5 weird WWE facts you may not have known

#1. Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle were the first WWE WrestleMania headliners to use their real names

Up until WrestleMania XIX, the Show of Shows had some pretty great main events. Sure, some of them were not so great - we're looking at you, WrestleMania IX. But we've also seen main event matches like Hogan vs. Andre, Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior, and Steve Austin vs. The Rock (twice!).

However, what do all these matches have in common? Until WrestleMania XIX, every main event had at least one competitor using a ring name.

WrestleMania 19 saw former NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion Brock Lesnar challenge for Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle's WWE Championship. And like the headline says, it's the first main event in the history of the Show of Shows where both men were using their real names.

In fact, this has been the only time (so far) where this has happened. It doesn't look like it's going to happen this year, either.

Lesnar will be taking on Roman Reigns (aka Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoaʻi) on night two while former Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey (her real name) will challenge for the SmackDown Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair (definitely not her real name) on night one.

This isn't a knock on anyone who uses a ring name - people have used "stage names" in entertainment since entertainment was created. It's just interesting to see that out of the almost 40 WrestleManias we've had so far, only one has had a main event with both performers using their real names.

Do you know any other cool WWE facts? These obviously aren't all of them, and it's thanks to sites like TheSportster.com and the SubReddit r/SquaredCircle that some of these were unearthed.

One last thing: we were going to mention that Shawn Michaels was the first WWE Champion to come to the ring wearing a ponytail, but only because we couldn't find any photos of "Superstar" Billy Graham doing the same - and we're sure he did. So if you have any photos of such, please share them in the comments.