List of masked wrestlers
List -- Tag teams and stables
Table:
Name

Promotion

Years active

Country

Notes

American Starship
(Starship Coyote & Starship Eagle)

Jim Crockett Promotions

1985

United States

[3][6]

The A-Team
(The "Atomic Kid" Buddy Wayne and the Frog)

All Star Wrestling

1987–1988

Canada

The Atomic Kid decided to start wrestling without his mask revealing himself to be Buddy Wayne not long after forming the A-Team in 1987. The Frog was unmasked by "Vicious" Verne Siebert, The Mighty I-Ton, and "Tiger" Dory Signh in 1988.[23]

The Assassins (original)
(Assassin#1 & Assassin #2)

Florida Championship Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance

1961–1983

United States

Roger Smith, Randy Colley and Hercules Hernandez each wrestled as "Assassin #2".[3]

The Assassins
(Assassin#1 and Assassin #2)

World Wrestling Association

1966–1967

United States

Assassin #1 was unmasked by The Sheik in 1971.[5]

The Blackhearts
(Destruction and Apocalypse)

All-Japan Pro Wrestling, IWA Japan, Stampede Wrestling

1989–1991; 1993, 1996–1997

United States

A second incarnation was formed with Apocalypse and Devastation in 1993; Apocalypse was replaced by Agony in 1996.[3]

The Blue Infernos
(Blue Inferno I & Blue Inferno II)

Continental Wrestling Association

1966–1967

United States

[3]

The Colossal Kongs
(Awesome Kong and Krusher Kong)

Global Wrestling Federation, United States Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling

1991–1993

United States

[3]

The Columbian Tigers
(Columbian Tiger I & Columbian Tiger II)

National Wrestling Alliance

1974

United States

[3]

Los Conquistadores (original)
(Conquistador I & Conquistador II)

World Wrestling Federation

1987–1989

United States

[3][8]

Los Conquistadores
(Conquistador I & Conquistador II)

World Wrestling Federation

2000

United States

[3]

Los Conquistadores
(Conquistador I & Conquistador II)

World Wrestling Federation

2003

United States

[3]

The Council of Trabajadores

Philippine Wrestling Revolution

2015–

Philippines

The Cruel Connection
(Cruel Connection I & Cruel Connection II)

Jim Crockett Promotions

1987

United States

[3]

The Crusaders
(Crusader I & Crusader II)

Maple Leaf Wrestling

1973–1974

Canada

Crusader I was unmasked by The Sheik in 1974.[5]

The Cyberpunks
(Ice & Fire)

United States Wrestling Association

1996

United States

[3]

The Ding Dongs
(Ding Dong I & Ding Dong II)

World Championship Wrestling

1989

United States

Unmasked by The Skyscrapers in 1989.[3][5][10][11]

Doom
(Ron Simmons and Butch Reed)

World Championship Wrestling

1989–1990

United States

[3]

The Executioners (original)
(Executioner#1 and Executioner#2)

World Wide Wrestling Federation

1976

United States

[3][6]

The Executioners
(Pain and Agony)

World Wrestling Federation

1992–1994

United States

[3][6]

The Grapplers
(Grappler#1 and Grappler#2)

Continental Wrestling Association

1982–1984

United States

[3]

By analysing the tabular data together with the supplementary paragraphs below.

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Scott Oliver Hall ( born October 20 , 1958 ) is an American retired professional wrestler . He is best known for his work with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) as Razor Ramon and with World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) under his real name . Beginning with his time in the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) , Hall maintained a perennially high profile as a wrestler , as he became a four time WWF Intercontinental Champion ( a record from 1995-1999 ) , a two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion , a one-time WCW World Television Champion , and a nine-time world tag team champion ( seven times in WCW , once in TNA , and once in the AWA ) . In addition , Hall is a two-time world champion , having won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship . He is also notable for being a founding member of the New World Order ( nWo ) . On April 5 , 2014 , Hall was inducted individually into the WWE Hall of Fame as Razor Ramon , and he will be inducted a second time ( this time under his real name ) in 2020 as a member of nWo , together with fellow former stablemates Hulk Hogan , Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman .
Daniel Eugene Spivey ( born October 14 , 1952 ) is an American retired professional wrestler best known under the ring names Dangerous Dan Spivey , Dangerous Dan The Left Hand Man , Danny Spivey , and Waylon Mercy , and initially worked under the name Starship Eagle . Throughout his career he has worked extensively for World Championship Wrestling , the World Wrestling Federation , and All Japan Pro Wrestling . He retired from wrestling in 1995 due to injuries and now works in alcoholism counselling in his native Florida . Spivey spent a lot of his career as part of various tag teams and is especially known in the U.S. for teaming with Sid Vicious as The Skyscrapers in WCW and teaming with Mike Rotunda to form The American Express in WWF . He started his career teaming with Starship Coyote , collectively known as American Starship . In Japan he teamed with various wrestlers over the years winning the World Tag Team Championship with Stan Hansen and teaming with Johnny Ace for long periods of time . His last wrestling persona , Waylon Mercy , was inspired by Robert De Niro 's portrayal of Max Cady in the 1991 remake of Cape Fear . While he only worked a few matches under that name he later inspired the creation of the Bray Wyatt character , as Spivey worked with Windham Rotunda to develop it initially .
Jim Crockett Promotions Inc. was a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte , North Carolina , United States . Founded in 1931 , the promotion emerged as a cornerstone of the National Wrestling Alliance . By the 1980s , Jim Crockett Promotions was , along with the World Wrestling Federation , one of the two largest promotions in the United States . The Crockett family sold a majority interest in the promotion to Turner Broadcasting System in 1988 , resulting in the creation of World Championship Wrestling .
The United States of America ( USA ) , commonly known as the United States ( U.S. or US ) or America , is a country consisting of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions . [ g ] At 3.8 million square miles ( 9.8 million km2 ) , it is the world 's third or fourth-largest country by total area [ b ] and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe . Most of the country is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico . With an estimated population of over 328 million , the U.S. is the third most populous country in the world . The capital is Washington , D.C. , and the most populous city is New York City . Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago . European colonization began in the 16th century . The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast . Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolutionary War lasting between 1775 and 1783 , leading to independence . The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century - gradually acquiring new territories , displacing Native Americans , and admitting new states - until by 1848 it spanned the continent . During the second half of the 19th century , the American Civil War led to the abolition of slavery in the United States . The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed the country 's status as a global military power .
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering 9.98 million square kilometres ( 3.85 million square miles ) , making it the world 's second-largest country by total area . Its southern border with the United States , stretching some 8,891 kilometres ( 5,525 mi ) , is the world 's longest bi-national land border . Canada 's capital is Ottawa , and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto , Montreal , and Vancouver . As a whole , Canada is sparsely populated , with most of its land area dominated by forest and tundra . Its population is highly urbanized , with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities , and 70 percent residing within 100 kilometres ( 62 mi ) of the southern border . Canada 's climate varies widely across its vast area , ranging from Arctic climate in the north to hot summers in the southern regions , with four distinct seasons . Various indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization . Beginning in the 16th century , British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast . As a consequence of various armed conflicts , France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 . In 1867 , with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation , Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces . This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom .
The Assassins were a masked professional wrestling tag team from the 1960s to the 1980s . Jody Hamilton , the original Assassin , was a member throughout the various incarnations of the team , teaming with Tom Renesto , Roger Smith , Randy Colley and Hercules Hernandez while donning the masks .
Joseph Hamilton ( born August 28 , 1938 ) is an American retired professional wrestler and current wrestling promoter and trainer . In his active days , Hamilton was best known as one half of the tag team The Assassins where he was called Assassin # 1 . When the Assassins ended , Hamilton wrestled as The Assassin and The Flame both while wearing a mask . Hamilton teamed up with Tom Renesto in late 1961 to form the masked heel ( bad guy ) team known as The Assassins and , for over a decade , Hamilton and Renesto wrestled all over the world with great success . Once Renesto retired , Hamilton kept the Assassins team alive by partnering with wrestlers such as Randy Colley and Hercules Hernandez under the trademark gold and black masks of the Assassins . In the late 1980s , Hamilton founded Deep South Wrestling ( DSW ) , where he also wrestled until a back injury forced him to retire in 1988 . After Deep South Wrestling closed , Hamilton worked extensively for World Championship Wrestling both on the booking team and later on as a trainer at WCW 's Power Plant training facility . In 2005 , Hamilton reopened Deep South Wrestling , this time as an affiliate of World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , to train wrestlers the WWE had signed to developmental contracts . In 2007 , WWE abruptly ended their contract with DSW and the promotion suspended operations later in the year .
Championship Wrestling from Florida ( CWF ) was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa , Florida wrestling office existing from 1961 , when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion , until 1987 , when it closed down . It is also referred to as Florida Championship Wrestling . When Mike Graham tried a return to promoting , the rights to the name had been acquired by an outside party , forcing him to use another name , Florida Championship Wrestling .
Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta , U.S. , superstation WTBS . Though based in Atlanta , the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic territory of Georgia . The territory was affiliated with what had been the world 's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before , the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) .
The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) is an American professional wrestling promotion and former governing body operating via its parent company Lightning One , Inc . Founded in 1948 , the NWA began as a governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions , the heads of which made up the Board of Directors . The group operated a territory system which sanctioned various championships , recognized one world champion , participated in talent exchanges , and collectively protected the territorial integrity of member promotions . Prior to the 1960s it acted as the sole governing body for most of professional wrestling . It remained the largest and most influential body in wrestling until the mid-1980s by which time most of the original member promotions went out of business as a result of the World Wrestling Federation 's national expansion . In September 1993 , the largest remaining member promotion , World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , left the NWA for the second and final time . The NWA would continue as a loose coalition of independent promotions , with NWA : Total Nonstop Action ( NWA : TNA ) given exclusivity over its World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships from June 2002 to May 2007 . In August 2012 , the NWA discontinued its memberships and started licensing its brand to wrestling promotions . As of 2019 , the NWA is no longer a governing body and has since become a singular wrestling promotion .
John Steele Hill ( July 8 , 1941 - March 10 , 2010 ) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known under the ring names Guy Mitchell , The Stomper and Gentleman Jerry Valiant . During his career , he held the top singles titles in Australia and Vancouver , and competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF ) where he won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship .
The World Wrestling Association was an Indianapolis-based professional wrestling promotion which was operated by Dick The Bruiser Afflis and his business partner Wilbur Snyder . The WWA was affiliated with the larger American Wrestling Association and recognized its champions , though the WWA also had its own champions . The WWA also recognized the championships of the Indianapolis-based Powerful Women of Wrestling promotion as their women 's champions in the late 1980s .
David William Heath ( born February 16 , 1969 ) is an American professional wrestler . He is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) from 1998 to 2001 and intermittently throughout the mid-2000s under the ring name Gangrel .
All Japan Pro Wrestling ( オールジャパン・プロレスリング , Ōru Japan Puroresuringu , originally 全日本プロレス Zen Nihon Puroresu ) ( AJPW/AJP ) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21 , 1972 when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion . Many wrestlers had left with Baba , with many more joining the following year when JWA folded . From the mid-1970s , All Japan was firmly established as the largest promotion in Japan . As the 90s began , aging stars gave way to a younger generation including Mitsuharu Misawa , Kenta Kobashi , Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue , leading to perhaps AJPW 's most profitable period in the 1990s . In 1999 , Giant Baba died and the promotion was ran by Motoko Baba . Misawa was named President but left in 2000 after disagreements with Motoko . Misawa created Pro Wrestling NOAH and every single native wrestler besides Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada left All Japan . This led to a loss of All Japan 's TV deal and a period of hardship for the company . In 2001 , they entered a cross-promotion agreement with New Japan Pro-Wrestling which proved very successful , allowing All Japan to remain one of the larger promotions in the country , although now firmly behind NJPW . In January 2002 , Misawa left . By mid-2005 , All Japan 's attendance had dropped and the promotion seemed to be in trouble again but by 2007 had new sponsors and seemed to have recovered . After Misawa and most of the other wrestlers left the promotion , there was a lull in developing new stars until the likes of KAI , Suwama , Hama and T28 debuted from the mid-2000s onward and helped restrengthen the company .
The International Wrestling Association of Japan , more commonly known as IWA Japan , was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion operating from 1994 to 1996 and again from 2011 onwards . It was formed by Victor Quiñones as a successor to the W*ING promotion , which was folding at the time as a rival to Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling ( FMW ) , the pioneer of deathmatch wrestling in Japan and the only deathmatch promotion in Japan at the time . Most of the wrestlers jumped ship to Quiñones ' new IWA Japan group . He found a sponsor in Tatsukuni Kinroku Asano , a business man who owned several restaurants in Tokyo and had bought and run several wrestling shows prior to IWA Japan .
Stampede Wrestling was a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary , Alberta . For nearly 50 years , it was one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies . Originally established by Stu Hart in 1948 , the promotion competed with other promotions such as NWA All-Star Wrestling and Pacific Northwest Wrestling and regularly ran events in Calgary 's Victoria Pavilion , Ogden Auditorium and the Stampede Corral between 1948 and 1984 . Bought out by promoter Vince McMahon , the company was briefly run by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) before being sold back to the Hart family the following year . Run by Bruce Hart until January 1990 , he and Ross Hart reopened the promotion in 1999 and began running events in the Alberta area . Along with its wrestling school known as The Dungeon , many of the promotion 's former alumni becoming some of the most popular stars in the World Wrestling Federation and other American promotions during the 1980s and 1990s , the promotion produced one of the earliest televised professional wrestling programs ( today considered the forerunner of today 's WWE ) that remained one of Calgary 's most popular sports programs eventually airing in over 50 countries .
Gilberto Meléndez ( December 2 , 1933 - June 15 , 2016 ) was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known under the ring name Gypsy Joe . While attaining much of his United States success in the Tennessee area , Meléndez also gained a following in Japan . He is perhaps best known in the wrestling industry for his remarkable longevity , with a career spanning seven decades , as well as his highly physical brawling style and tough reputation which made him an early pioneer of the hardcore wrestling scene .
Continental Wrestling Association ( later the Championship Wrestling Association ) was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett . The CWA was the name of the governing body for the Championship Wrestling , Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling or the Memphis territory . This promotion was a chief NWA territory during the 1970s and early 1980s while operating out of Tennessee and Kentucky . The CWA was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance until 1986 and affiliated with the American Wrestling Association until 1989 . In 1989 , the CWA merged with the World Class Wrestling Association to form the United States Wrestling Association thus ceasing to exist as a separate entity . Lance Russell and Dave Brown were the television commentators and hosts for the Memphis territory , including the Continental Wrestling Association .
The United States Wrestling Association ( USWA ) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis , Tennessee . The company was founded when the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association merged with the Dallas-based World Class Wrestling Association .
Scott Thompson ( born March 18 , 1970 ) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler . He is best known for his appearances with the professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling under the ring name King Kong in the early 1990s and later worked as Krusher Kong on the wrestling independent circuit . Thompson teamed up with another wrestler , Dwain McCullough , known as Awesome Kong to form a regular tag team known as The Colossal Kongs .
Global Wrestling Federation was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Dallas , Texas . It started in June 1991 and folded in September 1994 . At one time its shows were presented on the ESPN television network . On many weeks , the promotion provided programming five days a week airing at 4 p.m. Eastern with current matches . The GWF was the last pro wrestling promotion to be seen on ESPN regularly . Beginning in the mid-1990s , the network began to emphasize talk shows in the mid-afternoon hours , supplanting pro wrestling . It was announced that ESPN Classic would start showing re-runs on August 5 , 2013 . Episodes are available on the WWE Network .
The United States Wrestling Association ( USWA ) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis , Tennessee . The company was founded when the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association merged with the Dallas-based World Class Wrestling Association .
World Championship Wrestling Inc. ( WCW ) is a defunct American professional wrestling promotion . For much of its existence , WCW was one of the top professional wrestling promotions in the United States , and was a significant competitor to the dominant World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) . WCW was founded by Ted Turner in 1988 , after Turner Broadcasting System , through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation , purchased the assets of the nearly bankrupt major wrestling territory Jim Crockett Promotions ( JCP ) , which had aired on TBS . After initial success through utilization of established wrestling stars of the 1980s , the company appointed Eric Bischoff to executive producer of television in 1993 . Under Bischoff 's leadership , the company enjoyed a period of mainstream success characterized by a shift to reality-based storylines , and notable hirings of former WWF talent . WCW also promoted multiple live events a year , and gained attention for developing a popular cruiserweight division , which showcased an acrobatic , fast-paced , lucha libre-inspired style of wrestling . In 1995 , WCW debuted the live television flagship program WCW Monday Nitro , and subsequently developed a ratings competition now known as the Monday Night Wars against the flagship program of the WWF , Monday Night Raw . From 1996-1998 , WCW surpassed their rival program in the ratings for 83 consecutive weeks , threatening to severely undercut their rival and disrupting the American wrestling hierarchy . However , WCW then endured significant losses in ratings and revenue due to creative missteps in the late 1990s , and suffered from the fallout from the merger of Turner Broadcasting parent Time Warner and AOL . Soon thereafter , WCW went out of business , and the WWF purchased selected WCW assets in 2001 , including its video library , some wrestler contracts , and selected intellectual property , including the WCW name and championships . The corporate subsidiary , which was retained to deal with legal obligations and reverted to the Universal Wrestling Corporation name , officially became defunct in 2017 . Its headquarters were located in Atlanta , Georgia .
Los Conquistadores ( Spanish for : the conquerors ) was the name of a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) consisting of two masked wrestlers known as One ( or Uno Spanish for one ) and Two ( or Dos Spanish for : two ) . The original team consisted of José Estrada Sr. and Jose Luis Rivera . Several other wrestlers made use of the gimmick in 2000 and 2003 . Edge and Christian and The Hardy Boyz both won the WWE World Tag Team Championship wrestling as Los Conquistadores , although their reigns were later credited under their actual team names .
Marcelino Rivera Alicea ( born August 6 , 1960 ) better known as Jose Luis Rivera is a Puerto Rican semi-retired professional wrestler . He was notable for his time in the World Wrestling Federation ( today known as WWE ) where he was also known as Conquistador # 1 or Conquistador Uno when he teamed with fellow Puerto Rican Jose Estrada , Sr .
José Estrada Sr. is a retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler who was a longtime mainstay of the World Wrestling Council as well as having stints in North American promotions , most notably two separate periods of time for the World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation ( WWWF/WWF ) . First in the late 1970s until 1984 , holding the now inactive Junior Heavyweight Championship under his real name . From 1987 until 1989 he worked as Conquistador Dos , working as part of a masked team known as Los Conquistadores . He has also worked extensively in his native Puerto Rico , primarily for the World Wrestling Council ( WWC ) where he played the masked Super Medico I , where he teamed both with a masked Don Kent in 1984 and his son José Estrada Jr. in 1990 . He worked with the WWC in 2007 as a wrestling manager . His son is also a retired professional wrestler , who worked primarily in Puerto Rico .
World Wrestling Entertainment , Inc. , d/b/a WWE , is an American integrated media and entertainment company that is primarily known for professional wrestling . WWE has also branched out into other fields , including movies , football , and various other business ventures . The WWE name also refers to the professional wrestling promotion itself , founded in the 1950s as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation . As of 2019 , it is the largest wrestling promotion in the world , holding over 500 events a year , with the roster divided up into various globally traveling brands , and is available to about 36 million viewers in more than 150 countries . The company 's global headquarters is located in Stamford , Connecticut , with offices in major cities around the world . As in other professional wrestling promotions , WWE shows are not legitimate contests , but purely entertainment-based , featuring storyline-driven , scripted , and choreographed matches , though matches often include moves that can put performers at risk of injury , even death , if not performed correctly . This was first publicly acknowledged by WWE 's owner Vince McMahon in 1989 to avoid taxes from athletic commissions . Since the 1980s , WWE publicly has branded its product as sports entertainment , acknowledging the product 's roots in competitive sport and dramatic theater . The company 's majority owner is its chairman and CEO , Vince McMahon , who retains a 42% ownership of the company 's outstanding stock and 83% of the voting power . The current entity , incorporated on February 21 , 1980 , was previously known as Titan Sports , Inc. , which was founded that same year in South Yarmouth , Massachusetts . It acquired Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. , the holding company for the World Wrestling Federation , in 1982 . Titan was renamed World Wrestling Federation , Inc. in 1998 , then World Wrestling Federation Entertainment , Inc. in 1999 , and finally the current World Wrestling Entertainment , Inc. in 2002 .
Adam Joseph Copeland ( born October 30 , 1973 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor . He is currently signed to WWE under the ring name Edge . Copeland was trained by professional wrestlers Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchison . Throughout the 1990s , he wrestled in various United States independent promotions . During his time in these promotions , he competed in singles and tag team competition , the latter with longtime best friend Jason Reso . In 1997 , Copeland signed a developmental deal with the WWF and was rebranded as the storyline brother of Christian , Reso 's WWF persona . He made his televised debut the following June under the ring name Edge . In July 1999 , he won the WWF Intercontinental Championship at a house show in Toronto , marking his first title reign with the company . Edge and Christian , billed as brothers and later childhood friends in WWF/WWE storylines , went on to win the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven different occasions . During this time , they gained notoriety in the tag team division , partly due to their participation in Tables , Ladders , and Chairs matches . He retired in April 2011 due to several neck injuries , but returned to competition in the 2020 Royal Rumble match after a nine-year hiatus . Edge is one of the most decorated professional wrestlers of all-time , having won 31 championships in WWE overall , including the World Heavyweight Championship a record seven times , the WWE Championship four times , the Intercontinental Championship five times , the United States Championship once , the WWF/World Tag Team Championship a record twelve times , and the WWE Tag Team Championship twice .
William Jason Jay Reso ( born November 30 , 1973 ) is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler , best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Christian , a shortened version of his original ring name Christian Cage that was also used during his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . Reso was trained by Ron Hutchison and Dory Funk Jr. and made his professional wrestling debut in June 1995 . Reso wrestled in Canadian independent promotions early in his career , where he frequently competed in singles and tag team competition with longtime best friend Adam Copeland . In 1998 , Reso signed a developmental deal with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) and was rebranded as the storyline brother of Edge , Copeland 's WWF persona . Reso made his debut the following year and immediately captured his first title in the company , the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship . Edge and Christian gained notoriety as a tag team for their participation in Tables , Ladders and Chairs matches and winning the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven different occasions . The team parted ways in 2001 , after which Reso held various singles titles , including the European Championship , the Hardcore Championship , and the Intercontinental Championship . In November 2005 , Reso signed with TNA under his Christian Cage ring name , where he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice . Reso left TNA in late 2008 and re-signed with WWE , where he won the ECW Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship twice each . He is the twenty-third Triple Crown Champion and the eleventh Grand Slam Champion in WWE history .
Robert Thomas Conway Jr. ( born November 28 , 1974 ) , is an American professional wrestler . He is known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment , where he performed under his real name and as Robért Conway . Post-WWE , he is also known for his work with the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) , where he is a former two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion . He is also a seven-time Tag Team Champion , becoming a three-time World Tag Team Champion with Sylvain Grenier as part of La Resistance in the WWE and four-time NWA World Tag Team Champion once as part of The IronGodz with Jax Dane and three-times as part of The Iron Empire with Matt Riviera in the NWA . He is currently the only wrestler to have held the NWA World Heavyweight and NWA World Tag Team Championships simultaneously .
Nicholas David Dinsmore ( born December 17 , 1975 ) , also known by his World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) ring name Eugene , is an American professional wrestler . He is a former World Tag Team Champion , with William Regal . Under his real name , he is best known for his time in Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) , as a wrestler and trainer . He is a ten-time OVW Heavyweight Champion and an eleven-time ( and first , with Flash Flanagan ) OVW Southern Tag Team Champion .
Philippine Wrestling Revolution ( PWR ) is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in the Philippines . PWR was founded in December 2013 .
The Philippines ( /ˈfɪləpiːnz/ ( listen ) ; Filipino : Pilipinas [ ˌpɪlɪˈpinɐs ] or Filipinas [ ˌfɪlɪˈpinɐs ] ) , officially the Republic of the Philippines ( Filipino : Republika ng Pilipinas ) , [ a ] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia . Situated in the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of about 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south : Luzon , Visayas and Mindanao . The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City , both part of Metro Manila . Bounded by the South China Sea on the west , the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest , the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north , Japan to the northeast , Vietnam to the west , Palau to the east , and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south . The Philippines ' location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons , but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some of the world 's greatest biodiversity . The Philippines is the world 's 5th largest island country with an area of 300,000 km2 ( 120,000 sq mi ) . As of 2015 , it had a population of at least 100 million . As of January 2018 [ update ] , it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world . Approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas , comprising one of the world 's largest diasporas . Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands . In prehistoric times , Negritos were some of the archipelago 's earliest inhabitants . They were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples .
George South ( born September 7 , 1962 ) is an American professional wrestler . In the course of his career , South has wrestled for professional wrestling promotions such as Jim Crockett Promotions , World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Entertainment .
Gary Rowell , known as Gorgeous Gary Royal , is an American professional wrestler . In the early part of his career , he was a member of the Convertible Blonds , a heel stable with Rip Rogers and Pistol Pez Whatley .
Byron James John Dewey Robertson ( February 28 , 1939 - August 16 , 2007 ) was a professional wrestler , known best by his ring name The Missing Link . As The Missing Link , Robertson wore blue and green face paint and shaved portions of his head while letting the hair grow in other areas . His gimmick was similar to that of George Steele and Kamala , a crazy out-of-control wild man who needed a trainer or manager to lead him to the ring . During his matches , Robertson would often ram his own head repeatedly into the turnbuckle or wooden chair , headbutt and dive head first onto an opponent . He achieved his greatest fame late in his career , wrestling in WCCW , managed by Skandor Akbar and in the WWF , managed by Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart in the mid-1980s .
William Snip ( 17 May 1932 - 22 June 2009 ) was a Canadian professional wrestler , who wrestled under the ring name Billy Red Lyons . He was an active wrestler between 1956 and 1984 , and won numerous championship throughout his career . He worked for promotions in both Canada and the United States , particularly in Ontario , California , Minneapolis , Texas , Georgia , and Oklahoma . He won numerous tag team championships throughout his career , including with Dick Beyer , who was his real-life brother-in-law , as well as Fritz Von Erich , Bill Watts , and Ray Gunkel . [ citation needed ] He also won singles championships , including the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship . After his retirement from in-ring competition , he would work for Maple Leaf Wrestling in Toronto and the World Wrestling Federation .
Maple Leaf Wrestling was the unofficial name in the 1970s and 1980s of the professional wrestling promotion run by Frank Tunney in Toronto , Ontario , Canada .
PG-13 was the tag team of J.C. Ice and Wolfie D who worked for the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) and United States Wrestling Association ( USWA ) . PG-13 briefly competed in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council ( WWC ) in 1995 , W*ING in Japan , Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) in 1997 and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) in 2000 . They were members of the original incarnation of the Nation of Domination in the USWA and WWF .
James Cruickshanks ( born July 5 , 1971 ) is an Australian-born American professional wrestler . He is best known for his appearances with the United States Wrestling Association ( USWA ) , the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) under the ring name J.C. Ice as one-half of the tag team PG-13 . He is also known for his appearances on the independent circuit under the ring name Jamie Dundee .
Kelly Warren Wolfe ( born December 7 , 1973 ) is an American professional wrestler . Wolfe is perhaps best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) and Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) under the ring name Wolfie D ( as one-half of the tag team PG-13 ) , as well as for his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Slash ( as a member of the stable the Disciples of The New Church ) . He is a former NWA World Tag Team Champion and one-half of the reigning Traditional Championship Wrestling tag team champions .
Doom was a professional wrestling tag team composed of Ron Simmons and Butch Reed . They teamed from 1989 to 1991 in the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) .
Ronald Simmons ( born May 15 , 1958 ) is an American retired professional wrestler and football player . He performed for World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) under his real name , and in the World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWF/E ) under both his real name and the ring names Faarooq Asaad ( sometimes spelled Asad ) and Faarooq ( sometimes spelled Farooq ) . He is signed with WWE , working in their Legends program . In WCW , Simmons was a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion ; as the first African American to win the title , he is recognized by WWE as the first black world champion in professional wrestling history . He was also a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion with Butch Reed and a one-time WCW United States Tag Team Champion with Big Josh . In the WWF , he was a three-time WWF Tag Team Champion with Bradshaw as one half of the Acolytes Protection Agency . Simmons was a sporadic world title contender between ECW and the WWF , and led stable The Nation of Domination in the latter promotion . He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2012 . Prior to becoming a professional wrestler , Simmons was an American college and pro football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League ( NFL ) , Canadian Football League ( CFL ) and United States Football League ( USFL ) for four seasons during the 1980s . He played college football for Florida State University , and was recognized as an All-American . He played professionally for the NFL 's Cleveland Browns , the CFL 's Ottawa Rough Riders and the USFL 's Tampa Bay Bandits .
Bruce Franklin Reed ( born July 11 , 1954 ) is an American former professional wrestler and football player , better known by the ring name Butch Reed .
The Executioners is the name of several tag teams and single masked wrestlers who wrestled in the BYWA , TWA , AWF and the World Wide Wrestling Federation .
Walter Kowalski ( born Edward Władysław Spulnik ; October 13 , 1926 - August 30 , 2008 ) was a Canadian professional wrestler . Kowalski wrestled for numerous promotions during his career , including the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) and World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF , now WWE ) , and was a known villain professional wrestler . He held numerous championships including the WWWF World Tag Team Championship with Big John Studd billed as The Executioners and managed by Lou Albano . After retiring in 1977 , Kowalski started a professional wrestling school in Malden , Massachusetts and trained many professional wrestlers , including Studd , Triple H , Chyna , Eddie Edwards , Kofi Kingston , Damien Sandow , Fandango , Brittany Brown , April Hunter , John Kronus , Perry Saturn , and Tommaso Ciampa .
John William Minton ( February 19 , 1948 - March 20 , 1995 ) was an American professional wrestler and actor , better known by his ring name , Big John Studd . Studd is best known for his appearances with the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and 1980s . Studd held a number of championships over his career , including the NWA American Heavyweight Championship , NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship , and WWF World Tag Team Championship , and was the winner of the 1989 Royal Rumble . He was posthumously inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame in 1995 and the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004 .
Duane Gill ( born July 10 , 1959 ) is an American professional wrestler , best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) during the Attitude Era under the ring name Gillberg , a parody of then-rival promotion World Championship Wrestling 's top star Goldberg . During his tenure in the WWF , Gill became a one time Light Heavyweight Champion . He would go on to hold the title for 15 months , becoming the longest reigning Light Heavyweight Champion as recognized by WWE .
Barry W. Hardy ( born July 5 , 1962 ) is an American professional wrestler and trainer who has competed in North American independent promotions since 1987 , including East Coast Wrestling , Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation , the National Wrestling Alliance , New Millennium Wrestling and Larry Sharpe 's World Wrestling Association . Hardy also had stints in Extreme Championship Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation , most notably as one half of the Lords of Darkness and the second incarnation of The Executioners with Duane Gill from 1990 to 1995 .
Edward Lynn Len Denton ( born August 25 , 1960 ) is an American retired professional wrestler , better known by his ring name , The Grappler .
Darrell W. Tony Anthony ( born April 12 , 1960 ) is a retired American professional wrestler , also known by his ring name Dirty White Boy . He wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States . He was most active throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the Tennessee-based United States Wrestling Association ( USWA ) and Smoky Mountain Wrestling ( SMW ) , and had two short stints with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) under the ring names of T.L . Hopper and Uncle Cletus .