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00:00If you're the kind of general-knowledge lover who just can't get through a night
00:03out without informing your long-suffering non-wrestling fan-mates which WWE wrestler
00:07won the most matches over the last 12 months, spoiler it was Bianca Belair because of course
00:11it was, then do I have the entirely unnecessary collection of WWE details for you.
00:17Gareth here from WhatCulture Wrestling and here are 10 Unnecessary WWE Details You Need To Know.
00:2210. Edge is the only multiple Royal Rumble winner not to win his Mania match
00:27Winning the 30-person over-the-top Royal Rumble has become an honour almost more
00:31impressive than picking up a world title strap over the last few decades.
00:35But coming out on top in multiple Rumbles is about as monumental as it gets,
00:39with only a couple of stars holding that spectacular record in WWE history.
00:43With numerous cracks at winning the big one at the show of shows then,
00:46it seems logical to assume that each and every one of the multiple-time winners
00:49have all been able to walk out of WrestleMania with a World Championship belt on at least one
00:53occasion then, right? Well, unfortunately for the Rated-R Hall of Famer himself, despite winning
00:58both the 2010 and 2021 matches, Edge was never able to translate those huge Rumble victories
01:03into a win on the grandest stage of them all, making him the only multiple-time winner of
01:07the match to not win any of his subsequent world title Mania encounters.
01:119. The End of Days song was Jim Johnston's last WWE theme
01:15If there's an old-school WWE theme song that you hold particularly dear to your heart,
01:19then there's a pretty good chance the mighty Jim Johnston was behind it.
01:23Helping forge everything from Kurt Angle's epic You Suck tune to Stone Cold Steve Austin's
01:27absolutely iconic glass match, Johnston had one hell of a successful hit rate. However,
01:32the longtime WWE composer was ultimately released in 2017, bringing the end to his
01:36days creating unquestionable wrestling music magic. So, it was somewhat appropriate that
01:41Johnston's final WWE theme came in the form of Baron Corbin's The End of Days banger.
01:46The song possessed quite a few layers, with Jim's anger at many of his ideas being squashed by the
01:50company around the time, and his eventual bowing out of the promotion both being present in
01:55Corbin's epic theme. And it's safe to say the various pieces of often forgettable music
01:59accompanying the current generation of full-time performers nowadays hasn't been anywhere near
02:03the level of the sort of instant classic routinely churned out by the mighty Johnston.
02:078. WWE have never had a Men's World Champion born in the 90s on the main roster
02:12If you needed a piece of evidence to highlight just how old WWE's current main roster lineup
02:16is at this moment in time, then the realisation that the promotion hasn't actually possessed a
02:21single Men's World Champion born in the 1990s will likely do the trick. In fact,
02:25the most recent birth of a main roster WWE male singles champ was Austin Theory,
02:29popping out in 1997. Away from Theory, though, the likes of Alexa Bliss, Liv Morgan, and Rhea
02:35Ripley did all manage to lift a Women's World title after being born in 1991, 1994, and 1996,
02:42respectively. Sasha Banks and Paige also won a WWE Women's title after both being born in 1992.
02:48But with the likes of AEW, Ring of Honor, and New Japan Pro Wrestling all boasting at least
02:52one male World Champion who was born in the last 30 years or so,
02:55the fact WWE is still yet to achieve this feat is a little bit worrying.
02:597. Rick Steiner has the best win percentage in WWE history from stars with over 25 matches
03:05When it comes to performers who have wrestled at least 25 bouts for the sports entertainment
03:09giant, Rick Steiner actually sits at the very top of the win percentage pile. With a staggering
03:1492.64% victory rate in his 68 matches for the company, one half of the legendary Steiner
03:20Brothers squad may be no more for his WCW exploits. But that impressive record is still
03:24one that even the rather dominant Ronda Rousey hasn't been able to conquer in recent times.
03:29The one-time UFC Bantamweight Champion holds an 83.69% win rate on the site.
03:34Rick's brother Scott still boasts a pretty commendable 77.6% victory percentage,
03:39but Braun's daddy is still head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to notching up WWE
03:44W's. 6. The NXT UK Championship never changed hands in the UK
03:48Sticking with Braun Breaker's dominant run on black and gold television,
03:52the biggest dog in NXT's eventual besting of Tyler Bate at last year's Worlds Collide
03:56resulted in the unification of the NXT and NXT UK Championships. The end of all things
04:01NXT UK actually brought with it a rather intriguing statistic. In the wake of the first
04:06ever NXT UK Champion being crowned in Blackpool back in 2017, that strap never actually changed
04:12hands on British soil from that moment forward. That's right, over the course of its five-year
04:16existence on WWE programming, the black and gold spin-off title was won by everyone from
04:20Gunter to Butch, when they had other names. However, each of those victories over the
04:24defending champ came in the United States at various takeovers or specials. Even when Bate
04:29managed to pick up his second NXT UK title win over in London last year, the title had been
04:34vacated beforehand, meaning the prior champ still wasn't technically defeated on the July 7, 2022
04:40NXT UK show. 5. Only one woman has waited longer than a day to cash in Money in the Bank
04:46The fact WWE were wise enough to introduce a women's iteration of the always insane
04:50Money in the Bank spectacle was definitely a step in the right direction back in 2017. However,
04:54the way the company have ultimately handled their various missed Money in the Banks hasn't been
04:58quite as praiseworthy. It's frankly depressing that, outside of Carmella, not a single woman
05:02has held onto the guaranteed title shot briefcase for longer than a day. Alexa Bliss cashing in her
05:07opportunity two hours after picking up the epic victory in 2018 was a fun surprise on the night,
05:12admittedly. But going back to that well time and time again, each and every year since,
05:17just highlights how little effort and thinking often goes into deciding on who will win the
05:21all-important women's case and how they will be built in the aftermath. Though, fingers crossed,
05:25Triple H has something more compelling in mind in the wake of this year's UK Money in the Bank
05:28PLE, with a long-term briefcase holder feeling like a must. 4. Beth Phoenix wants pitch to be
05:34introduced as Brock Lesnar's sister Clearly taking inspiration from Brock Lesnar's
05:38destructive WWE debut all those years ago, it turns out that eventual multiple-time women's
05:43champion Beth Phoenix actually wants pitch to become the next, next big thing. Beth took Michael
05:48Hayes to one side during a stint as a WWE extra and proceeded to pitch a detailed storyline that
05:53involved her eventually being brought in as Brock Lesnar's sister. As Phoenix hilariously put it,
05:58she had zero chill, but you can't knock the ambition on show in the eventual WWE Hall of
06:02Famer back in those early days. And you would be lying if you said you wouldn't have lapped up the
06:06sight of Beth Lesnar F-fiving the division into oblivion throughout the late 2000s.
06:113. The New Day and The Usos are the only teams with multiple SmackDown tag team title reigns
06:16While The Usos may have been able to overtake their long-time rivals when it comes to holding
06:20the record of longest-reigning male tag champs in WWE history recently, both the
06:25Bloodline duo and The New Day still share one particular record that they alone possess.
06:29Since being introduced back in 2016, only Jimmy and Jey and Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods
06:35can say they've achieved multiple reigns with the Blue Straps as a unit. Now sure, the likes of Eric
06:40Rowan, The Late Great Luke Harper, also known as Brodie Lee, The Miz and Cesaro have all each
06:45amassed multiple reigns with these specific belts too, but they all achieved this feat with different
06:50partners. Though when it comes to title-winning teams, they just don't get any more prolific than
06:54The New Day and The Usos, with the consistent units coming in with a remarkable 7 and 5 reigns
06:59respectively. 2. Sami Zayn breaks an ovation record heading into Elimination Chamber 2023
07:05Elimination Chamber 2023 may not have produced the visual many of local Montreal supporter
07:10and those passionately screaming for their boy Sami Zayn were hoping for, but it did still boast
07:14one hell of a crowd, something that led to a record being broken in the lead-up to the epic
07:18main event. As the unfortunate challenger himself would reveal during the post-PLE press conference,
07:23the amazing ovation the valiant honorary Usos received on the SmackDown before Elimination
07:28Chamber in his own backyard was actually the longest in the history of the Bell Centre.
07:32The awesome visual and sound that met Zayn on the Friday Night Delight the day before this
07:36hotly anticipated title challenge was ultimately timed at an astounding 5 minutes 12 seconds by
07:42Quebec historian Pat Leprade, and this impressive feat was said to have been longer than everything
07:46from Hulk Hogan's ovation in 2002 to Jacques Villeneuve's in November 1997.
07:511. Bianca Belair made her Crown Jewel gear on the road
07:55On top of being the all-round EST of WWE, Bianca Belair is also up there with a great test when
08:00it comes to forging routinely outstanding in-ring gears too. The Raw Women's Champion
08:04is actually responsible for stitching and sewing all of the Belair costumes found lighting up the
08:08red show and PLEs. In fact, heading into last year's Crown Jewel event, Belair was so pushed
08:13for time due to her travel schedule that she had no choice but to put the gear she sported in her
08:18match against Bayley together on the road, and one of the performers who spotted this absolutely
08:23ridiculous level of skill in motion was none other than Kevin Owens himself, who would later class
08:27the visual of Belair sewing the gear together by hand on a bus as unreal. Belair would also note
08:33that this particular gear suddenly split right down the middle after putting it on when she got
08:37to the venue, but being the sensational stitcher she definitely is, Belair proceeded to successfully
08:42re-stitch the outfit just before she made her way out for the Crown Jewel Last Woman Standing
08:46bout. What can't she do, eh? And that's our list! Know of any other unnecessary WWE details you need
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