Spittin’ Facts: Hitting You in the Face with Completely Useless Wrestling Facts, Stats and Trivia

Brian Damage

It is time for yet another round of useless wrestling facts, stats, trivia and miscellaneous nonsense. You may learn a thing or two after reading this post…or you may lose some valuable brain cells. Some of these you might have heard of already or maybe not. In either case, it is time to regurgitate these facts for your reading pleasure. Let us learn a little….hopefully.

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Wrestling With Sin: 387

Brian Damage

This is the 387th installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. A group of stories that delves into the darker, underbelly of pro wrestling. Many of the stories involve such subjects as sex, drugs, greed and in some cases even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series, I do not condone or condemn the alleged participants. We simply retell their stories by researching interviews, newspapers, magazines and various other sources of media.

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Downed On The Farm: Top WWE Developmental Prospects That Never Made It…Part 85

Brian Damage

The WWF/WWE has had some type of developmental system for years now. Whether it was the USWA, Ohio Valley, Power Pro, Heartland, Deep South, Florida Championship Wrestling or NXT…many of the company’s top superstars got their start in at least one of them. While some developmental names like John Cena, Kurt Angle, Randy Orton, The Miz, Brock Lesnar and Charlotte Flair all made big stars of themselves by first training in developmental, others never got to see the light of day. This series will focus on those wrestlers…the ones that at some point were a lock to get called up to the main roster and never quite made it. What once was hot, suddenly became a “not” as a WWE superstar.

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Grappling With Tragedy: Johnny Valiant

Brian Damage

Grappling with Tragedy is a series of articles that deal with unfortunate, tragic incidents that have occurred throughout the history of professional wrestling. It is unlike the ‘Wrestling with Sin’ series that deals more with the seedier side of wrestling like arrests, murders and suicides. Grappling looks more at particular tragic incidents that have in some instances altered pro wrestling in some way.

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Playing With Fire: The Unmasking of Kane

Brian Damage

When Kane made is WWF debut on October 5, 1997, he quickly became the most feared superstar on the roster. ‘The Big Red Monster’ was one of the most successful masked wrestlers in WWE history. His feud with his “brother” the Undertaker was classic. He was also the first masked wrestler to win the WWF title. After six years of donning a mask, it was time for a change.

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Wrestling With Sin: 386

Brian Damage

This is the 386th installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. A group of stories that delves into the darker, underbelly of pro wrestling. Many of the stories involve such subjects as sex, drugs, greed and in some cases even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series, I do not condone or condemn the alleged participants. We simply retell their stories by researching interviews, newspapers, magazines and various other sources of media.

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