10 Unbelievable Wrestling Coincidences

8. When The Bitterest Enemies Are Almost The Same People

Seth Rollins Logan Paul
WWE

This wrestling performer started "working" without formal training.

This wrestling performer booked and starred in their own backyard promotion, which actually boasted a shockingly strong local following.

This wrestling performer's brother also participated in it before leaving the business behind him forever.

This wrestling performer abstains from drinking alcohol and using drugs.

This wrestling performer experienced major success in every single promotion they worked, with the notable exception of Total Non-Stop Action.

This wrestling performer was told by more than one influential figure that they didn't know how to work, and used this criticism to drive their career in total defiance of mainstream norms.

This wrestling performer recognised that the business was terrible under a monopoly and vowed to change it, using that exact word, in promos that sparked the imagination of the wrestling fandom.

This wrestling performer was received as hero for this promise in front of a white-hot Chicago crowd.

This wrestling performer has a skyscraper of an ego even by wrestling standards.

This wrestling performer is CM Punk.

This wrestling performer is also Nick Jackson.

This wrestling performer is also Matt Jackson.

The similarities between the two acts are remarkable, so much so that it's bizarre they fell out so spectacularly. They should be kindred spirits, or at least bonded through a profound mutual respect that overrides any personal differences.

They...are not. The despise one another and came to blows following the All Out '22 press conference, as you may have read.

 
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