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Most wrestlers would usually warm up before a match by doing a couple of push-ups, sit-ups
and squats. But this is Cesaro we’re talking about, The Swiss Superman, one of the strongest
wrestlers in the WWE today. Regular push-ups don’t cut it for The Swiss Superman, so
instead he does push-ups but with extra weight. These include: Hindu push-ups, reverse push-ups,
dive bomber push-ups and handstand push-ups, just to name a few. Cesaro explained saying,
“They’re old-school, and they make your body stronger and more functional. I’m always
very excited because I love to compete.” Not only this but Cesaro likes to warm up
his shoulders by using bands and tries to use his surroundings to incorporate exercises,
whenever possible. For example, if there are stairs he would jump up and down on them.
Collectively these warm-ups help him to stay focused as well as stay in the right mind-set
before he goes out and delivers a great match in the ring.
Former WWE wrestler, Booker T had a rather ‘interesting’ pre-match ritual during
his days of wrestling in the WWE. He would usually prepare himself by meditating for
an hour before doing a pre-match jump rope ritual for 30 minutes straight in order to
warm-up his body. Surely that must be it, right? Wrong. In addition to jumping rope,
Booker T would also do around 300 push-ups and a couple hundred sit-ups and to top this
all off, he would drink a couple of Red Bulls for that extra energy burst. Now can you dig
that sucka!
The Lunatic fringe, Dean Ambrose is not your average “dude”. He likes to work-out in
the desert as opposed to a gym in order to help relax his mind and get his spirit energised
but just before a match he is in the calmest possible state. In an interview, Ambrose revealed
what his pre-match ritual consists of, saying, “I listen to some Hank Williams before I
go out. I tell some jokes. I have fun. I don’t waste too much energy thinking about it – I
like to save that all for the ring. The calmest part of my day is right before a match.”
Hank Williams… it’s an odd choice of music for a lunatic, if you ask me but then again
I don’t know what’s going on inside a lunatic’s head.
Who remembers the stinkface? One of Rikishi’s signature moves, which involved him rubbing
his butt cheeks in the face of an opponent lying in the corner of the ring. To add further
humiliation, Rikishi would actually fart in the face of his opponent when performing the
move and he has admitted to farting in the faces of the following: Road Dogg, Trish Stratus,
Booker T, Tori, Mike Fox, Eddie Guerrero, B-2, William Regal, Stephanie McMahon, Lance
Storm, Eric Bischoff, Teddy Long and Vince McMahon. Just imagine if Rikishi had a bad
bout of diarrhoea or something and shat himself when performing a stinkface… actually let’s
not imagine that. In order to prepare himself for his stinkface signature, it has been stated
that Rikishi would often let one rip, or a few I should say in the bathroom stalls as
a pre-match ritual.
Arguably the most famous pre-match ritual in WWE history has to be that of Goldberg’s.
The build-up to his entrance really captures the essence of a tough guy and let’s face
it, no-one would ever dream of pissing the guy off. His pre-match routine consists of
him head-butting a door in order to get himself psyched before slamming it open and being
escorted to the ring by police officers or security guards. However, in a recent episode
of RAW on the 23rd January 2017, Goldberg delivered a promo with a noticeable gash on
his forehead with blood streaming down his face. It turned out that he busted himself
open from doing his pre-match ritual head-butt and so he decided that it was time to retire
it after it made him feel “loopy”. Goldberg took to Instagram saying, “Going out a limb
.... but I'm putting the pre match headbutt on the shelf for now... kinda made me a bit
loopy out there.” If you think about it, I guess you could say that the door has done
more damage to Goldberg than Lesnar has done over the past few weeks.