10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (August 16)

Pancakes, rocking chairs and how Chris Jericho changed WWE.com forever...

By Jamie Kennedy /

Pancake. Power.

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There are a lot of things that don't make sense about New Day's act, but their fondness for baked treats has to be right up there. Watch any WWE broadcast the fun-loving trio are on and you're likely to see them throw pancakes out into the crowd or pour them out of a cereal box (!?) into fan mouths. It's totally weird, and yet it's 100% over.

This week's article dishes the deets on how New Day's love of pancakes came about. It's not as calculated as some might think; Kofi, Woods and E didn't sit around visualising them as part of the gimmick. It happened by accident due to Woods' creativity on the road one night, and it's quite the story.

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Other facts look at how Becky Lynch uses social media to gauge interest in her storylines, why SummerSlam means more to Christian than WrestleMania ever will and more. There's also a fact about Bray Wyatt's old rocking chair, Drew McIntyre's post-WWE release chillouts and news on how Chris Jericho's signing helped change the way WWE produced online content forever...