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Blackjack Mulligan

Mulligan arrived in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in the 1970's. Mulligan donned black trunks, a black hat, a black fingerless glove, and used the iron claw submission hold.

When he arrived in the WWWF, he was managed by The Grand Wizard. Mulligan went on to great success in the Northeast and was an early challenger to newly crowned champion Pedro Morales. His push was interrupted when he was slashed in the thigh by a fan at the Boston Garden and required hundreds of stitches to close the wound.

Before he left to recover from his wound, Mulligan participated in a Madison Square Garden match against Bruno Sammartino, who was making his first appearance at the arena since the end of his nearly eight-year championship reign. Mulligan attacked Sammartino before the bell. Sammartino quickly recovered, slammed Mulligan twice and pinned him in 64 seconds.

Once he healed, Mulligan returned to the Midwest and tagged with Lanza to form The Blackjacks. The duo went on to capture the WWWF World Tag Team Championship in August 1975.

After a brief absence from the company, Mulligan returned to the WWF as a full-time performer in 1984, hosting an interview segment titled *Blackjack's Barbecue* on *WWF All-Star Wrestling*, the counterpart to Roddy Piper's *Piper's Pit*.

In 1986, Mulligan wrestled under a mask as "**Big Machine**", part of a team with "The Giant Machine" (André the Giant) and "Super Machine" (Demolition Ax) collectively known as The Machines. They won several high-profile matches against the Heenan Family, later recruiting members such as 'Hulk Machine' and 'Piper Machine'. After that angle ended, Mulligan wrestled for the WWF as himself, until he finally left in 1987.

After leaving the WWF, Mulligan competed in World Class Championship Wrestling, wrestling against Bruiser Brody, Chris Adams and Kevin and Lance Von Erich.

Mulligan and his Blackjacks partner, Jack Lanza were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 1, 2006 by their manager, Bobby Heenan.

On April 7, 2016, Mulligan passed away.
C.W. Anderson

On June 6, 1999, Anderson joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). In his first match for ECW, Anderson teamed with Skull Von Krush against Danny Doring and Roadkill.

In ECW, Anderson formed the New Dangerous Alliance with Billy Wiles, Elektra and Lou E. Dangerously. After that group separated, Anderson joined forces with Simon and Swinger.

On January 7, 2001 at the final ECW pay-per-view, Guilty as Charged, Anderson lost to Tommy Dreamer in an "I Quit" match.

Throughout 2004 and 2005, Anderson made numerous appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment, wrestling in dark matches and on *Velocity*. On June 12, 2005, he appeared at the WWE promoted ECW reunion show ECW One Night Stand, sitting at ringside next to Chris Chetti and Elektra.

On May 4, 2006, Anderson and several other Extreme Championship Wrestling alumni were hired by WWE to work on their new brand, *ECW*. Throughout June and July, Anderson wrestled at *ECW* house shows and in *ECW on Sci Fi* dark matches. On August 1, he became known as **Christopher W. Anderson**. He made what would be his only *ECW* television appearance on August 22, 2006, losing to CM Punk. Anderson was released by WWE on January 18, 2007, along with ten other superstars.
Brickhouse Brown

In February 1989, Brown entered World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and won the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship, defeating Iceman King Parsons. He was champion for over a month, before losing to Gary Young.

In July 1995, Brown competed in the World Wrestling Federation as an enhancement talent and worked two television tapings, one against Hunter Hearst Helmsley and the next night against Henry O. Godwinn.

On July 29, 2018, Brown passed away.

On April 6, 2021, Brown was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of its Legacy wing.
Blue World Order

Beginning in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in July 1996, Stevie Richards and The Blue Meanie had been making parodies of various wrestlers from the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In early 1996, Raven was forming a stable called Raven's Nest and was gathering new members. He called upon Stevie and Meanie along with Nova. These three would often come to the ring together before Raven made his entrance, imitating rock bands or pop culture references. It was then announced that they would form **the bWo** at November to Remember '96. Over the next few months, members were added and members left just like the group they were imitating, the nWo. Initially meant to be a one off parody, the Blue World Order became immensely popular and elevated Richards to the main event level in ECW.

The height of the bWo's success came at the first ECW pay per view, Barely Legal. The event saw the debut of bWo Japan (with members Taka Michinoku, Terry Boy, and Dick Togo), and Big Stevie Cool was part of the three-way dance main event for the number one contendership for the ECW World Championship. Just weeks after this event, Richards suffered a severe injury to his neck courtesy of Terry Funk and a metal guardrail, which left him temporarily paralyzed for over an hour. In July 1997, Nova had a match against Taz in which Taz vowed to kill the bWo. He squashed Nova, and although Meanie and Nova continued to tag over the next few months, the bWo was indeed dead in November 1998.

The bWo reunited in 2005 at WWE's ECW reunion show, ECW One Night Stand, coming to the ring before the Dudley Boyz versus Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman match.

On the July 7, 2005 episode of *SmackDown!*, the bWo reunited once again, this time to confront JBL. This led to a Meanie versus JBL no disqualification match. Richards delivered a chairshot to JBL during the match that busted him open. The Blue Meanie won the match after he hit his finisher, the *Meaniesault*, and Batista ran in and gave a spinebuster to JBL and threw Meanie on top of JBL.

Later, the bWo challenged The Mexicools to a match at The Great American Bash, with Stevie Richards saying the bWo was tired of the Mexicools interfering in people's matches. The three members appeared on *WWE Velocity* in a six-man tag match against three jobbers to prepare themselves for their tag match against the Mexicools. At The Great American Bash, the bWo and Mexicools met in a six-man tag match; where they drove into the ring on tricycles to parody the Mexicools' usual ring entrance on lawnmowers. The bWo lost the match after Super Crazy hit a moonsault and Psicosis hit the guillotine legdrop on Big Stevie Cool for the win. As the month of July ended, the bWo faded from the scene. Stevie Richards went back to his old gimmick, as did Hollywood Nova, while Blue Meanie was never officially contracted by WWE.
Brian Knobbs

Knobbs started his career in the American Wrestling Association as the masked **Terrorist** in 1985.

In 1990, Knobbs, along with Jerry Sags, went to World Championship Wrestling (WCW), before The Nasty Boys left a few months later. They feuded with Rick and Scott Steiner over the WCW United States Tag Team Championship, but could not defeat them.

Later that year, they went to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) where they were managed by Jimmy Hart. They won the World Tag Team Title from The Hart Foundation before feuding with and losing the title to the Legion of Doom. The Nasty Boys then wrestled many of the WWF's top face teams, including The Rockers, The Bushwhackers, and High Energy, before turning face in the fall of 1992 to feud with Hart's Money Inc. over the tag team title, which they were unable to regain.

They left the WWF for WCW in 1993 and were quickly placed with manager Missy Hyatt, who led them to the WCW World Tag Team Championship. After she left them, they feuded with Harlem Heat, The Blue Bloods, and the team of Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck. They won the tag team title a second time later in 1993, but they were defeated by Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan the following year. In May 1995, they defeated Harlem Heat for their third and final WCW Tag Title at Slamboree, but lost the belts back to Harlem Heat on a late-June episode of *WCW WorldWide*. In 1996, they were tricked by the nWo into thinking they were going to become members, but were attacked as soon as they received their shirts. Sags soon retired due to an injury afterwards.

Following Sags' retirement, Knobbs left WCW. When he returned to WCW. Knobbs entered WCW's hardcore division. He feuded with Norman Smiley and defeated Bam Bam Bigelow at SuperBrawl in 2000. In addition, he won the WCW Hardcore Championship three times. He lost the belt simultaneously to all three members of the boy band stable Three Count, but he regained it from them later. Fit Finlay was briefly his manager with partner The Dog. He also was briefly in Jimmy Hart's The First Family.

On November 20, 2007, Knobbs and Sags reformed as The Nasty Boys, performing in a dark match at the *SmackDown!* tapings from Tampa, Florida to wrestle their first WWE match in years against Dave Taylor and Drew McIntyre. Knobbs and Saggs won the match.
Caylee Turner

In March 2011, Turner was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for the revival of *Tough Enough*. She was cut from the competition on the May 23 episode, along with A.J. Kirsch.

Turner made her debut for *NXT* on the June 20, 2012 episode, as a special guest ring announcer.

On the August 1, 2012, episode of *NXT*, Turner appeared in an in-ring segment where *NXT* Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring four *NXT* Superstars and four main roster WWE Superstars competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion. Turner made her in-ring debut as a heel on the August 8 episode of *NXT*, teaming with the villainous Kaitlyn in a losing effort to Tamina Snuka and Paige, which also served as her final televised match for the company before her release. On August 11, 2012, she was released from her WWE contract.
Chad Collyer

Collyer made his first appearance with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on the September 23, 2000 episode of *Jakked*, losing to Perry Saturn. He made two further appearances on *Jakked* in January 2001 and February 2001, losing on both occasions.

Collyer made several appearances for the now renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2003 and 2004, jobbing on *Heat*, *Velocity* and in dark matches. In 2009, Collyer appeared on the May 12 episode of WWE's *ECW*, where he jobbed to Vladimir Kozlov.
Boris Malenko

In September 1961, Malenko joined the American Wrestling Association. He adopted the persona of "**Otto Von Krupp**", a German wrestler who wore jackboots and a swastika on his back. Malenko formed a tag team with Bob Geigel, with the duo winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship in November 1961, holding it until Malenko left the promotion in January 1962.

On September 1, 1994, Malenko passed away.

Malenko was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of their Legacy Wing in 2018.
CJ Parker

On the July 4, 2012 episode of *NXT*, Parker teamed with Nick Rogers in a losing effort against Corey Graves and Jake Carter. He was then initially used as a jobber on *NXT* and was defeated by the likes of Roman Reigns and in a tag team match with Mike Dalton against The Ascension, before suffering an injury that kept him out of action for several months. Parker returned to *NXT* in July 2013 with a new hippie character, beginning a feud with Tyler Breeze that saw the two trading wins over several months. Although intended to be a fan favorite, Parker's hippie gimmick was largely unpopular and he was turned heel for the first time in his WWE career as a result on the February 12th, 2014 edition of *NXT*, berating the fans for not getting behind him, calling them "Sheeple", and blaming them for the growing issues with the environment. He would tweak his character to that of an eco-warrior who berated fans for damaging the environment. Parker beat Tye Dillinger in January 2014 but was then largely unsuccessful, losing to main roster stars like Antonio Cesaro, The Miz and The Great Khali, as well as a defeat by Mojo Rawley at NXT Arrival.

Parker began a feud with Xavier Woods, defeating Woods twice on *NXT* before resuming his losing streak against Adrian Neville. At NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, Parker was squashed by Baron Corbin in Corbin's official debut, and he then suffered further losses to Corbin and Breeze in the following weeks before losing to the debuting Kevin Owens at NXT TakeOver: R Evolution. During the match, Parker legitimately broke Owens' nose with a palm strike, himself suffering a deep gash to the hand. On the February 18 episode of *NXT*, Parker attempted a protest due to him not appearing at NXT TakeOver: Rival. However, he was attacked by the debuting Solomon Crowe. His final televised appearance was in a losing effort to Hideo Itami on the taped in advance April 22 episode of *NXT*.

On March 31, 2015, it was reported that Parker had left WWE after requesting his release from the company. WWE later announced that he officially confirmed his release on April 3, 2015.
Chavo Classic

Chavo Guerrero, Sr.

In 1988, Chavo arrived in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) along with his brother Mando. They went after the AWA World Tag Team Championship held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka). However, they were unable to capture the titles in multiple attempts.

In 2004, Classic began working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), joining his son Chavo Jr. in a feud with his younger brother Eddie. While with WWE, he became the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Champion in history, defeating Chavo Jr. and Spike Dudley in a triple threat match. On the April 1 episode of *SmackDown*, Classic and Chavo Jr. lost to Spike Dudley and Rey Mysterio. In the April 22 episode of *SmackDown*, Classic and Chavo Jr defeated John Cena in a 2-on-1 handicap match. On the May 11 episode of *SmackDown*, Chavo Classic defeated Jacqueline thanks to outside help by Chavo Jr. On the June 3 episode of *SmackDown*, Chavo Classic retained the Cruiserweight Title against Funaki, thanks to outside help from Chavo Jr. He eventually lost the title to Rey Mysterio less than a month later. On June 15, 2004, he was released by WWE.

On the November 15, 2010, "Old School" episode of *Raw*, Guerrero returned, driving Alberto Del Rio to the arena.

On February 11, 2017, Classic passed away.
Charly Caruso

Caruso debuted in WWE as a ring announcer for *NXT* in 2016, but it didn't take long for her to make the main roster, interviewing WWE superstars and hosting events, segments and shows, whether on television, WWE YouTube, WWE social media or the WWE Network. She hosted pre-show panels and conducted backstage interviews on *Monday Night Raw* and *WWE NXT* until 2021, when she left WWE.
Buddy Rogers

Rogers was formally recognized as the first ever WWWF World Heavyweight Champion on April 11, 1963, when promoter and first WWWF President Willie Gilzenberg handed Rogers the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship belt on Washington D.C. television. Gilzenberg explained that Rogers won a wrestling tournament in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, although it was fictional. Rogers was a top draw, but his reign was ultimately cut short by a mild heart attack which greatly hindered his endurance and in-ring performance. Vince McMahon, Sr. and Toots Mondt were in a panic and hid Rogers' medical problems. In an emergency title switch, Rogers put over Bruno Sammartino in a quick 48 second match on May 17, 1963 in Madison Square Garden. The match had to be kept short for fear of Rogers having a major heart attack and dying in the ring.

After putting over Sammartino, his health problems forced Rogers to wrestle in only a limited number of short singles matches that lasted a minute or two. He participated in a few tag team matches with partner Handsome Johnny Barend where he spent almost the entire match in his corner on the ring apron while Barend did the wrestling. Rogers defeated Hans "The Great" Mortier in less than a minute with the figure-four leglock in Madison Square Garden and teamed with Handsome Johnny Barend to take two out of three falls via pin from Sammartino and Bobo Brazil, with Rogers pinning Sammartino for the final fall. The big rematch was to be held October 4, 1963 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. The tickets were printed with Rogers–Sammartino on them. However, it was announced that Rogers was retiring and Gorilla Monsoon, who had won a tournament, got the title shot that night.

Rogers moved back into the WWF in the early 80's, where he was a fan favorite manager and part-time professional wrestler who also hosted the interview segment "Rogers' Corner" until 1983. Rogers was instrumental in helping turn Jimmy Snuka into a fan favorite, leading to Rogers managing Snuka for his feud with Lou Albano and Ray Stevens. During the feud, Rogers broke his hip and retired from professional wrestling for good. His show was replaced by "Victory Corner", which would later be replaced by "Piper's Pit". He would continue to make sporadic appearances in the WWF until 1984, right before the beginning of the Rock 'n' Wrestling era.

Rogers passed away on June 26, 1992.

In 1994, Rogers was posthumously inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame.
Chris Warren

Warren began work for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in late 1997, performing the vocals for D-Generation X's entrance music. Over the course of the next four years, Warren recorded several songs for the WWF. In 1998, Warren made his television debut at WrestleMania XIV, performing a screeching version of "*America the Beautiful*" and "*The Star-Spangled Banner*". Warren and the band also performed the DX ring entrance music later the same night as DX came to the ring, and again five months later at the 1998 SummerSlam. Later that year, Warren recorded the vocals for Triple H's theme "*My Time*".

Warren passed away on June 12, 2016.
Brady Boone

Boone, along with Billy Jack Haynes, worked as a jobber tag team for the World Wrestling Federation from late 1986 to early 1988. Boone began wrestling full-time for the WWF on July 2, 1987, used primarily as an upper-level opening match wrestler. Despite his role on television as a jobber, Boone won many matches on the house show circuit including defeats of Barry Horowitz, The Gladiator, José Estrada Sr., and ultimately compiled an overall singles record that included nineteen wins that year. Meanwhile, on television Boone lost almost all of his encounters, but challenged The Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Championship on the December 8, 1987 and May 10, 1988 episodes of *Superstars*. Boone was involved in one major angle on October 31, 1987, when he tagged with Scott Casey in a losing effort against Demolition. Following the match, Demolition continued to attack Boone, leading first Billy Jack Haynes and then Ken Patera (Haynes' ally in a recent feud with Bobby Heenan) to make the save but also be beaten down. Boone was stretchered out as a part of angle that led to Demolition feuding with the team of Haynes and Ken Patera plus various other allies. The following year Boone won an additional 24 matches, and finished his run with a victory over Steve Lombardi on September 12, 1988 in South Bend, Indiana.

Brady Boone returned to the WWF on May 4, 1990 on a house show in a loss to Paul Diamond. He wrestled in numerous house show and television matches between May and August. At a house show on September 13, 1990, Boone debuted as **Battle Kat**, a character who donned a cat mask and utilized his gymnastics background to emphasize his "cat-like" agility. He pinned The Brooklyn Brawler. Six days later, Battle Kat won his televised debut match over Bob Bradley, on the September 19 episode of *Wrestling Challenge*. Battle Kat remained undefeated on house shows and defeated Paul Diamond on the October 30 episode of *Wrestling Challenge* before he was released from the WWF. Bob Bradley then replaced Brady Boone in the Battle Kat character.

Boone signed with World Championship Wrestling in 1993, and debuted (as **Brady Boone**) on the December 7 episode of *Saturday Night*, losing a tag team match (with partner Scott Studd) to Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma). On the January 10, 1994 episode of *Saturday Night*, Boone lost to Steve Austin. After not appearing on television for several months, Boone wrestled his final match on the July 23 episode of *Saturday Night*, defeating Rip Rogers. After retiring as a wrestler, Boone remained with the company as a referee.

On December 15, 1998, Boone passed away.
Cassidy Riley

Riley began in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2000, until the promotion was bought by the WWF in March 2001. Along with James Storm and Chris Harris, Riley was part of R&B Security, a group of jobbers who were billed as the bodyguards of Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff. They would be involved in one-sided confrontations with bigger stars on *Nitro* and *Thunder*, and would wrestle one another on *WorldWide* and *Saturday Night*. Riley also made an appearance on the big stage during the opening segment of the Mike Awesome and Diamond Dallas Page match at the WCW Great American Bash 2000 pay-per-view as a medic in the back of the ambulance.

Riley made his first appearance on WWE television as a jobber on the *ECW* brand, where he was defeated by Marcus Cor Von on January 16, 2007. On March 20, 2007, Riley was on *ECW* again, where he lost to Snitsky. On February 4, 2008, Riley was released.
Hannah Pierce

**Hannah Pierce** is a human who appeared on Survivor: Galapagos. She placed 18th respectively.

While her time on *Galapagos* was short-lived, she managed to get into the majority alliance on the original Foa Foa tribe, and she managed to survive going to tribal council in the first six days. While she was in the majority of the new Aiga tribe after the tribe switch, she thought her alliance was four strong, but ultimately Griffin Payne managed to convince the rest of her alliance to flip on her, which resulted in her unanimous blindside.

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Chilly Willy

Chilly Willy debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in early 2000, defeating Scott D'Amore in Toledo, Ohio on February 25, although he later lost matches to The Prodigy and HC Loc on *ECW on TNN* during the next several weeks. After defeating Johnny Swinger on March 24, he began feuding with Swinger over the next few months.

In his first pay-per-view appearance, he defeated Johnny Swinger at Wrestlepalooza 2000 in St. Louis, Missouri on April 16. He would face Swinger in a rematch the following month, defeating him at Hardcore Heaven 2000 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 14. During the "Midwest Massacre" tour, he would also score victories over Tony DeVito and E.Z. Money in June.

With Chris Chetti and Nova, Willy beat the F.B.I. (Little Guido, Sal E. Graziano and Tony Mamaluke) in Wichita, Kansas on July 1, 2000. Several days later, they defeated the F.B.I. in a rematch on *ECW on TNN* in Poughkeepsie, New York on July 7. Losing to ECW TV Champion Rhino on *ECW on TNN* later that month in Peoria, Illinois, he teamed with The Sandman to defeat the F.B.I. (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke) in Huntington, West Virginia on August 4, when Willy pinned Mamaluke. In the following weeks, they also defeated Justin Credible and Rhino several times before losing to them in the opening rounds of a championship tournament for the vacant ECW World Tag Team Championship in Manhattan, New York on August 25.

Teaming with The Sandman against The Baldies (Tony DeVito and Angel), Willy teamed with Mikey Whipwreck and Balls Mahoney to defeat Johnny Swinger, Simon Diamond and C.W. Anderson in a 6-man tag team match in Buffalo, New York on September 8. The following night on *ECW on TNN*, he and Balls Mahoney defeated The Baldies in Mississauga, Ontario.

Feuding with The Baldies over the next several weeks, he and Mahoney were defeated by The Baldies in a tag team match at Anarchy Rulz 2000 on October 1 and, with The Sandman and New Jack, defeated Justin Credible and The Baldies on October 12. The following month, he and Mahoney defeated The Baldies in a rematch at November to Remember 2000 on November 5 in a flaming tables match. During the next two months, he also defeated Tony DeVito and Mike Bell in singles matches. At ECW Guilty as Charged 2001, Balls Mahoney and Chill Willy fought Simon Diamond and Swinger to a no-contest because Rhyno attacked all four wrestlers. This was Willy's last ECW appearance.
Brett DiBiase

At WWE's SummerSlam pay-per-view in August 2009, DiBiase made an appearance as a planted fan in the audience, interfering in the WWE Championship match between Randy Orton and John Cena. The following night, on August 24, DiBiase made his debut on *Raw*, appearing in backstage segments with The Legacy faction consisting of Orton, Cody Rhodes and his older brother Ted.

On March 27, 2010, DiBiase and his brother Ted Jr. inducted their father, Ted, Sr. into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Bobby Walker

He made his WCW debut in 1992 under the name **Robbie Walker**. Originally he was scheduled to team with Ron Simmons at *Clash of the Champions XXI* against Cactus Jack, Tony Atlas, and The Barbarian in a handicap match, but was injured and was replaced by the debuting 2 Cold Scorpio. After nearly a year recovering and working house shows for WCW, he returned under the name **Bobby Walker** and appeared in a televised match as part of a tag team with Jason Johnson in a loss to Harlem Heat on the January 8, 1994, episode of *WCW Saturday Night.*

Managed by Teddy Long, Walker competed as a jobber to the stars in WCW. Walker lost the majority of his matches but won occasional bouts against lower-level wrestlers. He wrestled his only pay-per-view match at WCW's first World War 3 event. He competed in a three-ring, sixty-wrestler battle royal, which was won by Randy Savage.

In 1996, Walker was chosen to team with The Barbarian at Slamboree for the Lethal Lottery, but after he was injured by Lex Luger on *WCW Saturday Night*, Walker was replaced by the returning Diamond Dallas Page, who would eventually win the battle royal. Walker later wrestled in a dark match prior to Bash at the Beach 1996, in which he defeated Billy Kidman. The following month, he teamed with Mr. J.L. for a dark match prior to *Clash of the Champions XXXIII*; they were defeated by The Nasty Boys. He continued to appear with the company until 2000.
Butterbean

Butterbean appeared twice in the World Wrestling Federation, competing in boxing matches both times. On December 7, 1997 at the D-Generation X: In Your House pay-per-view event, he defeated Marc Mero via disqualification in a worked match. Fifteen months later, Butterbean defeated WWF Brawl For All champion Bart Gunn in a legitimate shootfight at WrestleMania XV on March 28, 1999, knocking his opponent out in 34 seconds.
Bruiser Brody

Red River Jack

The Masked Marauder

In WCCW in the 1970's, Brody competed under both the names **Bruiser Brody** and **King Kong Brody**, and had numerous feuds with the likes of Kamala the Ugandan Giant, Abdullah the Butcher, and "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. He also competed under the moniker of **Red River Jack** during an angle against Gary Hart's men and Skandor Akbar's Army in World Class Championship Wrestling. Brody also competed as the **Masked Marauder** at one time in the AWA. In 1976, he went to Vince J. McMahon's WWWF where he challenged WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. Brody also teamed with Big John Studd.

In 1987 he returned to the AWA where he fought Greg Gagne and Jerry Blackwell.

On July 17, 1988, Brody passed away.

In 2019, Brody was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of their Legacy Wing.
Brooks Jensen

Jensen made his in-ring WWE debut on the September 14, 2021 episode of *NXT*, teaming with Josh Briggs in a tag match against Imperium (Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner). On the October 5 episode of *NXT*, Jensen teamed with Josh Briggs in a fatal four-way elimination match for the NXT Tag Team Championship held by MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee). Jensen made his *205 Live* debut on the October 15 episode, where he again teamed with Josh Briggs in defeating Keagan Scott and Taylor Garland. On the January 18, 2022 episode of *NXT*, Jensen and Briggs competed in the first round of the 2022 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, during which they were eliminated by The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed).

On June 23, Jensen and Briggs made a special appearance on *NXT UK*, where they defeated Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter to win the NXT UK Tag Team Championships in a surprise upset. At NXT Worlds Collide on September 4, Briggs and Jensen would lose the titles to Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) in a unification match which also saw the NXT Tag Team Championships on the line.

On April 1, 2023, at NXT Stand and Deliver, Jensen refused to give Kiana James her handbag to cheat and caused Fallon Henley and Kiana James to lose the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship to Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn. On the April 11 episode of *NXT*, Jenson shoved Briggs to the floor, causing Fallon Henley and Kiana James to lose the rematch against Fyre and Dawn. On the April 18 episode of *NXT*, Jenson and James challenged Briggs and Henley to a mixed tag team match. At NXT Spring Breakin', Jensen and Kiana James were defeated by Josh Briggs and Fallon Henley in a mixed tag team match. After the match, James walked out on Jensen, causing him to go back to Briggs and Henley.
Brian Adias

Adias made an appearance at World Championship Wrestling's Starrcade 84, defeating Mr. Ito.

Following Starrcade, Adias wrestled in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), beginning an alliance with the Von Erich family until the fall of 1986, when he turned heel against Mike Von Erich in a singles match. Adias declared that he wanted to succeed on his own merits and accused the Von Erichs of holding him back. During a feud with Kerry Von Erich, Kerry confronted Adias regarding his actions. Still in crutches after a motorcycle accident, Kerry was attacked by Brian.
Ciclope

In 1996, Ciclope joined WCW. His biggest moment in wrestling was part of the feud between Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko. Malenko, who had been inactive for a few months prior, dressed up as Ciclope to win a Cruiserweight battle royal to determine the number one contendership to Chris Jericho's Cruiserweight Title. Jericho had been refusing to grant Malenko contendership, making the disguise necessary.
Chris Champion

The Karate Kid

Champion debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) by competing in the 1987 Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, teaming with Denny Brown. The team defeated Bill and Randy Mulkey in the first round, but were defeated by Giant Baba and Isao Takagi in the second round. In WCW, he also teamed with Sean Royal to form the New Breed, and worked a feud with The Rock 'n' Roll Express, but the storyline was abruptly ended when the New Breed were involved in a car accident that meant Chris Champion could not wrestle for several months. When he returned, he wore a cast on his arm, decorated with computer parts, claiming it was a "future cast". The car crash and return turned the New Breed face and they began a feud with The Midnight Express (Stan Lane and Bobby Eaton). The feud did not last long as Sean Royal retired a short time later, ending the New Breed team. After the New Breed broke up, Champion participated in the 1988 Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, teaming with Mark Starr. The team defeated the Twin Devils in the opening round, but were defeated by the Powers of Pain in the second round. Following the Crockett Cup, Champion briefly competed as **The Karate Kid**, but was soon gone from the company.

In June 1993, Champion returned to World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he was given the ring persona **Yoshi Kwan**, and was managed by Harley Race. The Yoshi Kwan character was billed as being from Asia and wore makeup to make him appear to be Asian. Kwan scored victories over Brad Armstrong, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, 2 Cold Scorpio and others while managed by Race. Kwan feuded with Cactus Jack, with the two facing off in a singles match at WCW's 1993 Fall Brawl which Cactus Jack won. Kwan was set to face Ricky Steamboat at Halloween Havoc, but a knee injury prevented him from wrestling and he was soon out of WCW.

On August 22, 2018, Champion passed away.
Cain Velasquez

On October 4, 2019, the first episode of *WWE SmackDown* on Fox, Velasquez made his WWE debut, accompanied by Rey Mysterio, coming out to confront and eventually Brock Lesnar after his WWE Championship victory. Velasquez took Lesnar down and pummeled him with punches before Lesnar eventually escaped the ring and retreated. It was announced that Velasquez would face Lesnar at Crown Jewel for the WWE Championship on October 31, 2019 in his in-ring debut.

At Crown Jewel, Brock Lesnar retained his WWE Championship in 88 seconds, making Velasquez tap out to the Kimura Lock. After the match, Lesnar attacked Velasquez with a steel chair and delivered an F-5 onto another steel chair, before Rey Mysterio intervened and saved him. On April 28, 2020, Velasquez was released from his WWE contract.
Black Tiger

Tiger debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1982, as he feuded over the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship with Tiger Mask after Black Tiger defeated Gran Hamada in a tournament final for the title in Fukuoka, Japan on 6 May, before losing it back to Tiger Mask less than a month later in Tokyo, Japan on 26 May 1982.

Tiger passed away on July 30, 2020.
Blue Pants

Blue Pants first appeared in WWE, accompanying Adam Rose as one of his "Rosebuds". She made her debut in WWE's developmental territory on the October 16, 2014, episode of *NXT*, as an enhancement talent, losing to the debuting Carmella. She was introduced as "Blue Pants" by Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady because of her blue ring attire, and retained the name for her subsequent appearances. She returned at the *NXT* television tapings on October 23, losing again to Carmella; the match aired on November 27. Blue Pants earned her first victory on the January 1, 2015, episode of *NXT*, defeating Carmella in their third match. She made further appearances on the February 18, April 15, and June 10 episodes, losing to NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks, Dana Brooke, and Emma respectively. Blue Pants made a surprise appearance at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn on August 22, managing The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) to the NXT Tag Team Championship. During the match, she had an altercation with Alexa Bliss, prompting a match on the September 2 episode of *NXT*, which Bliss won. Blue Pants made her final appearance on the December 2 episode of *NXT*, facing Nia Jax in a losing effort.
Chase Tatum

In 1998, he signed with World Championship Wrestling. After beginning his career as a jobber, he debuted on the March 28 episode of *WCW Saturday Night* with a loss to Scott Norton. A year or so later, Tatum became a member of rapper Master P's No Limit Soldiers and feuded with The West Texas Rednecks. In 1999, he faced such wrestlers as Curt Hennig on an episode of *WCW Thunder* and WCW Television Champion Rick Steiner on *WCW Monday Nitro*. He lost both matches, but wrestled Mikey Whipwreck to a draw on the August 23 episode of *WCW Monday Nitro.*

On March 23, 2008, Tatum passed away.
Caylen Croft

On the December 1, 2009 episode of *ECW on SyFy*, Croft, along with Trent Barreta, debuted as villains, defeating Tyler Hilton and Bobby Shields, two local competitors. The duo would then feud with Goldust and Yoshi Tatsu, which culminated in a loss to Goldust and Tatsu in a match to determine the number one contenders to the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship on the February 9, 2010 episode of *ECW*.

When the *ECW* brand ended in February 2010, its roster became free agents. Barreta and Croft signed with *SmackDown*, making their debut for the brand on February 19 in a losing effort against Cryme Tyme. Baretta and Croft would then feud with The Hart Dynasty, but could never manage a win against them.

The Dudebusters then turned face when they entered into a feud with the Gatecrashers (Curt Hawkins and Vance Archer) in August. The Dudebusters then earned their first tag team victory since joining the *SmackDown* roster when they defeated the Gatecrashers on the August 26 edition of *Superstars*. On November 19, 2010, Croft was released from his contract.
British Strong Style

In April 2018, after Roderick Strong turned on Pete Dunne at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, Dunne teased the debut of the stable. During April's WrestleMania Axxess weekend, Tyler Bate and Trent Seven lost an NXT Tag Team Championship match to Strong and Kyle O'Reilly. After the match, they were attacked by The Undisputed Era until Dunne made the save, thus uniting for the first time. It was later announced that Dunne, Bate and Seven would take on The Undisputed Era on the first night of the second annual United Kingdom Championship Tournament in June 2018.

**British Strong Style** won their match against The Undisputed Era on June 18. The following night, Bate and Seven defeated O'Reilly and Strong to win the NXT Tag Team Championship for the first time, whilst Dunne retained his WWE United Kingdom Championship against tournament winner Zack Gibson, meaning that all members of British Strong Style were now champions in WWE. However, Bate and Seven lost the titles back to O'Reilly and Strong two days later. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4, Bate and Seven failed to regain their titles against The Undisputed Era while Dunne retained his title against Gibson once again. Afterwards, Dunne went his separate ways from Bate and Seven, thus disbanding the trio.

Dunne, now going by the name of Butch as part of The Brawling Brutes stable, reunited with Tyler Bate on the New Year's Revolution episode of *SmackDown* that took place on January 5, 2024, where they defeated Pretty Deadly.
Brakkus

In September 1996, Brakkus signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

Brakkus made his debut on November 30, 1996, under the ring name **Argo**, defeating Dr. X at a house show in Lowell, Massachusetts. On December 2, 1996, he was renamed **Brakkus**.

He wrestled at WWF house shows and in dark matches throughout late 1996 and 1997, including a dark match at the In Your House 12: It's Time pay-per-view on 15 December 1996. His regular opponents included Tony DeVito, Rockabilly, The Sultan and The Jackyl. In mid-1997, vignettes began airing to promote Brakkus' debut on WWF television in which he threatened members of the WWF roster such as Vader and Triple H.

In late-1997, Brakkus was sent by the WWF to Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) as part of a working relationship between the two promotions.

In ECW, Brakkus was part of the Wright Connection, a stable led by Lance Wright along with Doug Furnas, Phil Lafon and Droz. At November to Remember 1997, Brakkus, Furnas and Lafon interfered in a "WWF versus ECW" flag match between Rob Van Dam and Tommy Dreamer.

Brakkus feuded with ECW mainstay Taz, ultimately challenging him for the ECW World Television Championship at CyberSlam 1998 on 21 February 1998. The match saw Brakkus powerbomb Taz twice before receiving a suplex through a table and submitting to the *Tazmission.* The match aired in syndication on 25 February 1998, episode of *ECW Hardcore TV*.

Brakkus was recalled to the WWF in March 1998, making his WWF television debut on the March 17, 1998 episode of *WWF Shotgun Saturday Night*, losing to The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust. He then traveled to Europe with the WWF, losing to Jeff Jarrett at WWF Mayhem in Manchester on April 4. He went on to wrestle Jarrett at live events in Oberhausen, Berlin and Bayreuth during the *DX in Germany* tour. During this period, Brakkus routinely wore a chainmail vest to the ring.

In the summer of 1998, he was entered in the WWF Brawl for All, a shootfighting tournament. He faced Savio Vega in a first round match on July 6, episode of *Monday Night Raw*. He was eliminated from the tournament after Vega won the match on points, with Brakkus sustaining a bloodied nose. He went on to defeat Jesús Castillo, Jr. of Los Boricuas in a squash match on the July 27, 1998 episode of *Raw is War* in his final televised WWF match.
Buddy Austin

In March 1963, Austin and Great Scott defeated Buddy Rogers and Johnny Barend for the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship. In May 1963, Austin and Great Scott were defeated for the championship by Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy. At this time, Austin was one of the major challengers to WWWF Champion Buddy Rogers.

On August 12, 1981, Austin passed away.
Bobo Brazil

In the 1960's, Brazil would have many matches with competitors such as Killer Kowalski, Dick the Bruiser, Johnny Valentine, and The Sheik, who feuded with Brazil over the course of several decades. These and other rivals would all fall victim to Brazil's finishing maneuver, the Coco Butt. Brazil also once wrestled Bill Miller to a draw, and challenged Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship in a battle of two top babyface competitors.

Brazil was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame class of 1994 by Ernie Ladd. The following year, Brazil inducted Ladd into the WWF Hall of Fame.

On January 20, 1998, Brazil passed away.
Cezar Bononi

In October 2015, Bononi was announced as part of a class of WWE recruits to begin training at the WWE Performance Center. He made his television debut on the May 10, 2017 episode of *NXT*, losing to Aleister Black. Bononi had his first televised victory on the May 31 episode of *NXT*, defeating Andrade "Cien" Almas. Bononi was named "Future Star of NXT" at the 2017 NXT Year-End Awards. Despite winning this award, Bononi would rarely make any more appearances on *NXT* television throughout the next two years, as he was released from his WWE contract on April 15, 2020.
Cibernético

In late 1996, Cibernético began making appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Cibernético and Pierroth, Jr. showed up during the WWF's In Your House 12: It's Time show as they came to ringside during a WWF World Tag Team Championship match between champions Owen Hart and The British Bulldog defending against Fake Razor Ramon and Fake Diesel to antagonize the champions. The storyline was supposed to set up Cibernético and Pierroth, Jr. as challengers for Hart and Bulldog's championship. While in the WWF, Cibernético and Pierroth, Jr. defeated The New Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Leif Cassidy) on *Raw* and later lost to Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon by disqualification during a *Superstars* taping. Cibernético and Pierroth, Jr. both participated in the 1997 Royal Rumble match. He was the 15th man to enter the ring, but he was eliminated by Pierroth, Jr. and Mil Máscaras. The Rumble was Cibernético's last appearance for the WWF.
Christy Hemme

In mid-2004, Hemme participated in the *Diva Search*, a competition held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to recruit new WWE Divas. In the course of the competition, Hemme and the five other finalists faced seven existing Divas in a game of dodgeball at SummerSlam on August 15, eliminating all eight Divas with the loss of just one finalist, Joy Giovanni. Hemme was announced as the winner of the competition on September 20, with a prize of a one-year contract with WWE.

Hemme began her WWE career as a member of the *Raw* roster. She quickly began a feud with Carmella DeCesare, the runner-up of the *Diva Search*. The feud culminated in a "lingerie pillow fight" at Taboo Tuesday on October 19, which Hemme won.

Following her feud with DeCesare, Hemme began a rivalry with WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus. Stratus, along with Molly Holly and Gail Kim, threw Hemme an initiation party, but, it soon turned into a 3-on-1 Bra and Panties Handicap match, which Hemme lost. As Stratus was ostensibly scornful of Hemme's appearance in the April 2005 issue of *Playboy*, Stratus interrupted Hemme's unveiling and spray painted all over the cover. Hemme responded by slapping her, which resulted in Stratus knocking her out with a Chick Kick and spraying the word "slut" on her back. Hemme eventually challenged Stratus to a match at WrestleMania 21, with Stratus's nemesis Lita training her in the weeks preceding the event. At the event on April 3, Hemme unsuccessfully challenged Stratus for the Women's Championship.

In the months after WrestleMania, Hemme began a feud with Victoria, who claimed to be jealous of the opportunities afforded to Hemme. Hemme would feud with Victoria during *Raw* house shows, and defeated her on several occasions. On the June 6 episode of *Raw*, Hemme teamed up with Rosey and The Hurricane in a losing effort to Victoria and The Heart Throbs (Antonio and Romeo) in a six-person mixed tag team match. The feud culminated in a bout at Vengeance on June 26, which Victoria won. With her feud with Victoria over, Hemme briefly aligned herself with Eugene, before she and Stacy Keibler were traded to the *SmackDown!* brand in exchange for Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson, on August 25.

On the September 30 episode of *SmackDown!*, Hemme began a feud with Melina, the valet of MNM, after losing to her in a singles match, and in the process joined forces with the Legion of Doom. At No Mercy on October 9, Hemme and the Legion of Doom defeated MNM in a six-person intergender tag team match. On the November 5 episode of *SmackDown!*, Hemme defeated Melina in a Bra and Panties match. Her feud with Melina continued into November, with Melina defeating Hemme in two singles bouts.

On December 5, 2005, Hemme was released from her WWE contract.

Hemme appeared at the 2017 WWE Hall of Fame to support Beth Phoenix, the first time she had been seen in the WWE since 2005.
Buster Douglas

Douglas appeared on the February 23, 1990 episode of the World Wrestling Federation's *The Main Event III*, as special guest referee for a rematch between Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. At the end of the match, Douglas was provoked into a kayfabe punch and knockout of Savage, who was the heel wrestler in the match.
Brutus Creed

In August 2021, Brutus and his brother Julius 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*.
Clay Matthews

Matthews made an appearance on the February 9, 2011 episode of *WWE SmackDown*, when he ran down to the ring to assist in Edge's World Heavyweight Championship match against Dolph Ziggler as a backup referee, as Vickie Guerrero was the original special referee for that match. Guerrero injured her ankle after trying to spear Edge, and he won the match and the championship after spearing Ziggler twice, while she was being attended to at ringside for her injury. Shortly after the second spear, Matthews ran down to the ring to make the three-count and give Edge the win.