Today we present you 18 Tiny Yet Important Details Only Loyal WWE & Wrestling Fans Noticed 2 00:00:21,404 --> 00:00:25,041 18. WWE Recycled Ernest Miller’s music
When the WWE purchased WCW,
they got plenty of the defunct company’s top stars, and some smaller ones.
One star they picked up was Ernest ‘The Cat’ Miller,
who joined WWE in 2002, with a very familiar theme.
Busting a move to the song, ‘Somebody call my Mama’,
Miller’s time in WWE was forgettable,
and was released in February 2004.
Flash forward years later,
and despite vignettes showing the returning Brodus Clay as the monster heel he once was,
Clay returned in January 2012 as the Funkasaurus, using the same theme.
As the Funkasaurus, Clay certainly lasted longer in WWE than Miller,
but was ultimately let go in June 2014,
and joined Impact later that year.
17. Jillian Hall’s bad signing was a rib
Despite being an accomplished competitor in OVW,
Jillian Hall’s time on the main roster was lacklluster
holding the Diva’s Championship for a matter of minutes.
She is perhaps best remembered for her gimmick as a pop-diva,
who wrongly believed she could sing,
a character many fans thought was a parody of Britney Spears.
In fact, the character was a joke on Brooke Hogan,
the daughter of the Hulkster,
who despite being given huge opportunities by reality shows
and studio labels, failed to make it as a singer.
The WWE still had heat with Hulk
for his abrupt departure in 2006
and had Hall parody the younger Hogan as
a petty insult against the former World Champion.
16. Triple H’s patches at WrestleMania 34.
When Triple H entered his 18th WrestleMania in 2018,
the Game arrived in style, alongside wife Stephanie
for their mixed tag match against Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey.
And whilst the entrance was a fitting arrival for the King of Kings,
it was the little details fans may have missed that made it stand out.
On the Game’s jacket, there were certain patches that alluded to some of his passions,
including NXT, the brand that he has built
to become in many fans opinions,
the best thing in WWE today.
There was also a patch for Motorhead,
the legendary band that Triple H is a huge fan of,
and who provided him with his iconic theme.
15.The origins of Simon Dean
It’s pretty safe to say that the career of Simon Dean
was never going to set the world on fire.
Debuting during the Ruthless Aggression era,
fans will remember Dean as the fitness-guru
who tried to sell his own brand of weight-loss products
known as the Simon System.
What fans may not know about Dean,
is that his name was a nod to the legendary Dean Malenko,
whose real name is Dean Simon.
A fun tribute to one of the most under-rated workhorses of all time,
Malenko has since transitioned to a backstage role,
whilst Simon Dean later returned to his original ECW name of Nova
when the Blue World Order reformed.
14. The curse of Ric Flair’s red trunks.
Ric Flair is considered by many the greatest wrestler of all time,
and rightly so.
A 16-time World Champion,
Flair is also a former Royal Rumble winner,
and has had a plethora of great matches.
Something you may not have noticed in those matches,
is that Flair often lost high profile matches when wearing red,
including his WrestleMania 8 WWF
Title loss to Randy Savage.
During the early 90s, Flair would often wear Blue trunks for huge wins,
and red for the losses.
Whilst we can’t say for certain if this was deliberate,
it’s ironic that the Nature Boy wore
blue in his WrestleMania 24
retirement match against Shawn Michaels.
13. Eric Bischoff referenced Sid’s scissors incident.
Years before he would go Sycho in the WWF,
Sid Vicious was already a loose cannon in WCW,
and would often fly off the handles both on and off-screen.
During a UK Tour in 1993,
Vicious would live up to his name
as during a scuffle with Arn Anderson, stabbed the legendary horseman 20 times with a pair of scissors,
though Arn miraculously survived.
After being fired due to the incident,
Sid would return to WCW years later,
and was a key player in the feud between the New Blood and the Millionaire’s Club.
After being reluctant the forfeit the WCW World Title,
Eric Bischoff asked Sid on live TV.
if he was going to fetch a pair of scissors, a harsh statement,
though many fans at the time didn’t know the context.
12. Dolph Ziggler calls Bryan by his real name.
It wasn’t until recently that the WWE
allowed top indie stars to continue to use the names that made them famous.
Whilst Prince Devitt became Finn Balor
and El Generico became Sami Zayn,
stars like Samoa Joe, Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles
were all allowed to use names
that made them successful on the indie scene.
One Superstar who’s name changed was Daniel Bryan,
something alluded to by Dolph Ziggler in the original NXT.
Referring to the future World Champion as Daniel Bryanson,
a play on his real name Bryan Danielson,
the inside joke was lost on many members of the WWE Universe,
who had never seen Bryan compete
before he joined WWE.
11. Virgil’s name was a rib
The career of virgil will always be remembered as a punchline.
After being forced to do the bidding of Ted DiBiase for years,
his break from the Million Dollar Man
did little to elevate Virgil’s stardom,
with the former WWE and WCW star
now best known for his lack of a crowd at autograph signings.
But even before he started in the WWE,
Virgil was used as a joke, and
and was given his name after the real name of Dusty Rhodes,
who was at the time working as a booker for Jim Crockett Promotions.
Whilst this seems petty, JCP,
which later became WCW
did get some payback on the WWE,
once again using Virgil in the process,
as when the brawler joined WCW in the 1990s,
his name was changed to Vincent,
a clear dig at Mr. McMahon.
10. Matt Hardy promoted Ring of Honor in WWE.
The firing of Matt Hardy in WWE in 2005
was a huge story at the time. Hardy had been the victim
of the love triangle between himself, Lita, and Edge,
with the WWE choosing to fire the future Woken Superstar
due to seeing the other two as bigger stars.
This didn’t sit well with fans,
who chanted ‘We Want Matt’ during RAWs, and got just that
when Hardy was able to sneak into the arena,
despite being signed to the budding Ring of Honor.
Attacking Edge on RAW, Hardy was carried out
urging fans to watch ROH,
and whilst fans may not have known about the new promotion before,
it certainly helped put ROH on the map.
9. Diesel wore Shawn Michaels ’ shirt and referenced the Kliq
In the early 90s, Kayfabe was at an all-time high,
and thanks to the lack of social media,
fans knew very little about
the personal lives of Superstars.
This all changed with the arrival of the Kliq,
Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon, Diesel, Kevin Nash and X-Pac
pushed the envelope, hinting that the mix of heels and faces were friends.
One of the more subtler nods to this friendship was
when Big Daddy Cool wore a HBK shirt,
despite having feuded,
and even said he was part of ‘the Kliq’.
Michaels started referring to his fans as the Kliq,
and allowed Diesel’s inside joke to air.
8 The origins of Rachel Evers
Rachel Ellering may be a second generation Superstar
but the WWE for whatever reason
don’t want the WWE Universe to know.
The daughter of Paul Ellering,
Rachel has impressed in NXT and
and in the Mae Young Classic,
though as Rachel Evers.
Whilst this may not be the name of her father,
it is the name of the man who trained her, Lance Evers,
who fans will know better as Lance Storm.
Training at Storm’s academy in Canada, Evers has clearly
learned from the best,
and has impressed plenty of fans
in her WWE career thus far.
7.The ICOPRO banner at RAW 25
We all know that Vince McMahon likes large muscle-clad men,
so it should come as no surprise
that in the early 90s, he produced ICOPRO,
a line of supplements that were advertised during WWE
broadcasts at the Manhattan Center
Whilst some stars such as Lex Luger swore by the substance,
many despised it,
with Bret Hart once saying that he would give crates of the product
away to people, just to be rid of it.
So when the WWE returned to the Manahttan Center for RAW 25,
the WWE Universe got a blast from the past,
as an ICOPRO banner was hung in the building, just like it had been
during the early years of the company’s flagship show.
6. Ziggler and The Miz recreated Punk’s UFC lost
When CM Punk walked out of WWE in 2014,
his absence sent shockwaves in the WWE.
Since his departure,
the WWE have done some very petty things
against the Second City Saviour,
including firing him on his wedding day,
though the company have stated this was coincidence.
Another petty dig at Punk came at Backlash 2016,
when The Miz and Dolph Ziggler locked horns.
Working together, the pair used a double leg takedown
into a rear-naked choke,
the same hold that had beaten Punk
in little time during his UFC fight against Mickey Gall.
5. The New Day’s Mr. Bootyworth
The New Day have been entertaining fans for years,
but one segment that fans were not sold on
involved their unofficial mascot Mr Bootyworth.
During the segment, the trio of Superstars
attempted to make Pancakes for the mascot,
only to be interrupted by Sheamus and Cesaro.
was played by Dewey Foley,
the son of Hall of Famer Mick Foley.
Dewey currently works as an assistant backstage,
and hopes to become a full-time writer in the future.
Using him on WWE TV must’ve
been a huge joy for the Mrs Foley’s grandson,
and was a fun easter egg only
the most knowledgeable of fans were able to spot.
4. The Big Show’s name was a rib
When the WWE signed The Giant away from WCW,
it was literally one of the biggest signings of the time.
Whilst Show was still forced to work for WCW for several weeks,
the writing was on the wall,
as the WWE attempted to think of a name to debut their next huge star.
When the possible name of ‘The Titan’ was leaked,
Eric Bischoff had fun with it, asking ‘what kind of Titan is he?’
in Show’s last WCW appearance where he got beat down by the NWO
Quickly changing his plan,
Vince instead opted for the name the Big Show,
a rib of Turner’s Network’s TBS Channel,
where WCW Thunder was dwindling in the ratings.
3. AJ Lee wore a Bayley shirt
When AJ Lee left the WWE in 2015,
fans speculated what caused her sudden departure, which many thinking
it was due to the poor treatment of her husband CM Punk.
Having her final match on the RAW after WrestleMania 31,
Lee participated in a 6-woman tag,
though it was her outfit that made fans remember the match.
Appearing in a Bayley shirt,
only a few fans picked up on the reference,
as the Huggable One was still striving
to make a name for herself in NXT.
Lee clearly saw potential in Bayley and rightly so,
as she would win the NXT Women’s title later that year,
before joining RAW herself in 2016.
2. Linda McMahon’s theme music
The McMahon’s have always had iconic theme songs, from
Shane McMahon’s ‘Here comes the Money’, to Vince’s iconic ‘No Chance in Hell’.
But whilst she may not have been a on-screen staple like the rest of her family
Linda McMahon has had her own theme song throughout her WWE tenure.
Older WWE fans may recognise her theme as the original theme for WrestleMania
as the upbeat jovial tone of the song juxtaposes her husband’s wicked theme perfectly.
Whilst some fans may only know the song as Linda’s theme
having the theme for WrestleMania as your song is a nice easter egg for older generations.
1. CM Punk’s post-it note
Despite once being one of WWE’s most popular stars, the sudden departure of CM Punk
after the 2014 Royal Rumble will be what many fans remember the Second City Saviour for.
In the years since he left, the WWE have gone out of their way to remove Punk from the history books,
including have Superstars like Pete Dunne, Asuka and Brock Lesnar all have longer title reigns than the 434-day reign Punk enjoyed as WWE Champion
One particularly petty way the company has tried to bury Punk came during a documentary
on the Ultimate Warrior, where a poster for the 2014 Rumble appeared in the background.
Whilst the poster featured plenty of Superstars, promoting the titular 30-man match
Punk’s face was covered by a blank post-it note,
a clear sign that the WWE want nothing to do with the Straightedge Superstar.
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