Vince McMahon

Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon (born August 24, 1945)[1] is an American professional wrestler, promoter, in-ring announcer, play-by-play commentator and film producer, known by the ring name Mr. McMahon. He is also the Chairman of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Board of directors and majority shareholder of WWE. He is the creator of most WWE television programs. After acquiring World Championship Wrestling in 2001 and Extreme Championship Wrestling in 2003 two years after its closure, McMahon's WWE became the sole remaining major American professional wrestling promotion (prior to the national expansion of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and to a lesser extent Ring of Honor).
As an on-camera character, he mainly appears on the Raw brand but makes appearances on the SmackDown and ECW brands, as well. McMahon plays a character based on himself in the world of the WWE, and is a two-time World Champion: a one-time WWF Champion and one-time ECW World Champion. He was also the 1999 Royal Rumble winner.In 1968, he graduated from East Carolina University with a business degree and after a nondescript career as a traveling salesman, he was eager to assume a managerial role in his father’s World Wide Wrestling Federation promotion (although Vince Sr. was not thrilled with the idea of his son entering the business). Nevertheless, he was assigned to a small territory in Maine, where he promoted his first card in 1971. Early in his wrestling career, McMahon served as the in-ring announcer. He later became the play-by-play announcer for television matches after he replaced Ray Morgan in 1971, a role he would regularly maintain until November 1997.
Throughout the 1970s, McMahon became the prominent force in his father's company, and over the next decade, Vince assisted his father in tripling TV syndication. He pushed for the renaming of the company to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The young McMahon was also behind the Muhammad Ali versus Antonio Inoki match of 1976. In 1979, Vince purchased the Cape Cod Coliseum, where he promoted hockey games and concerts in addition to pro wrestling, as he began to prove that he was capable of running the WWF after his father’s retirement. By 1980, Titan Sports was incorporated; in 1982, a 37-year old McMahon led Titan’s acquisition of the Capitol Wrestling Co. from his ailing father (who died in May 1984), as he and his wife Linda McMahon took control of the World Wrestling Federation.

Chavo Guerrero

Salvador Guerrero IV[4][5] (born October 20, 1970)[4] also known as Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero, Jr.[6], is a third generation American professional wrestler and member of the famed Guerrero wrestling family, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw brand.[1]
He is the grandson of Gory Guerrero; the son of Chavo Guerrero, Sr.; the nephew of Eddie Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, Mando Guerrero, and Enrique Llanes; and the cousin of Javier Llanes and Hector Mejia. His grandfather, Gory Guerrero, was one of the most famous wrestlers in Mexican history.[1] His father, Chavo Guerrero, Sr., was also a legendary wrestler in Mexico and worked in WWE as a part-time wrestler and full-time manager. One of his uncles, Eddie Guerrero, was one of WWE's biggest stars. Eddie performed for the SmackDown! brand,[1] as did Chavo Sr. (aka Chavo Classic). Chavo Jr. has two other uncles (Mando and Hector) who have had successful careers in the business.
He is recognized by WWE as a four-time Cruiserweight Championship, a two-time WWE Tag Team Championship with Eddie Guerrero, and a one-time world champion, having held the ECW Championship in 2008.[7]Chavo Jr. started wrestling in 1994, and quickly joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW). While in WCW, Chavo shared the limelight with his uncle Eddie, becoming a reluctant ally of his uncle's. As part of their angle, Eddie would continually try to make Chavo adopt Eddie's cheating tactics, but Chavo often refused to do so. Eventually, Chavo's treatment at the hands of Eddie would drive him "crazy" and Chavo adopted the gimmick of a psycho fixated with a hobby horse he dubbed "Pepé." This led to a famous feud with Norman Smiley in which Pepé was thrown by Smiley into a wood chipper. Another result of his insanity, was his inability to join Eddie's Latino World Order stable, which was a take-off of the nWo. The stable included nearly every Latino wrestler in WCW except Chavo. He was also a member of the comedy stable the Misfits In Action, billed as Lieutenant Loco.

Sandman

James "Jim" Fullington[1] (born June 16, 1963) better known by his ring name Sandman, is an American professional wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he developed into a "Hardcore Icon" and became a five time World Heavyweight Champion. He also had stints in World Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment.
He currently works for independent wrestling promotion, Pro Wrestling Unplugged, and is also scheduled to appear for 1PW in the UK.In 1994, Sandman changed his gimmick after ECW owner Tod Gordon suggested that he channel his own personality into his character, creating an edgier gimmick.
He began a feud with Tommy Cairo over Sandman's valet Peaches. Being temporarily blinded following a match, the Sandman inadvertently struck Peaches. When a recovering Sandman saw his tag team partner, Cairo, assisting her to her feet, he attacked Cairo. Peaches, now revealed to be his wife Lori, now became Cairo's valet.
Sandman, adopting the gimmick of a pimp, claimed that Cairo had neglected to pay one of Sandman's prostitutes, Woman, who now became his new valet and convinced him that Cairo had slept with both her and Lori. The Sandman began harassing Lori and Cairo, demanding of Cairo: "Pay Your Bills!"[2]

Scott Steiner

Scott Carl Rechsteiner (July 29, 1962) better known by his ring name Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler. Steiner is perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling alongside his older brother Rick as the Steiner Brothers and as a member of the New World Order. He is also known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions, World Wrestling All-Stars and World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment. Among other accolades, Steiner is a two-time World Champion (a former WCW World Heavyweight Champion and former WWA World Heavyweight Champion), a two time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and a two time WCW World Television Champion. He was a World Tag Team Champion with his brother Rick in multiple promotions.
Steiner currently wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.Scott Steiner made his debut for WCW at Starrcade 1988: True Grit, cheering on his brother Rick as he defeated Mike Rotunda for the NWA World Television Championship. After Rick lost the belt back to Rotundo at Chi-Town Rumble, Scott and Rick began teaming together in tag team matches.
On November 1, 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia, the Steiner Brothers defeated the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael "P.S." Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. They held the titles for over 5 months when on May 19, 1990, they were defeated by Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) in Washington, D.C. at Capital Combat

Goldberg

William Scott "Bill" Goldberg[1][2] (born December 27, 1966)[1][2] better known by his ring name Bill Goldberg (or simply Goldberg), is an American professional wrestler best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling from September 1997 to January 2001. He also wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment from March 2003 to March 2004. He is recognized by WWE as a two-time World Heavyweight Champion, having held the Big Gold Belt in both WCW and WWE, and was the first wrestler in history to do so (followed by Chris Benoit and Booker T). Before he was a professional wrestler, Goldberg was a college and professional football player. He was also a commentator for the now-defunct mixed martial arts promotion EliteXC.After training in the Power Plant training school, Goldberg made his televised debut in a little remembered flop where Rowdy Roddy Piper brought out a group of unknowns. Goldberg sporting red hair was soon made over with no hair and plain black trunks. On the September 22 edition of WCW Monday Nitro with a victory over Hugh Morrus in his debut match. Soon afterwards, Goldberg's succession of wins saw him quickly advance up the card, and he was pushed as a singles wrestler. Goldberg made his pay-per-view debut at Starrcade, and defeated Steve McMichael.[1][2][4] In early 1998, Goldberg defeated the likes of Brad Armstrong at SuperBrawl VIII[5] and Perry Saturn at Spring Stampede[6] in squash matches.[1][2] On April 20, 1998 edition of Nitro, he won his first championship, the United States Heavyweight Championship, by defeating Raven.[1][2][7][8] Two days later, on the April 22 edition of Thunder, he made his first successful title defense against Mike Enos.[9] Goldberg then started a feud with Raven and his Flock. At Slamboree, he ended his feud with Flock after a successful title defense against Saturn.[2][10] He would continue to make successful title defenses against Konnan at The Great American Bash,[1][2][11] and Curt Hennig

Kurt Angle

Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American professional wrestler, actor and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Angle was involved in amateur wrestling during both high school and college. In college at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, he won numerous accolades, including being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I champion.[5][6] After graduating, he won the 1995 World Championship tournament.[5] Angle then competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he won a gold medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling.[6][7] Kurt Angle nearly did not win an Olympic gold medal because he tried out for the Pittsburgh Steelers and was nearly accepted before 1996.[citation needed]
Initially turning down an offer to join the World Wrestling Federation (WWF),[6] Angle signed a multi-year contract with the company in 1998. His first big push in the company was in February 2000 when he held both the European Championship and Intercontinental Championship.[8] Not long after, Angle began pursuing the WWF Championship. He continued to be a part of main event matches until August 2006, when Angle was granted a release from his contract.[9] Throughout his tenure in the company, he was a six-time World Champion (four-time WWF/E Champion,[10] World Heavyweight Champion[11] and WCW Champion),[12] WCW United States Champion,[13] WWF Intercontinental Champion,[14] WWF European Champion, [15] WWF Hardcore Champion[16] and WWE Tag Team Champion (with Chris Benoit).[17] In addition, he was the winner of the King of the Ring tournament in 2000,[18] the tenth Triple Crown Champion, and the fifth Grand Slam Champion. He is also the 2007 King of the Mountain winner at Slammiversary.
After leaving WWE, Angle joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he became the second wrestler in TNA to win TNA's Triple Crown and the first man to hold all three TNA championships simultaneously.[19] While in TNA, his real-life wife Karen began accompanying him to the ring and playing a part in his on-screen storylines. Angle has also made appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling and Inoki Genome Federation, where he is the former IWGP Third Belt Champion.[20] Also a former two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Angle is a eight-time World Champion overall, though TNA bills him as a twelve-time wrestling champion when adding in his two NCAA Championships, the IWGP Third Belt Championship and Olympic gold medal.[citation needed]

Mr. Kennedy

Kenneth C. Anderson (born March 6, 1976)[3] is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name Mr. Kennedy. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) between 2005 and 2009.
Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Anderson wrestled for numerous promotions in his career. While situated in these promotions, he has won various championships, both in tag team and singles competition. Anderson was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky in 2005.
After signing with WWE, Anderson made his debut on the SmackDown! roster in August 2005. In September 2006 he captured his first title with the company, the WWE United States Championship, and would hold onto it for a month. The following year, at WrestleMania 23, Anderson won the annual Money in the Bank ladder match, a contract, which guarantees a match for any of WWE's three top titles. He was released from his WWE contract on May 29, 2009.[6]

M.V.P

Alvin Burke, Jr. (born October 28, 1973)[1] also known as Hassan Hamin Assad,[1] is an American professional wrestler.[1] He currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the Raw brand under the ring name Montel Vontavious Porter, or MVP.[2]
Burke was trained by former professional wrestlers Soulman Alex G and Norman Smiley.[3] Burke wrestled for numerous independent promotions early in his career, including a stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).[4] During his time in these promotions, he won various championships in singles competition. Burke signed with the WWE in 2005 and was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Deep South Wrestling (DSW) in McDonough, Georgia.[4]
After being promoted to the SmackDown brand, Burke made his WWE wrestling debut in October 2006.[4] In 2007, he captured the WWE United States Championship, making it his first title reign with the company.[5] His reign was the longest since WWE came into possession of the championship in 2001 and the third longest in the title's entire history. That same year, Burke captured the WWE Tag Team Championship alongside Matt Hardy.[6] He won the United States Championship for the second time on March 17, 2009.[7][8]Contents[hide]

Chris Jericho

Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian television and stage actor, author, radio host, television host, rock musician, and professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its SmackDown brand, where he is the reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion. Jericho is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and internationally in Canadian, Mexican, and Japanese promotions.
As a part of WWE, he is credited as being the first-ever Undisputed Champion in WWE. Also, he has won the WWE Intercontinental Championship a record nine times.[1] Jericho is a five-time World Champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the World Wrestling Federation Championship once, and the World Heavyweight Championship twice. His first reign as WWF Champion and his second reign as WCW Champion (then known as the World Championship) together make him the first Undisputed Champion in history. In addition, he is also the ninth Triple Crown Champion and the fourth Grand Slam Champion.
Outside of WWE, Jericho is the frontman of Fozzy, an American heavy metal band, and a star of the wrestling documentary Bloodstained Memoirs.[4][5]

John Morrison

John Randall Hennigan[8] (born October 3, 1979)[1][2] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names John Morrison and Johnny Nitro.[2] He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) performing on their SmackDown brand.[5]
Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Hennigan entered the third season of Tough Enough, a televised competition that would award the winner a WWE contract. He was one of the winners in the competition and assigned to their developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), to continue his wrestling training. While situated at OVW, he was placed in tag team competition, alongside Joey Mercury, in which they won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on one occasion. It was also during this time that he and Mercury, alongside their manager Melina, were known as the stable MNM.
After signing with WWE, the group were called up to the SmackDown roster and on their debut in April 2005, Hennigan and Mercury went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. After their third and final reign ended in May 2006, Hennigan and Melina turned on Mercury. Hennigan and Melina were let go from the SmackDown roster and debuted on the Raw brand. During his time with the brand, Hennigan competed in singles competition and won the Intercontinental Championship twice. In June 2007 he was drafted from Raw to the ECW brand, and during that time, he won the vacant ECW Championship. Hennigan formed a partnership with The Miz in late 2007, with the two capturing the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship on separate occasions, although they split in April 2009. Hennigan is a one-time World Champion, winning the ECW Championship once.

Mark Henry

Mark Jerrold Henry[4] (born June 12, 1971)[2] is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment performing on its ECW brand. He is also a 1992 Olympian[1] and winner of the Arnold Schwarzenegger Strongest Man Contest.[5] Since wrestling in WWF/E, he has become a one time European Champion and is recognized by the company as a one time world champion, having held the ECW Championship in 2008.[6]Henry was billed as the "World's Strongest Man" after he qualified for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Weightlifting Competition, where he finished tenth in the super heavyweight class.[5] At the 1995 Pan American Games Henry won a gold, silver and bronze medal, and a year later, he became a North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands champion.[5] After the WWF sponsored Henry in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he was signed to a ten-year contract, an anomaly in pro wrestling. Trained by Leo Burke, his first feud in the WWF was with Jerry Lawler who had some harsh words for Henry on a Monday Night Raw in March. At SummerSlam 1996, Henry came to the aid of Jake Roberts who was suffering indignity at the hands of Lawler. His first television wrestling match was at In Your House: Mind Games on September 22, 1996, where he defeated Lawler.[5]

Brock Lesnar

Brock Edward Lesnar[4] (born July 12, 1977 in Webster, South Dakota) is an American mixed martial artist as well as a former professional and amateur wrestler.[5] He is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion.[6]
Before gaining prominence in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Lesnar was an accomplished amateur wrestler winning the 2000 NCAA wrestling championship and placing second in 1999, losing in the finals to future New England Patriots offensive lineman Stephen Neal.[7] In WWE, Lesnar was the 2002 King of the Ring, and the winner of the 2003 Royal Rumble.[8][9] He is also a three-time WWE Champion having become the youngest person to hold that championship in its history. After leaving WWE in 2004, Lesnar pursued a career in the NFL.[10] He played during the preseason for the Minnesota Vikings, but ended up being a late cut.[11] Lesnar returned to professional wrestling at the end of 2005, and joined New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first wrestling match since leaving the WWE.[12] He was stripped of the title in July 2006, although he held the physical belt until June 2007.[13]
Lesnar started a career in Mixed Martial Arts and had his first fight in June 2007.[14] He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in October 2007, and captured the UFC Heavyweight Championship from Randy Couture on November 15, 2008.

Sabu

Terry Michael Brunk (born December 12, 1964) better known by his ring name Sabu, is an American professional wrestler. In Forever Hardcore, Brunk reveals he took his name from actor Sabu Dastagir, of whom his uncle was a fan.
He is a three-time World champion (two ECW Championships, one NWA Championship), and is best known for his appearances with the original Extreme Championship Wrestling and other independents throughout the 1990s, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2002 until 2006, and his recent tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand, which lasted from April 2006 until May 2007. He is most well-known for his extreme wrestling style.Brunk revealed in a shoot promo and in the documentary film Forever Hardcore that in fact it was not Paul Heyman that brought him into Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) but that he was at the right place at the right time. He was referred by a friend to Tod Gordon. According to the storyline, Sabu, who at that time often arrived to the ring by his handler 911, was an uncontrollable madman strapped to a gurney and with a Hannibal Lecter-style face mask while trying to break free (he claimed to hate this part of his gimmick as he was normally tired before he started his match). Sabu could only be released from his bonds to wrestle his matches. Sabu also quickly became synonymous with table-breaking at this time; if a table was not broken during the match, Sabu would break a table with his own body after the bell had sounded. Sometimes leading to 911 having to restrain Sabu during backstage interviews if a table was present.

Rob Van Dam

Robert "Rob" Alexander Szatkowski[1] (born December 18, 1970)[1] better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently shortened to RVD), is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Since leaving the company, the main venture that Van Dam produces is RVDTV, reality based programming looking at his life.[2]
In the original ECW, he was a two-time ECW World Tag Team Champion with Sabu and a former (and longest reigning) ECW World Television Champion. During his time in WWE, he was a two-time World Champion (former WWE Champion and former ECW World Heavyweight Champion), a six-time Intercontinental Champion, a four-time (and final) Hardcore Champion, the last European Champion, a two-time World Tag Team Champion with Kane and Booker T respectively, and a former WWE Tag Team Champion with Rey Mysterio. He was the first ECW World Heavyweight Champion under the WWE banner, and the only man to hold both the ECW and WWE championships at the same time. He is also the 2006 Mr. Money in the Bank.

Eddie Guerrero

Eduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero[1] (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005)[1] was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into a Mexican wrestling family.[2] He wrestled in Mexico and Japan and in several major professional wrestling promotions in the United States[2] He wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Guerrero's gimmick was that of a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His catch phrase became "Cheat to Win." Despite being a heel for most of his career, he got over in and outside the ring. Another one of his famous slogans was "I Lie! I Cheat! I Steal!," which was used in one of his entrance themes. He partly used this phrase in his autobiography Cheating Death, Stealing Life.
Throughout his career, Guerrero encountered various substance abuse problems outside of wrestling, including alcoholism and an addiction to painkillers. His problems outside of the ring were sometimes integrated into his angles. Notwithstanding these issues, he won numerous titles during his career, including the WWE Championship. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006.[3]

Andre The Giant

André René Roussimoff (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993),[2][3] best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. His great size was a result of acromegaly, and led to his being dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World."[4][5] In the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Roussimoff briefly held the WWF Championship. In 1993, he was the first inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame.On March 26, 1973, André made his WWF debut as a "face", defeating Buddy Wolfe in New York's Madison Square Garden. He was billed early in his career at a height of 6 feet 10 inches (2.1 m) and 6 feet 11 inches (2.1 m), this was enlarged in the early 1970s to 7 feet 4 inches (2.2 m) with a weight that ranged from 309 to 565 pounds (140 to 256 kg). His actual height is contested, and there has been much speculation and debate over the issue. Jim Duggan and Bobby Heenan maintain that his kayfabe height was correct. Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer claims André was measured at 6 ft 9 ¾ in 1974 by a French athletic commission; Meltzer also estimated André at 6 ft 11 ½ inches. Wrestling journalist Mike Mooneyham claims André was 7 feet 2 inches (2.2 m) at his peak. The Los Angeles Times, Sunday, Mar. 7, 1993 André article by Chris Dufresne states that they received a phone call, from France, at the Ellerbe ranch. The voice insisted there was not a crematorium large enough to handle The Giant, who was 6 feet 10 and 555 pounds when he died.

The Brood

The Brood was a stable in the World Wrestling Federation during The Attitude Era of the late 1990s. The stable was comprised of Gangrel, Christian, and Edge. Their gimmick was that of a clan of vampires, although they were often merely described by announcers as living a "gothic lifestyle".They often entered arenas by rising through a ring of fire onto the (elevated) stage floor, with Gangrel carrying a chalice of "blood". Usually, Gangrel took a drink from the chalice and then spit it towards the crowd, although occasionally, he simply shared the drink with his partners. One of the group's trademarks was giving their opponents a "blood bath", before or after a wrestling match. A "blood bath" consisted of the lights in the arena turning off, the flashing red lights of Gangrel's entrance coming on, and then the arena lights turning on again to reveal the target bathed in "blood". The trio had similar looking long blond hair. Gangrel and Christian both wore white shirts and dark pants, however, while Edge wore the long leather coat he wore before joining The Brood.

The Rock

Dwayne Johnson[1] (born May 2, 1972)[2] also known by his former ring name The Rock, and occasionally credited as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is an American actor and former professional wrestler.[3] Johnson was a collegiate football player, and in 1991, he was part of the University of Miami's national championship team. He later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League, but was cut two months into the season.[4] This led to his decision to become a professional wrestler, like his grandfather, Peter Maivia and his father Rocky Johnson. please return to wwe we need you man
He gained mainstream fame as a wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), then known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1996 to 2004, and was the first third-generation superstar in wrestling history. Johnson was quickly given a push in WWE, first as "Rocky Maivia", and then as "The Rock", a member of the Nation of Domination. Two years after he joined the WWE, Johnson won the WWF Championship, and became one of the most popular wrestlers within the company for his engaging interviews and promos. Since 2001, he has focused on an acting career, though he still makes occasional WWE appearances.
Johnson was a nine time world champion in his career, being a seven time WWF/E Champion (with his last reign being the WWE Undisputed Champion) and two time WCW Champion. He is also a two time Intercontinental Champion and a five time Tag Team Champion. He is also the sixth Triple Crown Champion and was the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble.
Johnson is also an actor, with his first leading role in 2002, in The Scorpion King. For this film, he received the highest salary for an actor in his first starring role, earning $5.5 million. He has since appeared in movies such as The Mummy Returns, The Rundown, Walking Tall (2004), Be Cool, Doom (film), Gridiron Gang, Southland Tales, The Game Plan, Get Smart, and Race to Witch Mountain.

Randy Orton

Randal "Randy" Keith Orton[7][8] (born on April 1, 1980)[3] is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its Raw brand. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.[2][9]
Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Orton trained in and wrestled for Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling for a month. He was then sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). There, Orton held the OVW Hardcore Championship on two separate occasions.[10]
After signing with WWE, Orton became a member of the stable Evolution, which quickly led to his capture of the WWE Intercontinental Championship, his first title with the company.[11] Orton also acquired the moniker "The Legend Killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting Hall of Famers and physically attacking veterans of the industry outside of appropriate restrictions.[1] In 2004, Orton became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion, when he won the title at the age of twenty-four.[12] This title win resulted in his departure from Evolution and a feud with his former stablemates. In 2006, Orton joined forces with Edge in a tag team known as Rated-RKO. Together, Orton and Edge held the World Tag Team Championship.[13] After the team disbanded, Orton, during mid-2007, won the WWE Championship twice in one night.[14] He is also the winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble match.[15]Content

Edge

Adam Joseph Copeland[7] (born October 30, 1973)[10] is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Edge. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown brand. Copeland rose through the ranks as one half of the tag team Edge and Christian, alongside his real-life childhood friend and storyline brother Christian. He is noted for being one of the most decorated tag team champions in WWE history, winning a record 12 tag team titles,[11] is a nine-time World Champion (having won the WWE Championship four times and the World Heavyweight Championship five times), and is the only wrestler to have won all six major championships featured on Raw and SmackDown (WWE, World, Intercontinental, United States, World Tag Team, and WWE Tag Team Championships). Copeland also won the 2001 King of the Ring and the 2005 Money in the Bank ladder match.[12][13]
Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland has appeared in Highlander: Endgame and made guest appearances in television shows, including The Weakest Link, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, and Mind of Mencia.

The Big Show

Paul Donald Wight, Jr. (born February 8, 1972), better known by his ring name, The Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its Raw brand. He is also known for his career in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he wrestled as The Giant from July 1995 to December 1998. He won WCW World War 3 1996 PPV Match. He is recognized by WWE as a five-time World Champion, having held the WWF/E Championship and WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice each and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once, and the only man in the history of wrestling to win the WWE, WCW, and ECW Championships.

Owen Hart

Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999)[1] was a Canadian professional wrestler who was widely known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Hart was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada the youngest of 12 children to wrestling promoter Stu Hart and Helen Hart. He was the younger brother of professional wrestler Bret Hart. He was a two-time Intercontinental Champion, one-time European Champion, and four-time World Tag Team Champion in the WWF, as well as the winner of the 1994 WWF King of the Ring. He had a brief reign as USWA World Champion while under contract to the WWF, however this title was never defended on an international forum. Although he never captured the WWF Championship, Hart was a frequent challenger for the title and has been cited as one of the greatest in-ring workers in WWF history.[2][3]
Hart died on May 23, 1999 when an equipment malfunction occurred during his entrance from the rafters of the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., at the WWF's Over the Edge pay-per-view event.

Hulk Hogan

Terry Gene Bollea[6] (born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American actor and retired professional wrestler.
Bollea had mainstream popularity in the mid 1980s through the early 1990s as the all-American, working-class hero character Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF—now World Wrestling Entertainment), and was notable in the mid-to-late 1990s as "Hollywood" Hogan, the villainous nWo leader, in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Following WCW's fold, he made a brief return to the WWE in the early 2000s, revising his heroic character by combining elements of his two most famous personas.
Bollea was later inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 and is a twelve-time world heavyweight champion: a six-time WWF/E Champion[7] and a six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion[8] as well as a former World Tag Team Champion with Edge.[9][10] He was also the winner of the Royal Rumble in 1990 and 1991.[9][11] In September 2008 Hogan's net worth was revealed to be over $30 Million dollars.[12][13][14]

Bret The "Hit Man" Hart

Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2, 1957) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, author, and actor, best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling under the persona, "The Hitman." A son of wrestling patriarch Stu Hart, he was born into the Hart wrestling family. His seven brothers were either wrestlers or involved backstage with the wrestling business; his four sisters all married professional wrestlers. Three of his brothers-in-law, the Dynamite Kid, Davey Boy Smith, and Jim Neidhart, had successful careers in the business. His youngest brother, Owen Hart, became a decorated wrestler in his own right before his death in 1999.
Hart competed as both a villain and a fan favourite during his professional wrestling career. In terms of in-ring ability, he is regarded by many prominent industry figures as one of the greatest professional wrestlers in history.[3] Vince McMahon has described him as being "in a class by himself," with "unparalleled" storytelling and technical wrestling skills. Jim Ross has referred to his in-ring work as "art," while Gene Okerlund has asserted that Hart should appear in anyone's top ten wrestlers of all time.[3] Peers such as Stone Cold Steve Austin,[4] Chris Benoit,[5] Road Warrior Animal,[6] Steve Lombardi,[7] Shawn Michaels[8] and Roddy Piper[9] have named Hart as one of their all-time favourite opponents.[3] Hart himself frequently described himself as "The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be" (derived from the 1984 film The Natural), which he justifies through three claims: he never injured an opponent through any fault of his own; through the entire course of his career he missed only one show (as a result of flight difficulties); and that he only once refused to lose a scripted match—his final WWF match with Shawn Michaels at the Survivor Series event in 1997, which culminated in the now infamous Montreal Screwjob.[10]
Among other accolades, Hart is recognised by WWE as a seven-time world heavyweight champion (five-time WWF Champion, and two-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion). He is the only two-time King of the Ring in WWE history, having won the 1991 tournament and the first King of the Ring pay-per-view in 1993. Hart was also the 1994 Royal Rumble co-winner (with Lex Luger). Hart is widely regarded as one of the most universally popular and gifted technical professional wrestlers of all time.[11] He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 by Steve Austin.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Steve Austin (born Steven Anderson on December 18, 1964, later Steven Williams),[3] better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin[7], is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler. Austin wrestled for several well-known wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and most famously, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which later became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. In the late 1990s, Austin gained significant mainstream popularity in the WWF as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, a disrespectful, beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied his boss, Vince McMahon.[8] This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping McMahon off and incapacitating him with the Stone Cold Stunner, his finishing move.[9]
Austin had his first starring film role as Jack Conrad in the 2007 thriller The Condemned. He will next star as "Dan Paine" in "The Expendables" for director/star Sylvester Stallone. The film also stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and Jet Li. Austin recently wrapped production on "Damage," a hard-edged, bare-knuckles fight film that focuses on the tough choices people make in times of recession. The film is the first in a multi-picture deal between Austin, Nasser Entertainment, and Caliber Media. Austin also recently signed a television development deal with Original Media and Caliber Media.
Austin is a six-time WWF Champion, the 1996 King of the Ring, and winner of the 1997, 1998 and 2001 Royal Rumbles, and is the only man in WWE history to win the Royal Rumble three times. He is widely regarded as one of the biggest stars in the history of professional wrestling, and has been described as such by prominent industry figures such as Vince McMahon, Paul Heyman and Ric Flair.

Farooq

Ron Simmons[1] (born May 15, 1958)[1] is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and retired American football player. He was the first of only two African Americans to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, along with Booker T. He was signed to World Wrestling Entertainment where he did public relations work, appeared in backstage segments on Raw, was known for his catchphrase, "DAMN!" and occasionally wrestling on the Raw brand. He also makes occasional appearances for independent promotion Rampage Pro Wrestling, which is based in his billed hometown of Warner Robins, Georgia.
Simmons was a two-time consensus All-American football player[3]at Florida State University, and played for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League and the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League. He became a professional wrestler in 1986, and went on to wrestle in World Championship Wrestling under his real name and in the World Wrestling Federation under both his real name and the ring names Faarooq Asaad (sometimes spelled Asad) and Faarooq (sometimes spelled Farooq).

John "Bradshaw" Layfield-JBL

John Charles Layfield (born November 29, 1966)[3] is a retired American professional wrestler and a current commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League.[4] Layfield is best known by his ring names, Bradshaw, John "Bradshaw" Layfield or JBL from his time in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he is the longest reigning WWE Champion in SmackDown history with a reign lasting 280 days.
Layfield's main gimmick as John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) – a wealthy, gladhanding businessman – was based on Layfield's real-life accomplishments as a stock market investor. Layfield is a regular panelist on Fox News Channel's The Cost of Freedom, has appeared on CNBC, and has written a best-selling book on financial planning called Have More Money Now. (ISBN 0-7434-6633-0). Layfield also hosts a weekend talk radio program, syndicated nationally by Talk Radio Network, in which he discusses his conservative political views.[5] Layfield is also employed by Northeast Securities as its Senior Vice President.[6]
In WWE, Layfield is a one-time WWE Champion, a one-time United States Champion, a one-time European Champion, a seventeen-time Hardcore Champion, a one-time WWE Intercontinental Champion and a three-time World Tag Team Champion with Faarooq as part of the Acolytes Protection Agency (APA).[7] He is the twentieth Triple Crown Champion, and the tenth Grand Slam Champion.

Rey Mysterio

Oscar Gutierrez[3][4] (born December 11, 1974)[3] better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its SmackDown brand. He trained in and started his career in the lucha libre style of Mexico and has achieved success in the heavyweight, cruiserweight and tag team divisions throughout his career. Before wrestling with WWE, he had notable tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1996 to 2001 as well as with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1996.
Mysterio is known for having a high flying style, which helped kick-start the cruiserweight wrestling revolution in the United States in the late 1990s during his time in WCW. His total Cruiserweight Championship reigns, 8 (5 in WCW and 3 in WWE), are a record.[5] In WWE, he is a former World Heavyweight Champion,[6][7] a three-time Cruiserweight Champion,[5][7] a four-time WWE Tag Team Champion[7][8] and his Intercontinental Championship win made him the 21st Triple Crown Champion. He is also the winner of 2006 Royal Rumble.[9] In WCW, he was a five-time Cruiserweight Champion,[5][7] a three-time World Tag Team Champion[7][10] and a former Cruiserweight Tag Team Champion with Billy Kidman as part of the Filthy Animals.[7][11]

Tommy Dreamer

Thomas James Laughlin[3] (born February 14, 1971)[2][3] is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Tommy Dreamer. He is currently under contract to World Wrestling Entertainment and wrestling on the ECW brand, where he is the reigning ECW Champion. While with the WWE, Laughlin has also been a 14 time Hardcore Champion.[1]
In addition to his current role, Dreamer is best known for the time he spent in the Philadelphia based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion, of which he has been called the "heart and soul".[5] Though he only held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once in his time with the company – for a grand total of about 30 minutes[6] – he was regularly embroiled in the company's most visible angles on screen and involved in the booking, some of the business decisions, and, like a number of other ECW wrestlers, was part of the day to day operations of the company off screen.[7][8] Today, he is remembered for his legitimate passion for the old ECW, and constantly participates in angles where he longs with all his heart to be ECW Champion at least one more time, something he achieved at the 2009 WWE Extreme Rules event.

Jeff Hardy

Jeffrey Nero Hardy[5] (born August 31, 1977)[4] is an American professional
wrestler who currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the
SmackDown brand.[2]
Before gaining prominence in WWE, Hardy performed for the Organization of
Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), a promotion he ran with his brother
Matt.[4] After being signed by WWE, the brothers worked as jobbers,[6]
before gaining notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their
participation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches.[7] With the addition
of Lita, the team became known as Team Xtreme and continued to rise in
popularity.[2] As a tag team wrestler, Hardy is a six time World Tag Team
Champion and a one time WCW Tag Team Champion.[2][8]
Hardy has also had success as a singles wrestler and is a two-time World
Champion, having held both the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight
Championship on one occasion, a four time Intercontinental Champion, and
has held the Hardcore, Light Heavyweight, and European Championships once
each.[8] He received his first major main event push towards the end of
2007, including challenging for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble in
2008, and eventually won the WWE Championship at the Armageddon
pay-per-view in December 2008.[9][10]
Moreover, Hardy is involved in motocross, music, painting, and other
artistic endeavors.[11] He is currently a member of the unsigned band
Peroxwhy?gen.[12

Cm Punk

Phillip Jack Brooks[7] (born on October 26, 1978),[2] better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown brand where he is the reigning World Heavyweight Champion.
In professional wrestling, Punk is a four time world champion, having won the ROH World Championship while in Ring of Honor, the ECW Championship while in ECW, the World Heavyweight Championship immediately after being drafted to Raw and again after being drafted to SmackDown. In addition to these championships Punk has also won the World Tag Team Championship (with Kofi Kingston), and the WWE Intercontinental Championship making him the nineteenth WWE Triple Crown Champion.
Punk initially came to prominence through his career on the professional wrestling independent circuit, primarily as a member of the Ring of Honor (ROH) roster, where he was an ROH Tag Team Champion, ROH World Champion, and the first head trainer of the ROH wrestling school. In 2005, Punk signed a contract with WWE and was sent to its developmental federation, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he won every championship available in the federation.
Throughout his career, Punk has consistently used the gimmick of being straight edge, a lifestyle he follows in real life.[4] Depending on alignment as a crowd favorite or villain, different aspects of the culture are emphasized to encourage the desired audience reaction.[4]

The Heart Break Kid-Shawn Michaels

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler. He performs for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), formerly the World Wrestling Federation, on its Raw brand, although he is currently inactive. Hickenbottom is one of the senior performers in WWE, having joined in 1988.
Hickenbottom began his wrestling career with Mid-South Wrestling, now known as Universal Wrestling Federation, and American Wrestling Association (AWA). During his time with AWA, he performed in partnership with Marty Jannetty, as The Midnight Rockers; winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship twice. Hickenbottom and Jannetty then signed with World Wrestling Federation (WWF), while in contract with AWA. They returned to AWA, only to go back to the WWF in 1988.
Hickenbottom later worked as a sole performer, taking on a new persona of "The Heartbreak Kid." He was the leader of a backstage group known as The Kliq, which was known for performing an unscripted act during the Madison Square Garden "Curtain Call" incident in 1996. The following year, he teamed up with Hunter Hearst Hemsley, who often was referred to as Triple H (HHH), and Chyna to form D-Generation X (DX). This group of wrestlers was known for their sophomoric crude humor. That same year, Hickenbottom took part in one of the most controversial matches in wrestling history, dubbed as the "Montreal Screwjob." After a back injury forced him to retire following his WWF Championship loss at WrestleMania XIV, Hickenbottom opened a wrestling academy, called The Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy, in which he trained upcoming wrestlers. He made his in-ring return at SummerSlam in 2002. In 2006, Hickenbottom and Triple H briefly reformed DX, but after an injury that Triple H sustained, Hickenbottom returned to singles wrestling.
Overall, Hickenbottom has been a world champion four times, including three reigns as WWF Champion, and one reign as World Heavyweight Champion. He was also the winner of the 1995 and 1996 Royal Rumble and was the company's first Grand Slam Champion. Aside from professional wrestling, Hickenbottom is a born-again Christian, husband, and father of two children.

Hunter Hearst Helmsley-HHH

Paul Michael Levesque[5] (born July 27, 1969)[5] is an American professional wrestler and actor,[7] better known by his ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He currently wrestles for the Raw brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Before joining WWE, Levesque began his wrestling career with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1993, wrestling under the ring name Terra Ryzing and later as Jean-Paul Lévesque.[1] He joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1995 with the on-screen persona of wealthy sophisticate Hunter Hearst Helmsley.[2] He later changed his name to Triple H and adopted an alternative image in the stable D-Generation X (DX). After the dissolution of DX, Triple H was pushed as a main event wrestler, winning several singles championships.[3] As part of a storyline, Triple H married Stephanie McMahon, who later became his real-life spouse. In 2003, Triple H formed another stable known as Evolution,[3] and in 2006, briefly reformed DX with Shawn Michaels.[8]
Overall, Levesque is a thirteen-time World Champion: an eight-time WWE Champion, and a five-time World Heavyweight Champion (Triple H is also recognized as the first World Heavyweight Champion under WWE's lineage).[9][10] In addition, he won the 1997 King of the Ring, the 2002 Royal Rumble, and was the second Grand Slam Champion.[3]
Outside wrestling, Levesque has made numerous guest appearances in film and on television.

The Undertaker

Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965)[4] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Undertaker. He is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), currently wrestling on the SmackDown brand, although he is currently inactive.
Calaway began his wrestling career with World Class Championship Wrestling in 1984. He joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as "Mean" Mark Callous in 1989. When WCW did not renew Calaway's contract in 1990, he joined the World Wrestling Federation (which later became World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002) as The Undertaker in November of that year. Having remained with that company ever since, Calaway is currently one of the senior performers in the WWE.
The Undertaker has two contrasting gimmicks which are the Deadman and the American Bad Ass. The Undertaker's half-brother is Kane, whom he has teamed up with as the Brothers of Destruction. The Undertaker is undefeated at WrestleMania with a 17–0 record and is a six time world champion (four time WWE Champion and two time World Heavyweight Champion). He was also the winner of the 2007 Royal Rumble in which he became the first man to win the Rumble at number 30.

The Big Red Machine-Kane

Glenn Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name, Kane and is currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its Smackdown brand, though he is currently inactive.
Jacobs began his wrestling career in 1992 working on Independent circuits. He wrestled in Smoky Mountain Wrestling as Unabomb where he won the SMW Tag Team Championship as a member of The Dynamic Duo, and in the United States Wrestling Association where he won the USWA Heavyweight Championship as Doomsday. He later joined his current promotion, the World Wrestling Federation (which later became World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002) in 1995 where he currently wrestles as Kane, the half-brother of The Undertaker. Together, he and The Undertaker have teamed up as The Brothers of Destruction. The specialty match connected to Kane is the Inferno match.
Jacobs has accumulated sixteen championship accolades during his WWE career. He has been a two-time World Champion (one-time WWE Champion and one-time ECW Champion), a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a ten-time Tag Team Champion (nine-time World Tag Team Champion and one-time WCW Tag Team Champion) and a one-time Hardcore Champion,Kane is also a 1 time European Champion (Which he one once in Mahem in Manchester in 1998). He is also the Eighth Triple Crown Champion in WWE history.