10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Dec 27)

Alternative title: Why wrestlers need to stop logging onto Twitter after their biggest matches...

By Jamie Kennedy /

Sweet emotion was written all over Rhea Ripley's face when she ended Shayna Baszler's spectacular 416-day NXT Women's Title run the week before Christmas. That one meant more to Rhea than her NXT UK reign had, and it was way more significant to her progress than any temp push in time for Survivor Series could be.

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Then, she made a grave mistake.

Find out what terrible error Ripley made in this week's article, one that pulls together all manner of wrestling-related facts and tales we didn't know last week. There's a definite festive theme for some; even when they're not strictly about Xmas, these stories speak of gifts wrestlers received, pressies they'd like to unwrap soon and, in the case of Donald J Trump, possible future Presidential vomit.

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Which WWE star tortured themselves over a (seemingly simple) haircut? Who wants to be King Of The Ring more than anyone else on the roster? Who does Booker T believe is the most underrated performer of all the times? What did The Rock think of a rip off gimmick that aped his success in WCW? Find out within...