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43 unusual facts about WWE


Adam Scherr

On May 12, 2013, it was reported that Scherr was in conversations with the professional wrestling promotion, WWE.

Andy Leavine

Leavine won WWE Tough Enough in 2011 to earn a contract with WWE, and previously wrestled for WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Kevin Hackman.

Blood Stained Love Story

The song "Ladies and Gentlemen" was the official theme song for the WWE PPV WrestleMania 23.

Channel drift

Sci-Fi Channel changed its name to Syfy for both trademark reasons and to allow a stretching of the network's definition of appropriate programming, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit reruns and WWE professional wrestling.

Christian's Coalition

Tomko, meanwhile, later left TNA for Japan, but ended up coming back for one last appearance against Samoa Joe when many of his Inoki Genome Federation bookings were canceled, before he tried out and Christian signed back with their former employer WWE.

Reprising that shared role between the two started from 2004-2005 in WWE, Christian Cage originally brought Tomko in to TNA as a personal enforcer in late-2006 to help him regain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

David Giancola

His low-budget action films have featured actors such as Steve Railsback, Morgan Fairchild, Sean Astin, Bruce Campbell, Stacy Keach, former WWE professional wrestler Chyna, and Anna Nicole Smith.

Days Are Forgotten

This remix served as the official theme to World Wrestling Entertainment's TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view.

Dice Raw

Jenkins recorded vocals for the entrance theme of WWE superstar Kung Fu Naki.

Donnell Bennett

While at the University of Miami, he was roommates with future WWE superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Doug Furnas

As a wrestler, Furnas worked for, among other promotions, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and World Wrestling Federation (WWF) best known for being part of the tag team Can-Am Express with tag team partner Phil Lafon.

Downplay

Their song "Hated You From Hello" was featured for Game Changer of the Year in the 2011 WWE Slammy's.

I Love New York 2

Punk (David Otunga) is currently engaged to Jennifer Hudson, with whom he has a child, and is an active wrestler in WWE.

Jumbotron

WWE makes frequent use of a Jumbotron, which has been coined the "TitanTron", named after WWE's former parent group Titan Sports.

Kevin Henry

Henry, whose first name is pronounced "Kee-VIN" as opposed to the more commonly pronounced "KEV-in", is cousins with longtime WWE wrestler and former WWF European Champion, ECW Champion and World Champion "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry.

Last One to Die

The song's music video features many cameos including WWE wrestlers CM Punk and Lita

London Arena

The London Arena played host to many WWF wrestling events, now known as WWE including the European Rampage Tour in 1989, 1991 and in 1998 the UK exclusive PPV Capital Carnage.

Lonely Road of Faith

Also, as part of World Wrestling Entertainment's "Tribute to the Troops" special, "Lonely Road of Faith" was used in a video package with highlights of wrestlers' arrivals and performances as well as interaction with the wounded U.S. troops in Iraq.

Micah Jesse

In May 2012, Jesse became the entertainment correspondent for the WWE and Creative Coalition's Be A STAR Alliance, which promotes anti-bullying initiatives.

Mike Keller

In January 2000, when WWF owner Vince McMahon ventured into the professional football business to form the XFL, he hired Keller as the league's vice president of football operations.

Moondog King

Edward J. "Ed" White (May 18, 1949 – August 25, 2005) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known as Moondog King of the Moondogs when he joined the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in the early 1980s.

Mutiny Within

Their song "Born to Win" is currently the theme song to the WWE wrestler Evan Bourne.

Orangeville District Secondary School

Famous graduates include Degrassi: The Next Generation actor Ryan Cooley; WWE stars Adam Copeland and Jason Reso, better known as Edge and Christian; and current mayor Rob Adams.

Ozzy's Boneyard

Boneyard was the home of The Rock of Jericho, hosted by WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, until its cancellation in December 2006.

Paparazzi Productions

In the interview he made various outlandish often comical claims, one of which was that Nash was the biggest draw in WWE of all time for which he had brought in a chart.

Party Like a Rockstar

That remix has been unofficially called the Orpinz Old Duff WWE Remix because some feel it resembles a professional wrestlers entrance music.

Pebbles cereal

WWE professional wrestler John Cena is now officially endorsed by Fruity Pebbles as the result of references to the cereal made by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson over the course of 2011.

Penwortham

WWE wrestler Wade Barrett (real name Stu Bennett) also grew up in Penwortham.

Sarah Bäckman

In March 2013, it was reported that Bäckman signed a developmental contract with WWE and would report to their developmental territory NXT Wrestling.

Scotty Campbell

On the June 24th, 2013 edition of Monday Night Raw, Campbell made an appearance with the WWE tag team Tons of Funk, participating in their lively dancing antics as the winning bidder for a Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund fundraising auction the wrestling promotion held in connection with the recent Wrestlemania event.

Soldiersocks

WWE and Elvis Duran and the Morning Show helped to collect more than 12,000 pair of socks and 2,500 pounds of supplies.

Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout

Characters based on wrestling stars such as WWF's Hulk Hogan and WCW's Rick Rude are featured in the game along with Japanese professional wrestlers like Masahiro Chono.

Switchover Media

The tip of GXT programs include: game shows such as Japanese and American Ninja Warrior, and sports entertainment programs such as American Gladiators and WWE.

That Guy with the Glasses

Like other reviewers, he has one theme month per year, which have included the films of Sylvester Stallone, Steven Seagal, Wesley Snipes, and prominent WWE wrestlers.

Thumb Wrestling Federation

Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF is based on large Professional Wrestling promotions such as the World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly World Wrestling Federation).

TNA Entertainment, LLC v. Wittenstein and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

was a lawsuit filed on May 23, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee by TNA Entertainment, LLC., against former employee Brian Wittenstein and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as WWE, Inc.).

Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino

Although the World Wrestling Federation billed the events as being held at the Trump Plaza and Casino, in reality Trump was only the sponsor of both events, which were in fact held at the nearby Atlantic City Convention Hall.

Tucson Convention Center

The Tucson Convention Center has been host to many other events including the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, concerts, monster truck shows as well as many live WWE television broadcasts featuring Raw, SmackDown & ECW on Sci Fi.

Volumizer

The song "3 Minutes" was used as the entrance theme for former WWE Superstars Matt "Rosey" Anoa'i and Eddie "Jamal" Fatu, who called themselves 3-Minute Warning.

Webster Bank Arena

In addition to several events prior, the Arena hosted the 15th anniversary edition of WWE Raw on December 10, 2007.

Webster, South Dakota

Brock Lesnar - Current WWE professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist and Heavyweight Champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

WWE Originals

WWE Originals is an album recorded by various World Wrestling Entertainment performers.

WWE World Title

WWE World Title may refer to one of two World Heavyweight championships contested in the professional wrestling promotion WWE.


Adam Birch

On the April 14, 2003, episode of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s Raw, one of WWE's primary television programs, Matthews and York teamed up to defeat Phil Brown and Pat Cusick in a dark match.

Adam Carriker

In June 2012, the show gained notoriety among wrestling fans after Carriker conducted his first interview with WWE wrestler Heath Slater.

Adam Firestorm

Trained for the ring primarily by WCCW (and later ECCW) wrestler/promoter "Gorgeous" Michelle Starr, he also trained for three months with former WWE Women's Champion Velvet McIntyre.

Canadians of Syrian ancestry

Rami Sebei, a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his work under the ring name El Generico, currently signed to WWE under the ring name Sami Zayn.

Dean Malenko

On February 27, 2007, Mistico (later known in WWE as Sin Cara) defeated Malenko in a tryout dark match before a TV taping in San Jose, California.

Drew Hankinson

In April 2005, despite failing to make it as one of the final ten contestants on the $1,000,000 Tough Enough, he was signed to a contract by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was assigned to the Deep South Wrestling (DSW) developmental territory where he formed a partnership with Palmer Cannon.

El Paso County Coliseum

It still is host to a variety of events, including Disney on Ice, Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus, George Carden Circus, Walking with Dinosaurs, Trade Shows, Monster Trucks, WWE.

Hunico

Shortly after Arias signed a developmental deal with WWE following his try out match and started in WWE's Farm League Florida Championship Wrestling.

Ivan Putski

On October 22, 1979, Putski teamed with Tito Santana to defeat Johnny and Jerry Valiant to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship.

Putski is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion with Tito Santana.

Jack Korpela

Korpela then became the host of After Burn, WWE Experience and Free for All when Josh Mathews became the commentater of former WWE program, ECW on Syfy.

Jamie Kellner

Due to what is considered the decline of the WWE product, many wrestling fans have denounced Kellner's actions in regards to WCW, blaming him for the fact that WWE owner Vince McMahon has a virtual monopoly on the professional wrestling market, although others have defended Kellner, calling it unfair to blame him for WCW's demise when it was due to a series of internal mistakes that the company was already massively in debt.

John Skyler

Skyler along with regular tag team partner Steven Walters are known as The Love/Hate Machine, and are proteges of WWE Hall of Famer Edge.

José Offerman

He is the father of reality television star and WWE Diva, JoJo Offerman.

Karl Gotch

On December 6, 1971, he teamed with Rene Goulet to win the WWWF World Tag Team Championship from the inaugural champions, Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler, in two straight falls of a best-two-out-of-three-falls match in Madison Square Garden.

KUTP

From April 29, 1999 to September 15, 2006 and from October 3, 2008 to September 24, 2010, KUTP aired WWE's Friday Night SmackDown during its respective affiliations with UPN and MyNetworkTV.

Lena Yada

After the WWE, Yada won her first singles match against Christina Von Eerie at Pro Wrestling Revolution's show on June 6, 2009 in San Francisco as part of ChickFight, pinning Christina with a schoolgirl roll-up.

Main Event Championship Wrestling

August 14, 2010, which featured Former NWA/TNA Tag Team Champion, Chase Stevens vs Former WWE Superstar, 'Psycho' Sid Vicious in Evansville, IN.

Nick Hamilton

Patrick refereed his first match since his WWE release at RPW's "Showdown" supercard at the Macon City Auditorium on April 10, 2009, officiating a no-holds-barred, hair vs. hair contest between Cru Jones and Dr. Johnny Gayton.

Paul Pumphrey

Paul went to high school with former WWE wrestler Rob Conway.

Quinn Ojinnaka

Ojinnaka started pro wrestling training in 2012 under Mr. Hughes at WWA4 in 2012 and has been attending WWE training camps.

Renee Paquette

Young began co-hosting the World Tour segments, which is a segment detailing the city they are filming in, showcasing various tourist attractions, before later being promoted as a third main presenter on The JBL and Cole Show, which is shown on YouTube and WWE.com.

Rener Gracie

He is currently engaged to former WWE diva, Eve Torres, who is herself a blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and currently works as a spokeswoman and head instructor for the Gracie Women Empowered Self-defense program.

Robbie Brookside

At A WWE house show in Birmingham England on the 7th Nov 2011, William Regal announced Brookside was in the crowd and credited him with his success as well as Sheamus and Wade Barrett.

Rosedale, Maryland

Stacy Keibler, former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader, professional wrestling diva and wrestler for the WWE (2001–2006), and actress

Sabu and Rob Van Dam

When ECW became the third WWE brand (to RAW and SmackDown), Van Dam and Sabu became a major part of the show and teamed on several occasions, including an "Extreme Rules" match against Test and Mike Knox on September 5, 2006.

Shawn Spears

On the August 19 episode of ECW, Spears made his WWE television debut as a heel under the name Gavin Spears as part of Theodore Long's "New Superstar Initiative" in a losing effort to Ricky Ortiz.

SkyBar

It is used by William Gibson in his 2007 novel Spook Country as a meeting place between the protagonist Hollis Henry and her employer Hubertus Bigend On Wednesday March 9, 2011 WWE superstar John Morrison and WWE Diva Melina were banned from the SkyBar when they jumped in the pool.

Sunshine Girl

Famous former SUNshine girls include: Amanda Coetzer (tennis star), Ann Rohmer (of Breakfast Television), Trish Stratus (WWE Diva), Stacy Keibler (WWE Diva and Dancing with the Stars finalist), and Krista Erickson (Sun News Network anchor, who appeared on the date of that network's 2011 launch).

The All-Knighters

At WrestleMania 23 in Detroit the All-Knighters were hired by WWE to be Donald Trump's head shaving testers.

The Black and White Album

The song "Tick Tick Boom" was the official theme song for WWE's Survivor Series 2007 and also featured in the Madden NFL 11 soundtrack.

The UK Kid

Jones' VPW wrestling events have received wide acclaim as the best on the British wrestling circuit, with many former WWE wrestlers on the roster including Bob 'Hardcore' Holly, former D-Generation X member The Road Dogg, D'Lo Brown, Chris Masters, Kip James (AKA Billy Gunn), Shawn Daivari and Al Snow.

Vince McMahon, Sr.

McMahon, Sr.'s grandchildren Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon have also worked for WWE, although Shane resigned his position in January 2010.