10 Wrestling Facts We Didn’t Know Last Week (July 19)

1. Why WWE Sent Boss Man To ‘America’s Most Wanted’

Before its cancellation in 2011, America's Most Wanted was one of television's longest-running serials. In 1999, it was at peak popularity, and so was the WWF. That's why the Big Boss Man was forced to explain himself to show producers, the law and the watching world when he appeared on the show to distance himself from crime's seedy underbelly.

What had Boss Man done, you ask? Absolutely bloody nothing.

Problems started when a real-life criminal profiled by the program bore a striking resemblance to wrestling's sketchy law man. America's Most Wanted were hit with hundreds of agitated phone calls from viewers claiming they knew exactly who the man was, and they knew where he'd be. That's when they pointed fingers at Boss Man and gave AMW bosses the location of the WWF's next live event.

Bruce Prichard told on his podcast how Boss Man was summoned by the show's producers to come in and smooth things over, but not before he was questioned by police about the situation. The WWF and America's Most Wanted actually had to film Boss Man telling people at home he wasn't really a criminal.

That's hilarious.

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