Wrestling Trivia 3
You may or may not have known these facts about the wrestlers.
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Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle was arrested at his home in PA on a drunk driving charge on September 28, 2007. He failed a sobriety test and refused to take a blood test. He was charged with driving under the influence and careless driving.
Steve Austin
Bret Hart talked Vince into hiring him to work for the WWE.
Trish Stratus
Trish was a model before she became a wrestler.
Paul Heyman was the reason why Trish was on the reality show “Armed and Famous”. He knew the producer of the show.
Trish invited Molly Holly and Ivory to her wedding.
She refused to pose for Playboy. She wanted to be remembered for her wrestling career.
Torrie Wilson
She was close friends with Stacy Keibler. They were once roommates.
She was married to Billy Kidman. She filed for divorce in 2006.
Trish opened up a clothing line in Texas.
Finley
Finley was close friends with Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit even though they had many matches against each other.
Carlito
Carlito was considered a “sell out” by the Puerto Rican wrestling community when he signed with the WWE.
He wanted to be let out of his contract in late 2007 because he didn’t like the direction of his character. Vince McMahon managed to convince him to stay.
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
Jim Duggan is a survivor of kidney cancer. He was diagnosed while he was wrestling in WCW.
Jim Duggan and Iron Sheik were arrested together because they were doing drugs. They were both released from the WWE even though Duggan’s release was brief.
Jeff Hardy
He was a “jobber” (a wrestler who is paid to lose) as early as age 16.
Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho’s father was a professional hockey player. He played for the Rangers during the 70s.
He is in a band named Fozzy.
Shawn Michaels
He quit the WWE in September 1993 after a disappointing match against Mr. Perfect. It was announced that Michaels had failed to defend his belt enough times. He was actually suspended because he tested positive for steroids. Shawn has never confirmed this.
Shawn and Bret Hart were real-life enemies.
Shawn hurt his back for real in a casket match against the Undertaker.
Randy Orton
Randy was accused of harassing WWE employees.
Triple H
He was once an Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF) tag team champion with Perry Saturn.
Bret Hart
Bret wanted to be a director when he was younger.
Bret and Jim Neidhart were named the Hart Foundation because their last names were almost similar.
Bret wanted to get his brother, Owen out of his WWE contract when he left, but Vince McMahon threatened to sue him.
Even though Bret recovered from his stroke, he still suffers from an emotional imbalance and other lasting affects common to stroke victims.
Bret divorced his second wife because she didn’t want to live with him in Calgary.
Hulk Hogan
Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake is now working for Hulk as his bodyguard.
The Undertaker
The Undertaker was molded after a mortician from old Western movies. He didn’t feel pain and he possessed supernatural powers.
During his absence in 2007, the Undertaker got involved in real estate.
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I always learn new things when I read your articles! Thank you for the info.
Great summary on these wrestlers. Like Lucy, I also learn new things from your article.
Very interesting! I knew a couple of them but not many.
My husband likes your wrestling articles very much so, I am sending this one over to his computer.
Thanks
Thank you so much for the compliment, Lucy! I am so happy that you were able to learn something from my article.
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Thank you
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Thank you so much for the compliment, Francie. I’m so glad that you liked my article.
Thanks so much for your positive feedback, Ron. I wanted to let you know that I did read your comments, but I couldn’t reply to them yesterday. I am so glad that you think I do good work.
i cant wait for the next one love the ones that are here
Aww, that was so sweet of you to say Ron. I’m in the process of adding more trivia and I want to do an article about the wrestlers who have been arrested.
I\’m pretty sure the undertaker felt pain and did not have supernatural powers hahaha
and did you mean Trish, or Torrie, started a clothing line?