10 Bizarre Backstage Rules WWE Forced On Wrestlers

10. The Interviewers Must Be Shorter Or Made To Look Shorter Than The Wrestlers

Every wrestling promotion wants to portray its wrestlers as larger-than-life characters, and WWE is no different. One tactic the company has always employed to achieve this feat is to ensure the backstage interviewers are shorter than the wrestlers or are deliberately made to look shorter.

Former WWE commentator Jonathan Coachman, who started his career as a backstage interviewer, shed some light on the bizarre technique the interviewers must use to look shorter than the wrestlers. Speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Coachman stated that the interviewers must spread their legs out during the segments to make the wrestlers look taller. He recalled an incident when the cameraman widened the shot too quickly during an interview segment, inadvertently showing Coachman with his legs spread apart.

Scott Stanford, a Studio Host for WWE since 2009, stated during an interview with The Launchcast that in his early years in the company, he had to kneel during the backstage interview segments to look shorter than the wrestlers. He also claimed that it is why WWE started hiring short female interviewers.