10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (18 Oct)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Paul Heyman Suggested Triple H Beat Tazz

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That wasn't the only interesting factoid Prichard had up his sleeve about Taz.

Renamed Tazz in the WWF for copyright reasons, the ECW star would collide with Triple H on the 18 April episode of SmackDown. At the time, it was billed as WWF Champion vs. ECW Champion, and the common fan thinking about Trips' win has always been that he and the WWF were belittling ECW.

That argument kinda' collapses when learning that it was Paul Heyman who pitched the outcome. He was planning a Taz(z) vs. Tommy Dreamer title switch on ECW's Hardcore TV four nights later, and he wanted to add heat to that situation by booking a Dreamer run-in on the SmackDown match.

That's what happened. Dreamer interfered, "accidentally" smashed Tazz with a chair and Triple H got the victory. The whole angle was painstakingly created by Heyman to further his ECW storylines and lead to a title change on Hardcore TV's 22 April episode.

What other big wrestling facts did you learn this week? Let us know down in the comments section below!

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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.