10 Wildest Wrestling Hoaxes Fans Actually Fell For

9. The AEW Invoice

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This was funny, on one level, but also disturbing. 

What people are prepared to believe for their chosen cause is frightening. They will accept absolutely anything. It’s the latest and possibly even last chapter of the human condition. If a WWE fan desperate to see AEW fail reads something to the effect of “Tony Khan buys every ticket and pays actors to attend AEW shows”, they might believe (and propagate) it. 

Anything to make the promotion look bad. 

How would that even work? Would the plant/actor need to learn a set of instructions to convincingly execute the role? 

And if so, wouldn’t those instructions read “Be sure to behave in a profoundly obnoxious way, and feel free to devise ironic chants that ruin the moment”?   

If that theoretical scenario reads as ridiculous, it isn’t, because some fans actually took as read a fake memo that was circulated online for the express purpose of fooling these people. The “invoice” laid the misinformation on so thickly that it was designed to humiliate the absolute dumbest of the dumb. 

Look at it. It’s obviously a joke. ‘The Voices of Wrestling’ isn’t even the correct name of that particular outlet (unless of course it’s how Bret Hart refers to them).

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!