10 Wildest Wrestling Urban Legends

1. The Sleaze Thread, General

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(That's actually Virgil's arm; no NSFW warning required)

None other than Tony Khan started the infamous "sleaze list" on the Death Valley Driver boards - without actively contributing to it, it should be stated.

The list is so fascinating and repulsive that it has persisted across every chapter of the internet's history. The full list is still available to read at Angelfire. It's a strange hybrid of a thing; widely-believed apocrypha, misremembered shoot interview embellishments, and a lot of very obviously made-up bullsh*t designed as sort of an escalatory pissing contest.

Did Virgil really lob his c*ck out on Pat Patterson's desk to get a job, or are people just aware of the fact that Patterson was a homosexual?

Did Curt Hennig really take a sh*t in Jerry Lawler's crown, or is it simply easy to believe, knowing what we know about his fondness for the rib?

Did Take Michinoku really sleep with Sunny, and did he say "TAKA is coming, motherf*cker" at the finish?

It's a rite of passage for every online wrestling nerd; a car crash of a read that is as fascinating as it is disturbing. Mercifully, most of it is probably bullsh*t.

But, and this is sobering, wrestling is one of the most grotesque industries ever, so...

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