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Kazarian (wrestler) | After remaining at Kowalski's school for eight months, Kazarian returned to Southern California and began wrestling on the independent circuit, primarily in the Empire Wrestling Federation, On May 30, 2001, Evolution won the vacant UPW Tag Team Championships. |
Abyss (wrestler) | On October 31, 2013 episode of Impact, Abyss came to the aid of Eric Young again after he was attacked by Bad Influence, and proved he is no threat to Eric Young. |
Joe Gomez | In 2000, he left WCW to return to NWA Florida then under promoter Howard Brody defeating Al Green in Tampa on December 12. |
Homicide (wrestler) | Over a year later, Homicide returned to ROH as part of the TNA tag team LAX, replacing The Motor City Machine Guns who were originally booked. |
Shawn Michaels | Michaels went on to win the Royal Rumble in 1995, which set up a championship grudge match at WrestleMania XI against Diesel (who had gone on to win the WWF Championship from Bob Backlund). |
Chris Kanyon | However, the ruling was overturned by Flair's replacement Sting, and Kanyon and Bigelow lost the title to Harlem Heat at Road Wild on August 14, 1999. |
Lance Cade | A Lance Cade Tribute Show took place on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at the Texas Wrestling Academy Gym in San Antonio, Texas. |
Ray Hrstich | He spent the spring of 1963 wrestling for Sam Muchnick and appeared in televised matches on Wrestling at the Chase. |
Ric Flair | 2His last four reigns with the championship were after Jim Crockett, Jr. sold his promotion to Ted Turner in November 1988, which became World Championship Wrestling. |
Norman Smiley | In 1990 Smiley competed at the National Wrestling Alliance / World Championship Wrestling Starrcade 1990 event teaming with Chris Adams against the team of Konnan and Rey Misterio, Sr.. |
Ric Flair | From then, the'' co-owner'' angle culminated in early 2002, when Flair controlled Raw, and McMahon controlled SmackDown ! |
Paul Bearer | In April 2012, Bearer returned for a brief stint as a part of Kane's ongoing feud with Randy Orton. |
Tonya Harding | She appeared on a AAA professional wrestling show on June 22, 1994 in Portland, Oregon as the manager for wrestling stable Los Gringos Locos, which that night included Art Barr, Eddie Guerrero, and Brian Cox. |
Steve Rickard | He had seen how successful televised wrestling had been in Australia and in the United States, and with Jim Barnett was involved with airing the short-lived Big Time Wrestling in 1972. |
Triple H | On the February 16, 2009 Raw, Triple H made an appearance aiding Stephanie and Shane McMahon, after they were attacked by Randy Orton. |
Christian (wrestler) | In March 2006, Reso competed as'' Christian Cage'' three times in the United Kingdom for the One Pro Wrestling (1PW) promotion. |
Michael Cole | Cole was put in a match with John Cena on the June 4, 2012 episode of Raw, which he lost, and was forced to make an apology for all of his wrongdoings. |
Wade Barrett | (High-impact elbow smash, sometimes transitioned from a short-arm) -- 2012 -- present WWE Intercontinental Championship | WWE Intercontinental Champion. |
Damien Wayne | On May 14, 2011, at Squared Circle Wrestling Alliance in Eden, North Carolina, Damien Wayne defeated Chance Prophet for the NWA DAWG Championship. |
Rip Rogers | : * NWA Central States Television Championship (1 time) : * NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) -- with Ted Oates : * ICW United States Tag Team Championship (2 times) -- with Ricky Starr (1) and Pez Whatley (1) : * NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (1 time) : * OVW Heavyweight Championship (3 times) : * OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (3 times) -- with Dave the Rave (2) and Jason Lee (1) : * NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) : * WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (1 time) : * WWC World Tag Team Championship (2 times) -- with Abbuda Dein Rip made an appearance in the 1993 music video for'' Human Wheels'' by fellow Seymour native John Mellencamp. |
Quinn Ojinnaka | Ojinnaka started pro wrestling training in 2012 under Mr. Hughes at WWA4 in 2012 and has been attending WWE training camps. |
Kevin Nash | He made his WWF debut at a house show on June 6, 1993, assisting Michaels in defeating Marty Jannetty for the Intercontinental Championship. |
Colin Delaney | Colin's last defense of the NWA Empire's Lord of the Dance Championship was at on December 8, 2007 where he wrestled his kayfabe brother Jimmy Olsen and'' Mastiff'' Will Christianson. |
Ric Flair | Flair lost the NWA World Championship due to his flamboyant ways in Detroit to Ron Garvin on September 25, 1987. |
John Quinn (wrestler) | During 1976, he and Kinji Shibuya defeated Don Leo Jonathan &'' Superfly'' Jimmy Snuka on May 20 and also faced Terry Funk in a match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in Vancouver on July 19. |
Gary Hart (wrestler) | He also conducted a memorable interview on World Championship Wrestling in 1989, berating Dusty Rhodes and his family. |
Gregg Groothuis | Groothuis later won the IZW Tag Team Championship himself when he and Chris Kole defeated G. Q. Gallo & Lawrence Tyler on February 3, 2004. |
Ted DiBiase | DiBiase continued to feud with Savage throughout the summer of 1988, culminating in a tag team match pitting DiBiase and André the Giant vs. Hogan and Savage at the inaugural SummerSlam (in a match billed as'' Where The Mega Powers Meet The Mega Bucks''). |
Ric Byrne | August 19, 2005 - Heartland Foundation (Ric Byrne and Jon Moxley) defeat Foreign Intelligence (Quinten Lee and Ala Hussein) for the HWA Tag Team Championship, although the Heartland Foundation are stripped of the title and the championship is awarded back to Foreign Intelligence the same evening. |
Kid Krazy | On Friday 3 March 2006, in Kirkcaldy, Kid Krazy appeared at Worldwide Wrestling League as Mike Musso's mystery tag partner to replace Rob McKay and defend the tag titles. |
Bob Starr (wrestler) | As of 2010, he had competed in an estimated 100 regional and independent promotions throughout the continental United States. |
Kerry Von Erich | Kerry returned to Texas and claimed the USWF Texas Heavyweight Championship, which he lost to Dynamite Dixon in November. |
Roddy Piper | He made a return to Raw on an episode taped February 12, 2007, during which he announced that his friend Dusty Rhodes was to be the first person inducted into the 2007 class of the WWE Hall of Fame. |
Ray Combs | He later served as a guest commentator alongside Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan at Survivor Series 1993 in a match between the Hart Family and Shawn Michaels and his Knights. |
Sheamus | World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) | World Heavyweight Champion in April 2012. |
Ric Flair | Following a best-of-three falls match with Steamboat that lasted just short of the 60-minute time limit (and ended with a disputed finish where Steamboat retained the title) at Clash of the Champions VI : Ragin' Cajun on April 2, Flair regained the title from Steamboat on May 7, 1989 at WrestleWar. |
Gary Albright | On January 7, 2000, Albright wrestled at a World Xtreme Wrestling show in Hazleton, Pennsylvania against Lucifer Grimm (real name Bill Owens). |
Duke Droese | thumb | left | Duke'' The Dumpster'' Droese carrying a garbage can to the ring In 1994, Droese was signed to a contract by the World Wrestling Federation. |
Tom Burton | During the next year, he made occasional appearances on WWF Superstars facing Hercules in Huntsville, Alabama on January 21 and, teaming with Dusty Wolfe, against The Rockers in Madison, Wisconsin on July 8, 1989. |
Randy Orton | Following this, he re-engaged in his feud with John Cena, who had returned from injury and won the 2008 Royal Rumble match. |
Jim Ross | On December 17, 2012, during the WWE Raw, Jim Ross appeared alongside Gene Okerlund and Ricky Steamboat to announce the winner of the Slammy Award for Match of the Year. |
Kaitlyn (wrestler) | She had her first match on SmackDown on the January 28, 2011, episode, when she and Kelly Kelly were defeated by LayCool (Layla and Michelle McCool). |
Ric Flair | The Four Horsemen In the spring of 1985, the tag team of Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson began aiding Flair (whom they claimed as a'' cousin'') in attacks against Dusty Rhodes, Magnum T. A., and Sam Houston. |
Dick Beyer | He used the `` figure-four - leg-lock'' on his way to the World Wrestling Association (WWA) championship on July 27, 1962 in a win over Freddie Blassie, who convinced him that the mask gimmick would give him a large'' push''. |
Brooke Adams (wrestler) | Just a couple days later on November 1, 2007, Adams was released from her WWE contract due to an'' gimmick infringement'' involving Melina about the furry black boots she wore as a part of her costume for the Halloween battle royal, seeing how Melina frequently does furry boots for her wrestling appearances. |
Mikey Whipwreck | At the second ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view on June 11, 2006, Whipwreck was seen on camera celebrating with other ECW wrestlers after Rob Van Dam won the WWE Championship. |
Shawn Michaels | In October 1990, The Rockers were scheduled to win the WWF Tag Team Championship from The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart), as Neidhart, half of the championship team, was in the process of negotiating his release from the company. |
Layla El | During the 2011 WWE Draft on 25 April, Layla lost a match to Eve and was attacked afterward by McCool, but was able to fight her off. |
Maryse Ouellet | On October 5, 2012 Maryse appeared at the Family Wrestling Entertainment event, Back 2 Brooklyn, performing live commentary. |
John Quinn (wrestler) | Returning to Vancouver, Quinn teamed with Bob Brown once again to challenge his former tag team partner Dutch Savage & Steven Little Bear for the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship, later defeating them in New Westminster, British Columbia on August 7, 1972. |
John Quinn (wrestler) | He would also briefly hold the Stampede International Tag Team Title with Mr. Hito defeating Les Thornton & Frankie Laine for the titles on May 2, 1975 before the titles were vacated later that year. |
Tzuki | On February 21, 2006 Tzuki lost to Mascarita Sagrada in a singles matche taped for WWE Velocity. |
Leilani Kai | She was later stripped of the title by NWA President Bill Behrens on June 19, 2004 after Kai no-show ed several events. |
Rhino (wrestler) | The last match between them took place on May 11, 2012, at A Small Deadly Space, where Rhino was defeated by Smith, with Raven as Special Referee. |
Drew McIntyre | Despite it being his only match (he was used twice) for NWA : Scottish Wrestling Alliance (NWA : SWA), Galloway represented Team SWA against Team Sinner in the titular match for the March 2006 Clan Wars event, being eliminated first by Highlander who was using the ropes. |
Matt Hardy | Along with his friend Rhyno, Hardy was released by WWE on April 11, 2005. |
Tony Garea | On the March 29, 2010 episode of Monday Night Raw Garea appeared as a lumberjack in the Christian vs. Ted DiBiase lumberjack match. |
Ken Patera | On August 12th 2011, Patera made a special in-ring appearance at Juggalo Championship Wrestling's'' Legends & Icons'' event, facing Bob Backlund in a losing effort. |
The Shane Twins | In July 2008, The Shane Twins returned to the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico for legendary promoter Carlos Colon. |
Hangman Hughes | Making his debut in Grand Prix Wrestling in 1999 later touring with Leo Burke and The Beast, he traveled to the United States for a brief stint in EWA before returning to the Maritime territory and establishing Real Action Wrestling with promoter Skot Gallant that same year. |
Steve Keirn | Despite the tag team success both Keirn and Eaton enjoyed in the past (with The Fabulous Ones and the Midnight Express respectively), the team made little impact, losing dark matches to Brian and Brad Armstrong at Bash at the Beach 1994 and Fall Brawl 1994. |
Dick Slater | He won the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Bunkhouse Buck on an episode of WCW Saturday Night on July 22, 1995, defeating the Harlem Heat thanks to interference from Col. Rob Parker. |
Adam Pearce | Adam Pearce made his WFX Wrestling debut at' Conflict of Interest to the Extreme 2010'. |
Blues Saraceno | Most recently, TNA wrestler AJ Styles began using the song at TNA's Slammiversary pay-per-view on June 2nd, 2013 as his new theme song.'' |
Amber O'Neal | O'Neal appeared on the June 5, 2008 edition of TNA Impact ! |
The Great Khali | On 29 January 2012, Khali returned to WWE at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view as the number 15 entrant in the Royal Rumble match, eliminating Ezekiel Jackson and Jinder Mahal before being eliminated by Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler. |
Tony Garea | They continued to challenge for the titles before defeating The Yukon Lumberjacks (Eric and Pierre) for Garea's third and Zbyzsko's first WWWF World Tag Team Championship on November 21, 1978 edition of Championship Wrestling. |
Tiana Ringer | After over a four-year hiatus from professional wrestling, Ringer made her return on October 8, 2011, facing Mercedes Martinez in a losing effort at an NCW Femmes Fatales event in Montreal, Quebec. |
Scott Steiner | In 1999, Steiner feuded with Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Booker T, and Rey Misterio, Jr., and won the United States Heavyweight Championship and World Television Championship. |
Dru Onyx | Dru's 1st dealings with the NWA was going on a one week tour in 2004 for Andre Baker's NWA UK Hammerlock where he wrestled in tag team Prince Devitt. |
Steve Casey | Steve Casey debuted as a professional wrestler on March 3, 1936 by beating the Irish Canadian Heavyweight Champion Paul Duveen in a non-title match. |
Mike Knox | On June 18th 2013, he won the River City Wrestling Tag Team Championships. |
Malia Hosaka | Hosaka debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling at NWA Bloodfest on October 1, 1993 and defeated Molly McShane. |
Malia Hosaka | She then substituted for Madusa at November to Remember on November 13, 1993, and wrestled against Sherri Martel. |
Betsy Ruth | On April 20, 2010, Duignan wrestled a tryout dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Miss Betsy, during which she accidentally injured her opponent, Daffney. |
Jacqueline Moore | In late 2002, she and Stratus began a feud with Victoria, leading to a Triple Threat match at Armageddon, in which Victoria retained the title. |
Barry Buchanan | In August 2002 he returned to the WWE after wrestling several matches with seemingly no character or purpose, until November 21 when John Cena was pinned by Rikishi. |
Germ?n Figueroa | On May 2, 2009, Figueroa defeated Mike DiBiase II to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship, becoming a dual-champion within the NWA. |
Brutus Beefcake | Beefcake also feuded with'' Outlaw'' Ron Bass in 1988, beginning when Bass attacked him after a match on Superstars of Wrestling, lacerating his head with a spur. |
Devon Nicholson | On December 11, 2010 he wrestled and defeated Tommy Dreamer by submission at the CRW Arena to retain the Quebec Championship. |
Jim Ross | Ross was originally the main voice of the WWF's pay-per-view events when he was first brought in, calling both WrestleMania IX and the King of the Ring with Heenan and Randy Savage in 1993. |
Kevin Sullivan (wrestler) | Sullivan lost a retirement match to Benoit at Bash at the Beach on July 13, 1997. |
Tony Atlas | In 1987, Tony left for the Texas based World Class Championship Wrestling where he adopted the moniker of'' The Black Superman''. |
Mason Raige | Moving to Louisville, Kentucky, he would split his time between New York and OVW, he and Dickie Rodz retained the NYWC Tag Team titles despite losing to Brett Matthews & Brian Myers and, at an NWA Cyberspace that same night, defeated Supreme Lee Great and Thrillology on March 26, 2005. |
Rob Van Dam | On January 13, 2013, at Genesis, Van Dam defeated Christian York to retain the X Division Championship. |
Jeff Gaylord | He also made a one-time appearance in the World Wrestling Federation as The Black Knight at the 1993 Survivor Series. |
Max Damage | On 23 June 2006, Damage made his debut for Kiwi Pro Wrestling during their first-ever show Storm Warning. |
Jeremy Borash | In March 2002, Borash returned to the United States to join Jeff Jarrett in launching TNA Wrestling in Nashville, Tennessee. |
C. W. Bergstrom | In July 1999, he headlined a wrestling event for promoter John Skinner at the Medford Armory losing to Steve'' The Gigolo'' Rizzano. |
Angelina Love | (born September 13, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), under the ring name Angelina Love. |
Oficial Fierro | In 2000 he was repackaged as'' El Millonario'', a character patterned after Ted DiBiase's'' Million Dollar Man'' character from the World Wrestling Federation. |
Billy Gunn | After taking time off again due to a shoulder injury, Gunn returned to action at the 2004 Royal Rumble, but was eliminated by Goldberg. |
Ric Flair | He defended and retained the WWE Heavyweight Championship against Genichiro Tenryu on September 15, 1992 in a match that resulted in a draw. |
The Barbarian (wrestler) | In March 2004, The Barbarian won the NWA Virginia Heavyweight Championship, and feuded with David Flair for the title, until he was ruled ineligible to compete due to a lack of a valid Virginia wrestling license. |
Jeremy Borash | Through the show, Borash met internet wrestling pioneer Bob Ryder, who quickly pitched the show concept to Eric Bischoff of Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling (WCW) In March 1999, WCW Live ! |
James Mitchell (manager) | Mitchell debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) on June 19, 2002. |
Michael Cole | thumb | left | Cole with fellow SmackDown commentator Josh Mathews Cole became the color commentator for WWE NXT when the show debuted on February 23, 2010. |
Sabu (wrestler) | He began his wrestling career in 1985 in the Sheik's promotion, Big Time Wrestling, and was billed as being from Saudi Arabia under the ring name'' Sabu the Elephant Boy'' (use of'' The Elephant Boy'' was dropped in his later days), as well as Terry S. R (the S. R. standing for Sheik's Revenge). |
Niles Young | On October 4, he lost to Cory Kastle in a singles match as well as in a three-way tag team match with Jude against John Dahmer and Cory Kastle and DJ Hyde and Josh Samuels at CZW Cage of Death V on December 13, 2003. |
Dave Finlay | In the 2009 Supplemental Draft, Finlay and Hornswoggle were separated when Hornswoggle was drafted to Raw. |