Wrestling Trivia

Published on September 15, 2007 by CA Johnson in Wrestling

Here is some wrestling trivia for you. These are some things that you may or may not have known about past and present wrestlers.

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Brian Adams (Crush)

Brian Adams used to be Randy Savage’s bodyguard when Randy was touring to promote his CD.

Batista

Batista got into a real-life fistfight with Booker T in 2005. They fought because Batista thought he was better than the other wrestlers. Batista provoked the fight between him and Booker T.

Booker T

Booker T got the scar on his shoulder in a motorcycle accident in 1987.

John Cena

John Cena is left-handed, but throws right-handed. He favors his right arm in the ring.

Mr. Perfect

Mr. Perfect and Ravishing Rick Rude were childhood friends. Mr. Perfect and Bret Hart were good friends despite their in-ring feuds.

Doink The Clown

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Doink the Clown was portrayed by many people including Jeff Jarrett and Chris Jericho.

Triple H

Triple H used to date Chyna in real life.

Randy Orton

Randy Orton was in the United States Marine Corps where he was dishonorably discharged for going AWOL twice.

He also suffers from hypermobile (double jointed) shoulders.

Edge

Edge and Christian are real-life best friends and not brothers. Edge and Lita had a real-life relationship while she was with Matt Hardy and while Edge was married. His wife at the time was the sister of wrestler Val Venis. Edge and Lita’s affair was written into a storyline.

The Undertaker

The Undertaker won his first professional wrestling title on April 1, 1989 from Jerry “The King” Lawler.

Kane

Kane used to wrestle as Dr. Isaac Yankem, DDS.

Honky Tonk Man

Honky Tonk Man is the real-life cousin of Jerry “The King” Lawler.

Honky Tonk Man had real-life feuds with Hulk Hogan, Dynamite Kid, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Kevin Nash, Ted Dibiase, and Ricky Steamboat.

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Rowdy Roddy Piper is the distant cousin of Bret Hart.

Jeff Hardy

Jeff Hardy claims that Sting, The Ultimate Warrior, and Shawn Michaels are his childhood inspirations for wrestling.

Jake “The Snake” Roberts

Jake “The Snake” Roberts is credited for training Diamond Dallas Page and Raven. He also taught wrestling psychology to Steve Austin and The Undertaker.

Ric Flair

Ric Flair was in an off screen rivalry with Bret Hart. Ric criticized Bret of exploiting the death of his brother Owen. Ric has also had feuds with Shane Douglas and Mick Foley.

That’s all for now. I will add more trivia soon.

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  1. Gail Nobles
    Posted September 18, 2007 at 4:07 pm

    Oh, I can never forget Ric Flair. He thought he was the man and Roddy Piper.

  2. C A Johnson
    Posted September 18, 2007 at 4:54 pm

    He still acts like that now. He doesn’t do it the way he used to, but he still acts like he’s the man. :)

  3. lizzie2uk
    Posted September 27, 2007 at 3:24 am

    I haven’t a clue about wrestling so you’ve taught me something!!! Interesting.

  4. C A Johnson
    Posted September 27, 2007 at 11:57 am

    Thanks for reading. I’m glad that I taught you something since you don’t know about wrestling. :)

  5. francie
    Posted September 27, 2007 at 5:15 pm

    I know a little about wrestling but it is difficult for me personally to watch.
    However you write a great and interesting article here and I am
    now more enlightened. Thanks…

  6. C A Johnson
    Posted September 27, 2007 at 5:46 pm

    Thanks for the compliment. Glad that you know a little more about the wrestlers.

  7. Darlene McFarlane
    Posted October 12, 2007 at 10:27 pm

    You are good at what you do and I enjoy reading your articles.

  8. C A Johnson
    Posted October 14, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Thank you for the kind words. You are good at what you do too and I also love reading your articles. :)

  9. Beatrice
    Posted October 21, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    Good job starting the list with Bryan Adams. I’m not much of a wrestling fan, actually, but you caught my interest very effectively :) Keep it up!

  10. C A Johnson
    Posted October 22, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    Thank you. I’m glad that you liked it. :)

  11. Lucy Lockett
    Posted November 10, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    I am not much of a sporty person but trivia is fun!

  12. C A Johnson
    Posted November 10, 2007 at 5:39 pm

    LOL! It is fun to find out different things about the wrestlers. Some of the things I knew, but others I was surprised to learn.

  13. ron
    Posted February 1, 2008 at 6:08 pm

    these are so kool love them super job

  14. C A Johnson
    Posted February 3, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    Thank you so much Ron. I’m glad you liked them.

  15. Ron
    Posted April 13, 2008 at 11:12 am

    i was wondering do you have an article on rick flairs match against shawn micheals and Rick flair retireing. love your articles

  16. An actual wrestler
    Posted October 13, 2008 at 6:21 am

    This isn’t “trivia.” This is all just interesting tid-bits of information.

  17. C A Johnson
    Posted October 13, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    Well, thanks for checking out my article anyway. It is considered trivia to most people even if you don’t think so.

  18. nita
    Posted August 12, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    wow so roddy piper and bret are related I never knew that I always wondered why he said he remembered Bret from when he was little in that conversation before their match.

    I thought piper was just typically mouthing off as he does lol gotta love him.

  19. CA Johnson
    Posted August 13, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Thanks for checking out my article, nita. I remember when Roddy said that he knew Bret when he was little before their match too.

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