What's your favorite backstage story?

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Owen tricking Stu on the phone into thinking he was Reggie Parks never fails to crack me up.

Owen acted up and started saying "he" (Reg) was better and wanted to go. Stu is getting more agitated to the point he's yelling "WELL REG, IF YOU WANNA TRY ME, I'LL GO AND SHOW YOU I'M BETTER!"

Then you hear Owen just busting a gut laughing and Stu knew he was had.

(Hangs up the phone.)
"...Owen...the bastid got me again."

(The funniest part is Stu saying "again". That's what makes this hysterical. It wasn't a one-time prank.)

[MrElijah]

-Owen's greatest rib.....that WASN'T a rib. This was during the HBK/Bulldog feud for the title, long story short the heels tried to make look like Shawn is after Bulldog's wife, Diana Hart. Sometime later Owen & Davey Boy come into Jim Cornette's office with a red batman phone and on the other line it's Stu Hart. Stu goes on the fact Diana is looking like some kind of whore(or WHOOR as Stu said) and he and the kids aren't feeling it. Now Jim tells him it's Bruce Pritchard's fault. And by tells him, he buries him. Telling Stu that Brother Love loves him some porn, a pre-vert and that he reeks of dildos & smut. Stu sounds disappointed and says he'll have to talk to Vince about this. Now after hanging up, Jimmy asks Owen & Davey, who's smiling, who was that. Now remember, Bruce does a hell of a Stu voice, and Owen tells him it was Stu.

As soon as Owen says that, Bruce comes out another door holding papers, unaware of what transpired. He asks, "What's up, guys?" Jim retorted, "I think I just told Stu Hart that you're a f***ing pervert."

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Owen and Mark Henry are hanging out back before the PPV with the Hog Pen match. The truck with the hogs arrives and asks Owen or Henry if they know where the pigs were supposed to go. Owen pipes up “I sure do!” And leads the guy and the pigs to Vince’s make shift office.

So Vince had a large collection of pigs in his office. I believe his only comment was “Owen” and shaking his head.

[Celexa Bliss]

Dec 1, 2018 18:21:47 GMT -5 mrtuesday said:

JR was very high on bringing in Gail Kim

Vince didn't want to bring her in because be didn't think the American men would find an Asian woman attractive.

JR then showed Vince the Asian section of a porn site. Vince was shocked that Asian porn exists and that American men watch it.

And that's (supposedly) how Gail Kim got hired in WWE.

...ladies and gentlemen, Vince McMahon. Wow.

[Celexa Bliss]

Dec 1, 2018 15:53:12 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

Chris Jericho walking into the WCW locker room and catching Alex Wright and, I wanna say Hardbody Harrison, arguing like little kids about who was gonna be the heel in their match.

What about Hardbody Harrison pitching crazy ideas, like being Sting's black arch-nemesis, Stang? Or feuding with DDP over a mystical diamond, which I believe culminated in him throwing the diamond in a tank full of piranhas and DDP jumping in after it?

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Jericho goes to Germany to work the Catch Tournament. He meets a Hawk rip off named the Legend of Doom. This man has a giant divot in his head. Jericho asks about “Ah, got chopped in the head with an axe. Got stuck in my f***ing scalp”.

Jericho:........Fair enough.

[spagett]

Macho Man at Wrestlemania 10 taking the time to congratulate Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon for their Ladder match, before berating them for going too long meaning the planned 8 man tag had to be cancelled. 8 men missed out on a Mania pay day because of your selfishness is what I believe Savage was quoted as saying to them.

It's only a little thing but it shows the kind of guy Macho was, a real locker room leader.

[J. Hova]

Dec 2, 2018 12:33:42 GMT -5 MrElijah said:

-Owen's greatest rib.....that WASN'T a rib. This was during the HBK/Bulldog feud for the title, long story short the heels tried to make look like Shawn is after Bulldog's wife, Diana Hart. Sometime later Owen & Davey Boy come into Jim Cornette's office with a red batman phone and on the other line it's Stu Hart. Stu goes on the fact Diana is looking like some kind of whore(or WHOOR as Stu said) and he and the kids aren't feeling it. Now Jim tells him it's Bruce Pritchard's fault. And by tells him, he buries him. Telling Stu that Brother Love loves him some porn, a pre-vert and that he reeks of dildos & smut. Stu sounds disappointed and says he'll have to talk to Vince about this. Now after hanging up, Jimmy asks Owen & Davey, who's smiling, who was that. Now remember, Bruce does a hell of a Stu voice, and Owen tells him it was Stu.

As soon as Owen says that, Bruce comes out another door holding papers, unaware of what transpired. He asks, "What's up, guys?" Jim retorted, "I think I just told Stu Hart that you're a f***ing pervert."

This is what I came here to post.  Cornette has told it a few times in various shoots or on his show and he always cracks up about it.

Another Owen one was during the Henry Godwinn days, they had a pig pen match.  Pigs are getting delivered and Owen directs the pig farmer to house the pigs in Vince's office.

[Mozenrath]

One of my favorite ones is the tale of Buff Bagwell's hat. He had a collapsible top hat as part of his entrance gear, meaning, you could smush it down without damaging the hat, which obvivously was good for the sake of travel. He was backstage and set his hat up on a table, before leaving for one reason or another.

He came back, finding the hat mashed down. Annoyed, but no big deal, he un-mashed it, and went about his business before leaving again.

He returns, and someone had mashed it down again. He fixes it, this time in a huff. He leaves, and it happens again. This time, he leaves it mashed down, defeated. He leaves.

He returns, and the hat is at full extension.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

The Nailz saga.

Nailz called Vince because he was upset at his pay. Vince’s secretary told him that Vince would return Nailz’s call when he had time. Nailz waited and waited, Vince never returned the call, Nailz’s anger started to grow and grow.

A week later Nailz confronted Vince in the locker room and just choked him out. When the police came to arrest him, Nailz just screamed “He grabbed my dick!”

[The Rick Jericho]

The backstage altercation between Brock Lesnar and Chris Jericho did indeed go down last night after SummerSlam … and The Beast made a few statements during the encounter that would’ve caused any average man to piss himself.

Sources tell Pro Wrestling Sheet that Jericho was acting as a locker room leader who truly believed Brock had attacked Randy Orton during the main event, and Y2J was looking for answers.

We’re told Chris was repeatedly asking for clarification from everyone in the Gorilla position, but wasn’t getting answers because backstage footage was still being shot by crew members.

Brock, however, heard Jericho say this was “bullsh*t” and loudly told the longtime wrestler that this was none of his business. That set Y2J off and he continued asking questions, causing Lesnar to push him. When that happened, Jericho rushed in and tried getting face-to-face with The Beast.

We’re told Brock kissed him on the forehead at that point … then said, “kiss me back, p*ssy.”

Our sources say Jericho didn’t back down though! He actually stepped up and got in Lesnar’s face, ready to fight. But Brock responded, with his arms behind his back, saying “hit me or kiss me, bitch” … causing everyone in the area to swarm in and break them apart, including Triple H.

Things didn’t calm down though, and Vince McMahon eventually rushed in to usher Brock away, while yelling at Chris to be more professional. Jericho fired back at his boss, saying Lesnar was the unprofessional one who started “shooting” on his co-worker … to which Vince replied, “It’s a work! What’s wrong with you?!” implying the blood job was planned in some way.

Shortly after, the two sides went their separate ways backstage.

One source tells us they believe Jericho had all the right intentions, but many believe he handled things completely wrong due to his role as one of the longest tenured members of the roster.

When the people who work the fans get a taste of their own medicine.

DRINK IT IN MAN!

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Also how could I forget about Undertaker’s nickname in the locker room when he wasn’t the veteran leader. According to Paul Bearer, they used to call him Wendy because of his hair. Haha even the Undertaker got hazed.

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

Dec 2, 2018 19:24:24 GMT -5 spagett said:

Macho Man at Wrestlemania 10 taking the time to congratulate Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon for their Ladder match, before berating them for going too long meaning the planned 8 man tag had to be cancelled. 8 men missed out on a Mania pay day because of your selfishness is what I believe Savage was quoted as saying to them.

It's only a little thing but it shows the kind of guy Macho was, a real locker room leader.

Jesus christ. Shows what wrestling does to you. A "locker room leader" is someone who yells at their coworkers, and not someone who forces the boss to actually *pay their goddamn employees for shows they've been booked for*.

[Welfare Willis]

Dec 2, 2018 21:56:50 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

The Nailz saga.

Nailz called Vince because he was upset at his pay. Vince’s secretary told him that Vince would return Nailz’s call when he had time. Nailz waited and waited, Vince never returned the call, Nailz’s anger started to grow and grow.

A week later Nailz confronted Vince in the locker room and just choked him out. When the police came to arrest him, Nailz just screamed “He grabbed my dick!”

Vince: "Sorry Nailz, but we can't pay you that much at this time. But here's a consolation prize." **squeeze**

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Dec 2, 2018 23:58:00 GMT -5 Welfare Willis said:

Dec 2, 2018 21:56:50 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

The Nailz saga.

Nailz called Vince because he was upset at his pay. Vince’s secretary told him that Vince would return Nailz’s call when he had time. Nailz waited and waited, Vince never returned the call, Nailz’s anger started to grow and grow.

A week later Nailz confronted Vince in the locker room and just choked him out. When the police came to arrest him, Nailz just screamed “He grabbed my dick!”

Vince: "Sorry Nailz, but we can't pay you that much at this time. But here's a consolation prize." **squeeze**

Well I kinda understand why Nailz got mad because apparently Vince just brushed him away like if he was nothing, then again Nailz shouldn’t have assaulted his boss.

In my opinion, years later Nailz was the main reason why Vince won the steroid trial. Nailz gave his testimony and the lawyer asked him if he had any animosity towards McMahon, Nailz said that he didn’t, the lawyer then asked him what he thought of Vince McMahon, Nailz said that he hated McMahon. Ol Nailz didn’t know what animosity meant.

[MolotovMocktail]

Dec 2, 2018 19:24:24 GMT -5 spagett said:

Macho Man at Wrestlemania 10 taking the time to congratulate Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon for their Ladder match, before berating them for going too long meaning the planned 8 man tag had to be cancelled. 8 men missed out on a Mania pay day because of your selfishness is what I believe Savage was quoted as saying to them.

It's only a little thing but it shows the kind of guy Macho was, a real locker room leader.

It was actually a 10-man tag match. It also meant the Earthquake/Adam Bomb match turned into a 35-second squash that all but derailed any momentum Bomb ever had.

I love the story from Bret's book about when he and Anvil first started wrestling as the Hart Foundation and were new to being heels in America. They and King Kong Bundy were leaving MSG, and Bret flung open the door in full view of the crowd, and a mob of fans came at them, with Bundy and Neidhart getting attacked, and women trying to kiss Bret's face. Then Bret gets lost trying to drive the three of them out, and they go right down the street, and the mob starts pounding on their car before they drive off. Then Bret gets lost again, makes a few wrong turns, and comes back through the mob of fans the other way!

Another Lesnar story from OVW goes that he was picking on Kenny Bolin for whatever reason. Bolin goes and gets Sylvester Terkay, who tells Brock to pick on someone his own size, and Brock ends up backing down. I still think they gave up on Terkay way too soon.

[Nikki Heyman]

[MAGGLE]

Al Snow hating Ryback for always eating has to be my favorite.

Even found the video about it (should be fine since its only people talking with backstage shots)

[héad.casé]

There was a story I read - can’t remember who told it now - but it was when Bulldog and Luger were working together as the Allied Powers. Owen and Davey decided to rib Luger. Every time Luger would go to lift Owen for a Gorilla Press, Owen would go dead weight making Luger struggle to lift him. When Davey decided to lift Owen for a Gorilla Press, Owen would of course jump for Davey’s lift - of course this would confuse Luger and he was wondering how Davey was able to lift Owen for the slam and he couldn’t.

[the2ndevil]

Dec 3, 2018 2:15:29 GMT -5 Nikki Heyman said:

Okay, that got to me. Wasn’t expecting that at all.