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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The Cole Twins
The Cole Twins(Kent and Keith Cole) were a professional wrestling tag team that competed in North American regional and independent promotions.
But the twins were probably best known for their stint in WCW during the early 1990s.
During their time in WCW, they feuded with several tag teams including Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce, Rage and Fury-The Wrecking Crew, Booker T and Stevie Ray-Harlem Heat and the Brian Pillman and Steve Austin-The Hollywood Blondes.
They were brought into WCW as a tag team by the booker at the time,Dusty Rhodes, in late-1992.
The Cole Twins regularly appeared on WCW Saturday Night, WCW Main Event and WCW Worldwide.
After a six-year absence, the twins debuted in NWA Wildside as the Kohl Brothers in the mid-2000s.
They won the NWA Wildside Tag Team Wrestling Championships twice.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Bryan Clark, Jr./ KroniK / Wrath
Bryan Clark, Jr. (Bryan Clark or Bryan Clarke), was born March 14, 1964 in Tallahassee, Florida. He is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the WWF ( as Adam Bomb and one half of KroniK) and WCW (as Mortis) .
Bryan Clark's pro wrestling debut was replacing the injured Scott Hall at Starrcade '91. After that he appeared in Chicago Championship Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and the UWF.
Clark rejoined the WCW in 1997 as Wrath, teaming with Mortis.
After a couple of injuries, he returned to he WCW forming a tag team with Brian Adams known as KroniK.
Kronik won the WCW Tag Team Wrestling Titles at Bash at the Beach on July 9. KroniK held the titles until August 13, 2000 when they were beaten by Vampiro and The Great Muta.
Goldberg beat both Clark and Adams in a Handicap Match at Halloween Havoc.
KroniK acted as hired muscle, helping The Boogie Knights (Alex Wright and Disco Inferno) battle the Filthy Animals, and eventually working for their former enemies, the Natural Born Thrillers.
KroniK turned face once again in January 2001 , siding with Ernest Miller. They were eventually sidelined when Clark was split open with a chair, needing stitches, and Adams was hospitalized with appendicitis. While both members of KroniK were injured, WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
WCW: Ciclope
Manuel Ortiz Partida was born May 22, 1971 in Tijuana, Baja California. He is a pro wrestler who is currently wrestling on the Independent Circuit in Mexico, particularly in the Tijuana area.
He is better known by his stage name Halloween.
Manuel Ortiz Partida made his pro wrestling debut in 1990 at Auditorio de Tijuana in Tijuana, Baja California. He spent his time in the Independent Circuit.
He wrestled as "Halloween" for most of his career but switched to "Ciclope" in 1996 when he went to WCW.
Ciclope was neglected in WCW, even when compared to the other luchadors there at the time.
His biggest moment in WCW was as part of the feud between then Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko.
Malenko, who had been inactive for several months, dressed up as Ciclope to win a Cruiserweight battle royale to determine the number one contender for Chris Jericho's Cruiserweight Title.
Jericho had been refusing to grant Malenko a match, making the disguise necessary.
All Ciclope got out of the deal was a singles match with Jericho on Nitro, which he lost.
Here's a video of Rey Mysterio Jr wrestling Ciclope in the WCW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoxCdWCrr2g
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Masahiro Chono
Masahiro Chono was born September 17, 1963, in Seattle, Washington.
He is a Japanese professional wrestler.
He primarily wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), but has also made appearances for the now defunct WCW, as a member of the nWo.
Chono, called Mister Black Jack when he first started as a heel, is one of the top heels in Japanese wrestling history.
He is a former NWA World Champion and IWGP Heavyweight Champion.
Chono invented the STS (Stepover Toehold Sleeper)
Chono is the owner of his own line of clothing stores called ArisTrisT. Hulk Hogan can be seen wearing Chono's ArisTrisT apparel on his TV show Hogan Knows Best. His wife Martika designs many of the clothing line's jewelry and clothing.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Curtis Thompson, Firebreaker Chip
Curtis Thompson was born January 20, 1963, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in WCW as Firebreaker Chip.
Curtis Thompson made his pro wrestling debut in 1987. He wrestled in Stampede Wrestling (as the masked Archangel), South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council. He formed a tag team with Ricky Santana called the "US Males" in PNW.
In late 1990, he joined WCW. He became Firebreaker Chip and teamed with Todd Champion as "The Patriots". They had the gimmick of being two soldiers that had returned from Desert Storm and were billed as being from "WCW Special Forces". They feuded with the Fabulous Freebirds and won the United States Tag Team Titles. They next feuded with Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers who beat them for the titles.
Thompson soon left WCW and wrestled in the independent promotions. He turned up in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic promotion in a tag team with Drake Dawson called "Triple X". He also wrestled briefly for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the mid 1990s.
As of 2005, Thompson was still wrestling in the Mid-Atlantic area independent promotions.
Firebreaker Chip is well known for a backstage fight (which was told in Mick Foley's autobiography Have A Nice Day) he got in with Diamond Dallas Page in which Page placed Chip in a front face lock. He is currently attending the Cornell Intensive Wrestling for his second year camp.
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