10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Jan 19)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Verne Gagne Was Worried The Rockers Would Be Compared To Chairs

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Quick question: have you ever looked at Shawn Michaels or Marty Jannetty and immediately thought about furniture?

Bruce Prichard told on his Something To Wrestle With podcast that Verne Gagne did. The AWA owner was reacting to a new name Michaels and Jannetty had come up with to counter his son Greg's suggestion that they be called 'The Country Rockers'. Both wrestlers believed that 'The Midnight Rockers' was a much better moniker.

To dear old Verne, this conjured up images of rocking chairs on a porch. It wasn't until Gagne witnessed first hand the raging popularity of his new tag-team that he let them continue using it. Oh, Verne, how out of touch you were with the late-1980's.

Things could have been very different for The Rockers had they been stopped from using their now-famous name.

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.