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Maven

Maven Klint Huffman (born November 26, 1976) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment under his first name. Alongside Nidia Guenard, Huffman was the co-winner of the inaugural season of WWE Tough Enough, and he also became a three-time WWF Hardcore Champion.

* WWE Hardcore Championship
Konnor

* Birth name - Ryan Parmeter
* Born - February 6, 1980, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
* Spouse - Krissy Vaine (m. 2013)
* Ring name - Big Kon, Kon, Conor O'Brian, Konnor, Payne, Roughhouse O'Reilly, Ryan O'Reilly
* Billed height - 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
* Billed weightn- 265 lb (120 kg)
* Billed from - Boston, Massachusetts
* Trained by - Alex G, Rusty Brooks, Bill DeMott, Jody Hamilton, Norman Smiley
* Debut - 2001
* Major Companies
	+ Four Star Championship Wrestling
	+ Coastal Championship Wrestling
	+ Deep South Wrestling (2005-2007)
	+ NWA Charlotte
	+ Florida Championship Wrestling (2010–2011)
	+ NXT (2011-2015) -- WWE (2015-2019)
	+ Outlaw Wrestling
	+ Isolation Wrestling Federation
	+ Impact Wrestling (2022-present)
* Select Championship History
	+ Coastal Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ Coastal Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ Deep South Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ Four Star Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ Four Star Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ Georgia Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ Kings of Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ Maximum Pro Wrestling Television Championship
	+ NWA Sunray Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ WWE NXT Tag Team Championship
Kris Statlander

* Birth name - Kristen Stadtlander
* Born - August 7, 1995, West Islip, New York, U.S.
* Ring names - Kris Stadtlander, Kris Statlander, Kristen
* Billed from - Andromeda Galaxy, Long Island, New York
* Trained by - Pat Buck, Curt Hawkins
* Debut - November 2016
* Major Companies
	+ Ring of Honor (2018-2019)
	+ All Elite Wrestling (2019-present)
* Select Championship History
	+ AAW Wrestling Women's Championship
	+ Create A Pro Wrestling Television Championship
	+ IndependentWrestling.TV Independent Wrestling Championship
	+ New York Wrestling Connection Starlet Championship
	+ Victory Pro Wrestling Women's Championship
	+ Women Superstars United World Championship
	+ Women Superstars United Interim World Championship
	+ Women Superstars United Spirit Championship
	+ AEW TBS Championship
King Kong Bundy

Christopher Alan "Chris" Pallies (born November 7, 1957) is an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor, better known by his ring name, King Kong Bundy. Bundy achieved mainstream recognition in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in the 1980s and 1990s: he headlined WWE WrestleMania 2 in 1986 against Hulk Hogan in a steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, and at WWE WrestleMania 11 in 1995, Pallies was the fourth victim in The Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak.

* AWA Superstars of Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
* NWA/AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship
* NWA/AWA Southern Tag Team Championship
* NWA National Tag Team Championship
* International Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
* International Wrestling Superstars United States Championship
* Maryland Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
* NWA New York Heavyweight Championship
* Top Rope Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
* NWA American Heavyweight Championship
* NWA American Tag Team Championship
* World Wide Wrestling Alliance Heavyweight Championship
Mikey Batts

Michael Altieri (born October 3, 1983)[1] is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mikey Batts. He is currently working the independent wrestling circuit as a referee.

Batts debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a planted security guard in June 2004. He was signed to a contract that same month, and began teaming on a regular basis with fellow NWA Florida performer Jerrelle Clark. Batts and Clark were staples on TNA Impact! throughout 2004, but were not involved in any major angles. In addition to competing in the tag team division, Batts wrestled in the X Division. At TNA No Surrender 2005, Batts took part in a four way qualifying match for the TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament which was won by Sonjay Dutt. Batts teamed with Simon Diamond on the August 19 episode of Impact!, facing Shocker and Chris Sabin in the first round of the Chris Candido Cup. During the match, commentators Mike Tenay and Don West speculated that Batts was "auditioning" for membership in the Diamonds in the Rough, Diamond's stable of undercard wrestlers. Diamond and Batts lost the match after Sabin pinned Batts, and he did not join the Diamonds.

On October 30, 2005, it was announced that Batts had signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and had been assigned to the Deep South Wrestling developmental territory. In December 2005 it was announced that Batts had been transferred to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). On January 21, 2006, Batts lost his first match in OVW to Da Beast with Tytus acting as his manager. Then on January 27, 2006, lost to Tytus this time with Da Beast acting as manager. Batts, under his real name, wrestled, and lost to WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms on the May 6, 2006 episode of WWE Velocity.
On June 14, 2006, Batts was released from his WWE contract.

After his release, Batts retired from wrestling to pursue a career in mixed martial arts, which did not pan out successfully.

* Defiant Pro Wrestling Crusierweight Championship
* National Wrestling Alliance Florida X Division Championship
* National Wrestling Alliance Florida Tag Team Championship
Killian Dain

* Birth name - Damian Mackle
* Born - 20 February 1985, Belfast, Northern Ireland
* Spouse - Nikki Cross (m. 2019)
* Ring names - Big Damo, Damian O'Connor, Damo, Killian Dain
* Billed height - 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
* Billed weight - 322 lb (146 kg)
* Billed from - Belfast, Northern Ireland
* Trained by - Robbie Brookside
* Debut - 2005
* Major Companies
	+ Insane Championship Wrestling
	+ Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
	+ WWE (2016–2021)
	+ All Elite Wrestling (2022)
	+ New Japan Pro Wrestling (2022)
* Member of Sanity
* Major Championship History
* 3 Count Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ Insane Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship
	+ Pride Wrestling Championship
	+ Reckless Intent Wrestling Hardcore Championship
	+ Reckless Intent Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ Scottish Wrestling Alliance Laird of the Ring Championship
	+ Scottish Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Championship
	+ Scottish Wrestling Entertainment Heavyweight Championship
	+ WhatCulture Pro Wrestling World Championship
	+ World Wide Wrestling League Heavyweight Championship
	+ World Wide Wrestling League Tag Team Championship
	+ X Wrestling Alliance British Heavyweight Championship
Mark Lewin

Mark Lewin (born March 16, 1937) is a retired professional wrestler.

Mark Lewin broke into wrestling in 1953 and had great early success in a matinee-idol babyface tag team with Don Curtis, headlining in major territories like New York and Chicago. The team's brief heel turn was a shock to its many fans. The team split up in the early '60s and Mark embarked on a singles career.

In 1963, Mark first tried out the "Maniac"/"Mad" Mark Lewin persona, which he would alternate consistently with his 'normal' babyface persona for the rest of his career. He wrestled in Australia and New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s with great success, especially in New Zealand where he drew huge crowds during the tours. He frequently formed a tag team in Australia and New Zealand with King Curtis Iaukea. He also spent time in Detroit working against The Sheik and fellow wildman, Terry Funk. Lewin also wrestled in Vancouver with NWA All Star Wrestling, where he feuded with the likes of Gene Kiniski and "Bulldog" Bob Brown and twice won the Pacific Coast Heavyweight title.

He found a lot of success in World Class Championship Wrestling in the late 1970s and early 1980s before going to Florida Championship Wrestling, where he joined Kevin Sullivan's "cult" as The Purple Haze, another variation of the 'Maniac' gimmick.

He was one of Sabu's frequent opponents in the 1980s.

Lewin retired in 1998.

* NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship
* NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version)
* NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version)
* NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version)
* NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)
* NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version)
* NWA American Tag Team Championship
* NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version)
* NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship
* NWA Texas Tag Team Championship
* NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (Texas version)
* NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version)
* IWA World Heavyweight Championship
* IWA World Tag Team Championship
* NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship
* World Wrestling Association (Los Angeles) Americas Heavyweight Championship
* World Wrestling Association (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Championship
Maryse

Maryse Mizanin (née Ouellet; born January 21, 1983) is a French Canadian glamour model, retired professional wrestler, businesswoman and actress better known simply as Maryse. She worked for WWE between 2006 and 2011.

After spending years modeling, including winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada in 2003, Maryse was hired by WWE in August 2006, after she participated in the WWE Diva Search competition. She spent time in Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling, WWE's developmental territories, before being assigned to the SmackDown brand in 2008. In December 2008, Maryse captured her first title with the company, the WWE Divas Championship. She held it for seven months, the third longest reign in the championship's history. In April 2009 she was drafted to the Raw brand, and won the Divas Championship for the second time in February 2010, making her the first wrestler to have held the championship on more than one occasion. In March 2011, she became the co-host of WWE NXT, but was released from WWE in October 2011.

In late 2011, she announced plans for a clothing and jewelry line called House of Maryse, and later began working as a realtor. Maryse married her long-time boyfriend actor and Triple Crown Champion WWE Superstar The Miz in 2014.

* WWE Divas Championship
Melissa Coates

Melissa Coates (born June 18, 1971 - June 23, 2021) was a Canadian professional wrestler, bodybuilder, fitness model and actress. She is perhaps best known for appearing in the first two seasons of the Game Show Network show Extreme Dodgeball.

Coates moved down to Louisville, Kentucky to begin training in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. Coates then made an appearance at WWE's Backlash, taking part in Chris Masters' "Master Lock Challenge" segment, where he offered $3000 to anyone who could break his Master Lock, which she failed to do. She was then placed in OVW as an official trainee and became the "head of security" for Kenny Bolin's stable "Bolin's Services". Soon after, however, Coates left both OVW and WWE and went to work for World Xtreme Wrestling.

After several years bouncing around indipendent companies, in November 15, 2014, Coates began managing Sabu, complete with the nickname "The Super Genie".

On November 12, 2020, a GoFundMe page was created on her behalf. Coates was experiencing excruciating pain in her left leg. She was quickly admitted to the Emergency Department at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, where doctors observed several blood clots in her leg. Despite several procedures to save her leg, doctors observed that the blood clots were spreading and were life-threatening. Thus, doctors had no choice but to perform life-saving surgery, requiring the amputation of her left leg from above the knee down. As a result of this medical emergency, Coates incurred substantial medical bills and was put out of work for an indefinite amount of time as she rehabs her injury.

According to a tweet from the Cauliflower Alley Club, Melissa Coates passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.
Matt Bentley

* Birth name - Matthew James Bentley
* Born - December 10, 1979, Clinton, Iowa, U.S.
* Family - Shawn Michaels (cousin)
* Ring names - Martyr, Matt Bentley, Maverick Matt, Michael Shane, Omega Griffon, Omega Verifan
* Billed height - 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
* Billed weight - 221 lb (100 kg)
* Billed from - San Antonio, Texas
* Trained by - Texas Wrestling Academy, Rudy Boy González, Shawn Michaels
* Debut - 1999
* Major Companies
	+ Ring of Honor
	+ Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003–2007)
	+ Global Force Wrestling (2015)
* Select Championship History
	+ CyberSpace Wrestling Federation Cruiser X Championship
	+ CyberSpace Wrestling Federation His and Hers Tag Team Championship
	+ Florida Professional Wrestling Association Heavyweight Championship
	+ Showtime Allstar Wrestling International Championship
	+ Southern Tennessee Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship
	+ Texas Wrestling Alliance Television Championship
	+ TNA X Division Championship
	+ USA Xtreme Wrestling United States Championship
Lacey Von Erich

* Birth name - Lacey Dawn Adkisson
* Born - July 17, 1986, Dallas, Texas, U.S.
* Spouse - Grant Blindbury (m. 2011)
* Children - 3
* Family - Von Erich
* Ring name - Lacey Von Erich
* Billed height - 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
* Billed weight - 155 lb (70 kg)
* Billed from - Denton, Texas
* Trained by - Steve Keirn, Tom Prichard
* Debut - September 15, 2007
* Retired - 2010
* Major Companies
	+ Women Superstars Uncensored
	+ Windy City Pro Wrestling
	+ Total Nonstop Action Wrestling(2009–2010)
* Championships
	+ TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship
	+ Windy City Pro Wrestling Ladies Championship
Mike Rotunda

Lawrence Michael "Mike" Rotunda (born October 17, 1958) is an American former professional wrestler, perhaps best known under the name **Irwin R. Schyster** or I.R.S. for short, a play on the abbreviation of the Internal Revenue Service and later as **V.K. Wallstreet** in World Championship Wrestling. He currently works with the WWE as a road agent and makes occasional appearances on WWE shows as Irwin R. Schyster. Rotunda was a second-generation professional wrestler, as son-in-law of Blackjack Mulligan, and is the father of two successful third-generation wrestlers, Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas.

* NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
* NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version)
* NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version)
* NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)
* NWA World Television Championship
* NWA Canadian Television Championship
* WWF World Tag Team Championship
Max Caster

* Born - July 31, 1989, Long Island, New York, U.S.
* Family - Rich Caster (father)
* Ring names - Max Caster, Frances
* Billed height - 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
* Billed weight - 230 lb (104 kg)
* Billed from - Rockville Centre, New York
* Trained by - Brian Myers, Pat Buck
* Debut - 2015
* Major Companies
	+ All Elite Wrestling (2020-present)
* Musical career
	+ Genres - Hip hop
	+ Instruments
	+ Vocals
	+ Years active - 2020–present
* Select Championship History
	+ Create A Pro Wrestling Academy Championship
	+ Create A Pro Wrestling Academy Tag Team Championship
	+ AEW World Tag Team Championship
	+ AEW World Trios Championship
Lance Storm

Lance Timothy Evers (born April 3, 1969), known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler.

He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Between those three promotions, Storm won 13 total championships (seven of which being tag team titles), including holding three championships simultaneously during his WCW stint.

After retiring from full-time wrestling, he began running a professional wrestling school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

* Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship
* Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling North American Championship
* Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling North American Tag Team Championship
* Catch Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Championship
* Extreme Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship
* Smoky Mountain Wrestling Beat the Champ Television Championship
* Wrestle Association "R" International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
* Wrestle Association "R" World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
* WCW Cruiserweight Championship
* WCW Hardcore Championship
* WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
* WWE World Tag Team Championship
* WWE Intercontinental Championship
Marti Bell

Martibel Payano (born August 7, 1988) is a Dominican American professional wrestler, best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name **Marti Bell**. She is currently working on the American independent circuit under the ring name Marti Belle, for promotions including Evolve, Shimmer Women Athletes, Shine Wrestling and Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU).

Belle initially appeared at the company's appeared at Knockouts Knockdown 2 pay-per-view on May 10, 2014 where she defeated ODB.
In April 2015, TNA began airing vignettes promoting "The Dollhouse" (Belle and Jade)'s debut, in which Belle's ring name was shortened to Marti Bell. Jade and Bell debuted on the TKO: Night of Knockouts edition of Impact Wrestling on April 24 portraying unstable, childlike characters, where Jade lost to Laura Dennis by disqualification after they attacked referee Brian Stiffler and ring announcer Christy Hemme. Later that night, Jade and Bell helped Taryn Terrell retain her TNA Knockouts Championship against Awesome Kong, with Terrell joining The Dollhouse in the process.

On January 18, 2017, it was reported that Payano's contract with TNA had expired and that she had left the company and on July 12, 2017, WrestleTalk TV revealed that Payano and several others would be competing in the WWE Mae Young Classic. The following day, she was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Rachel Evers.

* New York Wrestling Connection Starlet Championship
* Women Superstars Uncensored Tag Team Championship
* Women Superstars Uncensored Spirit Championship
Luke Graham

James Grady Johnson (February 5, 1940 – June 23, 2006) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Crazy" Luke Graham. As Luke Graham, Johnson was a member of the Graham family, a stable of wrestling brothers. He is best known for being one of the first WWE World Tag Team Champions (along with Tarzan Tyler).

* Central States Wrestling / NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
* Eastern Wrestling Association United States Brass Knuckles Championship
* NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship
* NWA Georgia Television Championship
* NWA Macon Tag Team Championship
* NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
* NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (Georgia version)
* NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)
* NWA Alabama Tag Team Championship
* NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship
* NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship
* NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)
* NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
* NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
* Worldwide Wrestling Associates World Heavyweight Championship
* Worldwide Wrestling Associates World Tag Team Championship
* Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship
* World Wrestling Council Caribbean Heavyweight Championship
* World Wrestling Council North American Tag Team Championship
* WWWF International Tag Team Championship
* WWWF United States Tag Team Championship
* WWWF World Tag Team Championship
Ladies Professional Wrestling Association

he Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA) was a women's professional wrestling promotion which operated in the early 1990s (ca. 1989–1992). It was considered a successor to such women's promotions as Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW), but it differed in that, while GLOW slanted more toward WWF-style sports entertainment (with wrestling playing a secondary role to music video clips and comedy skits), the LPWA treated its product seriously and put its primary emphasis on in-ring athletics.

Thurston John "Tor" Berg (1938–2011) founded the company ca. 1989. An incident occurred in March 1991, where Berg promised Jumping Bomb Angels member Noriyo Tateno that he would give her a permanent job in the new company if she retired in Japan and moved to the United States. Berg, however, later backed out on the deal, and Sherri Martel made the incident public.

The LPWA produced two television series, **The Super Ladies of Wrestling** and **Ladies Championship Wrestling** from 1990 to 1992. Many of their matches were also distributed and sold on VHS tapes. They held their first and only pay-per-view, Super Ladies Showdown, on February 23, 1992 before closing down operations shortly after.

Berg planned on promoting a second Super Ladies pay-per-view event in 2000, but the event was canceled. The pay-per-view was scheduled to feature women from around the world, including American wrestlers Debbie Malenko, Sherri Martel, Sweet Destiny and Missy Hyatt; Japanese wrestlers Chikako Shiratori, AKINO, Chapparita Asari and Ayako Hamada; and Australian wrestlers Amy Action, Raya Riot, and former LPWA Champion Susan Sexton.

**LPWA Ladies Championship**
The LPWA Championship was created in early 1990.

* Susan Sexton - January 1990 - Sexton was awarded the championship.
* Lady X - January 31, 1991
* Terri Power - February 23, 1992

**LPWA Japanese Championship**

* Harley Saito - February 23, 1992

Deactivated - 1992

**LPWA Tag Team Championship**

* Team America (Heidi Lee Morgan and Misty Blue) - March 13, 1990
* The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) - February 28, 1991

Deactivated - 1992

**LPWA Mixed Tag Team Championship**

* Adrian Street and Miss Linda - January 1990

Deactivated - 1990
Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch

Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch were a professional wrestling tag team most famous for the time they spent performing for World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw. The team debuted on the September 5, 2005 episode of Raw and in their time together held the WWE World Tag Team Championship on three occasions. The team was briefly broken up in 2006, but was later reunited. During the WWE Draft Lottery 2008 Murdoch was moved to SmackDown, separating the two. Shortly after being drafted, he was released from the company. Later the same year, Cade was released as well, and the team reunited again on the independent circuit.
Kofi Kingston

* Birth name - Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah
* Born - August 14, 1981, Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
* Alma mater -Boston College
* Spouse - Kori Campfield (m. 2010)
* Ring names - Kofi Kingston, Sir Kofi Kingston, Kofi Nahaje Kingston, Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah
* Billed height - 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
* Billed weight - 212 lb (96 kg)
* Billed from - Ghana, West Africa, Kingston, Jamaica
* Trained by - Chaotic Wrestling, Killer Kowalski, Ohio Valley Wrestling
* Debut - 2006
* Major Companies
	+ Chaotic Wrestling (2005–2006)
	+ National Wrestling Alliance (2005–2006)
	+ Mellenium Wrestling Federation (2005–2006)
	+ New England Championship Wresting (2005–2006)
	+ Eastern Wrestling Alliance
	+ Deep South Wrestling (2006–2007)
	+ Florida Championship Wrestling (2006–2007)
	+ WWE (2007-present)
* Member of The New Day
* Major Championship History
	+ WWE Tag Team Championship / WWE World Tag Team Championship
	+ WWE Intercontinental Championship
	+ WWE United States Championship
	+ WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
	+ WWE Championship
Marty Jannetty

Fredrick Jannetty (born February 3, 1960) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as part of tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. While in the WWF, he became a one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time Tag Team Champion with the 1-2-3 Kid, and headlined WWE Survivor Series 1989. With Michaels, The Rockers became two time World Tag Team Champions in the American Wrestling Association.

* American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship
* Pro Wrestling Live Tag Team Championship
* NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
* NWA Central States Tag Team Championship
* NWA Central States Television Championship
* American Wrestling Association Southern Tag Team Championship
* Deutsche Wrestling Allianz World Heavyweight Championship
* Dynamic Wrestling Alliance Internet Championship
* Platinum Wrestling Worldwide Heavyweight Championship
* Midwest Territorial Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
* UWA Elite iChampionship
* World Wide Wrestling Alliance Intercontinental Championship
* WWE Intercontinental Championship
* WWE World Tag Team Championship
King of the Ring

The **King of the Ring** was an event in which typically sixteen wrestlers wrestled in a one-on-one single elimination bracket. When a wrestler wins a match in the bracket, he advances to take on another wrestler who has also won. The final few matches would then take place at that year's King of the Ring event. The winner of the final match is officially crowned the King of the Ring. The King of the Ring pay-per-view was considered one of the WWE's "Big Five" events of the year, up until its disestablishment after the 2002 event when it became TV or WWE Network Exclusive.

## King of the Ring Winners

* 1985 - Don Muraco
* 1986 - Harley Race
* 1987 - Randy Savage
* 1988 - Ted DiBiase
* 1989 - Tito Santana
* 1991 - Bret Hart
* 1993 - Bret Hart (2)
* 1994 - Owen Hart
* 1995 - Mabel
* 1996 - Stone Cold Steve Austin
* 1997 - Hunter Hearst Helmsley
* 1998 - Ken Shamrock
* 1999 - Billy Gunn
* 2000 - Kurt Angle
* 2001 - Edge
* 2002 - Brock Lesnar
* 2006 - Booker T
* 2008 - William Regal
* 2010 - Sheamus
* 2015 - Bad News Barrett
* 2019 - Baron Corbin
* 2021 - Xavier Woods
Mike Awesome

Michael Lee "Mike" Alfonso (January 24, 1965 – February 17, 2007) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with the American professional wrestling promotions Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Mike Awesome and for his appearances in Japan for with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling as The Gladiator.

**ECW Title Controversy**
On April 10, 2000, Awesome made a surprise appearance on WCW Monday Nitro—aiding The New Blood by attacking Kevin Nash—while still reigning as ECW World Champion. Awesome's friend Lance Storm has said that he had refused to sign a new contract with ECW until Paul Heyman paid him overdue wages.

Due to concerns over legal issues WCW refrained from having Awesome appear on their television shows with the ECW belt. Eventually, a compromise was reached. Awesome (a WCW employee and ECW champion) appeared a few days later at an ECW event in Indianapolis, Indiana, accompanied by WCW's head of security, where he lost the title to Tazz (a World Wrestling Federation employee), who lost it a week later to Tommy Dreamer (a full-time ECW wrestler) (who incidentally lost it approximately 20 minutes later to Justin Credible). In the extreme shoot interview released by Highspots in 2005, Awesome expressed that he would have rather faced off with his former ECW and WWE colleague, Rhyno and suggested that they could have put on a more entertaining match regardless of the circumstances and the manner in which he had left ECW.

On February 17, 2007, at around 10:30 p.m, a group of Awesome's friends found him hanging inside his Tampa home. He was 42 years old. WWE recognized Awesome's death on-air by displaying an "In Memory..." graphic at the beginning of the February 20, 2007 edition of ECW on Sci Fi, and an article about his death was posted on WWE.com, saying that Awesome was found dead but omitting the cause of death. His family received friends on February 22, 2007 at Serenity Meadows Funeral Home in Riverview, Florida.

* ECW World Heavyweight Championship
* ECW World Tag Team Championship
* Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Independent World Heavyweight Championship
* Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling World Brass Knuckles Championship
* Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling World Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship
* Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
* Major League Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship
* WWE Hardcore Championship

## See Also

ECW Alumni, WCW Alumni, WWE Alumni, TNA Alumni
Mercedes Martinez

* Birth name - Jazmin Benitez
* Born - November 17, 1980, Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
* Ring name(s) - Maria Toro, Mercedes Martinez, Retaliation
* Billed height - 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
* Billed weight - 147 lb (67 kg; 10.5 st)
* Billed from - Brass City C.T. Waterbury, Connecticut
* Trained by - Jason Knight
* Debut - November 12, 2000
* Major Companies
	+ Shimmer Women Athletes (2005–2019)
	+ Ring of Honor (2006–2007) (2022-Present)
	+ World Xtreme Wrestling (2005–2009) (2011–2017)
	+ WWE (2017–2018) (2020-2021)
	+ All Elite Wrestling (2019) (2021-Present)
	+ Impact Wrestling (2021-2023)
* Select Major Championship
	+ Defiant Pro Wrestling Women's Championship
	+ Green Mountain Wrestling Women's Championship
	+ Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South Women's Championship
	+ IndyGurlz Championship Wrestling Australia Championship
	+ IndyGurlz Championship Wrestling IndyGurlz Championship
	+ NWA Midwest Women's Championship
	+ New England Championship Wrestling Yoshimoto Ladies Pro North American Women's Championship
	+ New England Championship Wrestling World Women's Championship
	+ nCw Femmes Fatales Femmes Fatales Championship
	+ Pro Wrestling Unplugged Unified Women's Championship
	+ Shimmer Women Athletes Championship
	+ Shine Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ Women Superstars Uncensored All Guts, No Glory Championship
	+ Women Superstars Uncensored Championship
	+ Women Superstars UncensoredTag Team Championship
	+ World Xtreme Wrestling C4 Women's Championship
	+ World Xtreme Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship
	+ World Xtreme Wrestling Women's Championship
	+ Ring of Honor Interim Women's Championship
Luchasaurus

* Birth name - Austin Matelson
* Born - March 10, 1985, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
* Alma mater - California State University, Northridge (BA, MA)
* Ring names - Austin Draven, Austin Morrison, Judas Draven, Judas Devlin, Just Judas, Luchasaurus, Vibora
* Billed height - 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
* Billed weight - 275 lb (125 kg)
* Billed from - The Tar Pits
* Trained by - Ballard Brothers, Bill DeMott, Billy Gunn, Ric Drasin
* Debut - 2009
* Select Title History
	+ All-Star Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ DDT Pro-Wrestling Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
	+ Lucha Underground Trios Championship
	+ Millennium Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ Pro Wrestling Blitz Tag Team Championship
	+ AEW World Tag Team Championship
	+ AEW TNT Championship
Luther

* Birth name - Len Olson
* Born - October 30, 1968, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
* Spouse - Julie Ann Olson (m 2022 div 2023)
* Ring names - Atomic Punk, Dr. Luther, Lenny St. Clair, Luther, Mad Jack, Father Dante
* Billed height - 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
* Billed weight - 255 lb (116 kg)
* Billed from - The Kingdom of Nye
* Trained by - Hart Dungeon
* Debut - 1988
* Major Companies
	+ Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (1992–1994)
	+ Wrestle Association R
	+ IWA Japan
	+ Extreme Championship Wrestling
	+ World Championship Wrestling
	+ Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling
	+ All Elite Wrestling (2020–present)
* Select Championship Wrestling
	+ Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling Mid-Heavyweight Championship
	+ DOA Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling Championship
	+ Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling - AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
	+ Indigenous Wrestling Alliance Heavyweight Championship
	+ North American Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ West Coast Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ Western Canada Extreme Wrestling Tag Team Championship
Luke Gallows

* Birth name - Andrew William Hankinson
* Born - December 22, 1983, Cumberland, Maryland
* Alma mater - Fairmont State University
* Ring names - Big Dick, Deacon Deville, D.O.C., Doc Gallows, Dorian Deville, Festus, Festus Dalton, The Freakin' Deacon, Imposter Kane, Isaiah, Cash, Johnny 99, Justice Dalton, Keith Hanson, Luke Gallow, Luke Gallows, The Masked Assassin, Sex Ferguson, Super Festus, Tex Ferguson
* Billed height - 6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
* Billed weight - 290 lb (132 kg)
* Billed from - Chicago, Illinois
* Trained by - Wrestling Daze
* Debut - 2005
* Major Companies
	+ Deep South Wrestling (2005–2007)
	+ WWE (2006-2010), (2016–2020), (2022–present)
	+ Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2011–2013)
	+ New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2013–2016), (2021)
	+ Impact Wrestling (2020–2022)
	+ All Elite Wrestling (2021)
* Major Championship History
	+ American Pro Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Championship
	+ PWAQ - World Wrestling Xtreme Championship
	+ National Wrestling Alliance Southern Tag Team Championship
	+ National Wrestling League Heavyweight Championship
	+ IWGP Tag Team Championship
	+ Rampage Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ River City Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ Vanguard Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	+ WWE Raw Tag Team Championship

## See Also

WWE Alumni -- TNA Alumni -- The O.C. -- Bullet Club
Michinoku Pro Wrestling

Michinoku Pro Wrestling (みちのくプロレス Michinoku puroresu) (originally known as North Eastern Wrestling) is a Japanese professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion founded by The Great Sasuke in 1993. It was the first independent wrestling promotion in Japan to not base its operations in Tokyo, but rather in Morioka, Iwate. Since, the promotion is primarily focused on the Lucha libre style of wrestling, many of their wrestlers don masks and special motifs as they compete in the ring. However, Michinoku Pro has accepted wrestlers from various styles (such as shoot style and strong style) and backgrounds over the years. In 2003, Sasuke left the running of the promotion to Jinsei Shinzaki.
Mark Briscoe

* Birth name - Mark Pugh
* Born - January 18, 1985, Laurel, Delaware,, United States
* Family - Jay Briscoe
* Ring names - Mark Briscoe. Keno Murdoch
* Billed height - 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
* Billed weight - 229 lb (104 kg)
* Billed from - Sandy Fork, Delaware
* Trained by - Angelo Bonaccorso, Glen Osbourne, Jim Kettner
* Debut - May 20, 2000
* Major Companies
	+ Combat Zone Wrestling (2001–2003, 2010–2012)
	+ Jersey All Pro Wrestling (2001–2002, 2005)
	+ Ring of Honor (2002 – present)
	+ New Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–present)
	+ Impact Wrestling (2022)
	+ All Elite Wrestling (2023)
* Select Championship History
	+ Combat Zone Wrestling World Tag Team Championship
	+ Full Impact Pro Tag Team Championship
	+ Game Changer Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ House of Glory Tag Team Championship
	+ Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship
	+ Jersey Championship Wrestling Light Heavyweight Championship
	+ New Japan Pro Wrestling - IWGP Tag Team Championship
	+ New Japan Pro Wrestling - NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
	+ NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship
	+ Pro Wrestling Noah - GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
	+ Pro Wrestling Unplugged Tag Team Championship
	+ Real Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ Ring of Honor World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
	+ Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship
	+ Squared Circle Wrestling Tag Team Championship
	+ USA Xtreme Wrestling Tag Team Championship
Lee Marshall

Lee Marshall (born Marshall Aaron Mayer; November 28, 1949 – April 26, 2014) was an American professional wrestling announcer formerly of the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Women of Wrestling (WOW!).

Marshall joined the broadcast team when the AWA Championship Wrestling show was on ESPN.

He later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he was known as "Stagger Lee". Marshall was the co-host of WCW Thunder alongside Bobby Heenan and Tony Schiavone. He interviewed and announced alongside Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson on WCW Saturday Night as well. A staple of WCW Monday Nitro was his regular cracking of "Weasel" jokes directed at Heenan, which would conclude his road reports.

Marshall was also one of the announcers at WCW World War 3 1996 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia, covering the third ring with Larry Zbyszko. During the early stages of the three-ring, 60-man Battle Royal, the Four Horsemen and the Dungeon of Doom battled outside the ring and in the ensuing fight, Marshall was knocked down and repeatedly kicked legitimately to the head and chest by the Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) while on the floor. After the fight moved back toward the locker room, Marshall managed to get himself up and, after some difficulty (and questioning why Zbyzsko didn't come to his aid), finished commentating the match from his designated announcing position.

In 1986, Marshall was the ring announcer for the Los Angeles portion of WWE WrestleMania 2. He was also involved in the Great Western Forum-based Women of Wrestling promotion and served as its play-by-play announcer. He was partnered with company owner David McLane, who served as the color commentator on the syndicated TV show, and worked with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, the color commentator on the WOW pay-per-view on February 4, 2001.

Marshall died in Santa Monica on April 26, 2014 of esophageal cancer.He was 64 years old.
Michelle McCool

* Birth name - Michelle Leigh McCool
* Born - January 25, 1980, Palatka, Florida, United States
* Alma mater - Florida State University
* Spouses - Jeremy Alexander (m. 2001; div. 2006), Mark Calaway (m. 2010)
* Ring name - Michelle McCool
* Billed height - 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
* Billed weight - 127 lb (58 kg)
* Billed from - Palatka, Florida
* Trained by - Deep South Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling
* Debut - November 18, 2004
* Retired - May 1, 2011
* Major Companies
	+ Deep South Wrestling (2004–2006)
	+ Ohio Valley Wrestling (2004–2006)
	+ WWE (2006-2011)
* WWE Diva Search - 2004
* Member of LayCool
* Championships
	+ WWE Divas Championship
	+ WWE Women's Championship

## Videos

* Michelle McCool's championship victories WWE Milestones (WWE.com)
Kurrgan

Robert Maillet (born October 26, 1969) is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation from 1997 to 1999, where he performed under the ring name Kurrgan and was a member of The Truth Commission and The Oddities. He is also known for his roles in films such as 300 (2007), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Immortals (2011), Pacific Rim (2013), Brick Mansions (2014), and Hercules (2014).

* NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
* Legend City Wrestling Newfoundland Tag Team Championship
* Real Action Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
* United States Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship
Lyra Valkyria

* Real Name - Aoife Cusack
* Ring names - Lady Valkyrie, Lyra Valkyria, Valkyrie Cain, Valkyrie, Aoife Valkyrie
* Height - 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
* Weight - 130 lbs (59 kg)
* Born - October 23, 1996
* Birth Place - Dublin, Ireland
* Trainer - Phil Boyd
* Debut - 2015
* Major Companies
	+ Celtic Championship Wrestling
	+ Fight Factory Pro Wrestling
	+ Pro Wrestling Ulster
	+ Over The Top Wrestling
	+ Phoenix Wrestling
	+ German Wrestling Federation (2017-2019)
	+ Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2017-2019)
	+ NXT UK (2020-2021) -- NXT (2022-present)
* Major Championships
	+ Fight Factory Pro Wrestling Irish Junior Heavyweight Championship
	+ Over The Top Wrestling Women's Championship
	+ Pro Wrestling EVE Tag Team Championship
	+ Pro Wrestling Ulster Women's Championship
	+ WWE - NXT Women's Championship
Mark Youngblood

Mark Romero (born July 21, 1963) is a retired American second generation professional wrestler better known by his ring name Mark Youngblood.

* NWA Central States Tag Team Championship
* NWA Central States Television Championship
* NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version)
* Global Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship
* NWA Television Championship
* NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)
* Southern Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship
* West Texas Wrestling Legends Championship
* World Class Championship Wrestling Television Championship
* World Wrestling Council Caribbean Tag Team Championship
* World Wrestling Council World Tag Team Championship
Maurice Vachon

Joseph Maurice Régis Vachon (September 1, 1929 − November 21, 2013) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Mad Dog Vachon. He was the brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Luna Vachon.

Vachon started his career as an amateur wrestler, participating in the 1948 Summer Olympics and winning a gold medal at the 1950 British Empire Games. He made the switch to professional wrestling and spent time in various promotions in the United States while occasionally teaming with his brother Paul. In Portland, Oregon, he received the name "Mad Dog" Vachon. In the early 1960s, Vachon became a main eventer in the American Wrestling Association. He was one of the promotion's all-time great heels, known for his wild style and intense interviews. He was a five-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion. Starting in the '70s, Vachon became a fan favourite, particularly in his home province of Quebec.

After a stint in the World Wrestling Federation, Vachon retired from the business in 1986. The following year, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver, resulting in the amputation of one of his legs. Vachon was highly influential, especially in Canada, and was inducted into numerous professional wrestling Halls of Fame including the WWE Hall of Fame in 2010.

* American Wrestling Association Midwest Tag Team Championship
* American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship
* American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship
* NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States Version)
* Lutte Internationale Canadian International Tag Team Championship
* International Wrestling Enterprise-IWA World Heavyweight Championship
* International Wrestling Enterprise-IWA World Tag Team Championship
* NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)
* NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
* NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia Version)
* NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
* NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship
* Pro Wrestling America Heavyweight Championship
* NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version)
* NWA Texas Tag Team Championship
* NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Calgary version)
* NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version)
Mandy

Mandy is a former WWE Diva, who made appearances in the fall of 2000 as a Godfather's Ho and valet of Too Cool alongside Victoria.

In July 2000, Mandy and Victoria made their debut as a "Ho" of The Godfather. When the Godfather turned heel, he turned his back on the Hos. Mandy and Victoria began a "Save the Ho's" campaign. This led to Victoria and Mandy being attacked by the Right to Censor, a stable being based of the Parents Television Council (PTC). They later returned with Rikishi and began acting as valets of Too Cool. They continued this until October 2000, when GTV discovered Eddie Guerrero in the show with both ladies (who was in a relationship with Chyna). Chyna found both of them in Eddie Guerrero's locker room a week later, where they both apologized for hurting Chyna. Chyna accepted their apology, then closed the door and beat them up off-screen. When the door opened, both ladies were laid out. Mandy was never seen again.

Mandy was released in November 2000 as part of a budget cut.
Mascarita Sagrada

Mascarita Sagrada (Spanish for Little Sacred Mask, real name not known, born January 11, 1965) is a Mexican Mini Luchador enmascarado (Spanish for Mini Masked wrestler) and one of the most well known Mexican Minis of the modern era. He is the original Mascarita Sagrada although there have been several wrestlers who have used the same gimmick through the years. In Mexico, Mascarita Sagrada has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and a long list of independent promoters over the years. He's also worked for American wrestling promotions World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Lucha VaVOOM. In the late 1990s he worked for the WWF as Mini Nova (sometimes just "Nova"). He has also been featured in several films and marketing campaigns, including an unaccredited cameo in the film My Giant with Billy Crystal and an ad campaign for Virgin Mobile.

* Asistencia Asesoría y Administración Minis Championship
* Asistencia Asesoría y Administración Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship
* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre World Mini-Estrella Championship
* World Wrestling Association Minis Championship
Koko B Ware

James Ware (born June 20, 1957), better known by his ring name Koko B. Ware is a retired American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 1978. He rose in popularity during the mid 1980s, while appearing in the World Wrestling Federation, where he was initially a strong mid-carder before he eventually became a jobber to the stars. Ware came to the ring with a blue-and-yellow macaw named Frankie, and would flap his arms like a bird while dancing before and after his matches. Before joining the WWF, Ware worked as a part of several tag teams, first with Bobby Eaton in Memphis and then later on with Norvell Austin as one half of the P.Y.T. Express in several promotions. Ware also holds the distinction of having competed in the first ever match on the first episode of Monday Night Raw in a losing effort against Yokozuna.

* Badger State Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
* Badger State Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship
* NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version)
* American Wrestling Association Southern Tag Team Championship
* NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship
* NWA Mid-America Television Championship
* International World Class Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
* International Wrestling Alliance Heavyweight Championship
* Real Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship
* Supreme Championship Wrestling Supreme Championship
* United States Wrestling Association Unified World Heavyweight Championship
* United States Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship