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WWE.come has published an article giving 15 lesser known facts about the WWE. At first, it appears to be a boring list, but as you read on, the information becomes more and more interesting. Why don't you read it for yourself?
1. The match between Jake"The Snake" Roberts and "Ravishing" Rick Rude at WrestleMania IV ended in a time-limit draw. This is the only time this has ever happened at a WrestleMania event.
2. Major titles have changed hands more times on Raw or Smackdown than at WrestleMania. The total number of times a new major champion was crowned on television is 25, compared to only 24 succeeding at WrestleMania.
(Note: Does the WCW World Heavyweight Championship or the ECW Championship count as major championships? If they don't, then new major champions were decided on television 24 times, and only 23 times at WrestleMania. Below is the complete listings with all four championships counted.)
<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Complete list of major title changes on TV</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
1. (17th February, 1997) "Sycho" Sid was declared the new WWF Heavyweight Champion. Previous champion Shawn Michaels forfeited the title due to injury, and Sid was the number one contender.
2. (29th June, 1998) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated Kane to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
3. (29th December, 1998) Mankind defeated The Rock in a "No Disqualifications" match to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship. Members of the Corporation and DeGeneration X were permitted at ringside for this match. This match is the infamous "That'll put butts in seats!" match.
4. (15th February, 1999) The Rock defeated Mankind in a ladder match to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
5. (23rd August, 1999) Triple H defeated Mankind to become the WWF Heavyweight Champion.
6. (14th September, 2004) Mr. McMahon defeated Triple H to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
7. (3rd January, 2000) Triple H defeated Big Show to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
8. (24th July, 2001) Kurt Angle defeated Booker T to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
9. (30th July, 2001) Booker T defeated previous champion Kurt Angle to regain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
10. (8th October, 2001) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated Kurt Angle to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
11. (21st October, 2001) The Rock defeated previous champion Chris Jericho to regain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
12. (2nd Septemeber, 2002) Triple H is simply given the new World Heavyweight Championship.
13. (16th September, 2003) Brock Lesnar defeated previous champion Kurt Angle in a 60 minute Iron Man match to regain the WWE Undisputed Championship.
14. (10th January, 2006) Kurt Angle won a battle royal to become the World Heavyweight Champion. The title had been vacated after previous champion Batista surrendered the title due to injury.
15. (3rd July, 2006) Edge defeated John Cena and previous WWE Undisputed Champion Rob Van Dam in a triple threat match to win the title. This was days before VanDam's infamous arrest for drug possession.
16. (8th May, 2007) Edge cashed in Mr. Kennedy's 'Money in The Bank' contract to defeat The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship.
17. (17th July, 2007) The Great Khali won a battle royal to become the World Heavyweight Champion. The title was vacated after the previous champion Edge suffered an injury.
18. (30th June, 2008) CM Punk cashed in his 'Money In The Bank' contract to defeat Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship.
19. (3rd November, 2008) Chris Jericho defeated previous champion Batista in a cage match to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.
20. (15th June, 2009) Randy Orton defeated Triple H, John Cena and Big Show in a Fatal 4-Way match to regain the WWE Undisputed Championship. The title had been vacated after previous champion Batista suffered an injury.
21. (30th June 2010) Jack Swagger cashed in his 'Money In The Bank' contract to win defeat Chris Jericho and win the World Heavyweight Championship.
22. (22nd November, 2010) The Miz cashed in his 'Money In The Bank' contract and defeated Randy Orton to become the WWE Champion.
23. (15th February, 2011) Dolph Ziggler is awareded the World Heavyweight Championship by Interim SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero. Guerrero had declared that if previous champion Edge used the 'Spear' move during any title defence against Ziggler, then Edge would automatically lose the match and the title be awarded to Ziggler. This did occur during a match in which Guerrero herself served as the Special Guest Referee, but she intitially failed to render the disqualification decision. She would make the decision to strip Edge off the title days later.
24. (15th February, 2011) Edge defeated previous champion Dolph Ziggler to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.
25. (3rd May, 2011) Randy Orton defeated previous champion Christian to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
26. (25th July, 2011) Rey Mysterio defeated The Miz in a tournament final to become the new WWE Champion. The title had been vacated after CM Punk's contract expired. However, Punk is now recognised as having also been the official champion during this time.
27. (25th July, 2011) John Cena defeated Rey Mysterio to win the WWE Championship just an hour after Rey Mysterio had won the title. Again, CM Punk was also later recognised as the official champion during this time.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Major title changes at WrestleMania</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
1. (WrestleMania IV) "Macho Man" Randy Savage won a tournament to become the new WWF Heavyweight Champion.
2. (WrestleMania V) Hulk Hogan defeated previous champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage to become the WWF Heavyweight Champion.
3.(WrestleMania VI) WWF Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan in a match in which both titles were on the line.
4. (WrestleMania VII) Hulk Hogan defeated previous champion Sgt. Slaughter to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
5. (WrestleMania VIII) "Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated previous champion Ric Flair to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
6. (WrestleMania IX) Yokozuna defeated previous champion Bret "Hitman" Hart to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
7. (WrestleMania IX) Hulk Hogan defeated previous champion Yokozuna to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
8. (WrestleMania X) Bret "Hitman" Hart defeated previous champion Yokozuna to become the WWF Heavyweight Champion.
9. (WrestleMania XII) Shawn Michaels defeated previous champion Bret "Hitman" Hart in a 60-minute Iron Man match to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship. The initial match ended in a time-limit draw, but Michaels scored the winning decision during overtime.
10. (WrestleMania 13) The Undertaker defeated "Sycho" Sid in a "No Disqualifications" match to become WWF Heavyweight Champion.
11. (WrestleMania XIV) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated previous champion Shawn Michaels to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
12. (WrestleMania XV) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated previous champion The Rock to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
13. (WrestleMania X-Seven) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated The Rock in a "No Disqualifications" match to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
14. (WrestleMania X8) Triple H defeated previous champion Chris Jericho to win the WWF Undisputed Championship.
15. (WrestleMania XIX) Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWE Undisputed Championship.
16. (WrestleMania XX) Chris Benoit defeated Shawn Michaels and previous champioon Triple H in a triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
17. (WrestleMania 21) John Cena defeated JBL to become the WWE Undisputed Champion.
18. (WrestleMania 21) Batista defeated World Heavyweight Champion Triple H to win the title.
19. (WrestleMania 22) Rey Mysterio defeated Randy Orton and previous champion Kurt Angle in a triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
20. (WrestleMania 23) The Undertaker defeated previous champion Batista to wint eht World Heavyweight Championship.
21. (WrestleMania XXIV) Kane defeated previous champion Chavo Guerrero to become the WWE/ECW Champion.
22. (WrestleMania XXV) John Cena defeated Big Show and previous champion Edge in a triple threat match to become World Heavyweight Champion.
23. (WrestleMania XXVI) John Cena defeated previous champion Batista to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
24. (WrestleMania XXVIII) Sheamus defeated previous champion Daniel Bryan to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
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3. Spike Dudley holds the record for fasted title win. WWF European Champion William Regal had hidden a set of brass knuckles inside a turnbuckle pad. Dudley used the weapon before the match and pinned Regal. The referee started counting as the ring bell sounded to start the match. Officially, Dudley won the title in 3 seconds.
4. DDP has only ever won 1 match on Raw. He once teamed with the Godfather to beat Lance Storm and Christian. It should be noted that the majority of DDP's matches during his short WWE run was on SmackDown.
5. Brock Lesnar technically spent one night as the WWE Undisputed Champion. The night after he won the title for the first time, he signed a contract that meant he would exclusively defend the title on the SmackDown brand. The World Heavyweight Championship was then introduced to be exclusive to the RAW brand. So therefore, the Undisputed Championship could not be undisputed as there was a second major title in operation. However, the WWE Undisputed Championship would still be so called until 2010.
6. No-one has ever won the WWE Divas Championship in the Madison Square Garden arean in New York City.
7. Hulk Hogan competed at all of the first 9 WrestleMania events. Tito Santana also competed in all of the first 8 WrestleManias. Santana has also competed in the very first ever WrestleMania match.
8. The average survival time in the Royal Rumble is 10 minutes and 40 seconds. Batista managed to win a Royal Rumble in just 11 minutes.
9. For a long time, the Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) wore plain black ring attire, or plain black ring attire with a large red stripe down the sides. However, they would make pink and black the official colours of their team and family members.
10. The WWF Heavyweight Championship belt used between 1998 and 2001 has the McMahon family crest on one of the side-plates.
11. 'The Big Event', held on the 28th August 1986 holds the largest attendence record for any WWE event (apart from WrestleManias). The Exhibition Stadium in Toront played hose to 74,080 fans.
12. In 1993, the WWE released a record called 'WrestleMania: The Album". It was full or original songs performed by WWE Superstars. It had much better chart success in the UK than in the US, reaching #10 in the album charts. Two songs on the album also reached #4 and #14 on the singles charts. The producer for the UK release was none other than Simon Cowell of American Idol / X-Factor fame.
13. John Cena's career was saved by his rapping prowess on the 2002 Halloween Special of Smackdown. Cena would be repackaged as a rapper and finally connected with WWE audiences. And throughout his career, non-Cena fans have taunted Cena with 'Vanilla Ice' references. What many people do not realise, Cena was meant to be dressed as Vanilla Ice on that Halloween special.
(Note: If you do not know who Vanilla Ice is, then how are you able to use the Internet?)
14. The Undertaker is the first man to win any title in a 'Hell In A Cell' match. This was 12 years after the very first 'Hell In A Cell' match, which also featured Undertaker. This was the 17th HIAC match.
15. During the 2nd May, 1992, edition of WCW Saturday Night, a press conference was held to announce an impending NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament. For unknown reasons, two of the microphones on the podiums clearly had WWE logos, even though the WWE was not connected with the tournament, the NWA or WCW at that time.
1. The match between Jake"The Snake" Roberts and "Ravishing" Rick Rude at WrestleMania IV ended in a time-limit draw. This is the only time this has ever happened at a WrestleMania event.
2. Major titles have changed hands more times on Raw or Smackdown than at WrestleMania. The total number of times a new major champion was crowned on television is 25, compared to only 24 succeeding at WrestleMania.
(Note: Does the WCW World Heavyweight Championship or the ECW Championship count as major championships? If they don't, then new major champions were decided on television 24 times, and only 23 times at WrestleMania. Below is the complete listings with all four championships counted.)
<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Complete list of major title changes on TV</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
1. (17th February, 1997) "Sycho" Sid was declared the new WWF Heavyweight Champion. Previous champion Shawn Michaels forfeited the title due to injury, and Sid was the number one contender.
2. (29th June, 1998) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated Kane to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
3. (29th December, 1998) Mankind defeated The Rock in a "No Disqualifications" match to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship. Members of the Corporation and DeGeneration X were permitted at ringside for this match. This match is the infamous "That'll put butts in seats!" match.
4. (15th February, 1999) The Rock defeated Mankind in a ladder match to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
5. (23rd August, 1999) Triple H defeated Mankind to become the WWF Heavyweight Champion.
6. (14th September, 2004) Mr. McMahon defeated Triple H to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
7. (3rd January, 2000) Triple H defeated Big Show to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
8. (24th July, 2001) Kurt Angle defeated Booker T to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
9. (30th July, 2001) Booker T defeated previous champion Kurt Angle to regain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
10. (8th October, 2001) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated Kurt Angle to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
11. (21st October, 2001) The Rock defeated previous champion Chris Jericho to regain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
12. (2nd Septemeber, 2002) Triple H is simply given the new World Heavyweight Championship.
13. (16th September, 2003) Brock Lesnar defeated previous champion Kurt Angle in a 60 minute Iron Man match to regain the WWE Undisputed Championship.
14. (10th January, 2006) Kurt Angle won a battle royal to become the World Heavyweight Champion. The title had been vacated after previous champion Batista surrendered the title due to injury.
15. (3rd July, 2006) Edge defeated John Cena and previous WWE Undisputed Champion Rob Van Dam in a triple threat match to win the title. This was days before VanDam's infamous arrest for drug possession.
16. (8th May, 2007) Edge cashed in Mr. Kennedy's 'Money in The Bank' contract to defeat The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship.
17. (17th July, 2007) The Great Khali won a battle royal to become the World Heavyweight Champion. The title was vacated after the previous champion Edge suffered an injury.
18. (30th June, 2008) CM Punk cashed in his 'Money In The Bank' contract to defeat Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship.
19. (3rd November, 2008) Chris Jericho defeated previous champion Batista in a cage match to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.
20. (15th June, 2009) Randy Orton defeated Triple H, John Cena and Big Show in a Fatal 4-Way match to regain the WWE Undisputed Championship. The title had been vacated after previous champion Batista suffered an injury.
21. (30th June 2010) Jack Swagger cashed in his 'Money In The Bank' contract to win defeat Chris Jericho and win the World Heavyweight Championship.
22. (22nd November, 2010) The Miz cashed in his 'Money In The Bank' contract and defeated Randy Orton to become the WWE Champion.
23. (15th February, 2011) Dolph Ziggler is awareded the World Heavyweight Championship by Interim SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero. Guerrero had declared that if previous champion Edge used the 'Spear' move during any title defence against Ziggler, then Edge would automatically lose the match and the title be awarded to Ziggler. This did occur during a match in which Guerrero herself served as the Special Guest Referee, but she intitially failed to render the disqualification decision. She would make the decision to strip Edge off the title days later.
24. (15th February, 2011) Edge defeated previous champion Dolph Ziggler to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.
25. (3rd May, 2011) Randy Orton defeated previous champion Christian to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
26. (25th July, 2011) Rey Mysterio defeated The Miz in a tournament final to become the new WWE Champion. The title had been vacated after CM Punk's contract expired. However, Punk is now recognised as having also been the official champion during this time.
27. (25th July, 2011) John Cena defeated Rey Mysterio to win the WWE Championship just an hour after Rey Mysterio had won the title. Again, CM Punk was also later recognised as the official champion during this time.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Major title changes at WrestleMania</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
1. (WrestleMania IV) "Macho Man" Randy Savage won a tournament to become the new WWF Heavyweight Champion.
2. (WrestleMania V) Hulk Hogan defeated previous champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage to become the WWF Heavyweight Champion.
3.(WrestleMania VI) WWF Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan in a match in which both titles were on the line.
4. (WrestleMania VII) Hulk Hogan defeated previous champion Sgt. Slaughter to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
5. (WrestleMania VIII) "Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated previous champion Ric Flair to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
6. (WrestleMania IX) Yokozuna defeated previous champion Bret "Hitman" Hart to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
7. (WrestleMania IX) Hulk Hogan defeated previous champion Yokozuna to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
8. (WrestleMania X) Bret "Hitman" Hart defeated previous champion Yokozuna to become the WWF Heavyweight Champion.
9. (WrestleMania XII) Shawn Michaels defeated previous champion Bret "Hitman" Hart in a 60-minute Iron Man match to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship. The initial match ended in a time-limit draw, but Michaels scored the winning decision during overtime.
10. (WrestleMania 13) The Undertaker defeated "Sycho" Sid in a "No Disqualifications" match to become WWF Heavyweight Champion.
11. (WrestleMania XIV) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated previous champion Shawn Michaels to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
12. (WrestleMania XV) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated previous champion The Rock to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
13. (WrestleMania X-Seven) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated The Rock in a "No Disqualifications" match to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
14. (WrestleMania X8) Triple H defeated previous champion Chris Jericho to win the WWF Undisputed Championship.
15. (WrestleMania XIX) Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWE Undisputed Championship.
16. (WrestleMania XX) Chris Benoit defeated Shawn Michaels and previous champioon Triple H in a triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
17. (WrestleMania 21) John Cena defeated JBL to become the WWE Undisputed Champion.
18. (WrestleMania 21) Batista defeated World Heavyweight Champion Triple H to win the title.
19. (WrestleMania 22) Rey Mysterio defeated Randy Orton and previous champion Kurt Angle in a triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
20. (WrestleMania 23) The Undertaker defeated previous champion Batista to wint eht World Heavyweight Championship.
21. (WrestleMania XXIV) Kane defeated previous champion Chavo Guerrero to become the WWE/ECW Champion.
22. (WrestleMania XXV) John Cena defeated Big Show and previous champion Edge in a triple threat match to become World Heavyweight Champion.
23. (WrestleMania XXVI) John Cena defeated previous champion Batista to regain the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
24. (WrestleMania XXVIII) Sheamus defeated previous champion Daniel Bryan to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
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3. Spike Dudley holds the record for fasted title win. WWF European Champion William Regal had hidden a set of brass knuckles inside a turnbuckle pad. Dudley used the weapon before the match and pinned Regal. The referee started counting as the ring bell sounded to start the match. Officially, Dudley won the title in 3 seconds.
4. DDP has only ever won 1 match on Raw. He once teamed with the Godfather to beat Lance Storm and Christian. It should be noted that the majority of DDP's matches during his short WWE run was on SmackDown.
5. Brock Lesnar technically spent one night as the WWE Undisputed Champion. The night after he won the title for the first time, he signed a contract that meant he would exclusively defend the title on the SmackDown brand. The World Heavyweight Championship was then introduced to be exclusive to the RAW brand. So therefore, the Undisputed Championship could not be undisputed as there was a second major title in operation. However, the WWE Undisputed Championship would still be so called until 2010.
6. No-one has ever won the WWE Divas Championship in the Madison Square Garden arean in New York City.
7. Hulk Hogan competed at all of the first 9 WrestleMania events. Tito Santana also competed in all of the first 8 WrestleManias. Santana has also competed in the very first ever WrestleMania match.
8. The average survival time in the Royal Rumble is 10 minutes and 40 seconds. Batista managed to win a Royal Rumble in just 11 minutes.
9. For a long time, the Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) wore plain black ring attire, or plain black ring attire with a large red stripe down the sides. However, they would make pink and black the official colours of their team and family members.
10. The WWF Heavyweight Championship belt used between 1998 and 2001 has the McMahon family crest on one of the side-plates.
11. 'The Big Event', held on the 28th August 1986 holds the largest attendence record for any WWE event (apart from WrestleManias). The Exhibition Stadium in Toront played hose to 74,080 fans.
12. In 1993, the WWE released a record called 'WrestleMania: The Album". It was full or original songs performed by WWE Superstars. It had much better chart success in the UK than in the US, reaching #10 in the album charts. Two songs on the album also reached #4 and #14 on the singles charts. The producer for the UK release was none other than Simon Cowell of American Idol / X-Factor fame.
13. John Cena's career was saved by his rapping prowess on the 2002 Halloween Special of Smackdown. Cena would be repackaged as a rapper and finally connected with WWE audiences. And throughout his career, non-Cena fans have taunted Cena with 'Vanilla Ice' references. What many people do not realise, Cena was meant to be dressed as Vanilla Ice on that Halloween special.
(Note: If you do not know who Vanilla Ice is, then how are you able to use the Internet?)
14. The Undertaker is the first man to win any title in a 'Hell In A Cell' match. This was 12 years after the very first 'Hell In A Cell' match, which also featured Undertaker. This was the 17th HIAC match.
15. During the 2nd May, 1992, edition of WCW Saturday Night, a press conference was held to announce an impending NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament. For unknown reasons, two of the microphones on the podiums clearly had WWE logos, even though the WWE was not connected with the tournament, the NWA or WCW at that time.