So I'm mostly making this video for me. I get stuff wrong all the time. People get mad,

say I should die or something. I mean, we could all use less of that. It sort of does make sense because there is so much wrestling trivia doing the rounds. Who can keep it all in their brain? And if you can, you should get on the chase immediately. Or mastermind? Yeah, that one. The chase doesn't let you pick your questions. Anyway, the point is let me, Simon Miller, the ball,

Aho, update some facts for you so that we're on the same page. This would be called The Right Page. Let's go. Number 10, the first Raw Rumble match wasn't in 1988. I get this is the one that WWE focuses on, especially as it's when the event as we know it started. Hacksaw Jim Duggan was the winner, and a whole TV audience saw it. If you were in a live crowd in 1987, though, you would have seen the real Comptroller. Sorry, the real first rule rumble, also known as the first one. That didn't work. It was October 4th though in St. Louis and this was all

deliberate. The company was experimenting with the idea to see if it would work or not. That's why there's only 12 wrestlers as opposed to 30 and why a ton of the rules we love don't exist. Two feet on the floor? Don't know what you're talking about. So yes, if you do want to be super nerdy, this is technically the first.

Amazingly, Vince McMahon didn't like it.

He thought the concept was stupid, and he only changed his mind after Pat Patterson and TV exec friend Dick Ebersole convinced him to try again. The rest is history, and thank goodness he didn't go with his first gut feeling, because it was wrong. Totally, totally wrong. Number nine, the 24-7 rule wasn't always a thing.

When people think back to the attitude here at the hardcore title, it has been long established

that the 24-7 rule was always part and parcel of it. It's not true. When the belt was revealed

in 1998, it was defended, like any other championship. It was serious, we had sanctioned matches,

and really the spin was just

it's a hardcore title. That had become super popular in the late 90s thanks to ECW,

the WWF just wanted to capitalize on it. Here's where the mad stack comes, though. The 24-7 rule

wasn't born onto this earth until early 2000. That's right, years later, and it was basically

a deliberate accident too. Crash Holly got so wound up, he just said it in a promo, because it is

wrestling, it magically went into force. It does go to show you how much we all loved it, though,

because those two are synonymous with each other, which actually wasn't the case at all.

It's also why WWE tried it again with

the literal 24-7 championship. Although the less said about that, the better, but you know the deal.

Bless that our truth. Number eight, Brat Hart's contract didn't end at the Survivor Series

1997. I mean, it would be oddly convenient, right? Brett Hart's deal just so happens to finish

at the big

pay-per-view in Canada. The reason that does sound a little bit wishy-washy is because it wasn't true.

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