10 Amazing Stories Behind One-Off WWE Attires

8. A Touching Tribute From Rowan

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Daniel Bryan's lackey Rowan generally cycles through band shirts with more regularity than a teenage goth with a moth infestation (a goth moth wrath, we guess that'd be). Effectively, this means the bearded bully has one-off attire for pretty much any show, and the sheer volume of metal-inspired tees might lead you to believe they're plucked out of his presumably massive wardrobe completely at random.

That may well be the case for the majority, but Rowan had a very special reason for the Slipknot top he selected for his Money in the Bank 2019 tag-team opener against The Usos. Several hours before the pay-per-view took place, the Iowan ensembles' Shawn 'Clown' Crahan announced that his daughter had tragically passed away at the age of 22. Backstage photos from Money in the Bank depict Rowan promoting the work of a different band ahead of his pre-show contest; after learning the news, he switched to Slipknot as a touching tribute to the frontman's loss.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.