History Characters / WWEWorldWideWrestlingFederation

* DemotedToExtra: When he wrestled under the name "Saba Simba". MoneyDearBoy: The only reason he took the job was because he was bankrupt and homeless.

* TheTimeOfMyths: Bruno wrestled in an age where matches could be finished with hammer locks, and keep championships for years on end.

* TheMafia: The nephew of a canadian crime boss in RealLife and him crossing the TropeNamer is the suspected reason behind his murder.

* UrExample: Paved the way for other Olympians (i.e. Mark Henry and Kurt Angle) to come int Pro-Wrestling.

* {{Face}}

* IsntItSad: When he wrestled under the name "Saba Simba".
** MoneyDearBoy: The only reason he took the job was because he was bankrupt and homeless.

!!! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Monsoon Gorilla Monsoon]] (Robert James "Gino" Marella)
* CoolShades
* EvilForeigner: Early in his career, was billed as being from [[FakeNationality Manchuria]].
* HoYay: With Jesse Ventura and Bobby Heenan (in RealLife).
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: "External occipital protuberance," anyone?

!!! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rodz Johnny Rodz]] (Johnny Rodriguez)
* FakeNationality: As the "Arabian Wildman" Java Ruuk.
* {{Jobber}}: For most of his WWWF career.
* RedBaron: "The Unpredictable"
* UnderwearOfPower

!!! Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano)
* CanadaEh
* RedBaron: "Canada's Strongest Man"
* UnderwearOfPower

!!! Pat Patterson (Pierre Clermont)
* AlliterativeName
* CanadaEh
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: For Vince [=McMahon=] in the AttitudeEra.
* StraightGay
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Gerald Briscoe as [=Vince McMahon=]'s stooges.
* UnderwearOfPower
* YesMan: To Vince [=McMahon=] in the AttitudeEra.

!!! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino Bruno Sammartino]] (Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino)
* BeyondTheImpossible: Held the World title for eight '''years''', when nowadays holding any title for eight ''months'' seems like an impossible feat.
* [[IconicCharacters Iconic Wrestler]]: His [[RedBaron nickname]] is "The Living Legend".
* TheTimeOfMyths: Bruno wrestled in an age where matches could be finished with hammer locks, and keep championships for years on end.

!!! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_rodgers Buddy Rogers]] (Herman Gregory Rohde, Jr.)
* DirtyCoward
* DyeingForYourArt: He bleached his hair in preperation for the oncoming of television.
* [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Wrestler]]: He was the first of many Nature Boys in pro wrestling with RicFlair being the most famous.
* RedBaron: "Nature Boy"
* SmugSnake

!!! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Monsoon Gorilla Monsoon]] (Robert James "Gino" Marella)
* CoolShades
* EvilForeigner: Early in his career, was billed as being from [[FakeNationality Manchuria]].
* HoYay: With Jesse Ventura and Bobby Heenan (in RealLife).
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: "External occipital protuberance," anyone?

!!! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Morales Pedro Morales]]
* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake: He and Bruno Sammartino wrestled for 75 minutes straight, neither one managing to get the three count
* StuckInTheirShadow: During his career, he could never get fans to forget about Bruno Sammartino, but today he's better appreciated.

* UrExample: The First Triple Crown Champion in WWF.
* WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon: One of the most iconic Puerto Rican wrestlers

!!!Tony Atlas (Anthony White)
* AnnoyingLaugh
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He was the first man to pin Hulk Hogan. Actually Hogan had his foot on the bottom rope but the referee didn't see.
** Note this was when Hogan was still a heel, and had not yet become a GodModeSue.
* IsntItSad: When he wrestled under the name "Saba Simba".
** MoneyDearBoy: The only reason he took the job was because he was bankrupt and homeless.
* RedBaron: "Mr. USA"

* UrExample: He and Rocky Johnson were the first black tag team champions, defeating the Wild Samoans.
* VitriolicBestBuds: His relationship with Abraham Washington developed into this.

!!! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ladd "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd]] (Ernest Ladd)
* AfroAsskicker
* TheGiant: He was likely the biggest man in professional football when he played the game. There were plenty of professional wrestlers larger than him however.
* RedBaron: "Big Cat"
* ScaryBlackMan

* UrExample: The first professional football player to take up pro wrestling, which he did during the off season.

!!! Killer Kowalski (Władek (later Walter) Kowalski)
* CanadaEh
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* RedBaron

!!! Pat Patterson (Pierre Clermont)
* AlliterativeName

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: For Vince [=McMahon=] in the AttitudeEra.
* StraightGay
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Gerald Briscoe as [=Vince McMahon=]'s stooges.

* YesMan: To Vince [=McMahon=] in the AttitudeEra.

!!! Antonino Rocca (Antonino Biasetton)
* CarpetOfVirility
* DoesNotLikeShoes
* {{Face}}
* TwoferTokenMinority: Italian-Argentinian

* UrExample: Responsible for introducing the fast, high-flying style to wrestling.

!!! The Sheik (Edward George Farhat)
* ArabOilSheikh
* DoNotCallMePaul: Wouldn't respond to be called "Ed" even on the phone.
* EvilForeigner
* FakeNationality: He was an American of Lebanese descent playing a rich man from the Syrian Desert.
* GarbageWrestler
* RedBaron: "The Sheik", "The Sheik of Araby" and "The Original Sheik".
* UnderwearOfPower
* UrExample: One of those responsible for introducing the hardcore style to wrestling.

!!! Bob Backlund (Robert Lee "Bob" Backlund)

* AntiquatedLinguistics
* EverythingsBetterWithBob
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* SquashMatch: Lost the WWF title to Diesel in eight seconds.
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: After applying his Crossface Chickenwing finisher on opponents in 1994.

* UnstoppableRage

!!! Antonio Inoki (born Kanji Inoki)
* AlliterativeName: One of his ring names "Tokyo Tom".
* CanonDisContinuity: His WWWF World Heavyweight Championship reign after defeating Bob Backlund.
* EvilForeigner
* LanternJawOfJustice
* UnderwearOfPower

* UnderwearOfPower

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: To Vince [=McMahon=] in the AttitudeEra.

* UrExample: He and Rocky Johnson were the first black tag team champions, defeating the Wild Samoans

* SuddenlyBlonde: He bleached his hair in preperation for the oncoming of television.

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Gerald Briscoe as Vince McMahon's stooges.

* YesMan: To Vince McMahon in the AttitudeEra.

* RedBaron: Big Cat

!!! Bobo Brazil (Houston Harris)

!!! Ernie Ladd

* TheGiant: He was likely the biggest man in professional football when he played the game. There were plenty of professional wrestlers larger than him however.

** And in RealLife, too.

* URExample: The First Triple Crown Champion in WWF.
* WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon: One of the most iconic Puertorican wrestlers

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He was the first man to pin Hulk Hogan. Actually Hogan had his foot on the bottom rope but the referee didn't see

* RedBaron: The Big Cat

* URExample: The first professional football player to take up pro wrestling, which he did during the off season.

* TheTimeOfMyths: Bruno wrestled in an age where matches could be finished with hammer locks.

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