10 Massively Dubious Wrestling Records
8. Andre The Giant's Undefeated Streak
According to WWE lore, André The Giant went undefeated for 15 years before challenging Hulk Hogan for his WWF title at the literally mythical WrestleMania III pay-per-view. The company even presented him with a trophy for the accomplishment, so it must have been true. That "accomplishment" was pure hokum. André had lost - and lost definitively - all over the world before he stepped foot in Detroit.
But that world was significantly bigger then than it is now. There were no YouTube pirates or database bookkeepers ready to upload evidence to the contrary. The WWF fabricated the accomplishment because they could get away with it. It was bullsh*t you couldn't smell - all the way to the taps, brother. They can't anymore. And yet, they still try.
The WWF also claimed that André The Giant had never been lifted off his feet and slammed to the mat prior to 1987. That was the other plot device for the most famous main event in the history of professional wrestling - but it was just that. Stan Hansen had body-slammed Andre six years before Hogan did. The far smaller Antonio Inoki did, too. Hell, Hulk Hogan himself slammed Andre about 204 times before that 'Mania III match.
WWE's ability to obfuscate the truth is a bigger achievement than any fake one they can devise.