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  Paul Donald Wight II (born February 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as an in-ring performer, and as a commentator for its web television show, AEW Dark: Elevation , under his real name of Paul Wight . He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1995 to 1999 as The Giant and his over 20 year run with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE ) from 1999 to 2021 under the ring name (The) Big Show . Wight played college basketball at Wichita State University before transferring to other schools. Wight began his wrestling career in 1994. In 1995 he signed with WCW, where, due to his very large frame, he was known by the ring name The Giant (and was initially introduced as "the son of André the Giant "). In early 1999, he left WCW to join the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Between WWF/WWE and WCW, he has held 23 total championships - including being a seven-ti...

  Óscar Gutiérrez (born December 11, 1974), better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio , is a Mexican-American professional wrestler . He is currently signed to WWE , where he performs on the SmackDown brand . Mysterio is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. The nephew of Rey Misterio Sr. , Mysterio began his professional wrestling career in 1989, at age 14, on the independent circuit , before signing with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992. After a brief period performing for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Mysterio departed to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996. In WCW, Mysterio helped popularize lucha libre in the United States, which led to the rise of cruiserweight wrestling divisions, while he also won the WCW Cruiserweight Championship five times and the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times. He then wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and joined World Wrestling Entertainment...

  Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-born American professional wrestler . He is currently signed to WWE , where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Kofi Kingston . After graduating from Boston College , he decided to pursue a professional wrestling career, and began performing on the New England independent circuit as a Jamaican wrestler by the name of Kofi Nahaje Kingston . [4] After signing a developmental deal with WWE in 2006, he shortened his ring name to Kofi Kingston. He debuted in WWE in 2008 using the same Jamaican character as he did on the independent circuit. In late 2009, he stopped being billed from Jamaica and dropped the accent, although he kept his ring name. He then started being billed from his home country of Ghana . From 2008 to 2013, Kingston became a four-time Intercontinental Champion , a three-time United States Champion , and a one-time World Tag Team Champion with CM Punk . In 2014, he forme...

  Michael Gregory Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler , actor, and television personality . He is currently signed to WWE , where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name The Miz . Mizanin first gained fame as a reality television participant, appearing on The Real World: Back to New York in 2001 and its spin-off , Real World/Road Rules Challenge , from 2002 to 2005. He won Battle of the Seasons and The Inferno II . He reached the final of Battle of the Network Reality Stars , and won a Reality Stars-themed episode of Fear Factor in 2006. After finishing as runner-up in the fourth season of Tough Enough and subsequently launching his wrestling career, Mizanin appeared on Diva Search , Total Divas , Tough Enough , and hosted several seasons of The Challenge . He also stars in the reality television series Miz & Mrs. alongside his wife, Maryse Ouellet , and has starred in films produced by WWE Studios , namely The Marine franchise...

  Nicholas Theodore Nemeth (born July 27, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and stand-up comedian. He is currently signed to WWE under the ring name Dolph Ziggler , [3] where he performs on the Raw brand. After a prolific career in amateur wrestling , where he established several school records for Kent State University , Nemeth signed a developmental contract with WWE in 2004 and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he wrestled under his real name. He was promoted to WWE's Raw brand shortly afterwards in 2005, playing the caddie sidekick to Kerwin White . He was sent back to OVW shortly afterwards, being given the name Nicky and joining the cheerleading-themed Spirit Squad , who debuted on RAW in January 2006 and won the World Tag Team Championship once before returning to OVW that November. In September 2007, Nemeth was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice, with Brad Allen and l...

  Stephen Farrelly (born 28 January 1978) is an Irish professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to WWE , where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sheamus . He is also the leader of The Brawling Brutes stable. Prior to joining WWE, he wrestled on the European independent circuit . After becoming part of WWE's main roster in 2009, he went on to become a four-time world champion , having held the WWE Championship [Note 1] three times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once . [11] He is the first Irish world champion in WWE history, and is also a three-time United States Champion and a five-time tag team champion ( four Raw and one SmackDown ) with his tag team partner Cesaro . In addition to these championships, he also won the 2010 King of the Ring tournament , the 2012 Royal Rumble match , and the 2015 Money in the Bank ladder match , making him the second wrestler (after Edge ) to achieve all three accomplishments. πηγη

  Dustin Patrick Runnels [2] (born April 11, 1969) is an American professional wrestler . He is currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Dustin Rhodes . He is best known for his multiple tenures with WWE from 1995 to 2018 under ring name Goldust . A second generation wrestler, he is the son of WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes and the half-brother of Cody Rhodes . He is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Between WWF/WWE and WCW, Runnels has won 23 total championships . In WCW, he was a two-time United States Heavyweight Champion , [3] a one-time Six-Man Tag Team Champion , [4] and a two-time World Tag Team Champion . [5] [6] In WWF/WWE, he is a three-time Intercontinental Champion , [7] nine-time Hardcore Champion , [8] one-time World Tag Team Champion , and two-time WWE Tag Team Champion . [9] Runnels has also appeared in the fourth most Ro...

  Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodes [10] [11] ( né Runnels ; born June 30, 1985) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to WWE . [12] He is also known for his time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he served as an executive vice president and was the inaugural and record-tying three-time AEW TNT Champion . Rhodes rose to prominence during his first tenure with WWE from 2006 to 2016, where he performed under his real name, as well as under the gimmick and ring name Stardust , an overly deep, dramatic, and sparkling spin-off gimmick of his half-brother's Goldust character. Rhodes has also wrestled for various other notable promotions, including Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Ring of Honor (ROH), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Outside of wrestling, he served as a judge on the competition series Go-Big Show , and starred with his wife Brandi Rhodes on the reality show Rhodes to the Top . Rhodes is the son of wrestler Dusty Rhodes ...

  Colby Daniel Lopez (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler . He is currently signed to WWE , where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Seth "Freakin" Rollins or simply Seth Rollins . He is credited for his in-ring ability and aptness of reinventing his on-screen character. [6] Prior to signing with WWE, Lopez wrestled under the ring name Tyler Black for Ring of Honor (ROH) and was part of the Age of the Fall stable with Jimmy Jacobs . During his time in ROH he held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice with Jacobs, and won the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament. Lopez also wrestled for various independent promotions including Full Impact Pro , where he was a one-time FIP World Heavyweight Champion , as well as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla , where he was a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion , also with Jacobs. Lopez signed with WWE in 2010 and was sent to its developmental territory Florida ...

  Leati Joseph " Joe " Anoaʻi ( Samoan pronunciation:  [a.noˈaʔ.i] ah-no- AH ee ; born May 25, 1985), better known by the ring name Roman Reigns , is an American professional wrestler and former American football player. He is currently signed to WWE on the SmackDown brand , where he is the current and longest-reigning WWE Universal Champion in his second reign and the current WWE Champion in his fourth reign . Considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, [8] [9] his current championship reigns make him WWE's undisputed world champion , referred to within the company as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion . He is the leader of The Bloodline stable and is a member of wrestling's renowned Anoaʻi family . [4] After playing college football for Georgia Tech , Anoaʻi started his professional football career with brief off-season stints with the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) in 2007. He then playe...

David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) [10] is an American actor and retired professional wrestler . He had several stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. In his acting career, he is most widely known for his portrayal of Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999, and in 2000 signed with the then- World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002). From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista and became a six-time world champion by winning the World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice. His first reign with the World Heavyweight Championship is the longest reign for that title at 282 days. He has also held the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair and once with John Cena ) and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio ). He was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and went on to ...

  Brock Edward Lesnar [12] [13] ( / ˈ l ɛ z n ər / LEHZ -nur ; born July 12, 1977) [14] is an American-Canadian professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist , amateur wrestler , and professional American football player. He is currently signed to WWE . Often regarded as one of the most prolific athletes in the world, Lesnar is the only person to have won all of the primary heavyweight championships in WWE, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), [15] and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). [16] Lesnar competed in collegiate wrestling for the University of Minnesota , winning the NCAA Division I national championship in 2000. He soon signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002), rising to industry prominence in 2002 by winning the WWE Championship at age 25, setting the record for the youngest performer to win the championship. In 2004, Lesnar departed WWE to join the Minnesota Vikin...

  Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965), better known by the ring name The Undertaker , is an American retired professional wrestler . Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, [11] Calaway spent the vast majority of his career wrestling for WWF/E , and is best known for his critically acclaimed "Deadman" Undertaker gimmick , for which he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022. [12] Calaway began his career in 1987, working under various gimmicks for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and other affiliate promotions. He signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1989 for a brief stint, and then he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, turned WWE) in 1990. Calaway was rebranded as "The Undertaker" once joining the WWF. As one of WWE's most high-profile and enduring characters, [13] [14] The Undertaker is famed for his undead , funereal , macabre "Deadman" persona, which gained sig...