When The Stars Align: Famous Fans of Pro Wrestling through History

It hasn’t been uncommon to see a celebrity of some sort appear or even compete inside a wrestling ring. Celebrities from all avenues of entertainment have been used in a match whether it has been on a Wrestlemania or other big show. Countless stars from movies, TV, comedy, music, sports and even politics have been involved in professional wrestling for a very long time. For some, it was just a pay day to promote a show, movie or album…but for other famous names, they were actually fans of the wrestling business themselves. Today on the blog, we take a look at some of pro wrestling’s most famous fans.

Hair Raising Tales: Stories Behind Some Infamous Head Shaving Moments in Wrestling

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One of the classic storylines in pro wrestling history, has to deal with hair. Many wrestlers throughout the years have had glorious heads of hair. Some have used their follicles to advance storylines and in many cases…their very own careers. Hair versus hair, hair versus mask and/or hair versus career matches have had a place in wrestling for a very long time. These type of specialty matches were popularized in Mexico starting in 1940 when the first luchas de apuestas (“matches with wagers”) took place between luchadors Octavio and Murcielago in a hair vs mask match. There have been countless matches with hair being put on the line ever since.

A Moment in Time: The Night Owen Hart “Won” the WWF Title

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Owen Hart achieved so many things during his WWF career. He was an Intercontinental and European champion, a tag team champion, a Slammy award winner and a King of the Ring winner. For many of Owen’s fans, the one title that alluded him and deserved so richly was the WWF title. For one night in August of 1994, the ‘King of Harts’ unlocked that achievement…even for just a minute or so.

Chew the FACT: Gorging on More Useless Wrestling Facts, Stats and Trivia

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It’s time to once again dig in to more useless wrestling facts, stats and trivia. Some of these facts may be common knowledge to some and may be completely new and unheard of to others. In either case, they are all meant to entertain and maybe learn a little something about nothing. So here are pro wrestling facts for all of us to chew on for a bit.

This Week in Wrestling 2022 Week 31

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It’s Saturday and today we have ’This Week in Wrestling’, the 31st entry of 2022. Today Brian examines the new era of WWE and how we are already seeing positive changes made and shares all the best wrestling content from this week.

The Push Into Nowhere: Virgil’s Million Dollar Victory

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For years, Virgil aka Mike Jones was used as a personal bodyguard to top WWF heel ‘The Million Dollar Man’ Ted Dibiase. Virgil was supposedly used as an ‘inside joke’ by Vince McMahon to take a few jabs at the NWA/WCW head booker Dusty Rhodes whose real name was Virgil Runnels. Bruce Prichard has since denied those rumors…although those rumors remain. In any case, Virgil was always in the corner of Dibiase…often helping the Million Dollar Man win matches via his interference. In late 1990 and early 1991…the WWF was slowly turning Virgil against his employer.

Coaching Through: Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan Retires As A Manager

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In the era of professional wrestling managers, Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan was arguably the very best. His career as a manager spanned close to 30 years and led some of the biggest names in the business. By 1991, Bobby was burned out by the road and was physically breaking down. Heenan made the decision to retire as a full time manager and focus his career on being a broadcast journalist. His quit wit and comedic timing working side by side with Gorilla Monsoon and Vince McMahon made him a favorite with WWF fans…even if he was portraying a heel color commentator.

The Making of A Rock Star: The Rise of ‘Hollywood’ Rock

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‘The Rock’ Dwayne Johnson is arguably the biggest star to ever come from WWE. He was over as both a babyface and heel, cut memorable promos and always seemed to have the pulse of the fans who were paying to see him. That is why in 2003, WWE fans were given perhaps the greatest incarnation of ‘The Great One.’ This version was “Hollywood” Rock and this is the story of how the character came to be.

SummerSham ’88: The Big Reveal That Didn’t Happen

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It was the Summer of 1988 and the National Wrestling Alliance (In particular, Jim Crockett Promotions) were in deep financial trouble. Word was getting around that many NWA stars were not getting paid on time and were looking for work elsewhere. Two of those stars were Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson. They left Crockett to join the WWF as the Brainbusters.