A popular turn of phrase is that people should never meet their heroes, because they'll only end up being gravely disappointed. It's fair to imagine that thousands upon thousands of folks have been utterly thrilled upon meeting their favourite professional wrestling stars face-to-face, but wrestlers are just like everybody else - they're just people - and have bad days just as much as good ones. Therefore, it's not difficult to surmise that there will have been swathes of people who have ended up rather disappointed following a meet and greet with their favourites, it's just the nature of the beast. In order to even be in the pro wrestling industry, a person has to be pretty bombastic and interesting to begin with. Perhaps due to that personality filling each locker room, a whole load of stories have spilled out into the public domain. Fans love these little tidbits, because they're pretty remarkable, and people feel they're getting insight into the people behind the larger-than-life characters by hearing them. There's a whole load of intrigue involved in this list, from startling revelations about one wrestler's diet, to funny flatulence from others. Food, booze, feces and monkeys are all involved in this rather diverse article!
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
