What's your favorite backstage story?

[Push R Truth]

I love basically every Andre story ever. I know that's a lame response but it's true.

[Mrs. Potato Dick]

Anyone have the full story on how Jimmy Wang Yang got rehired?

[fw91]

excellent question Shelton.

[Bub (BLM)]

All these Owen Hart stories are cracking me up. I've heard a few where he may have gone a little too far, but stuff like getting his dad wound up on the phone or confusing Luger on the press slam are freaking hilarious. I've also heard other wrestlers talk about Owen never kayfabing fans which back in the day was a huge no-no. I just think it makes him seem like a real guy, which is so rare for the carnies back in the day.

Anyhow, one of my all time favorite backstage stories is an RVD story. Apparently some time in 2006, Vince got Rob so pissed off that he was headed straight to Vince's office to repeat the old "pick a hand" thing he used on Taz back when. Apparently Paul Heyman had to chase him down the hall begging him not to do it. Just visualizing it in my head is funny as hell.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Dec 2, 2018 22:00:59 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

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!

Honestly, sometimes wrestlers are the biggest marks of all.

Dec 3, 2018 15:56:18 GMT -5 Mrs. Potato Dick said:

Anyone have the full story on how Jimmy Wang Yang got rehired?

Might not be a full story, but; Yang had been released by the company but was backstage at a Smackdown taping to see some friends. Vince had an idea for that night about someone taking the Spirit Squad(?)'s finish, and saw Jimmy and said he'd be perfect and asked him if he was up for taking the spot. Jimmy responded that he didn't work there. Vince was completely aghast by this and got him rehired immediately.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Just found a new one, which explains a lot about WWE.

WWE airs a skit with Lance Storm as a janitor. Next week the toy people show up. Next thing he knows “Lance Storm Survival Kit”
is on shelves.

He figures the toy people saw the janitor skit, assumed he was a janitor and away they went.

He talked about it on Twitter today.

[cjh]

Dec 3, 2018 1:30:26 GMT -5 MolotovMocktail said:

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.

Bomb/Earthquake was right before the ladder match, not after it.

Meltzer claimed that the clip with the heels in the 10-man arguing over who would be captain was taped earlier in the day, which would mean pulling the match was planned.

[Spiderf 4]

Heard Rhyno has his own story known as "The Spaghetti Incident".

[Alice Syndrome]

Dec 2, 2018 11:20:21 GMT -5 TOK Is the Target Demo said:

Dec 2, 2018 10:57:53 GMT -5 Confused Mark Wahlberg said:

I want to say the Newz article just casually mentioned this allegation against Christian like it was not even that important.

It wasn't even newz, it was a joke post from here that somehow picked up legs around the IWC.

That's where this was from?

Did we invent MVP and the screwdriver or Randy Ortons amazing thighs? Because those have the same energy

[Alice Syndrome]

Dec 2, 2018 15:07:50 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

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.

I think the reason Vince made Owen stay around after Montreal was because he was afraid of the random bullshit that he'd get if he left.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Dec 3, 2018 21:04:34 GMT -5 Alice Syndrome said:

Dec 2, 2018 11:20:21 GMT -5 TOK Is the Target Demo said:

It wasn't even newz, it was a joke post from here that somehow picked up legs around the IWC.

That's where this was from?

Did we invent MVP and the screwdriver or Randy Ortons amazing thighs? Because those have the same energy

MVP and the Screwdriver was from here for sure.

[TOK Is the Target Demo]

Dec 3, 2018 21:04:34 GMT -5 Alice Syndrome said:

Dec 2, 2018 11:20:21 GMT -5 TOK Is the Target Demo said:

It wasn't even newz, it was a joke post from here that somehow picked up legs around the IWC.

That's where this was from?

Did we invent MVP and the screwdriver or Randy Ortons amazing thighs? Because those have the same energy

Here's the OG thread for the Christian stuff. Shit just came out of nowhere


MVP going back to his days on the yard on HHH was a Rajah special, but Randy Orton's thighs being amazing is just the truth. Him being pantless constantly is a general IWC joke, but we've definitely given it legs on here.

[Nikki Heyman]

I had attended a RAW in Pittsburgh and some kid ran up to me claiming Cena was in the building (he had just left for surgery). I told the kid he was lying to me and that even SuperCena couldn't recover that quickly from his surgery.



Lo and behold, in an interview some years later, another wrestler confirmed he WAS in the building that night, "just visiting". I still owe that kid an apology.

[MiLB Fan]

Dec 3, 2018 21:04:34 GMT -5 Alice Syndrome said:

Dec 2, 2018 11:20:21 GMT -5 TOK Is the Target Demo said:

It wasn't even newz, it was a joke post from here that somehow picked up legs around the IWC.

That's where this was from?

Yep.

officialfan.proboards.com/thread/413346?page=1

The best part about the MVP/screwdriver story is that the man himself has acknowledged it. Someone asked him about the best rumor he ever heard about himself, and he said:

MVP: That I attacked Triple H with a screwdriver. That was going around. I read it somewhere, somebody sent me a link to the story. I'm like, "No, I would have finished the job."

www.sbnation.com/2015/4/10/8377903/wwe-wrestlers-on-farting-in-the-gym

[Juice]

Dec 1, 2018 17:59:22 GMT -5 TGM said:

The one about Buff Bagwell pissing off so many people that every time he left his hat somewhere he'd return to find it had been crushed.

Eventually he just decided to crush it himself and when he returned it had been fixed.

This gets me every time

[Ryushinku]

Loads of great ones here. The Bagwell hat story is a classic, because of whoever that comedy genius was that decided to fix the hat.

I really liked Warrior's story of him and Savage at SummerSlam 92, both huge coffee drinkers (no surprise there) and desperate for their caffeine buzz like Fry aiming for 100 cups. Leading to them sneaking in to an executive dining hall and stealing a massive five-gallon percolator full of coffee, drinking almost all of it before going out there for their match.

The visual image of those two, looking like an explosion in a rainbow factory at the best of times, sneaking around with a huge coffee machine just makes me laugh.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Dec 4, 2018 5:56:22 GMT -5 Ryushinku said:

Loads of great ones here. The Bagwell hat story is a classic, because of whoever that comedy genius was that decided to fix the hat.

I really liked Warrior's story of him and Savage at SummerSlam 92, both huge coffee drinkers (no surprise there) and desperate for their caffeine buzz like Fry aiming for 100 cups. Leading to them sneaking in to an executive dining hall and stealing a massive five-gallon percolator full of coffee, drinking almost all of it before going out there for their match.

The visual image of those two, looking like an explosion in a rainbow factory at the best of times, sneaking around with a huge coffee machine just makes me laugh.

I like this Warrior/Savage story because it shows Warrior being one of the boys. He often wasn't, but he sometimes was.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

another good one:

CM Punk: Are you doing this on purpose or are you just dumb as f***?
Ryback:... I'm dumb as f***.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Warrior apparently had the habit of smashing a cookie into a fine dust and then smelling it for his dessert, insisting that was just as good as eating it.

[TGM]

Dec 4, 2018 6:26:34 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Warrior apparently had the habit of smashing a cookie into a fine dust and then smelling it for his dessert, insisting that was just as good as eating it.

Damn that's some outside the box thinking.