Sabu Real Name Terry Brunk   Other Names Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal   Date of Birth n/a   Weight: 220   Height: 6`0   Signature Move Arabian Facebuster (diving legdrop w/chair), Triple Jump Moonsault Federations ECW, WCW, WWF, NWA, WWA, IWGP, FMW, New Japan, All Japan Titles Held XPW World Heavyweight Champion, ECW World Heavyweight Title (2), ECW Television Title, ECW World Tag Team Title (2), FTW World Title, NJPW Light Heavyweight Title, NWA World Independent Title, FMAW Tag Team Title Short Bio Thanks to The Sam Van Dam webpage: http://www.angelfire.com/sk/samvandam/new.html During the sixties and seventies, the terror of wrestling was The Sheik. Known across the world for his extreme style, he was feared by the wrestling world. Over the years, he has taught many talented wrestling superstars such as Rob Van Dam and Scott Steiner, but his star pupil is definitely none other then his own nephew, Sabu. The most homicidal, suicidal, and genocidal athlete of all time. Sabu's watched his uncle wrestle for years until it was his time to shine. For his first match, his uncle said that he would have a mystery opponent for him to battle. The mystery opponent turned out to be none other then the Sheik himself. After an insane brawl, Sabu was finally ready. In his first official professional wrestling match, Sabu defeated the Canadian Road Warrior. He would then start his own hard-core wrestling style. The Sheik had taught him the basics of mat wrestling, but Sabu taught himself how to fly through the air. Before most American fans had even thought about wrestlers doing backflips, Sabu was doing moonsaults through tables, back when it didn't happen at ever Pay Per View. Sabu wrestled all over the world for years. While the United States/North American fans cheered on steroid filled superhero wrestlers like The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan, Sabu went to Japan. He won the FMW Tag Team Championship from two of Japan's biggest legends, Tarzan Goto and Atsushi Onita, with Horace (Hogan) Boulder. He was offered a contract by WWF Head Vince McMahon, but thought that the Japanese promoters might get angry if he accepted it. He turned it down and continued wrestling in Japan. On October 2nd, 1993, Sabu made his Eastern Championship Wrestling debut against The Tasmaniac. After being defeated by Sabu, The Tasmaniac called out Sabu, because he didn't want to be defeated by an unknown. Sabu defeated him again that night. The next night Sabu shocked the wrestling world by defeating 'The Franchise' Shane Douglas for the Eastern Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title. Two months later, Sabu won the Eastern Championship Wrestling Television Title when he pinned Hard-core Legend Terry Funk in a tag match (Sabu and Road Warrior Hawk vs. Terry Funk and King Kong Bundy) that said if Sabu pinned Terry Funk, he would win the title. In December Sabu lost the Heavyweight Championship to Terry Funk. In January ECW held the first ever three way dance at 'The Night the Line was Crossed.' Sabu, Terry Funk, and Shane Douglas went to a sixty minute time limit. A few months later Sabu lost the Television title to the Tasmaniac. After that, Sabu got a new manager, Paul E. Heyman (Or Paul E. Dangerously) and a bodyguard, 911. During this time, Sabu had many great matches with Shane Douglas, Terry Funk, and 2 Cold Scorpio. He also had very intense matches with a man known as Chris Benoit. In one of their matches, Benoit picked up Sabu, as if he was going for a kneebreaker, but then threw him right over his shoulder. Sabu fell headfirst, and broke his neck. Unbelievably, he still finished the match. In early 1995, Sabu, Paul E. Heyman, and 911 joined forces with The Tasmaniac to form the Dangerous Alliance. Sabu and The Tasmaniac put the past behind them, and took on the Public Enemy in the first ever Double Tables match. To win, you would have to put both of your opponents through different tables. Tasmaniac and Johnny Grunge were eliminated together, and Sabu eliminated Rocko Rock. His reign lasted under a month. Sabu and The Tasmaniac took on Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko on February 24th. Tasmaniac suffered a knee injury during the match, and 911 and Paul E. took him to the back, leaving Sabu to face both Benoit and Malenko. Sabu leaped off all sides of the ring in what some call his greatest match, even though it was a loss. Sabu and The Tasmaniac were now sent into a feud with Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko and the Public Enemy. They were to have the first Three Way Tag Team Dance. However, Sabu was in Japan when the match took place, and he had to be substituted by Rick Steiner. The fans were so outraged by this, that Sabu was publicly fired by Paul E. No longer part of Extreme Championship Wrestling, Sabu went back to wrestle in Japan. He won the IWGP Light Heavyweight Championship from Koji Kanemato, but lost it back to him a few months later. After drifting through the Japanese promotions for a few more months, Sabu signed with World Championship Wrestling. A video of Sabu was shown on the first ever WCW Monday Nitro, and on the next he defeated Alex Wright. After pinning him, he dragged him to the arena floor, set him on a table, and moonsaulted from the top rope through the table. WCW loved Sabu's skill and ability to entertain the crowd, but were not fond of his extreme style. He was told to stop using the tables. In October, Sabu made his American Pay Per View debut by defeating Mr. JL (Jerry Lynn) in under five minutes. A few weeks later, Sabu took on the Disco Inferno on WCW Nitro. After defeating him with a slingshot somersault leg drop, Sabu set up the Disco Inferno on a table, and flipped through hit. He was soon released from World Championship Wrestling. At November to Remember 1995, ECW's biggest show to that date, Paul Heyman informed the crowd that he had a big surprise for them. The lights went out, and when they came back, Sabu was in the ring, pointing at the sky. Sabu hacked up Hak Myers in his return match, after an Arabian Face Buster through a table. Sabu had returned to Extreme Championship Wrestling. At Holiday Hell, Sabu took on Cactus Jack in an insane fight where he broke his ribs. Sabu missed no time, however. He then stated a feud with one of his former students, Rob Van Dam. Sabu defeated him in their first ECW meeting, but when he offered to shake his hand, he refused. Sabu defeated him once more, but Rob Van Dam still refused to shake his hand. At Matter of Respect 1996, Sabu took on Rob Van Dam in a respect match, where the loser would have to admit he respected the winner. Rob Van Dam won the match with a top rope fisherman's buster. After the match, Rob Van Dam met Taz and Alfonso at the top of the ramp. Taz had told Rob Van Dam about the severity of Sabu's neck injury. At Hard-core Heaven 1996, Sabu defeated Rob Van Dam. Even though the top rope broke during the match, both still took to the air. Sabu again took on Rob Van Dam in a stretcher match at The Doctor is In. Sabu won the match, ending the feud. Later that year, Rob Van Dam and Doug Furnas signed a dream partner match. Doug Furnas chose Phil Lafon to no ones surprise, and Rob Van Dam chose Sabu. This led up to a partnership that existed up untill July of 1999. Sabu and Rob Van Dam started taking out all of the major tag teams in ECW. A November to Remember 1996, a match was signed between the Eliminators John Kronus and Perry Saturn, and Sabu and Rob Van Dam. The winner would take on World Tag Team Champions the Gangsters New Jack and Mustafa. The Eliminators and Sabu and Rob Van Dam went to a thirty minute draw. Thus, the match became a three way dance. During the match, Taz applied the Tazmission on Rob Van Dam, leaving Sabu open for a Total Elimination, eliminating the team. Later on the same show, Taz refereed a match between Bill Alfonso and Commissioner Todd Gordon. Midway through the match, Taz applied the Tazmission on Todd Gordon. The lights went out, and when they came back on, Sabu was there. Sabu and Taz charged at each other, but before anything happened, the lights went back out. The Taz-Sabu feud died down a little, and Sabu and Rob Van Dam started a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling. During the tour, AJPW promoter and Japanese legend Giant Baba told the other wrestlers to not cooperate with Sabu and Rob Van Dam if they introduced tables or chairs into the match. Sabu and Rob Van Dam quit the tour, and returned to the states. Sabu picked up his feud with Taz right where he left off. At ECW's first Pay Per View, Barely Legal, the first ever meeting with Taz and Sabu was signed. Taz defeated Sabu in a very hard fought match, after Sabu passed out to the Tazmission. After the match, Sabu shook hands with Taz, then he, and Rob Van Dam attacked him. Taz's manager Bill Alfonso ripped off his Taz shirt, to reveal a Sabu shirt underneath. At ECW's next big card, Wrestlepalooza 1997, Sabu pinned Taz cleanly, something no other wrestler has done. Sabu then picked up his feud with Terry Funk. At Born to be Wired, Sabu took on Terry Funk in his first ever American Barb Wire match. In what many say is the most extreme match in ECW history, Sabu pinned Terry Funk for the world heavyweight Championship. But just two weeks later, at the Hard-core Heaven 1997 Pay Per View, Sabu lost the title in a three way dance between Shane Douglas, Terry Funk, and himself, after the Sandman interfered. This started another grueling and bloody feud. At House Party 1997, Sabu lost the first ever Stairway to Hell match. But then at November to Remember 1997, Sabu defeated him in a Tables and Ladders match with a top rope Arabian Face Buster with a ladder. He defeated him many more times at the ECW Arena, in tag matches with Rob Van Dam and Tommy Dreamer, in Japan, and at the end of the feud, at Living Dangerously 1998, in The Sandman's own kind of match, a Dueling Canes match. At Wrestlepalooza 1998 Sabu was signed into an ECW Television Title match with Champion Bam Bam Bigelow. On April 4th, Rob Van Dam took on Bam Bam Bigelow, in an attempt to 'wear him down' for Sabu's match. Rob Van Dam actually won the title though, setting it up as Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu. They tore down the Cobb County Civic Center for thirty minutes as the time limit ran out. But the feud didn't end their. At A Matter of Respect 1998, Sabu and Chris Candido took on Rob Van Dam and Lance Storm. Sabu and Rob Van Dam turned on their partners, and set up an ECW World Tag Team Title shot. Sabu and Rob Van Dam executed two top rope leg drops through tables to defeat the champions, and to win the belts. Sabu and Rob Van Dam defeated all tag teams in ECW, and soon ran out of opponents. At Heat Wave 1998, Sabu and Rob Van Dam would be taking on to mystery opponents. They turned out to be Japanese superstars Hayabusa and the man that was formerly known as Hakushi in the WWF. Sabu and Rob Van Dam defeated them with the two flying leg drops through a table. Sabu and Rob Van Dam started to get on the bad side of Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas. They were pushed into a corner, and forced to join Taz as the New Triple Threat. With Sabu and Rob Van Dam the Tag Team Champions, Rob Van Dam also the Television Champion, and Taz, the FTW Champion, Shane Douglas was infuriated as to how many belts they had. Coming up to the Pay Per View, The Triple Threat targeted Sabu's neck. They broke it again with numerous piledrivers, and with the Dudley Death Drop, ending his Tag Team Title reign. At the Pay Per View, they again targeted Sabu's neck. Sabu still won the match when he hit Shane Douglas AND Taz with the Arabian Face Buster, while Taz had Douglas in the Tazmission. Taz was furious, as he was about to get the revenge that he had been fighting for over a year. A match was signed in December for the FTW World Heavyweight Championship. During a tour of Japan, Sabu and Rob Van Dam regained their ECW World Tag Team Titles from the Dudley Boys. With Rob Van Dam's Television Title, the World Tag Team Titles, and Sabu's upcoming FTW Title shot, they were an unstoppable team. When ECW returned from it's tour of Japan, Sabu fought Taz for the FTW World Heavyweight Championship. It was a fast paced match, full of suplexes, dives, chairshots, and broken tables. In the end, Taz hit a Dragon Tazplex through a table that was propped on a corner, breaking Sabu's neck for a third time. He then pulled Sabu over him, and ad the referee count to three. Sabu had won the FTW World Championship. Since Sabu had pinned Shane Douglas at November to Remember, he was the number one contender. But because of his injury, Taz got the title shot at Guilty As Charged. Sabu interfered in the match, and destroyed both men with a flurry of offense. He left as quickly as he entered, leaving both men fairly injured. Taz ended up winning the title, setting up one of the most anticipated rematches in wrestling history. Sabu vs. Taz at Living Dangerously 1999. The match was filled with stiff suplexes from Taz, and suicidal dives from Sabu. Sabu wasn't at 100\% during the match though, because of his broken jaw. Sabu put tape around it, and continued to fight the match as if it wasn't injured at all. Taz targeted the broken jaw during the whole match, and eventually got the win when Sabu passed out to the Tazmission. After the match, Sabu shook hands with Taz. While Sabu was out with his jaw injury, Rob Van Dam was left on his own to defend the Tag Team Title's in a one on one match against D-Von Dudley. After interference from all the Dudley Boys, Joel Gernter, Jason, Lance Storm, Tammy Lynn Bytch, and Justin Credible, Rob Van Dam was pinned, ending Sabu's third reign as champion. After the match, Sabu came to the aid of his partner, but was viciously attacked by the group, further injuring Sabu's jaw. This injury sent Sabu out of wrestling. Justin Credible had hurt the jaw so severely that he was not allowed to wrestle in 37 of the 50 states in the US, because of state athletic commissions, and other laws. Justin Credible had said that he had banned Sabu from the United States. But Sabu appeared and attacked Justin Credible in the states he was allowed in, paying him back for the injury. At Hard-core Heaven 1999, Justin Credible sent out an open challenge. He said he had caned the Sandman, destroyed the Franchise, and banned Sabu from the United States, and that their was no one their that would accept his challenge. Out of nowhere, Psycho Sid came out, and destroyed him. With the aid of Lance Storm, they finally got the advantage. But then Sabu ran out, and set up both Sid and Justin Credible on a table. He set a chair up in the ring, ran, jumped off of the ropes, and dove for the table. Lance Storm pulled off Justin Credible at the last moment, but Sid went crashing through the table. Then security came to take Sabu out of the arena. Sabu attacked security and sent one of them through a table as well. At the next Pay Per View, Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn were set to take on Justin Credible and Lance Storm. At first Van Dam dissagreed to teaming with Lynn, saying that he only teamed with Sabu. But Bill Alfonso said that Van Dam teamed with Sabu only because Sabu was not only the best partner, but because he was the only partner he was ALLOWED to team with. After hearing this, Van Dam changed his mind and teamed with Lynn in spite of Sabu of Alfonso. Twards the end of the match, Rob Van Dam had Justin Credible set up on a table on the outside of the ring. Just as he was going to put him through it, Sabu made his first appearance on the PPV and put Credible through the table himself. RVD and Lynn went on to win the match. After it, RVD and Lynn got into a arguement, as Sabu yelled at Van Dam. After Lynn started his way to the back, Sabu pushed RVD into him. The three then started to get into a fist fight. Sabu is the most homicidal, suicidal, and genocidal athlete of all time. Many wrestlers need to talk to get over, but Sabu can the get the crowd standing just by performing in the ring. He's destroyed ECW, WWF, and WCW, and has ran through Japanese promotions. The man who invented putting people through tables, and the man who brought back the hard-core style of wrestling. The Sheik was the terror of wrestling throughout the sixties and seventies, and now Sabu has destroyed the wrestlers of the eighties and nineties, and will continue through the new millennium. In the world of wrestling their are men, their are gods, and then there's Sabu!   Wrestler Homepage (if any) http://www.smashwrestling.com Kane Real Name Glen Jacobs   Other Names Doomsday, Unibomb, Isaac Yankem DDS, Fake Diesel   Date of Birth 26th April 1968   Weight: 315lbs   Height: 6ft 10   Signature Move Chokeslam, Tombstone Piledriver Federations Indies, NWA, WWF Titles Held WWF Heavyweight Champion WWF Intercontinental Champion WWF Tag Team Champion (5) WWF Hardcore Champion Short Bio Kane's early life and career is as strange as the character he plays. Born the son of a career soldier, he was a standout on the athletics and basketball teams. After a trial for the Chicago Bears in the NFL failed due to a college knee injury, he enrolled in the Malenko Wrestling School, where both Boris and his son Dean prepared him for the pro ranks. After spells in Puerto Rico, and the indy circuit, the WWF came a beckoning when Jim Cornette remembered him from the Smoky Mountain promotion. Jacobs landed a gimmick as Jerry Lawler's wrestling Dentist, Dr Isaac Yankem, DDS. Short-lived, perhaps for the best, he only had 2 PPV appearances, against Bret Hart and in the Royal Rumble, and disappeared. With Vince McMahon's fondness for big men, it's not surprising he got another chance. When Kevin Nash and Scott Hall left for WCW, a Fake Diesel and Ramon were touted for a while. Jacobs got the plum fake Diesel Gig, the Fake Ramon being Rick Bogner from FMW in Japan. The gimmick was as bad as it sounds, and bombed. Jacobs disappeared again. During the first Hell In The Cell match between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, Undertaker's long lost brother Kane appeared and cost Taker the win, and started a huge feud between the two. A one day reign as WWF champ and a Stone Cold Stunner later, and Kane plunged back down to the Mid Card. A brief fling with DX and X-Pac brought him Tag Team Gold, to go with the reign he had with Mankind and The Undertaker, who he feuded with and made up with almost as often as Al Gore filed lawsuits. Had a time out injured in early 2000, and returned with the ability to talk, which should help him get over with the fans. Kane is an established main eventer, and his Intercontinental title victory gained him membership of the elite club that have won the 3 big belts in the WWF. His alliance with The Undertaker keeps him in spotlight with the fans, so surely his future most hold a title reign for longer than his previous 24 hours. Bio by Tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) Al Snow Real Name Allen Sarven   Other Names Shinobi, the Oriental Assassin, Avatar, Leif Cassedy   Date of Birth 18th July 1963   Weight: 234 lbs   Height: 6ft 1   Signature Move Snow Plow, Snow Plex Federations ICW, WWA, SMW, ECW, WWF Titles Held WWF European Champion WWF Tag Team Champion WWF Hardcore Champion (5) SMW Tag Team Champion Global Tag Team Champion WWA Tag Team Champion (5) ICW US Tag Team Champion (2) Short Bio Al Snow is one of wrestling's most underrated wrestlers, however the man who is a black belt in many martial arts began wrestling in 1982. He teamed with Rick Ciassio as the Fantastic to hold the Motor City Wrestling ICW U.S.Tag Titles in November of 1986. After the he then formed the Sensationals with Mickey Doyle to capture the titles in August of 1987. After moving on Snow and Doyle subsequently competed in the WWA as the Motor City Hitmen, where they held the tag belts for several months in early 1989. Al then teamed with Mike Kelly as the Wild Bunch, holding the tag title four times in 1991 and 1992. From there he wrestled with Denny Kess as the New Fabulous Kangaroos in 1994, holding the Global Tag Team Titles. Snow then went onto to wrestle as Shinobi, the Oriental Assassin, later in 1994 and teamed with Unabomb (Glenn Jacobs the man everyone knows as the WWF’s Kane) in Smokey Mountain Wrestling in 1995. This is where they captured the Smokey Mountain Tag Team Titles from the Rock 'n' Roll Express in April of 1995, they lost the belts to Tony Anthony and Tracy Smothers not long after this but it was now time for Snow to move into the big leagues. Al entered the WWF as Avatar in October of 1995, however this was to end fairly soon as Al didn’t get over in this gimmick, so as with most bad WWF gimmicks they decided to repackage Al as Leif Cassidy in the Spring of 1996, teaming him with Marty Jeanetty to form the New Rockers. This proved to be an even worse idea, Al Snow and Marty went from one bad lose to another constantly doing the job and never getting over, and lets face it, you have to be doing pretty badly when the only other competition in the WWF tag team division back then was the Smoking Gunns, Body Donnas and Godwinns!!! Anyway 1997 arrives.... and Al’s gimmick seems to be going nowhere. Enter the saviour of many, Paul Heyman, in what openly seemed like a contest, Paul Heyman (owner of ECW) went to Vince McMahon and said give me any wrestler you choose, and I’ll turn him into a main event star. And well.... he did. Paul took Al Snow from obscurity and thrust him onto the ECW scene, pitting his first PPV match against Rob Van Dam, which proved to be a decent match, with good stuff to come. From here Al moved quickly up the ladder in ECW where the fans embraced him and head, and he soon headlined TWO consecutive ECW PPV’s against Shane Douglas and Triple Threat. In one of Al’s most memorable matches at WrestlePalooza 98 Al faced the then ECW Champion Shane Douglas in a very good match, Al lost the match, but the crowds reaction said it all .. Al Snow and Head had arrived. From there Al was recalled to the WWF, and from there they tried to build on his “head” success, with little effect, his stint with the Job Squad didn’t really do anything else to put him over, it wasn’t until Al faced Hardcore Holly for the vacant Hardcore title that Al had finally found his niches in the WWF. From then he has hung around the Hardcore division holding the Hardcore titles a few times, even going on to hold the tag titles with Mick Foley and more recently a very successful stint as the European champion. Al is now working on the WWF’s tough Enough TV series as one of the head trainers along side Tazz. Al still has lots to do, and has lots of entertainment left in him.. we all look forward to seeing it again soon. Bio by Shahid Nazir  Wrestler Homepage (if any) http://members.tripod.com/~ALSNOWSHEAD/index.html Bad News Brown Real Name Allen Coage   Other Names Bad News Allen   Date of Birth n/a   Weight: n/a   Height: n/a   Signature Move GhettoBlaster Federations WWF, New Japan, Stampede, IWA, ICW, various indy feds Titles Held World TV Title (Los Angeles, CA, 1978), North American Heavyweight Champion (Stampede 1982 - 1984, 1986), Pacific Heavyweight Champion (1985), Bahamas Heaveyweight Champion (1987), Florida Heavyweight Champion (1987), Southern Heavyweight Champion (1987), ICW Heaveyweight Champion (1991), IWA Heaveyweight Champion (1996) Short Bio After competing in the 1976 Olympics, in the Heavyweight (+205 lb) class for Judo, and coming third, Bad News Brown made his transition from Judo to Pro-wrestling on October 23rd, 1977. Starting off with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, under the guidance of Antonio Inoki and Kotetsu Yamamoto, and it was there that Allen Coage became Bad News Allen. Wrestling there was, according to him a great experience and a place he could always call home. Moving to Calgary, where he wrestled for Stu Hart's Stampede, Bad News Brown found himself up against the likes of Tom Billington and Owen hart, people he still respects to this day. When Stampede was bought up, Coage, like the rest of the harts moved to WWF, and was immediately placed in a feud with Roddy Piper. However this did not sit well with Coage, as he as repeatadly made it known the he, personally felt, unhappy and uncomfortable with the angle. Piper left soon after, so the feud ended, and Coage was thrown right into a feud with jake "The Snake" Roberts, as Coage said, one of the few that gave him reason to stay with the WWF. Failure to live up to promises to him by Vince McMahon, has cause trememdous amounts of "bad blood". Disappearing from public view, nothing has been heard from Bad News Brown, til now. He is currently working on a book (to be released around June) with inside stories, from botht the world of judo and wrestling). But dont look for Bad News Brown to ever step back into a ring, anytime soon, as he said "After 22 years in the ring and both knees replaced it was time to retire" Bio by Loki@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) http://www.badnewsallen.com/ Chris Benoit Real Name Chris Benoit   Other Names Wild Pegasus (Japan), Pegasus Kid (Japan), Canadian Crippler   Date of Birth 21st May 1967   Weight: 220lbs   Height: 5ft 11   Signature Move Swandive Headbutt, Crossface Crippler Federations Stampede, NJPW (Jap), UWF (Mex), ECW, WCW, WWF Titles Held WWF Tag Team Champion WWF Intercontinental Champion (3) WWF Light Heavyweight Champion WCW Heavyweight Champion WCW US Champion (2) WCW Tag Team Champion (2) WCW TV Champion (3) ECW Tag Team Champion Super J Cup Winner 1994 Short Bio Mention the name Chris Benoit, and you know what you get: a no-nonsense, technically superb wrestler. This reputation follows him all the way back to his days in Japan, where he held the All Japan IWGP junior heavy weight title for a time. Known as Wild Pegasus, he feuded at length with the legendary Jushin Thunder Liger, and eventually lost his disguise. Won the prestigious Super J Cup in 1994, and was part of it again in 1995, where he went out in the semi final, beating Chris Jericho along the way. Signed for ECW and along with Dean Malenko was Tag Team Champion. Broke Sabu's neck with a suplex, and was christened the Canadian Crippler. Had a tryout for the WWF (being managed by Jimmy Hart and fighting Owen Hart in a dark match) but opted for WCW. Was forced to job relentlessly and put over less talented workers. Eventually broke out through fans' appreciation of his workrate, and won the Tag Titles (again with Malenko) and the TV and US titles. His ring work continued to be exceptional; his life behind the scenes was not. Feeling he was being buried by booker Kevin Sullivan (whose ex-wife was now Benoit's wife) he and 6 others (Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, Shane Douglas & Konnan) demanded their release. Benoit was promised a world title reign which he got when he defeated Sid at the next PPV. He still left, a day later and relinquished the WCW World Title. Although Douglas & Konnan stayed where they were, Benoit and the other 3 jumped to the WWF, a Radical move, and Benoit has been moving up the ladder ever since. Finally main eventing regularly, Benoit's time has come. Surprising many with his mic work, he built on this with two classic PPV showdowns with Chris Jericho and Triple H before going toe to toe with Steve Austin, and cementing his place at the top of the card. Got the best of Kurt Angle in a classic old school wrestling feud, before losing a tremendous match to him, and entering a whole different arena. Teamed up with long time rival Chris Jericho to take the Tag Team titles off Steve Austin & Triple H. The sky looks to be the limit for Benoit now.  Wrestler Homepage (if any) http://www.chrisbenoit.com/ Chris Jericho Real Name Christopher Irvine   Other Names Corazon De Leon (Mexico) Lion Do (Japan) Super Liger (Japan)   Date of Birth 9th November 1970   Weight: 228lbs   Height: 5ft 10   Signature Move Lionsault, Walls Of Jericho (aka The Liontamer) Federations Indies, WWC (Mex), NWA, WAR (Jap) ECW, WCW, WWF Titles Held WWF Tag Team Champion WWF Intercontinental Champion (4) WWF European Champion WCW TV Champion WCW Cruiserweight Champion (5) ECW TV Champion NWA Middleweight Champion WWA Tag Team Champion Short Bio Chris Irvine, born in Long Island, New Jersey, but grew up in Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada was destined to be a sportsman. His father Ted Irvine, played NHL ice hockey for NY Rangers, and Chris excelled at hockey & water polo but eventually chose wrestling as his bag. Heading for Mexico & Japan using the name Corazon De Leon (Heart Of Lion) he quickly won over the fans with his own brand of US style mat wrestling crossed with the more traditional lucha-libre style in vogue abroad. Eventually people in the US started noticing, and he got a contract with ECW, winning the TV Title being the highlight of his short stay there. In between fronting his own Heavy Metal band, Fozzy, WCW was the next stop where he was a high midcarder, winning the Cruiserweight Title, and being involved in high profile feuds with the likes of Saturn and Goldberg. When it became clear that he wanted to leave, WCW buried him, and Chris signed for the WWF. He made the most dramatic debut of any superstar as the WWF Millennium Man, Y2J. Retaining the cocky aspects of his trash talking WCW style and refining it, he quickly won over the fans and critics alike and even has a 'phantom' Heavyweight title reign to his name. 2000 was a busy year for Jericho as his push continues, his band Fozzy released their debut album, and he got married in real life as well. 2001 promises to be busier... feuding with WWF Commisioner William Regal, Triple H and Steve Austin has given Chris a Tag Team Title reign with fellow Candian Chris Benoit, and looks sure to catapult him to main event status. Bio by Tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) http://www.chrisjericho.com/ Chyna Real Name Joan Laurer   Other Names Joanie Lee, Mamacita, 9th Wonder Of The World   Date of Birth 27th December 1971   Weight: 205lbs   Height: 5ft 10   Signature Move The Pedigree, Low Blow, handspring Elbow, Powerbomb Federations Indies, WWF Titles Held WWF Womens Champion WWF Intercontinental Champion Short Bio Born Joan Laurer, as early as 17 she began body building, becoming a powerlifting female champion, and body building show queen. It was then she met Killer Kowalksi, the legendary grappler who saw something in her. At the request of her then boyfriend Perry Saturn Kowalski took her on, taught her the basics and generally left her to it. She began competing on the Indy circuit, and with her unique look and style, became high profile. Took it upon herself to introduce herself to Shawn Michaels and Triple H in a bar and try and gain a foothold in the WWF, which she did, as Chyna, the female bodyguard of Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Also began a real life relationship with Triple H. As Triple H & Shawn Michaels evolved into Degeneration X, so did Chyna. With the aid of some, erm, outside help, she remodelled her appearance, and image within the WWF, soon becoming the first woman to enter both The Royal Rumble, and King Of The Ring. Much more of a bang was to come however, when DX split, Chyna went her own way, recruited Miss Kitty as her sidekick from Jeff Jarrett, and became the only woman ever to hold the Intercontinental Championship, downing Jeff Jarrett on PPV. Held the belt for a while, dropping it (and The Kat) eventually, and becoming a sidekick of Chris Jericho. When that partnership ran it's course, along came Eddie Guerrero's Latino Heat, and Mamacita was born. Added another couple of IC title reigns to her name at the same time. A regular face on the late night talk show circuit, TV movies already under her belt, and rumours of a regular slot on top sit-com Third Rock from The Sun, put together with her Playboy appearance slowed her in-ring performances and she paired up with The One Billy Gunn to help him overcome her storyline ex Guerrero. Chyna's book was a hit, and her media profile was kept high enough that she's presented MTV Music Awards, had a comic book based on her, and has even fitted in a WWF Womens Title reign to her hectic schedule. Bio by Tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) http://www.chyna9.com/ Diamond Dallas Page Real Name Page Falkinburg   Other Names   Date of Birth 5th April 1956   Weight: 253lbs   Height: 6ft 5   Signature Move The Diamond Cutter Federations Indies, AWA, WCW Titles Held WCW US Champion, WCW TV Champion, WCW Tag Team Champion, WCW Heavyweight Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion Short Bio A night-club manager amongst other things, DDP's rise to the top is nothing short of miraculous. A few customers of his were AWA wrestlers who thought this New Jersey loudmouth could make a great manager, so they talked him into trying out. Impressing the bosses, he got a job as manager of Badd Company, eventually leading to a whole stable of his own. After a short spell working for FCW, and a tryout as an announcer for the WWF, he signed up with WCW as manager of the Freebirds, before forming his own stable with the Diamond Studd (Scott Hall), the Diamond Doll (Kimberley), Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash), and Scotty Flamingo (Raven). When he started wrestling, he was bottom of the card, but quickly moved up the card thanks to his tremendous work ethic, and stunning Diamond Cutter finisher. Worked hard to improve, and even harder to get over, he hit big with the fans, and when the nWo started up, he was the first WCW wrestler to oppose them. Brought all this together to become a two time, two time World Champion, and a major league star in his own right. Unfortunately, WCW saw this and decided to use him in their quest for celebrities, tagging with Karl Malone, Dennis Rodman & Jay Leno in successive matches. DDP took a break after being in a feud with Scott Steiner, and returned with the Jersey Triad (DDP, Kanyon & Bam Bam Bigelow). Became a best selling author with his autobiography Positively Page (a good read) and was the spearhead of The Millionaire's club, becoming a three time, three time, three time World Champion. Took a break to heal his nagging injuries before returning in a blaze of glory, and winning Tag Team Gold with Kevin Nash. After Nash was retired by Scott Steiner, DDP went after Big Poppa Pump himself... very nearly took him all the way, but suffered a beatdown at the hands of the WCW Champion. Page picked up a contract with the WWFE, and was inserted into the Stalker angle, becoming the first WCW star to cut a promo on Raw... Page picked up the WWF Tag belts with Kanyon, and has established himself as a top name... bio by Tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) http://www.ddpbang.com/ Eddie Guerrero Real Name Eduardo Guerrero   Other Names Mascara Magica, Black Tiger, Latino Heat   Date of Birth 9th October 1967   Weight: 220 lbs   Height: 5ft 8   Signature Move Frog Splash, Brainbuster Federations EMLL, NJPW, AAA, ECW, WCW, WWF Titles Held WWF Intercontinental Champion WWF European Champion (2) WCW US Champion WCW Cruiserweight Champion (2) ECW TV Champion (2) AAA Tag Team Champion NJPW Best Of Super Juniors 1996 Short Bio Eddie Guerrero started out in his native Mexico in 1988, in the EMLL as a masked babyface, Mascara Magica (Magic Mask). Eddie would learn his trade there, following and gained quite a reputation for himself. So much so, that New Japan came calling in 1991, and Eddie worked a few dates here and there. Meanwhile, back in Mexico, Eddie had left EMLL and jumped ship to the relatively new AAA, and formed La Pareja Atomica (The Atomic Pair) with top babyface El Hijo De Santo. Indeed, both member's fathers had been the original Atomic Pair (one of the most popular pairings ever in Mexico). Eddie's image received a boost from NJPW in 1993, when he was chosen to resurrect the Black Tiger gimmick, a heel nemesis to the popular Tiger Mask. To match the heel character he portrayed in Japan, Eddie turned heel on his Atomic partner. Joining up with Art Barr, he became a member of La Pareja Del Terror (Team Terror). Barr, The Love Machine, and Guerrero wore the Stars & Stripes, and instantly became the most hated tandem in Mexico. Continuing to shine in both Mexico and Japan, Eddie was starting to gain notoriety. In 1994, The most over babyface in Mexico, Konnan turned his back on the fans and joined up with Guerrero and Barr as a heel. Meanwhile in Japan, Guerrero was holding his own in the Super Juniors division, tearing down arenas against Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Jushin Liger, and TAKA Michinoku amongst others. He would eventually gain the crown in 1996, going over Jushin Liger. Eddie was starting to gain attention in the states. WCW and AAA staged a joint PPV in 1994, When Worlds Collide. Eddie & Art tore down the house against Santo & Octagon. This match would prove to be a turning point in Eddie's career and life. His Tag Team partner and friend, Art Barr, passed away just a few days later in his sleep aged just 28. Eddie never could get the same reaction as a heel from then on in Mexico, and decided to try his luck in the US. He signed on for ECW in April 1995, and although only there until August, he is still remembered fondly by fans for a series of TV title matches with Malenko dubbed the 'Malenko - Guerrero Classsics' trading the belt back and forth between each other. New Japan then asked Benoit, Guerrero & Malenko to jump ship to WCW, which the trio did, signing short term deals. After his showing at 1995's Starrcade, Eddie was rewarded with a 2 year deal, and settled into mid card hell. Eddie would shine, but never really pick up the wins, losing to DDP, Konnan & Ric Flair amongst others, and having time off for injuries didn't help either. After a hard year, Eddie made his name at Starrcade 1996, when he lifted the vacant US title, beating DDP. Syxx (Sean Waltman) stole the belt straight after the match, setting up a ladder match at Souled Out 97, which Eddie won. Although Eddie was starting to win, his character wasn't setting the world on fire. Eddie was losing steam as a babyface, and when the 'heel' Dean Malenko was cheered to victory over him at Uncensored 97, Eddie suffered another injury that would keep him out for 3 months. It would be a cloud with a silver lining, however. Eddie returned as a heel, and set WCW on fire. Eddie's heel act had the fans baying for his blood, and anyone facing him was instantly over as a face. Eddie took the Cruiserweight belt off Chris Jericho at Fall Brawl that year, holding it only to Halloween Havoc, before dropping it in an outstanding match to Rey Misterio, Jr. It took him only 15 days to gain it back, and he defended it well on PPV's against Misterio and Malenko, before Ultimo Dragon ended his last title reign in WCW. Eddie began feuding with his nephew, Chavo Jr, not really succeeding in anything other than making fans laugh, and giving Chavo a haircut. From there, Eddie formed the Latino World Order, attempting to uphold the honour of WCW's Mexican contingent. The angle bundled along, never really going anywhere. New Year's Eve 1998, and Eddie was in a car crash, leaving him out of action for six months, and lucky to be alive. He returned in June, and joined up with the Filthy Animals. Again, the angle faltered along, and Eddie never really looked interested. Eddie beat Kidman in November, and took time off to have some surgery on his elbow, little knowing that he would never work for WCW again. A Radical Guerrero joined up with Benoit, Malenko & Perry Saturn and jumped ship en masse to the WWF. His injury jinx hit again, as he dislocated his elbow in his WWF in ring debut. Staying on screen as Latino Heat, Eddie's fire was back, and he entered into a feud with Chris Jericho and his 'partner' at that time, Chyna. Strangely enough, Eddie's Latino Heat worked it's magic, as Chyna turned on Jericho and helped Eddie gain the European Title in April. He re-entered babyface territory, defending his title left, right and centre, against Essa Rios, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn. Losing to Val Venis in the King Of The Ring quarter finals, he again stole the show, and dropped the Euro belt next month to Perry Saturn. Meanwhile Chyna won the Intercontinental belt, and sparked off the end of their on-screen engagement when Eddie 'accidentally' won the belt off her in September, and was filmed on G-TV in the shower with a couple of the Godfather's 'Ladies' and returned to his evil ways. Eddie feuded with Chyna briefly, then the returning Billy Gunn, and eventually drop the belt to him in November. Since then, Eddie has had more time off with injuries, and kept his presence known in the mid-card. Returned looking fitter and focused, Eddie removed Benoit from The Radicalz before leaving himself, now seemingly part of Team Xtreme, it can only be a matter of time before 'Evil Eddie' returns to the fore...  Wrestler Homepage (if any) Goldberg Real Name Bill Goldberg   Other Names Da Man   Date of Birth 27th December 1966   Weight: 278lbs   Height: 6ft 3   Signature Move Spear, Jackhammer Federations WCW Titles Held WCW US Champion, WCW Tag Team Champion, WCW Heavyweight Champion Short Bio The fact that Goldberg is WCW's real chosen one comes as a surprise to everyone, including Goldberg. A university of Georgia linebacker whose dream was to play pro Football, the last thing on his mind was pro wrestling. Graduating into NFL with the Atlanta Falcons, and NFL Europe, a string of college injuries took their toll on the big man, forcing him to think about retirement. While in an Atlanta night-club, Diamond Dallas Page approached him and told him he'd make a great star. Goldberg said thanks, but no thanks, until he realised he needed something to pay the bills. Taking up Page's offer, he trained for four months solid at WCW's training facility The Powerplant, before making his debut on September 22nd, turning over Hugh Morrus in a few minutes. Slated to be a silent bad guy, the fans took notice, and went wild. This began the undefeated streak of 176 matches (although in reality he stared at the ceiling a few times before his TV debut) bringing him gold as US champion and Heavyweight champion. Here is where Goldberg the star becomes Goldberg the ego: When he eventually lost the belt to Kevin Nash, he took a month off to recover from some 'injuries' a similar story to recent months. If Goldberg is happy, everything's rosy, but upset him with a booking plan, or title run or heaven forbid a heel turn, then look for injuries to resurface and put him out of action for a time. Seems to delight in taunting the WWF champion, whoever that may be (challenged Austin to a parking lot brawl on live TV, and had a face-to-face shouting match with Triple H at a convention) so don't look for the man to go to the WWF anytime soon. This seems to be the case, as following the WWF buy-out, Goldberg is reported as having retired from wrestling, and is happy just to live off his huge guaranteed contract for it's remainder. Short Bio by Tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) Haku Real Name Uliuli Fifita   Other Names Prince Tonga, King Tonga, King Haku, Meng   Date of Birth 3rd February 1959   Weight: 273   Height: 6ft 1   Signature Move Thrust Kick, Headbutt, Tongan Death Grip Federations WWF, WCW, Indies, WAR (Japan), All Japan, EMLL (Mexico) Titles Held WWF Tag Team Champion WCW Hardcore Champion Short Bio The Monster Meng.. King Haku... King Tonga... Haku. He's been called a lot of things, but no-one has ever doubted the toughness of this widely travelled veteran. Since making his wrestling debut in 1977 for All Japan, he's pretty much worked everywhere in the world, and his toughman reputation has preceded him everywhere. He made his WWF debut first time round in 1985, as King Tonga, and made himself famous in 1986 by winning the ,000 bodyslam challenge by slamming Big John Studd, and was rechristened Haku. During this spell, he teamed up with Rikishi's younger brother Sam Fatu (known as Tama or The Tonga Kid) to become part of The Islanders tag team, to little or no success. In the lead up to 1989's Royal Rumble, the then King of the WWF, Handsome Harley Race took some time off, and Bobby Heenan presented his stand-in, King Haku. Upon Harley's return, Haku wasn't keen to give up the monarchy, and they faced off at the 1989 Rumble for the title, which Haku won. Tagged up with Andre The Giant as The Colossal Connection and took the Tag Team Titles from Demolition in December 1989, holding them until Andre's final Wrestlemania appearance at Wrestlemania 6, where Demolition won them back, and Haku was instrumental in Andre's last face turn before his retiral. Haku left the WWF in 1991, although he did return for a one time only appearance in the 1992 Royal Rumble, and toured the world again. WCW came calling in 1994, and The Monster Meng was born. Originally tagging with his cousin, The Barbarian, as The Faces of Fear, he didn't really set the world on fire. Returned as a singles wrestler every so often to be pushed as unstoppable, for a couple of months before the new face in town would carve out the victory and make a name for himself. Meng returned to WCW full time in 2000, for the sole purpose of jobbing to Goldberg, it would seem, and then entered himself into the Hardcore title picture. Meng actually won the belt, and was the reigning Hardcore Champion at the time of his controversial jump back to the WWF. Haku is back, and his partnership with Rikishi looks strong. Briefly feuded with the Undertaker and Kane, but suffered when Rikishi went out injured for a while. The 23 year veteran will no doubt want to prove he still has a lot left to offer in today's WWF. bio by tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) Jeff Jarrett Real Name Jeff Jarrett   Other Names Double J, The Chosen One   Date of Birth 24th July 1967   Weight: 230lbs   Height: 5ft 10   Signature Move Figure Four Leglock, Acoustic Equaliser Federations NWA, WWF, WCW Titles Held WWF Tag Team Champion, WWF Intercontinental Champion, WCW US Champion, WCW Heavyweight Champion Short Bio Spent his early career bouncing around the indy scene, in particular Jerry Lawler's USWA, where he and Brian Christopher dominated. Eventually signed for the WWF and was given the Double J gimmick, perhaps one of the worst in living memory. A country singer using the WWF as a stepping stone to fame, everything about him was cringeworthy, form his Neon cowboy hat, to his embarrassing strut in the ring. Despite this, he was packaged with The Roadie (who would go on to become the Road Dogg) and managed somehow to win the WWF IC belt three times before a small disagreement with Vince McMahon led him to sit out for a while. Returned to the WWF briefly in 1996, feuding with Ahmed Johnson, but left for WCW soon after. Again, a disastrous period in WCW memorable only for feuding with Steve McMichael over his then wife, Debra. Returned to the WWF late 1997, this time with Jim Cornette as the NWA North American champion, supposedly to start a take-over. He didn’t. It bombed. Again. Fought a 'hair vs. hair' match with X-Pac” at Summerslam 98, lost and was repackaged with Southern Justice (The Ex-Godwinns). Again, he bombed. Finally, he got some heel heat when he introduced Debra McMichael as his valet and teamed up with Owen Hart to form a great tag team championship team. Regained the IC belt and held it for some time, as his character finally took off. Late '99, he dropped the IC belt to Chyna, not before pulling a fast one on Vince McMahon for 0,000. His contract was up, and he demanded (and got) that fee to drop the belt on PPV before leaving. Jeff then returned to WCW as Vince Russo's Chosen One, and had a lengthy run as WCW's top heel, enjoying Heavyweight Title reigns along the way. Jarrett was then a big part in Ric Flair's WCW Elite program, feuding with DDP for a while, before more or less running to a standstill. His future with the WWF/WCW looks to be a bit vague because of lingering bad blood between Jarrett and Vince McMahon regarding his departure from the WWF in 1999... what seemed like a good deal at the time may come back to haunt him... we wait to see what happens. bio by tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) Jerry Lynn Real Name Jerald Lynn   Other Names Mr JL, The New F'N show   Date of Birth 12th June 1963   Weight: 212lbs   Height: 5ft 9   Signature Move Cradle Piledriver Federations WWF, WCW, ECW, Indies Titles Held WWF Light Heavyweight Champion ECW World Heavyweight Champion Short Bio Jerry trained in Minnesota with Eddie Sharkey, and made his debut in the local PWA indy fed. He won every title there, before moving on to Dallas and more indy glory. Received a try out for the WWF, before signing to WCW. Was mainly used as a jobber, before being masked and called Mr JL, and getting a mid-card push. Indeed, he had a match against a certain Robbie V (RVD) but with things unlikely to improve, he jumped to ECW, where he found his spot. Got over big time with the fans thanks to his high flying ability, and mat-work, combined with his immense work rate, it wasn't long before he was involved in main event level feuds with Chris Candido, Lance Storm & Justin Credible, and then moved on to work with Rob Van Dam again. The two guys ripped house shows across America apart with their five star matches, before being set loose on TV. The matches were even better than previous ones, and with ECW now being the 'in-thing' both Lynn & Van Dam were huge stars. The PPV blowoff matches between the two will go down as all-time classics. Unfortunately, before either man could capitalise on it, they both suffered major injuries at nearly the same time. While RVD did TV work, Lynn was nowhere to be seen, rehabbing as quickly as possible. While doing some exercises at his local swimming pool, he saved a local boy from drowning, and was giving a bravery award from the Mayor of Minnesota. Held off TV until RVD was ready to renew their feud, he finally took a win off RVD at the Hardcore Heaven PPV, and used that victory to springboard himself into title contention, taking the strap from Justin Credible at last. He held the title briefly, before passing it on to Steve Corino. Had one final match with RVD in ECW's farewell show, and that was all she wrote with Jerry's ECW career. Signed for the WWF and in his first match on TV, won the Light Heavyweight Belt from Crash, which he still holds. Has yet to be put into any proper feuds, but has shown he is a force to be reckoned with in the WWF midcard. A strong feud could put Jerry to the forefront of everyone's minds once again. Bio by tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) Justin Credible Real Name Peter Polaco   Other Names The Hardcore Icon, P J Walker, Aldo Montoya   Date of Birth 16th October 1973   Weight: 249lbs   Height: 6ft 1   Signature Move That's Incredible (spinning Tombstone), Superkick Federations Indies, WWF, ECW Titles Held ECW Tag team Champion, ECW World Heavyweight Champion Short Bio P J Walker was a fairly successful wrestler in the indy promotions around New England, when he came to the attention of Vince McMahon... signing to the WWF under the P J Walker name, he became a jobber to the stars, appearing once a week on Superstars to be crushed by this weeks 'name' wrestler. That was the scheme of things until one episode of Raw, when P J got the pin on Irwin R Schyster (IRS) in a shock upset. Bringing his name to the attention of fans world-wide had no effect, even being a member of Shawn Michaels famed Clique had no real pull, and he plunged back into insignificance Vanished from the scene for a while before returning as the ridiculously named (and attired) Aldo Montoya, the Portuguese man-o-war... Surprisingly, the gimmick failed to take off, and he was bombed out of the WWF. Paul E Heyman took a gamble on him, and moulded him into Justin Credible, self proclaimed Hardcore Icon. A strong feud with Tommy Dreamer, followed by running The Sandman out of ECW (Sandman had signed for WCW) and claiming his Singapore cane propelled him to main event level. Formed The Impact Players with Lance Storm, and became the strongest Tag Team Champions since the days of The Dudley Boys. Held the titles for a while before Storm was convinced to jump to WCW, and threw down the titles at Cyberslam, and took the World Title from newly crowned Tommy Dreamer. Despite looking out of his depth, Credible held on to the title, and with Francine by his side to make up for his poor promos (which come across as a poor man's Triple H), held it for the best part of a year before dropping it to Jerry Lynn. Credible's reign won't be looked back at as one of the best, but he can only get better from the experience. Entered the WWF as somewhat of a surprise signing, and aligned himself with X-Pac and Albert as the newly christened X-Factor, where they have become a strong heel mid card tag team. Credible looks to be improving, and could have a big future ahead of him. Bio by tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) http://www.thatsjustincredible.com Kevin Nash Real Name Kevin Nash   Other Names Master Blaster Steele, Oz, Vinnie Vegas, Diesel, Big Daddy Cool, Big Sexy   Date of Birth 9th July 1959   Weight: 325lbs   Height: 7ft 2   Signature Move Jack-knife Powerbomb Federations WWF, WCW Titles Held WWF Intercontinental Champion WWF Tag Team Champion WWF Heavyweight Champion WCW Tag Team Champion WCW Heavyweight Champion Short Bio Nash's first big break was playing college basketball for University of Tennessee. From there he played pro in Europe for four years before knee injuries forced him to look to the squared circle for his career, Dusty Rhodes lending a guiding hand in Nash's early days. A series of failed gimmicks in WCW led his career to be non existent: Master Blaster Steele (A Legion Of Doom rip), Oz (Based on the Wizard of Oz... no, don't ask) and Vinnie Vegas (a gambler) were not great characters. Not even DDP as Vinnie Vegas' manager made a difference, so he jumped to the WWF where he was placed as Shawn Michaels' bodyguard, Diesel. Finally finding a gimmick that worked, Nash could work on improving his less than great in-ring skills, although we still wait for evidence of this. Developing his character slowly, by 1994's Royal Rumble he was popular enough for Vince to let him eliminate 7 wrestlers on his own, and test the water with the fans. The fans responded: Diesel was to be pushed. He and Michaels were tag champs, Diesel had held the IC belt, and suddenly he was #1 contender for the title when Bob Backlund took the title from Bret Hart. An eight second demolition later, and Diesel was Champion, for a year no less... With his contract running out, he and Scott Hall jumped back to WCW for a big pay-day. He and Hall played the Outsider angle to perfection, eventually forming the nWo with Hogan, and making WCW the big promotion of the time. Since then, Nash has seemingly been on auto pilot. A run on the booking committee, a spell as commissioner, a few title reigns, a heel turn here, a face turn there, Nash certainly packs it in. Although his mic skills aren't in doubt (he is one of the best) his in ring work is quite frankly dreadful. No-one it seems can make him look good in the ring. Since WCW has been bought out, Nash has stated in interviews that he's going to sit back with his feet up and collect his pay until his contract runs out, and he's free to negotiate a new one. Nash probably hopes for one last run with the WWF before he finally retires for good. Short Bio by Tony@smashwrestling.com  Wrestler Homepage (if any) http://www.kevinbigsexynash.com/ Kurt Angle Real Name Kurt Angle   Other Names   Date of Birth 9th December 1968   Weight: 229lbs   Height: 5ft 11   Signature Move Olympic Slam, Ankle Lock Federations Indies, WWF Titles Held WCW World Heavyweight Champion WWF World Heavyweight Champion WWF Intercontinental Champion WWF European Champion WWF King Of The Ring: Winner 2000, and of course 1996 Olympic Champion Short Bio To be honest, Kurt Angle was annoying long before his WWF debut. Top of the class in most subjects, athletic, a standout on football, weightlifting and swimming teams, a sporting future looked the way ahead. Then he saw a WWF match between Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan, and was hooked. Joined up for the school wrestling team, and gained a college scholarship through it, he went on to qualify for the Olympic team, where of course as you all know, he won Gold. Vince McMahon came a calling soon after... and Kurt turned him down. Dropped out of sight, doing motivational speeches and occasional workout classes. Started getting fit again and by chance met Tazz, who introduced him to Paul Heyman. Heyman offered him a gig... not wrestling but commentating. Angle did two shows before leaving, not very impressed by a segment where Raven was crucified and caned. Vince came calling again, and Kurt accepted his offer. Toured the feeder promotions and worked dark matches for over a year to become ready, and then exploded onto the WWF scene, with an undefeated streak ended by Tazz at the Royal Rumble 2000. Became European champion, and Intercontinental Champion at the same time, calling himself EuroContinental champion. His in ring skills are match