10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Jan 27)
Find out what vital lesson Roman Reigns taught Seth Rollins in The Shield...
Making his in-ring debut back in 2005, Seth Rollins had a 5-year head start on Roman Reigns. In 2012, the pair were introduced on WWE television alongside Dean Ambrose as The Shield. Quickly, the group became one of the best in recent history before splitting in 2014.
It'd be easy to imagine that Rollins or Ambrose assumed the role of leader behind the scenes, their experience edge over Reigns was huge at the time. According to Seth himself, that wasn't necessarily the case. Besides, Rollins claims he actually learned a crucial lesson from watching Roman work.
Alongside that story, there are facts related to the likes of Jerry 'The King' Lawler, Goldberg, Batista and Triple H. There's also a surprising fact about Alexa Bliss that dates back to her school years. As if that wasn't enough, find out which star Mickie James wanted to work with instead of Trish Stratus upon her main roster debut.
Let's look at the facts...
10. Eric Bischoff Didn't Know About The WWF's Secret Request
With so many podcasts (crammed full of people who were there) readily available, more wrestling-related facts than ever before are beginning to surface. Often, the best ones happen mid-conversation. That was the case on a recent episode of Sean Waltman's X-Pac 1, 2, 360 podcast.
Joined by Eric Bischoff, Waltman and the former WCW boss went back and forth on the major differences backstage in the WWF and WCW. Slipping into the chat the fact that WWF performers were banned from speaking to their WCW counterparts, the beauty here is that Waltman wasn't even trying to be controversial with his words.
McMahon's edict is something that has come out before, the difference here is that Bischoff was able to react. Pausing after Waltman's words, Eric admitted he didn't even know that Vince McMahon had once forbid his wrestlers from talking to those in the WCW locker room.
This adds a new dimension to segments like the D-Generation X 'invasion' of Monday Nitro in 1998. Inside the building, Bischoff didn't know that it was frowned upon for WWF talent to speak with those working for him.