10 Wrestling Props You Totally Don't Remember

8. Ricky Steamboat's Komodo Dragon

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In one way, it's almost funny how WWE unleashes a gruesome, harrowing assault on the intelligence of the audience.

The sheer extent to which they think you are stupid is amusing. Michael Cole pinches the bridge of his nose in exasperation every time Money In The Bank rolls around when being forced to explain, for the hundredth time, that the competitor must climb up the ladder and retrieve the briefcase that enables the holder to cash in for a World Championship opportunity any time, any place.

"Not down the ladder, f*ckhead. Up the ladder."

He doesn't have to explain this, of course, but they think that they do.

In another, more accurate way, it is excruciatingly painful to have everything spelled out for you, which segues nicely into the WWF's attempt to help us realise that Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat was, in fact, a dragon. This is why, for his most famous run in the Fed, he sometimes took a Komodo dragon to the ring. But even that is delightfully wrong. It wasn't Ricky 'Has A Dragon' Steamboat. They weren't a friggin' tag team. He was meant to be a dragon.

Stupid. Wrestling is stupid.

Even stupider than you, f*ckhead.

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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!