WCW - Christi Wolf aka Asya

Another very popular WCW personality here on this blog is Asya or bodybuilder, model and former professional wrestler, Christi Wolf.
She appeared in WCW as "The Head Nurse", "Double D" and finally "Asya", meaning that Asya was bigger than Chyna because "Asia" is bigger than "China".
Get it?
Well she was quite a bit bigger than Chyna even without the bad puns.
She was with the WCW from March of 1999 to March of 2000.

Christi Wolf aka Asya roughing up Torrie Wilson in the WCW

WCW and TNA Wrestler Sting

Without a doubt the most popular wrestler on this blog is WCW and TNA star Sting.

But no matter how cool the "Crow" Sting is...I always think about him like this first.....

WCW, Tom Brandi

Tom Brandi is a pro wrestler better know for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as Salvatore Sincere.
He is also know for his current work as The Patriot, working for wrestling promotions such as Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1, National Wrestling Superstars, and other independent wrestling promotions on the East Coast.
But before Tom showed up in the WWF as Salvatore Sincere, he worked for WCW as Johnny Gunn.
There he was pretty successful as one half of a tag team with "Z-Man" Tom Zenk.

Although he never held any titles in WCW, he did hold the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Tag Team Championship with Buff Bagwell, the Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) Tag Team Championship with Tommy Dreamer, the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA) Heavyweight Championship, the International World Class Championship Wrestling (IWCCW) Tag Team Championship with King Mike Kaluah, the IWCCW Television Championship, and the NWA 2000 NWA National Heavyweight Championship.

WCW - Sting

Even though Sting (Steve Borden) is in TNA now, we all remember him from his WCW days.
To cover this man's career would take an entire blog by itself I think.
But here are just the highlights of his career....
NWA World Heavyweight Champion
NWA World Television Champion
WCW International World Heavyweight Champion (twice)
WCW United States Heavyweight Champion (twice)
WCW World Heavyweight Champion (six times)
WCW World Tag Team Champion (3 times with Lex Luger, The Giant and Kevin Nash)

And also the thing I am proudest of....
He NEVER signed with the WWE!
You can respect the wrestler and respect the man.

Did you know that besides wrestling, Sting appeared in "The Nightmare Room", "Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Shutterspeed"?

Nitro Girl Spice

Nitro Girl Spice

Melissa Anne Bellin was born on May 29, 1973, in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
She worked for the WCW as a dancer, valet and wrestler, and you may remember her better under her ring name, Nitro Girl Spice.
Before joining WCW, she was a Chiropractic student, waitress, bartender, model, aerobics instructor and personal trainer.
She started with the WCW Nitro Girls as Spice in 1997.
When Kimberly Page left the group in 1999, Spice started a feud with Nitro Girl A.C. Jazz over control of the group.
Jazz left the WCW and she was replaced with Nitro Girl Tygress.
They actually wrestled on the November 22, 1999 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, but it went to a no contest.
Spice later started a feud with Madusa after Madusa caught Spice flirting with Evan Karagias.
This lead to a match that ended with Spice pinning Madusa!
Spice then became Evan's manager, but she turned on him, cost him his WCW Cruiserweight Championship in a match with Madusa, and wound up managing her.

After Spice left WCW, she went on to join the group Diversity 5 with other ex-Nitro Girls Teri Byrne (Fyre), Sharmell Sullivan (Storm), Chae An (Chae) and Vanessa Sanchez (Tygress) and Chiquita Anderson (Chiquita).

Besides dancing, she choreographed for groups like the WCW Nitro Girls, D.C. Dancers, Reebok (she also danced for them) and the Miss Fitness USA competitors.

Michelle has gone back to her first love, and is now a chiropractor.

Spice also made an appearance in the 2000 movie, "Ready to Rumble".

In doing research for this, I ran across a website that has a ton of pictures of Spice on it......
Sugar & Spice: A Tribute to Nitro Girl Spice

Héctor Garza - WCW

Héctor Garza was born on June 12th, 1969 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Although mainly a luchador in Mexico, Hector did wrestle for awhile for WCW.

In WCW he was known as Héctor Garza Jr., even though his father wrestled as Humberto Garza.
He was known in WCW for his twirling turnbuckle to floor plancha called the corkscrew plancha.
He did manage a victory over Scott Hall, but other than that, he really didnt get much of a push.
He was a part of Latino World Order along with Eddie Guerrero, Psychosis, La Parka and Juventud Guerrera.
After a painful injury, he left WCW and returned to Mexico to wrestle.

 Hector passed away on May 26th, 2013.

Jimmy "Jam" Garvin

James Williams was born on September 25, 1952 in Tampa, Florida.
He is a retired pro wrestler better known under his ring name Jimmy "Jam" Garvin as a member of the legendary Fabulous Freebirds.

Jimmy debuted in 1968 as Beau James, but he soon took the name "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin.
He had two "brothers", Terry and Ron Garvin (actually Jimmy was Ron's stepson in real life) who he managed for awhile.

When Jimmy went to World Class Championship Wrestling, he brought along his real life cousin Valerie French, better known as Sunshine.
After awhile, Jimmy brought in his real life wife Patti Williams as Precious.

Jimmy left WCCW with Precious and went to American Wrestling Association (AWA).

Then he went to the Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling, and feuded with Wahoo McDaniel, Brad Armstrong and Magnum T.A., Ric Flair, Kevin Sullivan and others.

In 1989 he joined the Fabulous Freebirds.
Actually Jimmy had wrestled with Micheal Hayes, Buddy Roberts and Terry Gordy back in WCCW and was always considered "The fourth Freebird".

In 1993, Jimmy left WCW and went to Global Wrestling Federation.

Jimmy did go back to the WCW one more time though in 1994 at Superbrawl IV when he replaced the "injured" Michael Hayes.

He is retired now, and is an accomplished pilot and flight instructor.

Alan Funk - Pro Wrestling

Alan had a unique look...

Alan Funk was born July 7, 1971.
He is a professional wrestler who has worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Alan was trained at the WCW Power Plant and made his pro wrestling debut in September 1998.
He has wrestled under many ring names including Kwee Wee, Miss TNA, Rave, Funkster, Triple A, 'Angry' Alan Funk, Bruce and Queen Herod.
Alan was seriously injured in a match in Helsinki, Finland, when Sonny Siaki messed up a split-legged moonsault and landed knee first on Funk's face.
He suffered a broken eardrum, nose, and jaw and also cracked his orbital bone, but Alan went on to make a full recovery.

In TNA he was Miss TNA (don't ask) and he also held the BTW Ohio Tag Team Championship in Big Time Wrestling.

Alan and Paisley (Sharmell Sullivan)

"The Franchise" Shane Douglas

Shane Douglas (Troy Shane Martin) wrestled for ECW and WCW as "The Franchise" Shane Douglas and for the WWF as Dean Douglas. He has also recently worked for TNA.
Shane was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1964.
He was trained by Dominic DeNucci (who also trained Mick Foley) and made his pro wrestling debut in 1982.
Besides ECW, WCW, WWF and TNA, he has wrestled for Border City Wrestling, International Wrestling Association, Major League Wrestling, Midwest Wrestling United and many more. In most of these promotions, he held the Heavyweight Wrestling Championship at one point or another.
Shane Douglas is currently doing motivational speaking and is writing his first book.

WCW: The Minotaur

The Minotaur
Born: Boston, Massachusetts
Resides: Edina, Minnesota
Height and Weight: 6'2" - 310 lbs
Previous Gimmicks: Billy Jack Strong, Steve DiSalvo, Steve Strong, Sadistic Steve, Minotaur, Indian Warrior

Steve DiSalvo was a pro wrestler, best known for his appearances with the WCW as The Minotaur and his short run in WWF as Sadistic Steve.
Steve DiSalvo was trained by Billy Anderson, the man who also had a hand in training future superstars such as Sting and The Ultimate Warrior. DiSalvo's career has taken him to the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. Fighting as Steve Strong in the 1980s, he was a main-event perfomer in Montreal-based International Wrestling, managed by Eddie Creatchman and brawling with the likes of Abdullah the Butcher (who was managed by Deepak Singh), and Rick Martel. At a time when Abdullah was destroying his opponents, DiSalvo battered him in a televised match, giving as good as he got.

Moving on to Stampede Wrestling, he was known as "Strangler" Steve DiSalvo, one of the most hated men in the company's history. Here, he feuded with Phil LaFleur over who had the better physique. DiSalvo would end up smashing a trophy over LaFleur's skull on TV, leading to several matches between the two.

In time though, the Stampede fans would rally behind DiSalvo in his battles against the hated Mahkan Singh, and when Don Muraco arrived at Stampede, DiSalvo would help Muraco win the Stampede North American Title from Singh.

DiSalvo moved onto the WWC (World Wrestling Council) promotion in Puerto Rico, where he again was known as Steve Strong. Again, he had bloody brawls with Abdullah the Butcher, as well as company owner (and father of current WWE superstar Carlito), Carlos Colón. Strong would win the WWC Universal Championship from Colón, only to lose it back to him soon after.

Strong returned back to the United States, this time for WCW, where he was named The Minotaur. Despite his intimidating look and brawling style, he was phased out in a matter of weeks.

He became Steve DiSalvo again and drifted around the independent circuit before retiring.

Steve DiSalvo has also had brief stays with the WWF, where he was seemingly lost in the shuffle due to his style being similar to so many other superstars of the time, and also in the AWA, where he wrestled as Billy Jack Strong, an utterly forgettable Native American gimmick.