10 things that the rock band Phish has in common with WWE

#9 Pun-Based secondhand merch

Phish Character Zero shirt https://t.co/MEIusKuBu0 pic.twitter.com/FOaKfgq0yM

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Between its tape libraries and its acquired trademarks, WWE seems to own more of professional wrestling's notable history over the last 50 years than not. This includes many of the catch-phrases and nicknames related to Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, The Rock and other wrestling industry legends. But for one reason or another -- creative differences and simply "not getting it" being two possibilities -- we don't see a lot of WWE-authorized merchandise related to The Shockmaster, Shawn Michaels kicking Marty Jannetty through a barbershop window, or Sid Vicious skipping WWF events in favor of softball games.

Thanks to the rise of secondary merchandise companies and sites this has changed. For example, the aptly-named BarbershopWindow.com has a shirt of "Mean" Gene Okerlund in facepaint worn by KISS' Gene Simmons, a Brock Lesnar-referencing "21 & What?" shirt, and a deep-cut Cesaro-related "5 Different Languages" design. There's plenty more where that came from via Pro Wrestling Tees and Extreme Wrestling Shirts.

As with mainstream pro-wrestling going back decades, Phish -- with 13 studio albums and plenty of rarities and solo recordings to its credit -- undoubtedly has songs that even "1.0" followers may not have heard. But that doesn't mean that Phishheads, like wrestling fans, don't make their own pun-oriented merch which only a small percentage of the overall fanbase will get. Embedded above is a "Character Zero" design, which references The Legend Of Zelda, even though the song is not one of the more played songs from the Phish discography.