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Emilia McKenzie

McKenzie made her televised WWE debut on November 14, 2018 episode of *NXT UK*. During that episode, McKenzie competed in a tournament for the NXT UK Women's Championship. She was eliminated during the first round by Jinny. McKenzie returned to television the following week on the November 28 episode of *NXT UK*, where she teamed with Xia Brookside in defeating Charlie Morgan and Killer Kelly in a tag match.

On August 18, 2022, McKenzie was released from her WWE contract.
Hector Guerrero

Lazer-Tron

In the mid-1980's, Guerrero wrestled for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as the masked **Lazer-Tron**. Guerrero teamed with Jimmy Valiant and feuded with the New Breed. Guerrero teamed with Manny Fernandez as "The Latin Connection" until Fernandez turned on him to join Rick Rude and Paul Jones. In the late 1980's, Guerrero wrestled in the American Wrestling Association, winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship with Dr. D.

In 1990, Guerrero appeared in the World Wrestling Federation at Survivor Series, performing under the name **The Gobbledy Gooker** and wearing a turkey costume. The Gobbledy Gooker "hatched" from an oversized egg, which had been on display at WWF events for months prior to Survivor Series, and was heavily hyped on television. However, crowd reaction to the gimmick was extremely negative, with fans loudly booing as the costumed Guerrero danced in the ring with announcer "Mean" Gene Okerlund. The character made a handful of appearances in taped promos following Survivor Series, but was soon dropped from television.

Guerrero appeared with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 1995, unsuccessfully challenging 2 Cold Scorpio for the ECW Television Championship at *Return of The Funker*.

Guerrero appeared in World Championship Wrestling in 1997 to confront his brother Eddie about his on-screen behavior. He left the promotion after losing to his brother in a singles match on an episode of *WCW Saturday Night*.

The Gobbledy Gooker was revived for the WWF's WrestleMania X-Seven to participate in the "Gimmick Battle Royal", an otherwise normal battle royal that was populated entirely by older, mostly retired wrestlers with outlandish gimmicks as well as oddball one-offs like the Gooker. Though the costume was very different from the original, Héctor Guerrero again wore the costume, being the second person eliminated in the match.
ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1994

**Ultimate Jeopardy 1994** was the first Ultimate Jeopardy supercard event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on March 26, 1994 in Devon, Pennsylvania.

## Results

* Crash the Terminator defeated Pitbull #1.
* 911 defeated Hack Meyers, Don E. Allen, and Blue Max in a 3-on-1 handicap match.
* J.T. Smith defeated Rockin' Rebel to retain the ECW Television Championship.
* The Bruise Brothers (Ron and Don) defeated Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka).
* Tommy Cairo defeated The Sandman.
* Jimmy Snuka defeated Tommy Dreamer in a steel cage match.

## Main Event

* Shane Douglas, Mr. Hughes, and The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) defeated Terry Funk, Road Warrior Hawk, Kevin Sullivan, and The Tazmaniac in an Ultimate Jeopardy steel cage match with Douglas pinning Funk to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
Ever-Rise

On April 27, 2016, Matt Martel and Chase Parker made their debut for WWE's developmental branch *NXT*, losing to the Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson).

They made an appearance as enhancement talents playing two French-Canadian local competitors named **Jean-Paul** and **François** on the April 30, 2018 episode of *Raw*, losing to The Authors of Pain.

On February 11, 2019 the WWE announced that Parker and Martel were part of the newly signed recruits at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. On May 1, 2019, they performed in a dark match before the *NXT* taping at Full Sail University. On the September 4, 2019 episode of *NXT*, Martel and Parker competed in a losing effort against Tyler Breeze and Fandango. On the September 25 episode of *NXT*, the duo, now dubbed "**Ever-Rise**" faced Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch in a losing effort, and again to Rinku Singh and Saurav Gurjar. On May 22, 2020, they made their debut on *205 Live*, once again losing to Lorcan and Burch. Ever-Rise picked up their first victory in WWE on the June 12 episode of *205 Live*, when they defeated Leon Ruff and Adrian Alanis, establishing themselves as heels in the process. Following this, Ever-Rise would become regulars on *205 Live* and would make occasional appearances on *NXT*. In early 2021, Ever-Rise took part in the 2021 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated in the first round by the Grizzled Young Veterans.

On June 25, 2021, Ever-Rise were released from their WWE contracts.
Eli Cottonwood

On June 1, 2010, it was announced that Cottonwood would be part of the second season of WWE's *NXT* show, with John Morrison as his storyline mentor. He debuted on the June 8 episode of *NXT*, teaming with Morrison to defeat Titus O'Neil and Zack Ryder. Soon afterwards, Cottonwood was eliminated from the *NXT* competition, and released soon thereafter.
Essa Rios

Rios made his debut in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on the November 3, 1997 episode of *Raw is War* as part of its newly relaunched Light Heavyweight division, wrestling under the ring name **Águila**. This period included a match with Taka Michinoku at WrestleMania XIV for the Light Heavyweight Championship. He had a high-flying match with Michinoku during Extreme Championship Wrestling's 1999 CyberSlam event before capturing the WWF Light Heavyweight title from Gillberg in his 'debut' as **Essa Ríos** during the February 13, 2000 edition of *Sunday Night Heat*. His reign was a short-lived one, as he would lose the title to Dean Malenko a few weeks later. During his time as Essa Ríos, he was managed by Lita who would often repeat Ríos' finishing moves on wrestlers he had just beaten after a match. He and Lita had a feud with Eddie Guerrero and Chyna which led to a European Title match between Ríos and then-champion Guerrero at Backlash, which Ríos lost. Ríos' partnership with Lita ended sometime later after an angry Ríos attacked Lita because he had lost a match. It was then that the Hardy Boyz came to Lita's rescue and feuded with him briefly, with Lita becoming their protégé. Ríos lapsed into obscurity by late 2000, but did have a brief feud with Kurt Angle that culminated in a main event match on *Sunday Night Heat*.

He also had a small involvement in the Invasion angle, most notably unsuccessfully challenging Chris Kanyon for the WCW United States Championship on an episode of *WWF Metal*, which would be his last televised match with the company. In December 2001, Rios was released.
Enes Kanter

On September 9, 2019, Kanter made a special appearance at a WWE *Monday Night Raw* event at Madison Square Garden, where prior to *Raw* going on the air, he defeated WWE 24/7 Champion R-Truth to win the title, though he would lose it back to R-Truth moments later (all of which was shown later during the *Raw* broadcast).
Jagger Reid

In January 2017, Reid participated in the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament to crown the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion under the name **James Drake**, losing to Joseph Conners in the first round.

On January 12, 2019, Drake and Zack Gibson defeated Moustache Mountain in a tournament final at *NXT UK*'s debut TakeOver event in Blackpool, to become the inaugural NXT UK Tag Team Champions. They would hold the titles for much of the year before losing them at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff in August to Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster in a triple threat tag match also involving Gallus. On the September 11 episode of NXT UK, Grizzled Young Veterans unsuccessfully challenged Andrews and Webster in a rematch. On the November 7 episode of NXT UK, during the Grizzled Young Veterans match against Andrews and Webster, Gallus and Imperium interfered. On the November 28 episode of NXT UK, Grizzled Young Veterans and Andrews and Webster interfered during Gallus' title match against Imperium, and Grizzled Young Veterans took the titles and ran but the general managers came and announced that Gallus would defend their titles at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II against Grizzled Young Veterans, Andrews and Webster and Imperium for the titles in a ladder match. At the event, Grizzled Young Veterans lost the match. Grizzled Young Veterans also competed in the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Classic, where they defeated Kushida and Alex Shelley in the quarterfinals and NXT Tag Team Champions the Undisputed Era in the semifinals due to a distraction by Imperium. They made it to the finals on January 29, 2020, where they lost to The Broserweights (Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne).

On the July 19, 2022 edition of *NXT*, Drake and Gibson were revealed as Joe Gacy's Dyad, being renamed to **Jagger Reid** and Rip Fowler, respectively.
Frankie Kazarian

On February 25, 2005, Kazarian signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He made his WWE television debut during an episode of *Velocity* on July 16, 2005, under the name "The Future" Frankie Kazarian defeating Nunzio, and remained undefeated throughout July and into August. During this time, he picked up victories against Scotty 2 Hotty, Funaki, and Paul London. On August 15, Kazarian announced on his website that he had left WWE two days earlier.
Frank Gotch

Gotch was a pioneer in the wrestling industry, helping to put professional wrestling on the map during the turn of the twentieth century. During his career, he squared off with the likes of Martin Burns, George Hackenschmidt, and Stanislaus Zbyszko.

Gotch passed away on December 16, 1917.

For his accomplishments in the early 1900's and his impact on the wrestling industry as a whole, Gotch was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016 as part of its "Legacy" wing.
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1995

**Wrestlepalooza 1995** was the first Wrestlepalooza event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on August 5, 1995 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

## Results

* J.T. Smith defeated Hack Meyers.
* Big Val defeated Tony Stetson by disqualification.
* Raven, Stevie Richards, and The Dudley Brothers (Big Dick Dudley and Dudley Dudley) defeated Tommy Dreamer, Cactus Jack, and The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) in an eight-man tag team match.
* 2 Cold Scorpio, Dean Malenko, and Cactus Jack defeated Eddie Guerrero and The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) in a six-man tag team match.
* Mikey Whipwreck defeated The Sandman in a Singapore cane match.

## Main Event

* The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa Saed) defeated The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) in a tag team stretcher match.
ECW Wrestlepalooza 2000

**Wrestlepalooza 2000** was the fourth and final Wrestlepalooza event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on April 16, 2000 in St. Charles, Missouri.

## Results

* HC Loc defeated Simon Diamond (with Mitch, Prodigy, Prodigette, and The Musketeer).
* Chilly Willy defeated Johnny Swinger (with Judge Jeff Jones).
* Nova and Chris Chetti defeated The New Dangerous Alliance (C.W. Anderson and Bill Wiles) (with Lou E. Dangerously and Elektra).
* Super Crazy defeated Kid Kash.
* Danny Doring and Roadkill defeated The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Big Sal).
* The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) (with Dawn Marie) defeated Raven and Mikey Whipwreck (with Francine) to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championships.
* Rhino versus Scotty Anton ended in a no contest.

## Main Event

* Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman, and New Jack defeated The Network (Steve Corino, Jack Victory, and Yoshihiro Tajiri) in a six-man street fight.
El Torito

On April 3, 2013, it was reported that Torito has signed with WWE. He made his debut on the September 30 episode of *Raw*, as the mascot of Los Matadores.

On January 26, 2014, El Torito participated in his first Royal Rumble match entering at number 20; eliminating Fandango before being eliminated by Roman Reigns. He scored his first victory in a ten-man tag match on the February 24 episode of *Main Event*, after pinning Heath Slater. He started his first rivalry, with Hornswoggle, of Heath Slater's 3MB. They fought at Extreme Rules, where El Torito defeated Hornswoggle in a WeeLC match. They had a rematch on the Payback pre-show in a Mask versus Hair match, in which Torito won again and proceeded to shave Hornswoggle bald post-match.

On March 29, 2015, a fatal four-way for the WWE Tag Team Championship took place on the WrestleMania 31 pre-show, with Los Matadores included, but they failed to win the titles.

On the September 7 episode of *Raw*, El Torito set up a distraction to Los Matadores during a tag team match against The Dudley Boyz, costing them the victory. Post-match, he was assaulted by Diego, but was saved by The Dudley Boyz who performed an aided superbomb through a table on him, ending his association with Los Matadores. Following the end of the stable as a trio, El Torito mainly appeared in backstage comedy segments, before not appearing on television any longer.

On May 6, 2016, after not making any appearances on WWE television that year, El Torito was released from WWE along with several other wrestlers.
Jesús

Jesús initially appeared in the World Wrestling Federation in 2000, with Christopher Daniels as **Uno**, one half of Los Conquistadores during the time Edge and Christian were masquerading as the team. He was rehired nearly four years later to perform under the gimmick of **Jesús**. As part of a storyline, Jesús was accused of stabbing John Cena at a Boston, Massachusetts nightclub by order of Carlito Caribbean Cool. After Cena defeated Carlito for the WWE United States Championship, Jesús attacked Cena several times in the next couple of weeks, finally hitting him in the kidney with Cena's own chain, temporarily sidelining him.

Jesús faced John Cena in a street fight at Armageddon 2004 for the WWE United States Championship, but was defeated. Due to an injury sustained at a house show in Johnson City, Tennessee, he went into the match with a torn groin and two herniated discs in his back, and left to have surgery immediately afterwards. Jesús was released from his WWE contract on April 12, 2005.

He later returned to WWE as a one time deal, wrestling Ron Simmons on *WWE Heat* under his real name at the tapings for the November 5, 2007 episode of *Raw*.
Johnny Valentine

In 1963, Valentine joined the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). While there, he had one reign with what was then known as the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship, as he teamed with Tony Parisi to hold the belts for seven months in 1966. Valentine later turned on Parisi, however. This ignited a brief feud with Bruno Sammartino, who was billed as Parisi's cousin.

On April 24, 2001, Valentine passed away.
Julio Fantastico

Julio Sanchez

In the late 1990's, he worked for both World Championship Wrestling (as **Julio Sanchez**) and the World Wrestling Federation (as Sanchez or **Julio Fantastico**). He was a jobber in both promotions, wrestling dark matches and on b-shows such as *WCW Thunder* and *Sunday Night Heat*.

In late 1999, he joined Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he formed a tag team with EZ Money known as Hot Commodity. Fantastico was renamed **Julio Dinero** and given the character of a gigolo. He made his ECW pay-per-view debut on November 5, 2000 at November to Remember 2000. Dinero remained with ECW until the promotion went bankrupt in March 2001.

On May 2, 2008, he appeared as a jobber on an episode of *WWE SmackDown* in a match against Finlay under his Julio Dinero ring name.
Flo Rida

On April 1, 2012, Flo Rida appeared at WWE's WrestleMania XXVIII in a segment with Heath Slater, Curt Hawkins, and Tyler Reks, in which Slater called Flo Rida "Florida" and the rapper shoved him into a wall. Later that night, he performed before Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson came out for his match against John Cena.
Jimmy Jack Funk

Funk arrived in the WWF in April 1986 in a Lone Ranger-style mask as the storyline younger and unstable brother of Terry and Dory "Hoss" Funk. In addition to his mask, he also wore a noose around his neck to the ring. With Jimmy Hart as his manager, Funk debuted to a decent push, but Terry Funk's exit from the WWF in early June caused Hoss and Jimmy Jack to fall down the card as a tag team under Hart. Their most notable match together (and Dory's last in the WWF for almost a decade) was a loss to The Killer Bees in the opening match of The Big Event, a supercard in Toronto on August 28.

As the only remaining "Funk" in the WWF (and without Hart in his corner), he quickly became an aimless "jobber to the stars", losing regularly to the likes of Tito Santana, Koko B. Ware, Hillbilly Jim and Blackjack Mulligan and teaming with a series of journeymen with whom he had no previous storyline connection. He remained in the WWF in this capacity until June 1987.

Funk then joined World Class Championship Wrestling, where he was a villain at first but turned into a fan favorite in 1989 after parting ways with manager Skandor Akbar after he took offense to the derogatory things Akbar had said about Texas. Funk and Chris Adams were involved in a tag team feud with King Parsons and Brickhouse Brown for several months with no clear resolution.
Hade Vansen

On the December 12, 2008 edition of *SmackDown* a promo appeared promoting Hade Vansen's debut, with him seemingly calling out The Undertaker. Two weeks later, however, the idea of Vansen debuting for WWE was dropped and on January 9, 2009, it was announced that Vansen had been released from his contract.
Jose Lothario

Lothario trained Shawn Michaels in the 1980's, with Lothario later becoming Michaels' manager in the WWF in 1996, managing Michaels to winning his first WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XII. At the In Your House 10: Mind Games pay-per-view in September 1996, Lothario squashed Jim Cornette. He continued to manage Michaels until Royal Rumble in January 1997. He briefly returned to WWF in January 1999 as part of a storyline involving Michaels.

Lothario passed away on November 6, 2018.
Jerry Sags

In 1985, Sags started his career in the American Wrestling Association as a referee.

In 1990, Sags, along with tag partner Brian Knobbs as the Nasty Boys, went to World Championship Wrestling, before they left a few months later. They feuded with Rick and Scott Steiner over the United States Tag Team Titles, but could not defeat them.

In late 1990, they went to the World Wrestling Federation, where they were managed by Jimmy Hart. They won the World Tag Team Titles from The Hart Foundation before feuding with and losing the titles to the Legion of Doom. Knobbs and Sags then feuded with all of the WWF's top face tag teams, including The Rockers and The Bushwhackers. They turned face in the fall of 1992 to feud with Jimmy Hart's Money Inc. over the tag team titles, but were unable to recapture the gold.

They left the WWF for WCW in 1993 and were quickly placed with manager Missy Hyatt, who led them to the World Tag Team Titles. She left them, and they went on to feud with Harlem Heat, The Blue Bloods, and the team of Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck. 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 had been injured previously and had to retire due to this injury.

On November 20, 2007, Knobbs and Sags reformed as The Nasty Boys at the *SmackDown!* tapings from Tampa, Florida to wrestle their first WWE match in years, against the team of Dave Taylor and Drew McIntyre.
John Tolos

On December 28, 1963, John and his brother Chris Tolos captured the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship in Teaneck, New Jersey in two straight falls from Gorilla Monsoon and Killer Kowalski. While both teams were heels at the time, the Tolos Brothers did a television interview prior to the title match, "looking forward" to seeing all of their fans in Teaneck. That night, they were cheered throughout.

Tolos rejoined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) for a brief stint in mid-1991 as **Coach** (a classic coach, whistle and all), managing The Beverly Brothers and "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, replacing Hennig's former manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, who was then moving into a full-time broadcaster's role. When a back injury sidelined Hennig for more than a year, Tolos was replaced by The Genius as The Beverly Brothers' manager and departed the WWF.

On May 29, 2009, Tolos passed away.
Jenny McCarthy

In 1995, McCarthy appeared at the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) pay-per-view event WrestleMania XI as a guest valet for Shawn Michaels, who faced WWF Champion Diesel. She left after the match with the victor, Diesel. McCarthy returned to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the August 2, 2008 *Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI* to thank the fans.
Justin Roberts

In 2002, Roberts received a job for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on *SmackDown*, followed later by a move to the *Raw* brand. He also worked on *Velocity* and *Heat* shows while touring as the full-time *Raw* live event announcer.

Most notably, Roberts announced the *ECW* show each week until September 2007, before swapping with *SmackDown*'s Tony Chimel.

Roberts reached the peak of his profession when he announced the main event of WrestleMania XXIV between Edge and The Undertaker on March 30, 2008.

In addition to announcing *SmackDown* and pay-per-view matches, Roberts would also announce on *WWE Superstars*, including its inaugural episode on April 16, 2009. Beginning on September 28, 2009, Roberts took over the *Raw* announcing duties from the departing Lilian Garcia.

On the June 2010 episode of *Raw*, Roberts was attacked by the rookie wrestlers who had competed in the first season of *NXT*. During the segment, Roberts was strangled with his own tie by Daniel Bryan, which led to Bryan's release. At the SummerSlam pay-per-view two months later however, Bryan returned to WWE.

At WrestleMania XXVII, Roberts worked as the sole announcer for the whole show, with the exception of the announcement of the Hall of Fame class of 2011, which was announced as usual by Howard Finkel.

On October 13, 2014, immediately after *Raw*, WWE released Roberts after opting not to renew his contract.
John Silver

On June 17, 2012, at No Way Out, Silver, under the ring name **Rob Grymes**, and alongside Dan Delaney, wrestled in a two-on-one handicap match with Ryback. On the March 28, 2018 episode of *NXT* (taped March 7), Silver was defeated by Lars Sullivan. On the September 10, 2019 episode of *SmackDown*, Silver, under the modified ring name **Johnny Silver**, teamed with Alex Keaton, in a match with Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker), where he took the pin.
June Byers

Byers was a pioneer for women in the wrestling industry in the early-to-mid-20th century. Wrestling for the American Wrestling Association (AWA), she became the inaugural AWA Women's Champion in 1954.

On July 20, 1998, Byers passed away.

On March 31, 2017, Byers was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of their Legacy wing due to her contributions to both women's wrestling and wrestling as a whole.
Jose Estrada, Jr.

Estrada made his World Wrestling Federation (WWF) debut in June 1997 as a member of Savio Vega's Los Boricuas stable with Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Jesús Castillo. They were mainly involved in angles with other stables including the Nation of Domination and the Disciples of Apocalypse (DoA).

During WrestleMania XIV's tag team battle royal, Los Boricuas engaged two teams (Savio and Miguel, and José and Jesús), fighting on *Raw is War*. Vega left the group in July, but the remaining members still fought as a tag team on *Raw* and *Shotgun Saturday Night* until October 1998.

Estrada was knocked out in a match with Edge, in Edge's television debut match on the June 22, 1998 episode of *Raw is War*.

Los Boricuas competed on *Super Astros* until the show ended in August 1999 and all three left the company.
Joey Ryan

Ryan appeared in several matches as enhancement talent for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), competing against Rosey, Sylvan, The Gymini, Mark Henry, John Morrison, Super Crazy and two times against Big Show. On August 14, 2011, Ryan made an appearance at SummerSlam, portraying a fan during a match between Mark Henry and Sheamus. Two days later, Ryan wrestled a dark match at the *SmackDown* tapings in Bakersfield, California, losing to Bo Rotunda.
Josh Briggs

On August 31, 2020, it was reported that Briggs had signed a contract with WWE. On July 6, 2021, Briggs was announced to be a part of the 2021 *NXT* Breakout Tournament. On the July 27 episode of *NXT*, Briggs was defeated by Carmelo Hayes in the first round. On the *NXT 2.0* premiere on September 14, Briggs formed a tag team with the debuting Brooks Jensen and faced Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) in a losing effort, establishing themselves as faces. On the January 18, 2022 episode of *NXT 2.0*, Briggs and Jensen competed in the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated by eventual winners the Creed Brothers (Brutus and Julius) in the first round. On the April 12 episode of *NXT 2.0*, they took part in a five-team gauntlet match for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship, but failed to win. On the June 23 episode of *NXT UK*, Briggs and Jensen defeated Dave Mastiff and Jack Starz, Mark Andrews and Wild Boar, and Die Familie (Teoman and Rohan Raja) in a fatal four-way elimination match to win the vacant NXT UK Tag Team Championship, making them the first non-European tag team to win the titles. 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.
Judy Grable

Grable wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) through the 1950's and the 1960's. In September 1956, Grable participated in a battle royal, but Grable lost to The Fabulous Moolah.

Grable passed away on May 11, 2008.

On March 31, 2017, Grable was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Legacy wing.
John Kronus

Kronus, along with Perry Saturn as The Eliminators, debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling at Gangstas Paradise in September 1995. They were initially brought in to job to the Steiner Brothers but after it became apparent that Steiners were leaving ECW, the Eliminators were booked to win their debut match, a six-man tag team match, which pitted Eliminators with Jason against Taz and the Steiner Brothers. They were managed by Jason. The Eliminators won the ECW Tag Team Championship on three occasions between 1996 and 1997, feuding with teams such as the Dudley Boyz, The Gangstas, The Pitbulls, Sabu and Rob Van Dam and the Steiner Brothers.

On May 31, 1997, Saturn tore his anterior cruciate ligament during a match. After intense reconstructive surgery, he was given a recovery time of up to a year. Kronus briefly defended the ECW Tag Team Championship single-handedly before losing to the Dudley Boyz.

Kronus competed in the singles division before forming a new tag team, "The Gangstanators", with New Jack. The Gangstanators won the ECW Tag Team Championship in 1997. Kronus left ECW in early 1999.

On July 18, 2007, Kronus passed away.
Jack Lotz

Lotz began refereeing for the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1978. He was the referee for Bob Backlund's victory over Superstar Billy Graham in 1978 for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship as well as for Hulk Hogan's victory over The Iron Sheik in 1984 for the same championship, then renamed the WWF Heavyweight Championship.

Lotz refereed matches in the first three WrestleMania events, including the boxing match between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Mr. T at WrestleMania 2.

Lotz passed away on April 18, 2020.
Jake Atlas

On October 23, 2019, Atlas signed with WWE. On the April 1, 2020 episode of *NXT*, Atlas was defeated by Dexter Lumis in his debut. On April 12, Atlas was named a participant in the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship round-robin tournament. Atlas defeated Drake Maverick in his first match in the tournament and Tony Nese in his second match, but ultimately lost to Kushida. After Maverick defeated Kushida on the May 20 episode of *NXT*, a triple threat match was set up between Maverick, Kushida and Atlas for the following week as all three men were tied at 2-1. Maverick won the match after pinning Atlas albeit in a controversial fashion. On the June 19 episode of *205 Live*, Atlas made his debut on the brand defeating Jack Gallagher. In October 2020, he would begin a feud with Santos Escobar over the Cruiserweight Championship, but every time he was defeated. In late 2020, he would start a feud with Isaiah "Swerve" Scott on *NXT* and feud with Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese on *205 Live*. On August 6, 2021, Atlas was released from his WWE contract.
Ikemen Jiro

In December 2020, WWE announced Jiro as a recruit to the WWE Performance Center. On May 7, 2021, he debuted on *205 Live*, teaming with August Grey to defeat Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari. Jiro would then continue to team with Grey on *205 Live* until June, when Grey was released from WWE. On July 6, Jiro was announced to be apart of the 2021 *NXT* Breakout Tournament. On the July 13 episode of *NXT*, Jiro was eliminated in the first round by Duke Hudson. Soon after, Jiro would form a tag team called Jacket Time with Kushida, and the pair would feud with The Diamond Mine. In January 2022, Jacket Time would compete in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated in the first round by 2021 winners MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee), on the January 25 episode of *NXT 2.0*. On April 18, Kushida would depart WWE, thus disbanding Jacket Time.

Jiro was released from his WWE contract on September 21, 2023 after appearing solely on *NXT Level Up* for the remainder of his time in *NXT*.
Ivan Putski

In mid-1974, Putski worked briefly with the American Wrestling Association.

Putski debuted in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1974. While in the WWWF, Putski feuded with many wrestlers, including Bruiser Brody, Stan Hansen and Ivan Koloff. On June 25, 1976 at Showdown at Shea, Putski defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna. Four years later on August 9, Putski was again victorious at the next Showdown at Shea, defeating Johnny Rodz.

On October 22, 1979, Putski teamed with Tito Santana to defeat Johnny and Jerry Valiant to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship. They held the title for six months before losing it to The Wild Samoans.

Putski worked in the renamed World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the 1980's, primarily feuding with Roddy Piper and Sgt. Slaughter. In November 1985, Randy Savage defeated Ivan Putski in the opening round of the Wrestling Classic. He took a hiatus from wrestling in 1986, only making occasional appearances in the WWF as a jobber to the stars. His last high-profile feud was in 1984 with Jesse Ventura. His final appearance was in 1987, teaming on television with Junkyard Dog and Superstar Billy Graham in tag team matches. He then retired from the sport.

In 1995, Putski was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame class of 1995 by his son, Scott. The father-and-son team returned in July 1997 to defeat Jerry Lawler and Brian Christopher on *Raw is War*, in what would be Putski's final match.
ECW Holiday Hell 1994

**Holiday Hell 1994** was a live event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) that took place on December 17, 1994 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

## Results

* Stevie Richards defeated J.T. Smith.
* Dean Malenko defeated Ray Odyssey to retain the ECW World Television Championship.
* Chris Benoit defeated Hack Meyers.
* 911 defeated The Pitbulls (Pitbull 1 and Pitbull 2) in a 2-on-1 handicap match.
* Mikey Whipwreck defeated Don E. Allen.
* Cactus Jack and Tommy Dreamer defeated The Sandman and Tommy Cairo.
* Shane Douglas defeated Ron Simmons to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

## Main Event

* The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Sabu and The Tazmaniac to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championships.
Jacob Novak

Novak debuted for WWE on *WWE NXT* season four in late 2010, mentored by Dolph Ziggler. He began to alienate his pro by flirting with his manager Vickie Guerrero. Soon in the competition, Ziggler won a competition where the pro who wins could switch his rookie. Ziggler exclaimed that he never liked Novak, and he exchanged him for Byron Saxton. Chris Masters became his new pro, but Novak was voted off *NXT* that same night.

Novak returned in the fifth season of *NXT*, Redemption, where rookies from previous seasons were issued new pros; Novak was paired up with JTG. On May 1, 2011, at Extreme Rules, Novak was a lumberjack in the WWE Tag Team Championship match. Novak faced William Regal on the May 10, 2011 edition of *NXT Redemption*, which Regal won by way of submission. On the May 17 edition of *NXT*, Novak was voted off of the competition once again. On June 13, Novak was released from WWE.
Jim Londos

Londos, known as "The Golden Greek," wrestled for Vincent J. McMahon in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in the 1960's.

Londos passed away on August 19, 1975.

In 2018, Londos was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of its "Legacy wing" due to his impact on the early days of the WWE.
Ivan Koloff

Koloff debuted in the World Wide Wrestling Federation in late 1969, managed by "Captain" Lou Albano. He soon started a rivalry with then-WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino. On January 18, 1971, Koloff defeated Sammartino in Madison Square Garden for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship by pinfall after a knee drop from the top rope, ending Sammartino's seven and two-third years reign. Koloff lost the championship twenty one days later to Pedro Morales, essentially being used as a "transitional champion". After the loss, Koloff remained a contender for the title but never reclaimed it, leaving the WWWF in 1971.

Koloff eventually joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) alongside Nikita Koloff as The Russians. The Russians (which also included Krusher Kruschev) were a top villainous group from 1984 to 1986. After Nikita turned on Ivan to join their enemy Dusty Rhodes in 1986, the latter teamed with Vladimir Petrov and Dick Murdoch to get revenge. Koloff's biggest WCW feuds were against Rhodes, The Road Warriors, The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) and Magnum T.A..

In 1988, Koloff spent time in Paul Jones' faction, The Paul Jones Army, where he was a "coach" of sorts for The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord). He later split with Jones, reunited with Nikita, and feuded with Jones' team, The Russian Assassins, before leaving WCW in January 1989.

He spent time in Extreme Championship Wrestling, appearing on the very first ECW card in 1992. He defeated The Sandman on *ECW Hardcore TV* on May 15, 1993.

On February 18, 2017, Koloff passed away.
Jazzy Gabert

In June 2017, Gabert was announced for the Mae Young Classic. She was eliminated from the tournament in the first round on July 13 by Abbey Laith. She then appeared in a dark match on July 14, 2017 in a six-woman tag team match, teaming with Tessa Blanchard and Kay Lee Ray in defeating Santana Garrett, Marti Belle and Sarah Logan.

On January 12, 2019, Gabert appeared along with Kay Lee Ray in the audience at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, announced as women who will be involved in the brand in the future. On the May 15, 2019 episode of *NXT UK*, Gabert made her debut during a match between Killer Kelly and Xia Brookside, attacking the two in the process and aligning herself with Jinny as her enforcer. On the June 12 episode of *NXT UK*, Gabert along with Jinny defeated Isla Dawn and Brookside. On the June 19 episode of *NXT UK*, Gabert along with other women competed in a battle royal to determine who will get a future opportunity for the NXT UK Women's Championship. In the match, Gabert got eliminated by Brookside. On the July 17 episode of *NXT UK*, Gabert interfered in Jinny's match against Brookside allowing Jinny to win. On the July 24 episode of *NXT UK*, Gabert, Jinny, and Ray defeated Toni Storm, Brookside, and Piper Niven. In January 2020, Gabert left the company.
Just Joe

After a few try-out matches, Joe was signed to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in early 2000. He made his television debut on the July 2, 2000 episode of *Heat*. He competed as **Just Joe** in the WWF before he was released from his contract in March 2001. When he was in the WWF, his gimmick was that of a messenger who tried to stir the pot.
Jose Estrada, Sr.

Carlos Estrada

Carlos Jose Estrada

In 1978, Estrada found himself working for the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) as **Carlos José Estrada**, sometimes billed simply as **Carlos Estrada** or **José Estrada**. On January 20, 1978, Estrada defeated Tony Garea in a tournament final to win the WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship, a championship that had been inactive for at least six years prior to the tournament. Three days later, Estrada dropped the championship to Tatsumi Fujinami.

In 1987, he returned to the World Wrestling Federation, where he adopted a new masked persona, known as **Conquistador Dos**, teaming with José Luis Rivera as Conquistador Uno, to form a team known as Los Conquistadores. The team was used mainly as enhancement talent. Los Conquistadores participated in the 1988 Survivor Series. At the Survivor Series they were part of a special elimination match, teaming with Demolition (Ax and Smash), The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov), The Fabulous Rougeaus (Raymond and Jacques Rougeau). The five tag teams took on the collective face team of The Powers of Pain (The Warlord and The Barbarian), The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty), The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid), The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) and The Young Stallions (Jim Powers and Paul Roma). The match came down to Los Conquistadores and the Powers of Pain as the last team on each side, with The Powers of Pain winning after Demolition's manager Mr. Fuji switched sides and helped the Powers of Pain win the match. This match would make the only time Los Conquistadores would wrestle on a WWF pay-per-view show. By 1989, Estrada worked in singles matches, both as "Conquistador Dos" and under his real name.
Joey Abs

Abs made some appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as enhancement talent, using his real name on *WWF Monday Night Raw* in 1994 and 1995. In 1996, he became the first victim to receive the Stunner from Stone Cold Steve Austin on an episode of *Superstars*.

In early 1999, he joined the WWF as **Joey Abs**. He made his WWF debut on the June 21, 1999 episode of *Raw is War*. He was a part of the Mean Street Posse, a heel stable, with Pete Gas and Rodney, clad in sweater vests, loafers, and dress pants. Although Gas and Rodney were childhood friends of Shane McMahon, Abs had a legitimate wrestling background. They started off as a group from Greenwich, Connecticut of about ten people in early 1999, but then as the year went on the stable whittled its way down to three members. The group was closely allied with McMahon, often helping him defend the WWE European Championship throughout early 1999. At WrestleMania 2000, each member won the WWF Hardcore Championship for a short while.

Abs was released from the WWF in early 2001.
Johnny Grunge

In 1993, Grunge, along with his tag partner Rocco Rock (known as The Public Enemy), joined Extreme Championship Wrestling. Between March 6, 1994 and October 28, 1995, The Public Enemy held the ECW Tag Team Championship on four occasions. While in ECW, they were involved in two infamous incidents - the first when the ECW audience hurled folding chairs into the ring until The Public Enemy (both "unconscious") were submerged, and the second when the ECW audience invaded the ring to celebrate with The Public Enemy, with the ring collapsing as a result of the additional weight.

In 1996, The Public Enemy joined World Championship Wrestling promotion. They debuted on January 15, 1996, defeating The American Males. On September 23, 1996 in Birmingham, Alabama, The Public Enemy defeated Harlem Heat to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Harlem Heat regained the titles on October 1, 1996 in Canton, Ohio.

The Public Enemy left WCW in 1999, and briefly wrestled for ECW before joining the World Wrestling Federation. Both men made their debut on the February 22, 1999 episode of *Raw is War*, but were released from the WWF two months later. On July 18 at Bash at the Beach 1999, The Public Enemy returned to WCW and took part in the "Junkyard Invitational".

On February 16, 2006, Grunge passed away.
Jade Cargill

Cargill made her first appearance on WWE programming at Fastlane on October 7, 2023, during the pre-show, where she exited a car and was met by Triple H. On the October 10 episode of *NXT*, Cargill appeared in a backstage segment where she was met by Shawn Michaels. She would then subsequently make brief appearances on *Raw*, *NXT*, and *SmackDown*, teasing which brand she would join.
Iceman King Parsons

King Parsons

In 1983, King arrived to World Class Championship Wrestling. He feuded with the One Man Gang and Chris Adams. Parsons feuded with Freebird Buddy Roberts, who cut his hair. They ended the feud in late June 1983, with Parsons using the Freebird hair cream to render Roberts bald. In early December 1983, he was burnt by Skandor Akbar's flamethrower in a match pitting him and Junkyard Dog against The Super Destroyers (Super Destroyer #1 and Super Destroyer #2), with Akbar ringside leaving Parson with a kayfabe disfigurement.
Jerry Valiant

In 1979, Valiant was brought into the World Wide Wrestling Federation after Jimmy Valiant was ill. With Johnny Valiant, he held the WWWF World Tag Team Championship. After Jimmy recovered, the three Valiants worked in six-man tag matches, and sometimes eight-man tag matches with manager Lou Albano. After eight months in the WWF, he split from the Valiants and left the company. He returned as a solo enhancement wrestler and referee in 1984.

Valiant passed away on March 10, 2010.
Jerry Flynn

Flynn wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation in June and July 1995. Flynn made appearances on *WWF Monday Night Raw*, *WWF Wrestling Challenge* and *WWF Superstars of Wrestling*, losing to WWF performers including Jean-Pierre LaFitte, Rad Radford, The Roadie and Waylon Mercy.

By 1996, Flynn had worked as a jobber for the WWF, performing in a few house shows before making his way into WCW. He began performing regularly on WCW's secondary television program, *WCW Saturday Night*, in 1997 and by the following year was gaining numerous wins over low-card performers.

In 1998, Flynn began to elevate his status, wrestling on *Monday Nitro*, the company's flagship program. He had a series of matches with Bill Goldberg, which saw Flynn come close to beating Goldberg, but ended up losing, adding several notches in Goldberg's streak. In 1999, he had a short-lived feud with Ernest "The Cat" Miller and his manager Sonny Onoo after Miller and Onoo attacked Flynn backstage during an interview with Gene Okerlund and cut off his hair. The feud ended when Flynn gained revenge by defeating Miller and Onoo in a handicap match at the Uncensored pay-per-view. Later that year, he unsuccessfully participated in the Junkyard Invitational at Bash at the Beach.

He then became a member of The First Family, a heel stable managed by Jimmy Hart. However, an injury Flynn sustained led to the eventual disestablishment of the group. He then began a feud with mixed martial arts fighter Tank Abbott. During this time, Flynn's persona emphasized his shootfighting skills including a "shootfight rules" match against The Wall on *Thunder*. His feud with Abbott culminated at the 2000 Souled Out pay-per-view, where Abbott defeated him via knock-out in a mere one minute, thirty-nine seconds. He was released in April of that year.
Jack Reynolds

Reynolds joined the World Wrestling Federation's broadcast team in September 1984. He replaced Vince McMahon as the play-by-play announcer for the WWF's syndicated program *All-Star Wrestling*.

At the broadcast table, he was initially paired with Angelo "King Kong" Mosca, but, in January 1985, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, making his broadcasting debut, replaced Mosca as color commentator when Mosca left his broadcasting job to concentrate on managing his son, Angelo Mosca, Jr., who had just entered the WWF. Reynolds and Ventura were also the original hosts of *WWF Prime Time Wrestling* when it debuted in January 1985 on the USA Network.

In addition, during his time with the WWF, Reynolds was the regular play-by-play announcer, paired with Billy Red Lyons as color commentator, for matches taped at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto that aired on *Prime Time Wrestling* or other WWF programming.

In July 1985, Gorilla Monsoon replaced Reynolds as the play-by-play announcer for *All-Star Wrestling*. Monsoon had also replaced Reynolds as host of *Prime Time Wrestling*. Reynolds stuck around as a fill-in announcer before calling one last show in Detroit for the WWF in April 1986.

On October 16, 2008, Reynolds passed away.
Jack Victory

The Blackmailer

The Terrorist

Super Destroyer

Russian Assassin #2

Russia

In 1985, Victory began appearing with World Class Championship Wrestling. He won the WCCW Television Championship from David Peterson in December 1985, losing the title to Mark Youngblood less than a month later.

In the late 1980's, Victory began wrestling for World Championship Wrestling. At the 1989 WCW pay-per-view Chi-Town Rumble, Victory replaced Dennis Condrey as Randy Rose and Paul E. Dangerously's tag team partner. The three men were defeated by the Midnight Express and Jim Cornette in a losing team leaves WCW match. Victory wrestled at four *Clash of the Champions* events in 1989, appearing as the masked heel jobbers **Russian Assassin #2**, **The Blackmailer**, **The Terrorist** and **The Super Destroyer**. In 1990, Victory briefly wrestled for WCW as **Jacko Victory**.

Wrestling as the Maulers, Victory and Rip Morgan wrestled a dark match at a *WWF Superstars* taping in Mobile, Alabama on March 9, 1992, defeating Jim Cooper and John Allen.

In 1998, Victory debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling as a mercenary hired to assault New Jack. His wrestling ended for ECW when he broke his leg at 1998's November to Remember in a tag team match pitting himself and Justin Credible against Tommy Dreamer and Jake "The Snake" Roberts, when he was backdropped over the top rope by Dreamer. While using a wheelchair for rehabilitation, Victory became the manager of Steve Corino. When his leg healed, Victory began interfering in Corino's matches on behalf of his client. Along with Corino, Victory was a member of the stable known as The Network. He remained in ECW until the promotion declared bankruptcy in April 2001, defeating C.W. Anderson on the promotion's last ever show in January.
Jeep Swenson

The Ultimate Solution

Swenson wrestled for World Class Championship Wrestling in 1987 and 1988 alongside his manager, Gary Hart. He debuted on March 7, 1987, defeating Perry Jackson in a two minute challenge match. His main feud was with Bruiser Brody, who was wrestling as the masked "Red River Jack".

Swenson returned to wrestling for a match at World Championship Wrestling's Uncensored pay-per-view on March 24, 1996. He performed as a member of the "Alliance to End Hulkamania". He was originally named **The Final Solution**, but he was soon renamed **The Ultimate Solution**. The Alliance consisted of the Dungeon of Doom, the Four Horsemen, The Ultimate Solution and Z-Gangsta, all working to end Hulk Hogan's career.

On August 18, 1997, Swenson passed away.