10 Wrestling Facts We Didn’t Know Last Week (April 26)

3. The Nasty Boys Used To Babysit The Rock

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Here's another stunning Nasty Boys story, this time about The Rock.

In an interview with The Hannibal TV, Brian Knobbs talked about how he and partner Jerry Sags would regularly look after Rock when his parents went out for dinner. The future Hollywood star would kick around the locker room with The Nastys, and that's when he downed his very first beer. Oh yes, Knobbs would casually give the 12/13-year old 'Great One' a few brewskis.

Years later, at WWE's Hall Of Fame ceremony in 2005, The Rock outed his (rather unique) babysitters to his mother. Firing back, Knobbs said that it must've done Rocky some good because he was making so much money, then jokingly asked for a kickback for all those nanny sessions.

Without being dismissive of The Nasty Boys, one can't help but think that there were more responsible babysitters around back in the mid-80s than them. That's something even Brian Knobbs gets a kick out of. He's hardly the quiet type.

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