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Oliver Grey

On September 19, 2012, Grey made his *NXT* televised debut and lost two sparring matches to Kassius Ohno.

In early 2013, Grey began teaming with Adrian Neville, and the two entered the tournament to determine the inaugural NXT Tag Team Champions. They defeated 3MB (Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre) and Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger en route to the final, where they defeated The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) on the February 13 episode of *NXT*, originally taped on January 31. Grey then suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and was written off television in March 2013 after an attack by the Wyatt Family. Whilst Grey was injured, he was replaced as Tag Team Champion by Bo Dallas, with whom Neville lost the titles to the Wyatt Family.

After more than a year off television, Grey returned on the April 10, 2014 episode of *NXT*, and promptly lost his first match back against Camacho on the April 17 episode. On April 30, 2014, it was reported that Grey had been released by WWE. His final television appearance on *NXT* (taped before his release), was participating in a 20-man battle royal to determine the number one contender for the NXT Championship, only to be the first one eliminated by Brodus Clay.
Rochelle Loewen

In 2003, Loewen appeared on World Wrestling Entertainment's *Raw* brand, escorting Lance Storm and Val Venis to the ring on the December 8 episode. After getting signed by WWE the following year, Loewen made her second appearance on *Raw*, as a diva who tried to get a job through *Raw* General Manager Eric Bischoff. Loewen was then moved to the *SmackDown!* brand. Her first appearance was with the recently hired Lauren Jones, as they complimented John Cena on his new belt. On the next *SmackDown!* taping, Cena entered into a rap contest against Kenzo Suzuki, and he invited Loewen and other *SmackDown!* divas Michelle McCool and Lauren Jones to join him at ringside.

Loewen would then be featured sporadically in backstage events. In one incident Loewen, Dawn Marie, Michelle McCool and Jones distracted fellow wrestler Amy Weber while Joy Giovanni sneaked up behind her and proceeded to pour her milkshake all over Weber much to the amusement of the other wrestlers. At No Way Out, Loewen competed against fellow *SmackDown!* wrestlers Jones, Giovanni, and McCool for the title of *SmackDown!* Rookie Diva of the Year. This would be one of Loewen's last appearances with WWE as she left the company a few weeks later.
Rob Gronkowski

At WrestleMania 33 in 2017, Gronkowski appeared in the front row to support his friend Mojo Rawley in the fourth annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Later in the match, Jinder Mahal would taunt Gronkowski, eventually throwing a fan's drink onto him. Infuriated, Gronkowski entered the ring and shoulder tackled Mahal, ultimately aiding Rawley to win the battle royal.

On the March 10, 2020 episode of *WWE Backstage*, it was announced that Gronkowski had signed a contract with WWE. On March 18, it was announced Gronk would be the host of WrestleMania 36. At the event, he pinned friend Mojo Rawley to win the WWE 24/7 Championship. Gronkowski would eventually lose it to R-Truth in his own home on the June 1, 2020 *Raw*, ending his reign at 57 days, at that time the longest in the belt's history. The following day, Gronkowski was released from his contract.
Robbie Brookside

On April 25, 2005, Brookside had a dark match for World Wrestling Entertainment's *Raw* during a taping of the show in the UK, losing to Simon Dean.

Brookside appeared on the April 23, 2007 episode of *Raw*, losing a no disqualification, 3-on-1 handicap match to Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon, and Umaga. Brookside was introduced as a man that Shane McMahon had personally seen take down six men by himself in a fight at a local pub.

In 2013, Brookside, who had already been working as a talent scout for WWE, began working as a coach in WWE's developmental system, *NXT*. Brookside made an appearance on the February 16, 2015 episode of *Raw*, separating a brawl between Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns.
Snot Dudley

Snot debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling on July 1, 1995 at Hardcore Heaven. Wearing overalls, a tie-dyed shirt, high-tops and glasses, he became one of the three original members of The Dudley Brothers along with Dudley Dudley and Big Dick Dudley. In their debut match, Snot Dudley and Dudley Dudley scored an upset victory over The Pitbulls.

Shortly after their debut, the Dudley family aligned themselves with Raven, joining Raven's Nest and feuding with The Pitbulls. At Heat Wave on July 15, 1995, Dudley Dudley and Snot Dudley teamed with Raven in a loss to Tommy Dreamer and The Pitbulls. Shortly thereafter, Snot was injured and left ECW, with his departure attributed to a broken pelvis resulting from a superbomb delivered by The Pitbulls at Heat Wave.

Snot made a one-off appearance with World Wrestling Entertainment on the March 13, 2007 episode of *ECW on Sci Fi* as **Mikey Deek**. Deek and Danny Jacks lost to Snitsky in a handicap match.
Robert Stone

Rob Eckos

Stone made an appearance on the May 5, 2005 episode of *WWE SmackDown* under the ring name **Rob Eckos**, where he lost to Matt Morgan. On January 2, 2006, Eckos made another appearance for World Wrestling Entertainment, when he was attacked in a skit by Edge, who was doing a mock impersonation of Ric Flair during *WWE Raw*.

On March 11, 2019, it was reported that Eckos had signed with WWE and would be reporting to the Performance Center. On March 21, he debuted at an *NXT* house show as a heel manager named **Robert Strauss**, managing Rinku Singh and Saurav Gurjar. In his promo, Strauss went on to say, "he isn't a manager he's a brand." Shortly after his stable of clients grew to include Riddick Moss. He started appearing at house shows as the manager of The Outliers, a tag team consisting of Moss and Dan Matha. On July 17 2019, his ring name was changed to **Robert Stone**.

On January 8th, 2020, he made his *NXT* television debut introducing Chelsea Green as his new client. On the May 27, 2020 episode of *NXT*, after Chelsea Green and Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley and Io Shirai, Green fired Stone. Over the next few weeks, Stone would appear on *NXT* with tattered clothes and unkempt hair after being fired by Green as he tried to recruit Rhea Ripley as his new client, to no avail. On the June 17 episode of *NXT*, Stone would officially recruit Aliyah after he helped her defeat Xia Li. Stone and Aliyah would feud with Ripley as Ripley defeated Aliyah on the June 24 episode of *NXT*. The following week on NXT The Great American Bash, Stone competed in his debut match alongside Aliyah against Ripley with the stipulation that if Ripley lost then she would join the Robert Stone Brand, but they were defeated. On the July 22 episode of *NXT*, Stone officially recruited Mercedes Martinez into the Robert Stone Brand after she attacked Shotzi Blackheart.
Seth Green

On July 13, 2009, World Wrestling Entertainment's official website announced Green as the special guest host for the July 13 episode of *WWE Raw*, and on that night, Green competed in the main event, a six-man tag team match, which his team won by disqualification. He was also in attendance for WWE's biggest event of the year, WrestleMania XXVI on March 28, 2010.
Sofia Cortez

In March 2011, Cortez was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for the fifth season of *WWE Tough Enough*. On the May 10 episode, she was eliminated from the competition due to a leg injury. After being eliminated, on November 11, she was signed to a contract with WWE.

Cortez's *NXT* television debut took place on the July 4, 2012 episode of *NXT*, taped at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida, where she defeated Paige. On the July 25 episode of *NXT*, Cortez defeated WWE main roster Diva Natalya by count-out, but suffered a post-match attack from Natalya. In August 2012, Cortez announced that she had been released from her WWE contract. Her final match saw her lose to Tamina Snuka, taped before her release.
Rip Rogers

Rogers joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he wrestled from 1991 to 1994 as a jobber and lost several matches to Brian Pillman. Rogers later substituted for Pillman, being the scapegoat in the ill-fated Yellow Dog angle. His biggest win was at Battlebowl in 1993, where he teamed with Road Warrior Hawk and defeated Davey Boy Smith and Booker T. By late 1993, he had left WCW.
Soldat Ustinov

Arriving in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1987, he would begin teaming with Boris Zhukov under manager Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie, and together would defeat the Midnight Rockers for the AWA World Tag Team Titles in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on May 25, 1987. After defending the titles for almost five months with victories over Wahoo McDaniel and D.J. Peterson on August 10, Zhukov left AWA.

Replaced by "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, he and Somers would hold the titles little more than a week before losing them to Jerry "The King" Lawler and "Superstar" Bill Dundee on October 10, 1987.

In 1988, Ustinov would team with Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie, losing to Greg Gagne and "The Crippler" Ray Stevens on January 10 and to Wahoo McDaniel and Baron von Raschke on January 17, as well as singles matches to Tom Zenk and Stevens.

Later that year, he feuded with Sgt. Slaughter, losing to him by disqualification on September 17, although he and Teijho Khan would defeat Slaughter and Keith Eric by countout in a tag team match the following night.

On September 19, Ustinov teamed with Khan and Colonel DeBeers in a six-man tag team match losing to Sgt. Slaughter and The Rock 'n' Roll Express. He and Teijho Khan would later feud with Baron von Raschke and The Top Guns (Ricky Rice and Derrick Dukes), before leaving the promotion by the end of the year.
Scott Norton

In early 1989, Norton debuted in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he sometimes teamed with John Nord as the Yukon Lumberjacks. He then challenged Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Larry Zbyszko to an arm wrestling match; nothing became of the challenge. By the end of 1989, Norton left the AWA.

Norton signed with World Championship Wrestling in 1993. He began feuding with Sting, but Norton quit before Slamboree 1993, and was replaced by the Prisoner.

Norton made an appearance on a WWF house show in Sunrise, Florida on October 9, 1994. He was defeated by Thurman "Sparky" Plugg.

Norton returned to WCW in September 1995, where he briefly feuded with Shark, after the latter inadvertently helped Randy Savage defeat Norton on the September 11 edition of *WCW Monday Nitro*.

During a *WCW**Saturday Night* taping, Norton squared off against Ice Train. The bout ended in a double count out when both men clotheslined the other, knocking each out. After the match, the two shook hands and Norton explained to announcer Gene Okerlund that he felt that they would make a formidable tag team because of their similar wrestling styles. The team was quickly named Fire and Ice. At Slamboree, Norton and Ice Train were randomly drawn to be on the same team and easily defeated the makeshift team of Big Bubba Rogers and Stevie Ray. The team advanced to the "Lord of the Ring" battle royal, but neither won the match.

At The Great American Bash, Fire and Ice came head to head with the Steiner Brothers. The two teams were engaged in a mini-feud of sorts, as the two teams tried to show who was better powerhouse team. On that night, the Steiner Brothers won, but Fire and Ice were not deterred. After a pre-pay-per-view loss to The Rock 'n' Roll Express at Bash at the Beach, dissension started to appear between the two, a dissension that turned into battle as Norton attacked Ice Train after another team loss. Norton defeated the Ice Train at Hog Wild in a submission match, but lost to Ice Train in a rematch a month later.

In late 1996, Norton joined the New World Order (nWo), which gave his WCW career some direction after the breakup of Fire and Ice. In the nWo, Norton teamed with Buff Bagwell as Vicious and Delicious. They feuded with the Steiner Brothers, but were never able to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

Norton soon began playing a smaller role in WCW, becoming part of the nWo "B-Team", which often placed him in mid-lower card matches; although he would continue to squash jobbers frequently in singles competition. He left WCW completely in 1999 after losing a match against Goldberg on the September 30 episode of *Thunder*.
Mil Mascaras

Mil Máscaras appeared in World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now called WWE) in the 1970's. He performed at Madison Square Garden several times, making him the first masked wrestler in the Garden, where he defeated The Spoiler (who was not permitted to wear his mask). During this time, he feuded with Superstar Billy Graham over the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

Máscaras also wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1990, where his most notable match was a match with Cactus Jack at *Clash of the Champions X: Texas Shootout* on February 6, 1990 in the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Máscaras' first American pay-per-view appearance was competing in WWF's 1997 Royal Rumble match. He eliminated himself, diving off the top rope out of the ring onto Pierroth Jr., whom he himself had just eliminated.

In April 2012, Máscaras was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his nephew Alberto Del Rio.
Shinjiro Otani

Otani became the first WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, defeating Wild Pegasus in a tournament final to be crowned champion on March 20, 1996. He would lose the title to Dean Malenko on the May 2, 1996 episode of *WCW WorldWide*.

On August 10, 1997, Otani would win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship from El Samurai, before vacating it on November 5.
Peter Rosenberg

On December 4, 2016, Rosenberg made his first appearance in WWE as a panelist on the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pre-show. In January 2017, Rosenberg became the host of the WWE Network show *Bring it to the Table*, alongside Paul Heyman and John "Bradshaw" Layfield, with Corey Graves replacing Heyman in later episodes.

On January 31, 2021, at the Royal Rumble, Rosenberg - who was serving as a pre-show panelist - pinned R-Truth to win the WWE 24/7 Championship. He would lose it the next day back to Truth in his hotel room.
Salvatore Bellomo

Bellomo's debuted in the World Wrestling Federation in 1983, who put him over the likes of Johnny Rodz, Tony Colon and Butcher Vachon. He wrestled Bob Backlund on August 4, 1984, jobbing to Backlund in the latter's last WWF match of the decade. Bellomo was otherwise a jobber on WWF programming through the mid-1980's, including a clean loss to Bobby "The Brain" Heenan in a match at Madison Square Garden in November 1984. During one *Piper's Pit* segment, Bellomo made an "unscheduled" appearance, inspiring host Rowdy Roddy Piper to quip, "What are you doing here? I didn't order a pizza."

Bellomo was an early performer for Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1993, wrestling in the first-ever ECW Championship match (losing to Jimmy Snuka). His final matches came at the May 13, 1994 television tapings, winning over Don E. Allen and Billy Firehawk.

On February 9, 2019, Bellomo passed away.
Simon Diamond

In May 1998, Diamond was hired by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and wrestled his first match against Nova in York, Pennsylvania. Diamond was paired with Johnny Swinger in May 2000 during an ECW World Tag Team Championship tournament, and the two later formed a tag team which would endure for five more years.

Diamond and Swinger joined forces with C.W. Anderson in mid-2000, and began to ascend the ranks of the promotion, until ECW went bankrupt in early 2001.
Simon and Swinger

The team of Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger made their debut in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 2000. On December 3, 2000, at the Massacre on 34th Street pay-per-view, Dawn Marie announced that she would become the manager of the winner of the opening match pitting Simon Diamond and Swinger against Christian York and Joey Matthews. Although York and Matthews won the bout, Dawn Marie opted to join forces with Simon and Swinger. The trio stayed together until ECW declared bankruptcy in April 2001.
Robbie McAllister

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

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

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

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

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

The Highlanders had a Royal Rumble qualifying match, but lost to the team of Mick Foley and Hornswoggle. The Highlanders only appeared once on *ECW* before Rory tore his pectoral muscle and was sidelined for six months on February 2008. They lost to then-WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz. Robbie started wrestling on *Raw* again during this time, mostly on *Heat* and also formed a brief tag team with Charlie Haas during this time. Robbie also made an appearance on the March 17 episode of *Raw* as a part of the *Raw* roster taking on John Cena and Randy Orton. Robbie was the fourth man to be pinned, when Cena pinned him after a flying leg drop.

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

On November 23, 1989, Sapphire debuted in the World Wrestling Federation at Survivor Series as a fan cheering on Dusty Rhodes, who was a part of the Dream Team against The Enforcers. Sapphire began to manage Dusty Rhodes, both adorned in black outfits with yellow polka dots. She along with Rhodes later on entered into a feud with "Macho Man" Randy Savage, then-referred to as "Macho King", and Sensational Sherri, then known as Queen Sherri, as Sapphire teamed with Rhodes to take on Savage and Sherri in a tag team match at WrestleMania VI. Sapphire pinned Sherri, with some help from Miss Elizabeth, who had allied herself with Sapphire and Rhodes after a previous incident that precipitated the match. Sapphire and Sherri would continue their feud competing against each other in singles and tag team matches, across the country from April 21, 1990, when she lost to the Queen in a one-on-one match, up until August 25, where she and Rhodes emerged victorious as a team. In the spring and summer of 1990, she began to receive gifts from a mysterious benefactor. At SummerSlam, Sherri defeated Sapphire via forfeit after Sapphire failed to show. Seconds before Rhodes' match against Savage, Ted DiBiase revealed that he had bought Sapphire. A distraught Rhodes lost a quick match to Savage after being hit with Sherri's purse behind the referee's back. Sapphire began appearing in segments where she would do favors for DiBiase, including ironing his money. She left the WWF a short time later.

On September 10, 1996, Sapphire passed away.
Roadblock

During the late 1990's, Roadblock competed as a preliminary wrestler for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In keeping with his ring name, he would carry a roadblock or a sawhorse to the ring. Roadblock made his televised debut in WCW on the October 19, 1996 episode of *Saturday Night* by defeating Dale Wolfe, a replacement for Roadblock's originally scheduled opponent Randy Savage. After the match, Roadblock challenged Lex Luger to a match to take place two nights later on *Monday Nitro*, which he lost. He made his only pay-per-view appearance in WCW at World War 3 on November 24, 1996, by participating in the namesake battle royal for a future World Heavyweight Championship opportunity. He was eliminated by the eventual winner The Giant. Roadblock defeated Jim Powers in his last WCW match on the August 1, 1998 episode of *Saturday Night*.
Rod Trongard

Trongard was a commentator for the American Wrestling Association (AWA) throughout the 1980s, calling matches involving the likes of Hulk Hogan, Nick Bockwinkel, Bobby Heenan, Verne Gagne, The Road Warriors, Shawn Michaels and many others. Trongard called matches alongside fellow commentators Lord James Blears and Lee Marshall.

Trongard left the AWA in 1988 for a brief stint in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), before leaving in early 1989. While in the WWF, he performed commentary alongside Superstar Billy Graham, Lord Alfred Hayes, Hillbilly Jim and Sean Mooney.

Trongard passed away on July 16, 2005.
Scarlett

Scarlett made an appearance in WWE as one of Adam Rose's various colorful costumed party-goers named the Rosebuds at the Payback pay-per-view on June 1, 2014. She made another appearance for the company on the December 26, 2016 episode of *WWE Raw*, where she lost to Nia Jax in a squash match.

In November 2019, WWE announced that they had signed Scarlett to a contract and that she was set to report to the WWE Performance Center that same month. On the April 8, 2020 episode of *NXT*, she was spotted along with her husband Karrion Kross sitting in a car, watching Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae leave the arena after Gargano defeated Tommaso Ciampa, potentially hinting at the two’s first feud. She made her official debut as the valet of Kross on *NXT* on May 6, 2020. She continued to manage him throughout the rest of the year into 2021, including during his NXT Championship win at TakeOver: XXX. On November 4, 2021, Scarlett was released by WWE along with Kross.

On the August 5, 2022 episode of *SmackDown*, Scarlett, alongside Kross, returned to WWE by attacking Drew McIntyre at the show’s end.
Romeo Valentino

In early-1995, Valentino and Dino Casanova began wrestling for World Championship Wrestling, making their debut at the February 2 edition of *WCW WorldWide* against The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) in Orlando, Florida. Several weeks later, the team appeared in the main event match on *WCW Main Event* against Stars and Stripes (Marcus Bagwell and The Patriot). WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader, after an on-air argument with Eric Bischoff, interjected himself in the match attacking all four men. This was included as a dark match at SuperBrawl V that same night. Valentino made a few appearances after the pay-per-view, most notably wrestling Sting on *WCW Pro* (February 21) and teaming with Ricky Santana against The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) on *WCW Saturday Night* (April 13). His last appearance was on *WCW Saturday Night* against Brian Pillman on June 17, 1995.
Robert Gibson

Gibson debuted for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1985 alongside his tag partner Ricky Morton (as the Rock 'n' Roll Express). They won the WCW Tag Titles four times while there and feuded with the Four Horsemen, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, and the team of Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez. Even though he and Morton were of similar build and wrestled a similar style, Gibson was always booked as the stronger and more powerful of the two.

Gibson was injured in 1990 and when he returned to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1991, Morton turned on him to join The York Foundation. They feuded and Gibson teamed with Tom Zenk, but had no success and soon left WCW.

In 1998, the Rock 'n' Roll Express were part of the Jim Cornette invasion angle in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) for a brief period.

In 1998, he went on his own to wrestle for Extreme Championship Wrestling.

On February 12, 2000, he returned to WCW, where he lost to WCW World Television Champion Jim Duggan on *WCW Saturday Night*.

In February 2017, WWE played a video package of the Rock n' Roll Express and then announced their Hall of Fame induction.
Scott Hudson

In 1998, Hudson debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), partnering with Tony Schiavone at the announce table on *WCW Monday Nitro*. On March 26, 2001, Tony Schiavone and Scott Hudson called the final *WCW Nitro* telecast after the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) purchased WCW.

On July 2, 2001, Hudson debuted with the World Wrestling Federation on *Raw*. He partnered alongside Arn Anderson at the broadcast table as part of the WCW Invasion angle. Hudson left the WWF soon after.
Sam Gradwell

On December 15, 2016, it was revealed that Gradwell would be one of sixteen men competing in a two night tournament to crown the first ever WWE United Kingdom Champion on January 14 and January 15, 2017. Gradwell defeated Saxon Huxley in the first round to advance to the quarter finals, where he was defeated by Pete Dunne.

Gradwell returned four months later during the May 6 WWE United Kingdom Championship event, in a match lost against Pete Dunne.

Gradwell made his official debut during the July 28, 2018 *NXT UK*, losing against Danny Burch. The following week, he teamed with Saxon Huxley in a tag match loss against Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate).

On August 18, 2022, Gradwell was released from his WWE contract.
Salman Hashimikov

In December, 1990 Hashimikov made his only appearance in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), at the 1990 Starrcade. At Starrcade, he and Victor Zangiev participated in the Pat O'Connor Memorial Tag Team Tournament. In the first round, they defeated the team of Danny Johnson and Troy Montour representing Canada. In the second round, the Russian team lost to Mr. Saito and The Great Muta.
Ryan Shamrock

Shamrock was hired by the World Wrestling Federation to make a one night appearance initially as a model. On January 11, 1999, she debuted on *Raw* as the kayfabe younger sister of Ken Shamrock. Val Venis flirted with her at ringside before his match, which led to Ken Shamrock running out and viciously attacking Venis, warning him to stay away from her. After giving Venis a beating, Billy Gunn appeared at the ring and flirtatiously mooned Ryan. Ken then went after Gunn, challenging him to an Intercontinental Title match at the Royal Rumble.

On January 25, Ryan was officially introduced to the viewers by Val Venis. At St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Ryan slapped Ken across the face, which caused him to lose his match to Venis. On February 13, Ken Shamrock viciously attacked Val Venis and the WWF referees during an interview. On February 15, Ryan helped Venis win his match after she was accidentally knocked off the apron only to be dumped by Venis following. That same night backstage, Billy Gunn tried consoling Ryan only to be attacked from behind by Ken. On March 1, Ryan came down to the ring during a match involving Venis, Shamrock and Goldust, and was kissed by Goldust afterwards.

On March 8, Ryan managed Goldust in a match against Ken. At WrestleMania XV, Ryan and The Blue Meanie were in Goldust's corner for the fatal four-way match for the Intercontinental Championship, which Road Dogg retained. On the April 5 episode of *Raw*, The Undertaker and his disciples decided to sacrifice Ryan as a way of sending a message to Stephanie McMahon and Vince McMahon. The next week on April 12, Ryan was found by Mankind in the boiler room. Later in the night, The Undertaker revealed to Ken that Ryan was in the boiler room. As Ken found Ryan, who was being consoled by Mankind, they were attacked by the Ministry of Darkness and The Undertaker grabbed her by the hair and called her "a little slut".

Having disappeared from the WWF for over a month, Ryan returned on the May 16 episode *WWF Heat*, distracting Droz during a tag team match, causing a loss against The Brood. Ryan then joined the Pretty Mean Sisters (PMS) stable with Terri Runnels and Jacqueline. She was depicted as a heel alongside Terri and Jacqueline. On an episode of *Raw*, GTV revealed footage of the Pretty Mean Sisters in the locker room wearing towels. After being with PMS for three months, Ryan was released from the WWF in July 1999.

Shamrock later debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) on their *Nitro* show as **Symphony**, the valet of The Maestro late in 1999. She was depicted as being "very nice" and also grew flowers and roses. On December 23, 1999, Symphony, Madusa and Spice were in a promo with Evan Karagias to show how women "act". On February 21, 2000, Symphony turned down a date from Buff Bagwell. After managing the Maestro for five months, the Maestro was released from WCW. In August 2000, Symphony was also released from WCW.
Serena

On the May 19, 2009 episode of World Wrestling Entertainment's *ECW on Sci Fi*, Serena was seen standing backstage while Finlay was walking to the ring.

On the January 22, 2010 edition of *SmackDown*, Serena appeared, playing the part of an audience member, before jumping over the crowd barrier to join CM Punk's group of straight edge followers; as part of the initiation, she agreed to have her head shaved bald. One week later, she reappeared with Punk and Luke Gallows, now as a member of villainous group the Straight Edge Society, for their match against D-Generation X for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. However, Theodore Long changed the title match and instead set up a singles match between Punk and Triple H, during which she and Gallows attacked Triple H, disqualifying Punk in the process. On the July 2, 2010 edition of *SmackDown*, Serena unwillingly showed video security footage of her drinking alcohol at a bar as an alibi for Punk's whereabouts, raising the ire of The Society; she was forgiven by Punk the next week, though Gallows showed signs of disapproval. This incident was the first of many signs of trouble within the group, leading to Serena's first and only televised match in WWE on August 20 (taped August 17). In a match where she and Gallows would be expelled from The Society if they lost, the duo took on Big Show and Kelly Kelly in a mixed tag team match, where Serena used a gutbuster to pin Kelly. On August 20, Serena was released from her WWE contract. Because *SmackDown* was pre-recorded, her release was not revealed immediately, which gave her one last appearance, airing on August 27 as a valet to Punk and Gallows in separate matches.

Serena returned to WWE as part of the first Mae Young Classic on July 13, 2017, defeating Vanessa Borne in the first round. The following day, Serena was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Piper Niven. It was announced on February 8, 2018 that Serena had been signed by WWE to become a coach at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. She was released on April 15, 2020.
Scott Summers

Summers would make several appearances as a preliminary wrestler in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation during 1990 and 1991. On August 29, 1990, he wrestled and lost to The Barbarian in Wheeling, West Virginia; the match would later air on *WWF Wrestling Challenge* the following month. A year later in WCW, Summers teamed with Tommy Angel, Larry Santo and David Isley in a 7-man handicap tag team match against The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham and Sid Vicious) in Atlanta, Georgia on February 23, 1991. Summers' team lost when he was pinned by Vicious after a chokeslam. Afterwards, Summers and his three teammates were all powerbombed by Vicious and had to be taken out of the ring by medics and carried backstage on stretchers. This match was later shown on *WCW Saturday Night*.

Summers returned to the WWF three months later where, on the August 19 edition of *WWF Superstars*, he lost to Skinner in Rochester, New York. At the end of the year, he and Ron Cooperman wrestled The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong) on *WCW Power Hour*. On March 21, 1992, Summers made his last WWF television appearance on *WWF Superstars* with Bill Wood and Dale Wolfe in a 6-man tag team match against The Mountie and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) in Tampa, Florida. Summers was pinned by Sags after their *Trip to Nastyville* finishing move.

On July 14, 1992, Summers made his Extreme Championship Wrestling debut, teaming with King Kaluha to defeat JT Smith and Hurricane Curry in Philadelphia. The following night, he and The Super Ninja beat The Night Breed (Glen Osbourne and Max Thrasher). He returned to ECW later that year in a short-lived tag team with King Kaluha, where they feuded with Jimmy Jannetty and Larry Winters during September and October 1992.
Rocco Rock

Rock wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1990, appearing at Starrcade as **Colonel DeKlerk**. Along with Sergeant Krueger, he represented South Africa in a tag team match, but the team lost to The Steiner Brothers.

In 1993, under the name **Rocco Rock**, he formed a tag team named The Public Enemy with Johnny Grunge, with a gimmick of inner city criminals. The team first wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling. In ECW, the team feuded with Terry Funk and The Gangstas and won the ECW Tag Team Championship four times.

In 1996, The Public Enemy signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where they won the WCW World Tag Team Championships and feuded with The Nasty Boys. They continued to use some of the hardcore tactics that had made them famous in ECW, including the frequent use of tables in matches.

They were briefly in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1999.

On September 21, 2002, Rock passed away.
Rodney

In 1999, Shane McMahon invited Rodney and Pete Gas to appear on WWF television as part of an angle. Rodney and Gas debuted on WWF television on the March 22, 1999 episode of *Raw is War* as part of a stable known as the "Mean Street Posse", and began assisting Shane in his feud with Test and helping him retain the European Championship. Joey Abs was added to the faction three months later. Shane eventually turned face and briefly feuded with his former allies before leaving WWF television.

The Posse took part in a tag team battle royal for the number one contendership to the WWF World Tag Team Championship at Armageddon 1999, and gained an advantage by switching places with the third wrestler behind the referees' backs, thus enabling them to outnumber the other teams three to two. Despite this advantage, they failed to win and were the first team eliminated.

In early 2000, the Posse repeatedly tried to defeat Crash Holly for the WWF Hardcore Championship, attacking the champion in unlikely venues such as an airport, a circus and his hotel room. At WrestleMania 2000 on April 2, the trio took part in a Hardcore battle royal for the Hardcore Championship. Rodney pinned Funaki to win the title after stunning him by throwing him into a metal fence railing, but was pinned by Abs just fourteen seconds later. Despite the infighting, the Posse remained a relatively cohesive unit. On an episode of *Sunday Night Heat* later that year, Edge and Christian briefly became the managers of the Mean Street Posse. They accompanied them to ringside for the duration of their WWF World Tag Team Championships title match with the Hardy Boyz, assisting the Posse with the proviso that they would receive a title shot if the posse was to win. The Hardy Boyz, however, thwarted the interference of Edge and Christian and retained their titles. Later in 2001, Rodney was released alongside Abs and Gas.
Shanky

On January 29, 2020, WWE announced the signings of Shanky. At Superstar Spectacle on January 22, 2021, Shanky, under the moniker **Dilsher Shanky**, teamed with Giant Zanjeer, Rey Mysterio, and Ricochet to defeat Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler, King Corbin, and Shinsuke Nakamura in an eight-man tag team match. On the May 10 episode of *Raw*, Shanky, along with Veer, would align themselves with Jinder Mahal. As part of the 2021 Draft, both Shanky and Mahal were drafted to the *SmackDown* brand while Veer remained on the *Raw* brand, ending their alliance with Veer.

On the March 18, 2022 episode of *SmackDown*, Shanky worked as a replacement to Madcap Moss in a six-man tag team match, teaming up with Happy Corbin and Jinder Mahal against the team of Drew McIntyre and the Viking Raiders, the latter of whom would win the match. On the April 1 episode of *SmackDown*, Shanky participated in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. On the April 29 episode of *SmackDown*, Shanky faced Ricochet for the Intercontinental Championship in a losing effort due to a miscommunication between Shanky and Jinder Mahal. After the match, Shanky would leave Mahal to himself, teasing dissension between the two. On the May 27 episode of *SmackDown*, Shanky and Mahal were announced to face Los Lotharios (Angel and Humberto). Before the match, as Mahal's entrance music played, Mahal was found searching for Shanky backstage; he would find Shanky dancing in a locker room. After losing to the Lotharios, Shanky continued dancing with ring announcer Samantha Irvin, much to Mahal's dismay. On the June 24 episode of *SmackDown*, The New Day challenged Shanky and Mahal to a "dance off", leading Mahal to once again turn his back on Shanky, and instead leaving him to dance with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods before they were all attacked by the returning Viking Raiders.

At the 2023 Superstar Spectacle live event on September 8, Shanky returned to the ring for the first time in over fourteen months, where he unsuccessfully challenged Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship. On September 21, Shanky was released from his WWE contract.
Sir Oliver Humperdink

Humperdink worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the 1980's, where he managed Greg Valentine, Paul Jones and The One Man Gang. He left the company in 1983.

In 1987, he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). As a part of the WWF, he managed Bam Bam Bigelow. That same year, he also began managing Paul Orndorff during his feud with Rick Rude. He managed the duo during the first-ever Survivor Series in a match that they lost when Bigelow was pinned by André the Giant. Humperdink also managed Bigelow during WrestleMania IV when he lost in the first round of a WWF Championship tournament.

When he returned to WCW in 1988, he returned to the side of Bigelow in his feud with Barry Windham in a match at Starrcade.

He worked for WCW in the early 1990's as "**Big Daddy Dink**", a biker-type gimmick. In WCW, he managed The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin).

On March 20, 2011, Humperdink passed away.
Sage Beckett

Beckett competed in the October 22, 2015 taping of *NXT*, losing to Emma. On January 4, 2017, WWE officially announced that she had signed with the company and would be reporting to the WWE Performance Center. Beginning in April, Beckett appeared at *NXT* live events as a villainess under her real name, managing Lana during her matches. On June 28, 2017, she began competing under the ring name **Sage Beckett**. On July 13, Beckett entered the Mae Young Classic, but was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Bianca Belair. On March 8, 2018, WWE officially announced that Beckett was released from her *NXT* contract.
Sawyer Fulton

In September 2012, it was reported that Fulton had signed with WWE. He made his televised *NXT* debut on May 2, 2013, where he appeared as an enhancement talent in a tag team match against The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper). He then continued to make sporadic televised appearances on *NXT* as an enhancement talent over the next three years, often as part of a tag-team with Angelo Dawkins, with the duo being defeated by teams such as Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, The Vaudevillains, Blake and Murphy and The Hype Bros.

In March 2016, Fulton formed a tag-team with Alexander Wolfe at *NXT* live events. In September 2016, Fulton and Wolfe joined a stable named Sanity along with Eric Young and Nikki Cross. The stable made its debut on the October 12, 2016 episode of *NXT*, with Wolfe and Fulton defeating the team of Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger as part of the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On November 2, in the second round of the Tag Team Classic, Fulton and Wolfe beat fan favorites T.J. Perkins and Kota Ibushi. They were knocked out of the tournament in the semifinals by TM61. Fulton subsequently suffered a torn pectoral muscle, which ruled him out of action for several months. At the *NXT* tapings on November 30, 2016, it was teased that Fulton was no longer associated with SAnitY after Eric Young stomped on Fulton's jacket before kicking it out of the ring. He was later replaced in the group by Killian Dain, with no on-screen explanation provided for his absence. On November 3, 2017, Fulton was released from his *NXT* contract by the WWE without making another televised appearance.
Riley Osborne

Osborne made his first WWE appearance on the November 7, 2018 episode of *205 Live* under the ring name **Josh Morrell**, where he lost against Lio Rush.

Morrell made another appearance on the January 2, 2019 episode of *NXT UK,* where he lost a match to Wild Boar.

On September 2, 2023, under the name **Riley Osborne**, he made his official debut with WWE on *NXT Level Up* in a loss against Javier Bernal.
Sean Mooney

Mooney debuted for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on the May 15, 1988 edition of *WWF Wrestling Challenge*, replacing announcer Craig DeGeorge.

During his time in the WWF, Mooney's primary duties included play-by-play announcing for matches aired on *Prime Time Wrestling*, *WWF Mania*, *WWF All-American Wrestling*, as host of Coliseum Video releases (where he also provided commentary for "exclusive" matches), and hosting the "Events Center" segment during the WWF's syndicated television shows, such as *WWF Superstars* and *WWF Wrestling Challenge*. The "Event Center" was a segment used to promote feuds and house shows. During a moment where Earthquake squashed Jake Roberts’ pet snake Damian, cuts were made to Mooney in the "Event Center" to censor out the moments of impact. Mooney made his pay-per-view debut at the first SummerSlam in August 1988 as an interviewer.

On occasion, Mooney portrayed his fictional siblings, an identical twin sister named Betty on *Prime Time Wrestling* (alongside heel wrestlers including Sensational Sherri) and identical twin brother Ian Mooney while co-hosting *Wrestling Spotlight*. Mooney's last major appearances were at the 1992 Survivor Series and early episodes of *WWF Monday Night Raw*, with his actual last appearance on WWF television as the host of the countdown show to WrestleMania IX. In April 1993, his contract expired and he opted not to renew it. He was replaced by Todd Pettengill as an interviewer and Event Center personality and by Gorilla Monsoon on *WWF Mania* and *WWF All-American Wrestling* for play-by-play.

He reappeared on WWE television in October 2005, during the pre-show to *WWE Raw*'s "Homecoming". The pre-show simply ran through some past moments of *Raw*, with several people involved with the WWE during the first years of *Monday Night Raw*, including Mooney, sharing their memories of the WWE during that period.

Mooney once again returned to WWE on July 23, 2012 for the 1000th episode of *Raw* by interviewing Daniel Bryan backstage.

Mooney returned again on the “Old School” edition of *The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness* and later in a 2017 DVD release called *WWE Unreleased 1986–1995*, co-hosting with Charly Caruso. Mooney also appeared on the Top 25 *Raw* moments celebration which was shown on the WWE Network on January 15, 2018.
Sivi Afi

Superfly Afi

In January 1986, Afi signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), making his debut on January 23 at a house show in Anaheim, California in a win over Tim Patterson. He would later make his debut on *Prime Time Wrestling*, where he was billed as "'**Superfly' Afi**", and deemed to be the cousin of Jimmy Snuka. On the March 8 episode of *The Body Shop*, Afi was introduced to viewers of *WWF All Star Wrestling* as Snuka's cousin. Afi was undefeated initially, albeit against lower level competition such as Rene Goulet, Barry O, Ron Shaw, and Matt Borne. On March 6, 1986, he gained his first significant victory when he pinned Bret Hart at a house show in Buffalo, New York.

Afi's undefeated streak ended three days later when he lost to Hart's partner Jim Neidhart in Landover, Maryland, but he continued to be pushed. Afi gained victories in April over Hercules Hernandez and Paul Roma. However, fans were unaccepting of Afi as the replacement for the departed Jimmy Snuka, and openly heckled him in matches. He began to slide down the card, losing that spring to Bret Hart, Don Muraco, and Jake Roberts. By the summer, all momentum had ceased. Now billed as **Sivi Afi**, he became a near enhancement talent and lost to the likes of Bret Hart, Randy Savage, Harley Race and Ted DiBiase. In the summer of 1986, he formed a short lived tag team with King Tonga, but the duo was generally unsuccessful.

Afi entered 1987 firmly established as an upper-level enhancement star, losing regularly to Hercules and others but continuing to gain victories against other opening-level talent such as Frenchy Martin and Terry Gibbs. He was used frequently as a substitute when other wrestlers could not make house shows, teaming with others such as Raymond Rougeau. In the summer of 1987, he entered a lengthy losing streak, falling to preliminary competition such as Steve Lombardi and Frenchy Martin. Following a loss to Ted DiBiase on December 9 at a *Wrestling Challenge* taping in Fort Myers, Afi went on a hiatus.

In 1988, after teaming for a short time with Haku as one half of The Islanders, he also wrestled in six-man tags with the original Islanders, Haku and Tama. He debuted a new gimmick, that of "**High Chief Afi**", a Samoan chieftain. As part of his gimmick, Afi had gotten his legs and abdomen heavily tattooed (ala High Chief Peter Maivia). Unfortunately for Afi, it was all for naught; Tama would shortly thereafter depart from the WWF and Haku was repackaged as "King Haku" to replace the injured Harley Race, leaving Afi without a team or manager. His last match came on August 27, 1988 in Burlington, Vermont against SD Jones. Afi left the WWF soon after.