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

Ronda Rousey's broken hand, JBL's gun terror and NXT stars barred from the locker room...

by Jamie Kennedy
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The finish to that first ever women's main event at WrestleMania 35 will forever be regrettable.

Feeling sorry for the pain Ronda Rousey was in after suffering a broken hand, referee Rod Zapata ended the match prematurely and was fined by WWE for doing so. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert recently, Ronda said she needed to get better at "faking it" so other refs didn't make the same choice. Rousey also revealed exactly when she shattered her hand in the match.

Find out all about that in this week's article.

Other big wrestling facts and stories included look at who Davey Boy Smith Jr thought was attacking Bret Hart at the WWE Hall Of Fame 2019 ceremony, why JBL almost got shot when filming vignettes for SmackDown, where his ring name actually came from and who missed the infamous 'Curtain Call' because he just couldn't stop sneezing.

Want more? How about learning why some of NXT's finest were kicked out of the locker room and what Vince McMahon told Roman Reigns when he returned from his cancer battle...

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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.