10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (May 12)

Pay attention to enough shoot interviews or media appearances, and it's only a matter of time before some hidden stories and previously-unknown facts start to come out.

Facts about the likes of Sheamus, John Cena, AJ Styles and Skinner, the old alligator hunter character used by the then-WWF during the early-1990's, are included here. There's even an eye-opening admission from Shane McMahon about WWE's original vision upon purchasing Extreme Championship Wrestling trademarks for their own use and launching the show as a third brand in 2006. If only plans hadn't changed...

As if that wasn't enough, there's another fascinating tale told by former WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts. One short elevator ride alongside Vince McMahon, John Cena and others let Roberts in on a pep talk from the boss that Cena in particular would take to heart...

10. Corey Graves Ditched His High School Prom To Wrestle

Long before emerging as one of WWE's brightest commentary hopes, Corey Graves also had a promising in-ring career in NXT. Go back even further and the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native wrestled regularly on local independent shows from the tender age of 15 onwards.

That means Graves had started wrestling weekly before he had even left high school. A video posted to WWE's YouTube page this week was largely throwaway content focused on which stars attended prom at school, and it was all pretty boring stuff - until Corey revealed he blew off the senior dance so he could go live out his dreams as a wrestler.

Working in front of around 14 people instead of getting smoochy with the ladies, Graves actually hadn't attended his junior prom either. Figuring he would definitely go in his senior year, the current Raw announcer didn't bank on ditching it for wrestling.