Batista
Dave Batista
Deacon Batista
Khan
Leviathan
Billed height
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Billed weight
278 lb (126 kg)
Billed from
Washington, D.C.
David Michael "Dave" Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor, former professional mixed martial artist, and former professional wrestler best known for his time in the WWE under the ring name Batista. He is a six-time world champion, winning the World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice. He is the longest-reigning World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history, and has won the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair and once with John Cena) and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio). He was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and went on to headline WrestleMania 21, one of the top five highest-grossing pay-per-view events in pro wrestling history. Batista also won the 2014 Royal Rumble match after which he headlined WrestleMania XXX.
In August 2012, Batista signed a contract with Classic Entertainment & Sports to fight in mixed martial arts.
He won his MMA debut on October 6, 2012, and defeating Vince Lucero via
TKO in the first round. He was representing the Philippines. As an actor, Batista has starred in The Man with the Iron Fists in 2012, Riddick in 2013, Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014, and will appear in the Kickboxer reboot and 24th James Bond film, Spectre, due for release in 2015. He has also appeared in several direct-to-video films since 2009.
October 26, 1978 (age 36)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Resides
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Spouse(s)
AJ Lee (m. 2014)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
CM Punk
Billed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight
218 lb (99 kg)
Billed from
Chicago, Illinois
Trained by
Ace Steel
Danny Dominion
Dave Finlay
Dave Taylor
Kevin Quinn
William Regal
Debut
1999
Retired
January 26, 2014
Phillip Jack "Phil" Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American mixed martial artist and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he is the longest-reigning WWE Champion of the "modern era" (since Hulk Hogan's 1,474 day reign ended in 1988), having held the title for 434 days from November 20, 2011 to January 27, 2013. His reign is officially recognized as the sixth longest of all time.
Punk won multiple world championships during his 15-year wrestling career, including the ROH World Championship and ECW World Championship once each, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the WWE Championship twice. He won the World Tag Team Championship (with Kofi Kingston) and the WWE Intercontinental Championship, making him the 19th WWE Triple Crown Champion and the fastest man in WWE history to achieve this feat, in 203 days. He was a two-time ROH World Tag Team Champion (with Colt Cabana as part of the The Second City Saints). Punk also won the 2008 and 2009 Money in the Bank ladder matches (the only wrestler to win the match twice), and the 2011 Superstar of the Year Slammy Award in WWE.
Punk initially came to prominence through his career on the U.S. independent circuit, primarily as a member of the Ring of Honor (ROH) roster, where he was also the first head trainer of the ROH wrestling school. In 2005, he signed a contract with WWE and was sent to its developmental promotion, Ohio Valley Wrestling
(OVW), where he won every championship available in that promotion. In
June 2006, Punk made his WWE television debut, performing in ECW,
which was then a branch of WWE. In 2011 after his worked but unscripted
shoot, he rose to stardom and became a fan favorite on the main WWE
roster and remained a company fixture until his acrimonious departure in
2014. Despite his prominence within the company, Punk was never
selected to headline WWE's premier annual pay-per-view event, WrestleMania, which became a source of professional dissatisfaction.
Throughout his career, Punk consistently used the gimmick of being an outspoken, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment, straight edge iconoclast. His straight edge principles and outspokenness were based on his actual demeanor and way of life when out of character. Depending on his alignment as a fan favorite or villain, he emphasized different aspects of the culture to garner the desired audience reaction. He also trained several wrestlers.
Brock Edward Lesnar (born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and former professional mixed martial artist, currently signed to WWE. Lesnar is a four-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, and an NCAA Division I Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, making him the only person to have won a WWE championship, UFC championship, and NCAA wrestling championship.
After his successful amateur wrestling career at the University of Minnesota, Lesnar signed with WWE (then WWF) in 2000. He was assigned to its developmental promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he was a three-time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion (with Shelton Benjamin). After debuting on WWE's main roster in 2002, he won the WWE Championship on three separate occasions with victories over The Rock and Kurt Angle
(twice). Lesnar won his first (Undisputed) WWE Championship at the age
of 25, making him the youngest WWE Champion ever. He was also the 2002 King of the Ring and winner of the 2003 Royal Rumble, making him the youngest Royal Rumble winner as well.
Immediately following his match with Goldberg at WrestleMania XX, Lesnar left the WWE and pursued a career in the National Football League (NFL). He played during the preseason for the Minnesota Vikings but was cut prior to the start of the 2004–05 season. In 2005, Lesnar returned to professional wrestling and signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first match. After a contractual dispute with NJPW, he also wrestled as IWGP Champion in the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF).
After again leaving professional wrestling, Lesnar signed with Hero's to pursue a career in MMA and won his first fight, against Min Soo Kim, in June 2007. He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in October 2007. He lost his UFC debut against Frank Mir and then won his second fight against Heath Herring. On November 15, 2008, Lesnar defeated Randy Couture to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion. In 2009, he was sidelined due to diverticulitis but would return at UFC 116 to defeat Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin and unify the heavyweight championships, becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion. Lesnar then lost the championship to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121. In 2011, he was once again sidelined due to diverticulitis and underwent surgery. Lesnar returned at UFC 141 in December 2011, losing to Alistair Overeem and promptly retiring from MMA.
Lesnar was a box office sensation in UFC. He took part in five of the
highest selling pay-per-views in UFC history, three of which he
main-evented. Due to the pay-per-view bonuses and fight purses, Lesnar became the highest paid UFC fighter in 2010 and was on the ESPN list of highest paid athletes in 30 sports.
On April 2, 2012, Lesnar returned to the WWE after an eight-year hiatus. On April 6, 2014, at WrestleMania XXX, he defeated The Undertaker and ended his undefeated WrestleMania streak. Lesnar has headlined numerous WWE pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania XIX and Wrestlemania 31.
July 22, 1965 (age 49)
Chandler, Arizona, United States
Resides
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Spouse(s)
Theresa Wood
(divorced)
Rebecca Curci (m. 1999)
Children
Cameron Kade Hickenbotom
(born January 15, 2000)
Cheyenne Hickenbottom
(born August 19, 2004)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Sean Michaels Shawn Michaels
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight
225 lb (102 kg)
Billed from
San Antonio, Texas
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name, Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestling personality, television presenter and retired professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE, as an ambassador
and occasional non-wrestling performer, since December 2010. He
wrestled consistently for WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation
(WWF), from 1988 until his first retirement in 1998. He held
non-wrestling roles from 1998 to 2000 and resumed wrestling in 2002
until retiring ceremoniously in 2010.
In the WWF/WWE, Michaels headlined major pay-per-view events from 1989 to 2010, closing the company's flagship annual event, WrestleMania, five times. He was the co-founder and original leader of the successful stable, D-Generation X. He also wrestled in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he founded The Midnight Rockers with Marty Jannetty in 1985. After winning the AWA Tag Team Championship
twice, the team continued to the WWF as The Rockers, and had a
high-profile breakup in January 1992. Within the year, Michaels would
twice challenge for the WWF Championship and win his first WWF Intercontinental Championship, heralding his arrival as one of the company's premier singles stars.
Michaels was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011. In naming him the greatest professional wrestler of all time, IGN
wrote: "Michaels was the most athletic, inspired and daring storyteller
in the business; raising the bar for the entire industry with each
match." He is a four-time world champion: a three-time WWF Champion and a former World Heavyweight Champion. Michaels won the 1995 and 1996 Royal Rumbles and was the WWF's first Grand Slam Champion. He has won the PWI Match of the Year Award a record eleven times.
Chairman (1980–present)
President (1980–1993)
CEO (1980–1993; 2009–present)
Spouse(s)
Linda McMahon (m. 1966)
Children
Shane Brandon McMahon (born 1970)
Stephanie Marie McMahon (born 1976)
Parent(s)
Vincent James McMahon
Vicky H. Askew
Family
McMahon
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Mr. McMahon Vince McMahon
Billed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight
248 lb (112 kg)
Billed from
Greenwich, Connecticut
Debut
1968 (announcer)
1997 (wrestler)
Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon (born August 24, 1945) is an American professional wrestling promoter, former announcer, commentator, film producer, actor, and occasional professional wrestler currently serving as majority owner, Chairman, and CEO of Stamford, Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
McMahon plays an in-ring character known by the ring name Mr. McMahon, based on his real life persona. He is a two-time world champion, having won the WWF Championship in 1999 and ECW World Championship in 2007. He was also the winner of the 1999 Royal Rumble. McMahon headlined multiple pay-per-view events from 1999 to 2000 and participated in the main event of WrestleMania 2000, as a cornerman for The Rock.
McMahon is married to Linda McMahon, with whom he ran WWE from its establishment in 1980 until she resigned as the CEO in September 2009.
Cody Taylor Hall
(born March 31, 1991)
Cassidy Lee Hall
(born March 27, 1995)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
The Diamond Studd Razor Ramon Scott Hall
Starship Coyote
Texas Scott
Billed height
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Billed weight
287 lb (130 kg)
Billed from
Miami, Florida
Chuluota, Florida
Scott Oliver Hall (born October 20, 1958) is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenures with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring name Razor Ramon, and with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name. Beginning with his time in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Hall maintained a perennially high profile as a wrestler, as he became a four time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a two time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion, a one time WCW World Television Champion and a nine time world tag team champion (seven times in WCW, once in TNA, and once in the AWA). In addition, Hall is a two time world champion, having won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship. He is also notable for being a founding member of the New World Order (nWo). On April 5, 2014, Hall (as Razor Ramon) was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
May 23, 1999 (aged 34)
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Spouse(s)
Martha Patterson
(m. 1989–1999; his death)
Children
Oje Hart (born 1992)
Athena Hart (born 1995)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
The Blue Blazer
Owen Hart
Owen James
The Rocket
Billed height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight
229 lb (104 kg)
Billed from
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Parts Unknown (as the Blue Blazer)
Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian professional and amateur wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and most notably, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled under both his own name, and ring name The Blue Blazer. A member of the Hart wrestling family, Hart was born in Calgary, Alberta, the youngest of 12 children of Stampede Wrestling promoter and WWE Hall of Famer Stu Hart and Helen Hart.
Among other accolades, Hart was a one-time world champion, having held the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship during the USWA's partnership with the WWF, a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a one-time WWF European Champion, and a four-time WWF World Tag Team Champion. He was also the winner of the 1994 WWF King of the Ring. A staple of the WWF's In Your House
pay-per-view series from 1995 to 1998, Hart wrestled more matches at
those events than any other performer with 22, including three
headlining slots. He also main-evented SummerSlam 1994 in a steel cage match against older brother Bret Hart for the WWF Championship, which remains one of five WWF matches in history awarded a full five stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Regarded by a number of peers as one of the WWF's greatest professional wrestlers, Hart died on May 23, 1999, when an equipment malfunction occurred during his entrance from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., at the WWF's Over the Edge pay-per-view event.
May 18, 2002 (aged 39)
Invermere, British Columbia, Canada
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
The British Bulldog
Davey Boy Smith
Young David
Billed height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Billed weight
116 kg (256 lb; 18.3 st)
Billed from
Leeds and Manchester,
Great Britain
David "Davey" Boy Smith (November 27, 1962 – May 18, 2002) was a British professional wrestler. Born in Golborne, Wigan. Smith is best known for his appearances in the United States with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name and under the ring name The British Bulldog.
Smith's middle name, Boy, was the result of one of his parents
mistaking the name field on Smith's birth certificate for the gender
field. He was trained by Ted Betley in Winwick, England before relocating to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to further his training under Stu Hart. While training with Hart, Smith met Stu and Helen Hart's youngest daughter Diana, whom he married in 1984. One of their two children, Harry, is also a professional wrestler.
Smith found success as both a singles and tag competitor, holding every major title in the WWF except the WWF Championship; he won titles within the promotion in three decades, from the 1980s to the 2000s. Never a world champion, Smith nevertheless headlined multiple pay-per-view events in the WWF and WCW, in which he challenged for the WWF- and WCW World Heavyweight championships. He defeated Bret Hart for the WWF Intercontinental Championship in the main event of SummerSlam 1992 at London's original Wembley Stadium, and has the distinction of competing as WWF European Champion on the sole occasion where a match for that title headlined a pay-per-view event, at One Night Only in 1997. Prior to finding singles success, Smith achieved stardom as one half of The British Bulldogs tag team, alongside the Dynamite Kid.
Kevin Powers of WWE (previously the WWF) wrote: "Davey Boy Smith is a
certifiable legend in sports-entertainment... The fact is [he] should
have been a world champion."
April 17, 1954 (age 60)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Resides
Hillsboro, Oregon, US
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Roddy Piper
The Canadian
The Masked Canadian
Piper Machine
Billed height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed from
Glasgow, Scotland
Roderick "Roddy" George Toombs (born April 17, 1954), better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, film actor, and podcast host. Per a WWE
"Legend's Contract", he makes occasional TV and promotional appearances
for the company. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his
work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Although he is
Canadian, due to his Scottish heritage he was billed as coming from Glasgow in Scotland and was known for his signature kilt and bagpipe
entrance music. He earned the nickname "Rowdy" by displaying his
trademark "Scottish" rage, spontaneity and quick wit. Despite being a
crowd favorite for his rockstar-like persona, he often played the
villain. He was also nicknamed "Hot Rod".
Piper headlined several major pay-per-view events; he participated in the main events of WrestleMania I and WrestleMania X – as a special guest referee
in the latter. Never a world champion, he nevertheless accumulated 34
championships in various promotions during his career. Piper was
inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 and named No. 1 of the Top 50 villains in wrestling history by the WWE. Piper currently hosts a podcast titled "Piper's Pit" on PodcastOne.
Randy Savage (m. 1984; div. 1992)
Cary Lubetsky (m. 1997; div. 1999)
Elizabeth Ann Hulette (November 19, 1960 – May 1, 2003), best known as Miss Elizabeth, was an American professional wrestling manager. She gained international fame from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation, and the mid-1990s in World Championship Wrestling in her role as the manager to wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage. She died as a result of a drug and alcohol overdose on May 1, 2003 in the home she shared with wrestler Lex Luger.
Richard Morgan "Ric" Fliehr (born February 25, 1949) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler currently signed with WWE in the ambassador program, better known by his ring name Ric Flair.
Also known as "The Nature Boy", Flair is considered to be one of the
greatest professional wrestlers of all time with a professional career
that spans over 40 years. He is noted for his lengthy and highly decorated tenures with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Flair is officially recognized by WWE, TNA and Pro Wrestling Illustrated as a 16-time world heavyweight champion (eight-time NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion, and two-time WWF Champion).
although the actual number of his world championship reigns varies by
source; Flair considers himself as a 21-time World Champion.
In WCW, he also had two stints as a booker—in 1989–1990 and 1994. In 2012, Flair became the first ever two-time inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame, first inducted in 2008 for his individual career and for a second time in 2012 as a member of the Four Horsemen. He is also an NWA Hall of Famer (class of 2008). Flair's hairstyles and mannerisms were inspired by Buddy Rogers, who previously used the "Nature Boy" gimmick in the 1950s and 1960s.
Flair was the first WCW World Champion, having been awarded the title
following WCW's secession from the NWA in 1991. With that, he also
became the first WCW Triple Crown Champion upon being awarded the title, having already held the United States and World Tag Team titles. In 2005, he completed WWE's version of the Triple Crown when he won the Intercontinental Championship, after already holding the WWF (now WWE) Championship, as well as the World Tag Team Championship. Using the officially recognized totals (by WWE, TNA and PWI) of 16 World Championships and six U.S. Championship reigns,
Flair has won a total of 30 different major championships between the
NWA, WCW, and WWE, with numerous regional titles also to his credit. A
major pay-per-view attraction throughout his career, he has headlined
WWE's premier annual event, WrestleMania, as well as the NWA/WCW equivalent, Starrcade, on ten occasions.
André Roussimoff
André the Giant
Géant Ferré
Giant Machine
Jean Ferré
Monster Eiffel Tower
Monster Roussimoff
Billed height
7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
Billed weight
520 lb (240 kg)
Billed from
"Grenoble in the French Alps"
André René Roussimoff (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993), best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. His best-remembered acting role was that of Fezzik, the giant in the film The Princess Bride. His size was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormone, which later resulted in acromegaly. This led to him being called "The Eighth Wonder of the World".
In the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE), André was a one-time WWF Champion and a one-time WWF World Tag Team Champion. In 1993, André was the inaugural inductee into the WWF Hall of Fame.
Blade Runner Rock
Dingo Warrior
Jim Hellwig
Justice
The Ultimate Warrior
Warrior
Billed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight
275 lb (125 kg)
Billed from
Parts Unknown
Queens, New York
One Warrior Nation
Warrior (born James Brian Hellwig; June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014) was an American professional wrestler, who wrestled most famously under the ring name The Ultimate Warrior for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1987 to 1991 and again in 1992 and 1996. During his 1998 stint in World Championship Wrestling, he was known as The Warrior.
While in the WWF, he became a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion and won the WWF Championship when he pinned Hulk Hogan in the main event at WrestleMania VI, making him the first wrestler to hold both titles concurrently. Warrior retired from professional wrestling in 1998 and embarked on a public speaking career, but wrestled one final match in Spain in 2008.
Warrior died on April 8, 2014, at the age of 54 in Scottsdale,
Arizona. Over the preceding three days he had been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, appeared at WrestleMania XXX, and made his final public appearance on Raw.
Miss Elizabeth (m. 1984; div. 1992)
Barbara Payne (m. 2010–11) (his death)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Randy Poffo
Randy Savage
The Spider
The Big Geno
The Macho Man
Mr. Madness
Destroyer
Executioner
Billed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight
237 lb (108 kg)
Billed from
Sarasota, Florida
Randy Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler and occasional color commentator best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He is considered to be one of the greatest pro wrestlers in history.
Savage won 20 championships during his 32-year career. He held six world championships between the WWF and WCW, having won the WWF Championship twice and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship four times. He also won the ICW World Heavyweight Championship three times and the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship once. Savage is a one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion;
WWE (formerly WWF) has named him the greatest champion of all time and
credited him for bringing "a higher level of credibility to the title
through his amazing in-ring performances." Savage was also the 1987 WWF King of the Ring and the 1995 WCW World War 3 winner. A major pay-per-view attraction in the 1980s and 1990s, he headlined WrestleManias IV, V and VIII, as well as four of the first five SummerSlam shows, the 1995 edition of WCW's Starrcade, and many other events. At the peak of his popularity Savage held similar drawing power to that of Hulk Hogan.
For most of his tenures in the WWF and WCW, Savage was managed by his real life wife "Miss Elizabeth"
Hulette. He was recognizable by wrestling fans for his distinctively
deep and raspy voice, his ring attire, intensity exhibited in and out of
the ring, using "Pomp and Circumstance" as his entrance music, and his signature catch phrase, "Oooh yeah!" Savage died of cardiac arrhythmia while driving with his second wife Barbara Lynn Payne, in Seminole, Florida on the morning of May 20, 2011. On March 28, 2015, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2015.
Bret Hart (born July 2, 1957) is a Canadian writer, actor and retired professional wrestler. A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler, he has an amateur wrestling background, wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College.
Along with his nickname the "Hit Man", Hart was known by the monikers
"The Excellence of Execution", "The Best There Is, The Best There Was
and The Best There Ever Will Be" and "The Pink and Black Attack". He is
credited with revolutionizing the industry in the early 1990s by
bringing high quality in-ring performance to the fore. Olympic wrestling gold medalist and six-time WWE world champion Kurt Angle
said of Hart: "I used to watch matches of him so that I could learn the
psychology of [pro] wrestling... in that ring, as a technician, there
wasn't anybody better".
Hart joined his father Stu Hart's promotion Stampede Wrestling in 1976, and made his in-ring debut in 1978.
He gained popularity and championship success throughout the 1980s and
1990s in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), where he helmed The Hart Foundation faction. He left for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) following the controversial "Montreal Screwjob"
in November 1997, where he remained until October 2000. Having been
inactive from in-ring competition since January 2000, owing to a
December 1999 concussion,
he officially retired in October 2000, shortly after his departure from
the company. He returned to sporadic in-ring competition in 2004 and
2006, and in 2010 with WWE, where he won his final championship,
headlined that year's SummerSlam event, and served as the general manager of Raw. He headlined WrestleManias IX, X, and XII, and participated in the main event of the 1997 and 1999 editions of WCW Starrcade – as a special enforcer in the former.
Hart has held championships in five decades from the 1970s to the
2010s, with a total of 32 held throughout his career, and 17 held
between the WWF/WWE and WCW. He is a seven-time world champion, having held the WWF Championship five times and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice. He spent more time as WWF Champion than any other wrestler during the 1990s, with a total of 654 days as champion, and was the first WCW World Heavyweight Champion born outside the United States. He is also a five-time WCW/WWE United States Champion, the second WWF Triple Crown Champion and fifth (with Goldberg) WCW Triple Crown Champion.
Hart was the first man to win both the WWF and WCW Triple Crown Championships. He is also the 1994 Royal Rumble winner (with Lex Luger), and the only two-time King of the Ring, winning the 1991 tournament and the first King of the Ring pay-per-view in 1993. Steve Austin, with whom Hart headlined multiple pay-per-view events as part of a critically acclaimed rivalry from 1996–1997, inducted him into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006.
Jodi Lynn
(1989–1999; divorced)
Sara Frank
(2000–2007; divorced)
Michelle McCool
(2010–present)
Children
4
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Kane the Undertaker
Mark Callous
Punisher Dice Morgan
Texas Red
The American Badass
The Commando
The Master of Pain
The Phenom
The Punisher The Undertaker
Billed height
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Billed weight
299 lb (136 kg)
Billed from
Houston, Texas Death Valley
Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965), better known by his ring name The Undertaker, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he has worked since 1990, making him WWE's longest-tenured performer.
Calaway began his wrestling career with World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) in 1984. After wrestling for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as "Mean" Mark Callous from 1989 to 1990, he signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1990.
As The Undertaker, his gimmick is that of a macabre entity who employs scare tactics and has links to the supernatural. He is the storyline half-brother of fellow WWE wrestler Kane, with whom he has alternately feuded and teamed with as The Brothers of Destruction. Since unseating Hulk Hogan as WWF Champion in 1991, The Undertaker has been involved in various pivotal storylines and matches within WWE history.
The Undertaker is synonymous with The Streak, an unprecedented run of 21 straight victories at WWE's annual WrestleMania pay-per-view (including main event bouts at WrestleMania 13, WrestleMania XXIV, and WrestleMania XXVI); he sustained his first loss at WrestleMania XXX to Brock Lesnar. He was also winner of the 2007 Royal Rumble. Among other championship accolades, Calaway is a four-time WWF/E Champion, three-time World Heavyweight Champion, and one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion.
Stephanie Williams
(born 1991)
Cassidy Williams
(born 1996)
Jade Adams
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
The Ringmaster
Steve Austin
Steve Williams
Billed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight
252 lb (114 kg)
Billed from
Victoria, Texas
Trained by
Chris Adams
Debut
1989
Retired
2003
Steve Austin (born Steven James Anderson; December 18, 1964), better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American actor, producer, and retired professional wrestler who is signed to WWE under a legend's contract. He has been hailed as the biggest star in World Wrestling Federation (WWF/E) history. Austin also performed for promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).
He gained significant mainstream popularity in the WWF in the late
1990s as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, a disrespectful, beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied the establishment and his boss, company chairman Vince McMahon; this persona of Austin's has been described as the "poster boy" of the Attitude Era, a boom period in WWF business in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Addressing his box office drawing power, McMahon and former WWE executives Jim Ross,and Paul Heyman
have declared Austin to be the most profitable wrestler in the history
of the organization. Ross asserted: "Nobody touches Austin... No-one
generated more cash in the length of their WWE career." Industry veterans and multiple-time WWE Champions Ric Flair,John Cena, and CM Punk have each named Austin as the biggest star in WWE history, and, along with McMahon, have stressed that he surpassed the popularity of Hulk Hogan. Austin devised the long-standing "What?" chant in pro wrestling.
Austin held 21 championships throughout his wrestling career, and is a 6-time WWF Champion as well as the fifth Triple Crown Champion. He was also the winner of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, as well as the 1997, 1998, and 2001 Royal Rumbles,
making him the only three-time winner of the event. He was forced to
retire from in ring competition in 2003 due to a series of knee and neck
injuries. Throughout the rest of 2003 and 2004, he was featured as the Co-General Manager and "Sheriff" of Raw. Since 2005, he has continued to make occasional appearances, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009 by Vince McMahon. In 2011, Steve Austin returned to WWE to host the reboot of the reality series Tough Enough.
Linda Claridge (m. 1983–2007) Jennifer McDaniel (m. 2010)
Children
Brooke Ellen Bollea (born May 5, 1988)
Nicholas Allan Bollea (born July 27, 1990)
Parent(s)
Ruth Moody
Peter Bollea
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Hollywood Hulk Hogan
Hollywood Hogan Hulk Hogan
Mr. America
Sterling Golden
Terry Boulder
The Super Destroyer
Billed height
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Billed weight
280 lb (130 kg)
Billed from
Venice Beach, California
(as Hulk Hogan)
Washington, D.C.
(as Mr. America) Hollywood, California
(as Hollywood Hogan)
Terry Gene Bollea (born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American professional wrestler, actor, television personality, entrepreneur, and musician currently signed with WWE.
Hogan enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980s and 1990s as the all-American character Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), and as "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, the villainous nWo leader, in World Championship Wrestling
(WCW). A regular pay-per-view headliner in both organizations, Hogan
closed the respective premier annual events of the WWF and WCW, WrestleMania and Starrcade, on multiple occasions. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. He was signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2009 until 2013, where he was the on-screen General Manager. IGN described Hogan as "the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the '80s".
Hulk Hogan is a 12-time world champion being a six-time WWF/E (World Heavyweight) Champion and six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He is the third longest combined reigning WWF Champion of all time (after Bruno Sammartino, and Bob Backlund),
the longest-reigning champion of the 1980s, and holds two of the ten
longest title runs in WWF/E history, having held the title for 1,474
days from 1984–1988 (the fourth longest reign of all time) and 364 days
from 1989 to 1990 (the 9th longest reign of all time). He is also the
longest-reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion of all time, with a
469-day reign from 1994–1995. Hogan won the Royal Rumble in 1990 and 1991, making him the first man to win two consecutive Royal Rumbles.
