The 5 Eternal Lies in the WWE

5. They’re closer than you think

She lived in Russia for a while

Storylines call for a lot of things to be fictionalized and wrestlers’ identities aren’t spared. Ivan Koloff, a Quebec native, debuted as an eyepatch wearing Irishman in the regional circuit before entering the WWE as ‘The Russian Bear’.

Even Lana, who would give any Russian beauty a run for her money, is from Florida. But perhaps the longest stretch was Muhammad Hassan, an Italian-American from New York.