Backstage stories you can or can't believe...

[Curtis_Axel_fan]

With the amount of podcasts available these days the amount of backstage stories on the Internet it's hard to believe which ones are true or not.

Which rumours have you heard that are so unbelievable to you?

[mrbananagrabber]

Anything with Vince acting like either a 14 year old or a maniac is pretty much instant truth to me.

[The Rick Jericho]

Chris Benoit:

Throwing Miz out of the locker room and making him change in the hallway.
Making Davari almost bleed squating.
Kevin Sullivan

The good thing with the Miz story for those that didn't hear, one day Undertaker asked him: "Why are you changing in the hallway?" "Benoit? "HE'S DEAD"

[Deleted]

The thing about Benoit and the squats is that he and Rob Conway would do them as exercise. Daivari voluntarily tried them. It wasn't punishment and there are other wrestlers throughout the years that would do crazy exercise routines. Is it crazy, sure, but others did comparable things.

[fw91]

I totally believe "Excellent Question Shelton" happened

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

I really didn't want to believe that Vince didn't knew who Metallica was but I'm now inclined to believe it.

I also hoped that Laurinaitis signing the wrong one legged guy was just a joke but apparently John legit signed the guy. I don't know how he still has a job.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Mar 23, 2018 20:09:21 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

Chris Benoit:

Throwing Miz out of the locker room and making him change in the hallway.
Making Davari almost bleed squating.
Kevin Sullivan

The good thing with the Miz story for those that didn't hear, one day Undertaker asked him: "Why are you changing in the hallway?" "Benoit? "HE'S DEAD"

If taker legit said that I love him more now.

[Natural Born Farmer]

Mar 23, 2018 21:01:39 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I really didn't want to believe that Vince didn't knew who Metallica was but I'm now inclined to believe it.

I also hoped that Laurinaitis signing the wrong one legged guy was just a joke but apparently John legit signed the guy. I don't know how he still has a job.

I would say "wouldn't most corporations have at least one line of failsafe against this?", but we're talking about WWE.

[Deleted]

I believe every story related to Enzo.

[Nikki Heyman]

Mar 23, 2018 20:50:18 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

The thing about Benoit and the squats is that he and Rob Conway would do them as exercise. Daivari voluntarily tried them. It wasn't punishment and there are other wrestlers throughout the years that would do crazy exercise routines. Is it crazy, sure, but others did comparable things.

D'von won a bet against.... somebody and would make them do pushups at random times backstage.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Mar 23, 2018 21:05:33 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

Mar 23, 2018 21:01:39 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I really didn't want to believe that Vince didn't knew who Metallica was but I'm now inclined to believe it.

I also hoped that Laurinaitis signing the wrong one legged guy was just a joke but apparently John legit signed the guy. I don't know how he still has a job.

I would say "wouldn't most corporations have at least one line of failsafe against this?", but we're talking about WWE.

Allegedly Laurinaitis was told,

"Johnny we want this kid Tenacious Z, his name is Zack Gowen, he's 18 years old from the Detroit area, he moved great despite only having one leg."

So John was told the name, his age, and his location. Despite having all the information, Laurinaitis signed a forty year old guy who quit wrestling years ago and wasn't Zack Gowen. That's the biggest example of incompetence in the history of wrestling.

[jagilki]

Vince.

Shitty Underwear

Gerald Brisco

A Stick.

[Crimson]

Christian definitely has some Malaysian slaves.

[Shy Guy]

The entire urban myths list i believe is 100% true 🤣

[thetower52]

Mar 23, 2018 21:14:19 GMT -5 jagilki said:

Vince.

Shitty Underwear

Gerald Brisco

A Stick.

I swear there’s video of this somewhere

[TOK Is the Target Demo]

Mar 23, 2018 20:09:21 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

The good thing with the Miz story for those that didn't hear, one day Undertaker asked him: "Why are you changing in the hallway?" "Benoit? "HE'S DEAD"

Please tell me you have this story

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Steve Blackman Roundhouse Kicking JBL unconscious for trying to f*** with him in an airport made Steve Blackman one of my all time favorite wrestlers by default.

[riseofsetian1981]

Mar 23, 2018 21:08:24 GMT -5 Nikki Heyman said:

Mar 23, 2018 20:50:18 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

The thing about Benoit and the squats is that he and Rob Conway would do them as exercise. Daivari voluntarily tried them. It wasn't punishment and there are other wrestlers throughout the years that would do crazy exercise routines. Is it crazy, sure, but others did comparable things.

D'von won a bet against.... somebody and would make them do pushups at random times backstage.

That would've been Batista. He talked about that in his book and mentioned he had to do push-ups at an airport one time while trying to make their flight.

[TOK Is the Target Demo]

Vince McMahon not signing because he thought Go Shiozaki wasn't "too Asian". That definitely happened.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Mar 23, 2018 21:12:17 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Mar 23, 2018 21:05:33 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

I would say "wouldn't most corporations have at least one line of failsafe against this?", but we're talking about WWE.

Allegedly Laurinaitis was told,

"Johnny we want this kid Tenacious Z, his name is Zack Gowen, he's 18 years old from the Detroit area, he moved great despite only having one leg."

So John was told the name, his age, and his location. Despite having all the information, Laurinaitis signed a forty year old guy who quit wrestling years ago and wasn't Zack Gowen. That's the biggest example of incompetence in the history of wrestling.

And this led to a hilarious exchange on commentary during the Kevin Nash Open Invitational X-Division Gauntlet Battle Royal for Bound for Glory, with Nash doing a Big Johnny impression about signing the right one-legged wrestler and telling Tenay and West, "that was dynamic you two dudes."