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- La Parka was one of the most colorful and well known Mexican wrestlers to ever step foot in a wrestling ring. He spent his early career making a name for himself in Mexico in the early 1990s. He, like most of the other Mexican wrestling stars, wrestled in a full body costume, including a mask. His persona was that of a skeleton, looking a bit like the evil Skeletor from He-man.
La Parka finally made his way to the rings of WCW in 1996 after the likes of Rey Mysterio Jr and Konnan opened up the doors for Luchadores, as Mexican wrestlers were known. He quickly became known as a very talented wrestler, wrestling on TNT's high-profile Nitro broadcasts on Monday night. Matches with other talented high-fliers, such as Mysterio, Ultimo Dragon, Psichosis, and Juventud Guerrera, made the art of Lucha-Libre very popular. La Parka, at 6' 4" was actually the largest of the Luchadores in WCW. He was well known for bringing his trademark steel chair with him to the ring for every match, earning him the nickname the "Chairman of WCW". That, along with his trademark dance routine to taunt his opponent, made him one of the most entertaining wrestlers in WCW.
La Parka appeared on several WCW Pay Per Views, such as World War 3 '96, Superbrawl '97, Bash at the Beach '97, World War 3 '97, Souled Out '98, Superbrawl '98, and Spring Stampede '98, which only helped boost his popularity.
Unfortunately for many many closet La Parka fans out there, WCW had a terrible reputation for overlooking talented newcomers in favor of older, established stars. This led to La Parka never getting anything but a cult following in WCW, as he was never used to any real extent storyline-wise. He ended up leaving WCW in 2000 and returning to his wrestling roots in Mexico. - Silver King is the son of the legendary luchadore wrestler Dr Wagner. He has been wrestling professionally since 1985. He started out wrestling in the Universal Wrestling Association under a mask, but lost that in a match with the legendary El Santo. He was part of the tag team "The Cowboys" with El Texano. The team even competed at WCW's Clash of the Champions XIX in 1992. The two wrestlers then competed in the CMLL federation, winning the tag team titles there before Silver King went on to win the CMLL Heavyweight Championship from Black Magic(Norman Smiley under a mask).
In 1997, King made the jump to WCW, where Eric Bischoff was using many of the high-flying Mexican wrestlers on his wrestling shows. He took part in many Monday Nitro and WCW Saturday Night broadcasts, as well as several pay per view events, such as Souled Out '98 and both World War 3 '97 and '98 in the main event 60-man, over the top rope battle royales. His most high profile match, however, came at Fall Brawl '98 when he wrestled in a singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against champion 'Juventud Guerrera'. He left WCW in late '99 when Eric Bischoff was ousted from leadership in WCW and new management took over.
Since his WCW days, Silver King has wrestled in New Japan Pro Wrestling, IWGP, and CMLL again. He will always be remembered as a cult favorite wrestler among internet wrestling fans during his tenure in WCW. The real wrestling fans out there always knew he deserved more. - S.D. "Special Delivery" Jones was a very popular wrestler for the WWF throughout most of the early to mid 1980s. He was mainly a jobber, which meant that he rarely won a match and was mainly used to put over other talent. Despite his lack of wins, he was one of the more popular wrestlers in the early 1980s, mainly due to his great charisma. S.D. was born in Jamaica and always had a very distinct accent in his interviews. His most memorable (not for him) moment in his wrestling career was his record nine-second loss to King Kong Bundy at the inaugural Wrestlemania.
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Dave "Fit" Finlay is one of the toughest, most respected wrestlers to ever set inside the wrestling ring. It is a shame that most of his wrestling years were spent overseas before he made his way to the States.
Born in Ireland in 1958, Finlay became a professional wrestler in 1978. He made a name for himself in Europe under the nickname "The Belfast Bruiser". He did not make his way over to the US until 1996 when he joined the ranks of WCW. The first two years were hard on Finlay as he saw no plans of any longterm storyline on the books for him. He took some time off and then returned to WCW in 1998 with the promise of a TV title run. He won that title from Booker T on May 4 in a huge upset. Finlay successfully defended his title against Chris Benoit at WCW's May pay per view Slamboree after Booker T Distracted Benoit. This set up the infamous best of seven series between Booker T and Chris Benoit that set WCW rings afire. The winner of the series would be the number 1 contender to Finlay's title. Finlay finally lost his title to Booker T at the Great American Bash. After that, Finlay spent the rest of the year lost in WCW's vast mid-card. He did appear at WCW's last 3 pay-per-views of the year, losing to Alex Wright at Halloween Havoc, being involved in the 60 man World War 3 battle royal, and teaming with Jerry Flynn in a losing match against Bryan Adams and Scott Norton at Starrcade. 1999 was no better than the end of 1998. Finlay still saw the light of the occasional Nitro and Thunder, but was never involved in any storylines or pay per views. The only pay per view he was involved in was Bash at the Beach '99. He won an open invitational hardcore junkyard battle royal(one of the dumbest matches ever) to win a giant hardcore trophy and be named the hardcore champion. Later that month, however, Finlay was severely hurt in a hardcore match at a WCW house show when he was thrown through a table. The jagged edge of the table severely lacerated his leg near his knee, leaving doctors to speculate that he may never be able to walk again. Finlay proved he was just as tough in real life as he was in the wrestling ring, returning to WCW in 2000 to compete. Little was done with the returning Finlay, however, and WCW was bought by the WWE in 2001.
Finlay found a new career as a road agent for the WWE when WCW was bought. He fared well for several years before the wrestling bug seemed to bite him again. Vignettes for the returning Finlay began to air in early 2006. Finlay, at 47 years old, made his triumphant return to the wrestling ring on an edition of Smackdown!, defeating Matt Hardy in a brutal bout. He competed in the second annual Money in the Bank Ladder Match at Wrestlemania 22. He made a huge impression, but came up short. He did, however, win the US championship later in the Summer, proving that he could hang with the much younger roster of wrestlers.- Psicosis was one of the greatest high flying cruiserweights of the 1990s. He began wrestling in Mexico after being trained by Rey Mysterio Sr. (Rey Jr.'s uncle). He made a name for himself there in Mexico and began a long feud with Rey Mysterio Jr. His first step into major success came at the 1995 Super J Cup, a very prestigious, high-flying tournament held every year. His non-tournament match with Rey Jr stole the show and became the third runner up for PWI Match of the Year. Psicosis also spent some time in ECW at this time, having some more excellent matches with Rey Jr.
His jump into the limelight came in 1996 when he, along with a host of other Mexican wrestlers, made their way over to the high-profile promotion WCW. WCW was fast becoming the best wrestling promotion in the world, and a large part of that was due to this influx of unknown foreign talent, of which Psicosis became one of the most well-known. He once again wrestled Rey Mysterio Jr on one of his first Pay Per View events, Bash at the Beach 1996. He spent the next two years putting on excellent matches with the likes of Billy Kidman, Juventud Guerrera, Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero, and, of course, Rey Mysterio Jr. This group of cruiserweight wrestlers often stole the show, whether it was Monday Nitron on TNT, Thursady Thunder on TBS, or one of WCW's high-profile Pay Per View Events. His greatest achievement in WCW was winning the Cruiserweight Title on April 19 1999 on Monday Nitro in a four-way match against Rey Jr, Juventud Guerrera, and Blitzkrieg. He only held the title for a week, however, as he lost the title on the following edition of Nitro. He was unmasked in a match later in the year with Kidman and then spent a few more months wrestling off and on.
He left WCW in 2000 and went back to the rings of ECW. He wrestled there for about a year and then spent some time wrestling on the intercontinental circuit with the WWA. - Ivan Koloff was one of the most fearsome wrestlers of the 1970s and 1980s. Despite being billed as being from Russia, Ivan was actually born and raised near Montreal Canada. He began wrestling in the mid 1960's under the name Red McNulty. After a few years, he took the name of "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff.
He got his first big break in the WWWF(which is now known as WWE), which was owned by Vince McMahon Sr at the time. He wrestled there from 1969 until 1971, when on January 18th, he did the impossible when he beat the legendary Bruno Sammartino after his record near-8 year reign as champion. From accounts of people who were at Madison Square Garden that evening, you could have heard a pin drop as fans were in a state of utter disbelief. He would hold the title for a little over three weeks, however, as he was defeated on February 8th 1971 by Pedro Morales. His championship rein made him a superstar around the world. He left the WWWF soon after that loss, but would return to the Federation many times over the course of the next 12 years, main eventing Madison Square Garden against Bruno again in 1975 in the very first steel cage match ever held in the building. He would also go on to feud with WWF Champion Bob Backlund in the late 70s and early 80s. He was actually scheduled to win the WWF Championship a second time in december 1983, but a knee injury put him out of action. The Iron Sheik ended up winning the belt, instead, and the rest is history.
Koloff became a fixture in the Mid-Atlantic region in the mid to late 80's after he recovered from his knee injury. He won the NWA Tag Team Titles several times with partners Don Kernodle, Ray Stevens, Krusher Khruschev, and his "nephew" Nikita Koloff. His tag team with Nikita was one of the most dominant of the mid 80s. They had a very memorable feud with the legendary Road Warriors. After Nikita and Ivan parted ways, Ivan wrestled in singles competition against the likes of Dusty Rhodes, Sting, Lex Luger, Ric Flair, and Magnum TA in between his Tag Team Title defenses. Ivan left the NWA, which had become WCW, in early 1989. He retired from full-time competition in 1994 at the ripe age of 52.
Ivan Koloff was one of wrestlings true greats for the 20 years he was on top. He won titles and wrestled in rings all around the world. His dethroning of Bruno Sammartino is one of the most memorable events in wrestling history. He main evented Madison Square Garden on nearly two dozen occasions between 1969 and 1983. He wrestled with and against some of the all-time greats the sport of wrestling has ever seen. He is definitely a future WWE Hall of Famer. - WWF Hall of Famer Ivan Putski was one of the most popular wrestlers in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His chiseled physique and great charisma made him a fan favorite for years. His Polish heritage made him especially popular with the immigrant population of the northeast pasrt of the country, where he wrestled for the WW(W)F for many years. Putski was born in Kraków, Poland, in 1941. His family moved to the United States when he was 9 years old. He originally aspired to be a football player, but an injury forced him out of that sport and helped open the door to his wrestling career. He started out in the wrestling business in the early 1970s, sporting a beard and a less impressive physique. While still extremely powerful, being mostly a power-lifter during these years, he did not sport the ripped body that he was known for later in his career. His strength gained him the moniker "Polish Power". He won several titles throughout the country earlier in his career, many of which were won by using his patented finishing move, the Polish Hammer.
He joined the ranks of the then WWWF in the late 1970s, winning the Tag Team Titles with a young Tito Santana on 22 November 1979. They held the titles for several months before losing them to the Moondogs in 1980. Putski then concentrated on his singles career, feuding with the likes of Ivan Koloff, Iron Sheik, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura during the next couple of years. He remained one of the WWF's most popular stars throughout the early 1980s. Though he never wrestled at any of the early Wrestlemanias, Putski did participate in the Wrestling Classic in the fall of 1985. This was the WWF's first Pay Per View, which was built around a 16 man tournament. Putski lost in the first round to newcomer "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who pinned Putski by illegally using the ropes for leverage.
Putski wrestled off and on during the years after his WWF career. He was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1995. He was also recently included in a special magazine released by the WWE profiling the top 50 WWWF/WWF/WWE superstars of all time. His son, Scott Putski, also became a wrestler, wrestling for WCW in the late 1990s. - Actor
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This colorful, high-flying wrestler was a mainstay in the WWF from 1986 to 1993. He appeared at many of the WWF's major Pay-Per-View events during this time frame, such as Wrestlemania, Summerslam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble. He was mainly used as a jobber - a wrestler who rarely wins and is mainly used to help elevate other talent. Despite what seemed like an endless losing streak, Koko remained one of the WWF's most popular wrestlers throughout most of his career. His biggest match was probably at Survivor Series 1988, where he wrestled in the main event on Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage's 5-man team. Koko was always one of the best high-flying wrestlers in the WWF. One of his favorite moves was a dropkick on his opponents from the top turnbuckle. He often came to the ring with multi-colored hair, and he was rarely seen at ringside without his pet parrot: Frankie. One of his strongest attributes was his hard head, which his opponents usually found out when they attempted to ram Koko's head into the top turnbuckle, with no avail. This failed attempt to hurt Koko's head was always picked up on by legendary wrestling commentator Gorilla Monsoon, who would remark "(Koko's opponent) didn't do his homework". His last year in the WWF was spent as a tag team of the late Owen Hart as the high-flying team of High Energy.- Marty Jannetty will always be known to fans of wrestling as "The other Rocker", as his partner, Shawn Michaels, went on to become one of the biggest stars in wrestling history after their break up. This is very unfortunate, because Marty Jannetty was one of the most innovative high-flying wrestlers in wrestling history.
He gained notoriety as one half of the "Midnight Rockers", along with Michaels, in the old AWA federation in the mid 1980s. They became known throught the wrestling world as tag-team specialists. The two won the AWA Tag Team Titles on two separate occasions before going to the WWF in the fall of 1988. It was here that Jannetty became known around the world as a wrestling superstar.
Now just known as "The Rockers", Marty and Shawn immediately engaged in a feud with fellow WWF newcomers, The Brainbusters(Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard). The two teams wrestled in some amazing tag team matches around the country. The Rockers spent the next three years being one of the most popular tag teams in the world. Their size and speed made them forces to contend with, as they dazzled audiences with a wide array of high-flying maneuvers and incredible tag team moves. Their timing was perfect, as they always seemed to know what the other was thinking.
Despite the incredible talent that these two possessed, the WWF was reluctant to give them a run with the Tag Team Titles, as owner Vince McMahon has always been a fan of "bigger is better", in reference to the small size of these two superstars comapred to their fellow wrestlers. The Rockers actually did win the WWF Tag Team Titles from the legendary Hart Foundation (Bret "Hit Man" Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart) in the fall of 1990 on an untelevised house show. The two held the titles for several days before the they were returned to the Hart Foundation and the win was never acknowledged again. This remains one of the strangest occurances in wrestling history.
By the fall of 1991, tensions between the two stars became obvious to audiences. The straw that broke the camel's back was at Survivor Series 1991, when Jannetty accidentally caused Michaels to be eliminated when a wrestling move went awry and knocked Michaels to the ground, making him an easy pinning target. The two "made up" on the set of Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake's show, The Barbershop. Michaels then shocked the world as he nailed Jannetty in the face with his patented superkick. He then finished off his former tag team partner by throwing him face first through a window on the set.
Michaels went on to become one of the most promising stars of 1992, winning the WWF Intercontinental Title from the British Bulldog in the fall of that year. Jannetty did not resurface again until the beginning of 1993, when he made his return and challenged Michaels for his title. The two had a long and heated feud for most of the year, which saw the IC Title change hands between the two twice in some of the best matches of the year.
By 1994, Jannetty returned to the tag team ranks once again, teaming up with the even smaller 1-2-3 Kid to win the Tag Team Titles from The Quebecers in January of that year, only to lose them back seven days later. He continued to wrestle for the WWF for several more years, although he never achieved the fame that he had earlier in his career. He wrestled briefly for WCW in 1998, but that did little to change his mid-card status. - Actor
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One of the most versatile professional wrestlers of all time, Norman Smiley has wrestled in England, Mexico, Japan, and in the U.S., becoming very proficient in each wrestling style. He is most known for his stay in WCW from 1997 to 2001. He spent the first couple of years there as a low-card wrestler who mainly stayed unnoticed. He finally got a push to mid-card wrestler in the fall of 1998. His first notable feud was with Chavo Guerrero Jr. Norman stole Chavo's stick horse "Pepe" and threw it into a wood chipper. He began carrying the remains around in an urn. By the end of 1999, Norman had made his move to the hardcore ranks of WCW, becoming probably it's most entertaining champion of all time, regularly gaining undeserved wins with the help of outside interference. He gained a reputation as a sissy, as he would regularly, to the delight of his many adoring fans, scream like a girl when being attacked or chased by his opponents. His patented dancing move was the Big Wiggle, which he performed in the middle of his matches, always getting a tremendous cheer. When WCW was bought by the WWF in 2001, he stayed out of the spotlight for a year. He turned up in Jeff Jarrett's new NWA-TNA on their debut show in the summer of 2002, wrestling in their Gauntlet for the Gold battle royal to determine the new NWA Champion. He has wrestled several more times for that promotion, and he even wrestled in a few "dark" matches for the WWE.- One of professional wrestling's most underrated talents, Paul Roma was one of the best tag team wrestlers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He got his first taste of stardom in the WWF in 1987 as one half of the Young Stallions, along with partner Jim Powers. Though they never won the tag team titles, the Young Stallions quickly became known as one of the most exciting tag teams in professional wrestling. From 1987 to 1989, Powers and Roma took it to all of the top teams in the WWF. They were featured on the first two WWF Survivor Series Pay Per Views, as well as competing in the big Battle Royal at Wrestlemania IV. Next up for Paul was a short singles career in the WWF from early 1989 to mid 1990. While he was not featured on any of their Pay Per Views except Wrestlemania VI in an untelevised "dark match", Roma continued to be one of the brightest young talents in the Federation. This prompted the WWF to team Roma up with WWF mainstay Hercules to form the heel tag team of Power & Glory, with Roma being the "Glory" half of the team. The two enjoyed a bit of success during the next year and a half, gaining wins over such notable teams as the Rockers, whom they defeated at Summerslam 1990. The two were also featured in the main "Ultimate Survival" match of Survivor Series of that year as well, teaming up with fellow survivors Ted Dibiase, Warlord, and Rick Martel to take on the team of Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan, and Tito Santana. The WWF seemed to not realize the talented tag team that they had in their ranks, as Power & Glory were fed to tag team legends the Legion of Doom at Wrestlemania VII in under one minute. They would continue some moderate success until earlly in 1992, when both superstars exited the WWF.
Next stop on the Roma express was in the ranks of WCW. Here he saw newfound success as a member of the legendary Four Horseman, although the incarnation that he was a part of is considered one of the weakest in their glorious history. Roma, along with fellow Horseman Arn Anderson, won the WCW Tag Team Titles from "Stunning" Steve Austin & William Regal in August of 1993. This reign would only last about a month, though. After his stint as a Horseman, Paul Roma was teamed up with the legendary "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff to form the team of "Pretty Wonderful", as Roma was known as "Pretty" Paul Roma during this time. These two would find more tag team gold, twice, in 1994. By 1996, Paul Roma was gone from WCW, and seemingly from professional wrestling altogether. Though he has not resurfaced since then, Paul Roma will not be forgotten by true wrestling fans, who know that when it came to tag team wrestling, there were none better than Paul Roma. - 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.