10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (August 23)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. The Undertaker Offered To Put JBL Over Clean

JBL The Undertaker
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SummerSlam 2004 will forever be remembered for three things. First, Randy Orton becoming World Heavyweight Champion. Second, Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero. Third, the epic, remotely-filmed 'Divas Dodgeball' contest pitting 'Team Diva Search' vs. 'Team Diva'.

Only kidding.

The Undertaker vs. JBL in the co-main event spot tops that. It's memorable for a 'Taker Chokeslam on JBL through the top of the heel's limo, but things could've been very different had WWE listened to 'The Deadman's' idea. He wanted to lose clean to JBL and help establish him as a a true main-event star.

Bruce Prichard said on his weekly podcast that 'Taker was keen to give Layfield a leg up. Creative disagreed, feeling it was unnecessary for The Undertaker to lose that way when he'd only just returned to playing his supernatural character months before at WrestleMania XX. So, the finish was tweaked to a DQ victory for JBL instead of a clean pinfall one.

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.