McMahon were born. Rhyno and Trish Stratus were aged at one at the
time!
HHH was scheduled to lose to the returning Ultimate Warrior in 10 minutes at
WMXII. However, the Warrior insisted the match be a squash and threatened not to
appear if McMahon said otherwise. McMahon, believing Helmsley had a bright
future ahead of him, didn't relent until Hunter said he didn't mind doing the
squash. The match lasted 1:38!
HHH was trained by Killer Kowalski!
Jeff Jarrett is an avid movie buff!
Jeff Jarrett worked as a referee before becoming a pro wrestler!
Jerry Lawler was a 23 time USWA Champion.
Jerry Lawler was a radio disc jockey before entering wrestling!
Joanie 'Chyna' Laurer is Fluent in 3 foreign languages.
Kama wants to learn how to play the classical piano!
Kevin Nash played the "Super Shredder" in the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2!
Kevin Nash played University basketball in Tennessee, but was kicked off the
team for numerous altercations with the coach!
Kevin Nash introduced Shawn Michaels to his wife, the former Nitro Girl Whisper
(RebeccaCurci)!
Kevin Nash's first tag team partner in WCW was Al Green!
K-Kwik taught some of MC Hammer's dance troop their moves.
Kurt Angles Wife is a Former Stripper!
Kurt Angle had his first WWF match in mid 1998 against Christian at a WWF house
show. This was four days after he began training at the WWF training facility!
Legion of Doom is the only tag team in wrestling history to hold the AWA, NWA,
and WWF tag titles.
Lita got the tattoo on her left arm in Amsterdam, Holland in 1995!
Lita has the word 'PUNK' tattooed on the inside of her lower lip!
Mankind's right ear was torn off by Vader on a tour of Germany when his head was
caught between the ropes.
Mankind's wife Collette is a former professional model.
Mark Henry has set several world weight-lifting records and competed in 1996
Olympics in Atlanta.
Molly Holly's first televised WWF match was a Women's Title match against Jackie
on a 1998 episode of Sunday Night Heat. She wrestled under the name Starla
Saxton.
Molly Holly was trained to be a wrestler by Dean Malenko in spring 1997.
Nikita Kolav also attends church at First Assembly of God in Concord, North
Carolina.
Out of the first fifteen WrestleMania's, a heel never left WWF World Champion.
Owen Hart has either entered or left WrestleMania as a world tag team champion
with three different partners: Yokozuna, Davey Boy Smith and Jeff Jarrett.
Paul Bearer, before getting into the wrestling business, actually worked at a
morgue.
Paul Heyman is the same age as Shawn Michaels and three years younger than Raven
and Jerry Lynn.
Randy Savage played baseball in the St. Louis Cardinals' minor-league system.
Raven has a leg shorter than the other, the reason for this is he was injured in
a wrestling match and the leg is shorter because of surgery. He wares a special
pair of shoes for this reason if you look closely you can tell one of the shoes
sole is taller than the other!
Raven is Jewish!
Raven was an announcer and manager of The Quebecers in the WWF in 1993/94. Going
by the name Johnny Polo!
Raven was trained by Jake "The Snake" Roberts!
Raven goes to all the concerts that he gets his shirts from, some of his
favorite bands are Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam!
Raven (going under his real name, Scott Levy) managed Wrath (Brian Clarke, one
half of WCW Tag Team "KroniK") when he wrestled for the WWF under the name Adam
Bomb!
Rena 'Sable' Mero debuted at WMXII as Hunter Hearst Helmsley's valet!
Rena 'Sable' Mero was a top model for "Guess" Jeans before entering pro
wrestling!
Rey Mysterio like's to go Cliff diving for fun.
Ric Flair broke his back in a plane crash and was told he would never wrestle
again.
Ric Flair was fired/quit WCW in 1991. 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 that title.
WCW later bought it back from Flair for reportedly $75,000.
Road Dogg fought in Desert Storm.
Ryan Shamrock once worked at a Strip Club in Houston, TX.
Scott Steiner won the Michigan State amateur wrestling championship five years
after his brother Rick.
Shawn Michaels-Bret Hart "Ironman Match" at Wrestle Mania XII lasted 61:52.
Shawn Michaels is the only winner of every major WWF title.
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 (123 Kid). Shawn tried to be the brave one and he ended up
suffering for it.
Steve Blackman's entance music was the theme for IYH: Badd Blood.
Stone Cold Steve Austin is a bigtime Antiques Collector in his free time!
Tatanka quit the WWF to start a family with his wife Michelle!
Ted Dibiase attends church at First Assembly of God in Concord, North Carolina.
Terri Runnels has an allergy to Horses
Terri Runnels used to be a make-up artist for the Larry King Live Show!
Test got into wrestling in January 1997 after meeting Bret 'Hitman' Hart at
Planet Hollywood in Toronto. Bret gave him details on who to get in touch with
to begin training.
The Million Dollar Belt is actually worth $140,000 and is locked in a safe at
Titan towers.
The Rock played college football for the Miami Hurricanes.
The Rock won the WWF Title 15 years to the day that his father and Tony Atlas
won the WWF Tag Titles.
Tony Schiavone was an announcer with the WWF in the late 80's.
Ultimate Warrior left the WWF 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 WWF saw differently...in 1992, the Warrior disappeared again because he did
not want to get involved in a second-rate feud with Nailz.
Undertaker was in Suburban Commando with Hogan.
Vince McMahon always wanted to be a wrestler, but his father, the late Vince Sr.
strictly forbid it.
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.
