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J.C. Ice

In 1995, J.C. Ice and his tag partner Wolfie D (collectively known as PG-13) entered the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and feuded with The Smokin' Gunns, but were gone shortly thereafter. In 1996, they re-appeared with the World Wrestling Federation as members of the Nation of Domination.

In 1997, PG-13 appeared with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), challenging the Dudley Boyz for the vacant ECW World Tag Team Titles at Hardcore Heaven 1997. In ECW, they were known for goading the audience and their opponents. They wrestled The Eliminators, Spike Dudley, and Mikey Whipwreck.

PG-13 appeared briefly for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the early 2000's. They frequently had matches with The Jung Dragons and 3 Count.
John Tatum

In 1986, Tatum debuted in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and began a feud with Chris Adams, mocking him for being temporarily "blinded". After the feud with Adams ended, he and Missy Hyatt would feud with Scott Casey and his valet Sunshine, which resulted in several cat fights between Hyatt and Sunshine.

Returning to WCCW in December 1987, Tatum and Jack Victory feuded with Steve and Shaun Simpson during the next year.
J.J. Dillon

In the early 80's, Dillon spent some time wrestling for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He made his Madison Square Garden debut on April 23, 1984 when he challenged Tito Santana for the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, losing by pinfall after a flying elbow by Santana.

He is most remembered as a manager in pro wrestling. He guided many wrestlers to singles and tag titles in WCW. Dillon achieved his greatest success as the manager of the Four Horsemen, which consisted of Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson , Ole Anderson, Lex Luger and Barry Windham. After leaving WCW in February 1989, Dillon served as a front office executive for the WWF until 1997. On April 21, 1997, he returned to WCW as an on-camera commissioner, which he lasted until fall 1998.

In 2012, Dillon was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame along with the Four Horsemen (Flair, Blanchard, Anderson, and Windham).
Jesse

On January 6, 2006, Jesse debuted on *SmackDown!* along with his twin brother as the proteges of Simon Dean, under the team name of "Gymini". They were introduced to destroy Paul London and Brian Kendrick to the delight of Dean, and soon they became his henchmen under the pretext of being satisfied consumers of his nutrition system. Gymini also frequently wrestled on *Velocity*, usually against jobbers. Under the management of Dean, Gymini continued to dominate *SmackDown!*'s other tag teams before Jesse became injured.

On January 18, 2007, after months of inactivity, the twins were released from the WWE.
Johnny Weaver

Weaver made his debut in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in late 1987 in the corner of the "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, who was using a sleeper hold, calling it the "Weaver lock", and chasing down Lex Luger and his WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Weaver was in Rhodes' corner at Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat, when Rhodes defeated Luger in a steel cage after *DDT*'ing Luger onto a steel chair.

Weaver passed away on February 15, 2008.
Johnny Rodz

He was part of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) from its early years, appearing on WWWF cards as far back as 1965. He wrestled Bob Backlund in Madison Square Garden while working for the WWWF at the time. Dubbed the "Fire Brand From the Bronx" and the "Unpredictable", he was a proficient worker and a solid heel. Johnny would often tag with Jose Estrada, and Frank "the Gypsy" Rodriguez. For much of the next two decades through mid-1985, Rodz was a mainstay of the federation, though largely used as enhancement talent. On August 9, 1980, at the Showdown at Shea, he was defeated by "Polish Power" Ivan Putski. His last WWF match was a loss to Gama Singh on June 19, 1985.

n 1996, Rodz was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame class of 1996 by Arnold Skaaland.
Jacy Jayne

Jayne made her televised WWE debut on the September 23, 2020 episode of *NXT*, during which she competed in a number one contender's battle royal won by Candice LeRae. On February 24, 2021, she signed with WWE. She made her debut on the July 20 episode of *NXT*, where she lost against Franky Monet.

On the debut episode of *NXT 2.0* on September 14, Jayne and Gigi Dolin faced Kayden Carter and Kacy Catanzaro in a tag team match, which ended in no contest after Mandy Rose interfered, during which she debuted a new dark-haired look, and they subsequently wrestled Carter, Catanzaro and Sarray in a six-woman tag team match, in which Rose, Dolin and Jayne emerged victorious. She quickly joined the women's stable Toxic Attraction led by Mandy Rose in 2021, thus establishing herself as a heel in the process. During the September 28 episode of *NXT 2.0*, the group was represented in their first in-ring match by Gigi Dolin and Jayne, in an NXT Women's Tag Team Championship match won by Io Shirai and Zoey Stark. At NXT Halloween Havoc, Dolin and Jayne defeated Shirai and Stark, and Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta in a Scareway to Hell ladder triple threat tag team match for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, marking the first championships for both Dolin and Jayne in the company.

On the November 16 episode of *NXT 2.0*, Jayne joined Gigi Dolin, Mandy Rose and Dakota Kai in a WarGames match at NXT WarGames to face Raquel Gonzalez, Kay Lee Ray, Cora Jade and Io Shirai. At the event, Toxic Attraction and Dakota Kai were defeated by Team Raquel. At NXT Vengeance Day, Gigi and Jacy retained their NXT Women's Tag Team Championships against Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta. On the NXT Stand and Deliver kickoff, Gigi and Jacy lost the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship to Dakota Kai and Raquel González with help from Wendy Choo's inteference, ending their reign at 158 days. However, they regained the titles with the help of Mandy Rose's distraction three days later on *NXT 2.0*. At NXT The Great American Bash on July 5, Gigi and Jacy lost the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship to Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade. After the titles were vacated, Gigi and Jacy participated in a fatal four-way elimination match on the August 2 episode of *NXT 2.0*, against Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley, Yulisa Leon and Valentina Feroz, and Katana Chance and Kayden Carter. Gigi and Jacy were part of the final two teams in the match but eventually lost to Katana and Kayden. On the August 19 episode of *SmackDown*, Dolin made her main roster debut alongside Jacy Jayne as participants in the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament. They would win the first match, but were forced out of the tournament due to an injury suffered by Dolin. Dolin and Jayne made their return to *SmackDown* in a losing effort against new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Aliyah and Raquel Rodriguez.

On the February 7, 2023 edition of *NXT*, during a *Ding Dong, Hello!* segment hosted by Bayley, Jayne turned on Dolin, ending Toxic Attraction. Jayne faced Dolin at NXT Roadblock on March 7, with Dolin winning the match.
Jackson Andrews

In November and December 2010, Andrews appeared at several WWE house shows, losing to Goldust and defeating JTG. On the December 6, 2010, episode of *Raw*, Andrews appeared as the unidentified bodyguard for Tyson Kidd, accompanying Kidd to the ring and attacking Kidd's opponent, David Hart Smith. On the December 27 episode of *Raw*, Andrews had an in-ring confrontation with Mark Henry after Henry had defeated Kidd, but Henry performed his finishing move on Andrews. Andrews failed to make another appearance following this, and was eventually released in May 2011.
Jeff Gamble

Gamble started his professional wrestling career in 1990 by signing a contract with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He made his debut on WCW television as an enhancement talent on the November 17 episode of *World Championship Wrestling*, where he lost to The Big Cat. The following week, on the November 24 episode of *World Championship Wrestling*, Gamble and Scott Sandlin lost to Big Cat and The Motor City Madman. His next appearance was on the January 13, 1991 episode of *Main Event*, where he lost to Bobby Eaton.

Gamble assisted in carrying the Fabulous Moolah's caravan to the ring at Slamboree '93 on May 23, 1993, and later was one of Rick Rude's two "belt guards" that guarded the vacated United States Title inside a briefcase. He returned to WCW action at a live event on September 21, 1993 under **the Gambler** character, where he lost to Jim Steele. His televised return was on the October 23 episode of *Saturday Night*, where he teamed with Fred Avery and Todd Zane against The Shockmaster, Ice Train and Charlie Norris. His first televised appearance as Gambler was in a tag team match with Big Bad John against Thunder and Lightning on the November 28 episode of *Main Event*. He would make a unique entrance by taking out a set of playing cards from his jacket and showing them to the audience as part of his character. He was a regular jobber to the stars against major stars including Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, Erik Watts, Johnny B. Badd, Brian Pillman, Arn Anderson, The Patriot, Marcus Alexander Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio.

Gambler gained his first win in WCW on the September 10 episode of *Pro* against Scott Studd. He received his only title shot in WCW on the October 22, 1994 episode of *Saturday Night* against Jim Duggan for the United States Heavyweight Championship and lost in a short match.

Gamble returned to WCW television on the December 2, 1995 episode of *Saturday Night* against Mr. JL. After the launch of *Monday Nitro*, Gamble became a regular jobber on WCW's B-shows such as *Saturday Night*, *WorldWide*, *Pro* and *Main Event*. He put over many rising and established stars during his career and also served as the first opponent of Prince Iaukea on the June 1, 1996 episode of *Saturday Night* and Glacier on the September 8 episode of *Pro*. After a few matches in early 1997, Gambler took a hiatus and returned to television on the July 18, 1998 episode of *Saturday Night*, where he suffered a loss against Norman Smiley. He picked up a victory against David Taylor on the April 27, 1999 episode of *WorldWide*. Gambler's final match was on the August 21 episode of *WorldWide*, a loss to Johnny Attitude. He was released from his WCW contract on August 31, 1999.
Jack Brisco

In 1973, Brisco made his debut for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he immediately made an impact. Brisco's first WCW World Heavyweight Championship win was scheduled to be over Dory Funk, Jr., capping off a multi-year feud. However, Dory claimed to be injured and missed the scheduled date. Dory later lost the title to Harley Race. Brisco won the title from Race after a brief reign, in Houston, Texas on July 20, 1973. He defended the championship against top names like Johnny Valentine, Stan Stasiak, Abdullah the Butcher, Gene Kiniski, The Sheik and Bobby Shane until losing to Giant Baba on December 4, 1974. He regained it four days later. Brisco then defended the title until losing it to Terry Funk on December 10, 1975. His loss continued the extensive feud between the Briscos (Jack and his brother Gerry) and Funks, which went on for several more years.

Brisco teamed with his brother to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times. As heels, they beat Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood for the belts on June 18, 1983. This set up a rivalry in which the belts switched hands several times. Steamboat and Youngblood regained the belts on October 3, but the Briscos won them back on October 21. They held the title for a little over a month before dropping it back to Steamboat and Youngblood. The Briscos again won the belts the following year, from Wahoo McDaniel and Mark Youngblood.

On December 28, 1984, the Briscos challenged The North-South Connection (Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch) for the WWF Tag Team Championship in Madison Square Garden. The match ended in a double countout, and was Jack Brisco's last high-profile bout.

Brisco and his brother, Gerald were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2008.

On February 1, 2010, Brisco passed away.
Jerry Blackwell

Blackwell competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1978. He defeated such wrestlers as Larry Zbyszko, Dominic DeNucci and S.D. Jones, but was unsuccessful in matches against high-profile stars such as André the Giant and WWF Champion Bob Backlund.

In the 1980's, Blackwell settled in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he became a main event star and feuded with Mad Dog Vachon, Hulk Hogan, and the Crusher. Blackwell was tagged as the "Rattlesnake", given for his quick speed and aggression. After a bloody, unsuccessful feud with the Crusher, Blackwell dropped his "Crusher" moniker and eventually joined forces with hated AWA manager Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey in 1983, wore Arab garments, and formed a successful tag team with Ken Patera known as the Sheiks. The Sheiks feuded with Verne Gagne, as well as the High Flyers (Greg Gagne and "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell) over the AWA World Tag Team Titles. The Sheiks beat the High Flyers for the tag team titles and remained champions for eleven months before being dethroned by the Crusher and Baron von Raschke.

Blackwell's career reached new heights after the departure of Hulk Hogan from the AWA in late 1983. Verne Gagne tapped Blackwell to be Hogan's replacement as the top babyface in the AWA. Blackwell became a face immediately after winning a battle royal on June 10, 1984, when he was attacked and brutally triple-teamed by Al-Kaissey, Abdullah the Butcher and King Kong Brody, which led to a post-match brawl also involving Dusty Rhodes, Curt Hennig and the Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) coming in on Blackwell's behalf. Blackwell began a historic feud with Brody and Al-Kaissey, and established a new image as a solid fan favorite as well.

Blackwell went on to receive numerous title shots against AWA World Heavyweight Champions Stan Hansen and Curt Hennig throughout 1986 and 1987; due to poor health caused by years of obesity and physical punishment, however, Blackwell's in-ring performance slowed. As a result, Blackwell stopped wrestling full-time. Blackwell made his last appearance in the AWA during a television taping in Rochester, Minnesota in October 1989, wrestling in a singles match against Tom Stone and in a six-man tag team match with Bobby Fulton and Jackie Fulton against Johnny Valiant, Mike Enos, and Wayne Bloom. The AWA took the opportunity to push an angle between Blackwell and Adnan's new protégé Kokina Maximus, but the match never took place.

Blackwell passed away on January 22, 1995.
Itzuki Yamazaki

Yamazaki entered the World Wrestling Federation in mid-1987 alongside Noriyo Tateno, where they were known as "The Jumping Bomb Angels". At the first ever Survivor Series, The Jumping Bomb Angels were the sole survivors in a women's Survivor Series match. During the match, they received large cheers from the audience and praise from commentators Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura, especially after they dropkicked Jimmy Hart off the turnbuckle at the match's climax. On January 24, 1988 at the inaugural Royal Rumble, they beat The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin) in a two-out-of-three falls match to win the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. The Angels would reign for 136 days until June 8, 1988 when The Glamour Girls defeated The Angels to recapture the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.
Joey Marella

Joey Marella joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1983, and moved through the ranks until he was often assigned to referee feature promotion matches. In 1987, he served as the referee for the much-hyped match between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant at WrestleMania III as well as their rematch in 1988 at WrestleMania IV. Marella was also the official for the 1992 SummerSlam main event of Bret Hart versus Davey Boy Smith. Marella was briefly suspended in 1993 and then later re-hired. He was also part of the controversy at the 1994 Royal Rumble match in which he and referee Earl Hebner couldn't decide between Lex Luger and Bret Hart as to who had won the match.

During Marella's career as a WWF referee, while becoming one of the Federation's most respected in-ring officials, he also became the butt of jokes for heel based commentators especially when they were teamed with Marella's father Gorilla Monsoon with Monsoon regularly using one of his catch phrases "Will you stop" (mostly said to either Jesse "The Body" Ventura or Bobby "The Brain" Heenan) when they would criticize his performance.

On July 4, 1994, Marella passed away.
JoJo

In May 2013, JoJo joined WWE and E! Network's reality show *Total Divas*, which shows behind the scenes footage of select WWE Divas and a look into their personal lives.

At just 19 years old, JoJo made her main roster debut on the June 26, 2013, episode of *WWE Main Event*, singing the entrance theme for Tons of Funk alongside The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi). The following week on *Raw*, JoJo appeared in a backstage segment also involving The Bella Twins, Natalya, The Funkadactyls, and Eva Marie. On the July 22 episode of *Raw*, JoJo along with the cast of *Total Divas* appeared on Miz TV, where she introduced herself to the crowd. JoJo sang the United States national anthem at SummerSlam on August 18.

On the August 26 episode of *Raw*, JoJo served as the special guest ring announcer during a singles match between Natalya and Brie Bella. After the match, WWE Divas Champion, AJ Lee interrupted Brie Bella's victory celebration by cutting a worked shoot promo on the cast of *Total Divas*. Following this, JoJo appeared at ringside to show support for her *Total Divas* co-stars during their matches. JoJo was booked in her first match on *Raw* on October 7, teaming with Natalya and Eva Mariein a winning effort against Alicia Fox, Rosa Mendes, and Aksana in a six diva tag-team match, however she was never tagged into the match. The Total Divas defeated The True Divas (Fox, Aksana, Divas Champion AJ, Kaitlyn, Mendes, Tamina Snuka and Summer Rae) in a elimination tag-team match at the Survivor Series pay-per-view, and the following night on *Raw* in a rematch, where she achieved her first in-ring victory after pinning and eliminating Tamina Snuka.

JoJo later moved to WWE's developmental territory NXT in late 2013, after it was confirmed she would not be returning to *Total Divas* for its second season. She subsequently became the ring announcer for *NXT*. In April 2015, JoJo was promoted to the main roster and began serving as the regular ring announcer on *Main Event*, *SmackDown*, *Raw* and pay-per-views as well as a backstage interviewer. She served as the *Raw* ring announcer from 2016-2018 and remained under contract until she quietly departed from the company in early 2021.
Héctor Garza

In 1997, his first televised WWF appearance saw him defeat T.L. Hopper on an episode of *Superstars*. At the 1997 Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Garza teamed up with El Canek and Perro Aguayo to defeat Fuerza Guerrera, Heavy Metal and Jerry Estrada. He worked several more matches for the WWF, with his last appearance for the company taking place on March 10, 1997, where he, Latin Lover and Octagón lost to Pentagón, Heavy Metal and Pierroth on the 200th episode of *Monday Night Raw*.

Garza joined World Championship Wrestling in late 1997. In WCW, the young Garza became known for his twirling turnbuckle to floor plancha called the "corkscrew plancha". On June 30, 1997, Garza was given his first WCW championship opportunity, as he challenged Steven Regal for the WCW World Television Championship on *Monday Nitro*, but was booked to lose in less than four minutes. He made his WCW pay-per-view debut at the 1997 Bash at the Beach, where he, Juventud Guerrera and Lizmark Jr. defeated La Parka, Psicosis and Villano IV.

In the fall of 1997, Garza scored a victory over Scott Hall, one of WCW's most prominent heels. The victory was played off as a "fluke" and Hall defeated Garza two weeks later in just over a minute as a follow up to the storyline. When the Latino World Order (lWo) was formed in late 1998 by Eddie Guerrero, Garza joined along with most of the Mexican wrestlers in WCW, starting a storyline feud with Rey Misterio Jr. as he refused to join the lWo. His last match for WCW took place on October 1, 1999, as Garza and Silver King defeated Los Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V).

On May 26, 2013, Garza passed away.
Jamin Canseco

Nick Nardone

Canseco appeared on World Wrestling Entertainment television programming on several occasions. His first appearance for the promotion was on November 28, 2005, as **Jaymin Olivers**, teaming with Brad Bradley against Val Venis and Viscera in a losing effort. On July 13, 2010, he made appearance as **Jamin Canseco** on *WWE Superstars*, teaming with Matt Cross and losing to Curt Hawkins and Vance Archer. He also appeared on the July 30, 2012 episode of *Raw*, used as one of the men in white taking Daniel Bryan to the hospital. He competed as **Nick Nardone** at the *WWE SmackDown* taping for September 20, 2013, where he lost a squash match against Ryback.
Jeremiah Riggs

In March 2011, Riggs was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for the return of *WWE Tough Enough*. Throughout the show, Riggs was complimented on his heart and athleticism. Along with Martin, he was one of just two contestants to not get stuck in the bottom three. Riggs finished third on the show, being eliminated in week nine because of his inexperience inside the ring.
Johnny Parisi

Swinger

Joe Dorgan

In 1995, Parisi worked for the World Wrestling Federation going by his real name, **Joe Dorgan**, following in the footsteps of his uncle, Tony Parisi, who worked for the WWWF under Vince McMahon, Sr.. He appeared on WWFs flagship program, *WWF Raw*, facing Shane Douglas in a nationally televised broadcast in September of that year.

Dorgan began working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in late 1996, changing his ring name to **Johnny Swinger**. He was utilized primarily on syndication programs, appearing on *WCW Saturday Night* and *WCW WorldWide*. Swinger also made appearances on both of the company's flagship programs *Monday Nitro* and *Thunder*. His broadcast appearances include a *Monday Nitro* in July 1998, losing to Chavo Guerrero, Jr.. Swinger remained in WCW for three years until joining Extreme Championship Wrestling.

Swinger joined ECW in 2000. He was placed in a tag team with Simon Diamond in May 2000, and shortened his name to **Swinger**. He remained with ECW until it folded in April 2001.

Swinger returned to WCW for one week for the Cruiserweight Tag Team Tournament. On the February 26, 2001 edition of *Nitro* where he and Jason Lee were defeated by Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr.. He also wrestled on the February 28, 2001 edition of *WCW Thunder* where Swinger (accompanied by Jason Lee) lost to Shane Helms. Shortly after, WCW was purchased by the WWF and its programming ceased.

Swinger signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005. He made his WWE debut on the July 31, 2005 episode of *Sunday Night Heat* as **Johnny Parisi**, winning his debut match for the company. He worked two more *Heat* matches for WWE in February, 2006, losing competitively to Chavo Guerrero and Kane. He was released on June 29, 2006.

He returned to WWE to face Ron Simmons in a match on *WWE Heat* the following year.
Joe Malenko

Malenko made an appearance in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1992, during the *Clash of the Champions XIX*. He teamed with his brother, Dean, to take on the team of Nikita Koloff and Ricky Steamboat in the first round of a tournament held for the WCW World Tag Team Titles. "The Malenko Brothers" came up short.

Malenko made his first appearance in Extreme Championship Wrestling on November 18, 1994. He once again teamed up with his brother, Dean, to take on the team of Sabu and the Tazmaniac, but lost. Dean continued to work ECW, but Joe mainly worked for ECW on a part-time basis. He worked ECW's first run of Florida shows in 1995 against Stevie Richards and Osamu Nishimura, wrestling to a draw against both. When ECW returned to Florida in May, Malenko was once again featured on the opening matches of the card.

On the May 11, 1998 edition of *WCW Monday Nitro*, Joe Malenko came out and confronted Chris Jericho, who had been in a feud with Dean for weeks. However, the confrontation led to an attack by Jericho in Joe Malenko's only appearance on *Nitro*.
JT Southern

Southern joined the American Wrestling Association (AWA) where he received a push early on in 1987, forming a tag team with D.J. Peterson.

He eventually got his big break with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1992 - with long blond locks and good guitar-playing skills, he was given a rock-star wrestler gimmick and was brought in to start a feud with fellow rocker Van Hammer. He made his WCW debut on the March 28 edition *WCW Power Hour* against Chris Sullivan.

He was known for his garishly camp outfits and flamboyant persona - he would typically come to the ring playing an electric guitar and wearing a fringed tiger-striped jacket and fluorescent shredded tights.

In March 1992, he brought Scotty Flamingo (who had a similar flamboyant spoiled rich-boy gimmick) to WCW as a sidekick to help regenerate interest in his feud with Van Hammer, but before long Flamingo's popularity had surpassed Southern's and his talent had made him into one of WCW's most marketable stars. With Southern unable to compete with him, he was demoted to the role of being Flamingo's groupie - he would do the ring-entry with Flamingo and remain at ringside for his fights, sometimes interfering if Scotty was struggling.

However, Southern's actual wrestling matches became more and more infrequent - he suffered a few losses to his arch rival Van Hammer (including an embarrassing loss within 40 seconds) but these matches did not get any screen time as other matches were chosen for the television shows instead. In one of Flamingo's matches against Johnny B. Badd, ring-commentator Tony Schiavone cheekily asked co-commentator Jesse Ventura  whether Southern was Flamingo's manager. Southern was released by WCW in the summer of 1992.
Jules Strongbow

In 1982, Strongbow was hired by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He was placed into a tag team with Chief Jay Strongbow, who was billed as his brother. They formed a noted tag team, known as The Strongbows. On June 28, 1982, the Strongbows defeated the team of Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito for their first WWF Tag Team Championship. On the July 13 edition of *Championship Wrestling*, the Strongbows lost the belts back to Fuji and Saito. On the October 26 edition of *Championship Wrestling*, the Strongbows defeated Fuji and Saito for their second tag title reign. They were defeated for the belts in Allentown, Pennsylvania on the March 8, 1983 edition of *Championship Wrestling* by The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika). Shortly after losing the titles, Jules left the WWF.
Jack Starz

Starz debuted for WWE in 2017, competing in the first WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament.

Starz made his televised debut in 2018 on the November 21 episode of *NXT UK*, losing a match against Eddie Dennis. He returned to television on the December 12 episode of *NXT UK*, losing to Joseph Conners. He made his last televised appearance of the year on the December 26 episode of *NXT UK*, teaming with Tucker in a tag loss to Saxon Huxley and Tyson T-Bone.

During the course of 2019, Starz spent time competing in singles matches, against competitors including Walter, Joseph Conners, Ilja Dragunov, Alexander Wolfe, Jordan Devlin, A-Kid and Luke Menzies. Starz returned in 2020 on the February 27 episode of *NXT UK*, losing a singles match against Kassius Ohno.

Starz was released from his WWE contract on August 18, 2022.
Jimmy Korderas

Korderas began as a referee for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1987. At WrestleMania IV, Korderas was legitimately knocked unconscious after Jimmy Hart hit him with Hart's trademark megaphone. As a result, Korderas had to be physically assisted out of the ring.

On May 23, 1999, Korderas was the referee at Over the Edge for the match between "The Blue Blazer" Owen Hart and The Godfather. He was in the ring when Hart fell seventy-five feet from a harness tethered above the ring and died.

During a kayfabe strike by the WWF referees in late 1999, Korderas was the only regular referee who did not join the strike, which led to him being attacked by the striking refs at Unforgiven in 1999.

At Rebellion in 2002, in a "Kiss my Ass Match" between Rikishi and Albert, Korderas forced Albert to kiss Rikishi's buttocks while Albert was trying to escape from the ring.

On the November 4, 2004, episode of *SmackDown!*, taped in St. Louis, Missouri, during an unscripted segment of *Tough Enough*, Kurt Angle challenged the finalists through a squat thrust competition. Chris Nawrocki won the competition, and the prize Nawrocki won was a match against Angle. Angle quickly took Nawrocki down, legitimately breaking his ribs, then made him submit with a neck crank. After Angle defeated Nawrocki, Angle challenged the other finalists to a legitimate wrestling match. Daniel Puder accepted Angle's challenge. Angle and Puder wrestled for position, with Angle taking Puder down, however, in the process, Puder locked Angle in a *kimura lock*. With Puder on his back and Angle's arm locked in the *kimura*, Angle attempted a pin, one of two referees in the ring, Korderas, thought quickly and counted three to end the match, despite the fact that Puder's shoulders weren't fully down on the mat, bridging up at two.

Korderas played a minor part in what was JBL's last appearance as a wrestler on *SmackDown!*. Originally giving JBL the win on the May 26, 2006 edition as JBL was taking the World Heavyweight Championship belt, Korderas spotted Rey Mysterio's foot on the bottom rope and restarted the match. Mysterio won after JBL threw Mysterio into Korderas, who was retying a turnbuckle pad that he had caught JBL untying, knocking Korderas out. He came to in time to see Mysterio pin JBL after an exchange of illegal objects and moves, thus ending JBL's *SmackDown* career. Earlier that night, Korderas had also been assigned to the JBL versus Bobby Lashley match for the WWE United States Championship, which Lashley won. JBL, in his on-screen role as color commentator, had bashed Korderas for being Canadian and claimed that he was screwed out of the Championship by Korderas.

In 2006, the WWE pulled Korderas off the road briefly due to health issues, but he returned to work shortly thereafter. In November 2008, referees, and thus Korderas, were made no longer exclusive to particular WWE television shows, or brands. On January 9, 2009, Korderas was released from WWE.
Jaxson Ryker

On May 29, 2017, it was reported that Ryker had signed with WWE and would be working in the company's developmental territory *NXT*. On June 29, 2017, at an *NXT* live event, Ryker made his debut, losing to No Way Jose. On the August 29 edition of *NXT*, Ryker made his first televised appearance as a heel, appearing alongside the newly-formed stable named The Forgotten Sons, alongside Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler. Ryker made his TakeOver debut at NXT TakeOver: XXV on June 1, 2019, by attempting to help Blake and Cutler win the NXT Tag Team Championships against Street Profits and The Undisputed Era, but to no avail. The group entered the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated in the first round by Imperium.

The Forgotten Sons debuted on *SmackDown* on the April 10, 2020 episode, defeating Lucha House Party. They appeared on the April 24 episode of *SmackDown* when they attacked Lucha House Party and SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day. On the May 1 episode of *SmackDown*, they defeated SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston). This led to a fatal four-way tag team match also involving Lucha House Party, and John Morrison and The Miz for the titles at Money in the Bank, where The New Day retained.

On December 4, Jaxson's partnership with Blake and Cutler was discontinued quietly as they were paired with King Corbin, while Ryker was paired with Elias on *Raw*. Ryker's alliance with Elias lasted until May 31, 2021, when Elias abandoned him during a tag team match, subsequently turning Ryker face. Ryker defeated Elias in a strap match on the June 28 episode of *Raw* and in a “Symphony of Destruction” match on the July 19 episode of *Raw*. After ending his feud with Elias, Ryker began to wrestle frequently on *Main Event* until his release on November 18.
Johnny Hotbody

On April 26, 1992, Hotbody won the ECW Heavyweight Championship by defeating Jimmy Snuka. He held the title for nearly three months, before losing it back to Snuka on July 14. Later that year, on August 12, he became the first ever ECW Television Champion by defeating Larry Winters. He was later forced to relinquish the title on September 12, 1992, after sustaining a legitimate broken ankle.

Upon his return, he formed The Suicide Blondes with Chris Candido, and, for most of 1993, he competed in tag team competition. He won his first ECW Tag Team Championship with Candido on April 3, 1993, when they defeated Tony Stetson and Larry Winters. Chris Michaels was later introduced as the third member of The Suicide Blondes, which resulted in The Suicide Blondes defending the Tag Team Championships under the Freebird Rule, which meant that any combination of the three were allowed to defend the championship. He also began a feud with Tommy Cairo, attacking him after matches. The Suicide Blondes defeated Cairo and J.T. Smith in a tag team match, and for the next few weeks Hotbody competed against Cairo in matches, losing a standard singles match to him, but winning a Lumberjack match. They lost the Tag Team Championship to The Super Destroyers (A.J. Petrucci and Doug Stahl) on May 15, but the combination of Hotbody and Michaels regained it that same day. Later that year, on October 1, Hotbody, along with his former adversary Stetson, was awarded the Tag Team Championship, after the previous champions, The Dark Patriot and Eddie Gilbert, left the promotion, resulting in the titles being vacated. They had successful title defenses against Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka), The Sandman and J.T. Smith, and Ian and Axl Rotten over the next month. They dropped the championship to Tommy Dreamer and Johnny Gunn, however, in a nine-second match, on November 13.
James Dick

Dick made his WWE debut as a heel on *WWE Friday Night SmackDown* along with his partner, Chad Dick, on October 14, 2005 as The Dicks. Their gimmick was dressing up like chippendales and using body oil to spray in their baby-face opponents eyes. After The Mexicools won their 8-man tag match with their partners Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich by defeating Paul Burchill and William Regal and MNM, The Mexicools were ambushed by the Dicks, and in the process they threw the then-WWE Cruiserweight Champion Juventud out of the ring and laid out Super Crazy and Psicosis using two of their signature tag team finishers. On the October 28 episode of *SmackDown*, The Dicks appeared once again, helping MNM capture the WWE Tag Team Championship when they attacked Heidenreich before Paul Burchill was about to receive the Doomsday Device finisher. This began a brawl with all the teams as the Dicks began attacking Road Warrior Animal. This allowed MNM to hit the Snapshot on Heidenreich and win the title.

On the November 5 episode of *Velocity*, The Dicks made their in ring debut, defeating jobbers James Prentice and Kevin Antonio. On the November 25 episode of *SmackDown*, The Dicks made their official *SmackDown!* debuts, defeating Heidenreich and Road Warrior Animal after blinding Road Warrior Animal with body oil.

On February 22, 2006, however, The Dicks were released from their WWE contracts. Their last match in WWE was on *SmackDown*, which was broadcast on February 24, 2006, where The Dicks were defeated by The Boogeyman.
James Storm

Storm made several appearances for World Championship Wrestling on *WCW WorldWide* and *WCW Saturday Night* in 2000 as an enhancement talent.

Storm debuted in WWE's developmental program *NXT* during the October 2015 tapings, which aired on the October 21 episode of *NXT*, defeating Danny Burch. Storm also appeared on the December 2 episode of *NXT*, defeating Adam Rose.
Hugh Jackman

Jackman guest starred on the September 19, 2011 edition of WWE's *Monday Night Raw*, assisting Zack Ryder in a win over WWE United States Champion Dolph Ziggler by punching the champion in the jaw whilst the referee was not looking.

On April 28, 2014, he returned to *Raw*, this time being confronted by Damien Sandow, who was dressed as Magneto.
Ivar

Todd Hansen

Ivar first appeared in WWE on *Velocity* on December 16, 2005, losing to Doug Basham. The following year, on September 15, 2006, he appeared on *SmackDown* as **Todd Hansen** in a losing effort to Sylvester Terkay.

On January 16, 2018, WWE announced that Ivar, as **Hanson**, had signed a contract with the company and would be reporting to the WWE Performance Center. On March 17, 2018, Hanson and tag team partner, Rowe, made their *NXT* debut at a house show, defeating the team of Adrian Jaoude and Cezar Bononi in their first match. On the April 11, 2018 edition of NXT, he and Rowe, dubbed War Machine, made their TV debuts, attacking Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight) and the team of Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli. Two days later on the April 13, 2018 edition of *NXT* they went on to defeat the team of Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan.

Throughout the beginning of the year, the team of Hanson and Rowe, now dubbed the War Raiders, would continue their winning streak, by defeating several tag teams in the *NXT* division, including The Mighty and Heavy Machinery.  At NXT TakeOver: WarGames in Los Angeles, War Raiders would team up with Ricochet and Pete Dunne in the main event to defeat The Undisputed Era in the eponymous WarGames match. At NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, War Raiders would defeat the team of Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. On April 15, 2019, they debuted on *Raw*, winning on their debut. On the October 14 episode of *Raw*, they would capture the Raw Tag Team Championships by defeating the team of Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. They would then drop the titles to the team of Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy on the January 20, 2020 episode of *Monday Night Raw*, after their reign lasted for 98 days.

On September 7, 2020, on *Raw*, The Viking Raiders teamed up with Apollo Crews and Ricochet in an eight-man tag team match against The Hurt Business in a losing effort, where Cedric Alexander scored the pinfall over Ricochet.The match was forced to an abrupt ending due to Ivar suffering a legitimate cervical injury during the match.

Ivar would return to action on the April 12, 2021 edition of *Raw*, teaming up with Erik against Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander in a winning effort.

As part of the 2021 Draft, both Ivar and Erik were drafted to the *SmackDown* brand. On February 19, 2022, at the Elimination Chamber event, they were attacked by The Usos before their match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship, but on the March 4 episode of *SmackDown*, they unsuccessfully challenged the Usos for the titles. On the June 24 episode of *SmackDown*, the Viking Raiders would return with new gear and face paint, and would violently attack The New Day and Shanky, thus turning heel for the first time since 2018.
Jack Doan

Doan joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in October 1991 as a truck driver. From there, he took robes from superstars at ringside, played music at shows, worked as part of the ring crew, and continued to drive the company's trucks from town to town. After a while, he became a part-time referee, immediately taking advantage of several opportunities to fill in whenever he could. Shortly after, Doan's referee status changed to full-time.

One of the more notable incidents in Doan's career came when he participated in an angle on the January 22, 1996 episode of *Raw*, where Vader made his World Wrestling Federation television debut following his debut at the Royal Rumble the prior night. Vader punched Doan twice in the face, picked him up and power-bombed him to the mat. When on-screen WWF president Gorilla Monsoon intervened, Monsoon picked Doan up off the mat and placed him in the corner. While Monsoon tended to the wounded official, Vader avalanched both of them, knocking Doan into unconsciousness. He was out of action for several weeks, selling the injuries he received at the hands of Vader, but eventually reappeared at WrestleMania XII, refereeing another Vader match.

Doan was out of action for about a month with a knee injury after Jimmy Del Ray, one half of The Heavenly Bodies, accidentally clipped him during a tag match. Doan also suffered a concussion at the 1998 Royal Rumble when Phineas Godwinn was thrown over the top rope and inadvertently kicked him in the back of the head. The Legion of Doom performed a Doomsday Device on Doan at In Your House: Unforgiven.

During the Invasion in 2001, he bickered with Alliance referee Charles Robinson.

During the 24/7 ruling of the WWE Hardcore Title where anyone could challenge the champion any time and anywhere, Doan attempted to beat Crash Holly in an impromptu match to win the belt, and went as far as to remove his referee's shirt and persuade fellow referee Jimmy Korderas to count the fall. His attempt, however, was unsuccessful.

On a July 2007 episode of *Raw*, Doan took the microphone from Santino Marella and made a match between him and Umaga, who had just made his entrance during a promo being cut by Marella.

He was taken off the road in mid-summer 2007 with a shoulder injury that required surgery. He returned to television on January 21, 2008, officiating a Divas match. He re-injured the shoulder a few months later and returned to officiate Victoria's last match against Michelle McCool on the January 16, 2009 episode of *SmackDown*. Doan was released by WWE in March 2013.
Julius Creed

In August 2021, Julius and his brother Brutus Creed appeared on *WWE NXT* as members of Roderick Strong's Diamond Mine stable. They made their in-ring debut at the August 24, 2021 *WWE NXT* tapings (with their match airing on September 7, 2021), defeating Chuckie Viola and Paxton Averill in a squash.

On February 15, 2022, at NXT Vengeance Day, The Creed Brothers defeated MSK to win the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On June 4, at NXT In Your House, they defeated Pretty Deadly to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. At Worlds Collide on September 4, The Creed Brothers lost the NXT Tag Team Championships to Pretty Deadly in a fatal-four way elimination tag team title unification match, involving the NXT UK Tag Team Champions Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang), after Damon Kemp turned on Diamond Mine by hitting Julius Creed with a steel chair, ending their reign at 92 days.

On the July 4, 2023 edition of *NXT*, the Creed Brothers faced the Dyad in a "Loser Leaves *NXT*" tag match, but were unsuccessful, forcing them to leave the brand. They were, however, reinstated the following month after defeating the Dyad in a cage match.

The Creed Brothers, along with fellow Diamond Mine member Ivy Nile, made their main roster debut on the October 30 episode of *Raw*, defeating Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis). On the November 27 episode of *Raw*, The Creed Brothers won a tag team turmoil match for an Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship opportunity. The brothers would fail to defeat The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) for the titles on the December 18 episode of *Raw*.
Jerrito Estrada

In late 1996, Jerrito Estrada wrestled in a dark match before World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Starrcade, where he teamed with Piratita Morgan and defeated Mascarita Sagrada and Octagoncito. The next day, the teams faced again, this time on *Monday Nitro*, where Sagrada and Octagoncito were once again victorious.
Joe Coffey

On May 16, 2018, it was revealed that Coffey would be one of sixteen men competing in a one-night tournament to face Pete Dunne for the WWE United Kingdom Championship. He would defeat Tucker and Dave Mastiff in the first and second round, respectively, before losing to Travis Banks in the semi-finals.

Coffey would then go on to be a mainstay of *NXT UK*, being accompanied by his brother Mark Coffey in a winning effort in the first ever televised match on *NXT UK* and later forming the stable Gallus with his brother and Wolfgang to feud with British Strong Style. Coffey main evented the inaugural NXT UK TakeOver in Blackpool on January 12, 2019, as he challenged Pete Dunne for the WWE United Kingdom Championship but failed to capture the title. After the match, he was attacked by the debuting Walter. At NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, Coffey defeated Dave Mastiff in a Last Man Standing match.

On August 23, 2022, Coffey along with Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) would debut on *NXT,* facing NXT UK Tag Team Champions Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs, where they would go on to win via countout.
James Earl Wright

Making his World Championship Wrestling (WCW) debut in late 1989, Wright, along with Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker as the State Patrol, substituted for the Samoan Swat Team and were defeated by the WCW United States Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers on September 30, and also faced Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich on December 14, 1990.

During 1991, Wright and Parker regularly appeared on televised shows including *WCW Power Hour* and *WCW Saturday Night*. After losing to Brian Pillman in a singles match on *WCW Power Hour* on January 26, both he and Parker brawled with Pillman afterwards with Pillman getting the upper hand. This would lead to a brief feud which resulted in a rematch at *Clash of the Champions XIV* on January 30 with Wright again losing to Pillman.

Although having success against preliminary wrestlers in early 1991, Wright and Parker teamed with Big Cat in a losing effort against the then-WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Junkyard Dog, Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich at WrestleWar ‘91 on February 24, 1991. He would also lose a series of single matches to Junkyard Dog and Dustin Rhodes during the next two months, before losing to Big Van Vader in a handicap match with Joe Cazana on April 24, 1991.

The following year, Wright lost to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan in a match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship on November 20 and, with Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, lost to then-WCW World Tag Team Champions The American Males on December 7, 1994.

Appearing on *WCW Saturday Night* during early 1995, he lost singles matches against Sting, Brian Pillman and Renegade. Although losing to the American Males on August 21, they would later defeat Col. Robert Parker's Stud Stable (Bunkhouse Buck and "Dirty" Dick Slater) during *WCW Monday Nitro* on September 18. Losing to The Nasty Boys on October 11 and Sting and Ric Flair on October 25, he and Parker would later appear in a 60-man battle royal where both he and his partner were eliminated by Cobra at World War 3 '95 on November 11, 1995. After being eliminated, Wright pulled Cobra out of the ring, eliminating him from the battle royal as well, however nothing came from this.

The following year, the State Patrol lost a match against Harlem Heat on *WCW Saturday Night* in Rome, Georgia on March 30, 1996.
Jon Stewart

Stewart began a feud with WWE superstar Seth Rollins in March 2015, and appeared on *WWE Raw* during a segment hosted by Rollins. On August 23, 2015, Stewart returned to host the WWE's SummerSlam in Brooklyn, New York. Later, he got involved in the main event between Rollins and John Cena, helping Rollins retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship, as well as winning Cena's United States Championship when he interfered and hit Cena with a steel chair. The next night on *Raw*, he explained his actions, saying he did it for Ric Flair (who was also present), which was to retain his world championship record. Cena then gave Stewart his finishing move, the *Attitude Adjustment*, to end the segment. Stewart returned at SummerSlam on August 21, 2016, as a special guest.