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- Kurt Angle had his first WWE match in mid 1998 against Christian at a WWE house show. This was four days after he began training at the WWE training facility.

- William Regal was arrested in 1997 after causing a serious disturbance on a flight from Tokyo to the US. Regal allegedly urinated in the aisle of the plane. He had been on a tour of New Japan and was returning home when the incident occurred.

- Lita got the tattoo on her left arm in Amsterdam, Holland in 1995.

- Molly Holly's first televised WWE match was a Women's Title match against Jacqueline on a 1998 episode of Sunday Night Heat. She wrestled under the name Starla Saxton.

- Kane has a degree in English and teaching.

- Lita has the word 'PUNK' tattooed on the inside of her lower lip.

- Pat Patterson is the only WWE wrestler who is openly gay.

- Although they are not brothers, Edge and Christian have been friends since childhood and both went to the same high school and wrestling school.

- Steven Richards' best friend in the WWE is Crash.

- Before getting into wrestling, Lita worked as a swimming coach and also taught judo.

- Molly Holly was trained to be a wrestler by Dean Malenko in spring 1997.

- Shawn Michaels is a big Garth Brooks fan.

- Referee Nick Patrick was once in a rock band with the Road Dogg.

- Kane was Born in Madrid, Spain but moved to the USA at the age of 3.

- The longest title reign in WWE history belongs to the Fabulous Moolah, whose reign as the first Women's Champion lasted from September 18, 1956 to July 23, 1984 (27 years, 10 months, 5 days).

- Spike Dudley is older than D-Von and Bubba Ray.

- 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.

- Terri worked as a make-up artist on CNN's 'Larry King Live' show in the mid-80s, before getting involved in wrestling.

- Spike Dudley taught third grade at a school in San Francisco, California and also worked at a financial printing company before getting involved in wrestling.

- Test and Matt Hardy still live with their parents.

- Test is best friend with Chief Morley and A-Train. Backstage they were known as the three Mousekeeters.

- Howard Finkel was the first person ever to be employed by the WWE, on April 1st 1980.

- Edge is married to Chief Morley's sister.

- J.R.'s face is twisted because he had a disease called Bells Palsy, which can cause one side of your body to be paralysed. He had a first attack in 1995 and was off WWE TV for a while because of this. He had a second attack in late 1998 while the WWE was in England, which caused him to be away from commentary for a while.

- Jeff Hardy had his first WWE match at the age of 16 in 1993, when he faced Razor Ramon and lost.

- Jerry Lawler and the Honky Tonk Man are cousins.

- The Royal Rumble match is booked each year by Pat Patterson and has been since it began in 1988 because he's the inventor of that match.

- Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty were due to get 'married' on Valentine's Day 1999 at the St Valentine's Day Massacre PPV. Scotty and Grandmaster were both strongly opposed to the storyline, but it wasn't until Grandmaster's dad Jerry Lawler intervened and complained to Vince McMahon that the idea was dropped.

- Lance Storm, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and Steve Blackman were all trained at Stu Hart's Dungeon in Calgary, Canada.

- The WWE purchased WCW from AOL Time Warner for $2.5 million in March 2001. That price is very low considering the top WWE stars such as The Rock earn around four times that amount each year.

- Shane McMahon was a referee in the late 80s/early 90s and was called Shane Stevens.

- The Hurricane and the Hardy Boyz were trained together in North Carolina and are good friends.

- Jim Ross has been fired twice within a year by the WWE. The first time was in March 1994 because he refused to turn heel. He was rehired a few months later, but was then fired again for discussing behind the scenes information in an interview. He returned in December 1994 and has been with the company ever since.

- Backstage, The Rock is good friend with Shane McMahon and D'lo Brown.

- Test is dating Stacy Keibler.

- No one who drew #30 in the Royal Rumble has ever won the match.

- The WWE bought WCW for $2.5 million when in 1998, it costed $55 million.

- The Crippler Crossface was invented by Dean Malenko.

- 7500 sheets are photocopied each RAW and SmackDown.

- Sgt. Slaughter became a character in G.I. Joe.

- Owen Hart's death cost $18 million to the WWE.

- Shawn Michaels was introduced to his wife by Kevin Nash.

- Before being a wrestler, Kevin Nash was a Michigan night club doorman.

- Before becoming a wrestler, Chief Morley was a motorcross racer. He was never an adult movie star.

- Jacqueline is a master in Tai-Kwon-Do.

- Other than being the WWE C.E.O., Linda McMahon is a lawyer.

- The biggest WWE attendance of all time is 93,173 at WrestleMania 3 on March 29th 1987.

- Droz's wife is the person who designs the wrestlers' outfits.

- Mr. Perfect used to manage Ric Flair in the early 90s.

- Al Snow's head was used to create Mankind's mask.

- Booker T is dating announcer Sharmell Sullivan.

- Christian is the second man in history to win 5 different WWE titles, Chris Jericho being the first man.

- The old WCW used to hire paid models and actors to sit in the audience to cheer and boo their wrestlers because the audience was usually dead during their shows.

- Rowdy Roddy Piper was the best man at Ric Flair's wedding.

- Mike Tyson was paid $3.5 million for his appearance at WrestleMania 14.

- Rico was a police officer before getting involved in wrestling.

- Booker T and The Rock were the two first Afro-American wrestle each other in a PPV main event (SummerSlam 2001).

- Lita has about 70-80 different thongs.

- Stacy Keibler was once a cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens.

- Funaki is a huge Shawn Michaels fan. He once moved to San Antonio, TX just to live in the same city as HBK.

- Just Joe was the best man at Rhyno's wedding.

- In 1991, WCW paid Ric Flair $75,000 to give back the WCW title after he left for the WWE.

- The WWE title never changed hands in a steel cage match.

- Shane McMahon is in charge of the WWE.com website.

- Some of the wrestlers' entrence music aren't made by the WWE like Jeff Hardy's. That means other companies can use them.

- Rosey is Rikishi's son and Jamal is the son of Sika. The Rock is cousin with Rosey, Jamal and Rikishi.

- Jeff Hardy and Shannon Moore are in a band called Peroxwhy?gen (pronounced Peroxygen).

- Rico once won an American Gladiators competition.

- Jeff Hardy and his brother did all the moves for the game WWF: Attitude. They weren't even in the game.

- Kevin Nash played basketball and was a bouncer before he became a wrestler.

- Ernest "The Cat" Miller is Eric Bischoff's son karate teacher.

- D'Lo Brown is a certified public accountant.

- D-Von Dudley's father was a minister.

- Vince McMahon lost $30 million because of the XFL.

- Triple H was the first hell to leave WrestleMania (2000) as the WWE champion.

- Vince McMahon was Shane McMahon's best man at his son's wedding.

- Test only had 15 pro matches when he made is WWE debut.

Terri