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- Communities get festive next week for holiday season
Festive moods will be in full bloom next week when Maple Valley, Covington and Black Diamond are the scenes of community holiday events.
- Bridge closure reroutes Black Diamond school buses
The sixth-month Kummer Bridge closure on State Route 169 is forcing the Enumclaw School District to reroute its school buses serving Black Diamond students.
- Kummer Bridge closure shuffles commuters' schedules
The long-term closure of the venerable Kummer Bridge - " the most direct link between Enumclaw, Black Diamond and all points north and south - " will certainly cause aggravation as drivers add 10 to 15 minutes ...
- We live within our means, and so should county
In recent weeks there has been a lot of talk about King County's $93 million budget deficit and County Executive Ron Sims' "life boat" strategy.
- Time flies, but not Legacy
Maple Valley is looking for a big, bold idea, but there are some who believe it is right under the City Council's nose in the Legacy Site.
- WSDOT experts keep SR 169 over Green River closed for another 24 hours
WSDOT experts took measurements for three days and compiled results from newly installed tilt-meters for their reports.
- After landslide, state closing bridge in King Co.
State officials say they're closing a bridge in southeast King County after deeming it vulnerable due to a recent landslide at one end of the structure.
- Slide threat closes Kummer Bridge over Green River on SR 169 for up to six months
The much-used Kummer Bridge over the Green River on State Route 169 will close Tuesday evening for about six months because a slowly moving landslide threatens the stability of the bridge, according to the ...
- Road Update: Sr 169's Kummer Bridge over Green bridge reopens on Saturday
Washington state transportation bridge experts have determined the State Route 169 Kummer Bridge over the Green River is safe for traffic.
- A red-white-and-blue day South Sound Veterans Day observances
Jerry Clark smiled proudly Saturday as fellow members of the American Legion marched down Auburn's Main Street.
- Brownies and Daisies gathering food
Members of the Brownie and Daisy Girl Scouts Troop 42887 will conduct a food drive Nov.
- Nightlife: Looking for a place to go? Come on in
Baker Street Books: 7 p.m. various Fridays and Saturdays, live jazz. Baker Street Books, 32709 Railroad Ave., Black Diamond.
- Incumbents prevail in legislative races
Incumbent state representatives in the 31st and 47th Legislative Districts beat their challengers convincingly in Tuesday's general election.
- Car crashes into river; two boys missing
Emergency crews from surrounding agencies, including a Black Diamond-area fire department, haven't found two boys who were in an automobile that crashed into the Green River near Auburn this morning.
- Most Legislature incumbents winning; Reichert leading slightly
Four of the five incumbents in races for the Legislature in Covington and Maple Valley-area districts are leading in early returns from today's general election.
- Enough water for all in Orting?
Orting officials are continuing talks about building a bottled water plant in the city - and they're considering how the project could affect their roads, water supply and revenue.
- Palmer Coking Coal company celebrates 75 years in business
William Kombol is manager of Black Diamond-based Palmer Coking Coal, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
- Sullivan, Miller square off in District 47 race
Rep. Patrick Sullivan, Covington-D, said that if elected to his third term in Position 2 in the 47th Legislative District he will make school finance reform and improving the statea s economic climate among his ...
- Maple Valley Soup Ladies go mobile with new kitchen
Ginger "Mama" Passarelli Senecal got teary-eyed as the Soup Ladies' new mobile kitchen pulled into the parking lot of her Black Diamond restaurant Tuesday.
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City DescriptionBlack Diamond is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,970 at the 2000 census.
Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Black Diamond ranks 64th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
Black Diamond was officially incorporated on February 19, 1959.
Black Diamond was a coal mining area. Eventually a town grew up around the mine in the 1880s and it was named in honor of the Black Diamond Coal Company of California, which owned and operated the mine. The town was home to around 3,500 people by the early 1900s, almost all of which produced coal, which was transported to Seattle via the Pacific Coast Coal train.
After World War I, the town shut down the mine as it was no longer viable to maintain. However a second mining boom struck the town in the early 1930s on the strength of multiple mining operations promoted by the Morris brothers through the Palmer Coking Coal Company. Mining has continued until very recently through the Pacific Coast Coal Company, formerly of San Francisco, and the prospect of future mining operations remain strong. Today the town is home to its original mining population, as well ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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What Is Black diamond Florida?
Question:
I have read some things on it but have yet to see any pictures. Is it a city in Florida? I will vote best answer to the person who knows. PLEASE give me some details on this place.
-Oh and there is also a Black Diamond in Washington ignore that one.
Its in Citrus county thats all I know.
Answer:
Black diamond florida---- Uninc Citrus county, FL
and yes there is a Black diamond in Washington
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The cost of Road Construction?
Question:
I'm developing a piece of property. I just looked at the site plan and i currently have to put in a 700' section of road.
Blacktop/Asphalt only, 24' wide private road, no sidewalks, 4" of asphalt surface. I'll have to run standard storm drains, utilities (water)...sewer main is already there (so i'll only have to run side-sewers from each unit to the main)...will put in natural gas line, electricity.
This is in the State of Washington, city of Black Diamond (30 mins south of Seattle)
Any idea of what I can estimate the cost (per lineal foot) for constructing this road?
Just FYI -- I have gone to several on-line sites and tried their calculators. I've found out that i need about 415 tons of asphalt hot-mix material, but that's all the calculators will say. None of them get into any detail or depth about total road cost. The area is level, will need minimal grading, very little fill. Most likely a crush-rock base course.
Answer:
I'm sorry I truly don't have a dollar amount, but I do have a thought. It won't help initially perhaps.
I lived on Bainbridge for 4 years in this decade BTW.
I a house built in a private, small development. Our road was put in of course, before actual building began. In my case the builder charged back the cost of the road to each lot/potential owner. Might you not do the same? In my case that related to a lot that may have usually sold for 28 K, I paid 43 K for, then the cost of building.
A side note. I have traveled extensively throughout the USA and at one time road depts. used to post their construction signs showing a cost per mile. I don't see such any more. Probably because of the outrageous costs, and over-runs. I seem to recall one sign stating $374K Per mile, though that was Highway.
As one other suggests you might be able to get an estimate from a paving company, but it's unlikely "for free"; plus they'd likely try to sell you their service. It might be that you'll have to get multiple estimates for each different service you have to install? Your permit and inspection costs will likely be substatntial as well?
Just in curiosity; are you an all inclusive development company?
Steven Wolf
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The cost of road constrution?
Question:
I'm developing a piece of property. Just looked at the site plan and i currently have to put in a 700' section of road. Blacktop/Asphalt only, 24' wide provate road, no sidewalks. I'll have to run standard storm drains, utilities (water), sewer is already there (so i'll only have to run side-sewers from each unit to the main), natural gas line, electricity.
This is in the State of Washington, city of Black Diamond (30 mins south of Seattle)
Any idea of what I can estimate the cost (per foot) for constructing this road?
Answer:
that might cost you $100,000 or more. you have to call local contractors of all types to get proper quotes
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Folks, please be honest...is this a good playlist?
Question:
This is an above average playlist for older folks (30s-50s) who's tired of the overplayed singles....
FUNK
1. Stevie Wonder- You haven't done nothing
2. The Jbs- Jb's monaril
3. Earth, Wind & Fire- Brazilian Rhyme (interlude)
JAZZ:
Roy Ayers- The Black Five
Bobbi Humphrey-Chicago Dawn
Bobbi Humphrey- Mestizo Eyes
Reuben Wilson- Together (you & me)
Isaac Hayes- Lets stay together (instrumental)
Blackbyrds- Mysterious Vibes
Ramsey Lewis & Earth, Wind & Fire- Sun Goddess
Pleasure- Joyous
Donny Hathaway- Valdez in the country
Herb Alpert- Rise
Patrice Rushen- Remind me
Grover Washington, Jr- Black Frost
Maze feat. Frankie Beverly- Southern Girl
AFRICAN/ REGGAE
Poets of Rhythm- Discern
Poets of Rhythm- Fondle Rock
HIP HOP
Lyrics Born- Rise & Shine
Blackalicious- Blacks, Diamonds & Pearls
Little Brother- The Getup
Lupe Fiasco- Real
Outkast- Funky Ride
R&B
Erykah Badu- Bump City
Isley Brothers- Lets make love tonight
HOUSE
Soul 2 Soul- Fairplay
I must remind you that these aren't all of it....just some that i have right now...please be honest...tell me what you think
Answer:
I can be very honest, but this is a matter of one's opinion really, people have different tastes and so its really hard to ask people what is a GOOD playlist....personally, i don't listen to this kind of music so i wouldn't know, but whatever sounds good to you is good, other people's opinions shouldn't matter, it's your own taste in music.
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, aMichael Caine film about diamond smuggling with Sean Connery crossing North Africa?
Question:
The film started in the desert,and zoomed in on a land rover or body in the sand dunes. There was a black actor who was Michael Caines sidekick, something like Denzil Washington, and they were looking for diamonds. There were a few famous actors in it and of course a girl, towards the end a helicoptor exploded in the air. The film was not Ashanti, as I think Michael Caine was about ten years older in this film. Maybe it was a made for TV one.
It was shown on television back to back with It Happened in Rio some years ago, and I just cant remember the title, and have never seem it on TV since. Any answers??
Answer:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0073341/
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Is carbon-14 dating accurate? (read the whole article or dont answer)?
Answer:
Yes it is really accurate. However, who cares??????
This is absurd because Carbon-14 dating is not used to prove ANY of the claims your article says C-14 dating is used for. It is not used to date the Earth's origin, as it can only be used for the past 60,000 years. It is not used by evolutionists to prove evolution. It is not used for any of this. Your article actually says that C14 dating can be used to date things that are millions of years old- yet no scientific claims have ever been made dating anything with C-14 for more than 60,000 years. This is a bald-faced lie. It simply can't be done. Your article is complete bull and any true Christian would be ashamed of spreading such untruth.
You are doing nothing more than tilting at windmills. No one with any scientific knowledge will pay you any attention, because your own article states that it has no proof of Creationism, when it says "those that point to a young earth, rely on unprovable assumptions. "
Mostly those that point to a young earth rely on ignorance (which includes ignorance of the Bible).
The religion that is afraid of science dishoners God and commits suicide.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
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WHO IS THE FEMALE SEXUAL ICON OF THE 20th CENTURY TO YOU.......?
Question:
I THINK MAE WEST, IF IT WASN'T FOR HER PUSHING BUTTONS IN WASHINGTON AND HOLLYWOOD WITH HER BRAZEN ATTITUDE AND HUMOR, I DON'T THINK MARILYN MONROE WOULD HAVE EXISTED. MAE WAS JAILED MANY TIMES FOR DOING VERY LITTLE, AND WHEN SHE GOT OUT, SHE DID A TAD MORE.....HE HE
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS A STAR WOMEN ONLY HAD BEEN VOTING FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS. THE WORDS "IS THAT A GUN IN POCKET OR ARE YA JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME" WAS CONSIDERED VULGAR DURING THAT TIME. SHE CHANGED A LOT OF FOLKS ABOUT SEX WITHOUT BEING NASTY ABOUT IT.
I ALSO LIKE HER CAUSE IN REAL LIFE SHE HAD A BLACK MAID, AND BOUGHT HER A ROLLS ROYCE, DIAMONDS, AND FURS, AND SHE LIVED WITH HER LIKE ROYALTY. SHE THOUGHT EVERYBODY DESERVED TO BE TREATED LIKE A HUMAN BEING. AND SHE WAS THE FIRST ACTRESS TO HAVE BLACKS SHOWN IN THE COTTON CLUB IN CHICAGO. SHE WAS AWESOME, AND WAY AHEAD OF HER TIME. WHAT DO YOU THINK...........
OH IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS, CHECK HER OUT ON DVD, SHE WAS AWESOME. WATCH "I'M NO ANGEL", AND "MY LITTLE CHICKADEE" WAS THE BEST.....
Answer:
That would have to be
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
She is the set Icon of the 20th century in my opinion..
She wasnt in Movies or anything like that.. but she might as well have been she was the most watched and talked about lady ..other than The Princess Diana.
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What do you think?
Question:
Hook
It’s ironic how reality became irrelevant/
Gangsta’s killing juveniles for Cash Money presidents/
Justin Timberlake on Black Entertainment Television/
Legends dropping classics and not selling shit/
Fuck the world I’m still yelling it/
It’s classic like acid burn ya’ll like mescaline/
So I’ll be the teacher and take ya’ll to test again/
It’s ironic people dehydrated while drowing/
People starving with farms surrounding em/
No light at the tunnel who’s following who/
The blind leading the blind, grind for the shine/
Like cell doors opening slow, grind for Shyne/
No I’m not the godfather, I’m a young gun not dumb smarter like S. Carter/
Too many pretenders, a beef ender contriversy starter, like I walked on Washington and pissed on founding fathers/
Slave owners with whips pounding the father, of the father, of my grandfather/
More impact in fact than cain in the hood and planes in the twin towers/
I say pray, but not hail mary’s and our fathers/
Pray for the return of our fathers/
Flow ill burns souls like ether, but deeper, stronger, smarter/
MCs and gs following trends to ends like cows to a slaughter/
Fuck the first family like I raped both daughters/
I did what I did, I am what I was fuck the world/
Fuck Bush the C.E.O. whore/
Fuck all cops police will see me no more/
For real still militant till the end of my pens personal, versatile, venomous third world war/
Not World War 3 but the poor at war for C.O.D.s/
Lyrically I appear to be D.O.C. /
Few can do it hotter, sweater, excuse me better/
You can bet I beat heat like A.C., not Jay-z, simply crazy/
Rhyming for diamonds, motherfuckers dieing for diamonds, C.E.O’s thriving of diamonds/
Investors investing in molesting the black continent/
I’ll reinvent till I see blacks back in control of their continent/
Raps confident, you got a glock, I got a pen/
You end my life but the kid ill still live like a legend on the end of the pen/
Feel the prison that materialism represents/
Work ourselves sick for shit, visit doctors go broke for this medicine, PHD’s pedaling/
Sell dope for dough, that doughs for what I need but my 5-9 wont get for me, 6.55 can’t feed me/
6 45’s might defeat me, finally my mind will be as deep as my feet/
The globes my dj the world will repeat the lines I rhyme, the rhymes my grind, my grinds my shine, my shines my star I’m out of my mind/
Beat the track like a batter charge time to pay my time, a watch with no batteries, nigga go figga tha flow spitta, dope dealer, gold digger, out of time/
Hook
It’s ironic how reality became irrelevant/
Gangsta’s killing juveniles for Cash Money presidents/
Justin Timberlake on Black Entertainment Television/
Legends dropping classics and not selling shit/
Fuck the world I’m still yelling it/
It’s classic like acid burn ya’ll like mescaline/
So I’ll be the teacher and take ya’ll to test again/
It's some lyrics I wrote, I wanted an opinion from some people outside the Hip Hop Internet Commmunity
Answer:
Sort of reminds me of Alanis Morissette's song 'Isn't it Ironic'...the lyrics are pretty good...but it would depend on if they were actually sung instead of that boring monotone that rap is so fond of.
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Anyone want to know all the wrestlers?well here it is?
Question:
RAW brand
Male wrestlers
Shelton Benjamin
Lance Cade
Carlito (Carly Colón)
John Cena
Daivari (Shawn Daivari)
Jim Duggan
Mick Foley
Shad Gaspard
Charlie Haas
Jeff Hardy
JTG (Jayson Paul)
Brian Kendrick
King Booker (Booker Huffman)
Bobby Lashley (Franklin Lashley)
Paul London
Santino Marella (Anthony Carelli)
Robbie McAllister (Derek Graham-Couch)
Rory McAllister (Russell Murray)
Trevor Murdoch (Trevor Rhodes)
Randy Orton
Chuck Palumbo
William Regal (Darren Matthews)
Sandman (Jim Fullington)
Snitsky (Eugene Snisky)
Super Crazy (Francisco Pantoja Islas)
Umaga (Eddie Fatu)
Val Venis (Sean Morley)
Female wrestlers
Jillian Hall (Jillian Fletcher)
Mickie James
Maria (Maria Kanellis) - Also an interviewer
Melina (Melina Perez)
Candice Michelle (Candice Beckman)
Referees
Mike Chioda - Senior Official
Jack Doan
Marty Elias (Marty Rubalcaba)
Chad Patton
Other on-air talent
Jonathan Coachman - Interim General Manager
Todd Grisham - Backstage interviewer and occasional ring announcer
Jerry Lawler - Color commentator of RAW and occasional wrestler
Shane McMahon - Occasional appearances
Mr. Kennedy (Ken Anderson) - Appears in a non-wrestling role, due to a triceps tear
Queen Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman) - Valet and wife of King Booker
Jim Ross - Play-by-play commentator of RAW and Executive Vice President of Business Strategies
Ron Simmons - Occasional appearances
Inactive talent
Armando Alejandro Estrada (Hazem Ali) - Manager of Umaga - (kayfabe) Suffered an injury at the hands of Bobby Lashley
Lilian Garcia - Ring announcer - Suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear
Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom) - (kayfabe) concussion, Suffered a "Blown Out" knee, will require surgery
Triple H (Paul Levesque) - Recovering from a quadriceps muscle tear
Stables and tag teams
Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch
Paul London and Brian Kendrick
Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG)
The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and SmackDown!'s Matt Hardy)
The Highlanders (Robbie McAllister and Rory McAllister)
The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas)
SmackDown! brand
Male wrestlers
Batista (Dave Bautista)
Deuce (James Reiher, Jr.)
Domino (Cliff Compton)
Kenny Dykstra (Ken Doane)
Edge (Adam Copeland)
Eugene (Nick Dinsmore)
Finlay (David Finlay)
Ric Flair (Richard Fliehr)
Funaki (Shoichi Funaki)
The Great Khali (Dalip Singh)
Chavo Guerrero (Salvador Guerrero III)
Matt Hardy
Mark Henry
Kane (Glen Jacobs)
Brett Major (Matt Cardona)
Brian Major (Brian Myers)
Chris Masters (Chris Mordetsky)
Shannon Moore
Jamie Noble (James Gibson)
Montel Vontavious Porter (Alvin Burke, Jr.)
Dave Taylor
Jimmy Wang Yang (James Yun)
Female wrestlers
Kristal Marshall - Also a Backstage Interviewer; Teddy Long's Personal Assistant
Michelle McCool
Torrie Wilson
Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon)
Referees
Mickie Henson - Senior Official
Jim Korderas
Charles Robinson
Other on-air talent
Cherry (Kara Drew) - Valet of Deuce 'N Domino
Tony Chimel - Ring announcer
Michael Cole (Michael Sean Coulthard) - Play-by-play commentator of SmackDown! and Managing Editor of WWE.com
Vickie Guerrero - Assistant General Manager
Hornswoggle (Dylan Postl) - Sidekick of Finlay
John "Bradshaw" Layfield - Color commentator of SmackDown!
Theodore Long - General Manager
Maryse (Maryse Ouellet) - Appears in commercial post-bumps
Runjin Singh (Dave Kapoor) - Translator of The Great Khali
Inactive talent
Sylvan Grenier- Working dark matches
Gregory Helms - Major neck injury, receiving neck fusion surgery
Hardcore Holly (Bob Howard) - Suffered a (kayfabe) broken arm; healing from elbow surgery
Chris Kay - Referee; Under 60 day suspension[citation needed]
Ashley Massaro - (kayfabe) Suspended by Mr. McMahon
Rey Mysterio (Oscar Gutierrez) - Knee surgery; has been (kayfabe) re-injured
The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) - Suffered a biceps tear
Stables and tag teams
Deuce 'N Domino with Cherry
The Major Brothers (Brett Major and Brian Major)
ECW brand
Male wrestlers
Chris Benoit
The Boogeyman (Marty Wright)
Elijah Burke
CM Punk (Phil Brooks)
Marcus Cor Von (Monty Brown)
Tommy Dreamer (Tom Laughlin)
Balls Mahoney (Jonathan Rechner)
The Miz (Mike Mizanin)
Johnny Nitro (John Hennigan)
Nunzio (James Maritato)
Stevie Richards (Michael Manna)
Matt Striker (Matthew Kaye)
Kevin Thorn (Kevin Fertig)
Viscera (Nelson Frazier, Jr.)
Referees
Scott Armstrong (Joseph James Jr.) - Senior Official
John Cone
Mike Posey
Other on-air talent
Brooke Adams - Appears in Extreme Exposé
Kelly Kelly (Barbara Blank) - Appears in Extreme Exposé
Layla (Layla El) - Appears in Extreme Exposé
Justin Roberts - Ring announcer
Joey Styles (Joseph Bonsignore) - Play-by-play commentator of ECW
Tazz (Peter Senerchia) - Color commentator of ECW
Inactive talent
Rob Van Dam (Rob Szatkowski) - Out indefinitely with a (kayfabe) concussion, contract expiring, not expected to re-sign
Stables and tag teams
The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von and Matt Striker)
Developmental talent
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Male wrestlers
Jay Bradley (Brad Bradley)
Paul Burchill
Colt Cabana (Scott Colton)
Chet the Jett (Neil Bzibziak)
Atlas DaBone
Jesse Dalton (Ray Gordy)
Justice Dalton (Drew Hankinson)
Jacob Duncan (Ryan Wilson)
Charles Evans
Jake Hager
Kassidy James (Cassidy O'Reilly)
K.C. James (Kurt Sellers)
Johnny Jeter
Mike Knox (Mike Hettinga)
Vladimir Kozlov (Oleg Prudius)
Michael Washington Kruel (Mike Kruel)
Steven Lewington
Mike Mondo (Michael Brendli)
Derrick Neikirk
Nick Nemeth
Antoni Polaski (Michael Depoli)
Mason Raige (Jeff Velocci)
Cody Rhodes (Cody Runnels)
Dan Rodman (Daniel Rodimer)
Chris Rombola
Shawn Spears (Ronnie Arniell)
Ace Steel (Chris Guy)
Aaron Stevens
Female wrestlers
Victoria Crawford
Katie Lea (Katarina Waters)
Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Carolan)
Roucka (Milena Roucka) - Valet of Mike Kruel
Other on-air talent
Dr. Thomas (Tommaso Whitney) - Manager of Charles Evans & Justin LaRoche
Kevin Keenan - Referee
Inactive talent
Matt Cappotelli - Recently had successful brain surgery; return date unknown
Stables and tag teams
The Daltons (Jesse Dalton and Justice Dalton)
The James Boys (Kassidy James and K.C. James)
Team Elite (Mike Knox and Derrick Neikirk)
Terminal Velocity (Chet the Jett and Steven Lewington)
Florida Championship Wrestling
Male wrestlers
Afa Jr. (Afa Anoa'i, Jr.)
Robert Anthony
Drew Galloway
G-Rilla (George Murdoch)
Kofi Nahaje Kingston
Heath Miller
Ryan O'Reilly
Shawn Osborne (Shawn McGrath)
Eric Perez
Sheamus O'Shaunessy
Sonny Siaki
Russell Simpson
Harry Smith
Ryklon Stephens
Keith Walker
T.J. Wilson
Female wrestlers
Nattie Neidhart
Shantelle Taylor (Shantelle Malawski)
Krissy Vaine (Kristin Eubanks)
Other on-air talent
Wes Adams - Referee
Nick Patrick (Nick Hamilton) - Referee
Stables and tag teams
The Samoan Fight Club - (Afa Jr. & Sonny Siaki)
Unassigned talent
Male wrestlers
Eddie Colón
René Duprée (René Goguen)
Chris Gray
Mariusz Puczko
Hade Vansen
Female wrestlers
Beulah McGillicutty (Trisa Hayes)
Talent Relations
Management
James Tyler Bailey - Director of Talent Relations
Simon Dean (Mike Bucci) - Talent Development Manager
John Laurinaitis - Senior Vice President of Talent Relations
Stephanie McMahon - Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing
Creative team
Court Bauer - SmackDown! brand
John Carle - Unspecified
Christopher DeJoseph - SmackDown! brand
Brian Gewirtz - Vice President; Head Writer for RAW brand
Michael Hayes (Michael Seitz) - Vice President; Head Writer for SmackDown! brand
Jen Hunt - Unspecified
Dave Kapoor - RAW brand
Ed Koskey - RAW brand
David Lagana - Head Writer for ECW brand
Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnels, Jr.) - ECW brand
Zachary Soto - SmackDown! brand
Pantelis Ypsilantis - ECW brand
Producers / Trainers
Arn Anderson (Martin Lunde) - RAW Senior Producer
Brad Armstrong (Brad James)
Gerald Brisco
Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi)
Tony Garea (Anthony Garcia)
Robert Gibson (Reuben Kane)
Steve Keirn - FCW Director
Blackjack Lanza (Jack Lanza)
Dean Malenko (Dean Simon) - ECW Senior Producer
Pat Patterson (Pierre Clemont)
Brother Love (Bruce Prichard)
Dr. Tom Prichard - FCW Head Trainer
Irwin R. Schyster (Mike Rotunda)
Ricky Steamboat (Richard Blood)
Sgt. Slaughter (Robert Remus)
Al Snow (Allen Sarven) - OVW Head Trainer
Tim White
Steve Williams
Barry Windham
Other roles
Sue Aitchison - Manager of Community Relations
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin (Steve Williams) - Makes occasional appearances
Thomas Barreca - Executive Vice President of WWE Enterprises
Jayson Bernstein - Director of Corporate Communications
Eric Bischoff - Makes occasional appearances
Robert A. Bowman - Member of the Board of Directors
Max Bretos - Part-time interviewer
Dorothy Brill - Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Carlos Cabrera - Spanish commentator
Peter Clifford - Vice President of Affiliate Sales
Edward S. Cohen – Executive Vice President
Kristi D'Aliso – Promotions Manager
Lou D'Angeli - Director of Promotions and Event Marketing
Gary Davis - Director of WWE Smackdown Your Vote!
Carl Demarco - President of WWE Canada
Basil DeVito – Director of Marketing Initiatives
Pete DiNicola - Senior Vice President
Darren Drozdov - WWE.com reporter
Kevin Dunn - Executive Vice President of Television Production
The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison) - Makes occasional appearances
Howard Finkel - Part-time announcer
Donna Goldsmith - Executive Vice President of Consumer Products
Paul Heyman
Hillbilly Jim (Jim Morris) - Public Relations
Jim Johnston - Music Director
Brian Kalinowski - General Manager of Digital Media
Edward Kaufman - Executive Vice President
David Kenin - Member of the Board of Directors'
Jack Korpela - Part-time color commentator of Heat
Neil Lawi - General Manager of WWE Music
Dan Levi - Senior Vice President of Marketing
Josh Mathews (Josh Lomberger) - Editor and host of WWE 24/7, occasional commentator
Linda McMahon - Chief Executive Officer
Marissa Mazzola-McMahon - Director of National Public Relations
Shane McMahon - Executive Vice President of Global Media, Head of Media Relations Department
Vince McMahon - WWE Chairman
Heather Mitchel - Producer
Stephan Moore - Retail Development Manager
Christopher Nowinski - Public Relations
Gene Okerlund - Part-time interviewer
Joseph Perkins - Member of the Board of Directors
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) - Makes occasional appearances
Dr. Ferdinand Rios - Physician
Jason Robinson - Set Design
Geof Rochester - Executive Vice President of Marketing
Monty Ross - Senior Director of Marketing
Marcelo Rodriguez - Spanish commentator
James A. Rothschild – Senior Vice President
Hugo Savinovich - Spanish commentator
Bob Schrader - WWE.com Fan Columnist
Melissa Seffens - Director of Network Affiliate Marketing
Frank Serpe - Chief Financial Officer
Michael Sileck - Chief Operating Officer
Joel Simon - President of WWE Films
Stuart Snyder - WWE President
Michael B. Solomon - Member of the Board of Directors
Steve Taylor - Vice President of Event Operations
Tim Walbert - Member of the Board of Directors
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. - Member of the Board of Directors
Andrew Whitaker - Senior Vice President of International Television
Mark Yeaton - Timekeeper
Mae Young - Makes occasional appearances
Julie Youngberg-Drozdov - Costume designer Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference
1960 Maurice Catarcio The Matador
Citation needed
1960 Edward Gossett Eddie Graham
Citation needed
1963 Antonino Rocca Antonino Rocca
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1963 Buddy Rogers "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
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1969 Ed Farhat The Sheik
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1970 Wahoo McDaniel Wahoo McDaniel
Citation needed
1972 Karl Istaz Karl Gotch
Citation needed
1972 Camille Tourville Tarzan Tyler
Citation needed
1974 Fred Blassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie Retired from wrestling to focus on being a manager. Citation needed
1974 Miguel Feliciano Miguel Feliciano
Citation needed
1975 James Dudley James Dudley
Citation needed
1976 Kevin Sullivan Kevin Sullivan
Citation needed
1977 Wladek Kowalski Killer Kowalski
Citation needed
1978 Charles Kalani, Jr. Professor Toru Tanaka
Citation needed
1978 George Stipich Stan "The Man" Stasiak
Citation needed
1979 Scott Irwin Yukon Eric
Citation needed
1979 Ivan Koloff Ivan Koloff
Citation needed
1979 Vincent J. McMahon Vincent J. McMahon Retired as owner of the WWWF and sold it to his son, Vincent K. McMahon. Citation needed
1979 Jimmy Valen Jimmy Valiant
Citation needed
[edit] World Wrestling Federation era
[edit] 1980's
Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference
1980 Ernie Ladd "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd Citation needed
1980 Bill White Wild Bill White
Citation needed
1981 Lawrence Whistler Larry Zbyszko
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1981 Ed White Moondog King
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1982 Eddie Gilbert "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
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1982 Lanny Kean Moondog Cujo
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1982 Paul McWight Moondog Rover
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1983 Tatsumi Fujinami Tatsumi Fujinami
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1983 Masa Saito Masa Saito
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1983 Bill Smithson Moondog Spike
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1984 Stan Hansen Stan Hansen
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1984 Houston Harris Bobo Brazil
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1984 Buzz Sawyer "Bulldog" Buzz Sawyer
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1984 Mikel Scicluna "Baron" Mikel Scicluna
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1984 Ray Stevens Ray Stevens
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1985 Mad Maxine Mad Maxine
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1985 Dick Murdoch Dick Murdoch
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1985 Dewey Robertson The Missing Link
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1985 Johnny Rodz Johnny Rodz
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1985 Buddy Rose "Playboy" Buddy Rose
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1985 Wendy Savinovich Wendi Richter
Citation needed
1985 David Schultz "Dr. D" David Schultz Released after incident with reporter John Stossel. Citation needed
1986 Dory Funk, Jr. Hoss Funk
Citation needed
1986 Stan Frazier Uncle Elmer
Citation needed
1987 Takeshi Akabane Little Tokyo
Citation needed
1987 Josef Bednarski Ivan Putski
Citation needed
1987 Randy Colley Moondog Rex
Citation needed
1987 Lionel Giroux Little Beaver Ended career after he suffered a back injury in a match with King Kong Bundy. Citation needed
1987 Raymond Kessler The Haiti Kid
Citation needed
1987 Michael Kirschner Corporal Kirschner He failed a drug test and was suspended. Afterwards, Kirschner decided not to return. [1]
1987 Larry Latham Moondog Spot
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1987 Pedro Morales Pedro Morales
Citation needed
1987 Barry Orton Barry O
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1987 Debbie Szestecki Debbie Combs
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1987 Eric Tovey Lord Littlebrook
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1987 Robert Windham Blackjack Mulligan
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June 1987 Tom Zenk Tom Zenk Contract dispute. Citation needed
July 4, 1987 Keith Franke Adrian Adonis
Citation needed
1988 Sika Anoai Sika
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1988 Tom Billington Dynamite Kid
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1988 Craig Minervini Craig DeGeorge
Citation needed
July 21 1988 Brian Blair B. Brian Blair Left due to unfulfilled promises to win the Tag Team titles never came to fruition. Citation needed
September 22 1988 Conrad Efraim S.D. Jones
Citation needed
1988 Sam Fatu Tama
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1988 William Haynes, Jr. Billy Jack Haynes
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1988 Oliver Humperdink Oliver Humperdink
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1988 Reginald Lisowski The Crusher
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1988 Velvet Mykietowich Velvet McIntyre
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1988 Paul Orndorff "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
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1988 Ken Patera Ken Patera
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1988 James Raschke The Baron
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1988 Sylvester Ritter Junkyard Dog, JYD
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1988 Bruno Sammartino Bruno Sammartino
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1988 David Sammartino David Sammartino
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1988 Patricia Karisma-Schroeder Leilani Kai
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1988 Michael Smith Sam Houston
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1988 "Superstar" Billy Graham "Superstar" Billy Graham
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1988 Peter Stilsbury Outback Jack
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1988 Noriyo Tateno Noriyo Tateno
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April 1988 Bruce Reed "The Natural" Butch Reed
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August 1988 Don Muraco Don Muraco
Citation needed
1989 Tully Blanchard Tully Blanchard Was fired after failing a random drug test. Citation needed
1989 Scott Casey Scott Casey
Citation needed
1989 Jean Gagné Frenchy Martin
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1989 Ronald Herd "Outlaw" Ron Bass
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1989 Melissa Hiatt Missy Hyatt
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1989 John Minton Big John Studd
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1989 Masashi Ozawa Killer Kahn
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1989 Harley Race Harley Race
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1989 Robin Smith Rockin' Robin
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1989 Max Taogaga Siva Afi
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December 1989 Tom Lister, Jr. Zeus
Citation needed
[edit] 1990's
Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference
1990 Roger Barnes Ronnie Garvin
Citation needed
1990 Allen Coage Bad News Brown Left due to claims that Vince McMahon failed to live up to promises. Citation needed
1990 Bill Eadie Ax
Citation needed
1990 George Gray One Man Gang, Akeem
Citation needed
1990 Hector Guerrero Gobbledygooker
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1990 James Janos Jesse Ventura
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1990 Al Perez Al Perez
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1990 Anthony White Tony Atlas, Saba Simba
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1990 Juanita Wright Sapphire
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1991 Brady Boone Battle Kat
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1991 Nick Busick Big Bully Busick Retired from wrestling. Citation needed
1991 Paul Centopani Paul Roma
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1991 Carly Colón Sr. Carly Colón Retired from wrestling. Citation needed
1991 Jim Barrell Boris Zhukov
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1991 Pete Doherty The Duke of Dorchester
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1991 Rick Harris Black Bart
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1991 Genichiro Tenryu Genichiro Tenryu
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1991 Koji Kitao Koji Kitao
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1991 André Rousimoff André the Giant Retired because he was too ill to continue wrestling. Citation needed
1991 John Tolos The Coach
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1992 Kerry Adkisson Texas Tornado Fired after failing random drug test. Citation needed
1992 Ray Fernandez Hercules
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1992 Elizabeth Hulette Miss Elizabeth Left the WWF shortly after her divorce from Randy Savage. Citation needed
1992 Adnan El Kassey General Adnan, Billy White Wolf
Citation needed
1992 Andy Kindler Jamison
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1992 Mike McGuirk Mike McGuirk
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1992 James Reiher "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka
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1992 Terry Szopinski The Warlord
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1992 Pat Tanaka Pat Tanaka
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1992 John Wisniski, Jr. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
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January 1992 Adolfo Bresciano Dino Bravo Retired from wrestling. Citation needed
December 1992 Kevin Wacholz Nailz Reportedly released after he attacked Vince McMahon over a dispute over money. Citation needed
1993 Charles Ashenoff Max Moon
Citation needed
1993 Rob Bartlett Rob Bartlett
[[Wikipedia:Citing sources}Citation needed]]
1993 Wayne Bloom Beau Beverly
Citation needed
1993 Tom Boric Paul Diamond
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1993 James Brunzell "Jumpin'" Jim Brunzell
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1993 Barry Darsow Smash, Repo Man
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1993 Mike Enos Blake Beverly
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1993 Jorge Gonzales Giant Gonzales
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1993 Jimmy Hart Jimmy Hart Left after McMahon asked for him take a 50% pay cut. Citation needed
1993 Raymond Heenan Bobby Heenan Left after McMahon asked for him take a 50% pay cut. Citation needed
1993 Steve James Lance Cassidy
Citation needed
1993 Ken Johnson Slick Left to concentrate on preaching in his church. Citation needed
1993 Ed Leslie Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
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1993 Sean Mooney Sean Mooney
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1993 John Nord The Berzerker, The Viking
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1993 Matt Osborne Doink the Clown (#1), Matt Borne
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1993 Lanny Poffo The Genius, "Leaping" Lanny Poffo
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1993 Sherri Russell "Sensational" Sherri Martel
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1993 Jerome Saganovich Jerry Sags
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1993 Merced Solis Tito Santana
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1993 Philip Theis Damien Demento
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1993 Brian Yandrisovitz Brian Knobbs
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1994 Tony Halme Ludvig Borga Retired due to injury Citation needed
1994 Jim Harris Kamala
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1994 Bruce Hart Bruce Hart
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1994 Keith Hart Keith Hart
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1994 Heidi Lee Morgan Heidi Lee Morgan
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1994 Fred Ottman Typhoon/Tugboat
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1994 Robert Rechsteiner Rick Steiner
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1994 Mike Shaw Bastion Booger
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1994 James Ware Koko B. Ware
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November 1994 Randy Poffo "Macho Man" Randy Savage
Left to go to WCW Citation needed
1995 Afa Anoai Afa
Citation needed
1995 Samula Anoai Samu Left due to excessive travel schedule. Citation needed
1995 Lou Albano "Captain" Lou Albano
Citation needed
1995 Scott Bigelow Bam Bam Bigelow Left due to problems with the Klique. Citation needed
1995 Jeff Bradley Charlie Hunter
Citation needed
1995 Steve Doll Steven Dunn
Citation needed
1995 Harry Fujiwara Mr. Fuji Left due to excessive travel schedule and knee problems. Citation needed
1995 Claude Giroux Dink
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1995 Alfred Hayes Lord Alfred Hayes Left after getting in a car accident which resulted in him contracting gangrene and being confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Citation needed
1995 Robert Horne Mo
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1995 Mike Jones Virgil
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1995 Stan Lane Stan Lane
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1995 Ray Liccachelli Doink the Clown (#2)
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1995 Dan Marsh Dan Marsh, Danny Davis
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1995 Troy Martin Dean Douglas Quit after backstage problems with The Clique. Citation needed
1995 Debra Miceli Alundra Blayze Released after talking to WCW under contract. Citation needed
1995 Chris Pallies King Kong Bundy
Citation needed
1995 Josip Peruzovic Nikolai Volkoff
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1995 Darryl Peterson Man Mountain Rock, Maxx Payne
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1995 James Richland Jimmy Del Ray
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1995 Gary Sabaugh The Italian Stallion
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1995 Akio Sato Akio Sato
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1995 Joe Scarpa Chief Jay Strongbow
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1995 Dan Spivey Waylon Mercy Retired after being injured in a match with Kevin Nash. Citation needed
1995 Jack Tunney Jack Tunney
Citation needed
1995 Sione Vailahi The Barbarian, Sionne
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1995 Richard Vigneault "The Model" Rick Martel
Citation needed
1995 Bill Watts Bill Watts Had many conflicts with Vince McMahon. Citation needed
1995 Timothy Well Timothy Well
Citation needed
September 1, 1995 Lawrence Pfohl Lex Luger, The Narcissist Jumped ship to WCW, breaking his promise to Vince McMahon that he would stay. Citation needed
1996 Chris Candido Skip
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1996 Wayne Cowan Uncle Zebekiah
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1996 Mike Droese Duke "The Dumpster" Droese
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1996 Chad Fortune Travis
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1996 Terry Gordy Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy
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1996 Robert Miller Bushwhacker Butch
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1996 Louis Mucciolo Rad Radford, Louie Spicolli
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1996 Jinsei Shinzaki Hakushi
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1996 Warrior Ultimate Warrior Contract was terminated after several no-shows. Citation needed
1996 Erik Watts Troy
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1996 Brian Wickens Bushwacker Luke
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January 1996 Buddy Landel Buddy Landel Left after an injury sustained in a match with Bret Hart. Citation needed
1997 Tony Anthony TL Hopper, Uncle Cletus
Citation needed
1997 Robert Bedard Rene Goulet
Citation needed
1997 Scott Bednarski Scott Putski
Citation needed
1997 Rick Bogner Fake Razor Ramon
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1997 Jamie Crookshanks J.C. Ice
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1997 Sid Eudy Sycho Sid, Sid Justice
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1997 Roy Wayne Farris The Honky Tonk Man
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1997 Doug Furnas Doug Furnas
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1997 James Hines Bobby Fulton
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1997 Barry Horowitz Barry Horowitz
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1997 Barney Irwin The Goon
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1997 Phil Lafleur Phil Lafon
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1997 Clarence Mason Clarence Mason
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1997 Masanori Murakawa The Great Sasuke
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1997 Todd Pettengill Todd Pettengill
Citation needed
1997 Alex Porteau Alex "The Pug" Porteau
Citation needed
1997 Jake Roberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts Released after failing drug tests. Citation needed
1997 Richard Rood "Ravishing" Rick Rude Left for WCW. Citation needed
1997 * Unknown The Commandant
Citation needed
1997 Khosrow Vaziri Iron Sheik
Citation needed
1997 Kelly Wolfe Wolfie D
Citation needed
January 1997 Jose Lothario Jose Lothario
Citation needed
November 1997 Bret Hart Bret "The Hitman" Hart Left after the incident at Survivor Series 1997 known as the Montreal Screwjob. [2]
December 1997 Jim Neidhart Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart Left WWF a month after the Montreal Screwjob. Citation needed
1998 Achim Albrecht Brakkus
Citation needed
1998 Theodore Annis Teddy Hart Released for having "attitude problems." Citation needed
1998 Rodney Anoa'i Yokozuna He was unable to pass a physical required for professional wrestlers and was released. Citation needed
1998 Tom Brandi Salvatore Sincere, Tom Brandi
Citation needed
1998 Joseph Bruce Violent J
Citation needed
1998 Don Callis The Jackyl
Citation needed
1998 Robert Fuller Tennessee Lee
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1998 Mike Hallick The Mantaur, Tank
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1998 Michael Hegstrand Hawk
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1998 Brian Lee Chainz, Evil Undertaker
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1998 Pablo Marquez Babu
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1998 Anthony Norris Ahmed Johnson Released after his wrestling style had begun to cause injury to his opponents. Citation needed
1998 Takeo Otsuka Mens Teioh
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1998 Luc Poirier Sniper
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1998 Juan Rivera Savio Vega
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1998 Shigeki Sato Dick Togo
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1998 Joseph Utsler Shaggy 2 Dope
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1998 Wally Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-San
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May 1998 Tammy Lynn Sytch Sunny Left the WWF for ECW. Citation needed
July 1998 Ricky Morton Ricky Morton
Citation needed
August 1998 Del Wilkes The Patriot
Citation needed
September 1998 Shian-Li Tsang Mrs. Yamaguchi-San
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October 1998 Jesus Castillo Jesus Castillo
Citation needed
October 1998 Jose Estrada, Jr. Jose Estrada, Jr.
Citation needed
October 1998 Miguel Perez Miguel Perez
Citation needed
October 25, 1998 Leon White Vader Left after contract expired. Citation needed
1999 Christopher Daniels Conquistador Dos
Citation needed
1999 Michael Durham Johnny Grunge
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1999 Paul Ellering Paul Ellering
Citation needed
1999 James Myers George "The Animal" Steele
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1999 Ted Petty "Flyboy" Rocco Rock
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1999 Mike Plotcheck Bart Gunn, Bodacious Bart
Citation needed
1999 Alicia Webb Ryan Shamrock
Citation needed
February 1999 John Tenta Earthquake, Golga
Citation needed
April 1999 Don Harris Don Harris, Jared Grimm, Jacob Blu, 8-Ball
Citation needed
April 1999 Ron Harris Ron Harris, Jason Grimm, Eli Blu, Skull
Citation needed
April 1999 Dan Severn Dan "The Beast" Severn
Citation needed
May 1999 Marcus Merowitz Marc Mero
Citation needed
July 19, 1999 Nicole Bass Nicole Bass Left after claiming she was sexually harassed. Citation needed
September 1999 Marianna Komlos Marianna, Mrs. Cleavage
Citation needed
September 1999 Paulo da Silva Giant Silva
Citation needed
October 5, 1999 Vince Russo Vince Russo Left after having a falling out with Vince McMahon over the increased workload placed upon him. Citation needed
October 16, 1999 Jeff Jarrett Jeff Jarrett Contract expired. Citation needed
November 1999 Robert Maillet Kurrgan, The Interrogator
Citation needed
November 1999 Ken Shamrock Ken Shamrock Left to go back to UFC. Citation needed
[edit] Early 2000's
Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference
2000 Robert Backlund Bob Backlund
Citation needed
2000 Rebecca Budig Rebecca Budig
Citation needed
2000 Duane Gill Gillberg
Citation needed
2000 Glen Ruth Thrasher
Citation needed
2000 Jason Traverse Jason Sensation
Citation needed
January 2000 Carl Ouellet Jean Pierre LaFitte/Pierre
Citation needed
January 2000 Jacques Rougeau The Mountie
Citation needed
February 2000 Gertrude Vachon Luna Vachon Released from her contract due to allegedly taping the mouth of a producer shut. Citation needed
March 2000 Curtis Hughes Mr. Hughes
Citation needed
May 30, 2000 David Smith The British Bulldog
Citation needed
June 2000 Cathy Dingman Barbara Bush (B.B.)
Citation needed
July 2000 Vic Grimes Key
Citation needed
September 2000 Caryn Mower Muffy Mower
Citation needed
October 2000 Dennis Knight Mideon, Phineas I. Godwinn
Citation needed
November 3, 2000 Frostee Moore Mandy
Citation needed
December 2000 Brian Gerard James Road Dogg, Jesse James, Roadie Released after showing up for a Raw show in an "unfit work state" due to drug use. Citation needed
December 2000 Cynthia Lynch Bobcat Released from her contract. Citation needed
2001 Sara Calaway Sara Storyline ended; made brief appearances for WWE later. Citation needed
2001 Jim Dotson Jim Dotson Left to pursue other interest. Citation needed
February 27, 2001 Stacy Carter The Kat, Miss Kitty Released for behavior problems backstage. Citation needed
June 2001 Jason Arhndt Joey Abs
Citation needed
June 2001 Peter Gasperino Pete Gas
Citation needed
June 2001 Ron Killings K-Kwik Mutually agreed on release due to lack of push. Citation needed
June 2001 Rodney Leinhardt Rodney
Citation needed
July 2001 Joseph Hitchen Just Joe
Citation needed
July 9, 2001 Marcus Bagwell Buff Bagwell Released for unprofessional conduct. Citation needed
August 2001 Charles Warrington Chaz, Mosh, Beaver Cleavage Released from his contract. Citation needed
September 2001 Terri Poch Tori Was asked to train more but refused and was released. Citation needed
September 2001 Jesús Guadalupe Delgado Seldaña Essa Rios
Citation needed
September 24, 2001 Brian Adams Brian Adams, Crush Left WWF when he was asked to go to a developmental territory. Citation needed
September 24, 2001 Bryan Clark Bryan Clark, Adam Bomb Left WWF when he was asked to go to a developmental territory. Citation needed
November 30, 2001 Joanie Laurer Chyna Laurer sat out her contract after negotiations stalled around May 2001; her WWF contract ended November of that year. Citation needed
2002 Raymond Rougeau Raymond Rougeau
Citation needed
2002 Billy Silverman Billy Silverman Asked for release due to constant hazing. Citation needed
April 2002 Takao Yoshida Taka Michinoku
Citation needed
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment era
[edit] 2002-2003
Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference
2002 Uliuli Fifita Haku, King Tonga, King Haku
Citation needed
2002 Jerry Lynn Jerry Lynn Went To TNA Wrestling. Citation needed
May 7, 2002 Scott Hall Scott Hall, Razor Ramon Released for obscene behavior on a plane trip and for drug and alcohol related issues. Citation needed
May 8, 2002 Curt Hennig Mr. Perfect Released after reportedly becoming intoxicated and getting into a fight with Brock Lesnar on a return flight from the United Kingdom. Citation needed
May 26, 2002 Raymond Traylor The Big Boss Man
Citation needed
July 2002 Gurjit Singh Tiger Ali Singh
Citation needed
August 25, 2002 Sean Waltman X-Pac, 1-2-3 Kid Left WWE in a mutual decision. Citation needed
September 7, 2002 Michael Alfonso Mike Awesome
Citation needed
September 27, 2002 Sean Stipich Shawn Stasiak, Meat
Citation needed
October 2002 Steve Blackman Steve Blackman Retired due to injury. Citation needed
October 2002 David Fliehr David Flair Released from developmental contract. Citation needed
November 24, 2002 Page Falkinburg "Diamond" Dallas Page Left after a neck injury suffered in a match with Hardcore Holly. Citation needed
November 24, 2002 Perry Satullo Perry Saturn
Citation needed
December 5, 2002 Charles Wright The Godfather, The Goodfather, Kama Mustafa, Kama, Papa Shango
Citation needed
January 2003 Barry Buchanan Bull Buchanan, Recon
Citation needed
January 2003 Scott Levy Raven, Johnny Polo Left After A Contract Dispute. Citation needed
February 14, 2003 Accie C. Connor D'Lo Brown Left to wrestle in Japan. Citation needed
March 2003 Kevin Kelly Kevin Kelly Left to pursue other ventures. Citation needed
March 2003 Debra Marshall Debra Walked from WWE in 2002 following Stone Cold Steve Austin's departure, WWE did not announce this until 2003. Citation needed
April 2003 Eric Angle Eric Angle Released from developmental contract. Citation needed
May 2003 Wayde Bowles Rocky Johnson
Citation needed
June 2003 Terry Taylor Terry Taylor, Red Rooster
Citation needed
July 2003 Terry Bollea Hulk Hogan, Hollywood Hogan, Mr. America Contract Expired. Left To star in both TV and Movies. Citation needed
July 1, 2003 Mike Lockwood Crash Holly, Crash Released on suspicion that he was using drugs. Citation needed
December 6, 2003 Nathan Jones Nathan Jones Requested release due to heavy travel schedule. Citation needed
December 31, 2003 Kevin Nash Kevin Nash, Diesel Left After Contract Expired. Citation needed
[edit] 2004-2005
Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference
February 4, 2004 Zach Gowen Zach Gowen Released due to alleged attitude problems. Citation needed
February 9, 2004 Chris Klucsaritis Chris Kanyon Kanyon claims that he was released because he is a homosexual. Citation needed
February 12, 2004 Ernest Miller Ernest "The Cat" Miller Retired Citation needed
February 12, 2004 Desmond Thompson Lamont
Citation needed
March 15, 2004 Bill Goldberg Goldberg Contract expired, declined to re-sign. Citation needed
March 15, 2004 Brock Lesnar Brock Lesnar Left to pursue career in the National Football League. Citation needed
April 3, 2004 Sean O'Haire Sean O'Haire Released after he was involved in an altercation with a female and was charged with assault. Citation needed
April 3, 2004 Terri Runnels Terri Runnels, Marlena Released Due To Budget Cuts. She Also Claims It Was Time For Her To Retire. Citation needed
April 15, 2004 Yoshihiro Asai Ultimo Dragon Asked for release to go back to Japan. Citation needed
June 2004 Rue DeBona Rue DeBona Asked for release. Citation needed
June 2004 Brian Lawler Grandmaster Sexay, Brian Christopher Released for allegedly using muscle relaxers. Citation needed
June 2004 Jacqueline Moore Jacqueline Released due to budget cuts. Citation needed
June 15, 2004 Chavo Guerrero Chavo Classic Released for no-showing a SmackDown! house show two days earlier. Citation needed
July 17, 2004 Solofa Fatu Rikishi, The Sultan, Fatu Released after refusing to lose weight. Citation needed
August 5, 2004 Ryan Sakoda Sakoda
Citation needed
August 10, 2004 Rena Merowitz Sable Was released due to budget cuts. Citation needed
August 17 2004 Scott Rechsteiner Scott Steiner He & WWE agreed on his release. Citation needed
October 26, 2004 Carmella DeCesare Carmella DeCesare Was no longer needed and released. Citation needed
November 1, 2004 Matthew Bloom A-Train, Albert, Prince Albert Budget cut; released while he was injured with a torn rotator cuff. Citation needed
November 1, 2004 Monty Sopp Billy Gunn, Mr. Ass, Billy G, RockaBilly Left After Contract Expired. Citation needed
November 2, 2004 Rico Constantino Rico Was released due to budget cuts; Retired from wrestling. Citation needed
November 3, 2004 Nidia Guenard Nidia Was released along with Gail Kim and Chuck Palumbo. Citation needed
November 3, 2004 Gail Kim Gail Kim Released due to budget cuts. Citation needed
November 4, 2004 John Hugger Johnny Stamboli
Citation needed
November 12, 2004 Linda Miles Linda Miles, Shaniqua Released because of attitude problems. Citation needed
December 31, 2004 Dwayne Johnson The Rock, Rocky Maivia Retired from wrestling to focus on his movie career. Citation needed
February 2005 Amy Weber Amy Weber Left after hazing from other Superstars. Citation needed
March 2005 Rochelle Loewen Rochelle Loewen Left because she felt she wasn't getting enough exposure. Citation needed
April 11, 2005 Terry Gerin Rhyno Released for having a rather public argument with his wife in a hotel foyer, breaking a vase in the process. Citation needed
April 11, 2005 William Moody Paul Bearer
Citation needed
April 12, 2005 Nora Greenwald Molly Holly, Mighty Molly, Molly Requested release for personal reasons. Citation needed
April 12, 2005 Aaron Aguilera Jesús Aguilera, Jesús, Uno
Citation needed
April 18, 2005 Lance Evers Lance Storm Asked for his release due to the condition of his back. Citation needed
May 11, 2005 Matt Wiese Luther Reigns
Citation needed
June 2005 Lauren Jones Lauren Jones Left to star in movies and TV shows, considers coming back. Citation needed
June 30, 2005 Marc Lloyd Marc Lloyd One of the first release in WWE's major budget cuts in Late June/July of 2005. Citation needed
July 5, 2005 Maven Huffman Maven Was released along with 20+ others in July 2005. [3]
July 5, 2005 Matt Hyson Spike Dudley, Spike WWE decided not to renew his contract. Believed to be a cost-cutting measure by WWE. [3]
July 5, 2005 Peter Gruner Billy Kidman, Kidman Was released due to budget cuts. [3]
July 5, 2005 Mark Jindrak Mark Jindrak Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. [3]
July 6, 2005 Jackie Gayda Miss Jackie Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. [3]
July 6, 2005 Joy Giovanni Joy Giovanni Was released due to budget cuts. [3]
July 6, 2005 Devon Hughes D-Von Dudley, Reverend D-Von WWE decided not to renew his contract. [3]
July 6, 2005 Mark Lamonica Bubba Ray Dudley, Buh Buh Ray Dudley WWE decided not to renew his contract. [3]
July 6, 2005 Matt Morgan Matt Morgan Was released along with 20+ others in July 2005. [3]
July 6, 2005 Dawn Marie Psaltis Dawn Marie Was also released along with 20+ others in July 2005; she was pregnant at the time. [3]
July 6, 2005 Hiroko Suzuki Hiroko Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. [3]
July 6, 2005 Kenzo Suzuki Kenzo Suzuki Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. [3]
July 8, 2005 Jim Cornette Jim Cornette Released after many backstage confrontations at OVW. [3]
July 18, 2005 Earl Hebner Earl Hebner Released for selling WWE merchandise without permission. Citation needed
July 19, 2005 Dave Hebner Dave Hebner Released in connection with Earl Hebner incident. Citation needed
July 22, 2005 Lisa Moretti Ivory Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. Citation needed
July 25, 2005 Brian Heffron The Blue Meanie Short-term contract expired Citation needed
August 13, 2005 Frankie Kazarian Frankie Kazarian Asked for his release after WWE wanted him to cut his hair. Citation needed
August 26, 2005 Christopher Irvine Chris Jericho Left wrestling to tour with Fozzy, do movies and spend time with family. Citation needed
September 11, 2005 Daniel Puder Daniel Puder Was released due to budget cuts; offered a lower salary but refused. Citation needed
September 21, 2005 Mark Copani Muhammad Hassan Taken off TV at request of UPN over a storyline. Quit shortly thereafter. [4]
October 29, 2005 Brian Hebner Brian Hebner Released, shortly after his father Earl Hebner and uncle Dave Hebner, for behavior problems. Citation needed
October 31, 2005 Jason Reso Christian Contract expired. Citation needed
December 5, 2005 Christy Hemme Christy Hemme Released as a budget cut. Citation needed
December 8, 2005 Yoshihiro Tajiri Tajiri Asked for his release so he could go back to Japan. [5]
[edit] 2006-2007
Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference
2006 Terry Funk Terry Funk
Was injured at One Night Stand and advised not to return. Citation needed
January 2006 Elisabeth Rouffaer Elisabeth Left WWE because she didn't feel like wrestling was the right job for her. Citation needed
January 6, 2006 Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández Juventud Guerrera, Juventud Released for poor behavior backstage. Citation needed
January 17, 2006 Jon Heidenreich Heidenreich Released by WWE after taking time off for ear infection. Citation needed
February 2006 Thea Vidale Momma Benjamin Gimmick had ended. Citation needed
February 10, 2006 Tom Matera Antonio Budget Cut [6]
February 10, 2006 John Roselli Romeo Budget Cut [6]
February 13, 2006 "Cowboy" Bob Orton "Cowboy" Bob Orton
budget cut [7]
February 22, 2006 John Toland James Dick Released due to backstage incident with his tag team partner. Citation needed
February 22, 2006 Chad Wicks Chad Dick Released due to backstage incident with his tag team partner. Citation needed
March 9, 2006 José Alvarado Nieves Super Porky Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8]
March 9, 2006 Unknown Octagoncito Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8]
March 9, 2006 Unknown Piratita Morgan Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8]
March 9, 2006 Unknown Tsuki Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8]
March 9, 2006 Unknown Mascarita Sagrada, Max Mini Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8]
March 9, 2006 Unknown Pequeño Violencia Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8]
March 21, 2006 Matt Anoai Rosey Mutual decision, both parties thought it was a good idea for him to take time off. Citation needed
April 4, 2006 Travis Tomko Tyson Tomko Asked for release due to lack of Matches. Citation needed
April 27, 2006 Brian Mailhot Palmer Cannon Requested release after hazing by other superstars. Citation needed
May 26, 2006 Orlando Jordan Orlando Jordan He was released for having an unauthorized person with him on the road and backstage at events. Citation needed
June 6, 2006 Joseph Laurinaitis Road Warrior Animal, Animal, The Road Warrior Released after throwing a temper tantrum backstage because his character ideas were all turned down by management. Citation needed
June 14, 2006 Virgil Runnels III Goldust, Dustin Rhodes Released because he missed a Raw show while attending to family problems. Citation needed
June 29, 2006 Joseph Dorgan Johnny Parisi
Citation needed
July 2006 Stacy Keibler Stacy Keibler, Super Stacy Let contract expire to pursue an acting career. Citation needed
August 25, 2006 Kurt Angle Kurt Angle Granted an early release from his contract for personal reasons. [9]
September 17, 2006 Patricia Stratigias Trish Stratus Retired from wrestling. Citation needed
September 27, 2006 David Cash Kid Kash Released due to "attitude problems" [10]
September 28, 2006 Peter Polaco Justin Credible, Aldo Montoya, P.J.Walker Released after no-showing an ECW taping and for failing to contact WWE management afterwards. Citation needed
September 29, 2006 Marty Jannetty Marty Jannetty Fired for going AWOL and not contacting the office afterwards. Citation needed
October 12, 2006 Francine Fournier Francine Released from her contract. [11]
October 12, 2006 Brent Albright Gunner Scott, Brent Albright Released from developmental contract [12]
October 26, 2006 Ted DiBiase "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
[13]
November 1, 2006 Dionicio Castellanos Psicosis He was released following an arrest for allegedly stealing a car in Mexico. [14]
November 26, 2006 Amy Dumas Lita Retired to focus on acting and music career. Citation needed
December 13, 2006 Amy Zidian Amy Zidian Released from her contract because of attitude problems. [15]
December 15, 2006 Dan Morrison Danny Doring Released from his contract. [16]
2007 Todd Romero Steve Romero
Citation needed
January 18, 2007 Chris Anderson C.W. Anderson, Christopher W. Anderson Budget cut. [17]
January 18, 2007 Doug Basham Doug Basham Budget cut. [17]
January 18, 2007 Carlene Begnaud Jazz Budget cut. [17]
January 18, 2007 Rodney Begnaud Rodney Mack Budget cut. [17]
January 18, 2007 David Heath Gangrel Budget cut. [17]
January 18, 2007 Danny Holly Danny Basham Budget cut. [17]
January 18, 2007 Mike Shane Jake Gymini Budget cut. [17]
January 18, 2007 Todd Shane Jesse Gymini Budget cut. [17]
January 18, 2007 Charles John Spencer Tony Mamaluke Budget cut. [17]
January 18, 2007 Sylvester Terkay Sylvester Terkay Budget cut. [17]
January 19, 2007 Chris Chavis Tatanka Budget cut. [18]
January 20, 2007 Bill DeMott Bill DeMott, Hugh Morrus Budget cut. [18]
February 2007 Paul Wight The Big Show Contract expired. [19]
February 27, 2007 Andrew Martin Test Released from contract [20]
March 22, 2007 Rebecca DiPietro Rebecca Released
[edit] RAW
Jillian Hall (Jillian Fletcher)
Mickie James
Maria (Maria Kanellis) - Backstage interviewer, occasional wrestler
Melina (Melina Perez) - WWE Women's Champion
Candice Michelle (Candice Beckman)
Queen Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman) - Valet and wife of King Booker
[edit] SmackDown!
Cherry (Kara Drew) - Valet of Deuce 'N Domino
Kristal (Kristal Marshall) - Backstage interviewer, occasional wrestler
Maryse (Maryse Ouellet) - Hostess of SmackDown!
Michelle McCool
Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon)
Torrie Wilson
[edit] ECW
Brooke (Brooke Adams) - Member of Extreme Exposé
Kelly Kelly (Barbara Blank) - Member of Extreme Exposé
Layla (Layla El) - 2006 WWE Diva Search winner, member of Extreme Exposé
[edit] Inactive Divas
Ashley (Ashley Massaro) - (kayfabe) Suspended indefinitely
Lilian Garcia - RAW ring announcer, inactive due to injury
[edit] WWE Developmental Divas
[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling
Victoria Crawford
Katie Lea (Katarina Waters)
Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Carolan)
Roucka (Milena Roucka) - Valet of Mike Kruel
[edit] Florida Championship Wrestling
Nattie Neidhart
Shantelle Taylor (Shantelle Malawski)
Krissy Vaine (Kristin Eubanks)
[edit] Unassigned Talent
Beulah McGillicutty (Trisa Hayes Laughlin)
[edit] Notable former WWE Divas
Ariel (Shelly Martinez)
Nicole Bass
Chyna (Joanie Laurer)
Debra (Debra Marshall)
Christy Hemme
Molly Holly (Nora Greenwald)
Ivory (Lisa Moretti)
Miss Jackie (Jackie Gayda)
Jacqueline (Jacqueline Moore)
Jazz (Carlene Begnaud)
The Kat (Stacy Carter)
Stacy Keibler
Gail Kim
Lita (Amy Dumas)
Dawn Marie (Dawn Marie Psaltis)
Nidia (Nidia Guenard)
Terri Runnels
Sable (Rena Mero)
Trinity (Stephanie Finochio)
Trish Stratus (Patricia Stratigias)
Sunny (Tammy Lynn Sytch)
Tori (Terri Poch)
Luna Vachon (Gertrude Vachon)
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100 Facts (pt. 1)?
Question:
There are more cars in Southern California than there are cows in India.
The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows.
The province of Alberta, Canada is completely free of rats.
Illinois has the most personalized license plates of any state.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
There are 206 bones in the adult human body, but 300 in children (some of the bones fuse together as a child grows).
Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6 foot person jumping 780 feet into the air.
Snakes are true carnivores as they eat nothing but other animals. They do not eat any type of plant material.
There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.
The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.
The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
Erosion at the base of Niagara Falls (USA) undermines the shale cliffs and as a result, the falls have receded approximately 7 miles over the last 10,000 years.
The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
North Dakota has never had an earthquake.
Alexander Graham Bell (who invented the telephone) also set a world water-speed record of over seventy miles an hour at the age of 72.
There is enough fuel in a full tank of a jumbo jet to drive an average car four times around the world.
Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year.
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.
The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.
There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.
Ants do not sleep.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
One person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Animal Kingdom".
The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job (in case their pants split).
The Spanish word esposa means "wife." The plural, esposas, means "wives," but also "handcuffs."
If all Americans used one third less ice in their drinks the United States would become a net exporter instead of an importer of energy.
If the Nile River were stretched across the United States, it would run nearly from New York to Los Angeles.
San Francisco cable cars are the only National Monuments that move.
The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. Its concrete will not be fully cured for another 500 years.
Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, was assassinated too.
All of David Letterman's suits are custom made - there are no creases in his suit trousers.
Cranberry Jell-O is the only flavor that contains real fruit flavoring.
Fewer than half of the 16,200 major league baseball players have ever hit a home run.
In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
Richard Versalle, a tenor performing at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, suffered a heart attack and fell 10 feet from a ladder to the stage just after singing the line "You can only live so long."
If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people, 51% would be female, 49% male; 50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people, one person would be nearly dead, one nearly born.
In 1920, Babe Ruth out-homered every American League team.
Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores.
Toxic house plants poison more children than household chemicals.
The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.
The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has issued six driver's licenses to six different people named Jesus Christ.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
People in China and Japan die disproportionately on the 4th of each month because the words death and four sound alike, and they are represented by the same symbol.
Chicago is closer to Moscow than it is to Rio de Janeiro.
Dogs have two sets of teeth, just like humans. They first have 30 "puppy" teeth, then 42 adult teeth.
In 1950, President Harry Truman threw out the first ball twice at the opening day Washington DC baseball game; once right handed and once left handed.
A Swiss ski resort announced it would combat global warming by wrapping its mountain glaciers in aluminum foil to keep them from melting.
The chameleon has a tongue that is one and a half times the length of his body.
Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.
There once was a town named "6" in West Virginia.
Ten years ago, only 500 people in China could ski. This year, an estimated 5,000,000 Chinese will visit ski resorts.
In 1920, Babe Ruth broke the single season home run record, with 29. The same year, he became the first major leaguer to hit 30 home runs. The same year, he became the first major leaguer to hit 40 home runs. The same year, he became the first major leaguer to hit 50 home runs.
A Nigerian woman was caught entering the UK with 104 kg of snails in her baggage.
Profanity is typically cut from in-flight movies to make them suitable for general audiences. Fox Searchlight Pictures has substituted "Ashcroft" for "A**hole" in the movie Sideways when dubbed for Aerolineas Argentinas flights.
Author Hunter S. Thompson, who committed suicide recently, wanted to be cremated and his ashes to be shot out of a cannon on his ranch.
Sports Illustrated magazine allows subscribers to opt out of receiving the famous swimsuit issue each year. Fewer than 1% choose this option.
There is a company that will (for $14,000) take your ashes, compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one.
The RIAA sued an 83 year old woman for downloading music illegally, even though a copy of her death certificate was sent to the RIAA a week before it filed the suit.
Two 1903 paintings recently sold at auction for $590,000 - the paintings were in the famous "Dogs Playing Poker" series.
Russian scientists have developed a new drug that prolongs drunkenness and enhances intoxication.
Romanian firefighters could not get their trucks close enough to a burning building, so they put out the fire by throwing snowballs at it.
A perfect SAT score is 1600 combined. Bill Gates scored 1590 on his SAT. Paul Allen, Bill's partner in Microsoft, scored a perfect 1600. Bill Cosby scored less than 500 combined.
Motorists traveling outside Salem, Oregon saw one of the "litter cleanup" signs crediting the American Nazi party. Marion County officials had no choice but to let that group into the adopt-a-road program. The $500 per sign was picked up by Oregon taxpayers. The Ku Klux Klan is also involved in the adopt-a-road program in the state of Arkansas.
Spam filters that catch the word "cialis" will not allow many work-related e-mails through because that word is embedded inside the word "specialist".
McDonald's restaurants will buy 54,000,000 pounds of fresh apples this year. Two years ago, McDonald's purchased 0 pounds of apples. This is attributed to the shift to more healthy menu options (the Apple Pie, which has been at McDonald's for years uses processed Apple Pie Filling).
The biggest dog on record was an Old English Mastiff that weighed 343 pounds. He was 8 feet, 3 inches from nose to tail.
Mailmen in Russia now carry revolvers after a recent decision by the government.
All of Queen Anne's 17 children died before she did.
There are over 87,000 Americans on waiting lists for organ transplants.
American made parts account for only 1% of the Chrysler Crossfire. 96% of the Ford F-150 Heritage Truck is American.
A Dutch court ruled that a bank robber could deduct the 2,000 Euros he paid for his pistol from the 6,600 Euros he has to return to the bank he robbed.
Only 6% of the autographs in circulation from members of the Beatles are estimated to be real.
The time spent deleting SPAM costs United States businesses $21.6 billion annually.
60.7 percent of eligible voters participated in the 2004 presidential election, the highest percentage in 36 years. However, more than 78 million did not vote. This means President Bush won re-election by receiving votes from less than 31% of all eligible voters in the United States.
John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, loved to skinny dip in the Potomac River.
La Paz, Bolivia has an average annual temperature below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. However, it has never recorded a zero-degree temperature. Same for Stanley, Falkland Islands and Punta Arenas, Chile.
41% of Chinese people eat at least once a week at a fast food restaurant. 35% of Americans do.
A Wisconsin forklift operator for a Miller beer distributor was fired when a picture was published in a newspaper showing him drinking a Bud Light.
G-rated family films earn more money than any other rating. Yet only 3% of Hollywood's output is G-rated.
Richard Hatch, winner of the first "Survivor" reality series, has been charged with tax evasion for failing to report his $1,000,000 prize.
The entire fleet of Unicoi County Tennessee's salt trucks was rendered out of commission in one accident. All three trucks were badly damaged when one of them began skidding down a road, causing a chain reaction accident. Officials blamed road conditions.
More people study English in China than speak it in the United States of America (300 million).
Fast food provider Hardee's has recently introduced the Monster Thickburger. It has 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat.
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And yes....PART ONE!!!!
More will come....eventually...
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More Random facts?
Question:
• Steve Austin is a big time antiques collector!
• One of the band members who did DeGeneration X's theme song if Triple H's real life brother.
• Test (Andrew Martin) was trained by Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
• Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor were scheduled to have a gay marriage as a part of a storyline at a PPV, but Jerry Lawler, Brian Christopher's father strongly objected.
• Kane (Glen Jacobs) was born in Madrid, Spain.
• Edge (Adam Copeland) is actually engaged to Val Venis's sister.
• Kane (Glen Jacobs) has a degree in English and Teaching.
• Former WWF superstar, Tito Santana owns a hair salon in Roxbury, New Jersey.
• Prior to joining the WWF, Hardcore Holly (Robert Howard) worked as a full-time welder.
• Bret "The Hitman" Hart owns a professional hockey team known as The Calgary Hitmen.
• Shane Douglas and Headbanger Mosh have licenses to teach!
• Jerry Lawler and The Honky Tonk Man are cousins!
• Shawn Michaels is a huge fan of country singer, Garth Brooks!
• Bradshaw used to compete in the NFL, but had to retire due to a knee injury.
• Rocky Maivia is a skilled light tackle salt water fisherman.
• Along with Chyna and Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Perry Saturn was also trained by Killer Kowalski.
• Jimmy Hart composes most of the WCW stars' entrance theme songs.
• Colonel Robert Parker (Tennessee Lee in the WWF) used to wrestle under the name of Robert Fuller before retiring and becoming a manager.
• D-Lo Brown is a Certified Public Accountant!
• Vader knows how to play the piano!
• The Bushwhackers own a restaurant and it's called "The Bushwhackers Down Under!" It's located in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
• Jerry "The King" Lawler is a die hard Cleveland Indians fan!
• Marc Mero won three New York State golden gloves in boxing before entering pro wrestling.
• Ahmed Johnson used to play football for the Dallas Cowboys.
• Chris Chetti was the first man to graduate from ECW's School of Hardcore.
• Kevin Nash played Super Shredder in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" the movie.
• X-Pac is a computer whiz!
• Duke "The Dumpster" Droese loves to do imitations and his best one is none other than Vince McMahon!
• Steve Austin is also good at doing impressions. His best is none other than Eric Bischoff!
• Brian Pillman played two years of football for The Cincinatti Bengals!
• Before entering the WWF, Rena Mero was a model for Guess Jeans wear.
• Before she married Brian Pillman, Melanie Pillman went out with Jim Hellwig (The Ultimate Warrior).
• Brian Lee (Chainz) was the best man at Mark Callaway's (The Undertaker) wedding.
• Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Marty Jannetty, and Blitzkreig have all used The Hollywood Blondes' theme music.
• Scott Hall agreed to be the best man at Justin Credible's wedding but failed to contact him in the weeks before the ceremony and ultimately no-showed.
• Roddy Piper announced that his last wrestling match would be at WrestleMania III against Adrian Adonis.
• Terry Funk first announced his retirement in 1983.
• In 1995, Marcus Bagwell had calf implants which leaked and he had them removed.
• Vince McMahon, Jr. wanted to become a wrestler, but his father, the late Vince McMahon Sr. strictly forbid him in doing so.
• Before breaking into wrestling, Jerome Young (New Jack) worked as a bounty hunter.
• Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington despises his cousin Davey Boy Smith so much, he can't bring himself to say his name.
• During one drinking session, Andre The Giant downed 119 bottles of beer.
• Barry Windham's father, Blackjack Mulligan served time for counterfeiting.
• Cactus Jack & Terry Funk were originally scheduled to face the New Age Outlaws in a Barbed Wire Match at WrestleMania XIV, but the PPV people forbid them to do it, hence the Dumpster Match.
• Back when the ECW/WWF angle was going on, the WWF was going to hold a live Raw from the ECW Arena, despite it's size. This idea was nixed however.
• Back in the 1980's Hulk Hogan's opponents were banned from mentioning his receding hair line in interviews.
• Stan Lane was once billed as Stan Flair because people thought he resembled Ric Flair.
• All Japan Pro Wrestling hasn't fed it's fans a count-out or a disqualification in over five years. • Shawn Michaels is married to former Nitro Girl, Whisper!
• Marc Mero didn't leave WCW over money issues. He left because of the angle he was in where he was involved with another man's wife. • Larry Zbyszko is a licensed pilot.
• Sid once backed down from a fight with Brian Pillman in a hotel bar, retreated to his car to arm himself with a weapon with which to defend himself and returned clutching a squeegee.
• Ted Dibase was once the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion.
• World Championship Wrestling was once called Georgia Championship Wrestling.
• In many of his WrestleMania matches Randy Savage would foreshadow the result of his bout by the color hat he wore to the ring. Two examples: 1 when he wrestled the Ultimate Warrior at WMVII as a heel and left as a babyface, he entered the ring wearing a white hat. 2. when he defeated Ric Flair at WMVIII to take the WWF strap, he wore a gold costume.
• Hulk Hogan agreed to drop the world title to the Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI because he was planning on retiring and wanted to pass the torch on to his babyface successor so he wouldn't have to come back and get "revenge" on a heel for his fans.*Hogan forced McMahon to give him the strap at the end of WMIX by threatening to no-show his tag earlier on the show with Brutus Beefcake against IRS & Ted Dibiase.
• WrestleMania VII was moved from the Rose Bowl to the Sports Arena in Los Angeles because Vince McMahon feared a sniper might try and take out lead heel Sgt. Slaughter, playing the role of a Iraqi sympathizer during the Gulf War.
• Apparently feeling he had nothing to lose, Sid Justice doublecrossed Vince McMahon by kicking out of Hogan's legdrop at WMVIII. Sid had been caught cheating on a drug test a few weeks earlier and was going to be suspended. Sid's manager, Harvey Whippleman (who is said to have supplied Sid with the false urine sample that WWF official Dave Hebner found Sid carrying in a vile) reacted quickly, jumping into the ring and getting his man disqualified before all hell broke loose.
• McMahon wanted a Flair-Hogan main event for WMVIII, but before Flair surprisingly was unable to re-up on a contract with WCW, McMahon signed Sid with the promise he would wrestle Hogan at the next WM. So, McMahon went with a double main event of Hogan-Sid and Flair-Savage.
• Prior to WMX, McMahon had Lex Luger come out with the world belt for a television taping, scheduled to air after the pay-per-view. Either planning a swerve all along or changing his mind after word got out, McMahon had Bret Hart win the three-way tournament between Hart, Luger and Yokozuna.
• In 1994, WCW used to hire paid models and actors to sit in the audience to cheer and boo their wrestlers because the audience was usually dead for their shows.
• When WCW did the World Wide show, they used to have a monitor to tell the audience who to cheer and who to boo. One one occasion when Rick Rude and the Equalizer (the "heels") came out, the audience accidentally cheered for them and WCW had to reshoot their entrance over again.
• When Shawn Michaels was attacked outside of a nightclub by approximately 10 "thugs" (actually it was by a marine group), Shawn was accompanied by Davey Boy Smith and Sean Waltman (1-2-3 Kid). Shawn tried to be the brave one and he ended up suffering for it.
• The WWF says that the Dynamite Kid left the WWF and retired because of an injury. Actually, the Kid still wrestles in England and the real reason he left was because of a locker room fight with him and Jacques Rougeau. The Bulldog opted to keep contact with the WWF and because of that and other reasons, the Bulldog and the Dynamite Kid haven't spoken in years.
• On May 11, 1987, Kevin Von Erich collapsed in the middle of the ring during an eight-man bout pitting him, The Fantastics, and Bruiser Brody against Brian Adias, Black Bart, Al Madril, and Al Perez. Fantastic Tommy Rogers, seeing Von Erich turning blue, administers cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Bam Bam Bigelow was chosen as the opponent for Lawrence Taylor at WMXI because he was the WWF's best big man worker. Bigelow says that as payment for doing the job he was promised a big babyface push down the road. That didn't happen as The Cliq (not fans of Bam Bam) began gaining political power, and Bigelow wasn't with the company very much longer.
• The Undertaker is undefeated at WrestleMania's. His record as of right now is 9-0.
• Prior to entering the squared circle, Steve Corino worked in a milk processing plant in Philadelphia.
• Elektra was once married to Big Dick Dudley.
• Washington Redskins head coach George Allen once offered Andre the Giant a contract to play professional football.
• Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair's first match took place in October 1991 with the "Nature Boy" winning the contest.
• J.J. Dillon thought of the Model gimmick for Rick Martel.
• Rick Martel is a gourmet chef.
• The Warlord (real name Terry Szopinski) was forced to retire following a 1996 car accident involving a Pizza Hut delivery carrier. A lawsuit is depending.
• DDP credits Bobby "The Brain" Heenen for coming up with the name Diamond cutter.
• Spike Dudley is a former third grade teacher from Rhode Island before getting into the wrestling business.
• Kurt Angle's wife is a former stripper.
• In the summer of 1995, Kurt Angle failed in a tryout to make the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.
• Al Snow is well trained in martial arts, mat grappling, free style, hardcore, and shoot-fight wrestling.
• Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty won the WWF tag team title from Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart in October of 1990 at a taping for Saturday Night's Main Event. Neidhart had been fired and was filling contractual obligations, which including jobbing the tag titles to another team. In what should have been a minor point, the top rope broke at one point during the match. The Rockers defended the titles for a week after that, but then Neidhart was re-hired by the WWF, and Vince McMahon decided that the title change never actually happened, in one of the goofier decisions of the 90s, and one of many to affect the careers of Shawn and Bret. As an explanation, a story was sent to Pro Wrestling Illustrated about the rope break causing an "unfair working environment" for both teams, and hence the title reign was annulled. This was simply to cover up for the fact that they reported the title change as fact a week prior and needed a reason to no longer report it as such. The title change was edited out of the Main Event broadcast, and thus went down in history that the Rockers never had the belt.
• From 1986-1989 Ric Flair averaged 34 minutes per-match. In that span he had 19 matches that lasted longer than 50 minutes. • The Rock's wife Dany is the Associate Vice President of Merrill Lynch.
• Leatherface caused the scar on Mick Foley's left arm.
• Hulk Hogan earned 1.8 million dollars with his match up against Randy Macho Man Savage at Wrestlemania 5.
• Buff Bagwell, before becoming a wrestler was a model, exotic dancer and acted in a few Soft Porn flicks.
• The Peoples Eyebrow was first named the "Heat Brow". The Rock called it that in college, but he changed the name do to the fact that the name didn't catch on.
• D'Lo Brown began his career as the "head of security" for the Gangstas in Smokey Mountain Wrestling. He later debuted in the WWF as one of the many members of Faarooq's Nation of Domination entourage.
• Former Nitro Girl Fyre (Teri Byrne) attended Arizona State University, and used to be a mortgage home broker.
• Rick Rude was trained by Eddie Sharkey, who also trained the Road Warriors, Barry Darsow, and Nikita Koloff.
• The British Bulldog (Davey Boy Smith) paid the WWF $100,000 to get out of his contract to leave for WCW.
• The orginial Midnight Express was a six man tag team in Alabama, consisting of Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, and Norvell Austin.
• Mark Henry and Pittsburgh Steeler Kevin Henry are cousins.
• Jerry Jarrett brought Rick Rude to Memphis, and gave him the nickname "Ravishing."
• ECW's Dawn Marie appeared in the original Austin Powers MTV special as one of the go-go dancers and actually had a couple of speaking lines.
• Gorgeous George, real name Stephanie Bellars, spent jail time as a teenager for burglaziring a home and slashing a girl's face with a broken beer bottle.
• "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan got the idea of bringing a 2x4 to the ring from the movie, "Walking Tall."
• Jim Hellwig (The Warrior) studied to be a chiropractor in Atlanta.
• Demolition Ax (Bill Eadie) is a former school teacher.
• Two days before WrestleMania 9, Hogan was injured in a jet-ski accident. That explains the shiner he had when he wrestled at WrestleMania 9. • Roddy Piper was Ric Flair's best man.
• Before becoming a wrestler, Val Venis used to race motocross.
• The Big Bossman was a prison guard in Georgia.
• Randy Savage was trained by his father, Angelo Poffo.
• Dusty Rhodes played college football at West Texas.
• Verne Gagne trained Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.
• Lex Luger played college football at Penn State.
• Meng once wrestled as jobbber Larry Hurst.
• Johnny Ace once dated former adult film star Seka.
• Madusa is an accomplished singer.
• The original idea for UPN's Smackdown! was for an all women wrestling show.
• Kevin Nash was a doorman/bouncer at a Michigan night club before entering the wrestling business.
• Disco Inferno was released from his WCW contract in '97 after refusing to do the job for Jacquelyn (now Jacky in the WWF). He returned to the promotion later in the year only after agreeing to wrestle her. However, Ted Turner had a 'no man against woman violence' clause on his networks. So Disco had to avoid making physical contact with her throughout the entire match.
• Linda McMahon is a laywer. • Bad News Brown used the name "The Ultimate Warrior" before Jim Hellwig.
• "Sweet" Stan Lane is the only wrestler ever trained by Ric Flair.
• Del Wilkes sold the rights to the Patriot gimmick to Tom Brandi.
• Simon Diamond was a catcher on the Virginia Commonwealth baseball team for three years but then he got hurt and that ended his baseball career. He did eventually go back to college and get his degree in English.
• Bruce Hart gave Wayne Farris The Honkey Tonk Man name.
• Chyna is fully licensed to compete in boxing.
• The WWF considered giving Dustin Rhodes a "Gunslinger" gimmick, before coming up with Goldust.
• Rikishi has a brother that wrestles as Fatu in Japan. • Jimmy Hart thought of the 3 Count gimmick.
• Jimmy Hart and Jerry Lawler attended the same high school in Memphis (not at the same time).
• Prior to WrestleMania IV, USA Today got a copy of the post-WrestleMania WWF Magazine which listed Randy Savage as champion before the tournament (where Savage beat Dibiase in the finals) took place. McMahon publicly referred to it as a coincidence.
• The Ultimate Warrior left the WWF in 1991 because he and Vince McMahon did not come to terms on his future role...Warrior wanted to be in the title situation but the WWF saw differently...in 1992, the Warrior disappeared again because he did not want to get involved in a second-rate feud with Nailz.
• In 1991, Ric Flair was fired/quit WCW. He showed up in the WWF soon thereafter holding the WCW title and claimed to be the "Real World's champion." The reason he was able to leave the company with the title is because he owned that title. WCW later bought it back from Flair for reportedly $75,000.
• On May 26, 1987, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the Iron Sheik were arrested by N.J. State police. Duggan was charged with possession of marijuana and drinking alcohol while driving. Sheik was charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine. Duggan received a conditional discharge and Sheik received one year probation.
• On July 4, 1989, Davey Boy Smith, Jason the Terrible, and Chris Benoit were injured in a head-on automobile accident in Jasper, Alberta. Smith suffered a cracked vertebrae in his back and needed a hundred stitches in his head after being thrown through the windshield of the car. Jason suffers 2 fractures in his left leg. Benoit suffers an injured right knee.
That before Mark Henry joined the WWE ,he was actually sponsored by Titan Sports during the 1996 Olympic's in which he compeated in the sport of weight lifting
Mark Henry and Pittsburgh Steeler Kevin Henry are cousins
Gorgeous George (real name Stephanie Ballars) ,spent jail time as a teenager for burglaziring a home and slashing a girl's face with a broken beer bottle.
Eddie Guerrero's father Gori invented the camel clutch.
Terry Funk is Jason Harvey's Godfather.
Ryan Shamrock's real name is Alesha Webb and she is a top less dancer form Houston ,Texas
The WWE's first pick for the Mr Perfect gimmick was Terry Tayor
Former Freebird Jimmy Garvin is now an airline pilot.
D'Lo Brown began his career as "the head of security" for the gangstas in the smoke mountain wrestling.He later made his debut in the WWE as a member of the nation of Domination.
Nitro Girl Fyre attended Arizona State University and used to be a mortgage home broker.
The Warlord (real name Terry Szopinski) was force to retire from wrestling following a car accident in 1996
ECW'S Dawn Marie appeared in the original Austin Powers MTV sepecial as one of the go-go dancers and actually had a couple of speaking lines.
Chris Chetti was the first man to graduate from ECW's House of Hardcore wrestling school
Taz and Chris Chetti are cousins.
Paul Wight played college basketball at Wichita State
Nicole Bass's married name is Fuchs.
Jerry Jarrett brought Rick Rude to Memphis and give him the nickname "Ravishing"
Rick Rude still held half of the NWA Tag team title when he signed with the WWE (The NWA later claimed that The Rock 'n' Roll Express won back thous titles in a match that never took place)
Rick Rude was for a short time managed by his sister Raven.
Rude was the only foreign talent to make the finals of G-1 Tournament in Japan.
That before Mark Henry joined the WWE ,he was actually sponsored by Titan Sports during the 1996 Olympic's in which he compeated in the sport of weight lifting
Mark Henry and Pittsburgh Steeler Kevin Henry are cousins
Gorgeous George (real name Stephanie Ballars) ,spent jail time as a teenager for burglaziring a home and slashing a girl's face with a broken beer bottle.
Eddie Guerrero's father Gori invented the camel clutch.
Terry Funk is Jason Harvey's Godfather.
Ryan Shamrock's real name is Alesha Webb and she is a top less dancer form Houston ,Texas
The WWE's first pick for the Mr Perfect gimmick was Terry Tayor
Former Freebird Jimmy Garvin is now an airline pilot.
D'Lo Brown began his career as "the head of security" for the gangstas in the smoke mountain wrestling.He later made his debut in the WWE as a member of the nation of Domination.
Nitro Girl Fyre attended Arizona State University and used to be a mortgage home broker.
The Warlord (real name Terry Szopinski) was force to retire from wrestling following a car accident in 1996
ECW'S Dawn Marie appeared in the original Austin Powers MTV sepecial as one of the go-go dancers and actually had a couple of speaking lines.
Chris Chetti was the first man to graduate from ECW's House of Hardcore wrestling school
Taz and Chris Chetti are cousins.
Paul Wight played college basketball at Wichita State
Nicole Bass's married name is Fuchs.
Jerry Jarrett brought Rick Rude to Memphis and give him the nickname "Ravishing"
Rick Rude still held half of the NWA Tag team title when he signed with the WWE (The NWA later claimed that The Rock 'n' Roll Express won back thous titles in a match that never took place)
Rick Rude was for a short time managed by his sister Raven.
Rude was the only foreign talent to make the finals of G-1 Tournament in Japan.
some facts are wrong! im sorry
dude im not this geeky i always copy crap !!!! doesn't every one!
Answer:
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Who Wants to Play a Trivia Quiz?
Question:
1. What do the opposite sides of the dice add up to?
Seven
Six
Nine
Eight
2. What year did Americans first start celebrating Flag Day?
1945
1919
1866
1916
3. On a ''dart board'' which number does not appear?
20
0
10
1
4. Which item is traditionally given as a 30th wedding anniversary girt?
Pearl
Crystal
Emerald
Diamond
5. What does the word ''karate'' mean?
Mind and spirit
Mind and body
Empty hand
Fast feet
6. Who was the captain of the Titanic?
Captain Johnson
Captain Smithers
Captain Jones
Captain Smith
7. What is the chemical symbol for lead?
L
Ld
Pd
K
8. Which state has the chickadee as its state bird?
Indiana
Florida
Ohio
Massachusetts
9. Where is the longest cave system in the world located?
Minnesota
Mexico
Kentucky
France
10. What does a deltiologist collect?
Stamps
Money
Postcards
Autographs
11. In what sport does black and blue play against red and yellow?
Shuffle Board
Croquet
Billiards
Lacrosse
12. On average how far does Americans drive for there summer vacations?
16 miles
60 miles
116 miles
160 miles
13. ''Antares'' the star, is in which constellation?
Sagittarius
Taurus
Scorpius
Capicornus
14. What year was George Washington born?
1732
1733
1734
1735
Answer:
1) 7
2) according to several google references 1877
3) 0
4) pearl
5) empty hand
6) Captain Smith
7) Pd
8) Massachusetts
9) Kentucky
10) postcards
11) Croquet
12) 16 miles
13) Scorpius
14 ) 1732
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wanna know 320 useless facts tht u dont know and probably will never use!!?
Question:
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.
5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.
24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).
28. Camel's have three eyelids.
29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".
39. Slugs have four noses.
40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS)
44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.
47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".
49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
52. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks.
54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.
55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.
60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
64. IBM's motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different".
65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.
66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
67. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.
72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald's.
73. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.
74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.
75. In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).
76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles".
77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
78. One in ten people live on an island.
79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.
84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
92. Back in the mid to late '80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.
93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).
95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
96. Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."
97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South).
98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company's first ads in 1896.
99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.
100. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.
102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a "palindrome".
103. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
105. China has more English speakers than the United States.
106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year's Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
107. One in every 9000 people is an albino.
108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.
112. Cats have over one hundre |
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