List of masked wrestlers
List -- Single wrestlers
Table:
Name

Promotion

Years Active

Country

Notes

Abismo Negro

AAA, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

1997–2009

Mexico

[3]

Abyss

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

2002–

United States

One of two masked wrestlers to have ever held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[3][4][5]

Agent Orange

Independent circuit

1983

Canada

[3]

Aldo Montoya

World Wrestling Federation

1994–1997

United States

[3][6][7][8][9]

American Dragon

New Japan Pro Wrestling

2003–2004

United States

[3]

The Apocalypse

Philippine Wrestling Revolution

2014–

Philippines

Arachnaman

World Championship Wrestling

1991–1992

United States

[3][6][9][10][11]

Australian Suicide

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

2013–

Australia

Atlantis

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

1983–

Mexico

[3]

Avatar

World Wrestling Federation

1995

United States

[2][3][6][11]

The Avenger (original)

Jim Crockett Promotions

1968–1980

Canada

Unmasked by The Spoiler in 1975.[12]

The Avenger

Stampede Wrestling

1986

Canada

[3][6]

Badstreet

World Championship Wrestling

1991

United States

[3][6]

Battle Kat

World Wrestling Federation

1990

United States

[3][6][7][8]

Battman

World Wide Wrestling Federation

1966–1970

United States

[3][5]

Beetlejuice

Pacific Northwest Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling

1988–1990

United States

While wrestling in WCW, Barr wrestled under the name "The Juicer" due to copyright issues.[3]

Big Van Vader

All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation

1987–2006

United States

[3][4]

Black Blood

World Championship Wrestling

1991

United States

[3][6][10][13]

Blitzkrieg

All Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling

1994–2004

United States

Surrendered rights to the name to Jack Evans in 2004.[3]

Blue Blazer

World Wrestling Federation

1988–1991; 1998–1999

Canada

Lost mask to El Canek in 1991.[3][6]

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Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González ( July 1 , 1971 - March 22 , 2009 ) was a Mexican luchador ( Spanish for masked professional wrestler ) . He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro , which is Spanish for Black Abyss , in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( AAA ) promotion . Before appearing under the ring name Abismo Negro , Palomeque worked for five years under the alias [ the ] Winners and before that also wrestled as the characters Alex Dinamo , Pequeño Samurai , and Furor for short periods . Palomeque owned and operated the Gimnasio Abismo Negro , a wrestling school where individuals were trained to become professional wrestlers . In his professional wrestling career , Palomeque worked for the two most prominent professional wrestling promotions in Mexico : Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) and AAA . He also worked for the North American-based promotions the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) due to talent exchange programs between AAA and WWF in 1997 and TNA in 2004 , as well as making appearances for the Michinoku Pro and Pro Wrestling Noah promotions in Japan . On March 22 , 2009 , Palomeque was found dead in a river near El Rosario , Sinaloa ; the official cause of death was listed as drowning . On the night before , a wrestler using the Abismo Negro outfit worked an AAA show pretending to be Palomeque ; this incident caused the promoter to be barred from promoting shows for two years . Palomeque was inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame in June 2013 .
Antonio Peña Promotions , S.A de CV d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling ) promotion based in Mexico City , Mexico . Commonly referred to as simply AAA ( pronounced triple A ; an abbreviation of its original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , Spanish for Assistance , Assessment , and Administration ) , the promotion was founded in 1992 when Antonio Peña broke away from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) to set up a promotion , which allowed him more creative freedom . AAA has held a number of pay-per-views ( PPV ) over the years and has promoted shows not just in Mexico but in the United States and Japan as well . In addition to the conventional squared circle , the promotion occasionally uses a hexagonal wrestling ring and has a reputation for its outlandish gimmicks and characters as well as having developed a more extreme match style in recent years . Over the years AAA has worked together with several North American promotions such as the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) and World Championship Wrestling , while currently having working relationships with the Japanese Pro Wrestling Noah , Canadian International Wrestling Syndicate ( IWS ) , and the American Impact Wrestling , All Elite Wrestling ( AEW ) , and Major League Wrestling ( MLW ) promotions .
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co. , Ltd. ( CMLL ; Spanish pronunciation : [ konˈsexo munˈdjal de ˈlutʃa ˈliβɾe ] , World Wrestling Council ) is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City . The promotion was previously known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ( EMLL ) ( Mexican Wrestling Enterprise ) . Founded in 1933 , it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence . CMLL has been nicknamed The serious and the stable , referencing their very conservative booking style and their traditional structure to how wrestlers are used and allowed to express themselves . Outside live television broadcasts , CMLL has not shown matches where one of the competitors bleeds . They have a few steel cage matches and on occasion have Super Libre matches where there are no disqualifications , but otherwise do not promote any variety of matches that would be considered hardcore wrestling , nor match types such as Ladder matches . CMLL has on occasion fired wrestlers for excessive violence , like the use of chairs , during a match or for using profanity while addressing the crowd during a show . CMLL currently recognizes and promotes twelve World Championships for various weight divisions and classifications , six national level and six regional level championships . The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest running annual major show , starting in 1934 , with the CMLL 85th Anniversary Show being the most recent . CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ( Homage to two legends ) , Sin Piedad ( No Mercy ) , Sin Salida ( No Escape ) , Infierno en el Ring ( Inferno in the Ring ) during the year . CMLL has promoted their regular weekly Super Viernes ( Super Friday ) on a regular basis since the 1930s . Founder Salvador Lutteroth funded the building of Arena Coliseo in 1943 , making it the first building in Mexico built specifically for professional wrestling .
Mexico ( Spanish : México [ ˈmexiko ] ( listen ) ; Nahuatl languages : Mēxihco ) , officially the United Mexican States ( UMS ; Spanish : Estados Unidos Mexicanos , EUM [ esˈtaðos uˈniðoz mexiˈkanos ] ( listen ) , lit . Mexican United States ) , is a country in the southern portion of North America . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the Caribbean Sea ; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico . Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometers ( 770,000 sq mi ) , the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world . With an estimated population of over 129 million people , Mexico is the tenth most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world , while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil . Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states plus Mexico City ( CDMX ) , which is the capital city and its most populous city . Other metropolises in the country include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , Toluca , Tijuana , and León . Pre-Columbian Mexico dates to about 8000 BC and is identified as one of six cradles of civilization and was home to many advanced Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Olmec , Toltec , Teotihuacan , Zapotec , Maya , and Aztec before first contact with Europeans . In 1521 , the Spanish Empire conquered and colonized the territory from its politically powerful base in Mexico-Tenochtitlan ( part of Mexico City ) , which was administered as the viceroyalty of New Spain . The Roman Catholic Church played a powerful role in governing the country as millions were converted to the faith , although King Charles III expelled the Jesuits in the 1770s . The territory became a nation state following its recognition in 1821 after the Mexican War of Independence . The post-independence period was tumultuous , characterized by economic inequality and many contrasting political changes .
Christopher Joseph Park ( born October 4 , 1973 ) is an American professional wrestler , best known for his time with Impact Wrestling ( originally Total Nonstop Action ( TNA ) Wrestling ) under the ring name Abyss . He is currently signed to WWE as a producer . He became a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion , being the first of only two men to hold the title while competing under a mask . He is the heaviest wrestler to hold the X Division Championship and was the longest reigning Television Champion . In the tag team division , he held the NWA World Tag Team Championship once with A.J . Styles , and the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice , once with James Storm as The Revolution , and once with Crazzy Steve as Decay . Having won all the required championships , he was the fourth man to complete the Triple Crown Championship and the second to complete the Grand Slam Championship . He also wrestled in Impact Wrestling as Abyss ' storyline brother/split personality , Joseph Park . He was also the longest-tenured member of the Impact Wrestling roster , having remained with the company from 2002 to 2019 . In 2018 , he was inducted into the Impact Hall of Fame by his longtime manager , James Mitchell .
Impact Wrestling ( stylized as IMPACT ! Wrestling ) is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in Nashville , Tennessee . The promotion operates via its parent company Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions , LLC , a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment . Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002 , the promotion was initially known as NWA : Total Nonstop Action ( NWA-TNA ) and was associated with the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) . It withdrew from the NWA in 2004 and became known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , but it continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships as part of an agreement with the NWA . After the agreement ended in 2007 , the company created its own TNA World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team championships . The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017 and , in March of that year , was fully rebranded under its current name after its main television series . From its inception , the promotion had been considered the second-largest in the United States behind WWE . Impact was viewed by some to have fallen behind longtime rival Ring of Honor in 2017 , with the loss of their U.S. television contract with Spike in 2014 , as well as monetary and personnel issues , being noted as factors to their decline . Since 2019 , however , Impact has been thought by many to have recovered , through its sustained international television distribution , and the purchase by its parent company of AXS TV , which subsequently began carrying Impact programming . Though , with the formation of All Elite Wrestling ( AEW ) that year , and that promotion 's high-profile U.S television deal with TNT ( which is seen in more households than AXS ) , Impact is still viewed as a smaller promotion by comparison .
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 .
In professional wrestling , the independent circuit or indie circuit is the collective name of independent professional wrestling promotions which are smaller than major televised promotions . It is roughly analogous to a minor league for pro wrestling , or community or regional theatre . Specific promotions on the independent circuit are referred to as indie promotions or indies . A wrestler is said to be in the indies or working the indies if he or she is wrestling in one of the independent promotions , or working the indie circuit if he or she is performing in different independent promotions .
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 .
Peter Joseph PJ Polaco ( born October 16 , 1973 ) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler , best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) and the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) under the ring name Justin Credible . He is also known for his earlier stint with the WWF under the ring name Aldo Montoya . Polaco is a one-time world champion , having won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once . His first major stint was in the WWF as Aldo Montoya , where he competed as a mid-carder between 1994 and 1997 . He got his biggest exposure when he joined ECW in 1997 as Justin Credible and enjoyed a successful career . He began a two-month winning streak before feuding with the company 's top wrestlers for the next two years . He formed Impact Players with Lance Storm in 1999 and the duo won the World Tag Team Championship twice in 2000 . Later that year , he won the World Heavyweight Championship at CyberSlam and held it for five months . He remained in the title contention until the company folded in 2001 and competed in the last ever match of ECW . He headlined the company 's flagship event November to Remember twice . He then returned to WWF as a member of X-Factor and later The Alliance during the Invasion angle . He later won the Hardcore Championship eight times before departing in 2003 .
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 .
Bryan Lloyd Danielson ( born May 22 , 1981 ) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE , where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Daniel Bryan . In WWE , Bryan held the WWE Championship [ Note 1 ] four times and WWE 's World Heavyweight Championship once , in addition to being a one-time United States Champion , a one-time Intercontinental Champion , a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion as part of Team Hell No ( with Kane ) , and a one-time SmackDown Tag Team Champion ( with Rowan ) . He was also the 2011 SmackDown Money in the Bank winner , the 2013 Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner and the SmackDown General Manager from July 18 , 2016 to April 10 , 2018 . Bryan is the 26th Triple Crown Champion and the 6th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history and headlined several major pay-per-view events , including WrestleMania XXX . Danielson was previously signed to WWE , then known as the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , for an 18-month period from 2000-2001 , and made additional uncontracted appearances for the promotion until 2003 . Prior to joining WWE for his third stint in 2009 , Danielson wrestled for various companies internationally using both his real name and the ring name American Dragon , which later became his nickname . David Shoemaker of ESPN 's Grantland noted that Danielson was widely regarded as the best wrestler in the world before he got the call-up from WWE . He wrestled for Ring of Honor ( ROH ) from 2002 to 2009 , being recognized as a Founding Father of the promotion , where he was a one-time ROH World Champion and one-time Pure Wrestling Champion , at some point unifying both titles . He was the first winner of ROH 's annual Survival of the Fittest tournament in 2004 . Danielson also wrestled extensively in Japan , winning the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Noah and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship ( with Curry Man ) in New Japan Pro-Wrestling ( NJPW ) . Between WWE , ROH and Japanese promotions , he held a dozen total championships . Danielson also won numerous titles on the independent circuit , including two PWG World Championships , the FIP Heavyweight Championship and the wXw World Heavyweight Championship .
New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co. , Ltd. ( 新日本プロレスリング株式会社 , Shin Nihon Puroresuringu Kabushiki-kaisha ) ( NJPW ) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano , Tokyo . Founded in January 1972 by Antonio Inoki , the promotion was sold to Yuke 's , who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012 . TV Asahi and Amuse , Inc. own minority shares of the company . Naoki Sugabayashi has served as the promotion 's Chairman since September 2013 , while Harold Meij has served as the President of the promotion since May 2018 . Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi , NJPW is the largest professional wrestling promotion in Japan . It was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance at various points in its history . NJPW has had agreements with various MMA and professional wrestling promotions around the world , including WWE , World Championship Wrestling , American Wrestling Association , World Class Championship Wrestling , Impact Wrestling , WAR , UWFi , Ring of Honor , Pride Fighting Championships , and Jersey All Pro Wrestling . NJPW 's biggest event is the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show , held each year since 1992 and currently promoted under the Wrestle Kingdom banner . The promotion is currently owned by Japanese card game company Bushiroad , which parlayed its entry to the world of professional wrestling into a best-selling trading card game , King of Pro Wrestling , and appearances from NJPW stars in its various franchises .
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 .
Robert Bradley Brad James ( June 15 , 1962 - November 1 , 2012 ) was an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring name , Brad Armstrong . He is best known for his appearances with the promotion World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s . He was the son of wrestler Bullet Bob Armstrong and brother to professional wrestlers Steve , Scott and Brian .
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 .
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania , and numerous smaller islands . It is the largest country in Oceania and the world 's sixth-largest country by total area . The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard . Australia 's capital is Canberra , and its largest city is Sydney . The country 's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne , Brisbane , Perth , and Adelaide . Indigenous Australians inhabited the continent for about 65,000 years prior to the first arrival of Dutch explorers in the early 17th century , who named it New Holland . In 1770 , Australia 's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788 , a date which became Australia 's national day . The population grew steadily in subsequent decades , and by the time of an 1850s gold rush , most of the continent had been explored and an additional five self-governing crown colonies established . On 1 January 1901 , the six colonies federated , forming the Commonwealth of Australia . Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy , comprising six states and ten territories . Australia is the oldest , flattest , and driest inhabited continent , with the least fertile soils . It has a landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres ( 2,941,300 sq mi ) .
Atlantis ( born September 28 , 1962 ) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado ( masked professional wrestler ) , working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) where he performs as a Técnico ( face or good guy character ) . Atlantis was trained by Diablo Velasco , made his in-ring debut in 1983 and has always wrestled under the ring name Atlantis , named after the sunken city of Atlantis . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years , both in Mexico and in Japan , both individually and as a tag team . He has also won the mask of several prominent wrestlers through his career including Kung Fu , Villano III , Último Guerrero and La Sombra . Atlantis earned the nickname El idolo de los Niños ( the childrens idol ) as he was always a favorite with the younger fans . He even retained the nickname when he worked as a Rudo ( a wrestler who portrays the bad guy ) for several years . Atlantis ' real name is not a matter of public record , as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans . In the 1990s Atlantis starred in a couple of Lucha films , including one where he teamed up with Octagón called Octagón y Atlantis , la revancha ( Octagón and Atlantis , the rematch ) .
Allen Ray Sarven ( born July 18 , 1963 ) is an American professional wrestler , actor , and professional wrestling trainer and promoter better known by his ring name Al Snow . He is best known for his in-ring work in Smoky Mountain Wrestling , Extreme Championship Wrestling , and World Wrestling Entertainment . Snow has also held various backstage positions for professional wrestling promotions . Snow worked as a road agent for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA , later Impact Wrestling ) from 2010 to 2017 and has owned Ohio Valley Wrestling since 2018 .
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 .
Owen James Hart ( May 7 , 1965 - May 23 , 1999 ) was a Canadian-American professional and amateur wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling , New Japan Pro-Wrestling ( NJPW ) , World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , and the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . He received most of his success in the WWF , where he wrestled under both his own name and the ring name The Blue Blazer . A member of the Hart wrestling family , he was born in Calgary , Alberta , the youngest of 12 children of Stampede Wrestling promoters Stu and Helen Hart . Among other accolades , Owen was a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion , a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion , a one-time WWF European Champion , and a four-time WWF World Tag Team Champion , as well as the 1994 WWF King of the Ring . He headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF , and was widely regarded as one of the company 's best in-ring performers . Hart died on May 23 , 1999 , due to injuries suffered following an equipment malfunction and subsequent fall from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City , Missouri , United States , during his ring entrance at the WWF 's Over the Edge pay-per-view event .
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 .
Dean R. Peters ( August 22 , 1958 - December 15 , 1998 ) was an American professional wrestler and referee . He was perhaps best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring names Brady Boone and Battle Kat .
Tony Silipini ( born April 20 , 1931 ) is an American retired professional wrestler , better known by his ring name , Tony Marino .
Arthur Leon Barr ( October 8 , 1966 - November 23 , 1994 ) was an American professional wrestler . While he wrestled briefly for World Championship Wrestling , he found his greatest success in Mexico 's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion .
Pacific Northwest Wrestling ( PNW ) ( also known as Big Time Wrestling and Portland Wrestling ) is the common name used to refer to several different professional wrestling companies , both past and present , based in Portland , Oregon , United States . The first such company ( that would later become Portland Wrestling ) was founded by Herb Owen in 1925 . It was the Northwest territory of the National Wrestling Alliance from the Alliance 's inception in 1948 until 1992 . The area was brought to its prime by Herb 's son , Don Owen , and this version of Pacific Northwest Wrestling saw many of the top names in the business come through on a regular basis . The Pacific Northwest was considered one of the main pro wrestling territories from the 1960s to the 1980s . Portland Wrestling was forced to close its doors in July 1992 . The closure came as a result of a slowdown in the wrestling business during the early 1990s , a declaration of bankruptcy by Portland Wrestling 's main television sponsor , and negative fallout from a shift in regulatory emphasis by the Oregon Athletic Commission . The telecasts , which originated on Portland station KPTV , ended in December 1991 and were replaced on KPTV by syndicated WWF programming . Portland Wrestling 's referee Sandy Barr purchased the company from the Owen family in 1992 and continued the tradition of professional wrestling in the Pacific Northwest under the name Championship Wrestling USA . A new wrestling promotion emerged in 2000 , calling itself Portland Wrestling and claiming to be a restart of the original Pacific Northwest/Portland Wrestling . It stressed a title lineage ( through Len Denton ) to the old NWA PNW Championships . Unlike the Don Owen promotion , the new incarnation of Portland Wrestling was not an NWA member .
Leon Allen White ( May 14 , 1955 - June 18 , 2018 ) , better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or simply Vader , was an American professional wrestler and professional football player . Throughout his career , he performed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling ( NJPW ) , World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , and All Japan Pro Wrestling ( AJPW ) during the 1990s and 2000s . According to CBS Sports , White is widely regarded as one of the greatest super-heavyweight pro wrestlers of all time . White performed as a monstrous wrestler capable of aerial maneuvers : his diving moonsault was voted the Best Wrestling Maneuver of 1993 by Wrestling Observer Newsletter ( WON ) readers . Among other accolades in WCW and Japan , he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship three times each , the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship twice , the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship once , and won the battle royal main event of the 1993 Battlebowl pay-per-view . Vader was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996 .
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 .
William Albert Haynes III ( born July 10 , 1953 ) is a retired American professional wrestler better known as Billy Jack Haynes .
Jeremiah Jay Ross ( born August 2 , 1975 ) is an American former professional wrestler . He is best known under his ring name Fabulous Blitzkrieg ( later shortened to Blitzkrieg ) and for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) .
All Pro Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion and training school , based in Hayward , California , USA . The company was founded by Roland Alexander and managed by him until his death on November 5 , 2013 . It is located 45 miles southeast of San Francisco , 15 miles south of Oakland , and 35 miles north of San Jose .