Victor Mar Manuel / Black Cat

Image via WikipediaVictor Mar Manuel, born October 17, 1954, passed away January 28, 2006, was a Mexican professional wrestler who was best known for his work in Japan and for his Black Cat gimmick.
Victor worked for Universal Wrestling Association, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion.
However in January 1998, he made two appearances with Atlanta, Georgia based World Championship Wrestling. His first WCW appearance was at January 12, 1998 edition of Nitro where he lost to Marty Jannetty. His second and final appearance with WCW was on January 15 edition of Thunder where he teamed with Ohara and Gedo but lost to Steiner Brothers and Ray Traylor in a 6-man tag team match.
In early 2006, he suffered a massive heart attack and died on January 28.

WCW: Mustapha Saed

Mustapha Saed

Wrestlers name(s) Mr. Mustafa,Mustapha,Mustapha Saed,Shiek Mustapha Ali
Billed height 6 ft 4 in (185 cm)
Billed weight 265 lb (114 kg)
Born Atlanta, Georgia
Pro Wrestling Debut 1992

Jamal Mustafa (better known as Mustapha Saed) is a pro wrestler who once worked for ECW as one half of The Gangstas. He is now wrestling in Portland Wrestling in Oregon. http://www.portlandwrestlingtv.com

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WCW: Jerry Sags

Wrestler: Jerry Sags
Billed height 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm)
Billed weight 259 lb (117.5 kg)
Born July 5, 1964,Allentown, Pennsylvania
Billed from Allentown, Pennsylvania ("Nastyville")
Trained by Verne Gagne,Brad Rheingans
Pro Wrestling Debut 1985
Retired 2002

Jerome Saganovich, better known as Jerry Sags, is an American former pro wrestler, best known as one half of the tag team The Nasty Boys.

Jerry Sags started his career in the American Wrestling Association as a referee in 1985. In 1986, he formed a tag team called The Nasty Boys with Brian Knobbs and wrestled in the Tennessee territory until they moved to Florida Championship Wrestling, where they won five Tag Team Titles from 1988 through 1990.

In 1990, they went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions which had been purchased by Ted Turner and would be renamed WCW before they left a few months later. They feuded with Rick and Scott Steiner over the U.S. Tag Team Titles but could not defeat them. In early 1991, they went to the WWF where they were managed by Jimmy Hart and won the World Tag Team Titles from The Hart Foundation before feuding with and losing the titles to the Road Warriors.

They left the WWF for WCW in 1993 and were quickly placed with manager Missy Hyatt, who led them to the World Tag Team Titles. She left them and they went on to feud with Harlem Heat, The Blue Bloods, and the team of Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck.

In 1996, they were tricked by the nWo into thinking they were going to become members but were attacked as soon as they received their shirts. Sags had been injured previously and he had to retire due to this injury.

Sags returned to wrestling in 2001 as a trainer and with Knobbs as The Nasty Boys to wrestle in the short-lived X Wrestling Federation and he retired again after it folded in 2002. Jerry Saggs is now living in Tampa Florida near his friends Brian Knobbs and Hulk Hogan. He Has been signed in the classic superstar figure line and had a figure released of him in series 12 in his entrance attire.

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WCW: Sabu

Terry Michael Brunk (born December 12, 1964) is an American pro wrestler, better known by his ring name, Sabu. Sabu is currently signed to WWE wrestling on its ECW brand. He is perhaps best-known for his appearances with ECW throughout the 1990s, where he developed his high-risk hardcore wrestling technique.

Sabu appeared on WCW and won two of his three matches in 1995 against Mr. JL and Disco Inferno. Sabu kayfabe "went against the script" by defeating Alex Wright, only to have the ruling reversed by disqualification when he continued to fight after the bell. WCW did not like his violent style and unwillingness to lose a match, and thus did not offer Sabu a long-term contract. Sabu was the first wrestler to dive off the entrance sign during an episode of RAW on February 24, 1997, while WWE and ECW were cross-promoting. He had actually lost his balance before diving off, but managed to reposition himself in mid-air to land on Team Taz.

WCW signed Sabu to a contract in 2000, but legal action threatened by ECW precluded Sabu from ever making an appearance before WCW's demise. From 2000 to 2001, he had a successful run in California's XPW, which catapulted him back into the national spotlight after Paul Heyman had tried to prevent him from working outside of ECW by actually suing him in court for breach of contract, when---as it turned out---Heyman was actually the one who had breached Sabu's contract.

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WCW:Jacques Rougeau

Jacques Rougeau (born June 13, 1960) is a French-Canadian professional wrestler from Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, best known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name, and as The Mountie.

The Rougeau family as a whole has been very involved in professional wrestling; Jacques is the younger brother of Raymond Rougeau, the son of Jacques Rougeau, Sr. and the nephew of Jean "Johnny" Rougeau, all of whom have worked as professional wrestlers and promoters of wrestling matches. Jacques's sister Johanne also promoted wrestling matches in Montreal, and brother Armand wrestled for smaller federations.

Jacques Rougeau began his career in 1977, working in Stu Hart's Calgary, Alberta based Stampede Wrestling promotion. In the 1980s he began wrestling in the United States, achieving success in Alabama and Tennessee, and in 1985 he and Ray were signed by the World Wrestling Federation.

The brothers made their WWF debuts in February 1986 during a tour of Australia. During their first year with the company they faced and defeated such duos as The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart), The Moondogs, Jimmy Jack & Dory Funk, Jr., and The Dream Team (Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake).

Although they lost their match at WrestleMania III in 1987 to Valentine & Beefcake they did win the WWF Tag Team Titles later that year, albeit briefly. Jacques & Raymond upset The Hart Foundation for the titles at the Montreal Forum on August 10, 1987 but the championship was later returned since the challengers won the match after using Jimmy Hart's megaphone as a weapon. The title win was never mentioned on American TV.

After two years in the Federation, The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond) turned heel participated in an angle in which the Canadian brothers were announced as "From Canada, but soon to relocate to the United States," and had an intentionally annoying entrance theme in which they sang (partly in French) about being "All-American Boys" as well as now having Jimmy Hart as their manager. They also waved tiny American flags, infuriating fans, who questioned their sincerity. According to Jacques, the widespread antipathy of American fans inspired Vince McMahon to turn them into villains. They would feud with The Hart Foundation, The Bushwhackers and The Rockers during their heel run.

Ray Rougeau retired in 1990, and Jacques departed Federation for a year before returning as The Mountie, a client of manager Jimmy Hart. The Mountie was a corrupt, taser-wielding member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who would often boast that he "Always gets his man" in the ring. The Mountie had two entrance theme songs - the first, a French horn theme meant to highlight the Canadian heritage of the character, and the second, a heel marching theme sung by Jacques entitled "I'm the Mountie."

(To be sung with a sinister glint in the eye)
I'm the Mountie,
I'm brave, I'm tough, I'm strong.
I'm the Mountie,
and I enforce the law!

You can try to run,
but you can never hide!
The Moooouuuntiiiieeee
ALWAYS gets his maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! (I always do [spoken])

The character was eventually the subject of litigation in Canada, leading to Rougeau being enjoined from performing as The Mountie in his home country. Thus, while wrestling in Canada, he was billed using only his real name and did not wear his Mountie-inspired hat and jacket to the ring, although he did retain other parts of his costume such as red shirt, black pants, and boots. The Mountie began a feud with The Big Bossman after declaring that he was the sole legitimate law enforcer in the WWF, and on August 26, 1991 he spent a night in prison (kayfabe) after Bossman defeated him in a Jailhouse Match at SummerSlam 1991. The Mountie's greatest achievement as a singles wrestler came when he won the WWE Intercontinental Championship in an upset over Bret Hart, who was suffering from the flu (kayfabe). The Mountie won the IC title and then promptly lost it two days later to Rowdy Roddy Piper, in what was the shortest IC title reign in WWE history for several years.

Jacques held the WWF World Tag Team Championship on three occasions as part of The Quebecers tag team with Pierre-Carl Ouellet. The Quebecers characters were an extension of the earlier Mountie-theme, albeit with a more casual costume and an emphasis on bullying behavior. The pair (who were managed by Johnny Polo) emphasized their detachment from the earlier Mountie controversy by using a doctored version of Jacques's second Mountie theme song, entitled "We're Not The Mounties."

The Quebecers broke up at a house show held at the Montreal Forum on June 25, 1994. After a loss to The Headshrinkers, Ouellet and Polo turned on Rougeau. After a few minutes of Jacques being attacked in front of his hometown crowd, Raymond Rougeau (who by this point was an announcer for the WWF's French-language broadcasts) ran to the ring to save his brother. This angle led to Rougeau's first retirement match, which, over the next few months, was heavily promoted on WWF TV shows broadcast in the Montreal area, as well as in the local media. The match, which was held on October 21, 1994, drew a sell-out crowd of 16,843 to the Montreal Forum, and resulted in a victory for Rougeau, when he pinned Ouellet following a flying bodypress. Rougeau, who was accompanied by Raymond, used Queen's song We Are the Champions as his theme music for the night.

But as so often happens in wrestling, this retirement proved temporary. In the late 1990s, Rougeau and Ouellet went on to team again as The Amazing French Canadians in World Championship Wrestling. In 1997, Jacques joined a select few when he cleanly defeated Hulk Hogan in a singles match in the Bell Center in Montreal. Hogan insisted that he lose to Jacques, citing his deep respect for the Rougeau family. But Rougeau's pinfall victory was rarely referenced by WCW in order to protect Hogan's image. In 1998, Rougeau would return to the WWF for a final run teaming once again with Carl Ouellet in an updated version of The Quebecers. The team lasted for a few months. He and Oullet briefly united in WCW in 2000 in Lance Storm's Team Canada.

Jacques opened a professional wrestling school in the Montreal borough of Saint Leonard and also occasionally promotes shows. Every now and then, he steps back into the ring.

Jacques is a spokesman and supporter of SOS Suicide Jeunesse, an organization which offers support and information to the suicidal. In addition, he is an account executive for the Transport Pro Cam trucking company.

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WCW: Mike Rotunda

Lawrence Michael (Mike) Rotunda (born March 30, 1958), also known as Captain Mike Rotundo and Irwin R. Schyster, is a former American pro wrestler. He is currently a Producer for WWE.

After graduating from Syracuse University, Rotunda started wrestling in 1981 as a fan favorite in Florida Championship Wrestling. He often teamed with his real life brother-in-law, Barry Windham. Rotunda and Windham joined the WWF as The US Express in 1984. They won the WWF World Tag Team Wrestling Championships twice, first winning them from Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis in January 1985. The US Express' most notable feud was with The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, who they lost the tag titles to at WrestleMania 1. The US Express regained the belts in June 1985, but lost them two months later to Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine. Windham left the WWF soon after, and Rotunda was teamed with "Golden Boy" Dan Spivey as "The American Express," who had limited success in 1986.

Rotunda left the WWF in early 1987 and returned to Florida, where he won the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship in March. There, he feuded with Sir Oliver Humperdink's "Shock Troops." Later in the year, Rotunda joined the National Wrestling Alliance affiliate Jim Crockett Promotions, where he lingered at mid-card level as a face before turning heel and joining Kevin Sullivan's Varsity Club, a group of wrestlers with amateur wrestling credentials. Rotunda began bickering with fellow Varsity Club member Rick Steiner, a graduate of the University of Michigan, over which of the two had a superior alma mater. This in turn led to the two arguing over which of them was the superior wrestler.

Rotunda went on to win the NWA World Television Championship from Nikita Koloff in January 1988 and subsequently gave the Florida title to Steiner. He then began a feud with Jimmy Garvin because Sullivan wanted Garvin's wife Precious. Steiner eventually left the group and began feuding with Rotunda, with the enemies trading the Television Championship before Rotunda lost the title to Sting.

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams and Dan Spivey joined the Varsity Club in late 1988, and Rotunda teamed with Williams to win the NWA World Tag Team Championships from The Road Warriors. Referee Theodore Long turned heel during the match and administered a fast count, enabling Rotunda and Williams to overcome the champions. Long went on to become a manager following the controversial officiating.

In May 1989, Williams and Rotunda were stripped of their titles and Rotunda briefly left the NWA. He returned in 1990 as a face, using the maritime gimmick Captain Mike Rotundo. He formed a "crew" consisting of Abdullah the Butcher and Norman the Lunatic and feuded with Kevin Sullivan's new stable, "Sullivan's Slaughterhouse" (Cactus Jack, Buzz Sawyer, and Bam Bam Bigelow).

In mid-1990 Rotunda turned heel again and became Michael Wallstreet with Alexandra York and her computer as his manager. The partnership was a brief one, as Rotunda left the NWA for a bigger role in the WWF in early 1991.

In the WWF, Rotunda became Irwin R. Schyster (I.R.S.) and he is perhaps best known for this role. Irwin R Shyster was a heel "tax-man" gimmick (he was portrayed as a former IRS tax collector from Washington, D.C.) who harassed all of the faces and fans, urging them to pay their taxes. However, he was a sound technician in the ring - this would later see him form the team of "Money Inc." with Ted DiBiase and together the two men won the WWF World Tag Team Championships a further three times. Money Inc.'s first title reign was at the expense of The Road Warriors (by this time using their umbrella name "The Legion of Doom" in their WWF stint), making Rotunda the only tag team wrestler to defeat the Warriors twice for the World tag team belts. As "I.R.S.," Rotunda's biggest singles feud was with Razor Ramon. Rotunda was briefly part of DiBiase's "Million Dollar Corporation" before leaving the WWF for World Championship Wrestling.

Once in WCW, he played a character similar to I.R.S. known as V.K. Wallstreet (a play on Vincent Kennedy McMahon; the "V.K." was later dropped and he became known as Mister Wallstreet.) but failed to recapture his earlier success. He joined the nWo briefly at the request of DiBiase after defeating Mike Enos on an episode of Nitro, and wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling as a member of "nWo Japan". He was soon kicked out of the group, but still declared himself to be "anti-WCW", participating as a jobber on WCW Saturday Night. In 1999 he reformed the Varsity Club with Kevin Sullivan, but it never reached the level of its prior success, partly due to nagging injuries on Rotunda's part, and was disbanded in early 2000.

Rotunda continued to wrestle primarily in Japan throughout the 1990s until he retired to run a security company with his wife (Blackjack Mulligan's daughter) in 2004.

Rotunda was rehired by WWE as a producer in 2006, and made a special appearance (as a face gimmick of Irwin R. Schyster) on the RAW Family Reunion special in October 2006 appearing along side The Million Dollar Man after Ric Flair defeated a member of the Spirit Squad.

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WCW: Kid Romeo

Ring Wrestler Name:(s) Kid Romeo
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Billed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Born 1975,Miami, Florida
Trained by Paul Orndorff
Prop Wrestling Debut 1999

Sam Loman is an American pro wrestler better known as Kid Romeo.

After a starting out as a male stripper, Sam Loman began wrestling in 1999 in WCW after being trained by Paul Orndorff at the WCW Power Plant. He wrestled as Kid Romeo and was mostly seen on WCW Saturday Night. In 2000, he was sent to NWA Wildside to gain more experience.

Loman returned in early 2001 and began portraying a character loosely based on Ricky Martin. He formed a tag team with Elix Skipper and entered a tournament for the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Wrestling Championship. They won the tournament at WCW:Greed and had just begun feuding with Rey Misterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman when WCW was sold to the WWF. Loman and Skipper lost the titles to Misterio and Kidman on the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro.

Loman was not hired by the WWF following the sale and he went to Puerto Rico to wrestle for the World Wrestling Council. He returned to the mainland in 2003 and began working for TNA Wrestling as Romeo, competing in the X Division, but was not a major player. He left TNA in late 2003 and joined Florida Championship Wrestling where he feuded with Tyree Pride before returning to TNA as a jobber in early 2004. He still makes occasional appearances with TNA as of 2005, as well as wrestling in FCW and the WWC.

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WCW: Paul Roma

Does he look kind of like Chris Masters to anyone else?

Wrestlers name(s) Paul Roma
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Billed weight 244 lb (110 kg)
Born April 29, 1960,Kensington, Kentucky
Resides Bridgeport, Connecticut
Pro Wrestling Debut 1985

Paul Roma (born Paul Centopani April 29, 1960) is a pro wrestler who is most known for his work in the WWF and WCW primarily as a tag-team wrestler alongside partners like Jim Powers, Hercules, Arn Anderson and Paul Orndorff.

In 1993 Paul Roma signed a contract with WCW and would receive his biggest push ever as he became part of the legendary Four Horsemen alongside Ric Flair and Arn Anderson (so technically they were “the Three Horsemen”). Ric Flair had returned from the WWF in early 1993 to rejoin Arn and they promised a Horsemen reunion at Smalboree. The original plan was to have former horseman Tully Blanchard return, but the negotiations between WCW and Blanchard hit a snag and Paul Roma was selected instead. The crowd was not receptive to Roma as a Horseman, he was last seen as a jobber in the WWF and not “Elite” like the Horsemen were supposed to be, which led to fans labeling this incarnation of the Horsemen as the weakest version. Roma and Arn Anderson teamed up and won the WCW World Tag Team Championship from ”Stunning” Steve Austin and ”Lord” Steven Regal (who was substituting for an injured Brian Pillman).

Roma and Anderson would only hold on to the gold for a little over a month before losing the gold to The Nasty Boys after a short and relatively uneventful title reign. After the 1993 WCW PPV Battlebowl the Horsemen Paul Roma and Arn Anderson faced the semi-regular team of Paul Orndorff and”Stunning” Steve Austin on WCW Saturday Night. During the match Roma acted very indifferent to his tag-team partner sewing the seeds to his heel turn. Next Roma teamed with Erik Watts to take on the team of Orndorff and Austin once again, this time Roma took it a step further and attacked Erik Watts before announcing that he was now teaming with Paul Orndorff.

Under the tutelage of manager Masked Assassin the team quickly began to work well together in a feud with Marcus Alexander Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio. After a few months as a team they targeted the then WCW World Tag-Team Championship Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan. Going into Bash at the Beach 1994 Pretty Wonderful had the advantage as both champions were suffering from injuries inflicted by the challengers on previous occasions (or so the storyline went). Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan were unable to hold off Roma and Orndorff as Pretty Wonderful left the ring with the gold. After winning the titles Pretty Wonderful was immediately challenged by the Nasty Boys but the Nasty Boys were never able to take the gold from the champions. Next Pretty Wonderful were challengedby the duo of Stars’N’Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell & The Patriot) at Fall Brawl the champions retained but a week later the championship changed hands when Stars’N’Stripes got the 1-2-3. Pretty Wonderful was granted a rematch against the new champions with a match booked for Halloween Havoc, Pretty Wonderful regained the titles when Roma used one of the title belts to knock Bagwell out cold.

At Clash of the Champions XXIX Stars’N’Stripes were granted one FINAL shot at the tag-team titles, but the challengers also had to put up he Patriot’s mask on the line, if they lost he would unmask. After a controversial double pin finish Stars’N’Stripes were declared the winners and thus the champions putting the end to Pretty Wonderful’s second and final run with the gold. After the loss Roma and Orndorff went their separate ways with Roma being used as “Enhancement talent” to help build young stars.

When Roma was asked to help make WCW newcomer ”Das Wunderkind” Alex Wright look good at SuperBrawl V he refused to cooperate even going so far as to opening mocking Wright during the match and was then fired for not following the instructions.

He attempted to make a WWF comeback in late 1997 alongside a student of Mr. Fuji called Alex Roma, calling themselves the Pretty Primos. However, they only made one appearance together at a WWF house show and no contract was ever offered to the two. After failing to make it into the WWF again Roma decided to retire in 1998 and focus on other business ventures in relation to bodybuilding and wrestling.

In 2006 Paul Roma resurfaced on the wrestling scene as he was named the commissioner of the independent promotion, Connecticut Championship Wrestling, a federation which is currently closed down. He also had a “Pretty Wonderful” reunion with Paul Orndorff in Connecticut Championship Wrestling.

Paul Roma is the current IAW Heavyweight Champion, after beating Brian Costello (aka The Crippler), on July 8, 2006 at IAW Clash at the Cove VIII, in South Bend, IN.

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WCW: Lord Steven Regal

Ring name(s) Steve Regal,Lord Steven Regal,Steven Regal,William Regal,Sir William Regal
Billed height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Billed weight 109 kg (240 lb)
Born May 10, 1968,Codsall Wood, Staffordshire
Billed from Blackpool
Trained by Marty Jones
Pro wrestling debut 1983

Darren Nathaniel Matthews (born May 10th, 1968) is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name William Regal. He is currently wrestling on the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and in Deep South Wrestling.

The left-handed Matthews made his ring debut wrestling in carnivals on the piers of Blackpool at the age of fifteen. He also wrestled professionally in England, where he regularly teamed with Robbie Brookside, before going to the United States in 1992. He wrestled his first few matches under the name Roy Regal before settling on the name Steve Regal, a name he saw in an American wrestling magazine (in use by "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal).

Matthews started in WCW as Steve Regal, beginning as a face. He was turned into the heel Lord Steven Regal in 1993, claiming descent from William the Conqueror. At times charmingly arrogant in this persona, one of his memorable statements to a post-match interviewer was, "Do you know what my New Year's resolution is going to be? To wake up a half an hour earlier so I can hate you more," he smirked.

He was given a manager, Sir William and he won the Television Title four times. He teamed up with fellow aristocrat Jean-Paul Levesque, later known as Triple H, but after Levesque left WCW, he was replaced by Alabama-born Bobby Eaton. Regal formed the team The Blue Bloods and had some hilarious vignettes where he tried to teach Eaton the finer points of dining and the proper usage of the Queen's English. He renamed him "Earl Robert Eaton" and soon added "Squire" David Taylor, as well. They came close to winning the WCW Tag Team Titles, but never did. Among his feuds in WCW were Ricky Steamboat, Johnny B. Badd, Ultimo Dragon, The Belfast Bruiser and the team of Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck. Regal also had a match with Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship during his stint in WCW. It was widely rumored that he was fired from WCW after no-selling Goldberg's offense and for using chain wrestling moves that showed Goldberg's limited knowledge of such holds. However, in his book, he states that was not true.

Regal's initial appearance in the WWF was on the June 29, 1998 edition of RAW is WAR, in which he defeated Droz via submission with the Regal Stretch. Regal had no particular gimmick in this showing, and he would not be seen on WWF television again until he returned that fall with a "Real Man's Man" builder/lumberjack style looking gimmick that was based on the image of The Brawny Man. Vignettes for the character showed him doing "manly" things like chopping wood, shaving with a plain razor, and squeezing his own orange juice. He debuted in October 1998 and entered a feud with X-Pac. The two faced off in the opening round of the tournament for the vacant WWF Championship at the 1998 Survivor Series. The match ended in a double countout, eliminating both men from the tournament. The feud, and Regal's gimmick, failed to capture the audience's imagination, though today the "Man's Man" persona is well remembered and the source of much good-natured fun from many fans.

Regal checked into rehab in January 1999 and was released from the WWF in April. After checking out of rehab, Regal was invited back into the wrestling world, making a somewhat brief return to WCW. While there, he gained exceptional status compared to the final months of his original tenure with the company.

Similar to his former run, much of Regal's performance took place in tag team bouts. He continued his role as a rulebreaking heel and had small feuds with teams such as the Filthy Animals. However, as WCW continued to lose the ratings war with WWF, Regal was again released in February 2000.

WCW - Ron Reis

Ring name(s) The Yeti,Reece,Big Ron Studd,Big Bomb Jones,Evil,Vanilla Gorilla
Billed height 7 ft 2 in (218 cm)
Billed weight 326 lb (166 kg)
Born April 26, 1970,San Jose, California
Trained by Big John Studd
Pro Wrestling Debut March 12, 1994

Ron Reis is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with WCW in the late 1990s as The Yeti and Reese.

Ron Reis was trained in wrestling by Big John Studd. He joined WCW in 1995, appearing at Halloween Havoc encased in a giant block of ice as The Yeti, a member of the Dungeon of Doom. The Yeti later thawed out, and was revealed to be a large mummy. After Dungeon member The Giant defeated Hulk Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc 1995, Reis assisted with the post-match beating of Hogan when he administered a tandem bearhug with The Giant. His ring attire was subsequently changed so that he looked like a ninja. The inital look of The Yeti would, however, receive a following among the Internet Wrestling Community.

Reis later joined Raven's Flock as Reese, with Raven explaining that Reis' size had made him an outcast from society, leading him to seek acceptance within the Flock. Reis acted as Raven's enforcer, though he was unable to prevent Goldberg defeating Raven for the WCW United States Championship, and suffered an embarrassing loss to the far smaller Juventud Guerrera at the 1998 Great American Bash. The Flock eventually disbanded on September 13, 1998 at Fall Brawl when Perry Saturn defeated Raven to win the freedom of the Flock. Like many of the former Flock members, Reis lacked direction after the angle finished, and was released by WCW in 1999.

After being released, Reis toured Japan as Big Bomb Jones (a take on Big Van Vader created by Antonio Inoki) throughout 2000. In 2001 he returned to America and began working for Dusty Rhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling promotion as Big Ron Studd, a reference to his trainer. He formed a tag team with Ray Lloyd, and they won the TCW Tag Team Championships on January 3, 2002. The titles were vacated later that year.

Reis reemerged in Vince Russo's Christian orientated Glory Wrestling promotion in 2005 as the abstract character Evil, losing to Joshua the Carpenter on February 20.

WCW: Bruce Reed

Ring name(s) Bruce Reed,,"The Natural" Butch Reed,,"Hacksaw" Butch Reed,
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight 260 lb (118 kg)
Born July 11, 1954,Detroit, Michigan
Billed from Kansas City, Missouri
Wrestling Debut 1978

Butch Reed (born Bruce Reed on July 11, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan) was a professional wrestler best known for his stints in the World Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance.

Butch Reed started wrestling in 1978 in the Kansas City area after briefly playing professional football for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Reed wrestled in the NWA in the early 1980's and made a name for himself in Florida Championship Wrestling and Mid-South Wrestling from 1983 through early 1986 as "Hacksaw" Butch Reed. He won all of the titles there and feuded with Dick Slater, Magnum T.A., Junkyard Dog, and Dutch Mantel. Around this time, he also had a famous one-hour time-limit draw with NWA Champion "Nature Boy" Ric Flair.

He went back to Kansas City and obtained Slick as his manager in 1986. That summer, he lost a loser leaves town match to Bruiser Brody and left with Slick.

They went to the WWF where Reed dyed his hair blonde and became "The Natural" Butch Reed, an updated version of Sweet Daddy Siki. He feuded with Koko B. Ware and then with Intercontinental Champion Ricky Steamboat but no-showed the match where he was going to win the title and ended up in the WWF's dog house (the Honky Tonk Man won instead). Consequently, Reed exited quickly in the first Survivor Series main event (though his team, captained by Andre the Giant, would win the match), and in the 1988 Wrestlemania IV Championship Tournament, losing to eventual tournament winner "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

He left the WWF shortly after Wrestlemania IV and went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions as "Hacksaw" Butch Reed. He resumed his Mid-South feud with Junkyard Dog and was briefly managed by James J. Dillon before his contract was "sold" to Hiro Matsuda's "Yamasaki Corporation". He also wrestled then-NWA TV Champion Sting for the TV title, but was unsuccessful at capturing the belt.

In 1989, he formed a team called Doom with Ron Simmons. They wore masks and were managed by Woman. She wanted them to beat Rick and Scott Steiner for the NWA World Tag Team Titles but they couldn't. Woman fired them and the Steiners took their masks in a match at the Clash of Champions.

Theodore Long became their manager and they won the Titles. They feuded with the Road Warriors and the team of Ric Flair & Arn Anderson (and later Anderson and Barry Windham, as Flair was involved in the "Black Scorpion" angle) before losing the titles to Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin in February 1991.

The promotion became WCW and Reed turned on Simmons, which started a feud. Simmons won the feud when he defeated Reed in a cage match at Super Brawl on May 19, 1991.

Reed then teamed with Cactus Jack and The Barbarian.

He left WCW in 1992 and wrestled in the United States Wrestling Association where he feuded with Junkyard Dog again before moving on to the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994. His stay there was brief and he was soon back on the independent scene in a semi-retirement stage so he could participate in the rodeo circuit in Kansas City.

Reed retired in 2002 after wrestling for Harley Race's WLW promotion and winning the title there.

Butch Reed once again returned to the ring in 2005 for Mid States Wrestling, and in July, 2006 for the USWF promotion, in Somerset, Kentucky.

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Raven, Part 2

Raven dominated ECW in 1995-1996 and enjoyed two reigns as ECW World Heavyweight Champion during his tenure in ECW. His group of followers, Raven's Nest, included many names over his two-year stint in the company, including Cactus Jack, Stevie Richards, Tony Stetson, Johnny Hot Body, The Pit Bulls, The Dudley Boys, Brian Lee, The Bruise Brothers, Beulah McGillicutty, Kimona Wanalaya, Lori Fullington, The Blue Meanie, Super Nova, Chastity, and Lupus. He started a legendary feud with Tommy Dreamer that lasted for the next two years, before Dreamer finally defeated him at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June 1997. Also, during his first stint in ECW, he successfully defended the ECW World Heavyweight Title against Terry Gordy and Steve Williams, among others, giving Dr. Death his first loss in a singles match in the U.S. in many years. In June 1997, Raven faced Tommy Dreamer in a "Loser Leaves ECW" Match in a losing effort. Raven who didn't have all too much left to do in ECW received a huge offer from World Championship Wrestling.

In 1997 Levy left ECW and joined WCW, as an "unsigned free agent" (for storyline purposes). On June the 30th 1997, Raven is seen sitting in the front row at WCW Monday Nitro and the announcers recognize him as a champion from an independent organization. Then on August 21, 1997 at Clash of the Champions Raven brutally defeated Stevie Richards in an "unsanctioned" match then took a seat in the front row. The storyline continued that Raven would frequently appear in the front row for the next few months, slowly forming what would be known as The Flock. Raven eventually signed a (kayfabe) contract with WCW with J.J. Dillon that stipulated that he could wrestle only when he wanted and under his own rules. Thus, Raven's Rules is born.

On November 23, 1997 at World War III Raven met Scotty Riggs in a match in which Raven dropped Riggs into a chair, damaging Riggs' eye. Riggs later joined the Flock, as would Billy Kidman, Van Hammer, Horace, Lodi and Sick Boy. Leading the Flock, he enjoyed some moderate success, but nothing on the level of his former ECW main event status. He won the WCW U.S Heavyweight Championship as well as the WCW World Tag Team Championship, with Perry Saturn. The former reign lasted only a day as Raven defeated Diamond Dallas Page at a Pay Per View and lost the belt the following night to Bill Goldberg on WCW Monday Nitro.

Raven had a notable feud with Perry Saturn after losing the U.S Title to Goldberg. He blamed the flock and Saturn in particular for his loss. This led to a series of matches, the last of which happened at WCW Fall Brawl 98. Without the Flock, Raven began a series of depressing interviews and walked out on several matches. In October at WCWs Halloween Havoc 98, Raven refused to wrestle Chris Jericho for the Television Title, but eventually was convinced to return to the ring. He lost the match and wasn't seen until 1999. Rumors of a feud with Roddy Piper were in the works, but that was scrapped for an unknown reason. He was reunited with his former valet Chastity, who WCW claimed was his sister, and moved into other storylines, creating feuds with Chris Kanyon, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Hak (The Sandman). He later joined with Vampiro, and the Insane Clown Posse in a short-lived stable called The Dead Pool. In a meeting which involved every contracted WCW wrestler, when Eric Bischoff offered anyone their release right then and there, Raven was the only one to stand up and walk out, as he was dissatisfied with WCW's creative direction. As a final effort to try to get Raven to stay on the WCW roster, Eric Bischoff told Raven about a storyline which involed Raven beating his opponent and "taking their souls". This made Raven interested in staying with the company however, when Raven found out how the storyline would end (Dustin Rhodes a.k.a Goldust being behind the whole thing) he lost interest and asked for his release. Raven left the company in 1999.

WCW:`Raven, Part 1

Scott Levy (born September 8, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Raven. He is currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and is a former NWA and ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He is also the innovator of numerous types of "gimmick" wrestling matches, such as the Clockwork Orange House of Fun match.

Scott Levy studied criminal justice at the University of Delaware and originally wanted to be a lawyer. He would break into the wrestling business in 1988 as Scotty The Body in Memphis' Continental Wrestling Association, where he was the boy-toy of Missy Hyatt, who used him to her and Eddie Gilbert's advantage.

After leaving Memphis, Levy competed in his home state of Florida until he was let go after an argument with part owner Steve Keirn. Levy next competed briefly with Vancouver's All Star Wrestling; he wrestled as a face there and got over with the fans, but ended up leaving due to promoter Al Tomko's preference to push his sons, Todd (AKA Rick Davis) and Terry (AKA The Frog) in All Star's top spots, as well as Tomko making false allegations about Levy being in legal trouble. From there, he went to Portland's Pacific Northwest Wrestling. He was one of the main heels for most of his three years there, winning all of the titles and feuding heavily with Steve Doll; after taking a brief break from competing, he returned to PNW as a face and began a feud with top heel The Grappler.

His first national TV exposure was in the Global Wrestling Federation as Scotty Anthony. He was a member of The Cartel with Cactus Jack, Rip Rogers, and Makhan Singh.

He got his first major exposure as a wrestler in 1992 in World Championship Wrestling in the light-heavyweight division under the name Scotty Flamingo managed by Diamond Dallas Page, and won the short lived WCW Light Heavyweight Title (also known as the first incarnation of the WCW Cruiserweight Championship) on June 20, 1992 by defeating Brian Pillman. After the match, many other wrestlers lined up in the back to praise the quality of the match. Brad Armstrong defeated Levy to win the Light Heavyweight title.He had feuds with Brian Pillman, Brad Armstrong and Johnny B. Badd. He won a "boxing" match over the former Golden Gloves champion Badd at the Clash of Champions on November 18, 1992 when his ring corner men, Diamond Dallas Page and Vinnie Vegas, loaded his gloves with water so he could KO Badd. He left later that year.

In early 1993, Levy joined the World Wrestling Federation as manager Johnny Polo, a spoiled, rich kid, and was placed with Adam Bomb. He was also manager of the Quebecers tag team, whom he led to a few reigns as WWF World Tag Team Champions. He occasionally wrestled, worked as a color commentator, Co Host of Radio WWF, and, behind the scenes, worked as a producer for the WWF's Monday Night RAW TV program. Levy left in 1994 due to not wrestling and at times not even being on the show.

In 1995, now bulked up to approximately 230 lb (104 kg), Levy debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling under the name Raven (a reference to the poem by Edgar Allan Poe). In a dramatic departure from his former characters, Levy began portraying a depressed, nihilistic, sadistic, misanthrope. He made his debut with Stevie Richards, attacking Tommy Dreamer, claiming Dreamer was his enemy when they were children at Summer Camp. He also debuted with the valet, Beulah McGillicutty, a girl who liked Dreamer as a child, but is now seeking revenge. Raven and Dreamer had a great deal of matches with Raven coming out victorious every time.

Another major ECW feud was with Sandman. He "brainwashed" his son to join his cult like following, and turned him against his father. Raven would get at Sandman by having his son deny his relationship with his father, and he would do Raven's taunt to slowly eat away at Sandman. This led to many bloody matches, which Sandman's son interfered to help his father. After the match, the two embraced, but Raven came from behind with a Kendo Stick, and smacked his enemy. Steven Richards and the Blue Meanie came out with a giant wooden cross, and tied Sandman down to it. They then lifted it up, and "crucified" him. The fans gave a negative reaction. At the time, Kurt Angle was backstage, and the offensive angle caused him to leave and threaten a lawsuit if his name appeared on the same episode as the "crucifixion." Raven came out, and gave a questionable apology for his actions. To this day Raven claims that the angle wasn't an insult to Jesus Christ, but an insult to The Sandman, by using religious iconography to convey an artistic standpoint. The footage of the "crucifixion" was never used by ECW, and indeed, was not publicly seen until it appeared on the WWE Home Video DVD The Rise and Fall of ECW.

GUEST ED: TNA: In danger of becoming a modern day WCW?

GUEST ED: TNA: In danger of becoming a modern day WCW?:

"In the attempt of taking things to the next level and try to become a serious competitor to WWE, is TNA in danger of turning themselves into a modern day WCW? The quality of recent TNA programming and the recent PPV seem to be indicating that the answer to the question is yes."

WCW: Robbie Rage

Height: 5 ft 10 in
Weight: 254 lb
Birthday: 1970
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Trained by: WCW Powerplant
Debut: 1995
Previous identities: The Pink Pantser
Finishing and signature move(s): Nut Buster

Robert J. Krapik is a professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with WCW and on the independent wrestling scene as Robbie Rage. While in WCW, he was part of the team High Voltage with Kenny Kaos.
In the Summer of 2000, Robbie Rage left WCW for good and returned to New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Scott Putski

Scott Bednarski, better known by his ring name Scott Putski, is an American professional wrestler best known for his work with Texas independent promotions. Putski is the son of wrestler Ivan Putski, with whom he teamed up on several occasions.

During late 1991 until mid 1992 he had a short but memorable stint in the Dallas-based Global Wrestling Federation, where he had great success as both a singles and a tag-team competitor. All matches mentioned in this section took place at the Dallas Sportatorium.

On March 20, Putski and Terry Simms captured the GWF Tag Team Titles from the Coast to Coast Connection ("Hollywood" John Tatum & "California Studd" Rod Price). Less than a month later, on April 17, the belts were held up following a match between Putski and Simms and the Goodfellows (Gary Young and Steven Dane). Young and Dane would go on to win the rematch on May 1 and become the undisputed champions.

Putski would be without a championship for less than a month. On May 29 he defeated Johnny Mantell in tournament final to capture the GWF North American Championship, the federation's top singles title, which had been declared vacant after "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert left the GWF for the Memphis-based USWA. Putski would hold the title until being fired in August. On August 21 Rod Price was awarded the title.

After several tours of Japan and stints in the independent scene, including losing his mask of Konnan 2000 to Rubén Púas Olivares on May 8, 1993 at Plaza de Toros Monumental, Monterrey, N.L., Putski debuted in the WWF in 1997, as part of the WWF Light Heavyweight Division; their attempt to compete with rivals WCW's more established Cruiserweight Division. Putski achieved little success in the WWF, being outshone by more successful, smaller cruiserweight wrestlers like Brian Christopher, Taka Michinoku, Christian, Scott Taylor and Aguila.

By 1998, Putski was featured on WCW Saturday Night, the company's low profile show primarily reserved for up-and-comers and squash matches. He managed to score a few wins using his patented Putski Bomb, better known as the Rydeen bomb, and started teaming up with the likes of Scotty Riggs on WCW's higher profile shows. This only lasted for a brief time however.

Putski eventually made his way into Professional Championship Wrestling, a promotion based in Arlington, Texas. Here he would finally find success, acquiring the PCW Tag Team Championship in 2002 as a part of the Cowboys from Hell.

Psychosis

Ring name(s) Psicosis,,Psychosis,,El Salvaje,,Nicho El Millionaro,,Nicho,,Psicosis the Millionaire,,El Jet de TJ,El Millonario de Tijuana
Billed height 182 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Billed weight 96 kg (216 lb)
Born May 19, 1971,Tijuana, Baja California
Trained by Rey Misterio, Sr.,Fobia
Professional wrestling debut: March 10, 1989


Dionicio Castellanos Torres (born May 19, 1971) is a Mexican professional wrestler (best known by the stage names Psychosis or Psicosis) currently performing as Nicho El Millionaro in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. He is a two-time WCW Cruiserweight Champion and has performed for World Wrestling Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and Xtreme Pro Wrestling.

Castellanos started wrestling as Psicosis for the Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion promotion in his native Baja California in March 1989, after being trained by Rey Misterio, Sr. and his brother, Fobia. Some of his biggest feuds were with Rey Mysterio and El Hijo del Santo. He frequently feuded with La Parka although he would team with him later in WCW, Juventud Guerrera and Juvi's father, Fuerza Guerrera. Also, he appeared in the movie/documentary "101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler".

Psicosis first made a name for himself in the United States in joining ECW in 1995. He is most remembered for putting on some fantastic matches against Misterio Jr. during this time. It is widely agreed on that the two performers were instrumental in introducing the high flying Mexican style to American wrestling fans of the mid-late '90s.

He then switched to World Championship Wrestling as Psychosis in 1996. His Nitro Professional wrestling debut: match took place at WCW Monday Nitro July 8, 1996 against Eddie Guerrero during WCW's tour of Disney MGM Studios. Through the early years, Psychosis would typically face other luchadores, frequently getting a spot during Pay-Per-View events. He faced La Parka at Spring Stampede March 19, 1998 a match in which he won. Many people don't know (mostly because WCW never ackowledged it) that Psychosis was actually a member of the nWo in Konnan's Promo Azteca. Other members included Rey Misterio (not to be confused with Rey, Jr.) and Holloween/Ciclope.

In 1999, Psychosis joined Eddie Guerrero's Latino World Order (LWO). The group, made up entirely of Mexican wrestlers, would be disbanded at the hands of the nWo shortly after.

Later in his career, Psychosis was frequently managed by Sonny Onoo and had a regular tag team with La Parka. Psychosis originally lost his mask to Rey, Jr. during a tour of Mexico. Psychosis removed the mask and handed it to Rey, Jr. while simotanously covering his face with a towel. The reason for this was that Psychosis was not supposed to lose his mask. He would later go on to lose his mask to Billy Kidman on an episode of Nitro. On occasion, he was also paired with Juventud Guerrera. When Guerrera won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title on WCW TV and then got injured, Vince Russo stripped Guerrera and had Psychosis and La Parka go for the vacant title, which Psychosis won. He then lost it to Jushin Liger the same night.

During the April 19, 1999 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, Psychosis defeated Blitzkrieg, Juventud Guerrera, and Rey Mysterio in a 4-way bout to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the first time. This reign would be short-lived, however, as he would lose it to Rey Mysterio not long after.

On September 27, 1999, Psychosis competed in a máscara contra caballera (mask vs. hair) match against Billy Kidman. Kidman won, and like both Juventud Guerrera and Rey Mysterio before him, Psychosis was forced to unmask.

Psychosis had a second, rather forgettable Cruiserweight Title reign in WCW. When the previous champion Lenny Lane (who portrayed a flamboyant homosexual on television) got WCW in hot water with the GLAAD, Lane was pulled from television. Psychosis was given the belt only to lose it to Disco Inferno.

The Prisoner

Birthday: April 17, 1958
Hometown: Bloomington, Minnesota
Height:6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight:297 lb (135 kg)
Trained by: Brad Rheingans
Debut: 1982
Previous Gimmicks: Thor, Kevin Kelly, Kevin The Magnificent, Nailz, The Prisoner
Kevin Wacholz (born April 17, 1958 in Bloomington, Minnesota) was a professional wrestler who once worked for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1992 as Nailz. He was also known as "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly in the American Wrestling Association in the 1980s.

Kevin Wacholz (born April 17, 1958 in Bloomington, Minnesota) was a professional wrestler who once worked for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1992 as Nailz. He was also known as "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly in the American Wrestling Association in the 1980s.

Kevin Wacholz started wrestling in 1982 in the American Wrestling Association as Kevin Kelly, a babyface midcarder. By 1986, he was a top heel and challenged for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. He was managed by Madusa Miceli and often teamed with Nick Kiniski as "The Perfect Tag Team" to contend for the AWA World Tag Team title. He was also using the moniker, "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly. In 1987, he was issuing arm wrestling challenges and was managed by Sherri Martel. This caused him to feud with Tommy Rich, who answered one of his challenges on an edition of AWA Championship Wrestling on ESPN. Kelly appeared to have the arm-wrestling match against Rich lost when Martel interfered on Kelly's behalf, for which Martel paid when Rich tore off her dress as payback.

He left the AWA for the independent promotions before it folded in 1991.

Wacholz entered the WWF in 1992 as Nailz, an ex-convict who, in a series of promos alleged that he was abused by former prison guard (and now fellow WWF wrestler) Big Boss Man while in prison and also claimed to be innocent of his crimes. Following Big Boss Man's squash match over Dave Roulette on a WWF syndicated program, Nailz – dressed in orange prison garb and hell-bent on revenge – charged the ring and brutally attacked Big Boss Man, eventually using a nightstick to injure his one-time tormentor.

Nailz squashed Virgil at SummerSlam 1992 and continued to feud with Big Boss Man, who had recovered from Nailz's beating. Eventually, Big Boss Man defeated Nailz in a Night Stick match at the 1992 Survivor Series, putting an end to their feud.

Nailz was set to feud with then recent face wrestler The Undertaker. The two had a stare down that aired on a WWF syndicated program, but the feud never went anywhere. Rumors had been stated that he was supposed to wrestle The Ultimate Warrior in a feud, but this was untrue. The Warrior claims otherwise on his site, however, and he said that this planned program with Nailz was part of the reason he left the WWF in 1992.

Wacholz was fired from the WWF in December 1992, reportedly after he attacked Vince McMahon over a dispute over money. Wacholz apparently started choking Vince McMahon until he was turning blue in the face.

The incident led to a series of lawsuits between Wacholz and McMahon. Wacholz fired the first shot, alleging that McMahon had sexually harassed him on a number of occasions; McMahon denied the claim, but Wacholz proceeded to file a wrongful termination lawsuit. The WWF filed a counterclaim against Wacholz, but later dropped the matter.

Wacholz later went on to testify against McMahon and the WWF when they were being indicted for giving their athletes steroids, saying that McMahon told him to take steroids and that he personally hated McMahon. Wacholz's testimony backfired in a way, as it seems that his inconsistent stories to the court led to McMahon's acquittal in the trial.

He went to World Championship Wrestling in 1993 for a short stay as The Prisoner to feud with Sting.

In 1996, Wacholz used his Nailz gimmick in Tito Santana's American Wrestling Federation.

Wacholz retired in 2000. Word is he wants to set up a car garage in Yoker some time in 2007.

Jim Powers

Jim Powers (born James Manley) on January 4, 1958 in New York City) is an American professional wrestler who most notably wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-to-late 1980's and early 1990's. Throughout most of his career, he was recognized as a preliminary wrestler - someone used as fodder for a more well-known wrestler who the audience knows does not stand a chance to win the match. This is also referred to as "enhancement talent".

Powers was discovered and brought into the WWF in late 1984 by Big John Studd.

He arguably reached the peak of his career in the WWF when, in March 1987, along with fellow preliminary wrestler Paul Roma, he formed a handsome tag team called The Young Stallions. The team seemingly received their name by accident when play-by-play commentator Vince McMahon referred to them once as "a couple of young stallions". This was an understatement, as Powers possessed huge biceps and a chiseled torso, while Roma's physique resembled that of a Greek God.

Powers and Roma were still viewed as enhancement talent when, during the August 8, 1987 episode of WWF Superstars, they scored an upset disqualification victory over the WWF Tag Team Champions, Hart Foundation. The victory launched their brief run as featured performers and the team was even one of only two surviving teams (the other being The Killer Bees) in the elimination tag team match at the first annual Survivor Series pay-per-view on November 26, 1987.

It wasn't too long before WWF owner Vince McMahon seemed to lose interest in the idea of pushing the Young Stallions. This may have been due, in part, to the fact that Powers and Roma did not get along with each other. The team was placed in featured matches on television and at house shows, but most times ended up on the losing end. Following yet another loss, this time to Demolition on the March 19, 1989 episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge, the team began arguing after matches. Soon, they were split up (off camera). After being hit in the head with a megaphone by Dino Bravo during a 1990 match on WWF Superstars, Roma (who accused the Rockers of attacking him rather than Bravo) formed a heel Tag Team with fellow wrestler Hercules named Power & Glory. Powers, in the meantime, faded back into the enhancement scene. During this time, he most notably became the first man to lose to Ric Flair when Flair made his WWF debut on the September 30, 1991 episode of Prime Time Wrestling.

After falling off the map completely for a couple years, Powers resurfaced in World Championship Wrestling in the spring of 1995. He was scouted and then managed for a brief time by Teddy Long. The highlight of his WCW run was arguably the time he was attacked and spray-painted during a mid-1996 match by the New World Order. The reason for the attack was simply that the NWO wanted to address the crowd. It didn't really have anything to do with Jim Powers. Not much else did either and Powers eventually faded off the scene entirely, leaving WCW in early 1999.

Jim Powers is currently training hard for his return to the ring on March 9, 2007 in Suffern, New York. He will be teaming with Tito Santana, Gino Caruso and Rocky Jones against The Honky Tonk Man, The Kodiak Bear, The Masked Superstar, and Vic Devine.

Lanny Poffo

Height: 6 ft 0 in
Weight: 228 lb.
Birthday: December 28, 1954
Hometown: Downers Grove, Illinois
Other Gimmicks: The Genius
Debut: 1973
Managers: Jimmy Hart
Finishing and Signature moves: Honor Roll, Moonsault

Lanny Poffo is an American professional wrestler. He is the son of Angelo Poffo and the brother of wrestling superstar "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

Lanny was not as popular as his brother, but he had a decent wrestling career in the WWF in the 1980s. In the ring, he would often read poems that he himself penned, wrestle in an effeminate manner, and would also throw out frisbees to the fans. Early in his career, he was known as Leaping Lanny Poffo, the Wrestling Poet. He made some publicity by competing in a Bunkhouse Battle Royal in full knight's armor, but he was eliminated quickly. Prior to being repackaged as the Genius, Poffo was what smart fans refer to as a "JTTS" or "Jobber To The Stars" which means that while he was almost exclusively "enhancement talent" who was not usually booked in any serious way to win, he was allowed to get in a fair amount of offense in his matches, and won some on occasion. Poffo was also one of the first, if not the very first, wrestlers to use the moonsault in the WWF.

In 1989, he turned into a heel wrestler and became The Genius, adopting a highly intelligent, "better than you" persona and wearing a cap and gown to the ring. His poems (which had previously ribbed the heel wrestlers) now ridiculed the face wrestlers, and he now behaved in an even more effeminate manner to infurate the crowd. In addition, the Genius also served as a manager (and occasional tag team partner) for Mr. Perfect. Later, he was the manager of the Beverly Brothers (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom).

In an early 1990 edition of WWF Saturday Night's Main Event, The Genius beat WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan by countout due to Mr. Perfect hitting Hogan with the championship belt. Later in the show, Mr. Perfect and Lanny took a hammer to the belt, shattering it to pieces. It is said that this destroyed belt became the first WWF Hardcore Championship belt.

He signed a WCW contract in the 1990s, but they never used him, and he sat at home and collected a paycheck. However, it is rumored that Poffo did in fact work WCW events as WCW's mascot, Wild Cat Willie.

Outside of wrestling, Poffo has released a collection of poems and limericks, most of which were related to drug and alcohol awareness, directed toward young children. He was last seen on television in infomercials as an endorser of Tony Little's Gazelle Freestyle exercise machine. Fans have noted that Poffo is barely recognizable from his WWF heyday (apart from shaving his famous Genius beard, he now has a more muscular physique).