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🗓️ 28 June 2025
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From corporate rules to long-standing traditions, the WWE superstars have seen it all! Simon Miller presents 10 Bizarre Backstage Rules WWE Forced On Wrestlers...
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0:00.0 | Wrestling is weird. We all know this, but it's half the fun. The true intrigue, though, is when you get to a certain age and learn what's happening behind the scenes. It's Aladdin. It's like a whole new world. At one point or another, such information has spilled out into the public, too, and man, WWE has some strange rules. And would you like some of them? Clearly, that's why you click this. I'm Simon Miller. |
0:21.6 | Let's go. |
0:22.6 | Number 10, the interviewer must be smaller than the wrestler. |
0:25.6 | I mean, it makes sense, I suppose. |
0:27.6 | If you're trying to get across the impression that your talent roster is massive, you probably |
0:31.6 | want to make sure non-wrestlers look noticeably smaller. |
0:34.6 | That's why some individuals who may not be super huge get right into the |
0:37.8 | ring during their entrance, then the entire audience is looking up at them. They are a star. |
0:42.8 | Jonathan Coachman, an interview with Chris Van Vleek confirmed all this too, as well as the fact |
0:46.7 | that he was often asked to spread his legs mid-chat, because that would make him shorter still. |
0:51.8 | Coachman even recalled a time where a cameraman had zoomed out too quickly, |
0:55.2 | and yep, we all saw it. Scott Stanford, who has hosted many at WWE show, even said he was asked |
1:00.8 | to kneel on a few occasions, and that's mad. We're not stupid. You can tell when somebody isn't standing |
1:06.9 | up. I suppose it's why today WWE just hires smaller people, although I can't lie. I |
1:13.0 | wouldn't care if an interview was massive, and in fact it could make for a fun bit to mention |
1:17.1 | all the time. What do I know, though? I'm an idiot. Number nine, no sneezing and no nodding. |
1:22.4 | This one has been told so many times, it must be true. Vince McMahon, before he left the |
1:27.1 | WWE under controversial |
1:28.6 | circumstances, did not abide by nodding or sneezing. Don't overthink that. It's just weird. |
1:34.6 | Sneezing came down to the fact McMahon felt like humans should be able to control this uncontrollable |
1:38.9 | response. Don't get me wrong. He would yell at himself as and when he did it too. So sneezing was the enemy no matter what. |
1:46.2 | Nonny was also off the table, according to daughter Stephanie, as she once told Barstool Sports. |
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