Al Snow - Once known as a crazy lunatic who carried around a mannequin head (dubbed "HEAD") to give him orders, Snow has calmed down considerably since then. He's well-known as a practical joker and the "Clown Prince of Hardcore," and is often the butt of many jokes by Mick Foley. He can most often be seen these days as a color commentator on Sunday Night Heat and as a trainer on the reality show Tough Enough.
Finisher: Snow Plow
Quote: "What did I do to deserve this?"
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WWF European Championship

Albert - Originally known as "Prince Albert," he was most well-known for his amazingly thick body hair and his numerous piercings. Soon, however, he dropped the "prince," started wearing a shirt, and became part of a powerful tag team called T&A with Test. Albert soon turned against Test, however, and joined forces with X-Pac and Justin Credible to form a stable called X-Factor. Justin later left the group, and Albert now does his own thing, hanging out with Scotty 2 Hotty, who has dubbed him the "hip hop hippo."
Finisher: Baldo Bomb
Quote: "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!"
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship

Big Show - By far the biggest man in the industry, the 7'2", 450-pound Big Show (billed at 500 lbs.) came to the WWF with a lot of promise and potential, but he squandered it and wasted it. He did enjoy a brief reign as WWF Champion, but the fans weren't behind him. He also briefly dropped his badass persona for a more "entertaining" gimmick, but he dropped that as well after returning from an injury. His size makes it so he can't move real quick, leading to some dubbing him "the Big Slow." Make no mistake, he is to be feared.
Finisher: Chokeslam
Quote: "It's definitely gonna be Show-time!"
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WCW World Championship (as "The Giant"), WCW Tag Team Championship (as "The Giant")

Billy Gunn - Often called one of the best athletes in the WWF, Gunn isn't one of the biggest names in the industry right now, however. He's been shunted from one gimmick to another (from part of the Smokin' Gunns, to "Rockabilly," to "Mr. Ass," to "The One" Billy Gunn) and no amount of singles glory seems to spark any interest. He was a King of the Ring, but failed to use it to propel himself to stardom. This led to his current "bitter" persona, and his teaming with another WWF underacheiver, Big Show. The two parted ways fairly soon after, but Gunn found a new partner in fired WCW employee Chuck Palumbo.
Finishers: Fameasser / The One-and-Only
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF Hardcore Champion, 1999 King of the Ring

Billy Kidman - Kidman made himself popular in the "old" WCW in the Cruiserweight Division, and upon his debut during the WCW Invasion, he quickly became one of the few faces in the organization. In fact, in his first match on WWF TV, Kidman recaptured the Cruiserweight Championship. He entered into a brief feud with X-Pac until he injured his leg. After returning from injury, Kidman immediately regained his lost title, only to lose it to Tajiri. He, like virtually everyone else in the Alliance, lost his job when it was put out of business.
Finisher: Shooting Star Press
Titles held: WCW Cruiserweight Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship

Booker T - Booker T was one of the few popular people on WCW TV before the "old" WCW went out of business. On WCW's last Nitro broadcast, Booker T even won the WCW Championship. He dealt some of the first blows of the WCW Invasion, attacking WWF Champion Stone Cold during the King of the Ring PPV, and Scissors Kicking Vince McMahon at the end of the next Raw broadcast. Soon however, he got into a heel role, becoming arrogant and egotistical, entering into a feud with the returning Rock. Booker T fancies himself the real Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment, and will do anything he can to prove it. He is the master of the "dreaded" spin-a-roonie. Although WCW and the Alliance have been put out of business, Booker T has turned up again, feuding with former Alliance leader Stone Cold Steve Austin and palling around with Vince McMahon, eventually getting a contract with the WWF.
Finishers: Scissors Kick / Book End
Quote: "Now can you dig that, sucka?!"
Titles held: WCW World Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW Television Championship
Major Accolades: Unified WCW World/U.S. Championship, WCW Grand Slam Championship

Bossman - A WWF mainstay for many years, he played the mean-spirited authority figure in his early years, and later a mean-spirited henchman for the authority figure in his later years. His gimmick is that of a former corrections officer (aka an ex-prison guard/cop) who likes to beat up people. Thus, the fans absolutely hate him. He recently turned up again, acting as a bodyguard for Booker T.
Finisher: Bossman Slam
Titles held: WWF Hardcore Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship

Bradshaw - This beer-swillin', fist-swingin' Texan is slowly becoming a fan favorite, as part of the APA. His first major gimmick came as one of the Acolytes of the evil Ministry, along with his partner (and current drinking buddy) Faarooq. After the Ministry disbanded, they kicked around the tag-team scene for a while before founding the Acolyte Protection Agency (APA) to keep themselves in beer money. For a nominal fee ("and... BEER!"), the APA would either keep your ass from getting kicked, or they would kick someone's ass for you. This has fast endeared Bradshaw to the fans, as he can quite easily kick another man's ass.
Finisher: Clothesline from Hell
Quote: "It's time to get medieval on somebody's ass!"
Titles held: WWF European Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship

Bubba Ray Dudley - Back in their old ECW days, Bubba Ray Dudley, along with half-brother and tag-team partner D-Von Dudley, was one of the biggest heels on the scene, infamous for verbally ripping the crowd a new asshole. He and D-Von captured the ECW Tag Team titles a record eight times before coming to the WWF. He was a heel early on, known for getting a perverse thrill out of putting people (especially women) through tables. Gradually, however, the fans got behind the Dudleys, and they became fan favorites. When his pint-sized half-brother Spike showed up, he looked out for his interests... until Spike started to date Molly Holly, which didn't sit well with Bubba. He and D-Von turned heel again, and rejoined ECW as part of the Alliance, where they continue to be a dominant force on the tag-team scene. After the Alliance was put out of business, the Dudleys, having secured their place as undisputed tag team champs, were welcomed back to the WWF, though they continue to be despicable heels.
Finisher: Dudley Death Drop
Quote: "D-Von, get the tables!"
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship
Major Accolades: Tag Team Triple Crown Championship, Undisputed WWF/WCW Tag Team Championship

Bull Buchanan - This Georgian made a quiet debut as a partner to the evil Bossman, a fellow ex-corrections officer. Buchanan soon made himself known for his large size, but incredible agility. Soon, however, Buchanan and Bossman parted ways, and Buchanan found a new home as the enforcer of Steven Richards' Right to Censor brigade. RTC eventually fell apart, after a long series of losses and internal friction, and Buchanan was briefly spotted in vignettes during the WCW Invasion, as a stalwart WWF trooper. He is currently awaiting re-packaging with a new gimmick while wrestling in OVW.
Finisher: Bicycle kick
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship

Chavo Guerrero, Jr. - Nephew to former WWF superstar Eddie Guerrero, Chavo enjoyed some fame as part of Misfits in Action in WCW before it went out of business. During the Alliance's reign in the WWF, he was a second-tier wrestler, working Heat and Jakked. He teamed briefly with Hugh Morrus before he was fired by Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley for going to Vince McMahon and asking for a job. While he awaits a new storyline angle, he is helping train the wannabes of Tough Enough 2.
Finisher: Brainbuster
Titles held: WCW Cruiserweight Championship

Chris Benoit - One of the better-known stars of the past year, Benoit jumped ship from WCW to the WWF as part of the Radicalz, and was the first to make himself a champion when he captured the Intercontinental Championship. Much of that first year, Benoit was caught in an off-again/on-again feud with Chris Jericho, and was a cold-hearted heel, living up to his nickname, the Crippler. His ferocity in the ring soon earned him the moniker the "Rabid Wolverine." He was also the only Radical to achieve main-event status, with two main-event PPV matches against The Rock. He is a killer with submissions, and is the undisputed Master of the German Suplex, having once delivered ten consecutive German Suplexes to Stone Cold. The fans slowly warmed up to him, and a feud with Kurt Angle launched his facedom. From that feud, Benoit soon teamed up with Jericho and earned himself Tag Team gold, and even had a main-event PPV match with Stone Cold before a neck injury forced him to step out for surgery. In fact, in the course of one week, Benoit had seven major matches: a 2-of-3 Falls Medals Match against Kurt Angle (pinfall, submission, ladder), and two Tag Team Turmoil matches with Chris Jericho against X-Factor and Edge & Christian on Sunday, a Tag Team Championship Match with Jericho against Stone Cold & Triple H on Monday, and a TLC Tag Team Championship Match with Jericho against the Hardys, Dudleys, and Edge & Christian on Tuesday. Benoit has had his surgery, and is slated to return in February 2002.
Finishers: Crippler Crossface / Swandive Headbutt
Quote: "I'm the best damn technical wrestler in the history of the WWF! Prove me wrong!"
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW World Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, WCW Television Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship
Major Accolades: Tag Team Triple Crown Championship, WCW Grand Slam Championship

Chris Jericho - Jericho came to the WWF as "Y2J," intended to be a pretty-boy heel who wanted to save the WWF from the "boredom" that crippled it, but the fans reacted so positively to his promos that he became a de-facto face. Jericho is a well-liked superstar, though many fans believe he's being held back and not pushed into the main-event tier like he should be. Jericho has had memorable feuds with many superstars, including Chris Benoit and Triple H. One of his longest-running feuds, however, has been with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. Jericho takes great joy in humilating and insulting Stephanie (whom Jericho calls the queen of the filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom-feeding trashbag hos), and never misses a chance. Most recently, he finally overcame his inability to win the "big one," by defeating The Rock to win the WCW title. Losing the title to The Rock again, however, drove Jericho over the edge, and he turned his back on the fans, focusing all his energy on his matches, not entertainment, and at Vengeance 2001, he cemented his place in history by becoming the undisputed World Champion.
Finishers: Walls of Jericho / Lionsault / Breakdown
Quote: "I am the new living legend of the WWF because I am larger than LIFE!"
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF European Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WCW World Championship, WCW Cruiserweight Championship, WCW Television Championship, ECW Television Championship
Major Accolades: WWF Grand Slam Championship, Undisputed WWF/WCW World Championship

Chris Kanyon - Kanyon got a slow start during the WCW Invasion, being just another face in the crowd, even in the InVasion PPV, where he was buried in a six-man tag. From that match, however, Kanyon launched his new gimmick, as a self-centered, goofy heel who thinks he's better than everyone, as evidenced by his catchphrase: "Who betta than Kanyon?" He got himself new gold when Booker T handed the U.S. Championship over to him, though Kanyon has yet to defend it with any regularity. He is currently coming off a tag-team partnership with DDP. He, like the rest of the Alliance, lost his job when it went out of business.
Finisher: I'm-Better-Than-You
Quote: "Who betta than Kanyon?"
Titles held: WCW U.S. Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship

Christian - Christian came to the WWF as part of the silent and dark Brood, along with his brother Edge and the vampiric Gangrel, but no one thought much of him until he and Edge fought a memorable Ladder Match against the Hardy Boyz in fall 1999. This led to their rise through the tag-team scene, culminating in their first Tag Team Championship reign at Wrestlemania 2000. This sparked the big change in their gimmick, from silent and mysterious lurkers to egotistical and big-mouthed prima donnas. The gimmick worked great, since E&C treated the fans to funny "five-second poses" and invented words (like heinosity and ramipercussions). During the course of one year, from one Wrestlemania to the next, E&C would become the single greatest tag-team in WWF history, holding the titles a record seven times. The two then started to seek singles fame, by way of the King of the Ring tournament, during which a break-up of the team was teased. Finally, the jealousy and bitterness of his lack of success and his brother's rise made Christian snap. In September 2001, right in front of their hometown, Christian came to the ring to fend off chair-weilding heel Lance Storm by bringing a chair of his own. Christian embraced his brother, handed him his King of the Ring trophy, then clobbered him with the chair, mockingly kissed the trophy and dropped it on Edge's ribs, screamed at his brother, then braced Edge face-down on one chair before delivering a one-man conchairto to his fallen brother. The team is no more, and Christian teamed with the Alliance until its demise, whereupon, as "Champion of Europe", he was brought back to the WWF.
Finisher: Unprettier
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF European Championship, WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship

Chuck Palumbo - Palumbo is one of the few tag-team competitors in WCW, partnering with Sean O'Haire. Palumbo has had little screen time outside of matches, thus making it hard to really apply a gimmick to him. He's a big man, and so uses big man moves, and seems quite capable of holding his own. When O'Haire was sent to OVW for seasoning, Palumbo floundered on his own, and prior to the Alliance's demise, he was fired for questioning the actions of Alliance owners Shane & Stephanie McMahon. Palumbo was taken under the wing of WWF superstar Billy Gunn, and has formed a tag team with him.
Finisher: Jungle Kick
Titles held: WCW Tag Team Championship

Crash - Crash came to the WWF as the pint-sized cousin of Bob "Hardcore" Holly, who suffered from the same delusion that he was 6'6" and over 400 lbs. When Holly was sidelined due to injury, Crash entered the Hardcore Division, where he soon captured the Championship and announced he would defend it anytime, anywhere, 24/7. This led to a series of attacks in the bizzarest of places, from the hotels to the airports to a Funtime center. And Crash always managed to either keep his title or win it back and escape, earning him the moniker of the "Houdini of Hardcore." Soon enough, however, Crash would lose the title to Steve Blackman and kick around the singles scene, until Crash managed to win the Light-Heavyweight Championship (so much for 400 lbs., eh?), which he soon lost to Jerry Lynn and never saw again. Crash has become another jobber-to-the-stars.
Finisher: Crash Course
Titles held: WWF European Championship, WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship

D'Lo Brown - Many feel D'Lo is one of the most underrated wrestlers in the WWF. He proved his own in many divisions, held multiple titles, but the fans could not seem to get into him. One of the things which may have worked against D'Lo is the fact that he paralyzed Droz with a botched powerbomb. D'Lo was given another small push when he teamed with training partner Chaz and formed a team called Lo Down, but the team's gimmick was ruined when they enlisted the managerial services of Tiger Ali-Singh, who put them in turbans and Hindi-themed attire. D'Lo was last seen working the WWF's developmental territory in Puerto Rico.
Finishers: `Lo Down / Sky Hi
Quote: "You'd better recognize!"
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF European Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship

D-Von Dudley - Along with his half-brother Bubba Ray, D-Von has been a major player in the WWF tag-team scene for the past year and a half. D-Von is known for his stiff in-ring style and his penchant for asking his half-brother to "Testify!" He became a fan-favorite along with Bubba Ray as the fans started to warm up to the eight-time ECW Tag Team Champions, and his and Bubba's famous Wassap Drop always got the fans screaming. He enjoys putting people through tables almost as much as Bubba, though D-Von doesn't get off on it like Bubba. He turned heel along with Bubba when they turned against their little half-brother Spike when Spike linked up with Molly Holly, and then D-Von joined Bubba in the new ECW as part of the Alliance. When the Alliance met its demise, he and Bubba were brought back to the WWF, since they were its tag team champions.
Finisher: Dudley Death Drop
Quote: "Oh, my brother, testify!"
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship
Major Accolades: Tag Team Triple Crown Championship, Undisputed WWF/WCW Tag Team Championship

Dean Malenko - Malenko came to the WWF from WCW as one of the Radicalz, and he's been paid little attention to in recent months. Malenko was the second one of the group to earn himself singles gold when he defeated Essa Rios for the Light-Heavyweight Championship, a title which he held for over a year before he lost it to Crash. Malenko developed a gimmick for himself as a ladies' man, complete with James Bond-like entrance music. Malenko lusted after Lita for a while, but soon got the idea that she didn't like him. Recently, Malenko announced at the Brian Pillman Memorial event that he may have wrestled his last match. What Malenko is going to do is still unknown, however, but he currently works as a WWF road agent.
Finisher: Texas Cloverleaf
Titles held: WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, WCW Cruiserweight Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, ECW Television Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship

Diamond Dallas Page - During the early stages of the WCW Invasion, DDP became the only heel in the organization when it was revealed that he was the stalker of the Undertaker's wife, Sara. He managed to keep himself hated and up-front in people's minds after WCW suffered a company-wide heel turn by interfering in Undertaker and Kane's matches, despite the fact that he always got his ass kicked in some form or another shortly thereafter. Soon, DDP had to work through a knee injury, and so was buried in a tag-team partnership with Chris Kanyon, losing badly in a cage match against Undertaker & Kane, and then getting defeated in a match against Sara (though she had help from `Taker). DDP came off as an absolute sicko, not only stalking Sara, but even building a shrine to her. DDP has returned with a creepy new gimmick, that of an always-smiling "motivational speaker"-type character, Positively Page. He lost his job when the Alliance went out of business.
Finisher: Diamond Cutter
Quote: "That's not a bad thing, that's a good thing!"
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW World Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, WCW Television Championship
Major Accolades: WCW Grand Slam Championship

Edge - Edge got his start in the WWF as a mysterious and lurking man, saying very little, entering for his matches through the audience. He was originally a singles' wrestler, but later partnered with his brother Christian, and soon became a major force in the tag-team division after a memorable Ladder Match against the Hardy Boyz. E&C captured their first Tag Team Championship at Wrestlemania 2000, and along with the Hardys and Dudleys, dominated the tag team scene for the next year. Finally, at Wrestlemania X-Seven, E&C broke the record and became record-holding, seven-time Tag Team Champions. They later lost the titles yet again, launching their singles careers. E&C suffered a great deal of friction within the team as they both competed for the King of the Ring tournament, which Edge won after defeating Kurt Angle in the finals. Since then, Edge has continued partnering with Christian, who doesn't seem quite comfortable with his brother's fame, and even captured the Intercontinental title for himself. Most recently, however, the highly successful team of Edge & Christian broke up, as Christian, consumed with jealousy and bitterness, turned on him, laying him out with a vile one-man conchairto.
Finisher: Edgecution DDT
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, 2001 King of the Ring
Major Accolades: Unified WWF Intercontinental/WCW U.S. Championship

Faarooq - This big, brawny, brawling Texas beer-drinker first got fame as the leader of the Nation of Domination, which he headed until The Rock overshadowed him and ousted him. Faarooq then came back as an Acolyte of the evil Ministry, partnered with Bradshaw. When the Ministry broke up, the Acolytes formed the Acolyte Protection Agency (APA), so as to keep themselves in beer money. For a nominal fee (or beer), the APA would keep your ass from getting kicked, or they'd kick someone's ass for you! When the WCW Invasion began, Faarooq was spotted alongside Bradshaw as a very pro-WWF leader, often leading out the locker room to chase off WCWers. Unbeknowest to most casual fans, Faarooq used to wrestle for WCW, under his real name, Ron Simmons, and even held the WCW Championship.
Finishers: Dominator / Spinebuster Slam
Quote: "Damn!"
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW World Championship (as "Ron Simmons")

Funaki - This small Japanese fellow is a member of Kaientai. He has been seen in the Hardcore Division a few times, but he has largely been a jobber-to-the-stars. Kaientai then began a hilarious new gimmick, in which their lack of skills in the English language was overcome -- by way of Kung Fu-esque dubbing. Taka Michinoku does most of the talking, while Funaki punctuates with the occasional, "InDEED!"
Quote: "InDEED!"
Titles held: WWF Hardcore Championship

The Goodfather - The Goodfather was originally known as the Godfather, a pimp who was always accompanied by several fine-looking women, his "hos." His pre-match spiel, while constant, was a fan-favorite. ("It's time, once again, for everybody to come aboard the Ho Train! Now I want everybody to roll a fatty for this pimp daddy, light that mother up and say it out loud -- pimpin' ain't easy!") Soon, however, Godfather ran afoul of the Right to Censor, who forced Godfather to fight a match: if he won, then RTC could never bother him again, but if he lost, he would have to give up the pimping life. Godfather lost, only to return a week later... as the Goodfather, a full-fledged member of RTC. RTC eventually broke up amongst in-fighting, but Goodfather could be seen backstage during the WCW Invasion as a stalwart pro-WWF wrestler. He is currently awaiting re-packaging with a new gimmick.
Finisher: Ex-Pimp Drop
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship

Haku - Haku was part of the WWF in the `80s and early 90s before leaving for WCW, where he wrestled sometimes as Meng, even being the last WCW Hardcore Champion before he left for the WWF again. (WCW then simply "retired" the belt.) Haku linked up immediately with Rikishi and went after Undertaker & Kane, but when Rikishi was sidelined due to injury, Haku simply disappeared again to dark matches and Jakked/Metal tapings. Haku's gimmick was that of a crazy-haired Tongan wildman, possessing little skills with English and a very hard head. (Haku once no-sold a chairshot directly to the head.) Most recently, he's been seen in the WCW Invasion as a pro-WWF supporter.
Finisher: Tongan Death Grip
Quote: "Eeeeeyah!"
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW Hardcore Championship (as "Meng")

Hardcore Holly - Bob Holly first got a name for himself as a somewhat delusional "Big Shot," believing himself to be 6'6" and well over 400 lbs. He would challenge anybody and everybody to a match, regardless of how good a chance he stood. He soon fell out of singles competition when he brought in his cousin Crash to be a tag-team partner. Holly and Crash eventually parted ways again, and Holly fought in the Hardcore and Intercontinental Divisions for a while. Then, in a match with Kurt Angle, Holly's arm was broken in a botched moonsault and he was sidelined for a couple months. When he returned, he entered into a brief feud with William Regal before fading away for a while. Holly returned again to become an ardently pro-WWF supporter in the WCW Invasion, but he has been relegated to matches on Sunday Night Heat. He is currently out rehabbing his arm, which had a plate removed. While he works on this, he is training the wannabes of Tough Enough 2.
Finisher: Alabama Slam
Quote: "How d'ya like me now?"
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship

Hugh Morrus - Hugh Morrus wrestled for a while in WCW as General Hugh G. Rection, leader of the Misfits in Action. Eventually, M.I.A. broke up and Hugh went to wrestle as the "Laughing Man" Hugh Morrus (Hugh-morrus, humorous, get it?), being somewhat popular. He was the second WCWer to make a run-in, delivering his trademark No Laughing Matter moonsault to Edge in the midst of a match. Since then, he's wrestled very little, being buried in a six-man tag at the InVasion PPV, and being squashed in what few matches he's had. Shortly before the Alliance went out of business, he was fired for daring to ask Vince McMahon for a job.
Finisher: No Laughing Matter
Titles held: WCW U.S. Championship (as "General Hugh G. Rection")

The Hurricane - Shane Helms was known better in the "old" WCW's Cruiserweight Division, holding the Cruiserweight title when the "old" WCW went out of business. In his first match on WWF TV, however, Helms lost that title to fan-favored Billy Kidman. What really hurt Helms, however, was two inexplicable changes in his gimmick, first by redubbing him Gregory Helms (probably out of deference to WCW owner Shane McMahon), then as Hurricane Helms. Helms isn't a killer on the mike (he opens his mouth and hick falls out), and the recent trend he's had for talking about his favorite superhero, Green Lantern (he's even got a GL tattoo on his shoulder), hasn't helped any. This has even segued into his dressing up as a superhero and posing as one. Gradually, the deluded so-called superhero grew popular with the fans. Most recently, he lost his job when the Alliance was put out of business; however, WWF co-owner Ric Flair rehired The Hurricane, since there was a lack of "superheroes" in the WWF.
Finisher: Eye of the Hurricane
Quote: "Stand back! There's a Hurricane comin' through!"
Titles held: WCW Cruiserweight Championship, WWF European Champion

Ivory - Ivory was a fairly dominant force in the WWF Women's Division for a while, but the gimmick which got her back in the public eye as a hated heel was as the sole female member of Right to Censor. She was the group's main mouthpiece behind leader Steven Richards, and was quite vocal in her objections to Chyna's nude pictorial in Playboy magazine. She won the Women's title off of Lita, and was instrumental in the neck injury that sidelined Chyna for a couple months. Finally, at Wrestlemania X-Seven, Chyna got her revenge on Ivory, taking the title off of her, and soon Ivory fell out of public view as RTC fractured. She recently resurfaced, having defected to the WCW/ECW Alliance, where she serves as a mentor, of sorts, to WCW Divas Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson. Currently, while the Alliance has been put out of business, she is a trainer on Tough Enough 2.
Finisher: DDT
Titles held: WWF Women's Champion

Jacqueline - Jackie was a somewhat major force in the Women's Division for a while before she faded into obscurity. She regained some attention when she started to accompany fellow Texans the APA to the ring for matches, and regained more as a trainer on the WWF reality show Tough Enough.
Finisher: Tornado DDT
Titles held: WWF Women's Championship

Jazz - Originally hailing from ECW, Jazz is widely considered to be one of the best women wrestlers around. Indeed, in ECW, she was not afraid to mix it up with the guys. After ECW went out of business, Jazz mostly worked the independents, until she was brought into the Alliance for one night only, fighting as part of a six-pack challenge for the WWF Women's Championship. Jazz lost the match, and the Alliance went out of business that very night. Then, however, she signed with the WWF and made her presence known by attacking both Women's Champion Trish Stratus and Mighty Molly. Jazz is very serious, and not to be underestimated.
Finisher: Fisherman's DDT

Jeff Hardy - The more daring of the Hardy Boyz, Jeff is known for his... unique ring attire (basically whatever shirt he feels like wearing, some cut-up pantyhose as gloves) and his multi-colored hair. Many have likened him to Shawn Michaels... in that he's going to end his career before he turns 30 due to the daredevil antics he performs. Jeff apparently has no regard for his own safety, especially when performing his trademark Swanton Bomb, a flipping senton onto his opponent from on high. Chicks dig him, though, if the feminine squeals that emanate from the audience when he removes his shirt are any indication. Recently, his passion for the high-flying spot has led to the breakup of the Hardys, since some missed Swanton Bombs have cost the Hardys several matches.
Finisher: Swanton Bomb
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship

Jerry Lawler - "The King" has returned to the WWF at last! The WWF's main color commentator for several years, Lawler is known for his exuberance and heelish remarks. He especially has a preference for "puppies" (aka women's breasts). He was married in real life to WWF diva Stacy "The Kat" Carter, but when she was inexplicably fired from the WWF, he walked out in protest. His position was filled by Paul Heyman and Tazz, but when the Alliance was put out of business, Lawler was brought back to rejoin his comrade Jim Ross.
Finisher: Piledriver
Quote: "I love puppies!"

Jerry Lynn - Another little-known wrestler in the WWF, Lynn got his start in ECW in a memorable feud with Rob Van Dam over the ECW Television title. Lynn was picked up by the WWF, and in his very first WWF match, Lynn defeated Crash for the Light-Heavyweight Championship. Unfortunately, the fans failed to get behind Lynn at all (as face or heel), and he soon lost the title to Jeff Hardy. Since then, he's been spotted occasionally amidst the pro-WWF supporters during the WCW Invasion, and in a Hardcore title match against Rob Van Dam.
Finisher: Spinning DDT
Titles held: WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship, ECW World Championship

Jim Ross - Good ol' J.R. is most often seen on WWF TV as the play-by-play commentator on Raw and during PPVs. Ross' actual job is Vice President of Talent Relations, meaning he helps hire wrestlers and such. He also writes a weekly column on WWF.com in which he issues injury reports and his thoughts on WWF prospective talents and storylines. If you're wondering why his face seems frozen, it's because he has Bell's palsy, and it's paralyzed part of his face. It doesn't stop him from doing a great job at the commentators' table.
Quote: "Good God Almighty!"

Justin Credible - Justin was briefly in the WWF before he made a name for himself in ECW... but Justin's early WWF gimmick was "Aldo Montoya, Man-of-War," and wore a mask that looked more like a yellow jockstrap than anything else. In ECW, Justin was a hated heel, egotistical and proud of it. He eventually jumped ship to the WWF, where he linked up with former Clique friend X-Pac to form X-Factor, but Justin soon fell out of favor with the group when both X-Pac and Albert earned themselves singles gold. Justin parted ways and rejoined ECW as part of the Alliance, where he's mostly been seen backstage. He lost his job when the Alliance went out of business.
Finisher: Superkick
Quote: "That's not just good, that's not just great, that, my friends, is just incredible."
Titles held: ECW World Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship

Kane - The seven-foot monster is the half-brother of the Undertaker, horribly burned in a fire that killed his mother and left his face hideously scarred, hence the mask. Kane was brought to the WWF by Paul Bearer, erstwhile manager of `Taker (and father to Kane!), in order to exact his revenge. Kane and Taker have had many feuds and partnerships. He originally exhibited little emotion and never spoke except with the aid of a speech box, but after becoming friends and partners with X-Pac and forming a romance with Tori, Kane began to come out of his shell, only to be burned, emotionally, by the betrayal of first X-Pac, then Tori. This led to Kane's eventual realization of his own monstrousness, leading to his most recent feud with Taker. The two then joined forces again to become a dominant force on the tag-team scene, and Kane can now hold a full-length conversation, though he still speaks little.
Finisher: Chokeslam
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship
Major Accolades: Unified WWF/WCW Tag Team Championship, WWF Triple Crown Championship

Kurt Angle - You may have seen Angle on TV before he came to the WWF, since he won the gold medal in the 1996 Olympics for freestyle wrestling. Debuting in November 1999, Angle enjoyed an undefeated streak that lasted until January 2000, then made a meteoric rise in the WWF, first becoming a "Euro-Continental" Champion by capturing both European and Intercontinental gold, then won the 2000 King of the Ring tournament. Finally, in October 2000, less than a year after he debuted, Angle won the WWF Championship, completing the single greatest rookie year in WWF history. Angle, as a wholesome, egotistical, and pro-American Olympian, was hated by the fans for being exactly those things, though his skill and talent were undeniable. Angle finally made a gradual turn to facedom as he recuperated from injury during July, through a series of vignettes with Stone Cold that allowed Angle to showcase his humorous side. Finally, when Stone Cold turned on the WWF and joined the WCW/ECW Alliance, Angle stepped forward to become the WWF's leader, and the fans wholeheartedly accepted him. Angle has shown a level of intensity and ferocity unmatched in recent weeks, and comes off as damn near unstoppable. Angle had the honor of ending the maniacal Stone Cold's WWF title reign at Unforgiven 2001, right in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Three weeks later, Angle was screwed out of the championship by turncoat William Regal and lost the title to Austin again, and a few weeks later, Angle shocked the world by defecting to join the Alliance prior to Survivor Series 2001, stating he wanted to be on the winning team. This turned out to be a ruse, however, as during the Winner Take All main event, Angle ran out and attacked Alliance leader Stone Cold Steve Austin, costing him the match and putting the Alliance out of business.
Finishers: Angleslam / Angle Lock
Quote: "It's true, it's damn true!"
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF European Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WCW World Championship, WCW U.S. Championship

Lance Storm - Storm, a major member of the WCW/ECW Alliance, has wrestled in both organizations. In ECW, Storm was a member of the Impact Players along with Justin Credible, and in WCW, he was given the gimmick of a very pro-Canadian heel, who demanded attention prior to his promos by saying, "I'd like to be serious for a minute." He'd demand people rise for the Canadian national anthem, formed a faction called Team Canada, and upon capturing three singles titles (at once), rechristened all of them along Canadian themes (the U.S. Heavyweight title to the Canadian Heavyweight title, the Hardcore title to the Saskatchewan Hardcore International title, and the Crusierweight title to the Canadian 100 kg-and-under title). The fans in the U.S. hated him even as the fans in Canada cheered him. He was the first WCWer to make a run-in during a WWF match, Superkicking Perry Saturn. He later rejoined ECW, but remained part of the Alliance. He lost his job when the Alliance went out of business, and was forced to become a busboy at WWF New York. After pestering WWF co-owner Ric Flair for a job incessantly, Storm finally won a spot in the WWF by defeating The Rock in a match... admittedly, it was by count-out, but he still won.
Finishers: Maple Leaf / Superkick
Quote: "I'd like to be serious for a minute."
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, WCW Cruiserweight Championship, WCW Hardcore Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship
Major Accolades: Unified WCW U.S./Cruiserweight/Hardcore Championship

Linda McMahon - Linda is far from a wrestler: she's the CEO of the company. She doesn't appear on TV that often, and those appearances she does make showcase how little acting ability she really has. She's often worked counter to the wishes of her husband, Vince McMahon, foiling his plans and showing up just when necessary to ruin his plotting. Most recently, she's been involved in a "divorce" angle with Vince, stemming from December 2000, when a frustrated and angry Vince screamed at her for a divorce, giving her a nervous breakdown and sending her into catatonia, which Vince was only too happy to prolong by forcing her doctor to keep her drugged. This allowed Vince to fool around with Trish Stratus until he tired of her and humiliated her on national television. Trish then appeared to return to Vince in submission, but it was all a ruse devised by Trish and Linda to give Linda the opportunity to kick Vince where it counts -- not just in the gonads (which she did at Wrestlemania X-Seven), but in the checkbook. Vince, who had halted the divorce proceedings when Linda went catatonic, was shocked when Linda demanded a divorce from him. When the WCW Invasion started, however, Linda gave Vince a breather by halting the proceedings so Vince could concentrate on stopping WCW. She hasn't been seen since then, but she could pop up at any time.

Lita - The lovely Lita is undoubtedly the most dominant female in the WWF Women's Division since Chyna left TV. First seen as a valet for Essa Rios, she was dumped by Rios and rescued by the Hardy Boyz. She and the Hardys became a fabulous combination, as their high-flying and extreme styles meshed perfectly. She got especially well-liked when she managed to wrest the WWF Women's title from the hands of Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, who had won the title under duplicitous means and refused to put it on the line. Lita broke a lot of amorous young men's hearts when she became the girlfriend of Matt Hardy, but she's still largely popular. She's become even more popular now that she's garnered sympathy from the fans when a jealous and bitter Matt Hardy (who was upset over his brother's continued daredevil antics and his team's lack of recent success) broke up with her.
Finisher: Moonsault
Titles held: WWF Women's Championship

Matt Hardy - The older of the two Hardy Boyz, Matt comes off as the leader of "Team Xtreme," and has had the more successful singles career, as he's held his title the longest. Matt lets his fighting do the talking, which is a good thing, since he's not exactly a wiz on the mike. Matt is recognizable by his dark hair and his usual ring attire, which is often a dark t-shirt and pants and cut-up pantyhose for gloves. Despite the fact that he broke a lot of young girls' hearts when he hooked up with Lita, he still gets those girlish squeals when he pulls his shirt off. Matt launched his singles career by winning the European Championship in late April, and held onto it until early September, when he lost it to WCWer The Hurricane. Most recently, however, Matt has become bitter and jealous, since his team has not been winning many matches, due in part to Jeff's constant need to go for the high spot. He broke up with Lita and his brother, going off on his own.
Finisher: Twist of Fate
Titles held: WWF European Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship

Mick Foley - One of the WWF's most beloved superstars, Foley gave blood, sweat, and tears for almost 10 years before he made it to the WWF, wrestling primarily as Cactus Jack until he made it. His first WWF gimmick was the deranged Mankind, a masked psychopath who lurked in the boiler room. The fans weren't really behind him for a while, though he sort of grew on them. Foley soon also got to wrestle as Dude Love, a `70s throwback, exactly as he'd fantasied as a teenager. And eventually, the psychotic and dangerous Cactus Jack made it to the WWF as well. Foley was known for his goofiness and especially for Mr. Socko, a sock puppet that he used in tandem with his finisher, the Mandible Claw, to incapacitate his opponents (either by paralysis or the smell). Foley is famous for being the first Hardcore Champion in the WWF. Foley got especially famous after an infamous Hell in a Cell match as Mankind against the Undertaker in June 1998. The match nearly killed Foley, as he took two major bumps off the top of the cell, the first through the Spanish announce table, and the second a chokeslam through the top of the cage to the mat below. Ironically, it would be a second Hell in a Cell match as Cactus Jack against Triple H that would end his career, as he lost the match and was forced to retire. Foley would return only four months later, however, as the WWF Commissioner, before he was fired by Vince McMahon in December 2000. Foley popped up from time to time, counted on to humiliate the heels and get huge ovations and cheap pops. More recently, when William Regal defected to the Alliance, Foley was hired by Linda McMahon to be the new commissioner once again! However, frustration with WWF brass over storylines and his role, Foley resigned rather than be fired by Vince when the Alliance went out of business.
Finishers: Mandible Claw / Double-arm DDT
Quote: "Have a nice day!"
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WWF Commissioner, WCW Tag Team Championship (as "Cactus Jack"), ECW Tag Team Championship (as "Cactus Jack")
Major Accolades: Tag Team Triple Crown Championship

Mike Awesome - Awesome got his start in ECW before eventually going to WCW, where he got saddled with one dumb gimmick after another, chief amongst them "That `70s Guy." He's a big man, and so uses big man moves, such as his finisher, the Awesome Bomb. He was the first WCWer to win himself a WWF title, attacking Hardcore Champion Rhyno backstage and forcing a ref to make the three-count. He eventually lost it to Jeff Hardy, and was then buried in tag-team matches, and hasn't seen much TV time since. He lost his job when the Alliance went out of business.
Finisher: Awesome Bomb
Titles held: WWF Hardcore Championship, ECW World Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship

Mighty Molly - This bubbly blond bombshell is the cousin to Bob "Hardcore" Holly and Crash. Crash brought her to the WWF in the midst of a feud he was having with T&A, which meant he often ran into Trish. Since Crash didn't believe in hitting a girl, he had Molly come to even the odds a bit. She apparently suffers from the Holly delusion as well (she once claimed she was "275 pounds, all muscle"). She grew to major attention when she became the girlfriend of Spike Dudley, a relationship which didn't sit well with either family. She and Spike don't care, however, and have parted ways with both of their families to be with each other, and even eschewed a membership in the WCW/ECW Alliance to stay together. Soon, however, superhero-delusional The Hurricane propositioned her as a sidekick, and after taking a shot to the head, Hurricane swept her away, and when she returned, she had donned pink and redubbed herself "Mighty Molly." She returned to the WWF with The Hurricane when he was hired by Ric Flair.
Finisher: Molly-Go-Round
Quote: "Holy sidekicks!"

Paul E. Heyman - Heyman was the owner of the "old" ECW... or as much of an owner as anybody was. His company went out of business, and he came to the WWF as color commentator on Raw is War and PPVs when Jerry Lawler left the company. Heyman is known as the "Mad Scientist of Sports Entertainment," due to his crazy attitude, loud volume, and intense creativity. Then, in the midst of the WCW Invasion, he rallied ten wrestlers around him, and announced the rebirth of ECW under himself and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley... which promptly joined forces with WCW to form the Alliance. Heyman was a mouthpiece for a while before he was reinstalled as color commentator. He lost his job when the Alliance was put out of business at Survivor Series 2001, was hired again the following night, then promptly fired by Vince McMahon to pave the way for the return of Jerry "the King" Lawler.

Perry Saturn - Saturn came to the WWF from WCW along as part of the Radicalz, and he was one of the slowest to adapt. He kicked around the Hardcore Division for a while, where his unique ferocity worked well, but the fans failed to get behind him. It wasn't until he got the managerial services of Terri that he started to go places, winning the European title. He soon got lost in the shuffle again as he rejoined the Radicalz. What has finally won him over, however, was an angle that began after King of the Ring 2001, in which Saturn took a series of shots to the head, which killed many of his brain cells. Saturn first started spouting outrageous non-sequiturs ("Puppies eat oranges to save the ozone layer" "Underroos are fun to wear") and punctuating his sentences with "You're welcome." Then, he started carrying a mop to the ring, braiding its "hair" and gluing a face to it, calling it "Moppy." Terri, who had gone fed up somewhat with his bizarre behavior, asked him to choose her or the mop, so Saturn chose Moppy. Moppy was later abducted by Terri and Raven, and shoved into a wood chipper. Recently, Saturn's gone back to his intense, hardcore competitor gimmick.
Finishers: Rings of Saturn / Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Credenza
Quote: "You're welcome."
Titles held: WWF European Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WCW Television Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship

Raven - Raven was a major heel in both ECW and WCW, a master manipulator and a genius at mind games. He was intense in ECW's hardcore style. He joined the WWF in September 2000, joining forces with former ECWer Tazz for a time before parting ways and entering the Hardcore Division, where he captured the title. He held onto the title for quite some time, especially with the help of a masked Ninja (who would later be revealed to be Tori). His physique isn't all that great to look at (one reason why I believe he should wrestle with a shirt on). He defected to ECW as part of the Alliance, but has been losing matches. Most recently, he broke from the party line and challenged ECWer (and WWF Hardcore Champion) Rob Van Dam to a title match. What this means is anyone's guess. He lost his job when the Alliance was put out of business.
Finisher: Raven Effect DDT
Quote: "What about me? What about Raven?"
Titles held: WWF Hardcore Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, ECW World Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship

Rhyno - Rhyno was known as the "Rookie Monster" in ECW, capturing both the ECW Championshp and ECW Television title to unify them. When ECW went belly-up, Rhyno joined the WWF and linked up with Edge & Christian, assisting them in winning matches and especially in helping E&C win the WWF Tag Team titles for the record seventh time. He's been a dominant force in the singles divisions, especially the Hardcore Division, where his intense style helps him win matches, along with his charging shoulder tackle, the Gore. (Or the "GORE! GORE! GORE!" as Paul Heyman puts it.) He defected to ECW as part of the Alliance and is one of the most capable competitors there. Shortly before Survivor Series 2001, Rhyno was suspended indefinitely, so in real life he could get neck surgery. He is expected to be out for upwards of six months to a year.
Finisher: Gore
Titles held: WWF Hardcore Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, ECW World Championship, ECW Television Championship
Major Accolades: Unified ECW World/Television Championship

Ric Flair - Any true wrestling fan has heard of the Nature Boy. Widely considered to be one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time, Flair was "The Man" in NWA (later called WCW), where he earned himself a reputation as the dirtiest player in the game. Flair has held a world championship fourteen times! Although way past his prime, Flair has been known to put on his wrestling gloves and work a couple of matches now and then. Flair was surprisingly absent during the WCW/ECW Invasion -- his last appearance was on the final broadcast of WCW Nitro, where he lost to longtime rival Sting. But the reason for his absence became clear after the Alliance went out of business. Shane and Stephanie McMahon had sold their WWF stock to a consortium... a consortium called Nature Boy! Now 50% owner of the WWF, Flair flaunts his newfound power in front of his business partner Vince McMahon, foiling his nefarious plans and quickly winning over the fans. Flair and McMahon are already tense with each other, and it's only a matter of time before they come to blows.
Finisher: Figure Four Leglock
Quote: "To be the Man -- Woooo! -- ya gotta beat the Man!"
Titles held: WCW World Championship, WWF World Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship
Major Accolades: Fourteen World Championships

Rikishi - Rikishi, the Phat Man, became a fan-favorite as the partner of the dancing team Too Cool, often joining in their post-match celebration. He was known for squashing his opponents with the Banzai Drop, and humiliating them with the Stink Face (in which he rubs his massive ass in their face). Rikishi abruptly turned heel in October 2000, when it was revealed he was the driver of the car that ran down Stone Cold, though he did it at the orders of Triple H. Rikishi remained a heel through February 2001, partnering with fellow Islander Haku and going after Undertaker & Kane before being sidelined with injury. Upon his return, Rikishi abruptly turned face again, refusing to do the bidding of Vince McMahon, but was soon shelved again with a shoulder injury. He recently returned again so he could help The Rock humiliate Vince McMahon.
Finishers: Banzai Drop / Stink Face
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship

Rob Van Dam - Rob Van Dam is one of the most popular wrestlers in ECW. He has a loose, high-flying, and spot-oriented style, and his memorable feud with Jerry Lynn over the ECW Television title (which RVD held onto for almost two years) earned him several monikers: "Mr. Monday Night," "Mr. Pay-Per-View," and "The Whole Dam Show." RVD captured the WWF Hardcore title from Jeff Hardy at the InVasion PPV, and remained undefeated for almost a month before Jeff took the title back, only to lose it to RVD again at Summerslam. RVD remains popular, and after the Alliance went out of business at Survivor Series 2001, he was brought to the WWF, since he was still Hardcore Champion.
Finishers: Fivestar Frog Splash / Van Daminator
Quote: "I'm the Whole Fuckin' Show, Rob - Van - Dam."
Titles held: WWF Hardcore Championship, ECW Television Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship
Major Accolades: 23-month ECW Television Championship reign

The Rock - If you don't know who The Rock is, you must be blind and deaf. Debuting in 1997, Rocky Maivia was billed as a wholesome, smiling face, but the fans reviled him. Nothing he did could win them over, not even an Intercontinental title reign. Everything he did earned "Rocky Sucks!" chants. When he returned from an injury and abruptly turned heel and joined Faarooq's Nation of Domination, Rocky finally earned his hatred, redubbing himself "The Rock." Soon, however, the fans warmed up to him, what with his unique ring style, his fantastic promos, and dynamic finisher, the Rock Bottom. The fans were begging for a reason to cheer him, but he turned on them, joining Vince McMahon's Corporation, but even that was only delaying the inevitable. Soon, Rock lost favor with the Corporation and became a true face. He was the biggest draw in the business while Stone Cold was injured, and is a record-setting six-time WWF Champion. Then, after Wrestlemania X-Seven, when Stone Cold turned heel and allied with Vince McMahon, Rock was abruptly suspended indefinitely by McMahon... which was really an excuse for Rock to go make movies in Hollywood. But after Stone Cold turned his back on the WWF to join the WCW/ECW Alliance, Vince called The Rock back, desparately needing someone to lead the WWF. Rock obliged, and soon got tangled in a feud with WCW Champion Booker T, who was envious of The Rock's success, and a match at Summerslam earned Rock the WCW Championship.
Finishers: Rock Bottom / People's Elbow
Quote: "If ya smell-lalalalalalalalaowww what The Rock is cookin'!!"
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WCW World Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship
Major Accolades: WWF Triple Crown Championship

Scotty 2 Hotty - Scotty became a fan-favorite as part of the dancing tag-team Too Cool along with Grand Master Sexay. They were known for dancing after their matches, and Scotty especially was known for his finisher, the Worm. While the Worm isn't deadly (indeed, it's the most ridiculous finisher known to man), it does get the crowd fired up. Scotty was sidelined due to injury (neck problem, but the storyline was a broken ankle courtesy of an enraged Kurt Angle), and during that time his partner Sexay was released by the WWF amidst drug charges. Upon his return, Scotty immediately became a favorite again, though he has yet to get involved in a serious angle. Recently, he's teamed up with Albert.
Finisher: The Worm
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship

Sean O'Haire - O'Haire is one of the few tag-team competitors in WCW, partnering with Chuck Palumbo. O'Haire, distinctive due to his intense look and hairstyle, has had little screen time outside of matches, thus making it hard to really apply a gimmick to him. He's a big man, and so uses big man moves, and seems quite capable of holding his own. He's been sent to the WWF "minor leagues" in OVW for seasoning.
Finisher: Seanton Bomb
Titles held: WCW Tag Team Championship

Shane McMahon - Shane has been a heel for much of his career. He's turned on virtually everybody, and is exactly as underhanded as his father is rich. He's famous for his unique promos on his opponents (in which he sometimes rhymes), and just as famous for his willingness to take bumps the likes of which even Mick Foley or Jeff Hardy wouldn't dare. He's done Savage elbows through tables, he's done falls off the top of the Titantron structure, he's even done a Van-Terminator dropkick to a trashcan. His most recent angle has been a feud with his father, Vince McMahon. The feud started as fury against his father's fooling around with Trish Stratus while Linda McMahon was comatose, and Shane stepped it up a notch when he bought a failing WCW right out from under Vince's nose. Shane continued to hang around, teasing WCW's return, which it started to do prior to King of the Ring, in the form of a series of run-in attacks. Finally, Shane declared the WCW would invade the WWF, and then the company suffered an organization-wide heel turn when Shane revealed that a leopard can't change its spots, after all. He joined forces with his sister Stephanie, who bought ECW, and the two merged their companies to form the Alliance, which went out of business at Survivor Series 2001. Shane humbly accepted his defeat and walked away.
Finisher: Savage elbow
Titles held: WCW Chairman, WWF Hardcore Championship, WWF European Championship

Shawn Michaels - Shawn Michaels, the Heartbreak Kid, was a WWF fan-favorite for several years, being the first man to capture the title of Grand Slam Champion, having held all the WWF singles titles (with the exception of the Hardcore title) as well as the Tag Team title. Finally, injuries forced HBK to retire from wrestling, but he came back as the WWF Commissioner. Soon, he stepped down from that position as well, passing the hat to Mick Foley. Since then, he's been seen only once, but remains in the background, awaiting an eventual match or two, as soon as the WWF creative team can come to an agreement with him.
Finisher: Sweet Chin Music
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF European Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF Commissioner
Major Accolades: WWF Grand Slam Championship

Shawn Stasiak - Stasiak did wrestle in the WWF once, but he was saddled with the lame gimmick of "Meat." In one of his final matches, he actually lost to Kurt Angle in the Olympian's WWF debut. He left for WCW, where he emulated Mr. Perfect, and earned the moniker "Mecca of Manhood" from Stacy Keibler. When the WCW Invasion began, he was at first just another face in the crowd, but recently, he's been given a goofy gimmick. After being told by WWF (turncoat) Champion and Alliance member Stone Cold that he had enormous potential, Stasiak became obsessed with proving himself, so he attacks WWFers blindly, often running into walls or inanimate objects, and getting squashed when he does get in a match with someone. He still gets chants of "MEAT!" He lost his job when the Alliance went out of business.
Finisher: Fisherman's Suplex
Titles held: WCW Tag Team Championship

Spike Dudley - Spike was a fan-favorite in ECW, as the pint-sized runt of the Dudley litter. Being only 5'6" and 150 lbs., Spike isn't an intimidating specimen. He earned his name by taking the most colossal beatings, but getting up to fight another day. The fans appreciated his tenacity. Spike made a surprise WWF debut after ECW went belly-up, assisting his half-brothers Bubba Ray and D-Von in recapturing the WWF Tag Team titles. He accompanied his brothers for quite some time until he became the boyfriend of Molly Holly, which did not sit well with either the Dudleys or the Hollys. He broke his leg in the midst of a match with his brothers, sidelining him for a few weeks. When he returned, Paul Heyman offered him a spot in the WCW/ECW Alliance, but Spike refused so as to stay with Molly. He's still hanging around, partnering with the Big Show, of all people.
Finisher: Dudley Dogg
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship

Stacy Keibler - Stacy Keibler has a set of legs to die for. She was the third WCWer to make a "run-in" (of sorts), accompanying Shane McMahon to ringside and distracting Rhyno, allowing Test to defeat him to win the Hardcore title. Since then, she's seen very little ring action (no surprise, since she's not a wrestler), and has shown very little acting talent. She's a piece of eye candy, nothing more. Most recently, she's begun managerial duties for Shawn Stasiak, and later the Dudleys, prompting Paul Heyman to dub her the "Duchess of Dudleyville." When the Dudleys were brought to the WWF as its tag team champs after the Alliance went out of business, she came along.

Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley - Ah, Stephanie, the Billion Dollar Princess. She was an innocent young girl who the fans sympathized with as she tried to stand up against her father and brother's machinations. Then, as she was affianced to Test, she was "abducted" by Triple H and married to him while she was unconscious. She duped her father into thinking she didn't want that, but in actuality it was her way of getting revenge on her father. She and Triple H became hated heels and ran the WWF their own way as a broken Vince disappeared. She remained mostly faithful to her husband, though she did have an infatuation with Kurt Angle for a time, even serving as his manager for a time. When Triple H was sidelined with a torn quadrucep, she remained with him, then suddenly returned as the owner of ECW and as Shane's co-partner in the Alliance. She's now hated by the fans again, not just for her duplicitousness, but for her grating-on-the-nerves voice. She was put out of business when the Alliance lost to the WWF at Survivor Series 2001, and then begged her father for forgiveness the following night, but to no avail. She's been seen a few times since then, and with the imminent return of her husband, Triple H, she's bound to be back for good soon.
Titles held: WWF Women's Championship, ECW Chairwoman

Steve Blackman - Blackman is not known for his personality, for he has none. Blackman is not known for his compassion, for he has none. Blackman is not known for his emotions, for he has none. He's known for kicking ass and taking names. The fans warmed up to him after a partnership he had with Al Snow, which Blackman despised. Blackman became a fan-favorite even moreso when he dominated the Hardcore Division as its champion for several months. He hasn't been seen in a while as he rests up back injuries.
Finisher: Lethal Kick
Quote: "This is my house!!"
Titles held: WWF Hardcore Championship

Steven Richards - Richards was known as "Stevie" for a while, known for stealing gimmicks for his matches, but he became a hated heel as the leader of the Right to Censor. Clad in a white shirt, black slacks, and a black tie, Richards decried the gratuitous T&A and violence exhibited by the WWF, practicing selective censorship by driving the hos away by recruiting Bull Buchanan and the Goodfather to his cause, and taking away the tables in the midst of the Dudley Boyz' matches. Richards did little wrestling himself, preferring to let his cronies do the work. Starting at Wrestlemania X-Seven, RTC entered into a long losing streak, during which Richards started to get obsessed with winning and not "fighting the good fight," leading to his ousting as RTC's leader. He's been seen once since then, in an impromptu match against Tazz, where he promptly got squashed. More recently, Richards has returned to exact his revenge on the Undertaker for "disbanding" the Right to Censor, using the massive tag-team of Kronik to do so. Since KroniK's disbanding (with Bryan Clark quitting and Brian Adams being sent to the WWF minor leagues), Richards wrestles his own matches on Heat. Or at least, he did, until the Alliance went out of business.
Finisher: Stevenkick
Titles held: ECW Tag Team Championship

Stone Cold Steve Austin - If you don't know who Stone Cold is, you obviously aren't a wrestling fan. Austin, that bald-headed, beer-swilling, foul-mouthed Texas redneck made himself famous at King of the Ring 1996, where, after defeating Bible-thumper Jake "the Snake" Roberts in the finals, Austin proclaimed, "You come out here, talk about your Psalms, talk about your John 3:16... Austin 3:16 says I just whupped your ass!" A superstar was born. Austin became the biggest draw in the business, embroiled in a bitter feud with WWF Chairman Vince McMahon, who would go to any lengths to prevent Austin from capturing the WWF Championship. Then, in November 1999, at Survivor Series, Austin was run down by a car and sidelined for almost a year. Upon his return, Austin tracked down the men responsible for the attack, Rikishi and the mastermind Triple H. Austin made the single greatest comeback in the business, going to Wrestlemania X-Seven, where he defeated The Rock to become WWF Champion again... only Austin turned heel, selling his soul to Vince McMahon in order to become champion. The stress of trying to hold onto his title amidst real (and perceived) threats to it has slowly driven Austin crazy, and soon enough Austin turned on Vince, defecting to the WCW/ECW Alliance to become its leader. After the Alliance went out of business, however, Austin retained his job, since he was still WWF Champion, and has become a fan-favorite again as he went back to what he did best -- feuding with Vince McMahon.
Finisher: Stone Cold Stunner
Quote: "And that's the bottom line `cuz Stone Cold -- what? -- said so!"
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, WCW Television Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship
Major Accolades: WWF Triple Crown Championship

Tajiri - Tajiri was immensely popular in ECW, where he dominated his opponents with lightning-fast kicks, submission holds, and blinding green mist. When he first came to the WWF, he became the houseboy of Commissioner William Regal. Tajiri gets along fine despite the fact that he can't speak any English (or chooses not to, at least), and is a fan-favorite. He's recently been locked in a feud with X-Pac over the Light-Heavyweight and Cruiserweight titles. Torrie Wilson, a former WCW Diva, is apparently sweet on Tajiri and serves as his manager.
Finisher: Buzzsaw Kick
Titles held: WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship, WCW U.S. Championship, WCW Cruiserweight Championship, ECW Television Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship

Taka Michinoku - Taka was brought to the WWF solely to become its Light-Heavyweight Champion, but a lack of fan interest in the division downplayed his role. Taka was teamed up with fellow Japanese wrestler Funaki in the tag team of Kaientai, who are fan-favorites, if unintimidating. They finally started to get some decent success when a new gimmick was given to them: Kung Fu dubbing. Taka is the more talkative of the two, and always proclaims their actions are done because "we are eeeeeeeeee-vil!"
Finisher: Michinoku Driver
Quote: "I am eeeeeeeeeee-vil!"
Titles held: WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship

Tazz - Tazz was a huge face in ECW, where he was known for his immensely technical matches, where he threw his opponents with variations of suplexes no one had ever seen. Coupled with his finisher, the Tazzmission, Tazz was nigh unstoppable. His WWF debut was at Royal Rumble 2000, where he had the distinction of ending Kurt Angle's two month undefeated streak. However, Tazz was locked in lackluster feuds, and with a downplaying of the use of suplexes (so the WWF could protect its wrestlers' necks), he started to fade out. He returned from a biceps injury and started randomly attacking superstars, until he took notice of the derogatory remarks commentator Jim Ross made about him. Tazz found himself in a feud with color commentator (and Ross' friend) Jerry "the King" Lawler. Tazz continued to lurk about, sometimes subbing in Lawler's place for color, and when Lawler walked out of the WWF, Tazz was given the color position on both Smackdown! and Sunday Night Heat. Then, with no apparent reason, Tazz defected to the WCW/ECW Alliance, but soon was reinstalled as Smackdown!'s color commentator, though he has had some friction with the Alliance, which led to his turning on Paul Heyman and rejoining the WWF.
Finisher: Tazzmission
Quote: "Beat me if you can, survive if I let you!"
Titles held: WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, ECW World Championship, ECW Television Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship (as "Tazmaniac")
Major Accolades: ECW Triple Crown Championship

Test - Test, a former Motley Crue bodyguard, came to the WWF and was largely a face in the crowd for a while, until he got a great angle as the fiance of Stephanie McMahon, which led to a feud with a disapproving Shane McMahon. Test was screwed, however, when Triple H and Stephanie revealed they'd been conspiring (and married too!) against Vince McMahon. Test disappeared for a while, but returned as part of a tag team called T&A with Albert, under the managerial services of Trish Stratus. Soon, however, Test fell out of favor with Trish and was ousted. Test went into the singles division, capturing the European title from William Regal in record time. He dickered around for a while, but when the WCW Invasion began, his loyalty to the WWF was questioned, as he was good friends with Shane. Test was attacked by WWFers, which was instrumental in his eventual defection to the Alliance. At Survivor Series 2001, Test won the Immunity Battle Royal, which gave him immunity from being fired for one year, so he has come back to the WWF.
Finisher: Boot-to-the-Head
Titles held: WWF European Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship

Tommy Dreamer - Dreamer is an ECW mainstay, has been for years. He is very pro-ECW (as evidenced by his rallying cry: "E-C-fucking-W!") and came to the WWF as part of the WCW/ECW Alliance, but had almost no matches for two months before he was finally given a match... albeit as part of a twelve-man tag. What he'll do with his career is anybody's guess, especially now that the Alliance has been put out of business.
Finisher: DDT
Titles held: ECW World Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship

Torrie Wilson - Torrie Wilson is a WCW Diva who made her debut by going to Vince McMahon, apparently wanting to join the WWF when her WCW contract expired. Vince took advantage of her willingness to "do anything" to get into the WWF by trying to seduce her, but Torrie had been leading him along and helped his estranged wife Linda catch him, literally, with his pants down. Since then, she's often been seen in the company of fellow Divas Stacy Keibler and Ivory. Torrie has few wrestling skills and even less acting skills. Most recently, she's wormed her way into the WWF Commissioner's office, becoming the manager of Tajiri, and is apparently sweet on him. She officially broke with the Alliance to remain with Tajiri.

Triple H - Triple H started in the WWF as a Greenwich snob, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He was a profoundly decent wrestler, but his gimmick was not much to watch. When the WWF started its era of "Attitude," Helmsley became Triple H, a wise-cracking asshole and a founding member of D-Generation X with Shawn Michaels and Chyna. Triple H split and started doing his own singles career for a while, and gradually the fans started to take notice. Then, in one interview, Triple H said, "You people like to think of yourselves as students of the game. Well I am the fucking Game!" He began to rise as a killer heel, and went through virtually every main-eventer in the company to become WWF Champion. He conspired with Rikishi to eliminate Stone Cold. He married Stephanie McMahon to get himself more power. He even joined forces with a newly-turned heel Stone Cold, perhaps due to that old axiom: "Keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer." Triple H is by far one of the best workers in the business, and he's the second person to ever acquire the title of WWF Grand Slam Champion by holding all three major singles titles (WWF, Intercontinental, European) and the tag titles. Unfortunately, in late May 2001, Triple H tore his quadrucep in a match and was sidelined for several months. His scheduled return is January 7!
Finisher: Pedigree
Quote: "I am the Game, because I am that damn good!"
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF European Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, 1997 King of the Ring
Major Accolades: WWF Grand Slam Championship

Trish Stratus - Trish, a former fitness model, came to the WWF and immediately made a tag team out of Test and Albert, dubbing them T&A. She is an expert at using her feminine wiles to get what she wants, as shown by the steamy relationship she had with Vince McMahon while the Chairman's wife was comatose. But when Vince dumped her, having grown tired of her, she duped him into thinking she was coming back to him, but really she was helping Linda McMahon back to health so she could get her revenge. Since then, Trish has been a manager to Big Show, and most recently has apparently taken a liking to Jeff Hardy. She recently won the Women's title.
Finisher: Stratusfaction
Titles held: WWF Women's Championship

The Undertaker - An eleven-year WWF veteran, Undertaker came to the company with the gimmick resembling his namesake from Western movies, with hat and long coat. Gradually, it evolved into more of a leather biker look, though the Dead Man remained attuned to death and the like, managed by a creepy fat man named Paul Bearer. Then, Bearer turned away from `Taker, instead summoning `Taker's presumed-dead brother Kane to the WWF to get his revenge on the man he thought was responsible for the deaths of their parents. Kane and Taker soon reconciled somewhat and joined forces, but then Kane apparently killed Taker by locking him in a casket and setting it on fire. Taker returned as the "Lord of Darkness," the master of the evil Ministry, stealing souls and generally being creepy. He was sidelined with injury again, and returned at Judgment Day 2000, his gimmick having changed into more of a direct representation of his real-life self, an imposing biker, the American Badass. Taker teamed with Kane again for a while, but then Kane abruptly turned on him again. Taker's gimmick evolved again, as he proclaimed himself the sole proprietor of Dead Man Incorporated, and seeks to make people "famous" -- by beating the living hell out of them. Reconciling with Kane once more, Taker became embroiled in a bitter feud with Diamond Dallas Page, who had been stalking his wife, Sara. Most recently, however, Taker revealed his alliegance to Vince McMahon, turning heel and starting to demand respect from people. He targeted Rob Van Dam for this and defeated him to become Hardcore Champion.
Finishers: The Last Ride / Chokeslam
Quote: "Try me, I'll make you famous."
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship
Major Accolades: Unified WWF/WCW Tag Team Championship

Val Venis - Val's original gimmick was that of an ex-porn star, who often showed clips of his "movies," co-starring the wives or significant others of his opponents. He preceded his matches with lewd jokes (once, while addressing a female manager, he said, "This leg is Christmas, and that leg is New Year's, so why don't you come on down and visit the Big Valbowski between the holidays...") and finished his matches with a flying top-rope plancha, called the Money Shot. Soon, however, his gimmick grew stale, and fed up with his inability to get successful, Val recruited the managerial services of Trish Stratus, cut his long hair short, dumped the porn star gimmick and traded his black trunks for white ones. And when Val soon dumped Trish as she cost him a title belt, he came to the attention of Right to Censor. Val refused to join them, so they attacked him, abducted him, and brainwashed him. Val became a full-fledged censor and one of the group's more vocal members. After RTC suffered a long losing streak, the group broke up, and Val is finishing rehab on an injured arm, awaiting re-packaging with a new gimmick while wrestling in OVW.
Finisher: Money Shot
Titles held: WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF European Championship

Vince McMahon - Love him or hate him or just plain be indifferent to him, one cannot deny Vince McMahon's success in turning a regional business into a worldwide one. He made himself a billionaire by guiding the World Wrestling Federation to success, though he made a lot of enemies along the way, from disgruntled ex-employees to critics to rivals. He puts his business foremost, and rarely (if ever) bowing to a wrestler's demands. Case in point: the infamous "Montreal Screwjob." At Survivor Series 1997, WWF Champion Bret Hart was slated to go to WCW within the next week, and Vince needed to get the belt off of him. Hart was willing to job (lose) the belt to anyone... except Shawn Michaels, his opponent at the PPV. Vince agreed with Hart and said he didn't have to, but told the referee to call for the bell when Michaels put Hart in a submission hold. So it happened, in Hart's home country, that Michaels (allegedly unaware of Vince's orders to the referee) put Hart in his own Sharpshooter submission hold, and the referee called for the bell, announced Michaels the winner, handed him the belt, and skedaddled. This act earned him the eternal animosity of Hart and much of his family, but Vince did it in the interests of his company. That event gave Vince the springboard for his own on-air character, the evil, scheming WWF Chairman, Mr. McMahon. Vince was locked in a long feud with anti-authoritarian Stone Cold Steve Austin, and did anything he could to destroy him, even using his own daughter as an instrument to lure in Austin. Vince proved time and again that he was not to be trusted, but in March 2001, when Austin sold him his soul so as to become WWF Champion, Vince wholeheartedly agreed... only to be burned again as Austin eventually betrayed him and defected to the WCW/ECW Alliance. Now that the Alliance is out of business, Vince is feuding with his new business partner, and co-owner of the WWF, Ric Flair.
Quote: "I'm Vince McMahon, dammit!"
Titles held: WWF World Championship, WWF Chairman

William Regal - Regal came to the WWF as its goodwill ambassador to the United Kingdom, trying to teach culture to the "crude" American fans by teaching table manners, reading Shakespeare and the like. Regal was pro-WWF all the way, schmoozing and brown-nosing with Vince McMahon, which soon gave him the chance to become WWF Commissioner... which he did after he defeated Al Snow in a match. Regal proved to be untrustworthy at first, being quite biased in his booking, but as the WCW Invasion started up, Regal had to put his biases aside and help out the WWF, even if it meant having to help out people he didn't like. However, after Kurt Angle wrested the WWF title out of Alliance member Stone Cold's hands, Regal turned on the WWF, declaring that Angle was not an exemplary choice for a champion, enabled Austin to regain the title, and joined the Alliance as its commissioner. When the Alliance went out of business, Regal regained his job in the WWF by literally kissing Vince McMahon's ass. Furious over the humiliation, Regal started taking out his frustrations in the ring, often with the aid of an illegal set of brass knuckles.
Finishers: Regal Stretch / Regal Cutter
Titles held: WWF European Championship, WWF Commissioner, WCW Commissioner, WCW Television Championship (as "Steven Regal"), WCW Tag Team Championship (as "Steven Regal")

X-Pac - X-Pac is reviled by the fans. Plain and simple. He used to be popular, when he was the tag-team partner of Kane, but when he sold his friend out to rejoin D-Generation X, the fans turned on him. Now, just the very sight of him is bound to get him a chant of "X-PAC SUCKS!" He's quick as a cat and proficient with martial arts, but his knack for finding ways to avoid jobbing (losing) matches makes him a hated wrestler. Most recently, he became the first WWF wrestler to unify equal belts in the WWF and in WCW by winning both the WWF Light-Heavyweight title and the WCW Cruiserweight title. This has just made the fans hate him more.
Finisher: X-Factor
Titles held: WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship, WCW Cruiserweight Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, WWF European Championship
Major Accolades: Unified WWF Light-Heavyweight/WCW Cruiserweight Championship