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Nuufolau Joel Seanoa is an American professional wrestler and color commentator, better known by the ring name Samoa Joe who is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is the company's World Champion since December 30th, 2023. During his career, Joe has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and WWE.

Jeffrey Nero Hardy is an American professional wrestler and musician. Born and raised in Cameron, North Carolina, Hardy started his career as a youth performing in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation, which he started alongside his brother Matt Hardy. Hardy is widely considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time and is regarded as one of the most daring high fliers and risk-takers throughout his career. Together with his brother Matt Hardy, the tag team The Hardy Boyz are now widely regarded as one of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling history.

Hardy has had great success in his singles career, capturing his first of six world championships, the WWE Championship in 2008 and going on to hold WWE's World Heavyweight Championship twice and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship three times. Within WWF/WWE, he has also won the Intercontinental Championship five times, the Hardcore Championship three times and the European, Light Heavyweight, and United States Championships once each. Having won the required championships, he is the 18th Triple Crown Champion and 9th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history (one of five men to complete both WWE Grand Slam formats, and one of two to win all original Grand Slam titles). He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events for WWE and TNA, including TNA's flagship event, Bound for Glory, on two occasions. Readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated named him "Most Popular Wrestler of the Year" on two occasions.

Hardy is involved in motocross, music, painting and other artistic endeavors. He is a member of the band PeroxWhy?Gen, with whom he tours and has released three studio albums and four extended plays. In 2003, Hardy, along with his brother Matt, co-wrote an autobiographical book of memoirs titled The Hardy Boyz. Their book was a New York Times Best Seller.

Ken Anderson was born on 6 March 1976 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia (2009). He has been married to Shawn Trebnick since 9 January 2008.

Native Detroiter Kevin Nash is an actor and equal rights advocate who discovered his love of comedy as the class clown in elementary school and to this day, he can find humor in almost any situation. One day he could not find humor was April 4th, 1968 as that was the day his father died of a heart attack at work at 36 years of age. After spending the day at the funeral home he came home seeking solace in the back bedroom of their 800 sq. foot home watching his portable TV. Suddenly on screen came the report of Martin Luther King's assassination. This brought to mind sitting on his father's knee as they watched MLK's "I have a dream" speech. This touched a nerve since the only time he'd ever seen his father cry was the day JFK was shot. Kevin's father, a lifelong democrat instilled core values in his son which later in life lead to Nash's advocacy of human rights, whether it be race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

After 3 years playing Division 1 college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers a physical altercation with the head coach Don DeVoe (Kevin pie-faced him after DeVoe grabbed Nash by his jersey), led to a parting of the ways. He was then inspired to join the Army after watching Bill Murray's Stripes and went on to not only have top-secret clearance but also represent the US Armed Forces in the paint. Upon honorable discharge from the Army, Nash played European basketball where a career-ending catastrophic knee injury concluded his basketball career and would hinder his ensuing professional athletic career from day one. His love of being an athlete led him down another path to infamy, namely, professional wrestling. He is one of only eight human beings on the planet to bear the elite distinction of being TWICE inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, after a career garnering 6 world title belts and 21 championships in total. Of course, none of that would have been possible without the brains, talent, and personality that put him on the Mt. Olympus of the sports entertainment universe in the first place.

While his athletic route to fame using not only his wit and Detroit coolness but also his considerable 6'10" size and physical prowess to his advantage is what he may be best known for, Nash's skill as a primarily comedic actor is what gives him the most personal satisfaction. Proudest of his portrayal as Officer Englehart in The Longest Yard (2005), the role was originally scripted for a single line, "Who drank all the damn Gatorade?!" but when both Adam Sandler and director Peter Segal saw how thoroughly and artfully Nash embraced the part, Englehart became a much, much bigger part of the film due to Nash's ability to ad-lib scenes. Kevin's take on this masculine prison guard turned estrogen-laden cheerleader, is perhaps his most memorable character to date.

Part Native American and part Neanderthal, Kevin Nash is one-of-a-kind.

William Jason Reso is a Canadian actor and professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Christian and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Christian Cage. He also starred as a guest character on the Syfy original series Haven. He has also appeared on other television series Casino Cinema and Murdoch Mysteries and was featured in multiple films including Shoot 'Em up. He has been married to Denise Hartmann since May 25, 2001. They have one child.

Scott Steiner has been a mainstay in professional wrestling for over 15 years. When he started out in the business, he was a singles wrestler, wrestling in some smaller federations before coming to the NWA (WCW) to team with his older brother, Rick. It was at this time that Steiner became world famous as one half of the greatest tag team of the 1990's. The two brothers wreaked havoc on anyone who dared get in the ring with them. Known for their amazing wrestling arsenal of suplexes, the two won the WCW tag team titles on many occasions throughout a ten year time period. Steiner, especially, bacame well-schooled in the art of the suplex, as he would use many varieties of this devastating wrestling move to render his foes senseless. He also invented the Frankensteiner, a wrestling move that involves jumping up onto your opponents shoulders from their front, letting your body fall upside-down so you head is between their legs, and then using your stomach and leg muscles to power them forward onto the mat. This move was perfected by Steiner, who could perform the maneuver from a standing position, while his opponent was running at him, or to an opponent sitting on the top rope.

After several years in WCW, which saw him win his first singles title (WCW TV title) in a brief singles push for a couple of months, The Steiner brothers went off to the WWF in early 1993. For the next year, the two continued their assault on every tag team in their path, winning the WWF Tag Team titles on two occasions before leaving in early 1994.

The next stop for the tag team tandem was Japan, where the two continued to prove why they were the best in the business. When WCW came calling in 1996, the Steiner Brothers headed back home. Once again they became the best tag team in WCW's ranks, taking on famous tag teams like Harlem Heat, the Road Warriors, and the Outsiders. They became a huge force in WCW against the nWo uprising in 1996-97. Their feud with The Outsiders (Scott Hall & Kevin Nash) in 1997 saw the tag team belts change hands between the two several times.

By early 1998, Scott did not even resemble the Steiner of old. He had cut his hair short (it had always been shoulder length), had beefed up his always-impressive physique even more to look like a bodybuilder, and had grown quite a mean streak. Even with his changing appearance, fans were still completely shocked when he turned on his brother at WCW's Superbrawl VIII pay-per view in February of 1998. Steiner joined the ranks of the nWo and became one of its lead men, taking on the moniker "Big Poppa Pump". He spent most of the year feuding with his brother and helping the nWo in their war against the newly formed Wolfpack.

By early 1999, the nWo had joined with the Wolfpack and WCW was in disarray. Steiner did not let this chaos get to him, as he won the TV and the US titles in the first couple months of the year. He also reunited with his brother in the summer of that year, as the he and Rick held the US and TV titles, respectively. By 2000, Steiner was a main event star who was on his way to win the World Title. He did just that in the fall of that year, defeated Booker T to become the World Heavyweight Champion. He took on all comers in his four-month title reign and became one of the most dominant WCW Champions in history before WCW folded and was bought out by the WWF in March of 2003. He lost the WCW Title to Booker T on the very last edition of WCW Nitro. Steiner decided to take things easy for a while to recover from some back problems that he had been having, along with a severe nerve problem in his left leg. He did wrestle several times for the internation-touring WWA, winning their version of the Championship. He finally showed up in WWE in fall of 2002, immediately getting into a feud with then-champion HHH. After headlining two straight pay-per-views in early 2003, Steiner began a partnership and then a feud with fellow WWE superstar Test. This lasted for most of the year. He again was forced to take some time off from action due to a groin injury. He has yet to return to action as of April 2004, but knowing Steiner, he will return with a vengeance, so watch out.

He was trained by the Original Sheik, Ed Farhat, who was one of pro-wrestling's classic and greatest bad guys. Even though their styles are quite different (Sheik being a wild hardcore-style brawler, known for throwing fire, cutting his opponent's forehead's up with foreign objects like a pencil, fork, etc. whereas Van Dam is a technical high-flyer), Farhat taught him the importance of the right mindset.

T.J. Perkins was born on 3 September 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for OVER (2015), Southpaw Regional Wrestling (2017) and WWE Smackdown! (1999).

Monty Sopp was born on 11 November 1963 in Orlando, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for WWE Raw (1993), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004). He has been married to Paula since 24 January 2009. He was previously married to Tina Tinnell.

Born on November 1st, 1982 in Hagerstown, Maryland, Shaun Ricker has always been interested in physical activity. His idols included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Dwayne Johnson. He trained intensively and became an amateur bodybuilder.

He served as the United States Marine Corps commando, and was captured during one of his military operations. Violated by his captors, he became a victim of tortures, although he never cracked under the interrogation.

He debuted as a wrestler in 2002, and was finally signed to Global Force Wrestling under the pseudonym Eli Drake. He was awarded with GFW Global Championship in 2017.

Allen Neal Jones best known by the ring name AJ Styles is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. Long regarded as one of the best wrestlers in the world, Styles has headlined numerous pay-per-view events internationally.

Styles debuted in 1998 and competed for various independent promotions, before gaining his first mainstream exposure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. He became widely known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2002-2013, where he was dubbed "Mr. TNA". While in TNA, Styles held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He was also the inaugural titleholder of the X Division Championship, which he won six times. Styles is the first professional wrestler ever to complete the TNA Triple Crown (five times) and the TNA Grand Slam (two times).

In 2010, Styles became the first ever TNA-contracted wrestler to be ranked number one on the annual Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) PWI 500 list. He simultaneously appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002-2006, where he became the first ROH Pure Champion. In 2014, Styles signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and won his first of two IWGP Heavyweight Championships in his debut match, later becoming the third leader of the Bullet Club. Styles has also won various titles on international independent circuits, including the PWG World Championship.

Styles first appeared in WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation, or the WWF) in 2002, but turned down a developmental contract he was offered with the company. He signed a multi-year contract with WWE fourteen years later in January 2016, making his re-debut that month and going on to win the WWE Championship in September. Both PWI and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) voted him Wrestler of the Year for 2016. With his second WWE Championship victory in Manchester, England in November 2017, Styles was recognized by WWE as the first wrestler to win the title outside of North America. Also that year, he was inducted into the WON Hall of Fame.

Peter Senerchia better known by the ring name "Taz" (also spelled Tazz) is an American radio personality, color commentator, and retired professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a commentator and manager.

He is known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he was a two-time World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time World Television Champion, a three-time World Tag Team Champion, a two-time (and the inaugural) FTW Heavyweight Champion, and the fourth ECW Triple Crown Champion.

His World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) career as an in-ring performer came to an early end in 2002 and subsequently saw him transition into a color-commentary role, which he continued to do until his contract with WWE expired in April 2009. Two months later, Senerchia debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at their Victory Road pay-per-view under his previous Taz ring name and eventually reprises his role as a color commentator for TNA's broadcasts, replacing Don West.

is an American professional wrestler best known as Mark Briscoe. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor and working for New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is a record ten-time ROH World Tag Team Champion and a one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion with his brother Jay. He has also held the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice and the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship once. ay and Mark Briscoe made their debuts for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) at Delaware Invasion on January 20, 2001, being brought in to job as part of a three-on-one handicap match against Trent Acid. At the inaugural Best of the Best event, a show somewhat atypical of CZW in that it is a tournament spotlighting athletic junior heavyweight wrestling as opposed to violent hardcore matches, the two advanced past the first round in a three-way match with Nick Mondo where the stipulation was whoever took the fall would be eliminated. They were then matched against each other in the second round, with Jay winning and advancing further.

Kenta Kobayashi is a professional wrestlers best known for his work in WWE as Hideo Itami, and his time in Japan as KENTA. He was trained by legendary wrestlers Kenta Kobashi and Yoshihiro Takayama. Kenta competed for 15 years in Pro-Wrestling NOAH before leaving for WWE in 2014. He has captured both the prestigious GHC Heavyweight and Junior Heavyweight Championships during his career.

Zachary Wentz is known for Wrestling Revolver: Cage of Horrors (2022), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and BCP Fight Forever (2017).

A.C. Connor was born on 22 October 1972 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and WWF on MSG Network (1973).

Matt Rehwoldt is known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn (2015) and WWE NXT (2010).

Bill Morrissey was born on 16 August 1986 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WWE Raw (1993). He has been married to Lexy Nair since December 2024.

Brian Kendrick was born on 29 May 1979 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), WWE Raw (1993) and WWE NXT (2010). He has been married to Taylor Matheny since 15 August 2008.

Matthew Joseph Korklan is an American professional wrestler best known as Matt Sydal. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its RAW brand, under the ring name Evan Bourne. In the late 1990's, Korklan combined martial arts and gymnastics and became a pro wrestler. He was on his high schools wrestling team. As a senior, he began wrestling for Gateway Championship Wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. He debuted October 20, 2000. During his Independent circuit, he wrestled the likes on CM Punk and A.J. Styles. Korklan later wrestled for Total Nonstop Action. (TNA) He was, however, a jobber, never being to booked to win a match. On April 23, 2004, Korklan debuted in Ring of Honor. (ROH) He toured Japan with Dragon Gate in 2006. He was featured in Wrestling Society X (WSX) on its first episode, but lost his match. In October of 2007, Korklan signed a developmental contract with the WWE, in their territory, OVW. In February, 2008, WWE ceased affiliation with OVW. On June 3rd, 2008, Korklan debuted on the WWE, losing to Shelton Benjamin. The following week, he teamed up with Kofi Kingston against Benjamin and Mike Knox, and won. He also has now defeated Mike Knox, Nunzio, and former ECW Champion, Chavo Guerrero. Guerrero and Korklan, now recognized as Evan Bourne, are now feuding. On the August 6th edition of ECW, he and new ECW Superstar Ricky Ortiz defeated Guerrero and his bodyguard, Bam Neely. Evan Bourne got moved to WWE's RAW brand in 2010 when Donald Trump was in control where he had his debut match against Randy Orton in a Gauntlet match. He also qualified to be in Wrestlemania 26's Money In the Bank ladder match which he lost. In 2011-2012 he was running the tag team division (with partner Kofi Kingston)having won the WWE Tag Team Championship belts in 2011, losing it in 2012.

Shane Helms was born on 12 July 1974 in Smithfield, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE Metal (1999).

John Hennigan was born on 3 October 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Boone: The Bounty Hunter (2017), Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020) and The Iron Sheik Massacre (2022). He has been married to Kira Hennigan since 1 June 2018.

Lio Rush is known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), AEW Collision (2023) and AEW Dark (2019). He has been married to Sarah Wah since 21 December 2018. They have two children.

Levis Valenzuela Jr. is known for Censor Addiction, WWE Smackdown! (1999) and TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004).

Sean Morley was born on 16 March 1971 in Markham, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for WWE Raw (1993), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WrestleMania 2000 (2000). He has been married to Lourdes since 30 March 2001. They have one child.