10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (March 2)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Tazz Had A Weird Epiphany During His WWF Debut

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Tazz would never top his in-ring WWF debut against Kurt Angle at the 2000 Royal Rumble.

It was all downhill from there, and that's something the former ECW hard man himself realised when strolling down the aisle at Madison Square Garden. On Talk Is Jericho, Tazz admitted that a sudden wave of self-doubt came over him.

He had an epiphany, surveyed the scene and detected an underlying shred of unhappiness in the WWF that they hadn't built his character. ECW and Paul Heyman had, not Vince McMahon. Right there in the Garden, that suddenly struck Tazz as a problem he'd never overcome in the bigger company. Tazz was proven right, and it didn't take long.

Despite not being the spiritual sort who usually believes in epiphanies, he experienced one at the worst time imaginable. As soon as his match with Angle was over, Tazz knew deep down that he'd struggle in the WWF.

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.