| 1 | ![[center: [-[[Characters/{{WWE}} Main Index]] | '''WWWF Era''' | [[Characters/WWERockNWrestling Rock 'N' Wrestling Era]] | [[Characters/WWENewGeneration New Generation Era]] | [[Characters/WWEAttitude Attitude Era]] | [[Characters/WWEInvasion InVasion Era]] | [[Characters/WWERuthlessAggression Ruthless Aggression Era]] | [[Characters/WWEUniverse WWE Universe Era]] | [[Characters/WWEInc WWE, Inc. Era]] | [[Characters/WWEReality Reality Era]] | [[Characters/WWENew New Era]] | [[Characters/WWEEndeavor Endeavor Era]] | [[Characters/WWETagTeams Tag Teams]] | [[Characters/WWEDivas Female Talent]] | [[Characters/{{WWENXT}} NXT]] | [[Characters/{{WWENXTUK}} NXT UK]] | [[Characters/WWEMcMahonFamily McMahon Family]] | [[Characters/WWEManagers Managers]] | [[Characters/WWECommentators Announcers, Commentators, and General Managers]]-]]] |
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| 3 | Lists the various WWE wrestlers active during the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) Era, from April 29, 1963 through January 23, 1984. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in WWE. |
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| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[folder:A]] |
| 9 | !!! Wrestling/AdrianAdonis (Keith A. Franke) 1982-1987 |
| 10 | |
| 11 | !!! Wrestling/GeneralSkandorAkbar (James Wehba) 1976 |
| 12 | |
| 13 | !!! Wrestling/AndreTheGiant (André René Roussimoff) 1973-1991 |
| 14 | |
| 15 | !!! Spiros Arion (Andres Labrakis) 1966-1975, 1977-1978 |
| 16 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/BrunoSammartino. They were the last-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-t.html WWWF United States Tag Team Champions]]. |
| 17 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 18 | * ForeignWrestlingHeel |
| 19 | * RedBaron: "Golden Greek". |
| 20 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 21 | |
| 22 | !!!Tony Atlas (Anthony White) 1983-1987, 1990-1991, 2008-2010 |
| 23 | [[quoteright:274:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tony_atlas_9628.jpg]] |
| 24 | * AllAmericanFace: His most famous gimmick, as "Mr. USA". |
| 25 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006. |
| 26 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Of course. It's his freaking last name! |
| 27 | * 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. |
| 28 | ** Note this was when Hogan was still a heel, and had not yet become TheAce. |
| 29 | * RedBaron: "Mr. USA" |
| 30 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 31 | * UrExample: He and Rocky Johnson were the first black tag team champions, defeating the Wild Samoans. |
| 32 | * VitriolicBestBuds: His relationship with Abraham Washington developed into this. |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:B]] |
| 36 | !!! Wrestling/BobBacklund (Robert Lee "Bob" Backlund) 1977-1984, 1992-1997, 2000, 2007 |
| 37 | |
| 38 | !!! Johnny Barend (John R. Barend) 1962-1963 |
| 39 | [[quoteright:153:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/johnny_barend2_3764.jpg]] |
| 40 | * CatchPhrase: "Mirror, mirror in my hand, who's the handsomest in the land? I am, Handsome Johnny Barend." |
| 41 | * CoolShades |
| 42 | * GrailInTheGarbage: The original WWWF Heavyweight title belt worn by Buddy Rogers and a tag team title belt were discovered in his attic after he passed away. |
| 43 | * RedBaron: "Handsome" |
| 44 | * SmokingIsCool |
| 45 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 46 | |
| 47 | !!! [[Wrestling/JerryBlackwell Jerry "The Crusher" Blackwell]] 1975-1978 |
| 48 | |
| 49 | !!! Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano) 1977-1978, 1986-1992 |
| 50 | [[quoteright:235:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dinobravo_989.jpg]] |
| 51 | * TheBrute |
| 52 | * ForeignWrestlingHeel: "USA is not okay." |
| 53 | * HumanShield: A non-lethal example from ''[=WrestleMania=] IV''; Bravo pulled the referee in front of himself to block an attack from his opponent Wrestling/DonMuraco. This got Bravo defeated by disqualification. |
| 54 | * TheMafia: The nephew of a Canadian crime boss in RealLife and him crossing them is the suspected reason behind his murder. |
| 55 | * RedBaron: "Canada's Strongest Man" |
| 56 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Bravo left the company for about a year when a match in Canada against Wrestling/HulkHogan was suddenly cancelled. When Bravo heard the cancellation was because the WWF feared the Canadian crowd might cheer him and boo Hogan, Bravo was apparently pissed about it. |
| 57 | * SuplexFinisher: He called his finisher the Side Suplex, even though it was actually a reverse sidewalk slam. |
| 58 | * TagTeam: The New Dream Team, with [[Wrestling/GregValentine Greg "The Hammer" Valentine]] |
| 59 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 60 | * WorldsStrongestMan: After he lifted 715 pounds, allegedly (Wrestling/JesseVentura helped him with the lift). |
| 61 | |
| 62 | !!! Wrestling/BoboBrazil (Houston Harris) 1963-1968, 1976-1977, 1984 |
| 63 | |
| 64 | !!! [[Wrestling/SteveLombardi The Brooklyn Brawler]] (Steve Lombardi) 1983-2016 |
| 65 | |
| 66 | !!! Wrestling/BruiserBrody (Frank Donald Goodish) 1976-1977 |
| 67 | [[/folder]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[folder:C]] |
| 70 | !!! [[Wrestling/AllenCoage Bad News Brown]] (Allen James Coage) 1978-1979, 1988-1990 |
| 71 | |
| 72 | !!! Wrestling/HaystacksCalhoun (William Dee Calhoun) 1958, 1964-1965, 1968-1969, 1973-1976, 1978, 1979 |
| 73 | |
| 74 | !!! Wrestling/TheCrusher (Reggie Lisowski) 1963, 1986, 1987, 1988 |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:D]] |
| 78 | |
| 79 | !!! Dominic [=DeNucci=] 1967-1972, 1974-1982 |
| 80 | * AlliterativeName |
| 81 | * BadassTeacher: Taught Wrestling/MickFoley, Wrestling/ShaneDouglas and and the late Wrestling/BrianHildebrand how to wrestle. |
| 82 | * CunningLinguist: Speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian. |
| 83 | * FinishingMove: [[SpectacularSpinning The Airplane Spin]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | !!! Wrestling/{{Ted DiBiase}} (Theodore Marvin "Ted" [=DiBiase=], Sr.) 1979, 1987-1996 |
| 86 | |
| 87 | !!! Johnny De Fazio (John De Fazio) 1962-1985 |
| 88 | [[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/johnny_defazio2_4413.jpg]] |
| 89 | * RedBaron: "Jumpin" |
| 90 | * RetiredBadass: After he left the wrestling world he became active in the United Steelworkers of America (eventually becoming the union's director in Pennsylvania) and is a councilman in Pittsburgh. |
| 91 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 92 | * UrExample: The first smaller wrestler of note to dominate as a champion winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/wwf-j.html WWWF/WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship]] four times in five years. |
| 93 | [[/folder]] |
| 94 | |
| 95 | [[folder:F]] |
| 96 | !!! Wrestling/JackieFargo (Henry Faggart) 1956, 1957, 1963, 1967 |
| 97 | |
| 98 | !!! Wrestling/PamperoFirpo (Juan Kachmanian) 1972 |
| 99 | |
| 100 | !!! Wrestling/TatsumiFujinami (藤波 辰爾, Fujinami Tatsumi, 1978-1985) |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:G]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | !!! Tony Garea (Anthony Garcia) 1972-present |
| 106 | * ActionSurvivor |
| 107 | * DemotedToExtra: As a WWE road agent. |
| 108 | * UsefulNotes/NewZealand |
| 109 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 110 | * WrestlingFamily: His brother, John Garea, who wrestled in the NWA. |
| 111 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 112 | |
| 113 | !!! Wrestling/EddieGilbert (Thomas Edward Gilbert Jr.) 1982-1984 |
| 114 | |
| 115 | !!! Wrestling/SuperstarBillyGraham (Eldridge Wayne Coleman) 1975-1978, 1982-1983, 1986-1988 |
| 116 | |
| 117 | !!! Wrestling/EddieGraham (Edward Gossett) 1959, 1960, 1964. 1965, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973) |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:H]] |
| 121 | !!! Wrestling/StanHansen (John Stanley Hansen) 1976-1977, 1980, 1981 |
| 122 | |
| 123 | !!! Larry Hennig (Lawrence Henry Hennig) 1965,1973-1974 |
| 124 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/larry_hennig_4490.jpg]] |
| 125 | * AxCrazy: The reason behind his nickname. |
| 126 | * TheBrute |
| 127 | * FinishingMove: The Axe (Clothesline) |
| 128 | * RedBaron: [[TheyCallHimSword "The Axe"]] |
| 129 | * WrestlingFamily: Father of [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Curt “Mr. Perfect” Hennig]] and grandfather to [[Wrestling/CurtisAxel Joe "Curtis Axel" Hennig]] (formerly Michael [=McGillicutty=] of Wrestling/TheNexus) and Amy Hennig. |
| 130 | |
| 131 | !!! Wrestling/HulkHogan (Terry Gene Bollea) 1979-1981, 1983-1993, 2002-2003, 2005-2007, 2014-2015, 2018- |
| 132 | See also: Wrestling/TheMegaPowers and Wrestling/NewWorldOrder |
| 133 | |
| 134 | !!! Wrestling/BarryHorowitz 1981-1983, 1997-1990, 1991-1997 |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:I]] |
| 138 | !!! [[Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea King Curtis Iaukea/The Wizard]] (Curtis Iaukea) 1966, 1972-1973, 1986-1987 |
| 139 | |
| 140 | !!! Wrestling/AntonioInoki (born 猪木寛至, Inoki Kanji) late 1970s - early 1980s |
| 141 | |
| 142 | !!! Wrestling/TheIronSheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri) 1979-1980, 1983-1987, 1988, 1991-1992, 1996-1997 |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:J]] |
| 146 | !!! Wrestling/RockyJohnson (Wayde Douglas Bowles) 1983-1984 |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:K]] |
| 150 | !!! Wrestling/KillerKhan (小沢 正志 Ozawa Masashi;, Masashi Ozawa) 1980-1982, 1987 |
| 151 | |
| 152 | !!! Wrestling/IvanKoloff (Oreal Perras) 1963, 1969-1971, 1975-1976, 1978-1979, 1983 |
| 153 | |
| 154 | !!! Killer Kowalski (Władek (later Walter) Kowalski) 1957-1958, 1962-1964, 1968-1970, 1974-1977 |
| 155 | [[quoteright:242:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kowalski2_3035.jpg]] |
| 156 | * AlliterativeName |
| 157 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1996. |
| 158 | * BadassTeacher: Taught Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, Wrestling/PerrySaturn and Wrestling/KofiKingston how to wrestle. |
| 159 | * FinishingMove: The Claw |
| 160 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast |
| 161 | * RedBaron |
| 162 | * TagTeam: Under masks with Wrestling/BigJohnStudd as the Executioners. |
| 163 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:L]] |
| 167 | !!! Ernie Ladd (Ernest Ladd) 1964, 1968-1970, 1972, 1975-1976, 1978, 1980-1981 |
| 168 | [[quoteright:269:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bio-ernieladd_display_image_jpg_9196.png]] |
| 169 | * AfroAsskicker |
| 170 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995. |
| 171 | * 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. |
| 172 | * LargeHam: "YIK YIK YIK, YOK, YOK YOK!" |
| 173 | * PetTheDog: When doing commentary. |
| 174 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He had some elaborate nicknames for his opponents that would likely get him tossed off the air nowadays. |
| 175 | * RageQuit: He was famous for taking count out losses. |
| 176 | * RedBaron: "Big Cat" |
| 177 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 178 | * SitcomArchNemesis: "Andre The Dummy" |
| 179 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 180 | * UrExample: The first professional football player to take up pro wrestling, which he did during the off season. |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:M]] |
| 184 | !!! Wrestling/RickMartel (Richard Vigneault) 1980-1982, 1986-1995 |
| 185 | |
| 186 | !!! Mil Máscaras (Aaron Rodríguez) 1972–1973, 1977–1978, 1981, 1997 |
| 187 | [[quoteright:228:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mil_Mascaras_2873.jpg]] |
| 188 | * AlliterativeName: '''M'''il '''M'''áscaras. |
| 189 | * CoolMask: He was quite known for his wide assortment of colorful masks. |
| 190 | * JackOfAllStats |
| 191 | * MaskedLuchador: One of the first ever luchadors to appear in the WWE (at the time the WWWF). |
| 192 | * MeaningfulName: His Name is "A Thousand Masks" in Spanish. |
| 193 | * NoSell: Has been accused of this by Billy Graham, Wrestling/ChrisJericho and Wrestling/MickFoley. |
| 194 | * UrExample: He was the inspiration for several luchardores and Japanese masked Wrestlers like [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr Rey Mysterio]] and the original Tiger Mask, Wrestling/SatoruSayama. He also was the first to use the flying cross chop. |
| 195 | ** He was the first wrestler allowed to wear a mask at Madison Square Garden (the New York State Athletic Committee forbade masked athletes). |
| 196 | * WrestlingFamily: Brother to Dos Caras and Sicodélico and uncle to Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio and Sicodélico, Jr. |
| 197 | |
| 198 | !!! Wrestling/{{Chief Wahoo McDaniel}} (Edward [=McDaniel=]) 1965-1968 |
| 199 | |
| 200 | !!! Wrestling/GorillaMonsoon (Robert James "Gino" Marella) 1959-1999 |
| 201 | |
| 202 | !!! Wrestling/PedroMorales 1959, 1963-1964, 1970-1974, 1980-1982, 1986-1987 |
| 203 | |
| 204 | !!! [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Mr. Perfect]] (Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig) 1982-1984, 1988-1996, 2002 |
| 205 | |
| 206 | !!! Wrestling/DonMuraco (Donald Muraco) 1981-1988 |
| 207 | [[/folder]] |
| 208 | |
| 209 | [[folder:O]] |
| 210 | !!! Wrestling/PaulOrndorff (Paul Parlette Orndorff, Jr.) 1983-1987 |
| 211 | |
| 212 | !!! Wrestling/BobOrtonJr (Robert Keith Orton) 1982, 1984-1987, 2005-2006 |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:P]] |
| 216 | !!! Wrestling/KenPatera 1977-1978, 1980, 1984-1985, 1987-1988 |
| 217 | |
| 218 | !!! Wrestling/PatPatterson (Pierre Clermont) 1979-2004 |
| 219 | |
| 220 | !!! Ivan Putski (Josef Bednarski) 1976–1987 |
| 221 | * AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Putski isn't a real Polish name. |
| 222 | * FinishingMove: Polish Hammer |
| 223 | * PecFlex |
| 224 | * RedBaron: "Polish Power" |
| 225 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 226 | * WrestlingFamily: His son Scott, who wrestled for the company in 1997. |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[folder:R]] |
| 230 | !!! Wrestling/AntoninoRocca (Antonino Biasetton) 1952–1963,1975–1977 |
| 231 | |
| 232 | !!! Wrestling/JohnnyRodz (Johnny Rodriguez) 1967-1985 |
| 233 | |
| 234 | !!! Wrestling/BuddyRogers (Herman Gregory Rohde, Jr.) 1961-1963, 1982 |
| 235 | |
| 236 | !!! [[Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose "Playboy" Buddy Rose]] (Paul Perschmann) 1982-1985, 1990-1991 |
| 237 | [[/folder]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:S]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | !!! Mr. Saito/Masa Saito (斎藤 昌典, Saitō Masanori) 1981–1984 |
| 242 | * BeardOfEvil |
| 243 | * ForeignWrestlingHeel |
| 244 | * RedBaron: "Mr.". |
| 245 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Professor Tanaka as Mr. Fuji's tag team partner. |
| 246 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 247 | * UrExample: Innovated the [[SuplexFinisher Saito Suplex]]. |
| 248 | |
| 249 | !!! Wrestling/BrunoSammartino (Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino) 1959-1988 |
| 250 | |
| 251 | !!! Wrestling/TitoSantana (Mercedes Solis) 1979-1980, 1983-1993 |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !!! Mikel Scicluna 1965–1970, 1972, 1975–1983 |
| 254 | * CombatPragmatist: They don't give just anyone the name "master of the foreign object". |
| 255 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: A roll of coins. |
| 256 | * UsefulNotes/{{Malta}} |
| 257 | * RedBaron: "Baron". |
| 258 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 259 | |
| 260 | !!! Wrestling/LarrySharpe (Larry Weil) 1974, 1977-1982, 1985 |
| 261 | |
| 262 | !!! Wrestling/IronMikeSharpe 1983-1995 |
| 263 | |
| 264 | !!! [[Wrestling/EdFarhat The Sheik]] (Edward George Farhat) 1964-1969, 1973-1974 |
| 265 | |
| 266 | !!! Wrestling/SgtSlaughter (Robert Remus) 1980-1984, 1990-2002, 2005-2009 |
| 267 | See also: Wrestling/TheCorporation |
| 268 | |
| 269 | !!! [[Wrestling/JimmySnuka Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka]] (James William Reiher Snuka) 1982-1985, 1989-1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2009 |
| 270 | |
| 271 | !!! Wrestling/StanStasiak (George Stipich) 1971-1979 |
| 272 | |
| 273 | |
| 274 | !!! Wrestling/GeorgeSteele (William James Myers) 1968-1970, 1972, 1976, 1984-1988, 1998-1999 |
| 275 | |
| 276 | !!! Chief Jay Strongbow (Joseph Luke Scarpa) 1970–1977, 1979–1984, 1993–1994 |
| 277 | * ActionSurvivor |
| 278 | * CaptainEthnic |
| 279 | * LeotardOfPower |
| 280 | * RedBaron |
| 281 | |
| 282 | !!! Wrestling/BigJohnStudd (John William Minton) 1982-1986, 1989 |
| 283 | |
| 284 | !!! Wrestling/KevinSullivan 1975-1977 |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:T]] |
| 288 | !!! Toru Tanaka (Charles "Charlie" J. Kalani, Jr.) 1967–1968,1969–1970,1971–1974,1977–1978 |
| 289 | * AlliterativeName |
| 290 | * BaldOfEvil |
| 291 | * ForeignWrestlingHeel |
| 292 | * RedBaron: "Professor" |
| 293 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:V]] |
| 297 | !!! Wrestling/GregValentine (John Wisniski, Jr.) 1978-1981, 1984-1992, 1993-1994 |
| 298 | |
| 299 | !!! Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff (Josip Nikolai Peruzović) 1968, 1970-1971, 1974, 1976-1977, 1979, 1984-1990, 1991-1992, 1994-1995 |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:Z]] |
| 303 | !!! Larry Zbyszko (Lawrence "Larry" Whistler) early 1974-1980 |
| 304 | [[quoteright:168:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Zbysko_862.jpg]] |
| 305 | * DeceptiveDisciple: To Bruno Sammartino. |
| 306 | * InconsistentSpelling: Officially, his last name is spelt Zby'''sz'''ko, but is sometimes misspelled like Zby'''s'''ko or Z'''ybys'''ko. |
| 307 | * RedBaron: "The New Living Legend" |
| 308 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 309 | * WrestlingFamily: Married into the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation Gagne]] family. |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
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