10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Dec 14)

Find out what Becky Lynch was thinking after THAT punch...

Finn Balor
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Finn Bálor may have physically recovered from the injury that cut his Universal Title reign short at 24 hours in 2016, but he hasn't recovered booking-wise. The past year and a half has been a slog for the Irishman, and he's now cannon fodder for a man WWE really want to push at TLC.

When Michael Cole harps on about Finn being a former champion on Sunday and a threat to Drew McIntyre, just remember that Bálor didn't have a clue it was happening until doing his own digging. That's right, Bálor wasn't told he'd be facing the Scot on 2018's final pay-per-view. So, how did he find out about it? Read on, dear reader.

Other facts involved this week look at why old OVW talent were terrified of being called up to SmackDown and not Raw when the Ohio league was WWE's core developmental territory, who Christian made an arse of himself in front of as a young 'un and what incredible name WCW almost gave one of their workers.

Then, there's Eric Bischoff. If you happen to work for Pizza Hut, just be careful when the Bisch household orders a pie...

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