10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Sep 1)

The Miz = master of exiting the friend zone...

By Jamie Kennedy /

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Bonus fact: Hulk Hogan's trademark shirt rip was originally a total accident, and it only happened because his AWA tag-team partners Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell decided to tear it from his back before a six-man match in the Rosemont Horizon (now Chicago's Allstate Arena).

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The live crowd went bananas at seeing Hulk's muscular frame burst through the clothing, and he decided to make the shirt rip a regular part of his act from that day on. That came with its own problems though, because Hogan didn't want to be embarrassed by failing to tear the material. Enter his then-wife, Linda. She had a simple solution, and no, it wasn't making a tiny cut in the shirt's neck.

Hulk thought of that himself, but Linda had other plans to make the gig easier. Find out what they were in this week's article, along with a whole host of other wrestling-related facts.

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There are three-hour conversations between prospective lovers in a "porn shop" parking lot, unique WWE Christmas gifts one superstar wasn't expecting, stories of backstage panic for SmackDown's top authority figure and the inside scoop on how DUI problems can bring bickering frenemies together.

It turns out Paul Heyman didn't deserve being whipped like a government mule...

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