15. KHALI & THE HARDYS. HERE’S A PICTURE YOU PROBABLY NEVER THOUGHT
YOU’D SEE. BACK IN THE DAY, THE WRESTLING BUSINESS WAS A DIFFERENT PLACE AND FOR THE
MOST PART, THE SUPERSTARS LOVED TO ENJOY A NIGHT OUT AFTER THE SHOW. THE SAME DOESN’T
REALLY HOLD TRUE NOWADAYS, AS WRESTLERS IN WWE ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH GETTING A GOOD
NIGHT’S REST ALONG WITH A WORKOUT THE NEXT DAY.
WELL, DURING JEFF AND MATT’S PRIOR RUN, THEY LOVED TO DRINK UP AND LET LOOSE PARTICULARLY
ON TOUR BUSES. THE DUDES WERE SOME OF THE FRIENDLIEST GUYS IN THE WRESTLING BUSINESS
SO IT’S NOT TOO SHOCKING THAT EVEN A GUY LIKE KHALI ENJOYED A BEVERAGE WITH THE BROTHERS,
EVEN PUTTING UP THE TEAM XTREME SIGN. HE’S ALSO GOT A BEER IN HIS HAND IN CASE YOU DIDN’T
NOTICE (NO, IT’S NOT A MINI BEER, HIS HANDS ARE JUST THAT MASSIVE).
14. MYSTERIO UNMASKED WITH THE CREW. HERE’S ANOTHER PICTURE YOU LIKELY THOUGHT
YOU’D NEVER SEE FEATURING SOME UNLIKELY CANDIDATES. BACK WHEN THE BELLAS FIRST STARTED
ON THE MAIN ROSTER THEY WERE QUITE THE PARTY ANIMALS, OFTEN OUT AND ABOUT. THIS PICTURE
IS A SNIPPET OF THAT AS THEY PARTIED IT UP WITH THE LIKES OF MATT, JEFF AND AN UNMASKED
REY MYSTERIO. UNFORTUNATELY HE DOES NOT PARTY WITH THE MASK ON. OTHER SURPRISING FACES IN
THE PHOTO INCLUDE LONG-TIME WWE REFEREE MIKE CHIODA AND FORMER RING ANNOUNCER JUSTIN ROBERTS.
PROPS TO BOTH FOR MAKING THE CUT. IRONICALLY ENOUGH, EVERY WRESTLER IN THE PICTURE
HAS A SHOT TO BE WITH THE WWE IN 2018. THE HARDYS ARE NOW BACK, BOTH BELLAS ARE SCHEDULED
TO RETURN IN 2018 AND REY MYSTERIO IS A NAME WHO IS ALSO LIKELY TO RETURN IN THE NEW YEAR.
13. THE BACK-OF-THE-BUS BROTHERS. DURING THE CHRIS JERICHO PODCAST, ROMAN REIGNS
GAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON THE “BACK OF THE BUS BROTHERS” WHICH IS, IN OTHER
WORDS, A BUNCH OF WWE SUPERSTARS THAT SIT IN THE BACK OF THE TOUR BUS AND LOVE TO HAVE
A GOOD TIME (AND BY A GOOD TIME, WE MEAN CONSUMING LOTS AND LOTS OF ALCOHOL). THE PICTURE ABOVE
IS A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT MEMBERS OF THE CREW WHICH INCLUDES THE USOS, CHRIS JERICHO,
DEAN AMBROSE AND ROMAN REIGNS, WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO HAVE TAKEN THE PICTURE. NOT
TOO SURPRISING, THE CREW DEVOURED THE XL SIZED BOTTLE.
IT ISN’T ALL FUN AND GAMES ON TOUR BUSES HOWEVER. REIGNS RECENTLY FLEXED HIS BACKSTAGE
MUSCLE BY THROWING ENZO AMORE OFF THE BUS FOR MAKING OBNOXIOUS REMARKS WHILE ON THE
PHONE. HE’S LIKELY NOT A CANDIDATE TO SIT IN THE BACK WITH THE FELLOWS.
12. SHELLY MARTINEZ SURROUNDED BY THE BOYS. WHO’S THE CHICK CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE, YOU
MIGHT ASK? WELL, THAT’S FORMER WWE DIVA SHELLY MARTINEZ (AKA ARIEL) DURING HER BRIEF
STINT WITH THE COMPANY. SHE SERVED AS A PART OF THE ECW BRAND FOR MOST OF HER RUN, HOWEVER
ARIEL’S WWE TIME WAS CUT SHORT DUE TO A BACKSTAGE DISPUTE WITH BATISTA. SHE HIT THE
INDIES FOLLOWING HER DEPARTURE. SHE WAS KNOWN AS A WILD CHILD BEHIND THE SCENES
AND THIS PICTURE CERTAINLY JUSTIFIES THAT. ONCE AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE THE HARDY BROTHERS
ARE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY AS BOTH APPEAR TO BE SHIRTLESS AND HEAVILY INTOXICATED. THE
LATE UMAGA IS ALSO IN THE PHOTO, ALONG WITH A SLEEPY BOBBY LASHLEY WHO APPEARS TO BE MORE
IRRITATED THAN ANYTHING ELSE… 11. PAIGE & BRONSON MATTHEWS.
IT TURNS OUT THAT THE LATEST TOUGH ENOUGH SEASON HAD QUITE THE IMPACT ON PAIGE. FOR
ONE, SHE GREW CLOSE TO A CONTESTANT AND THE EVENTUAL WINNER, BRONSON MATTHEWS. THE TWO
WERE SPOTTED CHILLING AND DRINKING TOGETHER ON A COUPLE OF INSTANCES, AS YOU SEE IN THE
PHOTO ABOVE. OF COURSE, PAIGE IS A BIG ADVOCATE FOR ENJOYING A DRINK AND HAVING A DARN GOOD
TIME AS WE’VE SEEN ON COUNTLESS EPISODES OF TOTAL DIVAS, AND WELL, OTHER PLACES AS
WELL… NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THAT PAIGE WOULD MAKE HER LONG AWAITED WWE RETURN ALONGSIDE TWO OTHER TOUGH ENOUGH ALUMS?
BOTH MANDY ROSE AND SONYA DEVILLE MADE THEIR MAIN ROSTER DEBUTS ALONGSIDE PAIGE. OH, THE
IRONY AS PAIGE WAS QUITE SKEPTICAL WHEN IT CAME TO MANDY DURING THE SHOW. THE TABLES
HAVE NOW TURNED AS THE WWE IS HIGHLY INVESTED INTO THE FUTURE OF ROSE. THE TRIO IS NOW WORKING
TOGETHER ON RAW AS ABSOLUTION. 10. MARIA IN BACK OF THE BUS.
IT’S ONLY NORMAL THAT WITH ALCOHOL AND ELEVATED TESTOSTERONE LEVELS, WWE SUPERSTARS LIKED
TO SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH A FEMALE IN THE BACK OF THE BUS. WE GOT A GLIMPSE OF ARIEL
EARLIER AND NOW WE HAVE MARIA, WHO’S ONCE AGAIN SURROUNDED BY AN UNLIKELY CAST INCLUDING
THE HARDYS, KHALI (WHO’S POINTING AT HER FOR SOME REASON), R-TRUTH AND FORMER WWE STAR
CARLITO. IT SHOULD BE NOTED HERE THAT KANELLIS REALLY DIDN’T HAVE A REPUTATION OF SLEEPING
AROUND; PERHAPS SHE WAS JUST THERE TO ENJOY A DRINK OR TWO.
KANELLIS WOULD END UP LEAVING THE WWE FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME, HITTING THE INDIE
SCENE ALONGSIDE HUSBAND MIKE BENNETT (AKA MIKE KANELLIS). THE TWO HAD A GREAT RUN TOGETHER
WHICH BROUGHT MARIA BACK TO THE WWE. SHE’S CURRENTLY ON HIATUS EXPECTING THE COUPLE’S
FIRST CHILD. 9. SHIRTLESS BATISTA & A HAPPY HORNSWOGGLE.
ONCE AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO FEATURING MULTIPLE MALE SUPERSTARS ALONGSIDE ONE WWE
DIVA. THERE’S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS PICTURE THAT WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.
LET’S START WITH KRYSTAL MARSHALL WHO LOOKS TO BE THE ONLY BRAVE FEMALE SOUL TO PARTY
WITH THE FELLOWS. IT LOOKS LIKE HORNSWOGGLE’S GETTING THE VIP TREATMENT IN THE PHOTO. ALSO
VISIBLE IN THE SHOT IS A SHIRTLESS GREGORY HELMS WHO’S ANOTHER GUY THAT HAS DONE HIS
FAIR SHARE OF PARTYING THROUGHOUT HIS WRESTLING CAREER.
PERHAPS THE GREATEST PART OF THIS PHOTO IS A SHIRTLESS BATISTA NEXT TO MVP. DAVE ADMITTED
THAT LIFE ON THE ROAD DID A NUMBER ON HIS PERSONAL LIFE – BATISTA EVEN MADE THE CLAIM
IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY THAT HE BECAME A S*X ADDICT DUE TO HIS WAY OF LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE
RING. 8. TRIPLE H WITH A CHICK?.
OKAY, SO THERE ARE TWO RARITIES IN THIS PICTURE. FOR ONE, HUNTER’S HOLDING AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.
IF YOU KNOW HIS PAST WHEN IT PERTAINS TO PARTYING, YOU’RE WELL AWARE THAT THE GAME WOULD RATHER
BE HITTING THE GYM THAN ENJOYING A GLASS OF ALCOHOL. NUMEROUS STORIES SUPPORTED THIS CLAIM;
HIS FELLOW KLIQ BUDDIES RECALL HUNTER BEING THE DUDE THAT MADE HIMSELF A SANDWICH WHILE
THE REST OF THE CREW WAS LIVING IT UP. NOT TOO SHOCKING, HUNTER WAS USUALLY THE DESIGNATED
DRIVER OF THE GROUP. ONE WOULD EVEN ARGUE THAT THE GLASS IN THE PHOTO ABOVE CONTAINS
WATER WITH LEMON, BUT WE’LL GIVE HUNTER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT ON THIS ONE.
ANOTHER RARITY, HE’S POSING FOR A PICTURE ALONGSIDE A CHICK THAT ISN’T STEPHANIE;
THE GIRL IN THE PHOTO HAD HERSELF A LUCKY NIGHT AS SHE ALSO POSED FOR A PICTURE ALONGSIDE
STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN. 7. CHEERS TO THE BOYS.
FIRST OFF, PROPS TO CESARO FOR ROCKING THE PAUL HEYMAN GUY T-SHIRT, HE JUST MARGINALLY
BEAT OUT ALBERTO DEL RIO AND HIS REAL MADRID JERSEY FOR TOP T-SHIRT IN THE PHOTO. LONG
BEFORE CESARO AND SHEAMUS WERE TEAMING UP AS TAG CHAMPIONS THE TWO HAD QUITE THE RELATIONSHIP
OFF-SCREEN WHICH MADE THEIR FUTURE PARTNERSHIP ON-SCREEN AN ABSOLUTE BREEZE. OTHERS IN THIS
RARE PHOTO INCLUDE LUKE HARPER, WHO’S VERY POPULAR BACKSTAGE AND DREW MCINTYRE, WHO WOULD
EVENTUALLY RETURN TO THE WWE DUE TO HIS FANTASTIC RUN ON THE INDIE SCENE. WE EXPECT MCINTYRE
ON THE MAIN ROSTER ONCE HE RETURNS FROM INJURY. THE OTHER FAMILIAR FACE IN THE PHOTO IS OF
COURSE ALBERTO DEL RIO, THE ONLY WRESTLER THAT’S NO LONGER WITH THE COMPANY. HE’S
BEEN RATHER VOCAL SINCE HIS DEPARTURE AGAINST THE COMPANY AND FOR THAT REASON, WE SHOULDN’T
EXPECT TO SEE HIM ON WWE TV ANYTIME SOON. 6. CANDICE MICHELLE & JEFF HARDY.
ALTHOUGH JEFF IS KNOWN FOR BEING QUITE THE PARTY ANIMAL AND HECK, HE’S EVEN HOLDING
HANDS WITH FORMER WWE DIVA CANDICE MICHELLE IN THE PICTURE ABOVE, OUTSIDE OF THE RING
HARDY MET HIS FUTURE WIFE WAY BACK IN 1999. BETH BRITT AND JEFF WOULD TIE THE KNOT BACK
IN 2011 AND LATER START A FAMILY. THE COUPLE HAS TWO CHILDREN, RUBY CLAIRE HARDY AND NERA
QUINN HARDY. AS FOR CANDICE, SHE’S ALSO BEEN LIVING THE
FAMILY LIFE. CANDICE HAS THREE CHILDREN ALONG WITH BEING MARRIED BEHIND THE SCENES THROUGHOUT
HER WWE RUN. MICHELLE TIED THE KNOT WITH HER HUSBAND KEN EHRLICH, BACK IN 2005. WE CONGRATULATE
CANDICE ON HER RECENT RETURN AT THE HOUSE OF HARDCORE EVENT; MICHELLE RETURNED TO THE
EVENT FOR ONE FINAL MATCH DEFEATING ANOTHER WWE ALUM, VICTORIA.
5. MATT & THE BELLAS. AFTER A BRIEF STINT WITH FCW, BOTH BELLA SISTERS
GOT THE CALL-UP TO THE MAIN ROSTER IN 2008. AT THAT POINT, MATT WAS STILL WITH THE COMPANY
BUT ABOUT TO BE OUT THE DOOR. HARDY WOULD LEAVE THE COMPANY IN 2010 AND WOULDN’T RETURN
TILL HIS RECENT COMEBACK AT WRESTLEMANIA 33, A RETURN THAT RECEIVED ONE OF THE MOST CHILLING
POPS IN WWE HISTORY. BOTH MATT AND JEFF COMING BACK HOME WAS LONG OVERDUE.
WHEN MATT DEPARTED THE BELLAS WERE JUST GETTING STARTED. THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR POPULARITY
TO NEWER HEIGHTS IN 2013 WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF TOTAL DIVAS. THE TWINS NOW HAVE AN IMMENSE
FOLLOWING OF NOT ONLY WRESTLING FANS, BUT REALITY TV ENTHUSIASTS AS WELL. BOTH ARE SLATED
TO RETURN AT SOME POINT IN 2018; NIKKI IS VERY LIKELY TO TAKE PART IN THE WOMEN’S
ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH. 4. CM PUNK & NIKKI BELLA.
BY ALL ACCOUNTS NIKKI BELLA WAS A HECK OF A WILD CHILD DURING HER EARLIER DAYS WITH
THE COMPANY. THIS UNLIKELY PICTURE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT AS SHE’S HAVING SOME FUN WITH CM
PUNK, OUT OF ALL PEOPLE. PUNK WAS ALSO QUITE THE WOMANIZER DURING HIS TIME IN THE WWE DATING
A LAUNDRY LIST OF DIVAS WHICH INCLUDED BETH PHOENIX, LITA, MARIA KANELLIS AND HIS CURRENT
WIFE AJ LEE, JUST TO NAME A FEW. PUNK HAS STATED THAT HE WAS STRAIGHT EDGE BUT THAT
DIDN’T STOP HIM FROM HAVING A GOOD TIME WHILE ON THE ROAD.
FOR NOW, PUNK IN THE WWE REMAINS A DISTANT DREAM. HOWEVER, HE IS BEING HEAVILY RUMORED
TO ATTEND AN EVENT BEING SET UP BY CODY RHODES AND THE YOUNG BUCKS. WE CAN IMAGINE WHAT A
DRAW THAT WOULD BE TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE PUNK MAKE AN APPEARANCE AT THE EVENT.
3. JERICHO’S NEW YEAR’S PARTY. JUST IMAGINE ATTENDING THIS RECENT PARTY;
LAST YEAR CHRIS JERICHO HOSTED A NEW YEAR’S EVENT IN HIS VERY OWN HOME. THE GUEST LIST
WAS NUMEROUS AND IT INCLUDED CURRENT WWE SUPERSTARS SUCH AS FORMER CHAMPION JINDER MAHAL (WHO’S
ALSO A FELLOW CANADIAN), BRAUN STROWMAN, LUKE GALLOWS AND HECK, EVEN DANA BROOKE. EVEN SOME
PAST WRESTLERS ARE PRESENT IN THE PHOTO (INCLUDING THE GREAT DEAN MALENKO WHO CAN STILL ROCK
THE HELL OUT OF A BUTTON UP SHIRT, ALONG WITH FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR MIKE KNOX).
HEADING INTO 2018 THINGS ARE A LOT MORE DIFFERENT FOR Y2J THIS TIME AROUND. IN A SHOCKING TWIST,
JERICHO’S GETTING READY FOR A DREAM MATCH AGAINST KENNY OMEGA AT THE WRESTLE KINGDOM
EVENT. WE WISH Y2J NOTHING BUT THE BEST IN HIS BLOCKBUSTER OVERSEAS MATCH.
2. A RARE ROMAN PHOTO. AS THE BIGGEST FULL-TIME STAR IN THE WWE,
REIGNS HAS DONE ONE HELL OF A JOB IN KEEPING A CLEAN REPUTATION DURING HIS STINT WITH THE
COMPANY. ASIDE FROM A WELLNESS POLICY VIOLATION, ROMAN HAS KEPT THINGS SQUEAKY CLEAN. HECK
IT’S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A PICTURE OF REIGNS OUTSIDE OF THE RING WITHOUT HIS
FAMILY. THIS ONE IS NO EXCEPTION AS HIS WIFE IS ALSO IN THE PICTURE, HOWEVER IT IS A RARITY
TO SEE REIGNS OUT AND ABOUT HAVING A GOOD TIME ALONGSIDE HIS COUSIN JEY USO.
THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING A RARE NIGHT OUT IN VEGAS. ROMAN HAS ADMITTED TO BEING AN ADVOCATE
FOR ENJOYING A DRINK OR TWO WITH THE BOYS AFTER A SHOW, HOWEVER EVIDENCE OF THAT HAS
BEEN FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. AT LEAST WE GOT THIS SHOT THAT KIND OF SHOWS HIM DRINKING.
1. SASHA MEETS JEFF. SASHA LOOKS LIKE THE ULTIMATE JEFF HARDY MARK
IN THE PICTURE ABOVE. BANKS WAS SUPER EXCITED IN THE PHOTO AS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE
MET JEFF, WHO WOULD SIGN WITH THE WWE SHORTLY AFTER. BANKS WAS OVER THE TOP EXCITED AND
THAT’S CLEAR BY HER VINTAGE HARDY BOYZ BRACELET. JEFF IS ALSO ALL SMILES ROCKING HIS BAND’S
T-SHIRT IN THE PHOTO, PEROXWHY?GEN. NUMEROUS WWE STARS HAVE WITNESSED HARDY PERFORM AND
DESPITE THE DIFFERENT GENRE HIS BAND PLAYS, YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE SUPERSTARS
ATTENDED HIS EVENTS OUT OF RESPECT MORE THAN ANYTHING (LIKE SASHA DID).
AGE 40, HARDY IS CURRENTLY SIDELINED WITH AN INJURY. DESPITE HIS AGE, HE PROVED THAT
HE’S STILL GOT IT SINCE COMING BACK TO THE WWE. HIS RETURN WILL ONCE AGAIN BE VERY WELCOMED
NO MATTER WHAT GIMMICK HE TAKES ON. AS FOR SASHA, WE’RE HOPING FOR A BETTER 2018 AND
ONE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY FEATURE A HEEL TURN.