The "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase

What can you say about Theodore Marvin "Ted" DiBiase, Sr.?
I mean that hasn't already been said.
He was born on January 18, 1954 in Omaha, Nebraska to female pro wrestler wrestler Helen Hild. His stepfather, pro wrestler "Iron" Mike DiBiase passed away in the ring of a heart attack when Ted was just 15.
He was trained by wrestling legends Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk.
If anyone has wrestling in their blood it's Ted DiBiase.
To list all of his accomplishments would take a blog by itself.
Or you could just write a book, which Ted did, called "Every Man Has His Price: The True Story of Wrestling's Million-Dollar Man
".
Even though retired from active wrestling, he makes occasional appearances on WWE programs from time to time.
But right now his passion is his promotion, Power Wrestling Alliance. The PWA events are a combined Christian/wrestling event, because Ted is a born-again Christian. He sometimes works with another fellow born-again Christian, Nikita Koloff (Nelson Scott Simpson), at the events.
All three of his sons, Mike DiBiase, Ted DiBiase, Jr. and Brett are professional wrestlers.
On May 26, 2008, Ted DiBiase, Jr. continued his father's wrestling legacy by debuting in the WWE.

David Sierra, the Cuban Assassin

Fidel Sierra David Cannell was born July 27, 1960 in Miami, Florida.
He is a professional wrestler, better known as David Sierra, who is known as a longtime veteran of the World Wrestling Council (one of Puerto Rico's two main professional wrestling promotions) as well as his appearances in WCW Wrestling (As the Cuban Assassin) and Pacific Northwest Wrestling during the 1980s and 90s.

WCW: Rick Cornell / Reno

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Rick Cornell was a professional wrestler in WCW Wrestling better known by his ring name Reno.
Before entering pro wrestling, Rick was an undefeated kickboxer and had been an amateur wrestler all throughout high school.
During his time in WCW, he was a member of the Natural Born Thrillers (Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O'Haire, Shawn Stasiak, Mark Jindrak and Johnny the Bull).
Rick was trained at the WCW Power Plant in Atlanta and eventually made it to WCW Television.
When WCW was purchased by the WWE, Reno's contract was picked up, but he was released by the WWE before he ever appeared on television.

The Cole Twins

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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.

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.

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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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.

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.

Kid Kash

David Cash, born July 31, 1969 in Waynesboro, Virginia, is better known by his wrestling name Kid Kash. He is an American professional wrestler who has worked for World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

On March 21, 2001 Kid Kash debuted as "Cash" in World Championship Wrestling on the finale of WCW Thunder. Cash was billed as the protege of former Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton. Cash lost his debut match to another former ECW Alumni Jason Jett.



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Road Warrior Animal, Joe Laurinaitis, part 3

The Road Warriors appeared in TNA Wrestling in late 2002-early 2003 as part of a group that opposed Vince Russo’s faction Sports Entertainment Xtreme but only wrestled one actual match for the federation.

Animal and Hawk made a surprise appearance on RAW on May 12, 2003 when they took on Kane & Rob Van Dam for the World Tag Team Championship. Although Hawk and Animal came up short in their attempt to become three-time champions, it was clear that Hawk had defeated the demons that had once kept him from competing, and the Road Warriors had hopes of returning to WWE. However, Road Warrior Hawk died on October 19, 2003.

Animal made a return to WWE on an episode of SmackDown! in 2005, where he was challenged by the then-WWE Tag Team Champions MNM to a title match at The Great American Bash. Finding a new tag team partner in Heidenreich, Animal went on to defeat MNM for the titles, dedicating the win to Hawk by saying, "Hawk, this one's for you, brother!" The two would team up for a few months in a new chapter of the Legion of Doom, with Heidenreich adopting the L.O.D.'s shoulder pads, face paint, and mohawk haircut. However, this came to an end with Heidenreich's release from WWE on January 17, 2006.

On the March 3, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, Animal teamed up with Matt Hardy to face MNM. After he and Hardy lost the match, Animal turned heel for the second time in his career by attacking and injuring Hardy's knee. Animal reasoned that he had realized that Hardy and Heidenreich were screw-ups and that Road Warrior Hawk was the only tag team legend for him. After the heel turn, Animal, once again known simply as The Road Warrior, would drop many aspects of the well-known Road Warrior gimmick, losing the face paint, and shoulder pads. Animal's look at this time was similar to his old Road Warrior gimmick in the early 1980s he had prior to teaming up with Hawk.

On the May 6, 2006 edition of Velocity (taped May 2), Animal defeated Paul Burchill. This was his final WWE television appearance. On June 26, 2006, Animal was released from his WWE contract.

On June 17, 2007, Road Warrior Animal returned to TNA on the Pay-Per-View, Slammiversary, with Rick Steiner; he replaced Scott Steiner, who was out with an injury. They ended up losing to Team 3D.

Road Warrior Animal and Kensuke Sasaki teamed up on September 1 for All Japan Pro Wrestling at the Differ Ariake and they defeated "brother" YASSHI and Shuji Kondo. Sasaki wore face paint as Power Warrior, the same name he used when teamed with Road Warrior Hawk in the 90's and both men were billed as the Hell Raisers, the team name used by Sasaki and Hawk while they teamed together in AJPW. Animal was billed as Animal Warrior in a similar move to Hawk being billed as Hawk Warrior when he teamed with Sasaki.


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