10 Unthinkable Origins Behind Famous Wrestling Moments

7. ____ Started The Infamous Wrestling Sleaze Thread

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Have you ever heard the rumour that Curt Hennig once took a dump in Jerry Lawler's crown (thus rendering him both a figurative and literal sh*thead?)

Or that the Iron Sheik used to perform handstands while snorting class A drugs, a hobby he presumably couldn't do circum 1999, by which point he could barely stand on his feet?

Or how about Balls Mahoney being a satanist? Or that Akira Hokuta and Kensuke Sasaki f*cked so loudly and enthusiastically that they kept an entire hotel of wrestlers awake? Or that Mabel once got "the boys" kicked out of a restaurant for asking the waitress if he could order her "luscious p*ssy lips on a plate"?

What about the time William Regal overheard Van Hammer mocking British people and cracked him with five headbutts? Seems as though he is playing the perfect role in AEW currently, which is miles better, incidentally, than the fan-cast pitch of an onscreen authority figure. Why would AEW borrow a device from the show they a give a bloody give thrashing?

If you've read these probably bullsh*t rumours, and you have - it's an internet wrestling fan rite of passage - you have message board poster Tony Khan to thank, who luckily for him was smart enough to have never actually contributed.

That's a lot of money they could sue for.

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