What have you learnt (legitimately) from wrestling

[Cactus Jack]

Has anyone actually learnt anything useful from wrestling?

Jokes to a minimum, please

I know a lot more states and which cities are in which states from simply hearing wrestler's hometowns and such than I ever would have otherwise.

Now you go.

[bitteroldman]

It taught me at a very early age not to trust, and that anything (everything?) can be a work.

[The In-Crowd]

Stone Cold taught me that you can get arrested and come back the next week and take ur boss hostage and make him pee in them iddle of the workplace

[iamthegamewjwf]

I also learned some geography and arena names.

[Turd Ferguson]

I learned that active WWE wrestlers pass away only a day or two before RAW.

[Deleted]

I've learned that no matter what you to do your boss, he won't fire you. Just put you in matches with larger opponents.

But seriously, I've learned most arena names and such.

[ellisdee]

Yeah,my American/Canadian geography is much better than most of the people i know because of wrestling.

[honsou]

I learned that Enzuigiri roughly translates to "kick to the brain"

[dermitderbrille]

Im from germany and i improved my english a lot by watching wrestling.

[Welfare Willis]

A small nic on the forehead can produce tons of blood.

[Matt Rogers]

The Geography thing here too.

That, and Guerrero means warrior.

[Cactus Jack]

Oh, yeah, arena names too.

[Dave the Dave]

In 4th grade I remember that i was the only one that knew what a "mandible" was.

Thank you Mick Foley.

[Squirrel Master]

As Jesse The Body Ventura profoundly stated
"Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat!"

[mainsupreme]

I learned american measurements like inches and lbs

[General Zod]

I learned the fine art of true showmanship.

[Photogenic Huss Bosh]

As an 11 year old, I learned a good amount of vocabulary just from listening to the commentary.

[plushtar]

I sharpened my impersonation skills by impersonation nearly everyone.

[molson5]

cactusjack said:

I know a lot more states and which cities are in which states from simply hearing wrestler's hometowns and such than I ever would have otherwise.

This is the exact thing that came to mind when I read the thread title.

I was probably the only kid in 1st grade that knew that there was a Kansas City in Missouri (Thanks Bob Orton).

[Abadebe]

I learned tonnes about the human anatomy from listening to Gorilla Monsoon.