10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Jan 3)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. What Vince Called 'Mania's Worst Match Ever

Jerry Lawler Michael Cole Steve Austin
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Jerry Lawler has only ever had one WrestleMania match, and it just so happens to be Vince McMahon's least favourite across 35 (to date) iterations of the famous event. Michael Cole appeared on Corey Graves' 'After The Bell' show to share the news that Vinnie Mac said Cole vs. Lawler at 'Mania XXVII was the "worst thing he'd seen in 60 years".

Ouch.

Cole thought the match was too long but hardly terrible. He was happy with how it went when he walked back through Gorilla, looked over at his boss, watched him shake his head and received the scathing review. In fairness to Vince, millions of wrestling fans would agree that this battle of announcers sucked. He was the one who booked it though, so there's that.

Michael barely remembers the end stretch because a Lawler dropkick from the corner almost knocked him out. He also lost a tooth during the spot and forgot to bump for one of Jerry's punches.

What other big wrestling facts did you learn this week? For more wrestling, check out 21 Things You Probably Missed From AEW Dynamite (Jan 1) and 16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE Raw (Dec 30)!

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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.