Backstage Fights

Here's the list of what we have so far. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated. Please contact us with any information you have on any fight not yet listed here.

Disclaimer: Take these stories with a grain of salt. Most of these are hearsay, and their veracity cannot always be confirmed. We are certain some stories here are either untrue or greatly exaggerated. Do not trust any of them as true. Nonetheless, backstage fights do happen, and there is at least some degree of truth to most of the stories here. Plus, they’re fun to read.

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Road Warriors vs. The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser

Not a fight, but Hawk and Animal decided to take some liberties with the guys in a match. So they press slammed them; mind you theses guys never left the ground in the 30+ years they wrestled. Apparently Crusher said "What are you guys doing?" and Hawk's response was "Whatever we want." This came from Animal on the Road Warriors DVD. (thanks to Andrew Betts)

Road Warriors vs. The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane & Steve Keirn)

Not a fight, but just a match. Backstage, Verne Gagne said the Fabulous Ones were going to pull the the switch and the Road Warriors were supposed to lose, but when they got to the ring Animal said "We're not going for the finish." So the Warrirors beat the living Hell out the Fabs. The Warriors got some chairs, then the Fabs got chairs. The match ended up a double DQ. Needless to say, Verne gave the Warriors a scolding at some point in his tirade "Nobody has changed the finish on me in 30 years." The Warriors were like "Well, we just did." (thanks to Andrew Betts)

Nick Bollea (Hulk Hogan's son) vs. The Big Show

Backstage, Nick shot Big Show with a slingshot. Big Show retaliated by duct taping Nick to a chair for approximately three hours. This came from a Hogan interview in Maxim magazine, so take the truth for what you will. (thanks to Jeremy Cundiff)

Earl Hebner vs. a Fan

Got this email: "My name's Matt. I had front row seats to a November ‘03 house show which was headlined by Kane vs. Goldberg. During the Evolution vs. Maven/Booker T match, Evolution started prancing around the ring and flipping fans off and posing, and for some strange reason, a "You screwed Bret" chant broke out. I chanted it just for fun, to which he turned to us and told us to "F*ck off". We all laughed, but I took it one step further. I screamed at him telling him his son was a better ref and that Nick Patrick was better than him and he yelled back at me, "F*ck you!" I was shocked because he looked pissed legitimately. I yelled back the same comment to which he replied, "Your mama likes big white balls" and then grabbed his crotch and I told him that his mom had "jungle fever". He looked at me and in a sad manner said, "My mom's dead, fucker" and he walked across the ring to start the match. After the show was over, I saw him going to his car, but didn't know if it was him or his twin brother, Dave. I asked, "Dave or Earl?" and he said that it was indeed Earl. I asked for his autograph and either he didn't realize that it was me, or he had forgotten or figured the entire situation was a joke. I didn't take it seriously, but figured it would be fun to humiliate him in front of the rest of the group of wrestlers around him and gave him the crotch chop. He kicked the fence and then got in his car as surrounding fans laughed and a few of the wrestlers did too, most notably Rob Conway, Rene Dupree and Lance Storm. Winner: Me. I laugh everyday knowing that Earl got fired for selling merchandise illegally." (thanks to Matthew)

Ric Flair vs. Eric Bischoff

On the night of a Raw taping in ’03, Bischoff and Ric exchanged a few words about their past in WCW. Words got heated up and it led to blows. The scuffle was quickly broken up, but while it lasted, Flair got the better of it. Suspiciously, WWE officials, Flair, and Bischoff have been extremely tight-lipped about this. Here's the excerpt from Flair's book (p. 438-439, ironically this happened the same day Flair filmed his comments for the Monday Night Wars DVD): ... Finally I told myself, I've let him get away for too long. If I want to raise my boys to be men, it's about time I acted like one. On March 17, 2003, before a broadcast of Raw, I saw Eric in the dressing room on his cell phone, talking about some Girls Gone Wild Pay-Per-View that he'd gotten involved with and how it was going to "revolutionize" television. I heard him use the classic cliché, "It's taking on a life of its own." I went into the catering area and asked Arn Anderson if I could speak with him. He followed me into the hallway, and I said, "Please, just watch the door." He had no idea what I was talking about. I returned to the dressing room and approached Bischoff. "I need to talk to you," I said. He held up one finger so I would wait, but I had already waited too long. I slapped him hard across the face, knocking the cell phone out of his had. He began backing up. I swung at him three times, but couldn't connect because he was moving so fast. When Bischoff got to the wall, I pushed him onto a couch, climbed on top of him, pressed my finger against his eye, and said "I could take your f*ckin' eye out right now." (I could have also used my fist to bust open his face while he was cowering underneath me, but that wasn't what I wanted to do. I wanted him to get up and fight.) I backed away so he could rise from the couch. "Let's go! Right Now!" I yelled. I swung my leg around and kicked the back of his leg, hoping it would jar him out of his seat. "I'm not going to fight you," he said, but I wasn't going to give him a choice. Suddenly, Sergeant Slaughter--who's now a WWE road agent--was standing between us. "Ric, what are you doing?" he asked. "Just paying a debt," I told him. Personally, I'm sure that Slaughter would have just as soon pulled me off a bloody Bischoff than separated us. But Vince doesn't want his agents to lose control of the dressing room, so I let Slaughter led me away. Go figure, the guy finally stands up for himself, about 15 years too late. (thanks to Scott Ryan Czasak, Mario Logan, & several others)

Harley Race vs. a civilian

This came straight from Race's book. At this point in time, he was working as a process server for his local court. Harley was running out of time to serve a guy who couldn't be found. Harley just found the guy at his workplace, and threw the paperwork in his lap as he was trying to speed off. The guy gets out, and attempts to smack Harley around. Harley blocks, and bitch-slaps him around. Since Harley was a process server for the court, he was not allowed to do much. Winners: The Kansas City courts (screw the Mountie, Harley always gets his man) and the guy for not feeling the full wrath of Handsome Harley. (thanks to Mario Logan and Harley Race's book)

Harley Race vs. a disrespectful student

This fight came from Harley's World League Wrestling school. When he began, he had a student who was very disrespectful towards him, and wrestling in general. The student used his previous athletic training to take Harley down during a lock-up. The student later brags about all of his achievements, and how he is about to pin this "old man." When he is done, Harley takes him down, and puts him in a cross-face. The student later screams to the "old man" that "Harley is the king! Please let me go!" The student would later leave his school. Don't ever mock this "old man." Winners: Harley's students, who just witnessed a lesson in respect. (thanks to Mario Logan and Harley Race's book)

The Godwins vs. fans

We got this email: "I didn't see this one so I thought I'd leave my memory of it. It was at a RAW taping in Topeka KS two nights after Bad Blood 1997. It was after the Godwins vs LOD match where the Roadies won the straps - I believe this match is on their new DVD. Anyway after the Godwins laid out Cletus (Tony Anthony) they left the ring but one of them, Dennis Knight I believe, got into it with a fan at ringside. They began jawing at each other then they began fighting. The other Godwin got into it and they began swinging at fans at ringside. WWE officials got involved and got them out but it got ugly quick and could of gotten worse. The best and funniest part was afterwards. As they were trying to calm the crowd down, Vince McMahon, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler were at ringside at the booth. I was ringside just down from them, and Vince loudly exclaimed to Lawler to "get up there" and Lawler reluctantly went up ringside. The King promoted the upcoming dark main event and riled the crowd a little. A ton of crap pelted the ring and someone threw a big beer and it smashed Lawler right on the back of the head. As he left the ring he looked at Vince and said sarcastically 'thanks.'" (thanks to Drew Murphy)

Haku/Meng vs. A Pac-Man machine

Apparently, sometime in the 80s (or possibly the early 90s), Haku/Meng was possibly under the influence of a potent, let's say "exotic coconut beverage," and decided to play a game of Pac-Man. When the game took "both of his quarters," he then went on to totally decimate the machine, much to the dismay of the bar's owner, thus adding another chapter to his legacy of one of the most feared wrestlers/coin-op enthusiasts that's ever lived. (thanks to Jimbo)

Tommy Dreamer vs. Sandman

Notes from a Johnny Swinger interview. He was asked about the best locker room fight he’d seen in ECW: "In Ft. Lauderdale the Sandman was drunk as usual. He decided to pull his pants down in the middle of the ring. Tommy Dreamer was livid. He was scared we would not be allowed back. There was a huge pull-apart in the locker room with Paul in the middle of it. At one point, Sandman grabbed Dawn Marie’s comb out of her purse and began to comb his pubic hair with it as Tommy was being restrained." (thanks to Bryan Alvarez at Figure 4 Weekly newsletter) UPDATE: We got this email from Brandon: That’s incorrect. It wasn’t in Ft. Lauderdale, it was at Pensacola, FL on June 3^rd, 2000 at the Saeger Bayfront Auditorium. I know because I was there front row to witness the madness. I talked with Swinger about it at Wrestlereunion in January in Tampa, FL and he vividly remembered it being in Pensacola. If you want further confirmation, check out the Straight Shootin’ DVD with Raven and Sandman where they talk about him pulling his pants down in Pensacola. Sandman even fell off the guard rail twice doing his entrance. You can also check out New Jack's 2004 shoot interview to hear the same thing about Pensacola. New Jack says something like “We did a show in Pensacola, Florida and Sandman pulled his nuts out; in the ring!” It was actually more between Jack Victory and Sandman anyway because the drunken Sandman caned the fuck out of Jack Victory, and Big Sal E Gratziano ended up going in a room with them and standing between them so it didn’t come to blows. Dreamer did have to hold Sandman's cock and balls though so the cops didn’t see it. Swinger mentioned Dreamer was pissed, but Raven has told me Victory was even more pissed off because he got hurt. Either way, thought you might want to know that the location at that story was wrong. I witnessed it live and in person, and have an event poster from the show (although the poster is for the night before, June 2^nd, because they didn’t make posters for the June 3^rd show.)

Terry Funk vs. a drunk

From Terry Funk's book: While he was in a bar with his wife, a large man asked his wife to dance with him. The large man recognized him as Terry Funk and squeezed his hand. Funk slaps him, and he lets go. The large man grabs a table, and Funk tries to take him down using his pants--Funk accidentally rips his pants off (and his underwear too). Funk responds to this sight by biting his ass. The next day, Funk was sued--he settled for $750. Funk claimed that this was the most expensive piece of ass he has ever had. (thanks to Mario Logan)

Dory Funk Sr. vs. ?

From Terry Funk's book: When Terry was five (and kayfabe was still alive), a man approached him and his brother, interrogating them about whether or not wrestling is fake. Dory Jr. ran to tell their father. Dory returns with Dory Sr. Terry only writes, ". . . and that was one of the first times I remember seeing someone truly getting the shit beaten out of them." (thanks to Mario Logan)

Andre the Giant vs. "Barney Fife"

From Bobby Heenan's book: Andre had a bad habit of never buttoning his shirt in public places. One day, Andre and the Brain were in a small country and western bar, when Andre had refused to button his shirt. A bouncer demands that Andre button his shirt now--Andre remained silent and continued to drink. The manager called the police. The officer that arrived reminded Heenan of Barney Fife from The Andy Griffith Show. "Barney" told Andre to button his shirt. Andre still drank quietly. "Barney" called for backup. "Barney" asked that Andre button his shirt again when several officers came in to backup "Barney." Andre stood up, and "Barney" realized that it was just too hot to be indoors. (thanks to Mario Logan)

George Hackenschmidt and other wrestlers vs. British boxers

George Hackenschmidt and an assortment of wrestlers were touring the UK putting on shows in various halls and arenas. George's tour finally came to Liverpool and its local theater. But the theater's owner didn't want "fake wrestlers" in his hall so he told George's promoter to takes his group and get lost. The promoter promptly told this hall owner were to go so an hour later this theater owner cam back with a mob of local boxers from a nearby gym. The result was a pitch running fist fight which went around the theater and on to the streets of Liverpool. The wrestlers apparently beat the living shit out of the boxers. At one point Mr. Hackenschmit press slammed the local boxing champ over his head and down a flight of stairs. The end result: Hackenschmit and co. were barred from performing in Liverpool and the boxers got a 5-star arse kicking of a lifetime (thanks to Bashman and PowerSlam magazine)

CM Punk vs. a fan

Got this email: "This one was reported on in the Observer and I was a firsthand witness to it. My friend and I are regular attendees of ROH shows in the NY/NJ/Philly area and all the ECW shows before that going back to the mid nineties. My friend is well known by the local fans as being very vocal. He's not one of those people that heckles all of the wrestlers just for the hell of it, but if he doesn't like a wrestler, he will heckle him relentlessly. One of the wrestlers he happened to dislike was C.M. Punk. He would give Punk hell at every show for months, but the time that put Punk over the edge happened right after the angle where Jimmy Rave and The Embassy tried to scrape off Punk's stomach tattoo with a cheese grater. Now I have to say in my friends defense, this angle looked totally ridiculous. Rave was down there with the cheese grater for what seemed like 5 minutes and it looked like he was just rubbing his belly. To make matters worse Punk stood up when it was over without so much as a mark on his stomach, and we were all supposed to take this seriously as some heinous assault. Of course the building was dead silent not knowing what to make of this nonsense. My friend, as he is apt to do at times, took advantage of the silence as an opportunity to get up on his chair and loudly let Punk know his thoughts on the angle. He stood up and screamed "ARE YOU BLEEDING YET? NO? THEN WHO THE HELL CARES?" It was then that I saw a look in C.M. Punk's eyes that told me things were about to get interesting. Now I've seen plenty of times where wrestlers would get in the face of my friend at ringside and try to provoke him into doing something physical which he would never do, but the look in Punk's eyes told me this would not be one of those times. Punk did come down to the guard rail, except he didn't stop there. He went right over the rail and knocked my friend to the floor (my friend is not a big guy). He got down on the ground and started mushing his face and yelling "DO YOU CARE NOW??". Then he stood up and started putting the boots to him as security ran in and pulled my friend away. I spent the rest of the show trying to convince people that what happened was not a part of the show (my friend was let back in). As for my friend I think he got great satisfaction when C.M. Punk would come back to town so he could stand up and yell "I STILL DONT CARE."" (thanks to Scott)

Stevie Richards vs. Opie & Anthony

Stevie Richards got into a little scuff with radio hosts Opie and Anthony a few years back. Apparently Opie was being a smart ass and Richards started to choke him out. They actually got the incident on video. Opie was talking about it and he said that he was just joking around with Richards, but Richards really did choke him. (thanks to Tom)

Ken Patera & Mr. Saito vs. Wisconsin Police

Back in the days of the AWA, Ken Patera and Mr. Saito took on the police force of Waukehsa, WI. If I remember from my youth, the newspapers reported that the two threw a rock or boulder through the door of a McDonalds when they couldn't get food. The police visited the two at their hotel, and a melee ensued. The reports said that the backup units came to find the first squad was unconscious (a female officer) or getting headbutted (her male partner). I can't remember how many squads it took to bring them down, but one of the officers reported hitting Saito in the back of the leg as hard as he could, and Saito looked down and smiled at him. Patera later built an angle around it in the WWF, where he came in as a face ex-Olympian who had found trouble but had reformed. He feuded with Heenan (his AWA manager), saying Heenan abandoned him in a jail cell. (thanks to Dave Erickson) UPDATE: Got this email: Hi there. Just have a detail about the Ken Patera incident with the Wisconsin police. I'm being trained as a referee by a former AWA wrestler who was in the organization at the time it happened. He says that it was not a rock or a boulder that was thrown through the McD's window, it was a one of those parking spot cement blocks that are held to the pavement with steel bolts. Patera ripped the whole thing out of the pavement and chucked the entire cement block through the window. This was the basis of his "World's Strongest Man" gimmick. (thanks to Paul)

Bruno Sammartino vs. Big Bill Miller

Got this email: I ran into Larry Zbysko at my bank and he told me about a shoot fight, which involved Bruno Sammartino and Big Bill Miller. Big Bill was a collegian Big-10 Champion and National AAU Champion, who stood 6'7'' and tipped the scales at 320 pounds. According to Larry, ''Big Bill thought he could wrestle, so he changed levels and shot down on to Bruno's legs, as Bill's head went down Bruno hooked him in a front face lock and nearly decapitate Bill.'' (thanks to Robert)

Johnny Fairplay vs. Ron Niemi

From Figure 4 Weekly: "Everyone hates Jonny Fairplay. Well, that’s not fair, I’m sure he has one or two supporters left in the company. He got into a near-brawl with Florida promoter and TNA gorilla-position man Ron Niemi at the Orlando Ale House last week. Fairplay was shooting off his mouth as he is want to do, Niemi got mad, both were drunk (which, comically, was later used as an excuse to justify this behavior), and Fairplay was asked to leave. He came back and was tossed out again, then tried getting into a fight in the parking lot. Personally, I think I would pay to see a fight between Jonny Fairplay and Ron Niemi. Anyway, the police showed up and had to escort Jonny away, and Niemi was allowed to stay and continue drinking. Fairplay was not at Impact this week, and apparently on last week’s show he cut a horrible promo when challenging the other reality TV stars, so his days may be numbered. How long does it take a person to get a clue?" (thanks to Bryan Alvarez, Starrno, and many others)

Brock Lesnar vs. Bob Holly

The whole thing started in 2002 when Holly was told that he would be jobbing to Lesnar. Unlike Steve Austin, who simply walked out on the company when he was told he was going to do the j-o-b to Brock, Holly decided that he was going to teach the rookie a lesson. Holly worked the whole match stiff (which didn't seem to bother Lesnar one bit). When Brock went for a powerbomb, Holly decided to be a dick about it and went dead mid-lift so that Lesnar couldn't get him all the way up. Lesnar decided to show him what's up and just dropped him right on his head. The best part about it is that Lesnar was not punished at all, and from what I understand Vinnie Mac was actually pretty PO'd at what Holly pulled (since Lesnar was being pushed to the moon as an indestructible monster). Not that they would fire Holly, mind you, but the guy was out for a year with his busted neck. It was pretty impressive that Lesnar got a free pass for what he did, and ironically Holly's asshole routine worked in Brock's favor. He got a huge rep from it on TV, because they showed the clip for weeks on end on Smackdown! and pushed Lesnar as a monster for dropping Holly on his head (thanks to Jumpy, George, Grant, Virou, Mike, Parker, Chris, Craig, and Gerard. Whew.)

Ken Timbs vs. a DJ

This happened at an indy event in Georgia. The late Ken Timbs was on the card. The “DJ” who was providing music during intermission had the volume up a little loud and fans were complaining. Ken’s teenage son turned the volume down, which pissed off the “DJ” and he said a few F bombs to the young man backstage. As fans were watching this, Ken intervened trying to defuse the situation. At one point the “DJ” punched the younger Timbs, and the senior Timbs did what any father protecting his children would do. There was a BIG headbutt to which the “DJ” went down and a few kicks until it was broken up. The “DJ” took off running and no one saw him again during the show. (thanks to Duane)

Satoru Sayama (Tiger Mask) vs. His Students

Not really a fight per se, but there has been a video making its way around the internet for a few months now about a "kung fu teacher beating up his students." It's actually Tiger Mask, sans mask, in the dojo for his fighting style, SHOOTO. A few of his greener students were not doing safe falls right, and an aggravated Sayama barked "Do a fall, damn it!" in Japanese, hitting one in the cheek with a bokuto (Wodden kendo sword), and kicking another square in the gut after he does a spin kick instead of what Sayama asks him. WINNER: Tiger Mask, but then again he had a 40 or 50 pound weight advantage and more than 20 years of experience on these kids, so it was a one-sided battle. (thanks to Maikeru)

A drunken fan vs. a light post

At a RAW house show in Ft. Wayne, Indiana in 2003, after the show in the parking lot the Dudley Boyz were leaving when a drunk fan came up cussing them out to no end. The Dudleyz at first ignored him, but he wouldn't stop so they put their luggage in the trunk and started in on the guy (who was only separated by an 8-ft high chain length fence. The Dudleyz started a 'fuck you' and 'you're a fag' chant toward the guy which made him more pissed off, the guy got so mad that he threw a hard right hand onto the nearby street light post ... which had to break his hand because thereafter he took off holding his hand and the Dudleyz got a huge ovation. (thanks to no name given)

Eddie Guerrero vs. a fan

From www.obsessedwithwrestling.com: During a house show on 9/27/03, Los Guerreros were wrestling the Bashams. During the match, one of the Bashams whipped Eddie into the guardrail on the outside. While Eddie was down, an older, middle aged fan with grey hair poured an entire cup of beer on Eddie's face. Security quickly grabbed the guy and began hauling him away, with a big smirk on his face. Eddie jumped straight up, pissed off and rightfully so, jumped over the rail and charged the guy into the hockey boards. The impact pushed back security, and Eddie landed a whole bunch of shots to the guy's head, even punching the glasses off his face. The action stopped in the ring and everyone was looking on. Security managed to haul the guy away before Eddie kicked the crap out of him some more. The crowd was crazy for Eddie at this point. The four guys talked for awhile and then decided to continue to match. Eddie and Chavo showed their professionalism and completed the match. Afterwards, Eddie took the mic and apologized to the Winnipeg fans and to God for his actions, talking about his past battles with alcohol. The fans kept chanting "Eddie, Eddie" showing their support. Eddie went totally unpunished for this one. (thanks to Daniel Simpson & Dan F.)

Security vs. a fan

A reader says: "At the RAW/SmackDown draft back at a RAW in March of 2003, there was a WWE Championship match between Eddie Guererro and HHH (who had just been drafted but was traded right back to RAW). During the match, a fan jumped the railing. He didn't even get into the ring before security tackled him, quite viciously I might add. A security guard ran from the complete other side of the ring at full speed and took him down. I was at this event and wasn't sure if it was a spot or not. The guy was taken by security right near my seat to the backstage area. He was actually crying, from what I remember. I was so excited to have seen this and when I turned on the tape of the RAW, I didn't see the rail-jumper. Turns out the guy decided to pick the worst timing to jump the rail and actually jumped it during a commercial." (thanks to Mike P.)

Johnny Devine (Team Canada) & Andy Douglas (The Naturals) vs. some thugs

Not quite sure of the details but but this happened outside a club called the Mix Factory in Nashville. Johnny and Andy both got stabbed during this fight. Johnny got the worst of it, as he got stabbed in the gut and had his gallbladder removed and got stabbed in the leg. (thanks to Andrew Betts)

Security vs. a fan

A reader says: "I live in England and I was at the first Raw live in the UK at the MEN Arena. A drunk fan who jumped in the ring was stopped just as he was getting in the ring by HBK and I think either Chris Benoit or Edge (face at the time) who held him down so security could escort him out. HBK then posed for the crowd while saying something along the lines of 'don't mess with HBK' or something like that, which the crowd ate up (from Jack T.)

Lanny Poffo vs. Gene Anderson

Taken from a Lanny Poffo interview. Not sure of the source, so if you know, please tell us: "I'll tell you a little incident that happened. When I was working in 1976-77, working for Charlotte, North Carolina, that's why George Scott and I are friends, he was the booker. There was one particular wrestler that used to draw sellout crowds every night no matter who his opponent was. Maybe you've never heard of him... "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Well they used to run three towns a night, and the town with Ric Flair would always draw a sellout crowd, even if it was the presidential election for Jimmy Carter, even that night, even that Tuesday. And the other two towns, you know Ole Anderson would say, 'How do they expect us to draw with the presidential election?' At the YMCA the next day I said, 'What town were you in? I was in Fayetteville. We had a sellout.' 'Who was on top?' (Ole asked) 'Ric Flair.' (Lanny replied) Case closed. Maybe the polls were closed early that day. So then Ole Anderson used to knock Ric Flair behind his back and then kiss his ass to his face all the time. So he would be holding court in the dressing room making excuses why the Andersons vs. Bravo and Woods weren't drawing again. And he said, 'Well don't forget, Ric Flair entertains them, but we convince them.' And I said, 'How do you convince an empty chair?' And he said, 'How dare you talk to me, in this business? Just for that, we're gonna teach you a lesson tonight.' It was a battle royal, everybody was in the ring. And when the ring was half empty, he got Gene Anderson to try to stretch me. Gene Anderson unbeknownst to me, the late Gene Anderson, got behind me, picked me up in the air, took me down, I did a short sit-out, pinned him, and kept him pinned while Tim Woods and Dino Bravo and my brother are laughing their asses off. And I wouldn't let him up. Now if I were another kind of a person... I liked Gene Anderson... if I were another kind of a person, I would have put a... hold on him and made him submit or die. But instead I just kept him pinned. And everybody was saying... so when I let him up I said, 'Okay Ole, your turn,' and he turned white. He didn't wanna face me. But what I found out was that Gene Anderson was the tougher of the two Andersons. And what they didn't know was that at any weight, even my brother's skinniest weight, that Lanny Poffo was the weakest of the two Poffos." A detailed account is at http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=12524&p=1 (thanks to Dave at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Retro_Wrestling_Games)

The Hardy Boyz vs. Ron "The Truth" Killings

In some Charlotte, North Carolina High School in 1989, Ron Killings (Junior) and Matt Hardy (Freshman) were discussing wrestling. As they traded opinions, Ron Killings got pretty pissed when Matt said that he thought Jimmy Snuka was better than Rocky Johnson. Ron basically roughed him up after school one day because of the dislike he got from Matt because of their difference of opinions. Matt later came back at Ron somewhere out of school and egged him on, Ron was pretty much ready to throw another punch, only this time Matt brought his younger brother Jeff with him. The Hardy Boyz got enough blows in to get away unscratched and Ron was never able to do anything to Matt at school with the teachers around. However when K-Kwik made his WWE debut he was very apologetic to Matt about the way he acted in high school. (thanks to Pete)

Dick Slater vs. John Matuszak

This was a bar fight between Slater and famous football player turned actor John Matuszak (Best known as Sloth from the Goonies). We're looking for more info on this. (thanks to Rupert)

Ivan Koloff vs. a fan

Ivan Koloff beat the Hell out of a fan in Huntington, WV after the fan threw ice at Buzz Sawyer, Ivan's tag team partner. Ivan dropped his chain and began to punch and kick the fan, and the local police thought it was part of the show. Five minutes later, the fan had to be rushed to Cabell Huntington Hospital. (thanks to Redneck Jim Castle)

Mad Man Pondo vs. Jose Le Duc

When Mad Man Pondo was in high school, his grandmother took him to a wrestling show in Kentucky. After the show, Pondo spotted Jos De Luc outside of the arena. Pondo's grandmother suggested that he go get De Luc's autograph, so Pondo went up to him and asked. De Luc, either out of his mind or way too into character, leapt on Pondo and started beating the crap out of him, even banging his head on the concrete, until Pondo's grandmother pleaded enough to get him off. The funny thing is, Pondo went to school the next week and bragged that he fought with De Luc. (thanks to Tim)

Eddie Guerrero vs. Charlie Haas

On the 12/11/03 SmackDown show, Los Guerreros were wrestling Haas & Shelton Benjamin. Eddie separated his shoulder during the match and Haas continued to work stiff with him. Backstage, Eddie confronted Haas, who claimed he wasn't aware of the injury. Tempers flared and punches were thrown before WWE personnel pulled them apart and they shook hands. (thanks to Pete and obsessedwithwrestling.com)