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Paul Ellering

Ellering arrived to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1987). Although primarily a manager, Ellering stepped between the ropes as a competitor as well, notably at the 1987 Great American Bash, in which he joined the Road Warriors, Nikita Koloff, and Dusty Rhodes to face The Four Horsemen and their manager James J. Dillon in the first ever WarGames match. Ellering would also face Teddy Long in a 'Hair vs. Hair' match at the Capital Combat event in 1990, coming away with a victory.

Ellering is best known for managing The Road Warriors, also known as the Legion of Doom, from 1981 until 1997 during their stints in the American Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation in 1992.

Throughout 1998, he managed the Disciples of Apocalypse, who were then feuding with the Legion of Doom. By the end of his second WWF run, though, he was back to managing the LOD, most notably on *Sunday Night Heat*, during a tag-team battle royal for a shot at the WWF Tag Team Championships later in the night at WrestleMania XV, though they were unsuccessful.

In 2011, Ellering was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, along with the Road Warriors, by "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes.

Ellering made his return to WWE programming at NXT TakeOver: The End on June 8, 2016, revealing himself as the manager of a debuting Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar), after their attack on American Alpha, turning Ellering heel for the first time in 18 years. On January 28, 2017, at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, Ellering led Akam and Rezar to their first reign as NXT Tag Team Champions. On April 9, 2018, Paul Ellering made his debut on *Monday Night Raw* with Akam and Rezar as they answered an open challenge from Heath Slater and Rhyno. After they were victorious in their match, Akam and Rezar ended their partnership with Ellering by pushing him away and leaving him ringside as they returned backstage.

On the December 29, 2023 episode of *SmackDown*, a vignette was shown for Karrion Kross and Scarlett, showing that they have aligned with the Authors of Pain and Paul Ellering, signaling their return to WWE. On January 5, 2024, during *SmackDown* New Year's Revolution, Ellering and the Authors of Pain officially returned alongside Kross and Scarlett.
Rhythm and Blues

In 1988, in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), The Hart Foundation turned face and started a feud with former manager Jimmy Hart for picking The Fabulous Rougeaus over them. Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine teamed up (under the team name of “Double Trouble,“ though the announcers rarely used this name) to defend Jimmy Hart through the early parts of 1989 with the two teams facing off at WrestleMania V, with the Hart Foundation winning the match. After the loss, Honky Tonk Man and Valentine focused on singles feuds with "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and ”Rugged” Ronnie Garvin respectively.

## Rhythm and Blues

### Managers

Jimmy Hart

After the Fabulous Rougeaus left the WWF, Jimmy Hart reunited the Hammer and the Honky Tonk Man, gave them the team name “**Rhythm and Blues**,” and made changes to Greg Valentine’s appearance. Valentine had always been a blonde, ungimmicked wrestler who favored the traditional wrestling robe, but when teamed with the Honky Tonk Man, Valentine’s hair was dyed jet black, and was given shades, a white jacket and a guitar he quite obviously did not know how to play.

Perhaps their most memorable moment came at WrestleMania VI, when they were driven to the ring in a pink Cadillac driven by the then unknown Diamond Dallas Page. In the ring, they debuted their new song, "Hunka Hunka Honky Love"; the song was interrupted by The Bushwhackers, who attacked them and broke their guitars much to the delight of the fans. The two teams had a lengthy feud over the summer of 1990 before Rhythm and Blues challenged the WWF Tag Team Champions the Hart Foundation for the titles during the fall. The team had several shots at the gold but came up short every time.

At the 1990 Survivor Series, Rhythm and Blues partnered with Ted DiBiase on his "Million Dollar Team" along with the debuting Undertaker, taking on Dusty Rhodes' "Dream Team" of the Hart Foundation and Koko B. Ware. DiBiase would go on to be the only survivor for his team.

Near the end of 1990, the Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine started arguing when Greg Valentine got tired of Jimmy Hart’s interference in their matches. This was supposed to lead to a feud between Greg Valentine and the Honky Tonk Man, but the Honky Tonk Man left the company in January 1991, thus nullifying the feud.
Nina Samuels

Samuels made her first appearance for WWE on *Raw* and *SmackDown* in 2014 as a Rosebud, accompanying Adam Rose to the ring.

Samuels competed in her first match on the *NXT* brand in 2018 in a six-woman tag team match where Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai and Tegan Nox defeated Samuels, Bianca Belair and Lacey Evans.

On August 25, 2018, Samuels competed in the NXT UK Women's Championship tournament first round where she was defeated by Dakota Kai. On January 23, 2019, Samuels faced Lana Austin, where Samuels was victorious. Samuels faced Toni Storm for the NXT UK Women's Championship on April 19, 2019. She competed in the twelve-person NXT UK Women's Title number one contendership battle royal on June 14, 2019, where Kay Lee Ray was victorious. She defeated Dani Luna on September 25, 2019.

On October 8, 2020, Samuels teamed with Amale, where they were defeated by Xia Brookside and Dani Luna. Samuels walked out on Amale halfway through, offended that Amale was stealing her spotlight. That same night, Samuels later appeared with the rest of the *NXT UK* roster to confront Kay Lee Ray. On October 22, 2020, Samuels and Amale went one-on-one, where Samuels was victorious. On November 12, 2020, Samuels went up against Xia Brookside. In the match, Samuels attempted to fake a knee injury but it backfired when Brookside rolled her up for the quick win. After the match, however, Samuels still gained the upper hand by assaulting Brookside at ringside. The feud between Samuels and Brookside would continue week after week. Notably, Samuels cost Brookside a match against Isla Dawn on December 10, 2020. Eventually, the two faced off again on the February 4, 2021 episode of *NXT UK*, where Samuels was victorious after hitting Brookside with her handbag. Brookside demanded a rematch where the loser became the winner's personal assistant for a whole month. On February 25, Brookside defeated Samuels in that match. Throughout March, Samuels would be forced to work as Brookside's assistant much to her chagrin.

On the July 1 edition of *NXT UK*, Samuels made her return to television in the hope of being the first to challenge Meiko Satomura. However, her return was interrupted by Amale, who viciously attacked her. Samuels made her in-ring return on the July 22 episode of *NXT UK*, with an enhanced entrance and a new finishing move. As a result, she successfully defeated Laura Di Matteo. However, on August 12, Samuels was defeated by Amale. On August 26, Samuels attempted to be granted a rematch against Amale, but instead she was given a match against Blair Davenport for the following week. However, the match never began as Davenport attacked both Samuels and assistant to the general manager Sid Scala before the bell. Following this, Samuels began her own show called *The Nina Samuels Show*, where she would begin interviewing various superstars of *NXT UK*. On the November 18 episode of *NXT UK*, Samuels was defeated by Aleah James.

On August 18, 2022, Samuels was released from her contract.
Reggie White

In April 1995, White was ringside as part of Lawrence Taylor's "All-Stars" for his match against Bam Bam Bigelow at the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania XI. During the show, he participated in one backstage segment with the All-Stars, calling out The Million Dollar Corporation member King Kong Bundy. Before and during the actual match, the All-Stars and the Million Dollar Corporation were involved in a scuffle, in which White participated.

On May 18, 1997, White wrestled his only professional wrestling match for WCW at Slamboree. He wrestled Steve McMichael. The two men emulated football tackles during their bout. White received a warm response from the professional wrestling crowd in Charlotte, North Carolina, but nonetheless lost to McMichael after being hit with a steel briefcase secretly given to McMichael by his Four Horsemen teammate, Jeff Jarrett.

On December 26, 2004, White passed away.
Raven's Flock

### Members

Raven, Stevie Richards, Tony Stetson, Johnny Hotbody, Pitbull #1, Pitbull #2, The Vampire Warrior, Big Dick Dudley, Dudley Dudley, Snot Dudley, Don E. Allen, Tom Prichard, Jimmy Del Ray, The Blue Meanie, Don Harris, Ron Harris, Brian Lee, Super Nova, Hammer, Horace, Kanyon, Kidman, Lodi, Reese, Riggs, Saturn, Sick Boy

### Managers

Beulah McGillicutty, Kimona Wanalaya, Lori Fullington, Tyler Fullington, Lupus, Chastity, Reggie Bennett

**Raven's Flock** was a large stable that began as **Raven's Nest**, with a frequently fluctuating membership in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 1995, consisting of Raven's followers, henchmen, paramours and several hired guns. The Nest chiefly assisted Raven throughout his feuds with Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Over the years, Raven's Nest members and allies included: Stevie Richards, Tony Stetson, Johnny Hotbody, The Pitbulls, The Blue Meanie, the Dudley Boyz, Cactus Jack, Beulah McGillicutty, Francine, Kimona Wanalaya, Lupus, Lori and Tyler Fullington (as part of his feud with The Sandman), and Chastity.

**The Flock** was Raven's faction founded in August 1997 soon after his debut in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). All wrestlers in the faction adopted Raven's grunge gimmick, complete with similar ring attire. The group disbanded after former member Perry Saturn won the rest of the members' freedom from Raven on September 13, 1998 at Fall Brawl. The Flock is best remembered for hanging around in the crowd (usually at ringside) and then pouncing on any given wrestler, usually without provocation. Each member of the Flock was a social outcast for one reason or another and sought acceptance within the Flock.
Rico

Rico debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on the March 21, 2002 episode of *SmackDown!* as the stylist of Billy and Chuck, establishing himself as a villain. On the May 9 episode of *SmackDown!*, Rico wrestled his first match in WWF, where he teamed with Billy and Chuck to defeat Al Snow, Maven and Rikishi. At Judgment Day, Rico was forced to team with Rikishi to defeat his clients, Billy and Chuck for the World Tag Team Championship. On the June 6 episode of *SmackDown!*, Rico turned on Rikishi by helping Billy and Chuck in pinning Rikishi for the tag titles.

On the September 12, 2002 episode of *SmackDown!*, Rico moved over to *Raw* brand and became the manager of 3-Minute Warning (Rosey and Jamal). He ended up turning on 3-Minute Warning after they lost a match to the Dudley Boyz. However, both he and 3-Minute Warning all remained heels during that time. After turning on 3-Minute Warning, Rico scored an upset victory over another heel, Ric Flair.

Rico would soon return to *Raw* in 2003 with Miss Jackie appearing as his manager. Then, on the March 22, 2004 edition of *Raw*, Rico got drafted to *SmackDown!* and became a fan favorite due to fan reaction to his over-the-top exótico style gimmick, teaming up with an initially reluctant partner, Charlie Haas, (with whom he held the WWE Tag Team Championship). Rico was unexpectedly released by WWE on November 7, 2004.
Ole Anderson

Anderson started wrestling in 1967 in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) as **Rock Rogowski**.

In 1986, Anderson became part of the original Four Horsemen, a heel stable, with Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and manager James J. Dillon in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). During his time in the Horsemen, Anderson feuded with Magnum T.A., Dusty Rhodes, The Rock 'n' Roll Express and The Road Warriors. Anderson was later kicked out of the group in favor of Lex Luger in early 1987. Anderson retired in 1987, but reappeared in 1988 when he rescued Lex Luger from a beating by their former Horsemen brethren.

Anderson returned to wrestling with WCW in 1989 to reform the Four Horsemen with Flair, Arn and Sting. They quickly kicked Sting out of the group, and Anderson retired again to manage the Horsemen, who by then also included Barry Windham and Sid Vicious. Around 1991, Anderson became a referee.
Noriyo Tateno

Tateno, along with Itzuki Yamazaki, entered the World Wrestling Federation in mid-1987 known as "The Jumping Bomb Angels". At the first ever Survivor Series, The Jumping Bomb Angels were the sole survivors in a women's Survivor Series match. During the match, they received large cheers from the audience and praise from commentators Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura, especially after they dropkicked Jimmy Hart off the turnbuckle at the match's climax. On January 24, 1988, at the inaugural Royal Rumble, they beat The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin) in a two-out-of-three falls match to win the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. The Angels would reign for 136 days until June 8, 1988, when The Glamour Girls defeated The Angels to recapture the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.
NXT Worlds Collide 2022

**Worlds Collide 2022** was the third Worlds Collide event produced by WWE. While the event was held for superstars primarily from the promotion's *NXT* and *NXT UK* brand divisions, Worlds Collide also featured some superstars from WWE's main roster brands, *Raw* and *SmackDown*. It took place on September 4, 2022 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

## Results:

* Carmelo Hayes (with Trick Williams) defeated Ricochet to retain the NXT North American Championship.
* Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) (with Lash Legend) defeated The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus) (with Damon Kemp), Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs (with Fallon Henley), and Gallus (Wolfgang and Mark Coffey) (with Joe Coffey) in a fatal four-way tag team elimination match to win and unify both the NXT Tag Team Championships and the NXT UK Tag Team Championships.
* Mandy Rose defeated Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport in a triple threat match to retain the NXT Women's Championship and unify it with the NXT UK Women's Championship.
* Katana Chance and Kayden Carter defeated Doudrop and NikkI A.S.H. to retain the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships.

## Main Event

* Bron Breakker defeated Tyler Bate to retain the NXT Championship and unify it with the NXT UK Championship.
Pez Whatley

Whatley debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1985 and often teamed with Jimmy Valiant against members of Paul Jones' Army. In 1986, after Valiant called Whatley "the best *black* athlete in professional wrestling", Whatley turned on Valiant and cut some of Valiant's hair, thinking Valiant's comment was racist. Whatley then became a heel, joined Jones' Army and renamed himself "**Shaska Whatley**". He frequently teamed with The Barbarian and Baron von Raschke in their war against Valiant, and would frequently spit on his opponents during matches. He eventually lost a hair versus hair match to Valiant and was shaved bald.

Whatley worked for the World Wrestling Federation as an enhancement talent on their weekly television programs from January 1990 until April 1991, putting over many of the WWF's top stars. He also picked up a few victories on house shows, most notably over Paul Diamond and The Genius.

Whatley then made sporadic appearances in World Championship Wrestling throughout the 1990's as an enhancement talent as well as appearances at the 1995 and 1996 World War 3 events until his in-ring retirement in 1998, becoming a backstage worker for WCW.

On January 18, 2005, Whatley passed away.

On April 6, 2021, Whatley was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of its Legacy wing.
Paul Jones

In May 1975, Jones joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and teamed with Wahoo McDaniel to defeat The Minnesota Wrecking Crew to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The Wrecking Crew regained the championship the next month in a televised rematch known as the "Supreme Sacrifice" match, which saw Ole Anderson ram his brother Gene's head into McDaniel's head with enough force to knock both men unconscious, enabling Ole Anderson to pin McDaniel.

After the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship was vacated when Johnny Valentine was injured, Jones competed in a one-night tournament on November 9, 1975 to crown a new champion, winning four bouts before losing to Terry Funk in the final. Jones defeated Funk for the championship in a rematch held later that month. He went on to trade the championship with Blackjack Mulligan, holding it on a total of three occasions before his final reign ended in December 1976.

In 1975, Jones began teaming with Ricky Steamboat. They held the WCW World Tag Team Championship on one occasion. Their alliance ended in December 1978, when Jones attacked Steamboat at the end of a battle royal, turning heel.

After turning heel, Jones formed a new alliance with Baron von Raschke (whom Jones had had a brief feud with prior), with the duo winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship twice in 1979, and feuding with tag teams such as Ric Flair and Blackjack Mulligan and Jay Youngblood and Steamboat. The team ended when Jones turned on von Raschke. Jones subsequently began teaming with The Masked Superstar (another former foe), winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship again in 1980 and 1981.

In 1982, Jones became a manager, forming a large stable called Paul Jones' Army. Many top heels were members of Jones' stable at one time, among them The Masked Superstar, Superstar Billy Graham, Ivan Koloff, Rick Rude, Manny Fernandez, Abdullah the Butcher, and The Powers of Pain. Jones' character had a "startlingly uncomfortable presence"; at one point, he began wearing khakis and jackboots and cultivated a toothbrush mustache. Jones' villainous behavior led fans to mock him with chants of "weasel".

In 1988, The Powers of Pain began feuding with The Road Warriors, with Jones claiming that The Powers of Pain were stronger than their opponents. In a memorable angle that aired on *WCW Saturday Night*, The Powers of Pain faced The Road Warriors in a weightlifting contest with $50,000 on the line. The contest ended abruptly when Ivan Koloff blinded Road Warrior Animal, using chalk dust, enabling The Powers of Pain to beat down The Road Warriors.

Jones left WCW in 1989.

On April 18, 2018, Jones passed away.
Rick McGraw

McGraw joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the late 1970's, where he mainly defeated enhancement talent, but mostly put over heels that were ready to challenge WWF Champion Bob Backlund. He also competed on the Showdown at Shea show in August 1980, losing to Greg Gagne.

"Quickdraw" had notable matches with numerous top heels during his time in the WWF. He was once managed by Arnold Skaaland and also had his neck "broken" by Killer Khan in a match.

On the October 26, 1985 episode of *WWF Championship Wrestling*, McGraw was a guest on Roddy Piper's *Piper's Pit* segment and got on the host's case about always shooting his mouth off and not wrestling on television, prompting Piper to accept a challenge to wrestle him on the show the next week. During his entrance, Piper repeated "I'm going to show you why they don't let me wrestle on TV." McGraw wore Piper's signature "Hot Rod" T-shirt to the ring before blowing his nose on it and throwing it at Piper to start the match. Piper quickly took control, throwing McGraw out of the ring and twice into the guardrail. After no-selling several punches and kicks in McGraw's comeback, Piper hit him with a swinging neckbreaker and two DDT's, the second prompting the referee to stop the match, declaring McGraw unable to continue.

McGraw passed away on November 1, 1985.
Oro Mensah

On April 19, 2019, Carter made his *NXT UK* debut in a dark match, which he lost to Kassius Ohno. He was utilized as a jobber until November 16, where he ended his losing streak. He teamed with Ashton Smith to defeat The Outliers (Dorian Mak and Riddick Moss). He returned to the brand on January 17, 2020, where he teamed with Smith to defeat Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker). On March 7, he participated in a battle royal to determine the next challenger for the NXT UK Championship, but failed to win the match.

On the June 2, 2022 episode of *NXT UK*, Carter and Smith won the NXT UK Tag Team Championship by defeating previous champions Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) and Die Familie (Teoman and Rohan Raja) in a triple threat match. On the June 23 episode of *NXT UK*, Carter and Smith were set to defend their titles against *NXT 2.0*'s Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, but Smith suffered a knee injury and had to vacate them.

On the September 13, 2022 edition of *NXT 2.0*, vignettes began airing promoting Carter's debut for the brand, under the name **Oro Mensah**. In his debut match, Mensah defeated Grayson Waller to qualify for the NXT North American Championship ladder match at Halloween Havoc. At the event on October 22, Wes Lee would win the match. On the November 4 episode of *NXT Level Up*, Mensah defeated Xyon Quinn. On the March 28, 2023 episode of *NXT*, Mensah competed in a 20-man battle royal to claim a spot in the fatal-five-way NXT North American Championship match at Stand and Deliver, eliminating Quinn, but ultimately being eliminated by Jinder Mahal. On April 25, at Spring Breakin', Mensah lost against the debuting Oba Femi. On May 28 at Battleground, Mensah turned heel and joined Jakara Jackson and Lash Legend in helping Noam Dar retain his NXT Heritage Cup against Dragon Lee. On the June 13 episode of *NXT*, Mensah competed in Dar's place due to injury, losing his Heritage Cup to Nathan Frazer.
Phantasio

Phantasio made his first appearance in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) when he wrestled a dark match against Bobby Who on the May 10, 1993 episode of *Monday Night Raw*. He received another tryout at the second anniversary taping of *Raw* in Houston, Texas on January 2, 1995 when he defeated Reno Riggins. He made one televised appearance on the July 16, 1995 episode of *Wrestling Challenge*. He portrayed a babyface magician wrestler. Phantasio wore a black and white mime mask (which he handed to a young fan sitting at ringside) that revealed matching facepaint when removed. He defeated Tony DeVito by sneaking up from behind, and magically pulling out his boxers allowing him to roll up DeVito for the victory. After the match, he magically removed the boxers (black and white colored) of referee Earl Hebner. Though he never again appeared on television, he did wrestle a match against Rad Radford at a house show in a victorious effort.

He returned in 1997, appearing in a dark match on the March 17, 1997 episode of *Monday Night Raw* held in Syracuse, New York. Wrestling as **The Spellbinder**, Rios was defeated by Aldo Montoya. He wrestled on a trio of house shows held in Tennessee against Mark Henry in December of that year.
Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee competed in the World Wrestling Federation in the mid 1980's. In 1984, she formed a tag team with Wendi Richter and frequently challenged WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria. By 1985, Lee and Richter split up. When Richter became a face and won the WWF Women's Championship, Lee challenged Richter for the title, but was unsuccessful.

After leaving the WWF, she began working for the American Wrestling Association as **Peggy Lee Leather** and challenged Madusa Miceli for the AWA World Women's Championship. She also competed in a lingerie battle royal at the *AWA SuperClash III* pay-per-view event on December 13, 1988.

In 1990, she briefly competed in World Championship Wrestling and was defeated by Bambi on *WCW WorldWide*. In 1997, she briefly returned to WCW and became a contender for the WCW Women's Championship. While in WCW, she wrestled against her former AWA rival, Madusa, who was the number one contender at the time.

Peggy Lee passed away on May 22, 2023.
Pat O'Connor

In May 1960, the American Wrestling Association (AWA) named O'Connor as the first holder of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. However, he never defended the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, and was stripped of it in August, after ninety days, when Verne Gagne was recognized as the new champion.

On November 10, 1967, the team of O'Connor and Wilbur Snyder defeated Larry Hennig and Harley Race to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles on December 2 to Mitsu Arakawa and Dr. Moto.

On November 16, 1987, O'Connor participated in a World Wrestling Federation "old-timers" battle royal, which was won by Lou Thesz.

On August 16, 1990, O'Connor passed away.

In 2016, O'Connor became a "Legacy" member of the WWE Hall of Fame.
Nathan Frazer

On the December 17, 2020 episode of *NXT UK*, it was announced that **Ben Carter** had signed with WWE and would be making his debut on *NXT UK*. Carter made his debut on the January 7, 2021 episode, failing to win the NXT Cruiserweight Championship from Jordan Devlin. After wins over Sam Gradwell and Josh Morrell, Carter announced on the March 11 episode of *NXT UK* that he would be wrestling under the name **Nathan Frazer**.

Frazer teamed with Jack Starz on the June 3 episode of *NXT UK*, failing to take the NXT UK Tag Team Championship from Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker). Frazer would go on to compete in a number one contendership tournament for the NXT UK Heritage Cup, but was eliminated by Teoman in the first round, before failing to win a triple threat match for an NXT UK Championship opportunity. On the January 13, 2022 episode of *NXT UK*, Frazer failed to defeat Walter in the latter's final *NXT UK* match. Frazer would have his final match in *NXT UK* on March 3, where he was defeated by NXT UK Champion Ilja Dragunov.

On the April 12 episode of *NXT*, Frazer announced that he would be making his debut for the brand, before defeating Grayson Waller at NXT Spring Breakin'. On the August 2 episode of *NXT 2.0*, Frazer responded to Carmelo Hayes' open challenge for the NXT North American Championship, but lost when Giovanni Vinci interfered.
Outback Jack

Jack made his WWF debut in November 1986. His wins mainly came over jobbers such as Jose Estrada, Steve Lombardi, Barry O, Barry Horowitz and "Iron" Mike Sharpe. However, Outback Jack also defeated well-known superstars such as Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik.

He soon became a jobber himself, losing matches to high-level superstars such as "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and Rick Rude. Outback Jack feuded with Frenchy Martin, and the two had matches featured on the 4 May and 25 May 1987 episodes of *WWF Prime Time Wrestling*. Outback Jack won both matches.

On the August 3, 1987 episode of *WWF Prime Time Wrestling*, Outback Jack rescued Tito Santana from an attack by Ron Bass. This led to a match between Outback Jack and Bass later in the show. Bass won, and the pair continued to face each other into the following year.

Outback Jack made one appearance on the interview segment *The Snake Pit* with Jake "The Snake" Roberts, on June 6, 1987.

On the May 7, 1988 episode of *WWF Superstars of Wrestling*, Outback Jack competed in his final televised match, teaming with Brady Boone and Steve Blackman in a loss to The Islanders; this was the only match in which The Islanders competed as a team of three, as they were joined by new Islander Siva Afi. Outback Jack's brief career concluded on the evening of May 15, 1988. The outcome of his match with Greg Valentine, who had pinned him three days prior, remains a mystery.
Owen Hart and Yokozuna

The team of Owen Hart and Yokozuna debuted at WrestleMania XI, when former WWF Champion Yokozuna was billed as Hart's mystery partner. This was Yokozuna's first appearance since the 1994 Survivor Series. They defeated The Smoking Gunns to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.

During their World Tag Team Championship reign, Owen Hart and Yokozuna rose to the top of the tag team division of WWF as they went on to make successful title defenses against the likes of The Smoking Gunns and The Allied Powers. During the In Your House 3 event, the World Tag Team Championships were on the line, but Hart was replaced by The British Bulldog due to Hart being unable to compete. Yokozuna and Bulldog defended the titles against Diesel and Shawn Michaels, but lost to Diesel and Michaels when Diesel pinned Hart after a *Jackknife Powerbomb*.

They went on to hold the title for 175 days during their first reign. Hart and Yokozuna were awarded the titles back the next day by their lawyer Clarence Mason because Hart, who was not a part of the match, was pinned, therefore Michaels and Diesel could not be champions. The same night, Hart and Yokozuna went on to lose the titles to The Smoking Gunns. After the match, their tag team disbanded as Yokozuna focused on a singles career while Hart formed a tag team with The British Bulldog in 1996.
Otto Wanz

In 1982, Wanz worked for Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association (AWA) where he defeated long-reigning AWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel to win the AWA Title on August 29, 1982. The reign ended forty-one days later as Bockwinkel regained the championship on October 9.

On September 14, 2017, Wanz passed away.
Pete Rose

Between 1998 and 2000, Rose appeared at the World Wrestling Federation's (now WWE) annual WrestleMania pay-per-view event, in what became a running gag. At WrestleMania XIV he served as "guest ring announcer" during a match between Kane and the Undertaker, before which he took a Tombstone Piledriver from Kane. For the next year's WrestleMania XV, Rose was portrayed as seeking revenge. To do so, he dressed as the San Diego Chicken and "attacked" Kane before his scheduled match, only to take another Tombstone. He returned for a third time the following year, at WrestleMania 2000, but again was thwarted by Kane, as well as Rikishi, his tag team partner that night.

In addition to these three appearances, he appeared in a Halloween-themed commercial for WWE's No Mercy event in 2002 and was chokeslammed by Kane. In 2004, Rose was inducted into the "Celebrity Wing" of the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004. He was the first celebrity to go into the Hall, and was inducted at a ceremony prior to WrestleMania XX by Kane.

On March 22, 2010, he was the guest host on *WWE Raw*, which was the last episode of Raw before WrestleMania XXVI. As his first order of business, he set up a match between Shawn Michaels and Kane, which Michaels won. Later that night, Kane attacked Rose offscreen.

Rose was briefly mentioned on WWE television again on August 27, 2012. In an anger management segment, Kane stated, "For reasons never quite explained, I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing Pete Rose." Rose was later interviewed on WWE.com about his experiences with Kane's anger.
Oklahoma

Before becoming Oklahoma, **Ed Ferrara** began working as a writer with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) at King of the Ring in 1998, alongside Vince Russo.

Ferrara and Russo began working for WCW in October 1999, and they placed themselves within the onscreen product of WCW. One storyline that didn't go over well was Ferrara's parody of WWF commentator Jim Ross, in which he took the onscreen name of **Oklahoma** and began parodying Ross on WCW programming, even going as far as to mimick Ross' Bell's Palsy affliction. He soon defeated Madusa for the Cruiserweight Championship. He also did voiceovers that played over the intercom when non-English speaking La Parka was doing interviews during this time, often getting La Parka in trouble with his opponents with the comments he created over the intercom.
Peter Maivia

During Maivia's stay in the then-called World Wide Wrestling Federation beginning in 1970, he was one of its most prominent stars, making numerous appearances on *Championship Wrestling*. He worked matches with many well known wrestlers who would go on to be WWE Hall of Famers, such as Superstar Billy Graham, Ivan Putski and Bob Backlund.

Maivia passed away on June 12, 1982.

Maivia was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, along with his son-in-law Rocky Johnson, in 2008 by his grandson Dwayne Johnson. The award was accepted on his behalf by his daughter Ata Maivia-Johnson.
Randy Rose

Rose joined the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1987. Known as "Ravishing" Randy Rose, he and Dennis Condrey called themselves "The Original Midnight Express", and claimed the right to the name, which had since been used by Condrey and Bobby Eaton and later by Eaton and Stan Lane. The duo were managed by Paul E. Dangerously. Condrey and Rose defeated Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee for the AWA World Tag Team Championship on October 30, 1987, in Whitewater, Wisconsin. They would have a two-month title reign, losing the titles to the returning Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) on December 27, 1987 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Condrey and Rose resurfaced in World Championship Wrestling (with Dangerously) in November 1988. During the November 5 episode of *World Championship Wrestling*, Jim Cornette had received an anonymous phone call. The caller ridiculed Cornette over Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane's loss of the WCW World Tag Team Championship to The Road Warriors on October 29. Cornette recognized the caller and asked him to come say it to his face. At that point, Dangerously and the Original Midnight Express hit the ring and proceeded to pummel Cornette and Stan Lane, who was wrestling in a singles match. By the time Bobby Eaton showed up, it was three on one. Cornette showed up the next week carrying his blood stained suit jacket and the feud was on. The teams wrestled at Starrcade '88, but nothing was solved. The Midnights versus Midnights would be the hottest feud in WCW for months, building up to a six-man tag match involving the managers on pay-per-view in February 1989. The one who got pinned would have to leave the promotion. However, WCW was under new ownership and in transition at the time and many wrestlers were coming and going. At the last minute, Condrey decided to leave WCW. Jack Victory was brought in as his replacement and the match went forward. Rose would leave WCW for a time and Dangerously would go on to bring in the Samoan Swat Team as his new team. Rose would return to WCW for a brief time in mid-1989.
Ricky Rice

Rice would compete in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1988, teaming with the likes of Derrick Dukes, Mando Guerrero and Baron von Raschke. He would also team with Jon Paul as the Top Guns during his feud with Teijho Khan and Soldat Ustinov and later Badd Company, defeating the then-AWA Tag Team Champions by disqualification in Columbus, Nevada on July 9, 1988.

After losing to Badd Company in a rematch in Two Rivers, Wisconsin on July 29, they became involved in a short-lived feud with Beauty and The Beast although John Paul would eventually leave the team by late 1988.

Reuniting with Dukes, they later won a mixed tag team match while teaming with Wendi Richter against AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company and AWA Women's Champion Madusa Miceli at AWA SuperClash III on December 13, 1988.

In early 1989, the two eventually worked their way back up the tag team ranks although they failed to unseat the AWA Tag Team Champions The Destruction Crew in St. Paul, Minnesota on February 7, 1989.

Before leaving the AWA, Rice wrestled as **the Unknown Soldier**, a masked wrestler in military fatigues. He participated in the very first Team Challenge Series match, defeating Mike Enos.

In 1990 and 1991, Rice made several appearances for the World Wrestling Federation as an enhancement talent on their weekly syndicated programs, working with such stars as Ted DiBiase, Ricky Steamboat, The Big Boss Man, Kerry Von Erich, The Mountie and Bret Hart.
Rick Fuller

In early 1997, Fuller made his debut in World Championship Wrestling, losing to Lex Luger in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 13, 1997. Regularly appearing on *WCW Monday Nitro and WCW Saturday Night* during the year, he also lost to Chris Benoit on February 22 and Diamond Dallas Page on March 3. Later that month, he would also face Roadblock and Johnny Swinger on *Saturday Night* before teaming with Roadblock against Lex Luger and The Giant on *Monday Nitro* on March 31, 1997.

Suffering losses to Booker T and Jeff Jarrett during the next two months, he lost to Meng in a dark match on *Monday Nitro* on May 12. After another loss to Jeff Jarrett on *Saturday Night* on May 24, he also lost to The Giant in a handicap match with Johnny Swinger and Jerry Flynn on *Monday Nitro* on May 26. In early June, he would also lose to Ice Train and Buff Bagwell, and later to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan on *Monday Nitro* in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 13.

One of the first victims of Bill Goldberg's winning streak during early 1998, Fuller was pinned by Goldberg on *WCW Thunder* on February 2. He later appeared on *WCW WorldWide,* losing to Konnan on February 21, as well as appearing on *Saturday Night* facing Hugh Morrus, Jim Duggan and Prince Iaukea, as well as to Booker T and Steve McMichael on *Thunder* before defeating Doc Dean on July 25, 1998.

During the next few months however, while scoring victories over preliminary wrestlers, he would lose matches to Scott Norton, Bryan Clark, Marty Jannetty and Jerry Flynn before losing to WCW World Heavyweight Champion Bill Goldberg on *Thunder* in Lexington, Kentucky on September 10. He would also lose to Ernest "The Cat" Miller and Rick Steiner before defeating El Dandy on *Worldwide* on October 17, 1998. Fuller defeated Lash LeRoux on *WorldWide* on January 26.

Fuller would make only occasional appearances with WCW for most of the year, defeating Sick Boy on *Thunder* in Birmingham, Alabama on July 14.

Returning to WCW in early 2000, Fuller faced Tank Abbott on *Monday Nitro* on February 14, and later appeared on *Saturday Night* during its last months on the air facing The Wall, The Demon and in the last episode, participated in a six-man Hardcore Battle Royal won by Brian Knobs and included Norman Smiley, Adrian Byrd, Dave Burkehead and The Dog on April 1, 2000.
Nathan Jones

In late 2002 and early 2003, Jones began performing in dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment. On the April 10, 2003 episode of *SmackDown!*, Jones made his televised WWE in-ring debut and defeated Bill DeMott.

Upon debuting, Jones was put into a storyline with The Undertaker as his protégé and helper during Undertaker's feud with A-Train and The Big Show. At WrestleMania XIX, Jones and Undertaker were scheduled to face Big Show and A-Train in a tag team match, but at the last minute, the match was made a handicap match instead. On screen, Jones was attacked pre-match and left injured. Near the closing moments of the match, Jones reappeared and attacked Big Show, enabling Undertaker to pin A-Train for the victory.

Jones was then absent from television for several months until returning in the fall of 2003 as a villain known by the nickname "The Colossus of Boggo Road". He was paired with Paul Heyman on-screen and Heyman was given the role as *SmackDown* General Manager. He was also immediately placed into Brock Lesnar's Survivor Series team, which also included A-Train, Big Show, and Matt Morgan in order to compete against Lesnar's rival Kurt Angle and his team. At Survivor Series, Jones was eliminated by Angle after he submitted to the Ankle lock. Team Lesnar was defeated by Team Angle and Jones was then relegated to interfere in Lesnar's matches along with the other members of Team Lesnar. He was also placed in matches by either Lesnar or Heyman to aid them. On December 6, 2003, Jones left WWE.
Red Berry

Berry was the manager of Gorilla Monsoon from 1963 to 1969 during Monsoon's heel days in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). He would speak for Monsoon in promos, because Monsoon's character was a mute from Manchuria, and took Monsoon and Killer Kowalski to the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship. Berry also managed Monsoon in a series of matches against WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino during the Monsoon-Sammartino feud. In 1969, when Monsoon turned into a fan favorite, he dropped Berry as his manager.

Berry passed away on July 21, 1973.
Rick Boogs

Eric Bugenhagen

Ric Boog

Joseph Average

Boogs made his WWE debut on October 19, 2017, at a *WWE NXT* live event, where he fell short to Lars Sullivan in a singles match. After an injury set him back significantly, he returned to wresting at *NXT* live events under the ring name **Ric Boog**. Under his real name, **Eric Bugenhagen**, he lost to Drew Gulak on February 6, 2019 on *NXT* in his television debut. On the May 1, 2019 at WWE Worlds Collide, he participated in a 20-man battle royal as **Rik Bugez**, competing against other superstars such as Brian Kendrick, Akira Tozawa, Drew Gulak, Tyler Bate and the winner Roderick Strong. On February 21, 2019 at *WWE NXT Live*, Bugez teamed up with Denzel Dejournette to unsuccessfully face the NXT Tag Team Champions at the time, The Viking Raiders (Ivar and Erik). A notable confrontation of his career took place on February 22, 2020 at *WWE NXT Live*, where Bugez unsuccessfully competed against Finn Balor in a losing effort.

Bugez made several appearances as an extra on the main roster, being one of the many *NXT* performers being used as part of a makeshift crowd on *Raw* in 2020. Leading up to WrestleMania 37, Bugez played the character of **Joseph Average** in several backstage advertisements at Fastlane and after WrestleMania 37, during which he defeated R-Truth and Akira Tozawa to capture the WWE 24/7 Championship twice.

On May 21, 2021, Bugez, now going by the tweaked ring name **Rick Boogs**, made his official main roster debut on *SmackDown*, playing Shinsuke Nakamura to the ring with an electric guitar. He made his in-ring debut on the August 20 episode of *SmackDown*, teaming with Nakamura to defeat Apollo Crews and Commander Azeez. At WrestleMania 38, Boogs and Nakamura faced The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, in which The Usos retained. During the match, Boogs suffered a torn quadriceps/patellar tendon injury, requiring surgery.

After a nine month absence due to injury, Boogs made his return on the January 30, 2023 episode of *Raw*, being introduced as the newest member of the roster before defeating The Miz in an impromptu match. Boogs was drafted to the *SmackDown* brand in the 2023 WWE Draft. At SummerSlam, Boogs would participate in the "Slim Jim" battle royal, which was won by LA Knight. This would be his last televised match as Boogs was released from his WWE contract on September 21.
Nitro Girls

**The Nitro Girls** were formed in 1997 by Kimberly Page and made their debut in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) on July 14 in Orlando, Florida. Their main focus was to entertain the live fans during the commercials of *Monday Nitro*. They also regularly performed in short segments on the show.

## Nitro Girls

### Members

AC Jazz, Baby, Beef, Chae, Chameleon, Chiquita, Fyre, Gold, Silver, Kimberly, Naughty-A, Skye, Spice, Starr, Storm, Syren, Tayo, Tygress, Whisper

In late 1999, the group held a competition to find a new member. The results were decided by a series of polls on WCW's website, which narrowed down the field to eight finalists. On the November 8, 1999 edition of *Nitro*, Stacy Keibler was declared the winner of the contest after receiving the most votes out of the eight finalists; she received a spot on the dance troupe, along with a $10,000 prize.

As the group became more and more involved in storylines, it slowly dissolved, but never officially broke up until 2001 when WCW was sold to the World Wrestling Federation.

In October 1999, Kimberly Page began to appear with husband Diamond Dallas Page. At Halloween Havoc, Diamond Dallas Page wrestled Ric Flair in a strap match. On the November 1, 1999 episode of *Nitro*, Kimberly quit the group as a result of her husband being injured by David Flair; she then ran him over with her car.

After Kimberly left, the Nitro Girls began to feud with each other; Spice feuded with A.C. Jazz over the new leadership position and won. After Jazz left the group, Tygress attempted to gain control.

On the November 22, 1999 episode of *Nitro*, Spice and Tygress competed in the first match involving any of the group's members; Tygress defeated Spice after the latter suffered an injury to her eye.

By early 2000, the Nitro Girls broke up and began to go their own way within WCW. Kimberly Page joined The New Blood. Sharmell became Paisley, a valet for The Artist. Stacy Keibler, the final member to join the group, began appearing as Miss Hancock (the manager for the tag team Standards and Practices).
Nick Aldis

In August 2023, Aldis began working with WWE backstage as a producer. Two months later on the October 13 episode of *SmackDown*, Triple H announced that Aldis would be the new on-screen General Manager of the *SmackDown* brand after appointing WWE official Adam Pearce as the General Manager of *Raw*. Aldis' first act as General Manager was announcing Kevin Owens as the newest addition to the *SmackDown* roster as a trade for Jey Uso, who had been moved to *Raw* the previous month thanks to his tag team partner Cody Rhodes. The following week, Aldis would forcefully eject Jey Uso and *Raw* General Manager Adam Pearce from the arena due to Uso interfering in a match earlier in the night.
NXT TakeOver: Dallas

**NXT TakeOver: Dallas** was a WWE Network event in the TakeOver series that took place on April 1, 2016, produced by WWE, showcasing its *NXT* division. It took place in Dallas, Texas.

## Results

* American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) defeated The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) to win the NXT Tag Team Championships.
* Austin Aries defeated Baron Corbin.
* Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Sami Zayn.
* Asuka defeated Bayley to win the NXT Women's Championship.

## Main Event

* Finn Bálor defeated Samoa Joe to retain the NXT Championship.
PG-13

During a September 1995 taping of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'s *Monday Night Raw*, **PG-13** (J.C. Ice and Wolfie D) appeared in two broadcasts, the latter against WWF Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns. They then re-appeared at Survivor Series 1996, as members of the Nation of Domination. In 1997, when the Nation was retooled with new members, PG-13 began appearing with Extreme Championship Wrestling, where they became known for goading the audience and their opponents. They wrestled The Dudley Boyz, The Eliminators, Spike Dudley, and Mikey Whipwreck, having Jason in their corner.

In the early 2000's, PG-13 wrestled briefly for World Championship Wrestling, appearing mainly on *WCW Thunder*. They frequently had matches with The Jung Dragons and 3 Count.