Today I Learned (Wrestling Edition)

[WyattSheepMask]

TIL I learned that Mike Adamle had a better NFL career than Bill Goldberg

[Dr. Alan Grant]

TIL (due to my latest Royal Rumble watch) that Evan Bourne is Matt Sydal.

Edit: Just to complicate things further, TIL that Matt Sydal isn’t who I thought he was. I thought he was one of the Motor City Machine Guns. Which explains why I was so surprised that Evan Bourne looks totally different now. What I really learned today is that I clearly don’t know who Evan Bourne, Matt Sydal or MCMG are. 

Edited April 11, 2025 by Dr. Alan Grant
Confusion.

[wandshogun09]

TIL that there’s a new Hayabusa. And he looks and moves exactly like the original. Actually spooky how well this guy captures Hayabusa. This could’ve easily come off as a shit knock-off, which would’ve been a bit of an insult to Ezaki, but he does it so well it’s actually a really cool tribute. Can’t believe Tanaka’s still going as well! 

 

[Ro_y Disco]

TIL that Horace Hogan had a month's run in WWE in Sept 2002, wrestling only house shows and dark matches (I'm sure @air_raid will have covered this in his house show roundup for the month).

Edited May 7, 2025 by Ro_y Disco

[air_raid]

1 hour ago, Ro_y Disco said:

TIL that Horace Hogan had a month's run in WWE in Sept 2002, wrestling only house shows and dark matches (I'm sure @air_raid will have covered this in his house show roundup for the month).

Of course he (me) did, and of course he (Horace) did. Uncle Hulkster put a word in.

[Merzbow]

I can't believe they didn't decide to keep the FMW legend.. I think he could have been decent if he didn't always have a face on like Droopy.

[davertfnewman]

Also did the masked Predator run in 1993 on house shows losing to Tito.

[Merzbow]

22 hours ago, wandshogun09 said:

TIL that there’s a new Hayabusa. And he looks and moves exactly like the original. Actually spooky how well this guy captures Hayabusa. This could’ve easily come off as a shit knock-off, which would’ve been a bit of an insult to Ezaki, but he does it so well it’s actually a really cool tribute. Can’t believe Tanaka’s still going as well! 

 

He's very close, there's something a little off and I thinks it's that he's not looking like he's trying to kill his opponent by sacrificing his own body. I'd say this guy is actually smoother in a way.

[d-d-d-dAz]

Today I learned that Mason Ryan left WWE to join Cirque Du Soleil, and he's got an absolutely honking barnet too..

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DImWyO8zAqS/?igsh=ZXl2Y3F1bmdrZ3F4

 

[air_raid]

There are a whole bunch of unused assets created for WM The Arcade Game including for the Adam Bomb sprite currently doing the rounds on Twitter.

https://tcrf.net/Development:WWF_WrestleMania_(Arcade)
 

[Merzbow]

TIL that Yuka and Konosuke were a couple! And now they're married!

 

[King Mal the Glorious]

Kyle Fletcher in shambles.

[tiger_rick]

What a trio.

[Merzbow]

2 hours ago, King Mal the Glorious said:

Kyle Fletcher in shambles.

[Chris B]

You know the female backing singers for Shawn Michaels in Sexy Boy?

According to a recent interview with him, they're all Jimmy Hart.