10 Wrestling Hoaxes That Fooled The Internet

6. The Infamous Angelfire Wrestling Rumours Compendium

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A full 459 funny, dark and grotesque urban legends were compiled by a gentleman named 'Supreme' in the days before SquaredCircle and social media in a thread started by one Tony Khan on DVDVR, not that he knew or contributed to the wildfire to come.

They range from the feasible to the fantastical, but several members of what was once known as the 'IWC' closed the tab knowing that they will never, ever look at Kerry Von Erich in quite the same way. The legends of several pro wrestlers were enriched or tarnished on that infamous Angelfire rumour round-up, the batsh*t craziness of which, with a salacious tabloid-like power, encouraged people to believe. It was just more entertaining that way.

Did you know that Kerry - and Sabu - took a perverse pleasure in murdering felines? Or that Bill DeMott once sh*t on Buff Bagwell's face? Or that Raven is more horse than human being, and that his jorts only barely concealed his junk?

All "alleged", you understand.

Sprinkled amongst the most disturbing and likely/hopefully bullsh*t revelations are stories that, while never officially confirmed, are as close to the truth as this fabricated enterprise gets: the demise of Nancy Argentino is covered here years before the cold case heated up years later, as are the JBL hazing practises corroborated in the shoot interview circuit that rose to prominence in parallel.

Is the dark history of wrestling's past hiding in plain sight on an archaic, free to use website builder, or is it all one big worked shoot?

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!