10 Weirdest Things Wrestlers Did Before Matches
Eating specific candy, getting high/drunk, and the other odd things wrestlers did before the bell.
Everyone has their own special way of getting themselves prepared for an important event in their lives.
Some people opt to listen to a certain kind of music to get them fired up or relaxed, depending on the situation.
Others choose to cut themselves off from the world and meditate to get their head in the right place for a crucial meeting or task.
And this certainly applies to the wacky world of professional wrestling, too, with each and every performer having their own unique ways of getting themselves prepared for an incoming match.
Now sure, some of these methods of preparation are quite standard - stretches, a few pre-match push-ups, even slamming a Red Bull just to give yourself that last boost of all-important energy on the way to a contest.
And then you have this lot.
These 10 wrestlers all did some unquestionably strange and often inadvisable things before eventually locking up in-between the ropes, intentionally smashing their skulls into doors, giving a sibling a rather specific slap, and even spending almost an entire day sitting on a plane between matches.
Sometimes these weird acts led to satisfying results. Other times they caused all kinds of controversy.
But either way, they were all definitely odd.
10. Cody Rhodes Flies For 17 Hours To Compete At WCPW
In the years before becoming the biggest babyface in the game and standing at the centre of one of the most emotional stories of the last decade, independent scene sensation Cody Rhodes was making cities all over the world outside of WWE.
And perhaps the most incredible example of his drive and commitment during this time in his life occurred back in 2017.
Following on from a Tokyo Dome showdown with eventual Bang Bang Gang member Juice Robinson for NJPW, Rhodes' schedule required him to be in Liverpool... the next night!
In order to get to that WCPW KirbyMania show - an event that would involve him scrapping with the United Kingdom's own Zack Sabre Jr. - the 'American Nightmare' had to endure 17 hours-worth of flying from Japan to Great Britain.
Not the best way to rest the ol' body up after a battle on the other side of the planet.
But that still didn't stop Rhodes from putting on a show when he did finally touch down in England, picking up his second 'W' in as many days as he defended his Internet Championship successfully.
And after all that, he'd share a well-earned beer with the crowd, looking every bit the real people's champion he'd ultimately become seven years later.