10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week

Find out the Batista/Ric Flair storyline WWE scrapped...

by Jamie Kennedy
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Oh, Chris Jericho. Yet again you've got the entire wrestling world talking about what you're doing, only this time it has next-to-nothing to do with WWE. There's nobody quite like Y2J when it comes to reinvention, but just what inspired him to pitch a match against NJPW sensation Kenny Omega in the first place?

Find out what got Jericho's creative juices flowing in this week's article. It's perhaps way more obvious than you might imagine. Joining the inspiration for Wrestle Kingdom 12's 'Alpha vs. Omega', there are facts about everyone from Big Cass and Carmella to Batista and Lance Storm.

Speaking of inspiration, find out what led WWE to write Mae Young's obscene flasher gimmick from 2000. We already knew he was a fan of using toilet humour, but it seems Vince McMahon is also a huge fan of Cameron Diaz movies too.

Let's look at the facts...

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.