“I declared war on the whole joshi scene. I don’t regret it.”. Before she was WWE’s Asuka, Kana released a manifesto calling Japan’s women’s wrestling stale & fake. The media turned on her. A roster confronted her. It was only the beginning. 👀. @WWEAsuka

JYD entertained and electrified crowds but would later lose his way. He would die in tragic circumstances after returning home from his daughter's HS graduation. And as fate would sadly have it, she'd perish under bizarre circumstances 13 years later. 😔

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"Rumors of backstage issues surfaced. Morrison was also heading into dark waters." . The initial #WWE run for John Morrison was full of athletic exploits, starts and stops, name changes, and a backstage controversy that led to him asking for his release.

When Shawn Michaels returned to WWE in 2002, fans were led to believe that it was his first return to the ring in over four years. This was NOT the case! 👀

"When I visited the WWE offices, I saw that Vince McMahon had the poster originals hanging in his office! Too cool. "I [also unintentionally] did the initial design for The Undertaker." 👀. Body Slams in Color: How Joe Jusko Painted WWE's Golden Age 👇

On Sable's final show with the WWE, wrestlers backstage decided to leave her with a "parting gift"!. Here are twenty of the best wrestling prank stories—ranging from lighthearted ribs that brought laughs to downright cruel tricks that left a sour lastin.

"When she refused to take off her modest, baby-pink dress, Snoop Dog and Joe Francis screamed into the mic: "You're bulls***, you're bulls***!" 👀 . Soon after this ill-fated collaboration, WWE attempted to hide the media as if it had never happened. 😳

During his time in #WWE, Savio Vega was targeted by The Kliq due to a rib that went too far. Savio breaks down what happened and how his friend Yokozuna stepped in backstage to put The Kliq in their place.

ANIMAL: "What drove me crazy about it was it was disrespect." 😬. The Road Warriors were as over as any tag team ever, and there were many clones of the powerful duo along the way (for better or for worse)!

"He was green, stiff, and sh**ty. Considered himself a shooter, but he was just an a**hole.". When Earthquake John Tenta and Kōji Kitao faced off in '91, what was depicted in the ring turned out to be very real. It soon became headline news all over Japan.

“Quite honestly, it would have been a very tense backstage environment if he and I were together." #WWE

"This isn’t WCW. If you have something to say to me, say it to my face!". Dating back to the days of WCW, Bill Goldberg and Chris Jericho did not see eye to eye. This didn't change when the two wound up in the same #WWE locker room in 2003!

After WrestleMania III, Vince McMahon made it abundantly clear: "The WWF doesn’t need Roddy Piper anymore." . Roddy looked Vince straight in the eye and replied, "Roddy Piper doesn’t need the WWF!” . He would go on to make a number one hit movie. #WWE

"Sting walks in, and Hulk Hogan and I had the same reaction. It was shocking." 👀. The stage was set for an epic showdown between Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Sting at WCW Starrcade 1997. However, the long-awaited event turned out to be quite the failure.

Steve-O remembers an unbelievable off-script showdown he had with Umaga that ended in a brutal real-life beatdown!. "I was begging him, 'Please, stop doing this to me!' This was one of the craziest things that ever happened to me." 👀

Discover the hidden truth behind Iron Mike Sharpe. From “Canada’s Greatest Athlete” to his unexpected descent down the #WWE food chain, Sharpe’s story is as colorful as his in-ring persona (and secret behavior outside it)! 👀👇

BRUCE PRICHARD: "This dumb **** was sitting there getting ready to go out. All of a sudden, he's got a little container about the size of a Visine bottle, maybe a little bit bigger. He dropped it. The next thing I know, the gorilla position was on fire!"

“That night, whatever happened in cribbage, Blackjack Mulligan reached across my table and punched Andre the Giant in the face! Andre just said, ‘Oh, okay, boss. We fight now.’” #WWE

When Chris Jericho asked Vince McMahon, Vince replied: “You have to go. But don’t f*** me on this!" 😮

Paul Heyman said Tommy Dreamer “should be dead” on this week's WWE Raw. The dark story behind their relationship runs deeper than you may realize. “At first, they’d think it was an angle. By the time they realized it wasn’t, it’d be too late…”. 🔗

One week after Arn Anderson retired, the nWo mocked the Four Horsemen, Arn, in particular. What followed, to this day, is divisive amongst fans and those involved. #WWE