Useless Wrestling Trivia

[BHK1978]

Originally Posted by Wrestling Century

Beeker, that was rude. dvdWarrior, I actually laughed at that joke, so don't listen to Beeker.

I agree I thought it was funny as well dvdWarrior.

[slack]

*Ric Flair has only executed one successful top rope maneuver.

[ChrisKid]

*Hernandez was the last wrestler to be managed by Freddie Blassie.

*Koko B. Ware's bird Frankie was killed in a 2002 house fire.

*Japanese promoters originally created the Big Van Vader gimmick/mask for Jim Hellwig, the Ultimate Warrior.

*"Rowdy" Roddy Piper was originally hired by the WWF to be a manager.

*Ric Flair was adopted.

*Konnan briefly appeared in the WWF as "Max Moon" in 1992. Konnan played the role of the man who hailed from "outer space" for a single WWF Superstars TV taping. The role was continued by Paul Diamond.

Not sure if there right or not

[HughBatey4]

Originally Posted by slack

*Ric Flair has only executed one successful top rope maneuver.

Horribly incorrect. People like to claim that, but back in the day, he went to the top rope and successfully executed moves often.

[BurningHamster]

Originally Posted by The Celt

* Dawn Marie is actively part of the wrestling community, and runs the charity "Wrestler Rescue". Also, she was engaged to Simon Diamond at one point.

Interesting sidenote to this one, Wrestlers Rescue is not a registered charity and Dawn Marie was under investigation by the FBI for pretty much not using the funds collected to rescue any wrestlers. Steve Williams is one example of a guy who was supposed to benefit their fundraising but never recieved the voicebox thing he kind of needed to help him speak during his battle with throat cancer.

[The Celt]

Originally Posted by BurningHamster

Interesting sidenote to this one, Wrestlers Rescue is not a registered charity and Dawn Marie was under investigation by the FBI for pretty much not using the funds collected to rescue any wrestlers. Steve Williams is one example of a guy who was supposed to benefit their fundraising but never recieved the voicebox thing he kind of needed to help him speak during his battle with throat cancer.

Personally I think there's no substance to those claims, personally. I think Dawn is a person perfectly capable of supporting herself without scam the business that gave her so much over the years. If an investigation proves me wrong so be it but I'd be utterly shocked.

* Raven worked for the WWF before ever joining ECW. He was a manager known as Johnny Polo, something ECW fans would later chant at him during the early stages of the Raven character (also occasionally when he return from WCW, which was pretty stupid considering how dead the joke was at that point)

[HughBatey4]

Originally Posted by The Celt

Personally I think there's no substance to those claims, personally. I think Dawn is a person perfectly capable of supporting herself without scam the business that gave her so much over the years. If an investigation proves me wrong so be it but I'd be utterly shocked.

* Raven worked for the WWF before ever joining ECW. He was a manager known as Johnny Polo, something ECW fans would later chant at him during the early stages of the Raven character (also occasionally when he return from WCW, which was pretty stupid considering how dead the joke was at that point)

That is the thing with ECW (and it's fans), they can't let anything die.

[BurningHamster]

Originally Posted by The Celt

Personally I think there's no substance to those claims, personally. I think Dawn is a person perfectly capable of supporting herself without scam the business that gave her so much over the years. If an investigation proves me wrong so be it but I'd be utterly shocked.

Just because a person is capable of supporting themselves honestly doesn't mean they will. I think Dawn Marie is a no good scumbag.

[ChrisKid]

Originally Posted by The Celt

* Raven worked for the WWF before ever joining ECW. He was a manager known as Johnny Polo, something ECW fans would later chant at him during the early stages of the Raven character (also occasionally when he return from WCW, which was pretty stupid considering how dead the joke was at that point)

WoW he looks different

[Slagaholic]

Originally Posted by The Celt

Personally I think there's no substance to those claims, personally. I think Dawn is a person perfectly capable of supporting herself without scam the business that gave her so much over the years. If an investigation proves me wrong so be it but I'd be utterly shocked.

* Raven worked for the WWF before ever joining ECW. He was a manager known as Johnny Polo, something ECW fans would later chant at him during the early stages of the Raven character (also occasionally when he return from WCW, which was pretty stupid considering how dead the joke was at that point)

Before he worked for WWF he also worked for WCW and was in a stable with DDP, Vinnie Vegas and Diamond Studd.

Who would have thought those guys would be the biggest names in the biz less than 5 years later. It's amazing to think how much the landscape of the US pro wrestling scene changed from 1992-1997, from 1997-2002, and then consider just how little it's changed since 2002.

[BHK1978]

And before that he was in Global as Scott Anthony and before that he worked in Portland and CWA as Scotty the Body.

[Prophet]

And if I'm not mistaken, Raven was actually based off Johnny Polo. The history of Raven was that of a spoiled rich kid, a la Polo, who was neglected or somesuch.