10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (May 5)

5. Linda McMahon's Car Was Repossessed When She Was Pregnant

Stories about Vince McMahon pre-WWE monopoly have become stuff of legend. When he wasn't working 90-hour weeks crushing rocks in a quarry and as a door-to-door salesman, McMahon was striving to build a business empire for his family. That determination didn't come without struggle.

In an interview with CNBC, Linda McMahon discussed how she and Vince were forced to declare themselves bankrupt in the mid-1970s. She also revealed some other facts about that stressful period.

The family home was auctioned off and, to Linda's absolute horror, her own car was repossessed when she was pregnant with her "second child". That means that Stephanie McMahon was in the womb when her parents were going through financial peril and Linda's vehicle was being towed from the driveway.

Even the world's biggest success stories have their ups and downs, it seems.