Joseph Michael Laurinaitis (September 12, 1960 – September 22, 2020), better known by his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Road Warrior Animal (or simply Animal), was an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling. Along with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Hawk, he was one half of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Animal#cite_note-alumni-2 He headlined multiple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_pay-per-view_and_WWE_Network_events and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NWA/WCW_closed-circuit_events_and_pay-per-view_events, competing for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship at 2001's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Sin.Laurinaitis made his debut in November 1982, competing as The Road Warrior using a biker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling). After only a few matches as a singles competitor, his career and life would change thanks to an idea by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ellering.American and Japanese territories (1983–1986)- When https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ellering was looking to put together a stable of heels in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling (GCW) called "The Legion of Doom", it was decided to put Laurinaitis together with his good friend Mike Hegstrand and change their names to "Animal" and "Hawk" respectively. Thus, the Road Warriors were born. They first started out as biker gimmicks; on The Road Warriors DVD, Animal said he felt like one of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_People. To look more intimidating, the two shaved their heads into Mohawks and started wearing studded dog collars, spiked shoulder pads, and face paint. The look and name were taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max_2, helping to paint the two as no-mercy monsters.Jim Crockett Promotions (1986–1990)-Their hard hitting style, no nonsense attitude, and winning ways made the Road Warriors fan favorites. Even when they were booked as heels, the fans refused to boo them.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Animal#cite_note-LODDVD-6 They started to split their time between the AWA and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance (NWA) until finally leaving the AWA for big money contracts with the NWA and a huge push for the monster duo. During their initial run in the NWA, they helped popularize the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames_match, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Scaffold_match, and their trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Hardcore-based_variations. In 1988, the Road Warriors engaged in a violent feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powers_of_Pain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barbarian_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlord_(wrestler)) the first team that could truly match the Road Warriors in power (and who were one of the most well known Road Warrior clones). The Powers of Pain even went so far as to injure Animal's eye, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe) as his eye injury actually occurred days earlier during a match, during a weightlifting competition. When Animal returned, he initially wore a hockey goalie mask to protect his eye. The angle abruptly ended when the Powers of Pain left the NWA after finding out they were booked against the Road Warriors in a series of Scaffold Matches and they did not want to get hurt by falling off the scaffold. Near the end of 1988, the Road Warriors captured the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Express_(professional_wrestling) whom they mauled in short order to win the titles.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Animal#cite_note-Titles-7 After being the "Uncrowned champions" for a long time the Road Warriors' run with the tag team titles was short-lived.World Wrestling Federation (1990–1992)- The Road Warriors immediately signed with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF) in 1990 and were pushed into a feud with the most famous of all "Road Warrior Clones", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_(professional_wrestling), a group which included their old training partner Barry Darsow. Just over a year after signing with the WWF, the Legion of Doom won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE) and held it for over five months.World Championship Wrestling (1993, 1996)- Laurinaitis made some non-wrestling appearances in WCW in 1993. On August 18, at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XXIV, Animal made his appearance, getting out of a black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Camaro indicating his partner Hawk was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Rhodes' mystery partner against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rude and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Sullivan_(wrestler). On September 19, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Brawl_(1993), Animal was the advisor for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)'s team, consisting of Sting, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith, Dustin Rhodes, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ottman#The_Shockmaster_(1993) for WarGames, defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Van_Vader, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Vicious_(wrestler), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Heat. For the next couple of years, Laurinaitis stayed out of the wrestling ring, collecting on an insurance policy from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London while Hegstrand competed all over the world. Near the end of 1995, Laurinaitis' back had finally recovered enough for him to return to active competition. Three years after everyone thought the Road Warriors had ended, they reunited and signed a contract with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling. Return to WWF (1997–1999)- While the Road Warriors never officially broke up, Animal started making an increasing number of solo appearances after they left the WWF as Hegstrand struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. In 2002, Animal once again returned to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling as Animal Warrior teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Muto. In 2003, The Road Warriors last stint was for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_of_World_Japan_Pro_Wrestling feuding with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shane_Twins. Hawk would die on October 19, 2003. The Road Warriors appeared in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling in late 2002 to early 2003 as part of a group that opposed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Russo's faction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Entertainment_Xtreme, but would only wrestle one actual match for the promotion. Laurinaitis died of a heart attack on September 22, 2020, ten days after his 60th birthday, at the Margaritaville Resort (formerly known as the Tan-Tar-A Resort) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage_Beach,_Missouri. Former Road Warriors manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ellering along with numerous others also paid tribute. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_Hall_of_Fame (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_Hall_of_Fame#Inductees)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame#Tag_teams_and_families) as a member of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors

Melissa Ann Hiatt (born October 16, 1963), better known by her ring name, Missy Hyatt, is an American retired professional wrestling valet, commentator, model and occasional professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1987 to 1994; she has also appeared with World Class Championship Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, the World Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Impact Wrestling.She married professional wrestler Eddie Gilbert in 1987; the couple divorced two years later in 1989. She later attended Marymount Manhattan College, graduating in 2001 with a degree in psychology. Hyatt returned to WCW with Gilbert when he decided to help Jimmy Garvin in his feud with Kevin Sullivan. She was used as a commentator, conducting her debut interview with Sir Oliver Humperdink on the December 31, 1988 edition of World Championship Wrestling on TBS. After a year-long hiatus from wrestling, Hyatt debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling at Holiday Hell on December 29, 1995. While giving a promo insulting members of the audience, Stevie Richards spotted Hyatt, who had been planted in the audience. Hyatt agreed to kiss Richards after he promised to get her a date with his ally Raven. Missy is always one for sexy entertainment and gossip

James W. Ware, Jr. (born June 20, 1958), better known by his ring name Koko B. Ware, is an American retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler. He debuted in 1978 and became widely popular in 1986. He later went on to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE, where he went from strong mid-carder to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling)#Jobbers. "The Birdman" came to the ring with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-and-yellow_macaw named Frankie, both flapping and dancing before and after his matches. Before joining the WWF, he was in several tag teams, most notably with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Wrestling_Association and with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norvell_Austin (The PYT Express) in several promotions. In 1993, he lost the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Raw match to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokozuna_(wrestler). In 2009 he was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame. Continental Wrestling Association (1978–1986)- Ware spent his early days in the sport in the Mid-South, Georgia and other NWA territories. Early in his career, "Koko Ware" (as he was then known) did not find great success, learning the ropes and paying his dues both in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Jarrett's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Wrestling_Association and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Gulas' territory in the south. It was not until late in 1980 that Ware's fortunes changed when he participated in a battle royal to crown the first ever Mid-American Television Champion. The crowd favorite was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Valiant, who Ware accidentally knocked into https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Briley and eliminated. Moments later, Koko dumped Davis to the floor and won his first title. After the match, Valiant returned to the ring and beat Ware down. Ware's feud with Valiant was quickly expanded to include the heel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tojo_Yamamoto and Ware's ally, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Rich. When https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Mantel returned to the CWA in early 1981 he quickly defeated Ware for the TV title making Ware's first run with the gold a short one. Sweet Brown Sugar and Stagger Lee (1981–1983)- Ware floundered until September 1981, when he was chosen to referee a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_Southern_Heavyweight_Championship title match between https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lawler and the "Dream Machine". Ware unfairly counted Lawler out to give the Dream Machine the victory, a decision that did not sit well with Lawler nor the fans in Memphis. Koko quickly aligned himself with manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hart and his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Family_(professional_wrestling) and changed his ring name to "Sweet Brown Sugar". Sugar never got the best of Lawler but did taste tag-team success alongside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Keirn and then with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton. Eaton and Sugar won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_Southern_Tag_Team_Championship. After successfully teaming for a while, Sugar and Eaton started to show signs of dissension, during their last run with the tag-team title Eaton beat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Rougeau for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Mid-America_Heavyweight_Championship. During an interview where Eaton and Hart bragged about the victory, Sugar complained that he was unable to win the Southern Title from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Taylor. After being fed up, Hart finally slapped Sugar and sent the sulking superstar back to the dressing room after which Eaton commented that Sugar had been "whining like a woman". Later that night the duo defended their title against Taylor and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dundee, losing the title when Sugar "accidentally" kicked Eaton and then left the ring.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_B._Ware#cite_note-Titles-4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_B._Ware#cite_note-Eaton-6 Eaton and Sugar contested a series of grudge matches centered around the Mid-America title and their issues with each other. Later, a masked man calling himself "Stagger Lee" debuted; the fact that he looked and wrestled like a masked version of Sugar helped make him instantly popular. Eaton, along with the rest of the First Family, tried in vain to unmask Lee but could not manage to do so.World Wrestling Federation (1986–1994)-In August 1986, Ware signed with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation, where he continued his fun-loving "Birdman" Koko B. Ware" persona, complete with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaw named "Frankie". Ware made his debut as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) on the September 6, 1986, episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling, teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roma against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Foundation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hart and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Neidhart) in a losing effort. His first victory was on the September 7 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Wrestling_Challenge against Bob Bradley. He made his entrances dancing to the ring to the tune of Morris Day and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_(band)'s "The Bird", flapping his arms and carrying Frankie, who sat on a perch at ringside while Ware wrestled. Bright outfits, colorful sunglasses, a constant smile and his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato singing voice made Ware popular, especially with the younger crowd that the WWF mainly catered to during the 1980s. Ware garnered his first big win of his initial WWF run when he upset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Race at a house show in East Rutherford, NJ, on October 13. On television, his first major showcase was at the November 29, 1986 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_VIII where he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Volkoff. Ware often lost to bigger stars, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Reed, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(wrestler), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Valentine, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Traylor. From 1987 to 1993, Ware appeared on several WWF PPVs (including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_III where he lost to Reed) and editions of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event, being used mainly to make established or rising stars look good. Ware was the first wrestler on television to fall victim to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suplex of newcomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Hennig on the January 7, 1989, episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_XIX, while at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1990), Ware became the first wrestler to fall victim to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Undertaker's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_(professional_wrestling)#Tombstone_piledriver in the Undertaker's WWF debut match. In a precursor to what would become a regular team years later, Ware occasionally teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hart, wrestling as The Blue Blazer at the time, throughout 1988 and 1989. In 1992, Ware teamed up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hart to form the high-flying team known as High Energy, well known in wrestling circles for their gigantic baggy brightly colored pants and checkered suspenders. High Energy feuded with (and generally lost to) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nasty_Boys, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Headshrinkers, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Inc. After being inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009, Ware has been a point of controversy because, working as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#C, he was inducted before world champions.

James Arthur Harris (May 28, 1950 – August 9, 2020), better known by his /Ring name Kamala, was an American Professional wrestling. Nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant", Kamala portrayed a fearsome and simpleminded Ugandan. He wrestled barefoot, clad only in a Loincloth, his face painted with Body painting and two stars and a moon painted on his torso. During his ring entrance, he sported an Traditional African_masks and wielded a spear and shield. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation) over the course of numerous runs in the company between 1984 and 1993. Harris debuted in 1978 under the Ring name "Sugar Bear" Harris. He spent most of his early career in the Southern United States, also using the ring names "Ugly Bear" Harris and "Big" Jim Harris. His first Manager (professional_wrestling) was Paul Bearer. In 1981, Harris travelled to Europe for seasoning. Following a stint in Germany, he traveled to the United Kingdom, where he wrestled for Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom Joint Promotions as "The Mississippi Mauler", a character with some similarities to his future Kamala character. Continental Wrestling Association (1982) Harris returned to Senatobia in the United States in 1982 after sustaining a broken ankle. While visiting his friend The Dream Machine at theMid-South Coliseum in nearby Memphis, Tennessee, to borrow ring attire, Harris met Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), promoter Jerry Lawler, who offered him a job. Harris, Lawler andJerry Jarrett developed a new character for Harris, "Kimala" (later adjusted to "Kamala"), drawing upon ideas for a character originally developed for Harris by J.C. Dykes and The_Infernos, Inferno #1( Frankie_Cain). The character was a vicious Ugandan headhunter with face and body paint copied from a Frank_Frazetta painting. His backstory was that he was a former bodyguard of deposed President of Uganda Idi Amin who had been discovered byJ.J. Dillon during an excursion to Africa. A promotional vignette aired on WMC-TV featuring a spear-wielding Kamala seemingly emerging from a steamy African jungle; the vignette was actually filmed on Jarrett's farm in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with the steam effect created using Dry_ice.World Wrestling Federation (1984) At the insistence of André the Giant, Kamala debuted in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWF) in July 1984. He was managed by Freddie_Blassie and a masked Animal training" in safari clothing known as "Friday" (played first by Frank Dalton then by Steve Lombardi). In a memorable segment on the television program Tuesday Night Titans, Kamala seemingly devoured a live chicken (with a cutaway shot of feathers flying out of his mouth shown to create the illusion). August 1984 Kamala challenged Hulk Hogan for the WWE Championship, wrestling him to a double count-out. In October 1984, he began a series of matches against André the Giant, among them a Steel cage match which he lost after André twice. During his first match with Andre the Giant in 1983, the referee told him the wrong spot and when Kamala went to cover Andre he kicked out so hard that Kamala stood up (and he was 410 lbs) and then the latter called him a “dumb son of a b**ch.”The next night, he and Andre were supposed to work another match in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Backstage, Kamala went up to him with his .357 Magnum concealed in his pocket and struck his finger on Andre’s nose, and said, “Andre let me tell you one thing, the longest day you live don’t you ever f**k with me like that no more.” Kamala then told him he’d “kill him.” Andre replied “I’m sorry, boss. I don’t think.” He later started carrying a gun when wrestling Andre to protect himself. Kamala didn't like that and punched Andre a few times in the ring. Kamala's final appearance was in a Battle royal (professional_wrestling) in November 1984. managed by King Curtis_Iaukea and the masked "handler" Kim Chee (usually portrayed by Steve Lombardi). From November 1986 to February 1987, Kamala faced Hulk Hogan in a series of matches for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, marking the pinnacle of his career. Kamala lost to The Undertaker by disqualification at SummerSlam (1992) in August 1992. Kamala later claimed that he was paid $13,000 for the bout while The Undertaker was paid $500,000. Professional wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer questioned this claim, saying: "I'm not saying he's lying, but that's hard to believe for there to be that big of a disparity wouldn't make any sense." On July 26, 2004, Kamala made a surprise return to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), participating in a Diva Search segment on RAW, in which the female contestants were instructed to try to seduce him. He had a small run in the WCW for about a year at the request of the Immortal Hulk Hogan being put in Kevin Sullivans now infamous cartoonist style stable with the like of John Tenta (known as earthquake) Big Van Vader, Meng (Haku) and the Giant Paul White (The Big Show) just so Hogan could get comfortable after Ric Flair with a lot of squash monster heel matches he was accustomed to. Kamala had much hatred for WCW executive producer ( best used car salesman in the country) because Kevin Sullivan told me that they will see how they like me and then they would give me a contract. And I went down and I stayed there for 3 months. Eric Bischoff, Kamala got him to this day to speak to me. And the way he treated me when I was down there…I don’t like that man. I don’t know nothing about him, but I know he never would speak to me. And I remember once I told Hogan, I said, “Hogan, I ain’t even making no money”. Bischoff called me up and he said, “Look, don’t be calling Hogan. Always call me and talk to me (if you have a problem with your money).” I did, but he never did answer after that. So anyway the last time that I worked with Hogan was in 1995 at the Bash at the Beach and that was a pay-per-view and I was paid $800 for that pay-per-view. That’s what they paid me. I went to Hogan and I said I’m going back and I’ll never see the wrestling world again. He said, “Wait a minute brother, you want me to talk to him again?” Kamala said that if I can't talk to him the forget it , I'm done and I don't need to buy a used Dodge Dart.On August 5, 2020, Harris tested positive for during the pandemic in Mississippi, and was hospitalized. He likely contracted it from one of his numerous weekly visits to the dialysis center, his wife said. Due to COVID-19, he started to experience complications from his diabetes. He went into cardiac arrest on August 9, 2020, dying later that afternoon at the age of 70.

The Nasty Boys are a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team consisting of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Knobbs and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sags. The team were active from the mid-1980s through the 1990s. Their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#G was that of anti-social https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_ideology who specialized in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling and brawling. They were noted for their distinctive all-black "street look", which, while very commonplace among today's wrestlers, was vastly different from the colorful attire of their wrestling peers of the late 1980s and early 1990s. This included graffiti-sprayed T-shirts, chain-adorned leather trenchcoats, and their distinctive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_hairstyle haircuts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sags and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Knobbs were childhood friends growing up in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall_Township,_Pennsylvania. They both attended https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall_High_School_(Pennsylvania) in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley region of eastern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania. While most professional wrestling tag teams were and still are matched by bookers, Sags and Knobbs friendship led them to form The Nasty Boys without any such professional booking guidance or input. The Nasty Boys began their career in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association in 1985 and began teaming together as The Nasty Boyz in 1986. They began moving up the cards while in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee, as a heel team against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rockers, a face team. In 1988, they moved to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida, where they won five tag team championships between 1989 and 1990. While they were in Memphis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lawler suggested they change their look to spandex gold tights and long boots. Sags and Knobbs also decided to cover their bodies and paint their faces, though they dropped the face paint when wrestling outside of Memphis.In 1990, the Nasty Boys joined https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW). They initially https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steiner_Brothers but were unable to defeat them for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship. In December 1990, they left WCW and joined the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (then known as the WWF), debuting on the December 29, 1990, episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling.Along with their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hart, The Nasty Boys quickly announced their intention to "Nastisize the WWF". They became number one contenders after winning a seven team battle royal on February 16, 1991, that aired on WWF Superstars. On March 24, 1991, they eliminated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors thanks to interference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_and_Glory and defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hart_Foundation at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_VII in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE).The Nasty Boys held the title until https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(1991) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden on August 26, 1991, where they were defeated by Legion of Doom in a no disqualification, no count out match. They then feuded with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rockers and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bushwhackers, leading to a match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1991) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit, where they teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Brothers to defeat both teams. In early 1992, The Nasty Boys had a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Duggan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Slaughter that culminated in an eight-man tag team match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_VIII in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis, where Duggan, Slaughter, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Boss_Man, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_(wrestler) defeated The Nasty Boys, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Rougeau, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_(wrestler). That fall, they turned face and dumped Jimmy Hart as their manager after Hart overlooked them for a tag team title match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_Disasters, instead giving the title shot to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Inc. Knobbs and Sags teamed with The Natural Disasters to defeat Money Inc. and The Beverly Brothers at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1992) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richfield_Township,_Summit_County,_Ohio, but The Nasty Boys were unable to regain the title.On the March 13, 1993, edition of WWF Superstars, The Nasty Boys agreed to step aside and allow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutus_Beefcake to have a one-time title shot against Money Inc. at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_IX at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesars_Palace in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas. They then entered a house show series against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Samoan_SWAT_Team and wrestled to double disqualifications on several occasions. Their feud spilled onto WWF television, and they wrestled once more to a double disqualification against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samu_(wrestler) on the Italian version of WWF Superstars in which both teams hit each other with chairs in a post-match brawl.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nasty_Boys#cite_note-5 In April 1993, after a European tour, The Nasty Boys were suspended and later fired from the company. Their final television appearance came on May 16, 1993, when they defeated jobbers Steve Vega and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Horowitz on WWF Superstars.The Nasty Boys returned to WCW in July 1993 as heels managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Hyatt. They defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roma at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Brawl_%2793:_War_Games in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston to become https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship. They then lost the championship on October 4 to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Cold_Scorpio before regaining it on October 24. In 1994, they fought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxx_Payne in a series of wild brawls. They were supposed to feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sullivan_(wrestler) and his (kayfabe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia brother https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Sullivan_(wrestler), who called himself Evad ("Dave" backwards). Evad, however, injured his knee, and Sullivan convinced Cactus Jack to team with him. The Nasty Boys lost the title to the thrown together team of Jack and Sullivan in a wild street fight at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slamboree_(1994)

In April 2002, Psaltis began negotiating with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), eventually agreeing to a deal. She made her World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) television debut on the May 30 episode of SmackDown! as Vince McMahon's legal assistant. She debuted with the name "Dawn Marie Rinaldi" although it was quickly shortened to the original "Dawn Marie". In her initial storyline, she briefly feuded with Stacy Keibler over McMahon's affections until McMahon turned over the General Manager position to his daughter, Stephanie McMahon,which was followed shortly by Keibler's departure for the RAW brand. Psaltis would begin a controversial feud with Torrie Wilson in 2002. On the October 17 episode of Smackdown!, Marie picked up her first victory when she teamed up with Matt Hardy to defeat Rikishi and Torrie Wilson. In the angle, Psaltis developed a relationship with Wilson's real-life father Al Wilson. On the edition of November 7 of Smackdown!, Psaltis became engaged to Al. In December, Psaltis would attempt to bribe Wilson by inviting her to a hotel one night; if she arrived, she would break off the engagement. Footage of the event would later be shown at the Armageddon pay-per-view. Despite this, as part of the angle, the couple remained engaged, and the two got married on the January 2, 2003 episode of Smackdown!. Al then, in storyline, died from a heart attack after having rigorous sex numerous times in succession on their honeymoon. In response, Wilson defeated Psaltis at No Mercy in October. She defeated Psaltis again at the Royal Rumble in 2003 in what was billed as a Stepmother vs. Stepdaughter match. On Smackdown on March 13, 2003, Dawn Marie flashed the crowd, unbuttoning her outfit and opening it completely. Numerous YouTube videos were made of this episode. In May 2004, Psaltis renewed her feud with Wilson. As part of the feud, the two had a match with Wilson's career on the line when the SmackDown! General Manager at the time, Kurt Angle, made the stipulation for the match at Judgment Day, which Wilson won. After being on hiatus from SmackDown! programming, Psaltis returned in September 2004 and began a new storyline with Miss Jackie, involving whether she and Jackie's fiancée, Charlie Haas, had an affair. This angle led up to a match between the two at Armageddon, with Haas as the guest referee.[27] Psaltis won the match, but afterward, Haas confirmed their affair and broke off both relationships. At the No Way Out pay-per-view, on February 20, 2005, Dawn Marie entered a feud with Michelle McCool after McCool attacked Marie during the Divas Contest where Marie and Torrie Wilson co-hosted the contest. On the March 3 episode of Smackdown!, Marie teamed up with Rene Dupree in losing effort to Big Show and McCool in a mixed tag team match. On the April 14 episode of Smackdown!, Dawn Marie was defeated by Torrie in a Divas Match, this would turn out to be Marie's last match. Her last in-ring appearance with the company was at ECW One Night Stand,[1] managing Lance Storm for his match against Chris Jericho. Her final appearance on WWE programming was during the June 19, 2005 episode of WWE Byte This!. Afterward, she was released from her WWE contract on July 6, 2005, as her status was on maternity leave, as she was pregnant. Later, Psaltis met Matthew DaMatta, whom she married in 2005 in Las Vegas. In 2005, Psaltis gave birth to her first child. In January 2006, she filed a complaint against WWE with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming that her contract had been wrongfully terminated as a result of her pregnancy and that she had suffered mental duress as a result of the release. She gave birth to her second child .

Dawn Marie (born November 3, 1970) is an American nurse and retired professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, and actress. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under her wrestling ring name Dawn Marie. She signed a deal with ECW after what was supposed to be a three-week stint. She managed The Impact Players and Simon and Swinger until ECW's bankruptcy in 2001. In 1998, Psaltis was informed that Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) employee Buh Buh Ray Dudley was interested in bringing her into ECW. At the behest of Dudley, Psaltis traveled to the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where ECW promoter Paul Heyman told her that he would book her for several appearances in an angle with Lance Storm.[5] She debuted in ECW on August 28, 1998, as the manager of Storm, feuding with Chris Candido and his manager, Tammy Lynn Sytch. Although she was only supposed to have a three-week role in the company, Heyman was impressed by the chemistry between Psaltis and Storm and offered her a contract, which she accepted. Psaltis created her character to be in love with Storm and clumsy rather than glamorous. Storm and Psaltis feuded with Candido and Sytch for several months, during which time Psaltis was renamed "Tammy Lynn Bytch" to spite Candido and his manager. After the respective feuds ended, she used the ring name "Dawn Marie Bytch," which was eventually shortened to simply Dawn Marie. After Storm formed a tag team with Justin Credible known as the Impact Players in the summer of 1999, she managed both men,[3] helping them win the ECW Tag Team Championship on two occasions. Psaltis continued to manage Storm until he left ECW for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in May 2000. Psaltis was also offered a contract by WCW, but declined to leave ECW in order to remain with her fiancé, ECW wrestler Simon Diamond.[7] She also had two years left on her ECW contract.Storm then departed ECW, and Psaltis became a color commentator on ECW pay-per-views and the television series ECW on TNN. On December 3, 2000, at the Massacre on 34th Street pay-per-view, as part of a new angle, she announced that she would become the manager of the winner of the opening match pitting Simon Diamond and Swinger against Christian York and Joey Matthews. EPIC BURIAL OF FRANCINE IN THIS SHOOT , Part 2 coming up

Terrance Michael "Terry" Brunk (born December 12, 1964) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler, better known by his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Sabu. He is known for his trademark style of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling, which he pioneered in his time with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 2000. He is a three-time World Heavyweight Champion having held the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship twice and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship once. Under the tutelage of his uncle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_%22The_Sheik%22_Farhat, Brunk began his career wrestling in the North American independent scene in 1985 under the name of Sabu, before traveling to Japan, competing in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling (FMW) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), winning several https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling), including the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWGP_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship. He returned to the United States in 1995, briefly working for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW), before beginning his most well-known stint in ECW, where he quickly became a fixture of the promotion. During his time in ECW, he became a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECW_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Champion and a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECW_Television_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Television_Champion. He would have both a feud and an alliance with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tazmaniac, defeated him for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_FTW_Championship and winning the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Tag_Team_Championship with him. In 1997, Sabu began a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam, winning the ECW Tag Team Championship twice.After leaving ECW, Sabu wrestled in several national promotions, winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 2000. In 2006, he was hired by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment_(WWE) as part of their new third brand, a rebooted version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_(WWE_brand). Sabu would wrestle for WWE until he was fired in 2007. He also became a regular wrestler in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) since the creation of the promotion in 2002.Brunk was trained by his uncle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_%22The_Sheik%22_Farhat, and was initially trained to be a technical wrestler. He began his boxing career in 1985 in Farhat's promotion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_Wrestling_(Detroit), and was billed as being from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia under the ring names "Sabu the Elephant Boy" (use of "The Elephant Boy" was later dropped) and "Terry S.R." (the "S.R." standing for "Sheik's Revenge"). During the 1980s, Brunk wrestled for various independent promotions in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii. He was rarely billed under his real name, in order to avoid confusion with the similarly named https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk, but has wrestled under his real name of in Hawai'i. Sabu debuted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Championship_Wrestling (ECW) in October 1993 as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Bloodfest by defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tazmaniac. One of the most notable aspects of Sabu's early career was his refusal to speak,a gimmick that he inherited from The Sheik (who never spoke English in public to protect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe). In his early career, Sabu was billed as being from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia, or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India (in real life he is a second generation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_American from a suburb of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit). In ECW, however, he was clearly heard speaking in the ring on several occasions and it was fairly common knowledge that Brunk was an American citizen from birth. This led to a joke at kayfabe's expense when Sabu began to be billed as hailing from "Bombay, Michigan". Brunk revealed in a shoot promo and in the documentary film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Hardcore that in fact it was not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heyman that brought him into ECW but that he was at the right place at the right time. He was referred by a friend to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Gordon. According to the storyline, Sabu, who at that time often arrived to the ring by his handler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/911_(wrestler), was an uncontrollable madman strapped to a gurney and with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.Sabu would quickly rise to main event status upon his debut. In his second match with the promotion, he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Douglas for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_Heavyweight_Championship. Sabu made his first successful title defense against Tazmaniac, which aired on the November 30 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_Hardcore_TV. Sabu then headlined the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_to_Remember_(1993) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECW_supercards_and_pay-per-view_events on November 13 by teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warrior_Hawk in a title versus title dream partner tag team match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_Bundy, with Sabu's ECW Heavyweight Championship and Funk's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_Television_Championship on the line. Sabu pinned Funk to win the Television Championship after Bundy turned on Funk. As a result, Sabu became a double champion. The rivalry between Sabu and Funk intensified as Sabu lost the Heavyweight Championship to Funk at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_Hell_(1993). Sabu received a rematch for the Heavyweight Championship against Funk in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Way_Dance at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_the_Line_Was_Crossed on February 5, 1994, also involving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Douglas. The match ended in a sixty-minute time limit draw, which meant that Funk retained the title. Sabu would then continue to retain the Television Championship against the likes of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tanaka and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Awesome, before losing the title to The Tazmaniac, which aired on the March 15 episode of Hardcore TV. After the title loss, Sabu continued his feud with Funk, defeating him on the April 19 episode of Hardcore TV. At https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_When_Worlds_Collide#1994, Sabu teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton to defeat Funk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson to conclude the rivalry. Sabu never gave shoot interviews in early 2000

Freddie Joe "Jack" Brisco (September 21, 1941 – February 1, 2010) was an American amateur and professional wrestler. As an amateur for Oklahoma State, Brisco was two-time All-American and won the NCAA Division I national championship. He turned pro shortly after and performed for various territories of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA Tag Team Champion with his brother Gerald Brisco.Brisco is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of his era. Legendary champion Lou Thesz described him as "one of the toughest and most highly skilled wrestlers of the last 50 years".In the late 1970s, the Brisco brothers discovered Terry Bollea, the future wrestling legend best known as Hulk Hogan, whom they introduced to Hiro Matsuda for training.When Brisco returned to Florida, he began teaming with his brother, who he had trained in professional wrestling. He also continued competing as a singles wrestler, winning the NWA Florida Television Championship on November 27, 1970. On February 16, 1971, the Briscos teamed up to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship.[14] They dropped the belts the next month to Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk and regained them from the Funks in April. That month, Brisco also beat Terry Funk in a singles match to win the NWA Florida Television Championship again.[15] Brisco's next major success was regaining the Southern Heavyweight Championship from Dick Murdoch on June 8, 1971. Brisco's first NWA World Heavyweight Championship win was scheduled to be over Dory Funk Jr., capping off a multi-year feud. However, Dory claimed to be injured in a truck accident and missed the scheduled date. Brisco and Terry Funk were sent out to make the bookings that were already scheduled for Brisco, and Dory later lost the title to Harley Race. Brisco and several others within the NWA power structure always questioned the legitimacy of the accident, claiming Dory Funk Sr. did not want his son to lose to a "pure" wrestler and harm his credibility Brisco won the title from Race after a brief reign, in Houston, Texas, on July 20, 1973. He defended the championship in NWA-affiliated promotions across the world facing top names like Johnny Valentine, Stan Stasiak, Abdullah The Butcher, Gene Kiniski, The Sheik and Bobby Shane until losing to Giant Baba on December 4, 1974. He regained it four days later. Brisco then defended the title until losing it to Terry Funk on December 10, 1975. His loss continued the extensive feud between the Briscos and Funks, which went on for several more years. The Briscos also had success in Georgia Championship Wrestling, where they won the NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship twice. They competed in a tournament for the tag team belts and finished in second place after a loss to the Funks. They defeated the Funks for the belts two months later. Later that year, Brisco became the first NWA National Heavyweight Champion by defeating Terry Funk in a tournament final.The Briscos acquired minority interests in Georgia Championship Wrestling and, in 1984, convinced a majority (52%) of the shareholders to sell their shares to Vince McMahon, enabling him to increase his dominance of the professional wrestling world. The popular story that the Briscos were offered lifetime jobs with the WWF in exchange for selling their interests in Georgia Championship Wrestling was refuted by Jack Brisco in a 1996 interview for Wrestling Perspective. On December 28, 1984, the Briscos challenged the North-South Connection (Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch) for the WWF Tag Team Championship in Madison Square Garden. The match ended in a double count-out, and was Jack Brisco's last high-profile bout. Jack left the business entirely in February 1985, at the age of 43, after becoming disillusioned with the direction of the sport, citing a lack of amateur wrestlers in the professional ranks and the growing reliance on soap opera storylines. Over the final few years of his life Jack suffered from bouts of pneumonia and back problems. He had been a heavy smoker. On February 1, 2010, Brisco died at the age of 68 from complications of open heart surgery.

Paul Parlette Orndorff Jr. (October 29, 1949 – July 12, 2021), nicknamed "Mr. Wonderful", was an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler and college football player, best known for his appearances with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation (WWF) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW). After seven years working around the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance (NWA), Orndorff became a star in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom, and featured with manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Heenan and champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan extensively, including in the main events of the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series. With an untreated neck injury, he left the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling in early 1990, where he won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roma (as a team called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Wonderful). Arm atrophy from a nagging injury led him to retire in 2000 and he was treated for cancer in 2011. After retiring, he trained aspiring wrestlers. Orndorff was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame#2005 and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Hall_of_Fame in 2009. Many wrestling greats and historians consider Mr. Wonderful one of the best heels in wrestling. After his football career ended, Orndorff watched Championship Wrestling from Florida in the mid-1970s. He called his father-in-law, who knew someone who knew Florida promoter Eddie Graham, which got his start into the wrestling business. Orndorff started wrestling in 1976 in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Wrestling_Association where he feuded with a young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lawler. Orndorff won his first wrestling title when he pinned Lawler for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship on June 7, 1977. Orndorff lost the title back to Lawler before he left the Memphis territory. Orndorff began working for the NWA Tri-State promotion where he got involved in a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ladd. The feud with Ladd saw Orndorff win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-South_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship from Ladd on two occasions (on May 29, 1978 and again in June). Both times, Orndorff's reigns were short and were ended by Ladd.In 1979, Orndorff traveled to the Alabama territory's "Southeast Championship Wrestling." There, Orndorff worked mainly as a tag team competitor teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Slater to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CWF_Tag_Team_Championship from the team of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkhouse_Buck and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norvell_Austin in October 1979. Their reign only lasted about a month before being upended by the combination of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Condrey and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Schultz_(professional_wrestler). Orndorff then teamed with former opponent Austin (who was calling himself "The Junkyard Dog" at the time, not to be mistaken for the more famous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_Dog) to win the title in late 1979. The duo beat Condrey and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Rose, the same team that ended Orndorff and Austin's run with the gold.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff#cite_note-Titles-12 Austin, Condrey, and Rose formed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Express_(professional_wrestling) shortly thereafter. During 1980, Orndorff started to split his time between the Alabama and the Mid-South territories, until he left the Alabama territory by the end of 1980 to focus entirely on the Mid-South territory. In Mid-South, Orndorff feuded with Ken Mantell over Mantell's propensity for cutting people's hair after a match. Orndorff got the better of Mantell and won the right to use the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Freebirds hair removal cream on Mantell. Orndorff earned a shot at the North American champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Denton but on the day of the match he overslept (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe) and was incensed when his replacement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Roberts beat the Grappler for the title.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff#cite_note-Titles-12 Orndorff's reaction to Roberts's title win signaled a change in attitude; he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) as he demanded a title match against Roberts. While he lost the support of the fans, he won the North American title on July 4, 1981. Orndorff feuded with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_DiBiase, JYD, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Murdoch while holding on to the North American title. Orndorff lost the title to DiBiase on November 1, 1981, in a match at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Orndorff was unable to wrestle in the rematch due to car trouble, which meant that Orndorff's friend Bob Roop got the title shot and won the match. It was soon revealed that Roop had sabotaged Orndorff's car so he could get the title shot instead (storyline). Orndorff turned face to feud with Roop but found himself unable to regain the titlehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff#cite_note-14 after which he left the Mid-South Territory. Orndorff reappeared in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling in early 1982 immediately launching into a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Sawyer over the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_National_Heavyweight_Championship. He won the gold on June 20, 1982. During the summer, he vacated the title to focus on pursuing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair.Feud with Hulk Hogan; arm injury (1986–1987)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Adonis who took every opportunity that he could to mock Orndorff (including referring to him as "Hulk Jr."), saying that he had gone soft from teaming with Hogan. Adonis kept on irritating Orndorff, going so far as daring Orndorff to prove just how close his relationship with Hogan really was. Orndorff soon reunited with manager Heenan and again feuded with Hogan, and began using Hogan's theme music, "Real American", as his own entrance theme. During the Hogan feud, Orndorff seriously injured his right arm in a weightlifting accident. Because he was in the middle of his big-money run with Hogan, he did not want to take the time off to have the surgery to properly treat it, opting instead to continue to wrestle.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff#cite_note-WWE80s-16 Their matches included a memorable outdoor match in Toronto at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Event which drew an estimated 76,000 fans. After a series of matches with no clean outcome it was decided that Hogan and Orndorff would clash in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_cage_match on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_IX (which took place in December 1986 but aired in 1987). The cage match saw both Orndorff and Hogan climb over the top of the cage and touch the floor at the same time; heel referee Danny Davis, illegally at ringside, declared Orndorff the winner and assigned referee Joey Marella declared Hogan victorious. THIS IS 1 OF the greatest heels of all time, one mean SOB that could back it up and he goes deep in ring Psychology he is not trying to make friends or impress people just straight shoot.

is an American sports announcer, professional wrestling commentator and podcaster. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he serves as the play-by-play commentator for Collision, color commentator for Dynamite and Rampage, then also as senior producer. He has previously worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Major League Wrestling (MLW). In addition to his work in wrestling, Schiavone has also worked as a broadcaster for the Gwinnett Braves/Stripers of Minor League Baseball and Georgia Bulldogs football. In 2013, WWE noted that, "At the height of the Monday Night War, veteran broadcaster Tony Schiavone's voice was as vital to the onscreen product of World Championship Wrestling as Jim Ross' Oklahoma growl was to WWE." Schiavone began his broadcasting career calling high school football games for WTON in Staunton, Virginia. After graduating from JMU, Schiavone became the play-by-play announcer for the Greensboro Hornets of the South Atlantic League. After a year in Greensboro, he joined the Charlotte O's, which were owned by the Crockett family. Schiavone, who was a wrestling fan and needed extra money to support his growing family, lobbied the Crocketts for work on their wrestling programming. Schiavone's first on-air appearance for Jim Crockett Promotions was a 1983 interview with Ric Flair. In 1985, he left baseball to join Jim Crockett Promotions full-time. From 1985 to 1989, Schiavone and David Crockett hosted NWA's World Championship Wrestling live in front of a small in-studio audience in Atlanta. The show aired on TBS on Saturdays at 9am and 6:05pm and was used as a vehicle to promote live NWA arena events and introduce their stars to a national audience as TBS was the premier nationally broadcast cable station at the time. He was signed by Vince McMahon's WWF for a one-year contract from April 1989 through April 1990. During his time with the company, he was most notable for being the main play-by-play announcer for their SummerSlam 1989 and Royal Rumble 1990 pay-per-views alongside Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Other than Ventura (whom he would also frequently partner later in WCW), Schiavone commentated alongside others including Lord Alfred Hayes, Gorilla Monsoon, Hillbilly Jim, Rod Trongard, and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Behind the scenes, Tony produced numerous home videos for Coliseum Video. Schiavone became the lead voice for WCW's flagship program, Monday Nitro. He also served as the lead announcer of Thunder, typically working alongside Mike Tenay, Bobby Heenan, Larry Zbyszko, and later with Mark Madden and Scott Hudson. Before the advent of Nitro and Thunder, Schiavone hosted WCW Saturday Night and WCW WorldWide. He made an appearance in the movie Ready to Rumble. When WCW's main assets were bought by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) in 2001, he was not retained by WWE.

is an American sports announcer, professional wrestling commentator and podcaster. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he serves as the play-by-play commentator for Collision, color commentator for Dynamite and Rampage, then also as senior producer. He has previously worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Major League Wrestling (MLW). In addition to his work in wrestling, Schiavone has also worked as a broadcaster for the Gwinnett Braves/Stripers of Minor League Baseball and Georgia Bulldogs football. In 2013, WWE noted that, "At the height of the Monday Night War, veteran broadcaster Tony Schiavone's voice was as vital to the onscreen product of World Championship Wrestling as Jim Ross' Oklahoma growl was to WWE." Schiavone began his broadcasting career calling high school football games for WTON in Staunton, Virginia. After graduating from JMU, Schiavone became the play-by-play announcer for the Greensboro Hornets of the South Atlantic League. After a year in Greensboro, he joined the Charlotte O's, which were owned by the Crockett family. Schiavone, who was a wrestling fan and needed extra money to support his growing family, lobbied the Crocketts for work on their wrestling programming. Schiavone's first on-air appearance for Jim Crockett Promotions was a 1983 interview with Ric Flair. In 1985, he left baseball to join Jim Crockett Promotions full-time. From 1985 to 1989, Schiavone and David Crockett hosted NWA's World Championship Wrestling live in front of a small in-studio audience in Atlanta. The show aired on TBS on Saturdays at 9am and 6:05pm and was used as a vehicle to promote live NWA arena events and introduce their stars to a national audience as TBS was the premier nationally broadcast cable station at the time. He was signed by Vince McMahon's WWF for a one-year contract from April 1989 through April 1990. During his time with the company, he was most notable for being the main play-by-play announcer for their SummerSlam 1989 and Royal Rumble 1990 pay-per-views alongside Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Other than Ventura (whom he would also frequently partner later in WCW), Schiavone commentated alongside others including Lord Alfred Hayes, Gorilla Monsoon, Hillbilly Jim, Rod Trongard, and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Behind the scenes, Tony produced numerous home videos for Coliseum Video. Schiavone became the lead voice for WCW's flagship program, Monday Nitro. He also served as the lead announcer of Thunder, typically working alongside Mike Tenay, Bobby Heenan, Larry Zbyszko, and later with Mark Madden and Scott Hudson. Before the advent of Nitro and Thunder, Schiavone hosted WCW Saturday Night and WCW WorldWide. He made an appearance in the movie Ready to Rumble. When WCW's main assets were bought by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) in 2001, he was not retained by WWE.

Don Muraco (born September 10, 1949) is an American retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling. He is best known for his appearances with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE from 1981 to 1988, where he held the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Intercontinental_Champions and was crowned the inaugural winner of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_tournament in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(1985). He was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2004) and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum in 2014.Muraco was born at Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii in 1949 and is of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Hawaiians heritage. A Hawaii state amateur wrestling champion for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punahou_School in 1967, Muraco chose professional wrestling over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football. He spent the first year of his career learning the ropes in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_All-Star_Wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_Wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Hollywood_Wrestling before getting his first big break, for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verne_Gagne's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association (AWA). Wrestling as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling), he often https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka, against wrestlers such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hennig, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Koloff and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes. In 1973, tired of life in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis, he left the AWA for Roy Shire's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_Wrestling_(San_Francisco) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance territory. In 1974, Muraco moved to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida (CWF). He was frequently compared to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brisco, whom he physically resembled. In a match between the two on May 28, 1974, Muraco reversed Brisco's finishing move, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Figure-four_leglock. Though Muraco lost the match by disqualification, this feat made him a star. After brief stints in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling, Muraco returned to California in 1975 and won his first singles title, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Americas_Heavyweight_Championship. He then won the San Francisco version of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(San_Francisco_version) with Masked Invader #1. In San Francisco, Muraco learned to work as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling). Muraco debuted in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF) in Allentown, Pennsylvania defeating Steve King on February 24, 1981. Managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Roth, he captured the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship on June 20, 1981, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Morales; he lost it to Morales on November 23 in a Texas Death match, capping a bloody feud. That year, Muraco wrestled then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Backlund several times, including a 60-minute draw on October 24.He split 1982 between https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (where he partnered with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Piper for a time), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling (where he also wrestled under a mask as Dr. X) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling (where he wrestled in the annual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden League tournament), before returning to the WWF that fall. Muraco returned to the WWF in 1985, managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Fuji. After not wrestling on the card of the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_(1985), Muraco headlined three consecutive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden cards against WWF World Heavyweight Champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan, climaxing in a bloody steel cage match on June 21, which Hogan won. On July 8, Muraco won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(1985) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_tournament when he pinned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik in the Final. Before defeating the Sheik, Muraco had defeated the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_Dog, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Thornton and Pedro Morales to reach the Final. In addition to feuding with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat for much of the remainder of the year which included hanging Steamboat from the top rope with Steamboat's own karate belt on an episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Championship_Wrestling, Fuji and Muraco debuted Fuji Vice, a series of skits parodying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Vice, on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday_Night_Titans (Fuji General, a parody of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company soap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Hospital, followed soon after). In 1986, Muraco allied with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Adonis and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Orton_Jr. in their feud with Roddy Piper. This led to Orton and Muraco becoming a regular tag team. On March 29, 1987, they lost to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-Am_Connection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Zenk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Martel) in the opening match of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestlemania_III in front of a reported 93,173 fans at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome.

Roy Wayne Farris (born January 25, 1953) is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1986 to 1991, where he performed under the ring name The Honky Tonk Man. He also performed for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994, and for Stampede Wrestling between 1982 and 1986. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the 2019 induction ceremony. A heel for the majority of his active professional wrestling career, he has been described by Bleacher Report as "one of the greatest villains to ever grace a professional wrestling ring"

Bobby Heenan suprizes Jim Cornette on his interview and they give their honest funny opinion on what happened to wrestling and funny road stories. Rare to hear both these greats talk to each other.

If you don't know who Ronnie P. Gossett is, he is a heel manager of the Percy Pringle, Jim Cornette or Kenny Bolin grain. A slick talker who plays an arrogant, yet blubbery Southern jerk, Gossett never really traveled much outside of Tennessee where he was staple for a long time. Sometimes listening to that guy who worked a territory for many years is more fascinating because there is more depth. Listening to his thoughts on Nick Gulas, Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler was insightful. I've always been under the impression that Jarrett's booking was superior to Lawler's (they switched off every six months), but Gossett refutes that. He has choice comments for all kinds of stars who came through the Tennessee region. Certainly there were many and he had anecdotes about many and opinions on people whether they came through or not. There is all kind of great tales here, whether it is Ronnie selling Nick Gulas's promotion to some "marks" (a lawyer, a doctor, etc.) or him talking about Brian Pillman being a gigolo. Gossett is a fantastic talker (he was a great Southern manager after all), so he is able to really bury some people. The Jarretts, Hulk Hogan, Bill Dundee, Missy Hyatt, Bert Prentice and on and on, no one is immune to the wrath of Ronnie P. Gossett.If you don't have any interest in Southern wrestling, specifically Tennessee rasslin', then you probably will not care for this. Honestly, Gossett does not seem bitter, but he certainly has some grudges. He has a lot of negative things to say and rips on a lot of people, if that seems bitter or angry to you, then avoid this shoot interview. The one thing I felt was missing was that it was pretty widely known that Gossett was gay. Although not part of his persona, it just seems that his life in pro-wrestling as a gay man has some intrigue that was never touched upon here. Sadly, Gossett died shortly after this interview.

AJ Styles is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand, and is the leader of The O.C. stable. Jones debuted in 1998 and competed for various independent promotions before gaining initial mainstream exposure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. He gained prominence after signing with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling), having been described as "the cornerstone of the company since its inception" he won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and was the inaugural titleholder of the X Division Championship, which he won six times. He is also the first TNA Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion. Jones simultaneously appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002 to 2006, where he became the inaugural ROH Pure Champion. Jones has also wrestled extensively internationally, in promotions such as New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and the United Kingdom based Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where he is a former RPW British Heavyweight Champion. Jones first appeared in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2002, but declined a developmental contract. He returned to the company in 2016, and won the WWE Championship twice. With his second victory in Manchester, England, Jones is recognized by WWE as the first wrestler to win the title outside North America. At 371 days, he is tied with Randy Savage for the eighth-longest reign in title history.[7] He also won the United States Championship three times, the Intercontinental Championship and the Raw Tag Team Championship once each, becoming the second wrestler (after Kurt Angle) to become a TNA/Impact and WWE Triple Crown winner and first Grand Slam champion in both promotions.Jones has been thought of as a pillar of the wrestling industry for over two decades, being respected by fans and co-workers, and is considered one of the world's greatest professional wrestlers.[8] He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events, including the respective premier events of WWE and TNA, WrestleMania and Bound for Glory. He ranked atop the annual Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 in 2010, the first TNA wrestler to do so, was voted PWI Wrestler of the Year three times between 2016 and 2018, and Wrestler of the Decade in 2020. Between WWE, TNA, ROH, NJPW, and RevPro, Jones has won 30 total championships (including nine world titles), having also won 10 Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, including Wrestler of the Year in 2015 and 2016, and was inducted in their Hall of Fame in 2017.

Heath was trained by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Malenko in Florida. When his training was complete, he began performing in various https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_circuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion in the Florida area. In the Independent Professional Wrestling (IPW) promotion he won the IPW Tag Team Championship, before moving to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling, where he formed a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with Tom Nash known as "The Blackhearts". Heath and Nash competed under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_mask as "Destruction" and "Apocalypse" respectively. They won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_International_Tag_Team_Championship as a team.In the early nineties, the Blackhearts were paired with Nash's wife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Vachon, wrestling in Joel Goodhart's Tri-State Wrestling, in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Abrams' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Herb_Abrams), and finally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Baba's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling, where the team split up. During that time, the marriage between Nash and Luna broke up, and Heath and Luna became romantically involved. They eventually married on Halloween 1994. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF), where Luna worked at the time, even broadcast a segment of Luna's "Wedding to a Vampire".After the demise of the Blackhearts, Heath and Luna developed the Vampire Warrior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#G, inspired by the movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys, under which, he wrestled in various promotions, including the Memphis-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Wrestling_Association (USWA). Under this moniker, he won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_Southern_Heavyweight_Championship and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWI_Rookie_of_the_Year award in 1993.American-Canadian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling, better known as Luna Vachon. Over the course of her 22-year career, she wrestled for promotions such as the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (now WWE), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling. She was posthumously inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame. Attending wrestling events she used to play in the ring, which often resulted in training with various https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Wrestling_Corporation#World_Wide_Wrestling_Federation_(1963%E2%80%931979) stars. Her family objected to her entering the wrestling business and tried to dissuade her, as they considered a wrestler's life at that time too harsh for a female. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant, with whom she was close and who took her on a trip to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris in 1974, also tried to dissuade her. Around the age sixteen, she began training under her aunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Vachon and then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Moolah. In 1992, while wrestling in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico, she tried to get David Heath a job with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWF), which resulted in the WWF developing an interest in her. They hired her, but not without some complications. No one actually knew exactly where she was; even her father only knew that she was staying in Florida. The WWF actually hired a private investigator to find her. When she was found, she was working as a waitress at a restaurant. Luna's first WWF appearance was in April 1993 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_IX, accompanying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Michaels in his match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chavis, who was accompanied by Michaels' former valet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Martel. After the match, Luna attacked Sensational Sherri at ringside, and then again in the first aid area. She was arrested by security, starting a vicious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) between the two. At the same time Luna and Sherri were at odds, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Bam_Bigelow had a confrontation with Sherri. This led to him being attacked by Tatanka and the two of them feuding. Soon after, Bam Bam (kayfabe) announced that he had fallen in love and presented Luna as his "main squeeze" He also endearingly called her his "Tick", which fans combined with her name to the chant "Luna-tic". From then, Bam Bam was seen blowing kisses to Luna at the end of matches, and in her honor even included the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonsault, redubbed Lunasault, into his repertoire. A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_tag_team_match between the two pairs was planned for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(1993) in 1993, but had to be canceled because Luna (legit) injured her arm and then Sherri left the WWF. Instead, Bigelow and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Headshrinkers fought and lost to Tatanka and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smokin%27_Gunns in a six-man tag team match. In the autumn of 1993, Bam Bam and Luna ran afoul of some practical jokes from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doink_the_Clown, leading to a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimination_tag_team_match style match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1993) pitting Bam Bam, The Headshrinkers, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Shaw against four Doinks (actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_on_a_Mission and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bushwhackers in clown makeup). During this time Luna was the cause of dissension between Bam Bam and his part-time tag team partner Bastion Booger, who had also (kayfabe) fallen in love with her. At https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_X, Bam Bam and Luna finally got their revenge on Doink by beating the Clown and his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget_professional_wrestler side-kick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Giroux_(wrestler) in a mixed tag team match. When the WWF's women's division was revived, Luna's old rival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madusa, who had entered the WWF under the name Alundra Blayze, won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Women%27s_Championship_(1956%E2%80%932010). Luna set her eyes on the title and had a series of matches with Alundra, all resulting in victories for Blayze. It was during this time the relationship between Luna and Bam Bam first showed cracks after interference in a match backfired. In the summer, Luna sold Bam Bam's contract to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_DiBiase, who was beginning to build his "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Corporation". Luna then picked Japanese wrestler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Nakano to win the Women's title from Blayze, which she eventually did.

Abdullah the Butcher, is a Canadian retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler. He has a reputation for being involved in some of the most violent and bloody https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling matches of all time. Over his time in wrestling he was given the moniker of "Madman from Sudan". Lawrence Robert Shreve trademarks is a series of divot-like scars on his head that he has due to excessive use of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling) during his career. The scars are so deep that, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley, Shreve is able to put gambling chips into them. An amateur martial artist, Shreve also has knowledge of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate, often including this knowledge in his wrestling matches through throws and chops. His mother was an African-American from Michigan, and his father was a member of the Native American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfoot tribe. He learned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo as a youth and, teaching fellow children in the backyard, claims to have eventually earned the title of seventh-degree grandmaster. Shreve caught the attention of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Britton, and he soon made his professional wrestling debut at age 17 in 1958. He initially competed in numerous independent territories in Canada under various monikers such as Pussycat Pickens, Kuroi Jujutsushi (the Black Wizard) and Zelis Amara. Ultimately, he created his gimmick of an evil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadistic_personality_disorder, and in a match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Brito (Jack Britton's real-life son), the Abdullah the Butcher character first distinguished himself as one of the world's most feared rule breakers when he broke a chair over Brito's head and then beat him senseless with a chair leg.Since his gimmick required him to speak no English (though it was his native tongue), he had a number of managers over the course of his long career, including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Hart_(wrestler), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jones_(wrestler), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Creatchman, Black Baron, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Roth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Dillon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Kane, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sharpe_(wrestler), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Savinovich, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicky_Starr, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Humperdink, Buddy Colt, George Cannon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearcat_Wright, Big Bad John, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Montana_(filmmaker), Gentleman Jim Holiday, and Rock Hunter. All were portrayed as "handlers" commissioned to control the Sudanese madman, while also doing most of the talking in promos and interviews. He has, however, spoken for himself in English-language promos while in Japan. Due to his frequent traveling, Abdullah the Butcher usually served as more of a special attraction than as a consistent championship contender. Accordingly, Abdullah never did win a world heavyweight championship, though he would capture several regional titles during his career. He won his first major championship on October 23, 1967, when he teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Jerry_Graham to defeat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tolos & Carlos Tolos for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Canadian_Tag_Team_Championship_(Vancouver_version). A few years later, he ventured to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal region, where he had three reigns as the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWA_International_Heavyweight_Championship Champion between 1969 and 1972, feuding against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Koloff and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rougeau. He later served as one of the premier rule breakers in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling territory, capturing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Canadian_Heavyweight_Championship_(Calgary_version), as well as having six North American Heavyweight Title reigns during the early 1970s. On June 24, 1972, he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ladd in Akron, Ohio, to capture his first of two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWF_Heavyweight_Championship. In 1972, he wrestled a few matches for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Wrestling_Federation. Also he worked for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling from 1970 to 1974. During the mid-1970s, he frequently performed in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan's Big-Time Wrestling territory, where he engaged in a rivalry against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Farhat. He teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Tim_Brooks to win the region's version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles before defeating Bobo Brazil on February 8, 1975, for the NWA United States Championship.He arrived in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Class_Championship_Wrestling (WCCW) in 1986, where he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Kabuki for the Texas Brass Knuckles Title and waged war against the equally wild https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruiser_Brody. In Puerto Rico, he was declared the very first WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion in July 1982 following three reigns as the Puerto Rican champion between 1978 and 1981. He was introduced in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling in a giant, gift-wrapped box.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_the_Butcher#cite_note-mf202-8 This giant box was to be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)'s birthday gift from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley. Sting unwrapped his gift and Abdullah attacked him, leading to both Abdullah and Cactus feuding with Sting after the incident. The feud culminated in a "Chamber of Horrors" match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1991), in which Cactus accidentally electrocuted Abdullah in an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_chair, leading to a brief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) between the former allies. In 1993, Abdullah arrived in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling, where he participated in a storyline with Kevin Sullivan, Terry Funk and Stan Hansen, and wrestled at Ultra Clash and Bloodfest. In October 1999, Abdullah took part in the ill-fated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_Wrestling pay-per-view with a match against the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Man_Gang. The match ended in a double count-out. In late 2002, Abdullah made a one-night appearance in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Honor as Homicide's partner, facing the Carnage Crew in a bloody https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkhouse_Brawl at ROH's Night of the Butcher. On December 13, 2008, Shreve wrestled against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balls_Mahoney in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, during the annual event WWC Lockout. Shreve has been accused of infecting other wrestlers with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_C through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling) and/or cutting wrestlers without their knowledge.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_the_Butcher#cite_note-cbc-13 Canadian wrestler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Nicholson, who said he contracted hepatitis C when Shreve bladed him without consent, pursued legal action.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_the_Butcher#cite_note-cbc-13 On June 3, 2014, an Ontario court ruled in favor of Nicholson and ordered Shreve to pay $2.3 million in damages.

Ivan KoloffOreal Donald Perras (August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler, better known by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name "the Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff. He was the third wrestler to hold the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWWF_Championship. Since first watching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling on TV at the age of eight, he wanted to become a wrestler, and would often wrestle with his brothers growing up. At age 18, he left high school and joined Jack Wentworth's wrestling school in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario, where he would lift weights and learn wrestling holds. He stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall, and weighed approximately 270 pounds (120 kg). Towards the end of his career, he dropped a considerable amount of weight and was tipping the scale at 205 pounds (93 kg). In 1967, Perras became "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, a bearded villainous character billed from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine, and debuted with the International Wrestling Association in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal. He defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rougeau for the IWA International Heavyweight Championship the following year. Koloff debuted in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE in late 1969, managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Albano. He soon started a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) with then-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_World_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino. On January 18, 1971, Koloff defeated Sammartino in Madison Square Garden for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Pinfall after a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Diving_knee_drop, ending Sammartino's seven and two-thirds years reign. Koloff lost the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship 21 days later to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Morales, essentially being used as a "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Transitional_champion" to move the title from Sammartino to Morales without the two fan favorites working against each other, much like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Stasiak and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik would be in later years. After the loss, Koloff remained a contender for the title but never reclaimed it, leaving the WWWF in 1971. During his time in the WWWF, Koloff weighing in at 310 pounds (140 kg) wrestled WWWF World Heavyweight Championship title matches against Sammartino, Morales, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar_Billy_Graham and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Backlund, holding the distinction, with fellow villain Stan Stasiak, as one of only two men to challenge all four of these champions. Koloff would also be the first opponent to ever challenge for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Steel_Cages in a rematch loss against Sammartino. He fought in the WWWF from 1975 to 1976, 1978–1979 and 1983. During the 1970s and 1980s, Koloff found success in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance, winning many regional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_tag_team_championship and singles titles in the Georgia, Florida, and Mid-Atlantic territories. In February 1981, he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens_(wrestler) to defeat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jones_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Eadie to capture the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship. This would be the first of his four reigns as NWA World Tag Team Champion, later winning the belts with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kernodle and twice with his "nephew" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Koloff as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russian_Team. The Russians (which also included https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Darsow) were a top villainous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Stable from 1984 to 1986, and Nikita, under Perras' training and mentoring, and by association, became a hated villain in his own right, and would go on to have a successful singles career of his own. After Nikita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Turn on Ivan to join their enemy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes in 1986, the latter teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Petrov_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Murdoch to get revenge. Koloff's biggest NWA feuds were against Rhodes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Express (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Morton and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibson_(wrestler)) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_T._A. In 1988, Koloff spent time in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jones_(wrestler)' faction, The Paul Jones Army, where he was a "coach" of sorts for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powers_of_Pain, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barbarian_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlord_(wrestler). He later split with Jones, reunited with Nikita, and feuded with Jones' team, The Russian Assassins, before leaving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions in January 1989. In 1992, Koloff also wrestled in the first television main event of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cornette's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling, beating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fulton. He lost to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Garvin at Tim Horner's National Championship Wrestling on July 22, 1994. He retired afterwards.Perras wrote a book titled Is That Wrestling Fake? The Bear Facts that was released on January 1, 2007. He became a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_again_(Christianity) in 1995https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Koloff#cite_note-17 and traveled to churches to share his testimony as an ordained minister. Koloff spoke openly and candidly of his conversion to Christianity and struggles with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_(drug) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_drug_use and the crazy days of wrestling in his 2014 book, Life in the Trenches. Perras died at his home in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterville,_North_Carolina, on February 18, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_cancer.

Darren Kenneth Matthews (born 10 May 1968), better known by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name William Regal, is an English retired professional wrestler. Trained by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Jones, Matthews started his career at the age of 15 in 1983. His first matches took place at one of the rare final wrestling carnival booths at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach. He went on to wrestle for national promotions on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom and wrestled on television for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_(TV_network). He then progressed to touring around the world until 1993 when he was signed to WCW, where he took the ring name Steven Regal and became a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship.In 1998, Matthews joined the WWF (later WWE), where he became a two-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship, a five-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hardcore_Championship, a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_European_Championship, a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE), and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(2008) winner of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_tournament. He also had stints as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_authority_figures such as commissioner, General Manager of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand), and match co-ordinator for the 2011 season of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_NXT_(seasons_1%E2%80%935). As NXT became WWE's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand) in 2012, he appeared as the on-screen General Manager; behind the scenes, he began serving as WWE's Director of Talent Development and Head of Global Recruiting from 2018 until he was released in 2022. He then signed with AEW and debuted as the founder and manager of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Combat_Club, leaving the company nine months later to return to WWE as the Vice President of Global Talent Development.Matthews made his debut wrestling for promoter Bobby Barron at his wrestling challenge booth at the Horseshoe Showbar at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach at the age of 15. In time, he graduated to be a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_wrestling at the booth, using brutal submission holds to defend prize money against challenges from members of the public. By this time, he wrestled professionally all over Britain for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling where he regularly teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Brookside as The Golden Boys tag team. Both Regal and Brookside appeared in several televised matches during the final years (1987–1988) of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_Network's coverage of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom. World Championship Wrestling (1992–1998)In the fall of 1992, Matthews reached out to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watts on a position in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Watts responded favourably to Regal's letter and offered him a contract. Appearing still as Steve Regal, beginning as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Gimmick. Regal made his televised debut on 30 January 1993 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Saturday_Night and defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling) Bob Cook in his in-ring debut on the following week's Saturday Night. Shortly after his debut, Regal entered a tournament for the vacant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship in which he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barbarian_(wrestler) in the first round before losing to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Mero in the quarterfinals. He became the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) "Lord Steven Regal" on 12 June episode of Saturday Night, claiming descent from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dundee began serving as his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Regal#cite_note-wcw93-16 At times arrogantly charming in this persona, one of his memorable statements to a post-match interviewer was: "Do you know what my New Year's resolution is going to be? To wake up a half an hour earlier so I can hate you more". Regal was scheduled to face Bagwell's partner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Cold_Scorpio on 18 August https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XXIV, but he was replaced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton. Regal himself substituted for the injured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pillman to team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship defence against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roma; Regal and Austin lost that match. Regal won the World Television Championship by defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat at the inaugural https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Brawl_(1993) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NWA/WCW_closed-circuit_events_and_pay-per-view_events on 18 September with the help of Sir William. Regal unknowingly broke his neck during this match. Regal enjoyed a lengthy title reign as he retained the title against a flurry of challengers, beginning with his first televised title defence against Arn Anderson on 9 October episode of Saturday Night which ended in a fifteen-minute time limit draw. He then defended the title against fellow Brit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith, whom he faced to a fifteen-minute time limit draw at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1993). Beginning with 26 November episode of Saturday Night, Regal began scouting fellow aristocrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_H during his matches, Shortly after, Levesque left WCW and he was replaced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama-born https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eatonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Regal#cite_note-RingsideMag-7 when Regal and Eaton faced each other in a match on 18 March episode of Saturday Night. Regal stopped the match and proposed that he and Eaton form a team, which Eaton accepted. Regal formed the team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Bloods with Eaton and was involved in humorous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Vignette where he tried to teach Eaton the finer points of dining and the proper usage of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation. On the 9 February 1998 episode of Nitro, Regal was pinned by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Goldberg in a match which was Regal's final match with WCW, in that run. The bout garnered controversy as it was said that Regal worked more aggressively and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Stiff than expected. Regal was confronted by Eric Bischoff after the match and stated to Bischoff "I can't hit myself" Regal maintains he worked the bout as booked, but he was fired after the bout. World Wrestling Federation (1998−1999) Regal's first appearance in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF) was on the 29 June 1998 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Raw in which he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droz_(wrestler) via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submission_(professional_wrestling) with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Cross-legged_STF. After featuring in one more match against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Ali_Singh in Pennsylvania, Regal was sent to a training camp run by dory funk jr.

This is one of the first shoot interviews ever. Gilbert married wrestling valet Missy Hyatt in October 1987 and they divorced in 1989. Gilbert was also briefly married to Debrah "Madusa" Miceli in 1990, but the marriage only lasted four months.In early 1994, Gilbert sat down with Bob Barnett and conducted a filmed shoot interview titled "Looking For Mr. Gilbert." Gilbert spoke openly about his life and career at a time when professional wrestlers rarely appeared on film out of character and almost never spoke publicly about the behind-the-scenes machinations of the wrestling business. The footage from the interview was later marketed on home video and sold through wrestling newsletters, as well as at independent wrestling shows, the first of its kind. "Looking For Mr. Gilbert" is now considered the first professional wrestling "shoot video", and in the decades since, countless professional wrestlers have conducted sit-down shoot interviews, most notably in RF Video's Shoot Interview series and Kayfabe Commentaries' YouShoot interview series. Gilbert started his wrestling career for the Continental Wrestling Association in 1977, using the ring name Tommy Gilbert Jr. and winning the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship with his father in 1980. He later moved to the World Wrestling Federation in 1982, working a storyline as the protégé of Bob Backlund until leaving the company in 1984. He found his greatest success in Memphis, teaming with Tommy Rich to form “Fargo’s Fabulous Ones” and winning the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship. Gilbert eventually turned heel and feuded with Rich as well as Jerry Lawler. He moved to Mid-South Wrestling (later the Universal Wrestling Federation) in 1985, where he wrestled and worked as a manager, forming the villainous stable “Hot Stuff International, Inc.”In addition, Gilbert also worked as a booker in promotions like the Global Wrestling Federation and Eastern Championship Wrestling (later known as Extreme Championship Wrestling), while continuing to wrestle in various promotions including Jim Crockett Promotions and the United States Wrestling Association. On February 18, 1995, Gilbert died of a massive heart attack in his sleep at his apartment in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. Gilbert's father, Tommy Gilbert, stated that injuries to Eddie's chest and heart muscle had occurred in a serious car crash in 1983 and could have been a factor; Eddie's alleged use of painkillers since the accident could also have contributed to his heart condition.

William Albert Haynes III (born July 10, 1953) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Billy Jack Haynes.Haynes started wrestling in 1982 at the age of 28. He trained in Stu Hart's Dungeon pro wrestling school and briefly wrestled in Hart's Stampede Wrestling under his given name, forming a tag team with Bruce Hart. He started wrestling as "Billy Jack" in the Pacific Northwest territory but had to change his name when Tom Laughlin (who starred in the movie Billy Jack) threatened to sue him. He added his real last name to the gimmick and continued to work as a babyface. It is rumored that Haynes served time for manslaughter before becoming a pro wrestler. Florida and Pacific Northwest (1984–1986) He feuded heavily with Rip Oliver until 1984, when he had a run in Championship Wrestling from Florida where he feuded with Kendo Nagasaki for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship winning the title from him. They then had a brief run in World Class Championship Wrestling in 1985, managed by Sunshine. Due to internal conflict between Fritz Von Erich and Billy, he was written out of the organization, jobbing to Rip Oliver in a storyline where Rip bloodies and injured Billy. He rarely stayed put in any federation that he went to. During that time he faced off against the debuting Shawn Michaels. He started splitting his time between Portland Wrestling and CWF and wrestled with partner Wahoo McDaniel and won the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship and in Jim Crockett Promotions where they feuded with Ole and Arn Anderson. He had just begun a feud with The Barbarian over who was the strongest man in the territory when he abruptly left the company after a confrontation with Jim Crockett in his office which became physical.World Wrestling Federation (1986–1988)In June 1986, Haynes went to the World Wrestling Federation and feuded with Randy Savage over the Intercontinental Championship and then with Hercules Hernandez over who was stronger, more muscular, and who had a better version of the full nelson (their mutual finishing maneuver). Their feud in the WWF peaked with what was dubbed "The Battle of the Full Nelsons" at WrestleMania III, where the two men battled to a double count-out. After the bell, Hercules' manager Bobby Heenan kneed Haynes in the back while he had Hercules in a full nelson out on the floor. Haynes chased Heenan into the ring where Hercules blindsided him with his trademark chain, hitting Haynes multiple times and (Kayfabe) cutting his forehead (in reality, Haynes had bladed himself with a small razor hidden in the tapes around his wrists after the first hit. Haynes' departure from the WWF in January 1988 has been a subject of controversy considering dramatic changes in the story as Haynes repeated it. In one version, he says he quit the WWF after refusing to do a job in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. On March 16, 2013, Haynes was hospitalized because he was suffering from an aortic aneurysm, and liver and kidney issues. In October 2014, the Portland Tribune reported that Haynes filed a lawsuit in federal court against WWE, alleging "egregious mistreatment of its wrestlers for its own benefit, as well as its concealment and denial of medical research and evidence concerning traumatic brain injuries suffered by WWE wrestlers." This litigation was taken after research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which was attributed to causing the deaths of Chris Benoit in 2007 and Andrew Martin in 2009. Haynes also sought for the court to grant class action status for hundreds of former wrestlers and to force WWE to establish a medical trust fund to pay for wrestlers who suffer from injuries that took place in a WWE ring. Former WWE wrestlers Vito Lograsso and Adam Mercer filed a class action lawsuit against WWE in January 2015 while being represented by the same lawyer as Haynes, Konstantine Kyros. In March 2016, the suit was dismissed by Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant. At the time of dismissal, dozens of former WWE wrestlers had joined a class action lawsuit under Kyros's counsel. Billy Jack is all over the place talking crazy rumors about Vince McMahon , Dusty Rhodes, Nightmare Danny Davis, how he is going to be murdered and how he is Vinces brother, and Vince killed the all the other promotions and wanted Billy Jack as the next Hulk Hogan. Takes credit for the name Wrestlemania just like Dr. Death and Jesse Ventura. Talks crazy inside stuff about Eddie Graham committing suicide, then he talks about how Nancy Doss (Sullivan-Benoit) was supposed to be his valet and then He drops his BOMBSHELL SUPERSHOOT that Vince Killer McMahon Jr. killed Nancy and Chris along with there child and it just gets crazier from there. Take this shoot with a grain a salt, but is some of it true?

Edward Michael Gossett (September 22, 1951 – October 19, 2012), better known as Mike Graham, was an American professional wrestler who was the son of Eddie Graham. Michael Gossett started wrestling in 1972 in his father's Championship Wrestling from Florida, which was a National Wrestling Alliance territory. He was trained by his father, Boris Malenko and Hiro Matsuda. He would often tag team with his father upon his arrival, but also formed a successful tag team with Kevin Sullivan. Sullivan eventually turned on him to form his "Satanic cult", The Army of Darkness. After getting turned on, Graham teamed with the likes of Steve Keirn and Barry Windham to feud with Sullivan's team and to capture several tag team titles over the years. Goes into his friendship with Kevin Sullivan and how they grew up together and how the Army of Darkness started with King Curtis, (Purple Haze) Mark Lewin, Bob Roop, Nancy Sullivan and Luna Vachon. He goes in depth on the genius and the brain child of Kevin Sullivan. Also talks about going to school with Dick Slater and then wrestling with him. Dick Slater was one tough S.O.B. ( Listen to the Dick Slater shoot we uploaded monthes ago if you want hear about when Slater flushed Stings head in the toliet for hooking up with his girl Dark Journey while working for Bill Watts in Midsouth Wrestling UWF) and how he knocked out Cowboyboy Bob Orton. Bill watts learned under the tree of Michaels father in father and his shoot interview is also uploaded as much. Remember the past teaches you alot and the stories are much better. He explains the story how his father and him found the late great Gordon Solie. He was a mainstay on the Florida circuit during the ’70s and early 80’s and was a favorite of Gordon Solie and Dory Funk Jr. In 1981, Graham wrestled in the American Wrestling Association and feuded with Buck Zumhofe over the AWA Light Heavyweight Championship over the next two years. Great sstories about the origin of Billy Graham. He also speaks about Dusty Rhodes being mega over in Florida ( his shoot interview is uploaded as well) He explains the terrible heartache that Dusty brought upon his father eddie after Eddie gave him pieces of the Florida wrestling company but left Florida to get the book in Jim Crocket Promotions for Jim Crocket Jr. leaving Eddie and Mike Graham behind but took all the great talent that Eddie had already established in Florida with him because the TBS cable nationwide exposure was something they could'nt ignore. That destroyed his father. He lost Dusty , Barry Windham, Kevin Sullivan, Lex Luger, J.J. Dillion and other greats that ultimately killed the Florida terriotory and lead to Eddie committin sucide. His father Eddie died after committing multiple gunshot suicide on January 21, 1985, leading to Mike taking over his Championship Wrestling from Florida territory.[3] In the late 1980s, he would again team with Keirn and wrestled in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions (who he sold his father's territory to), with Keirn briefly around this time. In the following years, Graham & Keirn wrestled in Memphis as a tag team. Talks about his involvement in all booking aspects of booking Florida Champioinship Wrestling. Stories of Bill Watts and Dusty Rhodes. Hear how he found Magnum T.A. Terry Allen. Graham went back to Florida to the newly renamed Florida Championship Wrestling, where he briefly teamed with Dustin Rhodes. Mike helped train Dustin Rhodes who has gone on to become Golddust and a trainer at AEW. TalkGraham retired as an in-ring competitor in 1992. He became a road agent for World Championship Wrestling. Along with the likes of Paul Orndorff, Pez Whatley and DeWayne Bruce, Graham also worked as a trainer in WCW as part of the WCW Power Plant. He goes deep into the Chris Benoit , Nancy and Kevin Sullivan issues in WCW. The infamous NEVER DREW A DIME and ERIC BISCHOFF SHOULD BE IN PRISON STORIES. The crazy fight with sid Vicious as a WCW road agegent. He was reportedly responsible for causing Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn to leave the company for the WWF, granting their releases. His father and son had committed suicide in similar manners on January 21, 1985, and December 14, 2010, (some sources state the 15th) respectively. Explains the days leading up to his fathers suicide and how he was at the NFL Super Bowl and they called him over the loud speaker to tell him the bad news.Graham suffered business misfortunes years prior to his death, and a restaurant he owned in Florida closed in 2011 after about two years of operation. He and his wife were also involved in real estate, which took a beating in Florida during the recession. His friends also claimed that he had struggled with the death of his son Steven. He was also rejected by his daughter, blaming him for the deaths in some part for his father and his son. In the final months in his life, he had felt responsible for the deaths of his father and son. On October 19, 2012, Graham was found dead by his wife of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at their residence in Daytona Beach, Florida during Biketoberfest. At the time of Mike’s death, he was wearing his son’s old work boots, and also frequently threatened committing suicide to his wife. He was also intoxicated, and according to his toxicology report, Graham's blood-alcohol concentration was at 0.259. Not as famous as his father but was in wrestling his whole life and is a wealth of information. Don't think this shoot interview is one to pass on because it's shockinly informative.

James Mark Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author and podcaster who has previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, promoter, trainer, and occasional professional wrestler. Buries the World !! look Out its the louiville lip. Buckle up

In 1991, Bagwell was hired by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling, where he wrestled under his full name. Bagwell made his WCW debut on November 5 in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Dark_match, losing to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Graham_(wrestler).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell#cite_note-WCWbio-2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell#cite_note-Guttman-8https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell#cite_note-Accl3359-9 He would then wrestle a tryout match on November 11 and made his televised debut as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XVII, where he was interviewed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Hyatt. He made his televised in-ring debut by defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Rogers on the December 14 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Saturday_Night. Bagwell made his pay-per-view debut at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1991), where he was paired with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Garvin against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hayes_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Smothers in a Lethal Lottery match, which he and Garvin won after Bagwell hit Smothers with the fisherman suplex to qualify for the Battlebowl battle royal later in the night, which https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler) won. Bagwell received his first title shot on the January 11, 1992 episode of World Championship Wrestling against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, but failed to win the title as the match ended in a ten-minute time limit draw. Bagwell would then begin feuding with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Taylor, which led to a match between the two at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperBrawl_II, which Bagwell won. Bagwell participated in a tournament for the vacant World Television Championship on the February 20, 1993 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Worldwide, where he lost to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxx_Payne in the first round. On the February 20 episode of Saturday Night, Bagwell teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Cold_Scorpio and Steve Regal to defeat Scotty Flamingo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Slazenger_and_Shanghai_Pierce in a six-man tag team match. This would lead to the formation of a tag team of Bagwell and Scorpio. During this time, Bagwell began a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Blonds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pillman and Steve Austin), which led to Bagwell teaming with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Watts to take on The Hollywood Blonds in a tag team match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperBrawl_III, which Bagwell's team lost. Bagwell resumed teaming with Scorpio and the team gained success unlike Bagwell's previous teams as they defeated various teams including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Eaton and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slamboree_(1993), Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Blast_(1993) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Sullivan_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orndorff at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Brawl_(1993). As a result of their success in the tag team division, they quickly became contenders for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship. On the October 23 episode of Saturday Night, Bagwell and Scorpio defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nasty_Boys to win the World Tag Team Championship, thus marking Bagwell's first title win in WCW. They lost the titles back to The Nasty Boys at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1993). On the September 16 episode of Saturday Night, Bagwell formed a tag team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotty_Riggs called the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Males as they defeated State Patrol in their debut match. The newly formed team defeated Harlem Heat to win the World Tag Team Championship on the September 18 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Monday_Nitro. They lost the titles back to Harlem Heat on the October 28 episode of Saturday Night. Bagwell participated in the first-ever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royal_(professional_wrestling) at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_3_(1995) for the vacant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship, which was won by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Savage. The American Males received a rematch for the tag team titles against Harlem Heat on the December 4 episode of Nitro, which they failed to win. The team would find no success afterwards and would lose most of their matches throughout 1996. During this time, Bagwell made only two pay-per-view appearances; the first at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(1996), where he lost to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Dallas_Page and the second at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_3_(1996), where he participated in the namesake match with the winner earning a title shot for the World Heavyweight Championship, but failed to win the match. On the April 22, 1998 edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Thunder, Bagwell wrestled a tag team match with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Norton (representing the nWo) against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Steiner and Lex Luger which they won when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Steiner interfered on his behalf. Just before that, Rick attempted his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Diving_bulldog finishing move, which was not executed correctly and resulted in Bagwell's head striking Steiner's back, jamming his neck and severely injuring him. Bagwell was diagnosed with several damaged vertebrae and developed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_shock, leading him to use a wheelchair and neck brace for months. He returned for an interview only to be ridiculed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan and shoved to the entryway floor. On July 6, after recently having neck surgery, the wheelchair-ridden Bagwell returned to WCW in his home state of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state). Bagwell seemed to have a new attitude and even called out Rick Steiner to offer him his forgiveness. Bagwell restrained Rick while fellow nWo member Scott Steiner assaulted him with a steel chair, reaffirming his loyalty to Hogan and the nWo. Bagwell then rose from his wheelchair and helped Scott beat down Rick. In January 1999, the nWo factions reunited, leading Bagwell and Steiner to side with the nWo Wolfpac. Their alliance ended at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncensored_(1999) when Bagwell accidentally hit Steiner with a chair, costing him the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship.

The Iron Sheik, New Jack and Honky Tonk Man are drunk and out of their minds in this insane shoot interview. At first, it's funny to see these guys blasted, but the more it goes on, I can say that I've never seen a sadder interview caught on tape. Sheik goes balastic on Chris Benoit for killing Nancy Sullivan and their 7- year old boy Daniel. New Jack worked with both Benoit and Nancy in ECW so he goes crazy as well. Honky took a pay day on this . This is the craziest , wildest shoot ever. THIS SHOOT INTERVIEW IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. YOU HAVE BEE$N WARNED.

In 2004 Wrestling greatest manager of all time gave his classic Hall of Fame speech when he was inducted. Bobby is natural in comedy and has a schick that few are born with. He was so funny that Vince Mcmahon was gave him his own late night comedy style show after his failed attemt at Tuesday night Titans. Bobby could have been in Hollywood but luckily for wrestling fans he fell in love with wrestling and the rest is history. Take step back in time and laugh a little with the late great Bobby "the brain" Heenan.

Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling best known for his work with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association (AWA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (JCP), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW), and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF, now WWE). Steamboat is often regarded as one of the best professional wrestlers of all time. In JCP and WCW, he was a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NWA_World_Heavyweight_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat#cite_note-nwatitle-6 a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_United_States_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship, a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WCW_World_Television_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, a 12-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WCW_World_Tag_Team_Champions under the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship, In the WWF/E, Steamboat was a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Intercontinental_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship, and was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame in 2009. Blood debuted in 1976 as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association (AWA) under his real name "Rick Blood". He went from the AWA to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida (CWF). Before his debut at CWF, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Graham gave him the ring name "Ricky Steamboat" based on his resemblance to Hawaiian wrestler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Steamboat. According to Steamboat, Graham thought "Rick Blood" was a good name for a heel, but not a face. In 1977, Steamboat entered the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance-sanctioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (JCP) (which ran under the concurrent brand names "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Pro" and "Wide World Wrestling"—later "World Wide Wrestling"—as well as airing syndicated TV programs under those respective names), where he would remain for the next eight years of his career. Steamboat, who had been brought in by JCP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Book George Scott on the recommendation of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoo_McDaniel, was initially billed as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) protege of Wahoo and barely spoke above whispers in interviews. Matching him with his brash young counterpart, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair, was a natural fit. Steamboat was doing an interview on the syndicated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Pro when Flair, then Mid-Atlantic television champion, began goading him. Steamboat knocked Flair out with a backhand chop to set up a match between the two. Steamboat's star-making performance came when he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling) Flair after a double thrust off the top rope to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRAL-TV studios in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina. Notable moments involving Steamboat's time in the Mid-Atlantic territory include: the day Flair dragged his face around the television studio, causing facial scarring, and Steamboat retaliating the following week by ripping Flair's expensive suit to shreds (an angle that would be reworked several times involving other wrestlers in the years that followed); when longtime tag team partner Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Turn heel on Steamboat at the end of a two-ring battle royal; Steamboat and Youngblood painting yellow streaks down the backs of Paul Jones and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_von_Raschke to embarrass them into defending the World Tag Team titles against the two; Steamboat and Youngblood's top drawing feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Slaughter and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kernodle; Steamboat and Youngblood being turned on by their friends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brisco and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Brisco; Steamboat in a shocking (and emotional) feud against former mentor McDaniel; and his last great series in the territory, feuding with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tully_Blanchard over the NWA TV title. After creative differences with JCP booker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes, Steamboat left the NWA.Birth of "the Dragon" (1985–1986) In 1985, Steamboat was offered a contract by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon and joined the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE (WWF). Shortly after his debut (where he defeated Steve Lombardi on Championship Wrestling), Steamboat was given the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Gimmick of a babyface nicknamed "the Dragon"; Steamboat's jacket-and-trunks attire was replaced by a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keikogi and long tights. Steamboat's mother is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American, hence his Asian features crucial for his "Dragon" gimmick. Steamboat kept the nickname and gimmick for the remainder of his career. On the November 22, 1986 edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling, Steamboat got a shot at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Savage. Steamboat lost the match by countout but after the match, Savage continued to assault him and injured Steamboat's larynx (kayfabe) with the ring bell, beginning an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Angle between the two. On the January 3, 1987 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_IX, Steamboat returned from his injury and prevented Savage from attacking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steele like he had done to Steamboat six weeks prior. At https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_III, Steamboat defeated Savage for the Intercontinental Championship. The highly influential match was considered an instant classic by both fans and critics and was named 1987's Match of the Year by both https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Worked_Match_of_the_Year. Several weeks after winning the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, Steamboat asked WWF owner Vince McMahon for some time off to be with his wife Bonnie, who was expecting the birth of their first son, Richard, Jr. This did not sit well with WWF management as he had been groomed to become a long-term champion. The decision was made by WWF management to punish Steamboat by having him initially https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Drop the title to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Reed, but Reed did not show up that night, so he dropped to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honky_Tonk_Man on the June 15 edition of Superstars; his son was born a month later. Steamboat came back in time for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1987) in November 1987. He returned to the Crockett-WCW and won the NWA title at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Town_Rumble where Steamboat defeated Flair in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_event for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship.

Lex Luger, is an American retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodybuilder, and football player. He is best known for his work with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW), and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE Luger is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WCW_World_Heavyweight_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship and one-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship. He is also a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_United_States_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship who holds the records for consecutive days and total days as champion. He is the second https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_(professional_wrestling)#List_of_WCW_Triple_Crown_winners. Although he never won a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship in the WWF, he challenged for every title in the organization (including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_World_Championship matches at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(1993) in 1993 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_X in 1994) and was the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(1994) co-winner with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hart. Luger went to work for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (JCP), which was under the NWA banner, with the nickname "The Total Package" and began using "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger#In_wrestling", an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbreaker#Argentine_backbreaker_rack, as his finisher. He was first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#B as an associate to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair's "Four Horsemen" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#S until https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Anderson was kicked out and he became an official member of the group. His first big https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) was with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Koloff, whom he defeated for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship on July 11, 1987. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Dillon threw a chair over the top of the cage while the referee, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Hebner, was down. Luger knocked Koloff unconscious with it and then lifted up Koloff in the Torture Rack. A revived Hebner then dropped Koloff's arm three times with no response and awarded Luger a submission victory. He held the title until JCP's first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-view event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1987) in November, when he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#D it to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes in a steel cage. This loss set the stage for Luger leaving the Four Horsemen, as manager Dillon's interference cost Luger the match. A steel chair thrown in by Dillon was dropped by Luger and Rhodes DDT'd Luger on it prior to pinning him for the win. United States Heavyweight Champion (1989–1990). World Heavyweight Champion (1991–1992) Luger again began to challenge Ric Flair for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship after becoming No.1 contender by defeating The Great Muta on the June 14, 1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XV:_Knocksville_USA. Luger's title match against Flair was set to be contested at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(1991) in a steel cage match with the added https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipulation that, should Flair get disqualified he would lose the title. The match never occurred, however, as Flair began to have disagreements with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Herd, the head of WCW, over his future and salary. He eventually quit the company (being "stripped" of the title in the process) and took https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Gold_Belt with him. With the WCW World Heavyweight Championship now vacant, Barry Windham was declared the No. 2 contender and was set to face Luger in the cage match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(1991). During the match, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Race and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Hughes came to ringside. While Hughes kept Windham's attention, Race told Luger that "now is the time" to perform a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_(professional_wrestling) on the distracted Windham. Luger did so and won the match, thereby winning his first WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Return to WCW (1995–2001) Eight days after his appearance at SummerSlam and only one night after competing at a WWF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_show in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger#cite_note-76 Luger made his return to WCW on the premiere of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Monday_Nitro, coming out during the match for the United States Heavyweight Championship between champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair. On the August 4, 1997, episode of Nitro, Luger defeated Hogan to win his second World Heavyweight Championship in an impromptu match. On May 1, 2003, MISS ELIZABETH Hulette died in the Marietta townhouse she shared with Lugerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger#cite_note-123 after mixing pills of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocodone and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alprazolam (Xanax) with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka. Luger has gone through many infractions with the law but this shoot video takes place during those incidents and this shoot is before October 19, 2007, Luger suffered a nerve impingement in his neck that led to temporary paralysis. In an unconfirmed report it was stated that he underwent an intravenous antibiotic treatment and was expected to make a full recovery, though that was never an official prognosis. This Shoot is a focus on Jim Crockett Promotions and his WCW career.

Eddie Guerrero Shoot Interview. was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). A prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family, being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero, he was widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential professional wrestlers of all time. Guerrero performed in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions, and in the United States he performed for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and most notably World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). Guerrero's gimmick was that of a "Latino Heat", a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His catchphrase became "I Lie! I Cheat! I Steal!" and was used in one of his entrance themes; he partly used this phrase in the title of his 2005 autobiography, Cheating Death, Stealing Life. Despite being a heel for most of his career, he was popular in and out of the ring and was at the peak of his career as a face during 2003–2005, becoming the top wrestler on the SmackDown brand in 2004. He experienced various substance abuse problems, including alcoholism and an addiction to painkillers; these real-life issues were sometimes incorporated into his storylines. In this shoot interview he talks about how he started in wrestling, Art Barr, Konnan, Art Barr's death, Frog Splash Origins, Paul Heyman,Dean Malenko, Eric Bischoff, Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio, Hogan, Hall, Nash & WCW backstage politics, LWO, 1999 car accident, addiction & recovery,WCW departure,WWF, Eddie talks about multiple WWF wrestlers & how the Latino Heat gimmick originated, Rehab & WWF departure. Eddie would rejoin the WWE and have matches against the likes of Kurt Angle until his sad untimely death. Great to hear his story in this open shoot.

From 2009 to 2011 Young was in a relationship with Terri Runnels; after the relationship ended Runnels filed a lawsuit against Young for libel and to block distribution of sexually explicit photos he had of Runnels. Young was married to Jennifer Young. After retiring, Young regularly used prescribed painkillers to help with the pain from various injuries he sustained during his career. In 2016, he collapsed while walking home from an event. He was diagnosed with blood clots in his legs and back, in addition to heart problems. Tommy Dreamer revealed that when he tried to book Young for his House of Hardcore promotion, Young said he was in poor health and often bedridden due to his heart problems and failing vision. On May 14, 2021, Young died of a heart attack in the afternoon at his Greensboro, North Carolina home at the age of 58. Sadly this was his final uncensored shoot interview before his death. New Jack along with Jim Cornette , The Honky Tonk Man and the Iron Sheik are true shoot interview legends because they held nothing back and this old school interviews are far better then the Kayfabe planned interviews with wrestlers. They are all pre-planned and have become a neo shoot format, basically promotion for older wrestlers. New Jack will always enertain.

CM Punk has become known as one of the most brash and outspoken independent stars today. He holds nothing back in this RF Video Shoot Interview as he goes into detail on his entire career from IWA Mid South to MLW to Zero-One in Japan to NWA TNA to everywhere in between. The charismatic Punk is open and honest in giving his views on a number of subjects. This is an interesting and entertaining look into the mind of a fast rising star who possesses one of the most underrated minds in the wrestling business.After concluding the rivalry with Raven, Second City Saints turned faces by feuding with The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels, B.J. Whitmer and Dan Maff), suspecting them of attacking Punk's on-screen girlfriend Lucy Fer. Whitmer was revealed to be the assailant, which led to Saints facing Prophecy in a six-man tag team match at The Battle Lines Are Drawn, which ended in a no contest. The match concluded when Punk drove Daniels with a Pepsi Plunge off the top rope through a table, thus explaining Daniels' departure from ROH. Around this time, Punk began climbing the ranks of ROH, including coming in second at the Second Anniversary Show during the tournament to crown the first ROH Pure Champion, losing to AJ Styles in the finals.At Reborn: Stage Two, Punk and Cabana defeated the Briscoe Brothers to win their first ROH Tag Team Championship. At Round Robin Challenge III, the Second City Saints lost the Tag Team Championship to B.J. Whitmer and Dan Maff in a round robin challenge, but defeated the Briscoe Brothers later that night to win their second Tag Team Championship. Setting up for his legendargy feud with Samoa Joe which we will cover in the next shoot interview uncut with CM Punk & Samoa Joe. CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, A.J. Stlyes and Samoa Joe in their prime its a shame that ROH didn't have the corporate money behind them at the time because nobody was putting on these caliber of matches.

CM Punk has become known as one of the most brash and outspoken independent stars today. He holds nothing back in this RF Video Shoot Interview as he goes into detail on his entire career from IWA Mid South to MLW to Zero-One in Japan to NWA TNA to everywhere in between. The charismatic Punk is open and honest in giving his views on a number of subjects. This is an interesting and entertaining look into the mind of a fast rising star who possesses one of the most underrated minds in the wrestling business.Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2005 to 2014, and in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2021 to 2023. Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, mainly with Ring of Honor (ROH), winning the ROH World Championship once.Brooks' first venture into wrestling was a stint in a backyard wrestling federation called the Lunatic Wrestling Federation with his brother Mike and their friends in the mid-late 1990s. He had his debut match on March 13, 1999. He first started using the ring name CM Punk when he was put into a tag team named The Chick Magnets with CM Venom after another performer skipped out on the card; the CM stood for "Chick Magnet". Unlike his friends, Punk genuinely wanted to be a wrestler and saw it as more than simple fun. Punk soon left the federation and enrolled as a student at the Steel Dominion wrestling school in Chicago, where he was trained by Ace Steel, CM Punk made his in-ring debut on ROH at All Star Extravaganza on November 9, 2002, in a gauntlet match involving five participants, that was won by Bryan Danielson. Initially, Punk joined ROH as a face, trading wins with Cabana at Night of the Butcher and Final Battle. In the summer of 2004, Punk faced off against ROH World Champion Samoa Joe for the championship in a three-match series. On June 12 at World Title Classic, the first match resulted in a 60-minute time limit draw, when neither Punk nor Joe could pin or cause the other to submit within the allotted 60 minutes. On October 16 at Joe vs. Punk II, they wrestled to a second 60-minute draw. In addition to Joe vs. Punk II becoming Ring of Honor's bestselling DVD at the time, the match received a five-star rating by famed wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. It was the first match in North America to receive a five-star rating in seven years, the last one being the first-ever Hell in a Cell match between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker at Badd Blood: In Your House in 1997. Stay Tuned for part Two and for a straight real shoot with Cm Punk and Samoa Joe soon to come.

Rare Shoot interview from the greatest performer of the golden area. The man who bought us Hulkamania and when everyone thought his time was over he truly is the innovator of the Attitude by turning heel and becoming Hollywood Hulk Hogan and unleashing the NWO with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash for a run that is documented at 83 weeks but it was longer then that. It was so big it forced the WWE to completely scrap there archaic formatt and replicate what the WCW was doing but unforntunately people don't realize that that Turner Entertainment was handcuffed by a strict family code because the Turner congomerate was involed with not only Warner brothers and Aol at its peak but represented CNN, the HLN Headline news, the weather channel, TCM and many other restriants that a corporation had to lose. Vince was allowed a much longer lease on USA. Vince knew he needed to bring back Hulk to the WWE no matter how big stone cold was its the Rock Hogan match that people still talk about to this day. In this interview he talks about TNA impact wrestling and the Hardys, don't let the marks fool you that Hulk Hogan ruined TNA. People ripped Dixie Carter but her family gave many wrestlers that the WWE and AEW now use. Sadly she was poisoned by Vince Russo's constent T N A crash TV / Jerry Springer television. People throw television deals at Hulk Hogan and he brought eyes to TNA. In this 30 minute interview he speaks of the Canadien fans and the Wrestlemania match with the Rock, watching Dusty Rhodes and Superstar Billy graham at the Tampa bay armory. He speaks kindly about Bret Hart even after all the hateful words hart spoke of him. He talk about the Iron Sheik who put over Hogan for his first WWF championship. Thank you Hulk Hogan for 30 minutes of uncut shoot and for all the last wish things you di for children.

Macho Man Randy Savage gives one of his last true shoot interviews. In this short 25 minute but sweet shoot interview you get to see a side of Randy Savage that rarely was seen. This a hidden gem that deserves to be heard. The Macho Man gives you a quick update of what he was doing around 2000. Very reserved for all the crazy stories we here , there is only one Randy Savage. Thanks Macho Man.

Vincent James Russo (born January 24, 1961) is an American professional wrestling booker, writer, and pundit. He is notable for his tenures with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) in creative roles. He also occasionally made appearances as an on-screen authority figure, and professional wrestler, in WCW and TNA. His writing style often blurred the lines between reality and fiction, while also favoring elements such as shock twists, grand moments and larger-than-life characters over in-ring action, which made him a controversial figure amongst certain wrestling fans. Russo was head of the WWF's creative department during the widely acclaimed Attitude Era, during which the company achieved record high television ratings. In 1992, Russo was hired as a freelance writer for WWF Magazine following a letter that he had written to Linda McMahon, and would later become an editor in 1994 under the pseudonym of Vic Venom. He was eventually promoted to the WWF Creative Team in 1996. In 1997, Russo became head writer for the WWF. Some of the more controversial characters during this time, often cited by critics of Russo, include Sable, Val Venis and The Godfather. Russo devised the infamous Brawl for All tournament. On October 3, 1999, Russo and Ed Ferrara signed with WCW. On the September 18, 2000 episode of Nitro, Russo was in a tag match alongside Sting and Booker T versus Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett, with the wrestler getting the pin receiving a shot at Booker T's WCW World Heavyweight Championship.[20] Russo won after Booker T dragged an unconscious Russo onto Steiner for the three count. The following week, Russo faced Booker T in a steel cage match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The match did not appear to have a clear winner as Russo was speared by Goldberg through the side of the cage at the same time Booker exited the cage. Russo's run as head writer and fledgling in-ring career came to a halt after the concussion and other injuries. Time Warner bought out Russo's contract shortly after the WCW buyout in May 2001 as he was the main reason for WCW going out of business. In July 2002, Russo joined Jeff and Jerry Jarrett's NWA-TNA promotion as a creative writer and would assist in the writing and production of the shows. Russo claims that the name "Total Nonstop Action" came from him and that the original concept was, as they were exclusive to pay-per-view, to be an edgier product than WWE; the initials of the company "TNA" being a play on "T&A," short for "Tits and Ass." Gene Okerlund claimed in 2004 that Russo's ideas were successful in the WWF because Vince McMahon was able to control them, while Ric Flair doubted Russo's WWF influence during their time together in WCW later blaming Russo for the disorganization of WCW. Eric Bischoff has said that Russo was hired at WCW by overstating his influence in WWF, which Bischoff called "fraudulent." Wrestling promoters Tony Khan and Jody Hamilton have criticized Russo's role in the downfall of WCW and TNA co-founder Jerry Jarrett expressed regret at the decision of bringing Russo in. Russo worked with Jim Cornette in the WWF during the 1990s and in TNA during the 2000s. They regularly conflicted over their opposing views on the wrestling business. In April 2010, a law firm contacted and accused Cornette of making a "terroristic threat" after writing a letter saying, "I want Vince Russo to die. If I could figure out a way to murder him without going to prison, I would consider it the greatest accomplishment of my life."

Jim Cornette lives no stone unturned when he unleashes everything he has against the most despised man in wrestling history Vince Russo. Jim was the first to start warning us of the horrible things that Russo would due to wrestling. Evitable he destroyed the Ted Turner backed WCW then TNA which most of this classic rant lets you in on.

James Mark Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author and podcaster who has previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, promoter, trainer, and occasional professional wrestler. Takes questions from a live audience and is in all his cornette form. Questions range from his oipinion on ECW hardcore wrestling style, what version of the Midnight Express did he think was better?, OVW wrestling to of Vince Mcmahon and Russo. Extremely rare, must listen and enjoy.

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian: حسین خسرو علی وزیری, romanized: Hossein Xosrô 'Ali Vaziri; March 15, 1942 – June 7, 2023), better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian-American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and actor. He was the first, and thus far only, Iranian champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983.This villainous character peaked during the 1980s WWF wrestling boom and his rivalry with Hulk Hogan turned Hogan into one of the greatest television heroes of the decade. He later formed a tag team with Nikolai Volkoff, which won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event. In 2005, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.A heel throughout the 1980s, Sheik later gained popularity on Kidd Chris, The Howard Stern Show, and the Internet due to his shoot interviews, vulgar language, and apparent intense dislike for some of his fellow professional wrestlers, particularly Hogan and Brian Blair; however, the true nature of his relationship with Hogan has been a subject of debate.In 1972, Khosrow was invited to become a professional wrestler by promoter Verne Gagne. Khosrow trained in the same class as Ric Flair at Gagne's wrestling camp under trainer Billy Robinson and then wrestled for Gagne's American Wrestling Association (AWA). He also worked as a trainer, teaching Ricky Steamboat, Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell.The Iron Sheik returned to the WWF in 1983 and challenged Bob Backlund for WWF World Heavyweight Championship again. Backlund accepted, and on the December 24 episode of All- American Wrestling, also accepted Sheik's weekly Persian club challenge. He was successful in his third attempt to swing the clubs, and the Sheik immediately attacked him from behind, injuring his neck in a work. In the December 26 title bout at Madison Square Garden, Backlund attempted to roll Sheik into a bridge pin, but this aggravated his work-weakened neck. Sheik capitalized by applying his Camel Clutch chin lock finisher. Backlund didn't submit, but his concerned manager Arnold Skaaland threw in the towel and forfeited the championship in a work in order to transition to Hulk Hogan without Hogan having to face a babyface champion. The Iron Sheik was scheduled to rematch Backlund, who was replaced by Hulk Hogan. Five minutes in, Sheik had Hogan locked in the Camel Clutch. Hogan powered to his feet with Sheik still on his back, rammed him backward into the turnbuckles, and hit his Atomic Legdrop for the pin and the championship. According to The Iron Sheik, Gagne had offered him $100,000 to break Hogan's leg during the match and return to the AWA with the WWF title. Despite promising to repair his family, Vaziri was unable to successfully quit drugs following Marissa's death. Vaziri was reported to have been extremely angered after his daughter's death to the point where he considered retaliation against her killer. In 2005, the family believed Vaziri was a danger to himself and others and forced him to enter rehabilitation; an employee allegedly snuck in cocaine for him.The Iron Sheik made his film debut in The Tale of the 3 Mohammads in 2005. He then appeared alongside Daniel Baldwin and Corey Feldman in Operation Belvis Bash in 2011. Sheik also made an appearance on the Canadian show Kenny vs. Spenny on the "Who is a better pro wrestler?" episode where he attempted to sodomize a naked Spenny with a beer bottle. He also appeared in Maz Jobrani's 2009 stand-up comedy special Brown & Friendly. The Sheik made an appearance as himself in Robot Chicken, as well as The Eric André Show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. In 2014, The Iron Sheik acted in a documentary about his life titled "The Sheik."

Roy Wayne Farris (born January 25, 1953) is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1986 to 1991, where he performed under the ring name The Honky Tonk Man. Since 2000, Honky has worked independent wrestling shows all over the world. Honky, along with Ryan Smith and a host of others, ran a series of controversial wrestling websites from 2000 to 2006. TheHonkyTonkMan.com featured frequent updates from Honky himself, a highly interactive message board community, extensive photo gallery, audio updates, and more. Notable online feuds began between The Honky Tonk Man and Jerry Lawler, Roddy Piper, and others. These often intense online rivalries became a major drawing point for fans. The website unexpectedly closed without much explanation in December 2006. The site now forwards to various new ventures of former website manager Ryan Smith, who remains tight-lipped about the closing. Honky has wrestled for Southern Championship Wrestling in Castroville, Texas, and MSW in eastern Canada. On April 23, 2008, Honky was seen wrestling in Presque Isle, Maine for the North Atlantic American Wrestling Association promotion. He appeared on Heavy on Wrestling on June 14, 2008, in Superior, Wisconsin. He wrestled as a fan favorite, defeating Big Brody Hoofer and hitting Cameron Steele with a guitar. He also appeared at PDX Wrestling (the new-age Portland Wrestling, run by Sandy Barr's son Josh) teaming with a local fan favorite against two villains. On April 26, 2008, Honky was inducted into the XWF Hall of Fame by its creator Jack Blaze at their 2008 XWF Superbrawl event. XWF was later renamed LPW (Legends Pro Wrestling) where Honky is still honored in their Hall of Fame. On June 28, 2008, in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, he made a special guest appearance for Ring of Honor with the storyline that "Sweet N'Sour" Larry Sweeney had brought him on board with his Sweet N'Sour Inc. faction. He praised the crowd and was about to sing and dance for them until Sweeney stepped in and told him he would not be doing either until their demands were met. He was inducted on April 7, 2019, by his former manager Jimmy Hart.THE HONKY TONK MAN (WAYNE FERRIS) is shoot interview GOLD!!!! ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. ENJOY

Warrior (born James Brian Hellwig; June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. Best known by his ring name The Ultimate Warrior, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1987 to 1992, as well as a short stint in 1996. He also notably spent a few months in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1998, in which he was known as The Warrior. From 1985 to 1986, he would tag with fellow former bodybuilder Steve Borden, later known as Sting, as the Blade Runners. The two split when Warrior left to pursue a singles career in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). Under the ring name Dingo Warrior, he was a one-time WCWA Texas Heavyweight Champion. In 1987, he joined the World Wrestling Federation, and became a two-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion within two years. At WrestleMania VI, Warrior won the WWF Championship in a title vs. title match over Hulk Hogan, making him the first wrestler to hold both titles concurrently. Posited as the new face of the company, he would fall out with chairman Vince McMahon over a pay dispute, and unsuccessfully attempted to leave the WWF, with which he was under contract. Warrior would return at WrestleMania VIII, but by November 1992, he had been released; it was later revealed that this was due to steroid use. In 1993, he legally changed his name to the mononym "Warrior" and was credited as a co-writer for a comic book based on his name and likeness. Warrior returned to the WWF at WrestleMania XII, but lasted four months, as he began no-showing events. Two years later, he joined World Championship Wrestling (which had tried to hire him in 1995), being used in a much-maligned storyline with Hogan, which culminated at Halloween Havoc. Warrior retired from professional wrestling and subsequently embarked on a public speaking career, but wrestled one final match in Spain in 2008.The Ultimate Warrior spares no words when talking about Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) and Vince Mcmahon. Hear it from his side about his tenure in WCW. His vitrile is at his best in this shoot because the Ultimate Warrior is right in many of his views but he is very jaded in just as much. Must Listen

The Road Warriors, also known as the Legion of Doom, were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Road Warrior Hawk (Michael Hegstrand) and Road Warrior Animal (Joseph Laurinaitis). They performed under the name "The Road Warriors" in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the name "Legion of Doom" (LOD) in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Under either name, their gimmick was the same – two imposing wrestlers in face paint. Hawk and Animal were known for their impressive physiques, as their physical size was larger than most wrestlers of the era. Their face paint and spiked armor were inspired by the Mad Max film The Road Warrior; they were the first wrestlers to bring a theme from a movie into the wrestling world.[3] They also introduced a tandem maneuver known as the Doomsday Device. The Road Warriors' last US TV appearance as a team occurred on the May 12, 2003 Raw episode in a tag team match against the World Tag Team Champions, Rob Van Dam and Kane. BUCKLE UP because Hawk and Animal do not have any filter in their last known shoot interview together in year 2000. Hawk tells a wild story about how Macho Man Randy Savage tried to punch Hawk at a concert because of gorgeous George and Hawk didn't flinch. He will let Randy hit him with a baseball bat and he will still knock out Macho man and how his Savages girl friend started doing porn. They explain how Vince Mcmahon is nothing but a liar and much much more, awesome interview.

Martin Anthony Lunde (born September 20, 1958), better known by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Arn Anderson, is an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Agent, author, and retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling (AEW) as manager of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardlow_(wrestler). Although he is widely regarded as one of the greatest tag team wrestlers in history, he also had a successful singles career and became a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, which he often called his "world title". Anderson's career was highlighted by his alliances with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair and various members of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Stable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling) in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance (NWA) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW). After his retirement, he worked as a producer for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE until 2019, when he joined AEW. On March 31, 2012, Anderson was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame as a member of the Four Horsemen. Lunde began his career on January 2, 1982 in Georgia Championship Wrestling going by the ring name Jim Vertaroso, having been trained by Ted Lipscomb (Allen). He spent much of the year wrestling in various independent wrestling companies across the United States, including a minor run in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Bill_Watts) for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watts from 1982 to 1983. By the middle of 1983, he made his way to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Championship_Wrestling, an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance affiliated promotion operating out of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama. Taking the name of "Super Olympia", Lunde soon became a member of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Fuller_(wrestler)'s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stud_Stable before the year was out. Lunde saw success in the tag team ranks by winning the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CWF_Tag_Team_Championship three times with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Stubbs and once with Pat Rose throughout 1984. It was also here in this promotion that Lunde met and began what would become a lifelong friendship with Ric Flair. By the end of the year, however, Lunde left the company and joined Mid South Wrestling based out of Shreveport. Lunde's time in Mid South was coming to an end, and during a TV taping the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_Dog mentioned to Bill Watts, the owner of Mid South Wrestling, that Lunde looked like an Anderson. Watts called Jim Crockett and convinced him to book Lunde. Lunde made his way to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett,_Jr.'s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Championship_Wrestling, based in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginias and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carolinas. By this time, the company extended its range into https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state) after rival promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon purchased https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling. There was a strong physical resemblance between Lunde and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Anderson, who had achieved legendary status in the Georgia and Mid-Atlantic territories as a tag team wrestler. Ole noticed that Lunde's style was a no nonsense approach in the ring and specialized in working over a part of an opponent's body throughout the match, much like Ole himself. Anderson agreed to work with Lunde, helping to hone his capabilities, and re-formed the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Wrecking_Crew with Lunde replacing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Anderson_(wrestler) and taking on the name of "Arn Anderson", Ole's kayfabe brother. The team quickly became a force in the territory by capturing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_National_Tag_Team_Championship in March 1985. In the latter half of 1985, the Andersons formed a loose knit alliance with fellow heels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tully_Blanchard and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair, as they began to have common enemies. The foursome frequently teamed together in six-man, and sometimes, eight-man tag matches or interfered in each other's matches to help score a victory or, at least, to prevent each other from losing their titles. The alliance quickly became a force within the territory, working in feuds against some of the biggest stars in the company like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_T._A., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warriors and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Express. Anderson also saw success as a singles wrestler on January 4, 1986, by winning the vacant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship. Anderson also had a tremendous ability to do interviews to further the storylines he participated in. His ability to improvise in interviews allowed him to coin the "Four Horsemen" moniker for the stable, as he likened their coming to wrestle at an event and the aftermath of their wrath as being akin to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse, and the name stuck. Anderson continued his reign as NWA Television Champion for most of the year, holding the championship for just over 9 months before losing it to Dusty Rhodes on September 9, 1986. As a member of the Horsemen, Anderson continued to be involved in high-profile angles within the company. By mid-1987, Anderson and fellow Horsemen Tully Blanchard began regularly competing as a tag team and rose quickly through the tag team ranks.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson#cite_note-AlumArch-5 The duo faced the Rock 'n' Roll Express for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship on September 29, 1987, and were victorious.Anderson and Blanchard left Crockett's company to join Vince McMahon's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation. Upon being named the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Busters, the team took https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_%22The_Brain%22_Heenan as their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling) and quickly began rising through the tag team ranks, eventually coming to challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_(professional_wrestling) for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Tag_Team_Championship. On July 18, 1989, the Brain Busters won the titles, ending Demolition's historic reign of 478 days; the match would air on the July 29 edition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_XXII. In December 1989, Anderson left the WWF and went back to WCW.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson#cite_note-AlumArch-5 Blanchard was slated to return as well but WWF accused him of testing positive for cocaine. Crockett's company was now called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling and was under the ownership of billionaire mogul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Turner. Anderson helped to reform the Horsemen and he quickly found success in the company, winning the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship on January 2, 1990.On the August 25, 1997, episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Monday_Nitro, Anderson formally announced his retirement from the ring.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson#cite_note-AlumArch-5 While standing in the ring, surrounded by Ric Flair and newest Horsemen members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McMichael and Benoit, Anderson declared that his last official act as the "Enforcer" for the Four Horsemen was to offer his "spot" in the gr

Part 2 Heenan retired from managing in 1991 to become a full-time commentator. Nonetheless, Heenan crossed the line to managing sporadically. When the WWF signed Ric Flair, Heenan spent several weeks talking Flair up as "The Real World's Heavyweight Champion", appearing onscreen with Flair's Big Gold Belt. He continued to act as an adviser to Flair during his WWF run from 1991 to 1993. Though he nominally managed Flair, Heenan's former protégé Mr. Perfect, who temporarily retired due to injury, would regularly accompany Flair to ringside as his "Executive Consultant". At the 1993 Royal Rumble, he introduced "The Narcissist" Lex Luger to the WWF to exact revenge on his former protégé, Mr. Perfect. In 1984, WWF owner Vince McMahon took full advantage of his microphone and comedic skills and Heenan became a color commentator in addition to his managing duties. He replaced Jesse Ventura on Prime Time Wrestling and All American Wrestling, aired on the USA Network, teaming up with Gorilla Monsoon. He also replaced Ventura to team up with Monsoon on the syndicated All-Star Wrestling, which was replaced in the fall of 1986 with Wrestling Challenge. Although the purpose of these shows were to summarize weekly WWF events, viewers tuned in to see Heenan and Monsoon's interactions. World Championship Wrestling (1994–2000)On January 27, 1994, Heenan made his debut in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was originally brought in to replace Jesse Ventura, his former client, as the color commentator for WCW Saturday Night and eventually took over Ventura's position as the company's lead commentator, replacing him for pay-per-view events and on the syndicated WCW Worldwide and Clash of the Champions events produced for TBS. When WCW Monday Nitro premiered in September 1995, Heenan left Saturday Night to work on the new show full-time and joined former Chicago Bears defensive lineman Steve McMichael as an analyst alongside play-by-play man Eric Bischoff. He was later frequently paired with Tony Schiavone. On the January 23, 1996 episode of Clash of the Champions XXXII, during a match between Eddie Guerrero and Brian Pillman, Pillman left the ring and grabbed Heenan, who had a history of neck problems, by the collar, causing him to blurt out: "What the fuck are you doing?" live on the air. Five months later that year in June 1996, Heenan made a one-off return to ringside at The Great American Bash as the manager of two of his former clients, Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, in a tag team match against his broadcast colleague Steve McMichael and then Carolina Panthers linebacker Kevin Greene. Heenan was instrumental in convincing McMichael to turn on his partner, which enabled Flair and Anderson to win the match, and fill the open spot in The Four Horsemen that Brian Pillman left behind when he departed from the company earlier in the year. At the following pay-per-view, Bash at the Beach, Heenan reacted incredulously when his old rival Hulk Hogan walked out during the main event match between The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) and Sting, Lex Luger and Randy Savage by shouting "Whose side is he on?" Hogan subsequently turned his back on the fans and joined Hall and Nash to form the New World Order (nWo). Despite no longer being a fan favorite, Heenan continued to bash Hogan on commentary by gloating that he had been right about him all along, continuing a rivalry that dated back to their time in AWA. Starting in late January 2000, WCW replaced Heenan on Monday Nitro and pay-per-view events with Mark Madden. Heenan continued to commentate on Thunder along with Mike Tenay, and later Schiavone, until he was replaced by Stevie Ray beginning in July 2000. Heenan was then only seen with Scott Hudson on Worldwide until he was released by WCW in November 2000. Heenan said he was uninspired in WCW due to the negative work environment and due to conflicts with Schiavone. WCW went out of business less than a year after his release.

American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_commentator, and wrestler. He performed with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association (AWA), the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWF, now WWE) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW) under the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Bobby "the Brain" Heenan. Heenan was known for his skill in elevating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) on-screen talent by drawing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling) for himself and his wrestlers from the crowd. He was paired with numerous wrestlers, including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel, whom he led to win the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship, and he became an integral figure in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom by managing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_Bundy and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant in WWF main event matches with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_2 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_III respectively. The wrestlers under his tutelage were collectively known as "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heenan_Family" at various times throughout his career. Known for his quick wit and comedic ability, Heenan also served as a color commentator and is remembered for his on-screen repartee with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Monsoon. Outside of wrestling, Heenan authored two books, appeared on numerous television shows, and briefly hosted a parody talk show titled The Bobby Heenan Show on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Prime_Time_Wrestling. Heenan retired in 2001 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_X-Seven after a seventeen-year stint as a commentator in professional wrestling but he continued to make sporadic appearances in several promotions. In 1965, Heenan became a regular in William Afflis' (known by his in-ring persona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_the_Bruiser) Indianapolis-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Association_(Indianapolis) under the moniker "Pretty Boy" Bobby Heenan. In 1966, he wrestled his first match against Calvin "Prince" Pullins. Heenan said he was never trained as a wrestler and it came naturally. He was booked – both as a manager and wrestler – after the promoters saw how well he handled the physical aspects of his managerial duties. During his time in WWA, he managed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Poffo and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Markoff, the Assassins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Mitchell_(wrestler) and Joe Tomasso), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Valiant_Brothers and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blackjacks. In particular, Heenan was credited with making https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack_Lanza one of the top wrestling villains in the country. This impressed promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Muchnick, who typically hated wrestling managers, and Heenan is believed to be the only heel manager to work in Muchnick's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Wrestling_Club. He also occasionally wrestled with a storyline "brother" Guy Heenan, portrayed by Guy Mitchell, from the Assassins. In 1974, he left the WWA. He attributed his departure to a dispute with Afflis over pay for his participation in the first-ever wrestling event held at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Square_Arena, emphatically stating that he never returned to the promotion as a result. After leaving WWA, Heenan announced he was now to be known as "The Brain" at his AWA debut in 1969. He took up managing the team of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens_(wrestler), a duo which won a third https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship under his leadership. While Bockwinkel and Stevens feuded with The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser, Bruiser famously called Heenan "Weasel"; this led to his rivals calling him "Weasel" throughout the rest of his wrestling career. The AWA was the starting point for the first incarnation of his eponymous heel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_(professional_wrestling), The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heenan_Family, which initially consisted of Bockwinkel, Stevens, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Duncum_Sr., and Blackjack Lanza. On January 25, 1975, an angry fan fired a gun at Heenan in Chicago's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Amphitheatre after Heenan interfered in one of Bockwinkel's matches. Heenan was unharmed, but five people sitting ringside were injured, one of them critically. Later in 1975, Bockwinkel captured his first of several https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship, ending the seven-year reign of perennial champion and AWA promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verne_Gagne. While Bockwinkel was AWA Champion in 1976, Lanza and Duncum captured the AWA World Tag Team Championship, making Heenan the first manager in history to simultaneously manage both a major promotion's singles and tag team champions. In 1984, Heenan left AWA to join the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation (WWF). While most of the AWA talent left for the WWF during this time without giving proper notice (the AWA required departing talent to work a six-week notice for booking and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_syndication-based reasons, with most talent claiming that WWF promoter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon paid them extra not to work out their notices with the AWA), only Heenan worked out his notice in good faith to the Gagne family. He was written out of AWA television when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Karbo announced on the September 28 broadcast of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_All-Star_Wrestling that Heenan had been suspended indefinitely by AWA President Stanley Blackburn for initiating an attack on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Ones by Heenan Family members Nick Bockwinkel and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Saito.Heenan was signed by the WWF in 1984 with the intention of him managing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura, however Ventura's retirement due to blood clots in his lungs prevented this from happening. Instead, Heenan managed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_John_Studd (whom Heenan was best friends with in the AWA) in his feud against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant. Studd challenged André to a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar15,000 bodyslam match at the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_(1985), with the stipulation being that André would have to retire had he lost. Heenan and the Heenan Family had a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan in the 1980s, and Heenan managed two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania challengers to Hogan's title. In 1986, Heenan managed King Kong Bundy in his main event bout at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_2. During the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant%E2%80%93Hulk_Hogan_rivalry preceding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_III, André sided with Heenan and challenged Hogan at the event. While neither Bundy nor André won the title at that time, André later bested Hogan for the championship on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Event_I on February 5, 1988, in a controversial win after he aligned himself with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_DiBiase. Part Coming Next

Extremely Rare 25 minute old school shoot of Brusier Brody , Frank Goodish. Unlike you have ever heard before. Frank Donald Goodish (June 18, 1946 – July 17, 1988) was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the ring name Bruiser Brody. He also worked as King Kong Brody, the Masked Marauder, and Red River Jack. Over the years Brody became synonymous with the hardcore wrestling brawling style that often saw one or more of the participants bleeding by the time the match was over. In his prime he worked as a "special attraction" wrestler in North America, making select appearances for various promotions such as World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), Central States Wrestling (CSW), Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF), and the American Wrestling Association (AWA) among others. He worked regularly in Japan for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).Behind the scenes Brody was very protective of his "in-ring" image, hardly ever agreeing to lose matches and building a reputation of being volatile; he would on occasion intentionally hit or hurt opponents during a match contrary to the pre-determined nature of professional wrestling. His in-ring work and wrestling persona earned him an induction in the professional wrestling hall of fame, St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame, Southern Wrestling Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame and the WWE Hall of Fame.Brody died in 1988 from stab wounds suffered backstage in a shower during a wrestling event in Puerto Rico. The killer was José González, better known as Invader I. A jury acquitted González of murder, ruling that González killed Brody in self-defense. Key witnesses to the killing did not give testimony at González' trial due to their summonses only being received after the trial had concluded

While working in Memphis, Tennessee, as a disc jockey, Lawler's artistic ability attracted the attention of local wrestling promoter Aubrey Griffith. The two made an agreement in which Lawler would give Griffith free publicity in exchange for free wrestling training. Lawler debuted as a wrestler in 1970, and won his first championship in September 1971 by winning a battle royal.[4] He soon won the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship under the managerial service of Sam Bass with partner Jim White. In 1974, Lawler began feuding with Jackie Fargo, who had been his trainer and mentor. This led to a match for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. On July 24, 1974, Lawler won the belt and the title of "King of Wrestling." Continental Wrestling Association (1977–1989)- In 1977, promoter Jerry Jarrett broke away from Nick Gulas' NWA Mid-America promotion and formed his own promotion, the Continental Wrestling Association. Lawler—Gulas' biggest star—opted to join Jarrett. The CWA quickly outperformed NWA Mid-America, which ultimately folded in 1981. Lawler was both a co-owner of the CWA and its top star. On November 12, 1979, while working in the CWA, Lawler defeated Superstar Billy Graham to become the CWA World Champion. In 1982, Lawler began a notorious feud with comedian Andy Kaufman. At the time, Kaufman wrestled women as part of his skits and had declared himself the Intergender Heavyweight Champion. On April 5, Lawler, who had taken exception to the skits, wrestled Kaufman in Memphis. During the course of the match, Lawler delivered two piledrivers to Kaufman, the second after the bell rang, sending him to the hospital and nearly breaking his neck. On July 29, Lawler slapped Kaufman in the face on an episode of Late Night with David Letterman. Kaufman responded by shouting profanities and throwing his coffee at Lawler. In 1989, the CWA merged with World Class Championship Wrestling to form the United States Wrestling Association. On March 7, 1983, Lawler won the AWA International Championship by defeating Austin Idol. On May 30, 1983, Bill Dundee defeated Jerry Lawler for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. The feud quickly escalated and on June 6, 1983, the two met in a Loser Leaves Town Match for the title, in which Lawler won. Lawler defeated Ken Patera on July 25 to begin his second reign as the International Champion. Lawler became the NWA Mid America Champion on April 12, 1984, when he defeated Randy Savage for the title. Lawler won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Curt Hennig on May 9, 1988. During his reign, Lawler feuded with World Class Championship Wrestling's Champion Kerry Von Erich. Lawler continued feuding with Kerry Von Erich in WCCW. He lost to Von Erich in a steel cage match on November 25, 1988. He would defeat Von Erich by disqualification to retain the WCCW heavyweight title. He wrestled Mil Mascaras to a draw on July 28. Feuds with Bret Hart and Doink the Clown (1992–1995). On November 19, 2001 after a nine month hiatus from the company, Lawler returned to the WWF. He was reintroduced by Vince McMahon on Raw as the replacement for color commentator (and Alliance member) Paul Heyman, who had been (kayfabe) fired in the aftermath of the Alliance's loss at the previous night's Survivor Series. As he had been before his departure, Lawler once again became color commentator on Raw and pay-per-view events alongside Jim Ross and SmackDown! with Michael Cole, until the brands were separated and Lawler became exclusive to Raw. Lawler stated that his well-worked chemistry with Jim Ross has been a result of their different styles; according to Lawler, Jim Ross is a fine storyteller and keeps fans well-versed with current storylines, whereas he provides reaction and emotion to liven the commentary.