10 Secret Wrestling Retcons You DEFINITELY Don't Remember

WWE has enjoyed pretending there's nothing to see here. You imagined that history!

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What's the most famous pro wrestling retcon you can think of?

Kane's entire backstory is up there. The Undertaker's brother went from being a chargrilled mess who couldn't talk and was locked in a basement for years to a drink-driving maniac who was erm...rather fond of dead bodies. Yeah, yeah wrestling really is weird when sentences like that come out so casually!

Other well-known pieces of revisionist history include Edge and Christian going from literal brothers to just good mates, D-Generation X driving a "tank" instead of a car with a cannon on it when invading WCW, and even the big porky that WCW was always second best to WWE. Nothing to see here, and all that.

What about the lesser-known retcons you might not remember though? They're just as interesting (and bizarre). Here, you'll see WWE pretend multiple NXT Title reigns never happened, Stephanie McMahon forgetting her own age, witness some spectacular spin on the change from WWF > WWE, and more.

Also, hands up who remembers the original nWo logo. That'll even come as a fun surprise to WCW diehards...

10. Charlotte Flair’s NXT Title Reigns

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Someone get WWE to math class.

On Steve Austin's 'Broken Skull Sessions' show a few years back, Charlotte Flair referred to herself as "a 13-time champion". On TV around the same time, WWE flashed up a graphic that called her a "12-time champion". Huh? None of this made any sense back then, and it still doesn't now.

Flair has enjoyed no less than 15 singles title reigns during her run thus far. She has 6 with the old Raw Women's belt (which includes a linked-up stint as Divas Champ), 7 as SmackDown Women's Champion and 2 as NXT Women's Champ. 6 + 7 + 2 = 15, so where did they get the 12 and 13 numbers from?

Typically, NXT was shoved by the wayside and apparently ignored by both company and wrestler alike. Why? Nobody's quite sure, and it's especially strange considering Charlotte has defended the NXT Women's Title at WrestleMania. You'd think that'd earn the belt some respect.

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