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Scott Putski

In May 1991, Putski had a tryout match for the World Wrestling Federation, defeating The Brooklyn Brawler, but was not hired.

Putski appeared in the WWF again in early 1993, winning dark matches at the January 4 and 5 television tapings, but once again made no further appearances until a Madison Square Garden house show on January 17, 1994. He defeated Iron Mike Sharpe in the opening match, and then returned in the main event, a 30-man Royal Rumble match, lasting about twelve minutes before being eliminated by Headshrinker Fatu.

Putski returned to the WWF in 1997, on the May 12 episode of *Raw*, where he defeated Leif Cassidy. Soon after debuting, he began a short feud with fellow light heavyweight Brian Christopher, and even teamed up with his father Ivan to defeat Christopher and his father, Jerry Lawler, on the July 14 episode of *Raw*. After the feud, Putski collected a number of victories against enhancement talents, before he lost to Christopher via injury, making the referee call for the bell at the pay-per-view Ground Zero: In Your House on September 7. Putski left the company shortly afterwards.

After a brief hiatus, Putski joined World Championship Wrestling and debuted for the company on the May 4, 1998 episode of *Monday Nitro*, where he wrestled to a no contest against Kidman. On the July 6 episode of *Nitro*, he defeated Scotty Riggs to claim his first victory. Putski wrestled against World Television Champion Chris Jericho, but was unable to win the title. He then left the company in late 1999.
Slick Johnson

Johnson joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the late 1990's as a referee. After suffering elbow injuries in 1998 caused during a match by Konnan, he was sidelined until late 1999. When he returned, Johnson was given the gimmick of an unethical referee who actively favored heel wrestlers (as opposed to the other referees, who officiated matches in an objective fashion). While in WCW, he was a member of the New World Order faction, wrestled several matches, refereed a total of eighty five main events and had the dubious distinction of being pantsed by Stacy Keibler during a match on pay-per-view. He remained with WCW until the promotion was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001.
Shaggy 2 Dope

In August 1997, Shaggy and Violent J, the Insane Clown Posse, opened Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)'s Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view by performing songs and exciting the crowd. Then Rob Van Dam and Sabu attacked them. This led to The Sandman coming down to save them by chasing away Van Dam and Sabu with his signature Singapore cane.

In 1998, Insane Clown Posse were asked by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to perform the entrance theme for the wrestling group The Oddities. The WWF also wanted them to appear on their SummerSlam pay-per-view program in August 1998 and rap live while The Oddities entered the ring. Insane Clown Posse performed and were asked to return for the live broadcast of *Monday Night Raw* the following night.

Insane Clown Posse were then put in a feud with The Headbangers. In their first match, The Headbangers were stiff, throwing real punches and kicks. In the rematch, a move was planned where The Headbangers would be flipped over by ICP. When the time came to flip over, however, The Headbangers refused to move, forcing Insane Clown Posse to genuinely flip them over and begin throwing punches.

Soon after, the ICP suddenly turned on The Oddities in their match against The Headbangers, then joined the Headbangers in beating up the group. The next week, Insane Clown Posse and The Headbangers had a match with Steve Austin. Following the match, ICP left the WWF.

Shaggy then went on to wrestle a long stint in World Championship Wrestling in 1999 with Violent J. The duo formed two stables. The first stable, The Dead Pool, consisted of Insane Clown Posse, Vampiro, and Raven; the second consisted of Insane Clown Posse, Vampiro, Great Muta, and the Demon, known as The Dark Carnival.

On August 9, 1999, Insane Clown Posse made their WCW debut on *Monday Nitro* in a six-man tag team match. Insane Clown Posse and Vampiro defeated Lash LeRoux, Norman Smiley, and Prince Iaukea. At Road Wild 1999, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Billy Kidman, and Eddie Guerrero defeated Vampiro and Insane Clown Posse. Insane Clown Posse continued to wrestle on *Monday Nitro*, defeating Public Enemy one week, and losing to Konnan and Rey Mysterio, Jr. another. At Fall Brawl 1999, the tag team of Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, and Billy Kidman again defeated Vampiro and Insane Clown Posse. On September 13, Insane Clown Posse defeated Lenny Lane and Lodi.

On the August 23, 2000 episode of *WCW Thunder*, Great Muta, Vampiro, and Insane Clown Posse beat Tank Abbott and 3 Count. Five days later, on *Monday Nitro*, Insane Clown Posse and Vampiro defeated 3 Count, and the following week, Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Juventud Guerrera beat Insane Clown Posse. On September 25, Mike Awesome defeated Insane Clown Posse in a handicap hardcore match. The ending showed Awesome performing his signature *Awesome Bomb* on 2 Dope on top a bus. Shaggy was stunned and accidentally fell off the top of the bus. ICP left WCW soon thereafter.
Skyler Moon

In early 2012, Moon wrestled in a tryout dark match at WWE's *Raw* and *SmackDown* television tapings, against AJ.

Moon made her debut for *NXT* at the August 16 *NXT* taping, where she teamed up with Raquel Diaz to defeat Paige and Emma in a divas tag-team match. On August 17 at an *NXT* house show, Moon teamed up with Paige in a winning effort defeating against Emma and Audrey Marie in a tag team match. On January 11, 2013, it was reported that she was released from her contract.
Sean Royal and Chris Champion

In 1987, Sean Royal and Chris Champion debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and immediately challenged the Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson). The feud was heating up when both men fell to an injury. Royal returned right away, but was not pushed except to be attacked by the Midnight Express (Stan Lane and Bobby Eaton). Champion was out for quite a while, but did return to cut some promos with his cast marked up to look like it was "computerized". The team disbanded shortly after the injury.
Ron Bass

In 1987, Bass went to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he voiced challenges to the likes of WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake. Bass quickly settled into a role in the midcard position, wrestling against Hillbilly Jim, Lanny Poffo and Sam Houston. Later on, he was part of the five-man team captained by The Honky Tonk Man at the inaugural Survivor Series pay-per-view on Thanksgiving Day 1987. He also participated in the very first Royal Rumble and the 20-man battle royal at WrestleMania IV. He was eliminated at the latter event by the Junkyard Dog; a feud between the two began in the months after WrestleMania after Bass choked and dragged the Dog with his bullwhip, "Miss Betsy," in a sneak attack on *Wrestling Challenge*. He also joined Gorilla Monsoon at the broadcast table one week on *Wrestling Challenge* to cover for Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, who was recovering from his storyline injury from Ken Patera.

At the 1988 King of the Ring tournament, Bass qualified for the final after beating Shawn Michaels, but was paid by Ted DiBiase to fake an injury. Bass began a feud with Brutus Beefcake in August 1988, gouging Beefcake's head open with his spurs ("Bret" and "Bart") on an episode of *Superstars of Wrestling*; the attack caused Beefcake to miss his scheduled Intercontinental Championship match against the Honky Tonk Man at the first SummerSlam event on August 29. Bass and Honky co-captained a five-man contingent against a team captained by Beefcake and the Ultimate Warrior at the second Survivor Series in November. Bass and teammate Greg Valentine were eliminated by Warrior in succession in the final minute of the match. On the January 7, 1989 *Saturday Night's Main Event XIX*, Bass lost to Beefcake via sleeperhold in a hair versus hair match. He then competed in the 1989 Royal Rumble. Bass' feud with Beefcake was scrapped, and he was used mainly as a preliminary wrestler and left the WWF shortly thereafter.

On March 7, 2017, Bass passed away.
Sniper

From January 1985 to June 1985, Sniper wrestled at World Wrestling Federation house shows in Eastern Canada as a jobber.

In 1997, Sniper officially joined the WWF. Along with Kurrgan the Interrogator, Recon, and Tank, he formed a stable known as The Truth Commission. The Truth Commission was billed as being a group of South African white separatist guerrillas. They were initially managed by The Commandant. Tank and The Commandant soon left the WWF, and The Commandant was replaced by The Jackyl. Kurrgan went on to compete as a singles wrestler, while Sniper and Recon wrestled as a tag team. At the 1997 Survivor Series in his birthplace in Montreal on November 9, 1997, the four remaining members of The Truth Commission defeated the Disciples of Apocalypse in an eight-man elimination match; Kurrgan was the sole survivor. The stable fragmented after The Jackyl instructed Kurrgan to attack Sniper and Recon after they lost a series of matches. Sniper and Recon took part in a fifteen-team tag team battle royal at WrestleMania XIV on March 29, 1998 for the number one contendership to the WWF World Tag Team Championship, but were eliminated by Kurrgan, who interfered in the match. Sniper and Recon briefly feuded with Kurrgan and The Jackyl under the name Armageddon before leaving the WWF.
Scoot Andrews

At the end of 2000 and beginning of 2001, Andrews made numerous appearances for the World Wrestling Federation, on *WWF Jakked*, losing to wrestlers including Essa Rios and Crash Holly.

He made further appearances for WWE at the start of 2002, competing on *WWE Heat*, where he and Michael Shane lost to Tommy Dreamer and Spike Dudley.
Silver King

Silver King joined World Championship Wrestling in 1997 as one of the many Luchadors that worked for the company in that time period. He mostly found himself usually working six-man matches on *WCW Monday Nitro*, teaming with Psicosis and La Parka or Villano IV and Villano V. During his time in WCW, Silver King only made five pay-per-view appearances. Twice he participated in a three ting, 60-man battle royal at World War 3 1997 and World War 3 1998. He also participated in a Junkyard Invitational at Bash at the Beach 1999, but with no success. His highest-profile match was an unsuccessful challenge for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Juventud Guerrera at Fall Brawl 1998. When Eddie Guerrero formed the Latino World Order, Silver King was one of the Luchadors that joined the group but never rose above his lower mid-card status. It was not until 2000, when Stacy Keibler announced that she started managing the team of Silver King and El Dandy, known as Los Fabulosos, that it looked like Silver King was going to move up the rankings. Silver King was released from WCW in late 2000.

On May 11, 2019, Silver King passed away.
Sick Boy

Sick Boy made his World Championship Wrestling (WCW) debut on the March 31, 1997 episode of *Nitro*, under the ring name **Lance Ringo**, where he lost to Diamond Dallas Page.

Several months later, he competed on the November 24 episode of *Nitro* as **Sick Boy**, where he was also revealed to be a member of Raven's Flock. His third match of his career was a loss to Chris Benoit. Sick Boy received his first title match as he competed against Diamond Dallas Page for the United States Heavyweight Championship on the January 29, 1998 episode of *Thunder*, but was unsuccessful in winning the title. He faced Page in a rematch for the title on the February 17 episode of *Saturday Night*, but was again unsuccessful. He then continued to wrestle in many feuds with Chris Benoit, Diamond Dallas Page, Steve McMichael, Bill Goldberg and others.

Sick Boy would then be used as a jobber for several months afterwards, and remained with the Flock until its disbanding on September 13, 1998 at Fall Brawl. In 1999, Sick Boy dropped the grungy attire associated with the Flock and adopted wrestling trunks in addition to dyeing his hair blond. On the July 22 episode of *Thunder*, he wrestled his last match for the company as he faced Rick Steiner in a match for the World Television Championship, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.

In October 1999, Sick Boy signed with the World Wrestling Federation. He appeared on *Heat* and *Metal* until his release.
Saxon Huxley

Saxon made his WWE debut on January 14, 2017, during the opening night of the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament. He was eliminated in the first round by Sam Gradwell.

On July 28, 2018, Huxley began appearing on the newly-formed *NXT UK* brand, beginning with a loss to Trent Seven. During the following *NXT UK* tapings, Huxley teamed with Sam Gradwell in a loss to Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate). During the August 25 *NXT UK* tapings, Huxley teamed with Joseph Conners in beating Amir Jordan and Kenny Williams in a tag match. On the following tapings, Huxley lost to Joseph Conners in singles action. During the October 14 *NXT UK* tapings, Huxley teamed with Tyson T-Bone in a loss to Moustache Mountain. He finished the year appearing on the December 26 episode of *NXT UK*, teaming with Tyson T-Bone in a tag match, defeating Jack Starz and Tucker.

Huxley returned during the January 16, 2019 episode of *NXT UK*, losing a match against Ligero. During the March and June episodes of *NXT UK*, Huxley resumed his tag team with T-Bone, competing in tag matches against Amir Jordan and Kenny Williams and The Hunt.

On August 18, 2022, Huxley was released from his contract.
Scott Casey

Casey debuted in World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980's, where he was managed by Sunshine. Casey and Sunshine would also bring in The Great Kabuki in a feud with Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express, and later Kabuki after he turned on Scott and Sunshine. John Tatum and Missy Hyatt would also show up and work a program with Casey and Sunshine. However, he would leave WCCW in the middle of the program, and Sunshine would keep the program going with other wrestlers involved.

On the June 13, 1987 edition of *WWF Superstars*, Casey made his World Wrestling Federation (WWF) debut, teaming with Lanny Poffo in a loss to Demolition. He immediately began wrestling full-time for the WWF and was programmed into a short house show series against heel cowboy wrestler Ron Bass. Casey was slotted into an upper level opening card enhancement talent, losing that summer to the likes of Rick Rude and The Honky Tonk Man, but also defeating Jose Estrada, Mike Sharpe and Steve Lombardi. On WWF television, he was used primarily as an enhancement talent, and would not gain his first televised victory until the September 24, 1987 edition of *Prime Time Wrestling*, where he teamed with SD Jones to defeat The Shadows. He would gain his first televised singles victory a month later, when he pinned Iron Mike Sharpe on the October 15 edition of *Prime Time Wrestling*.

The winter and spring of 1988 found Casey continuing to be in the opening cards of the numerous WWF house shows, facing Danny Spivey, Terry Gibbs, Steve Lombardi, and a returning Iron Sheik. While still being primarily utilized as an enhancement talent on television, Casey also remained under a modicum of a push and defeated Barry Horowitz on the March 7, 1988 edition of *Prime Time Wrestling*, and then Mike Sharpe in the May 2 episode. This status continued throughout most of 1988 as he lost to upper level competition, but defeated the likes of Richard Charland and Pete Doherty on house shows and on television. His most high-profile appearance came at the 1988 Survivor Series (substituting for an injured B. Brian Blair), where he teamed with Jake Roberts, Tito Santana, Ken Patera and Jim Duggan in a losing effort against André the Giant, Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Harley Race and Dino Bravo.

Casey's appearances became more sporadic in 1989, and he only wrestled on eleven occasions after appearing in well over five times as many matches the previous year. His final match of the year was against Barry Horowitz on March 24 in Salt Lake City, Utah, after which he departed the company.

Casey made a one-match return to the WWF when he appeared on March 26, 1991, at a taping of *WWF Superstars*. He teamed with Rob Allen against The Orient Express.
Sato

In 1989, Sato debuted in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he was nicknamed the "Asian Assassin" and pushed as a cold-hearted heel. On February 7, 1989, Sato participated in a very well known battle royal for the vacant AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Larry Zbyszko won the title, denying Sato his biggest opportunity ever. Later on, Sato would unsuccessfully challenge Greg Gagne for the AWA International Television Championship. Near the end of his time in the AWA, he participated in a feud between Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond following the breakup of Badd Company.

In early 1990, Sato, along with former rival Pat Tanaka, were introduced to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as The Orient Express by manager Mr. Fuji. During this run, Sato introduced the *Sitout Powerbomb* to mainstream American wrestling for the first time. The Orient Express kicked off a prolonged feud with The Rockers that started at WrestleMania VI and continued off and on for well over a year. The Orient Express got involved in the Legion of Doom and Demolition feud because Mr. Fuji managed both teams. Demolition was being phased out and the Orient Express took on the Legion of Doom instead. The Legion of Doom and Orient Express feud was extremely one-sided due to the Legion of Doom's massive size advantage.

After WrestleMania VI, Tanaka and Sato only made two pay-per-view appearances while in the WWF. First, at SummerSlam 1990 where the team were defeated by ”Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and Nikolai Volkoff; Second, as part of the Sgt. Slaughter-led team “The Mercenaries” (that also included Boris Zhukov). Sato was pinned by Bushwhacker Butch and Tanaka was pinned by Tito Santana only moments later. Sato wrestled his last WWF Match in 1991, where he teamed with Tanaka and “Kato" in a six-man tag team match at a house show.

In 1993, Sato made an appearance at SummerSlam as Yokozuna's flag bearer prior to his match against Lex Luger. Sato did return to the WWF in late 1994 as the white faced manager **Shinja**, who advised Hakushi during his heel run with the company. When Hakushi turned face, Shinja was quietly written out of the storyline. His last television appearance was on the July 24, 1995 edition of *Raw*, when he was piledriven by Bret Hart.
Rip Oliver

In 1985, Oliver competed in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), and soon defeated and severely injured Billy Jack Haynes to win the WCCW Television Championship.

Oliver then began to wrestle for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), working mainly as an enhancement talent. During his run, Oliver appeared once on *Saturday Night's Main Event XVIII*, going by the name of **Super Ninja**, challenging The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

Oliver passed away on March 5, 2020.
Sean Maluta

Maluta made several appearances for WWE, starting in June 2016 when he was announced as one of thirty-two men participating in the inaugural Cruiserweight Classic. In his first and only match in the tournament, Maluta was eliminated by Kota Ibushi. Maluta again wrestled for WWE on July 13, this time in their developmental territory *NXT*, losing to Hideo Itami. The following day, Maluta teamed with fellow CWC participant Mustafa Ali in a dark match, losing to TM61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne). The following month, Maluta teamed with Ariya Daivari in a loss to the Bollywood Boyz (Gurv and Harv Sihra), and again lost to the Bollywood Boyz in September, this time teaming with Danny Burch. Maluta again returned to WWE in October, losing to Bobby Roode, once again in *NXT*. Maluta appeared on *NXT* on March 1, 2017, he was squashed by Patrick Clark. Maluta again competed for WWE in January 2017 on *205 Live*, first losing in Tajiri's return match, and then to The Brian Kendrick the following week. Maluta returned to *NXT* on May 17, 2017, losing to Drew McIntyre. Maluta made another appearance the following year on the July 25 edition of *NXT*, losing to Adam Cole.
Sasha Banks and Naomi

On the February 25, 2022 edition of *SmackDown*, Naomi announced that her and Sasha Banks were going to challenge for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, thus reuniting the team as a duo after their time as part of Team B.A.D.. On the following episode of *Raw*, reigning champions Carmella and Queen Zelina would accept their challenge, consequently setting up the bout for WrestleMania 38. Over the following weeks, the respective teams of Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan, and Natalya and Shayna Baszler, would be added to the bout, thereby making it a fatal four-way tag team match. At the event, Banks and Naomi were successful in their pursuit, as Banks put an end to her streak of WrestleMania losing efforts and entered her record-tying third reign with the title.

During the May 16 episode of *Raw*, Banks and Naomi reportedly left the building before their scheduled match later in the night. On the following episode of *SmackDown*, it was announced that Banks and Naomi had been suspended indefinitely, therefore the titles were vacated.
Shinya Hashimoto

In July 1992, Hashimoto replaced an injured Akira Nogami to team with Hiroshi Hase to participate in the WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament held by World Championship Wrestling, where they defeated The Fabulous Freebirds in the quarterfinals, before losing to Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham in the semi-finals.

Hashimoto passed away on July 11, 2005.
Sarah Amato

On July 9, 2012, it was reported that Amato had signed a contract with WWE. In September 2012, Amato became the first ever female trainer in WWE's developmental territory *NXT*, based at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

On May 19, 2015, Amato was promoted to *NXT* assistant head coach by WWE.
Rodney Mack

Mack signed with Extreme Championship Wrestling in 2000, making his debut as a member of Da Baldies, a stable of members who all had bald heads.

Mack, as **Redd Dogg**, made his televised WWE debut on the January 16, 2003 episode of *SmackDown!*. He was placed alongside John Cena in an enforcer role, replacing Bull Buchanan, who was betrayed by Cena. After only one appearance on the *SmackDown!* brand, Mack was immediately moved over to the *Raw* brand and was subsequently renamed **Rodney Mack**. He made his *Raw* debut by attacking D'Lo Brown on an episode of *Sunday Night Heat*, with Theodore Long switching his managerial services from Brown to Mack.

Mack restarted Theodore Long's Thuggin' and Buggin' Enterprises stable, which eventually turned into a group of African Americans who worked a race angle in which they felt they were victims of racism and were being held down by "The Man". Jazz later joined the group in April. As part of the race angle, Mack often competed in a "White Boy Challenge" on *Raw*, where he would proceed to squash white wrestlers. However, his undefeated streak in the White Boy Challenges was ended on June 23 when he was defeated by Goldberg in under 30 seconds. After the White Boy Challenge was scrapped due to his loss, Mack subsequently formed a tag team with Christopher Nowinski upon Nowinski's inclusion within the stable despite him being white, with Nowinski claiming that he was also held down by "The Man" because of his intelligence. Together, Mack and Nowinski found some success as a tag team, their most notable victory being against the Dudley Boyz at Bad Blood on June 15. The team continued until Nowinski suffered an injury.

To replace Nowinski, Theodore Long announced that Mark Henry would become Mack's new tag team partner. Despite only being a team for short while, Mack and Henry were fairly successful and scored some upset victories over some prominent tag teams.

In November 2003, Mack suffered a knee injury which prevented him from wrestling. He was supposed to return to action between March and June 2004, but only worked *Raw* dark matches throughout June and July 2004. Mack made his return to WWE television on July 26, 2004, where he participated in an over the top rope battle royal for an opportunity to compete for the World Heavyweight Championship.

On November 4, Mack was released from his contract along with a few others, including his wife Jazz.

On September 15, 2006, it was reported on WWE.com that Mack had been hired by WWE. He started wrestling at *ECW* house shows on September 30, 2006. On January 18, 2007, Mack along with several other superstars (including his wife Jazz) were again released by WWE.
Scott McGhee

McGhee began wrestling for the World Wrestling Federation in 1985. During his tenure with the WWF, he primarily appeared on house shows as a jobber, making a handful of appearances on *All-Star Wrestling*, *WWF Championship Wrestling*, *WWF Prime Time Wrestling*, and *WWF Superstars of Wrestling*. He left the WWF in 1987.
Rip Sawyer

On September 12, 1992, Sawyer made his ECW debut alongside Dino Casanova, defeating The Hell Riders (E.Z. Ryder and H.D. Ryder) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On October 3, they teamed with Glen Osbourne in a six-man tag team match to defeat Max Thrasher and The Super Destroyers (Doug Stahl and A.J. Petrucci). Weeks later, Sawyer and Cassanova challenged The Super Destroyers for the ECW Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the belts.

Sawyer teamed with Rip Rogers in a tag team match against The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) at *WCW Saturday Night* on February 18, 1995.
Rob Van Dam and Sabu

Rob Van Dam and Sabu started out as enemies in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), when Rob Van Dam debuted in 1996.

In 1996, they eventually became a tag team as they went for the ECW World Tag Team Championship. At ECW Barely Legal, Bill Alfonso betrayed Taz and joined Van Dam and Sabu. Four months later, Van Dam helped Sabu beat Terry Funk in a barbed wire match to capture the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. After Sabu lost the belt in a three-way dance with Terry Funk and Shane Douglas at ECW Hardcore Heaven, Sabu and Van Dam joined Jerry Lawler in his crusade to "kill" ECW. When the crusade ultimately failed, Sabu eventually set his sights on Bam Bam Bigelow's ECW World Television Championship. Bill Alfonso helped schedule a match between Bigelow and Van Dam, so that the latter could "soften" Bigelow before Sabu would face him at Wrestlepalooza 1998. When Sabu interfered in the match, however, he "accidentally" helped Van Dam win the title, so the two then faced each other at Wrestlepalooza. The match ended in a thirty-minute draw, preventing the title from changing hands. A month later, the two captured the ECW World Tag Team Championship when they defeated Chris Candido and Lance Storm. As champions, Sabu and Van Dam took on all challengers including Jinsei Shinzaki and Hayabusa at Heat Wave 1998 in Dayton, Ohio. They lost the titles to The Dudley Boyz in October 1998; however, they went on to win them back from the Dudleyz in December.

After they lost the titles again to The Dudley Boyz, The Impact Players formed and started to attack Sabu and Van Dam. When Sabu broke his jaw, the Impact Players had him eventually banned because of his injury and because he was too "dangerous" or "violent." Sabu returned, and after his loss to Justin Credible at Anarchy Rulz 1999, Sabu started to attack Van Dam because he was still jealous that Van Dam was the ECW World Television Champion, and they would face each other at Guilty as Charged 2000. Sabu proclaimed before the match that if he could not win the belt, he would leave ECW. That night, Van Dam defeated Sabu with the *Five Star Frog Splash*, forcing Sabu to leave the company.

Several years after ECW folded, Rob Van Dam and Sabu reunited at the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) produced ECW One Night Stand in 2005, when Van Dam helped Sabu defeat another former ECW wrestler, Rhyno. When ECW became the third WWE brand (to *Raw* and *SmackDown*), Van Dam and Sabu became a major part of the show and teamed on several occasions, including an Extreme Rules match against Test and Mike Knox on September 5, 2006. The team also became part of the ECW Originals stable in 2006, which feuded with The New Breed. On March 31, 2007, Van Dam and Sabu inducted The Sheik into the WWE Hall of Fame. The following night, at WrestleMania 23, the ECW Originals defeated The New Breed but continued battling them into spring. In May 2007, Sabu was released from WWE, ending the partnership once again.
Scott Wright

Wright, as **Scotty Charisma**, made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut on the December 13, 2005 episode of *Velocity*, where he teamed with Arch Kincaid in a losing effort against Paul London and Brian Kendrick. A few weeks later on January 2, 2006, Wright teamed with Fred Sampson in a losing effort to The Heart Throbs in East Rutherford, New Jersey in a tag team match taped for *Heat*. The next night, both Charisma and Sampson took part in another tag team match in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, which they lost to The Dicks (James and Chad) on *Velocity*. The following week, Wright and Danny Doring wrestled the FBI (Vito and Nunzio) in a *SmackDown* dark match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wright's first singles match in WWE occurred on the June 13, 2006 tapings of *SmackDown!* in Trenton, New Jersey, which he lost to Vito. Wright would have three other WWE singles matches in the summer of 2006, facing Umaga on the July 3 episode of *Monday Night Raw*, the debuting Elijah Burke on the July 31 *SmackDown* taping, and Sylvain Grenier on the September 12 *SmackDown* taping in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Wright would also appear on the November 27, 2006 episode of *Raw*, playing the role of a UPS delivery man in a backstage segment where Triple H and Shawn Michaels trapped the Spirit Squad in a crate to be shipped away. Wright's last WWE match was on May 7, 2007 during a taping for *Heat*, when he teamed with Xavier in a loss to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Eugene in a tag team match. Wright would continue to make cameo appearances on WWE television until April 2009, one of which was playing the ill-fated camera man that was kicked in the face by Kane during the CM Punk versus Batista match during the July 2008 Great American Bash pay-per-view in Uniondale, New York.
Rima Fakih

Fakih appeared as a guest star on the November 29, 2010 edition of *WWE Raw*, where she crowned Sheamus the winner of the King of the Ring tournament. In December 2010 at *WWE Tribute to the Troops*, she served as the ring announcer for the matches. She later competed on *WWE Tough Enough* on USA and was eliminated in week four.
Santana Garrett

In September 2013, Garrett received a tryout in WWE's developmental territory *NXT* on the September 13, 2013 tapings which aired on tape delay on October 9, where she faced Charlotte, who was accompanied by Bayley, in a losing effort.

In 2016, though not signed to WWE, Garrett made three appearances on *NXT*, losing to Asuka, Emma and Billie Kay.

On July 13, 2017, Garrett returned as part of the Mae Young Classic, being eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Piper Niven. She then appeared in a dark match, on July 14, 2017 in a six-woman tag team match, teaming with Marti Belle and Sarah Logan against Jazzy Gabert, Kay Lee Ray and Tessa Blanchard.

She made an appearance on the October 26, 2017 episode of *NXT*, participating in a battle royal which was won by Nikki Cross to determine one of the contenders for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: WarGames.

On the July 4, 2018 episode of NXT, Garrett was defeated by Dakota Kai.

In mid-August 2019, it was announced that Garrett has been officially signed to a contract and would report to the Performance Center. On November 6, 2019 episode of NXT, Santana made her in-ring debut in a losing effort against Taynara Conti. On December 18, Garrett was defeated by Io Shirai. On January 15, 2020, Santana was an entrant in the NXT Women's Number 1 Contender's Battle Royal to face Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Portland but was eliminated by Shayna Baszler. On February 12, 2020, Santana was squashed by Bianca Belair in 45 seconds. Garrett ended her losing streak on the June 3, 2020 episode of *NXT* with a win over Aliyah. On the July 1, 2020 episode of *NXT*, Santana was squashed by the returning Mercedes Martinez. Santana entered the 2021 women's Royal Rumble at number twelve; she was eliminated in by Rhea Ripley without eliminating anyone herself. On June 2, 2021, Garrett was released by WWE.
Roadkill

Antoni Polaski

Roadkill joined the ECW roster on October 18, 1996 in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, against Taz.

In December 1997, Roadkill formed an unlikely tag team with Danny Doring. They were managed by Miss Congeniality until she left ECW in 1999, and then by Elektra until she turned on them in 2000.

Doring and Roadkill quickly embarked on a two-year-long feud with Nova and Chris Chetti. This was followed by a series of feuds with the Impact Players (Lance Storm and Justin Credible), Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger, Joey Matthews and Christian York, and then Tommy Dreamer and Raven. The team won the ECW World Tag Team Championships on December 3, 2000, at the Massacre on 34th Street pay-per-view, defeating Tony Mamaluke and Little Guido. They held the titles until ECW declared bankruptcy on April 4, 2001.

After ECW folded, Doring and Roadkill wrestled dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment. They appeared against fellow ECW originals F.B.I. (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke) in early 2001 at Madison Square Garden.

Roadkill appeared at the WWE promoted ECW reunion show, ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005. Doring and Roadkill were defeated by MNM on July 21, 2005 in a match taped for WWE's *Velocity*.

On the June 13, 2006 edition of *ECW*, Roadkill took part in a battle royal (with the winner facing John Cena at Vengeance) but was eliminated by The Big Show before it was eventually won by Sabu. Two weeks later, on the June 27 edition of *ECW,* he faced Sabu in an Extreme Rules Match, in which he lost by tapping out to the Camel clutch. On the July 4 edition of *ECW*, Roadkill defeated Tony Mamaluke in a dark match. Roadkill reappeared on August 1 in a dark match loss against Stevie Richards.

After an 8-month hiatus from WWE television, he returned under the name of **Antoni Polaski** and defeated Val Venis on the April 30 edition of *Heat* and, on May 4, he would defeat Funaki in a match taped for *Velocity*.

Roadkill was released from WWE on February 4, 2008.
Sakoda

In September 2003, Sakoda was signed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he debuted on *SmackDown!*'s main roster. He, along with Akio, made their WWE debuts on October 19, 2003, at No Mercy. Sakoda aligned himself with Akio, forming the heel tag team Kyo Dai, the Yakuza-style henchmen of Tajiri.

In August 2004, Sakoda was released from his WWE contract.

On September 2, 2021, Sakoda passed away.
Robbie Rage

Rage was signed to a contract with World Championship Wrestling in 1996. Rage debuted on WCW television alongside Kenny Kaos, and they formed the tag team High Voltage. High Voltage regularly appeared against mid-card opponents on the WCW television shows *Saturday Night* and *WorldWide* during the late 1990's, while also appearing as jobbers on *Nitro*.

After suffering a rotator cuff tear, Rage was sidelined from wrestling for seven months. During this time, High Voltage disbanded as Kaos began competing as a singles wrestler before being nominated by Rick Steiner to become his new tag team partner, resulting in Kaos becoming one half of the World Tag Team Champions. On the December 17, 1998 episode of *Thunder*, Rage, while sporting a brace to nurse his arm injury, returned to confront Kaos over the matter of allying with Steiner rather than himself to claim the title. On the December 21 episode of *Nitro*, Rage distracted Kaos in order to allow Lex Luger to defeat him via submission before once again confronting Kaos over High Voltage's split. However, before the angle could develop any further, Rage was released from his contract during his recovery.
Rory McAllister

McAllister, along with his tag team partner Robbie McAllister, worked dark matches for WWE in 2003 and debuted on *Heat* in a losing effort against Tajiri and Rhyno on July 26, 2004.

In June 2006, vignettes began airing on *Raw* featuring The Highlanders exploring "the big city" and comparing the differences to their native Scotland in classic fish-out-of-water style.

The Highlanders made their *Raw* debut on July 3, 2006, with a victory over the duo of Matt Striker and Rob Conway. They followed this victory with another over the same team and were put on the fast track to a match for the Spirit Squad's World Tag Team Titles. When they were granted a match against Spirit Squad members Kenny and Mikey, The Highlanders were defeated after abundant interference by the other members. Throughout the month of August, The Highlanders continued to battle different tag teams until they won a triple threat tag team match over the team of Charlie Haas and Viscera and Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, which made them the number one contenders to the Spirit Squad's titles on the September 4 edition of *Raw*. They were unsuccessful in winning the titles at Unforgiven, again because of interference from Spirit Squad members not technically a part of the match.

The Highlanders went on to lose a Texas Tornado match at Cyber Sunday and a tag team turmoil match at New Year's Revolution for a future tag title shot. In-between the pay-per-views, The Highlanders briefly feuded with Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, with both teams exchanging wins on *Heat* before ending the feud on the December 4 episode of *Raw*, defeating Cade and Murdoch in a Roddy Piper tribute match.

In late 2006, they mostly competed on *Raw*'s sister show *Heat*, occasionally making appearances on *Raw*, throughout 2007, primarily to job to other teams or singles wrestlers such as Snitsky. On the September 24, 2007 episode of *Raw*, The Highlanders interrupted a match between Paul London and Brian Kendrick and Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, due to The Highlanders getting tired of being held back from a World Tag Team Championship opportunity, thus the duo turning heel. Nothing came of this turn, however, as they lost a number one contenders match on November 12. They then feuded with London and Kendrick and Jim Duggan and Super Crazy, mainly on *Heat*.

The Highlanders had a Royal Rumble qualifying match, but lost to the team of Mick Foley and Hornswoggle. The Highlanders only appeared once on *ECW* before Rory tore his pectoral muscle and was sidelined for six months on February 2008. They lost to then-WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz.

In their last televised match on August 11, 2008, they were defeated by Cryme Tyme. Both members of the team were released from WWE on August 15, 2008.
Slick

Slick debuted in the WWF alongside Butch Reed in August 1986. Soon after, he purchased a "half interest" in "Classy" Freddie Blassie's heel stable. The aging Blassie was experiencing declining health, and was being slowly phased out of storylines. Slick eventually took over all managerial duties from Blassie, initially managing Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik. During this time, Slick also sold the contract of Hercules (another wrestler of Blassie's former stable) to fellow heel manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan for a "pile of money".

Slick's biggest success as a manager came when he took Akeem (previously known as the One Man Gang) and the Big Boss Man, the Twin Towers, to main event matches against Hulk Hogan and WWF Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage, The Mega Powers. Slick would also manage The Bolsheviks (Volkoff and Boris Zhukov), Rick Martel, Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma), and The Warlord.

In November 1991, Slick went on an extended leave of absence after being powerslammed by Davey Boy Smith. He returned a month later as the face "**Reverend Slick**", denouncing his shady past and striving to become a better man. He sometimes appeared on WWF programming to give a "sermon" that was usually a simple, uplifting message. Then later in November 1991, he joined the crew on *Prime Time Wrestling* as a regular full-time panelist, providing commentary and insight on storylines and matches until the show ended in 1993, as well as the co-host of *WWF Wrestling Spotlight* with Gene Okerlund. After *Prime Time* ended, his main storyline under this gimmick was to take Kamala from the hands of Harvey Wippleman and Kim Chee to convince him that he was not just a Ugandan monster who deserved constant berating, but a man, and he tried to instill Kamala with self-respect (including a memorable segment where Slick and Kamala went bowling).

On April 1, 2007, Slick appeared at WrestleMania 23, dancing with various WWE wrestlers and legends.

Slick made an appearance on the "Old School" edition of *WWE Raw* on November 15, 2010, joining legends the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff in the ring.

On July 23, 2012, Slick made a special appearance on *Raw 1000*. He served as the reverend presiding over the wedding that involved Daniel Bryan and AJ Lee.

On April 2, 2016, Slick appeared to induct Big Boss Man into that year's class of the WWE Hall of Fame.
Rocky King

King started wrestling in 1985 in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He began his career in the promotion as a jobber. He quickly improved and was often allowed a lot of offense during his jobber matches. He was a frequent opponent of the Four Horsemen.

In late 1990, King became **Little Richard Marley**, manager of Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin, the Fabulous Freebirds. He helped them in their feud with the Southern Boys for a couple of months. At Starrcade in 1990, he inadvertently cost the Freedbirds their match against Tommy Rich and Ricky Morton. After the match, the Freebirds attacked him. He then went back to wrestling as **Rocky King**. King became a WCW referee before retiring in 1998.

King passed away on March 27, 2022.
Skandor Akbar

Akbar joined the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) for a brief run in the late 1970's, and was managed by Freddie Blassie.

In the 1980's, Akbar retired from wrestling and became a manager, managing his stable known as Devastation, Inc. in World Class Championship Wrestling.

On August 19, 2010, Akbar passed away.
Shark Boy

Shark Boy was signed to a contract by World Championship Wrestling in 1999. He made several appearances on *WCW Saturday Night* and *WCW Thunder* before being released six months later in early 2000.

On March 11, 2003, Shark Boy wrestled at dark match for the World Wrestling Entertainment, where he lost to Chris Kanyon.
Salvatore Sincere

Johnny Gunn

Sincere debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1992, where he went by **Johnny Gunn**. He achieved some of the most notable moments in his career while teaming with Tom Zenk. At Halloween Havoc 1992, Gunn partnered with Shane Douglas and Tom Zenk to defeat Bobby Eaton, Arn Anderson, and Michael Hayes.

Gunn later joined Extreme Championship Wrestling as **Tom Brandi**, and teamed with Tommy Dreamer to capture the ECW Tag Team Championships. They captured the titles from Johnny Hotbody and Tony Stetson in only nine seconds. Less than a month later, the pair would lose the titles to The Tazmaniac and Kevin Sullivan.

He then went to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), debuting in July 1996 as **Salvatore Sincere**, a villainous stereotypical Bronx Italian/Mafioso character clad in pink and white who falsely claimed to be sincere and to "love" everyone. He appeared at the 1996 Survivor Series and In Your House: It's Time, where he wrestled in dark matches. He also worked matches with some of the WWF's top names at the time, including Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, and Rocky Maivia during his debut match in the WWF with Salvatore). He briefly feuded with Marc Mero over his valet Sable in 1997. During this storyline, Sincere began wrestling under his given name **Tom Brandi** after Mero called him a jobber. Sincere later would go on to win a match against Mero by countout. After going by his real name, he participated in the 1998 Royal Rumble match, lasting a matter of seconds before being eliminated by Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie. He lost to Jeff Jarrett in his last televised match on the March 17, 1998 episode of *Monday Night Raw*. Brandi left the WWF that April.
Romeo

In April 2005, Romeo debuted in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) alongside Antonio, billed as "The Heart Throbs". The Heart Throbs participated in a tag team turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championships at Backlash, but were unsuccessful.

The heel team mainly appeared on the *Raw* brand's B-show, *Heat*. They had short-lived feuds with the teams of Eugene and William Regal, Hurricane and Rosey, and V-Squared (Val Venis and Viscera).

During the first *Heat* episode of 2006, the pair turned face and began regularly bringing two "hot chicks" into the ring with them to dance. On February 10, 2006, both of The Heart Throbs were released from WWE.
Shaquille O'Neal

In 1994, O'Neal made several appearances in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), including at the Bash at the Beach pay per view, where he presented the title belt to the winner of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match between Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.

In July 2009, O'Neal served as the guest host for a live broadcast of WWE's *Monday Night Raw*. As part of the show, O'Neal got into a physical altercation with seven-foot tall wrestler Big Show.

In April 2016, O'Neal participated in his first ever match, when he was a surprise celebrity entry in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32. O'Neal eliminated Damien Sandow, and had another confrontation with Big Show before being eliminated himself by most of the other wrestlers.
Sara Lee

In June 2015, Lee was one of the thirteen finalists for the sixth season of the WWE competition *Tough Enough*. After being at risk of elimination five times throughout the course of the competition, on August 25, Lee was chosen by fan vote as one of the winners, along with Josh Bredl, earning a one-year contract with WWE. During the final, Lee adopted the ring name **Hope**, and lost a singles match to Alicia Fox.

In September, Lee was assigned to WWE's developmental territory *NXT*, based at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, to begin training. Returning to her real name, Lee made her first appearance for *NXT* at a live event on January 16, 2016, where she delivered a heel promo. She made her in-ring debut at the January 30 live event during a six-Diva tag team match, which also involved fellow *Tough Enough* competitor Mandy Rose. On September 30, 2016, Lee was released from her WWE contract.

Lee passed away on October 6, 2022.