Line #440 Main/ProfessionalWrestlingOfThe2000s


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4	[[index]]
5	[[AC:Wrestlers]]
6	* Wrestling/{{Abyss}}
7	* Wrestling/BrookeAdams. Debuted in 2006.
8	* Wrestling/MikeAdamle. Debuted in 2008.
9	* Wrestling/{{Akebono}}. Debuted in 2005.
10	* Wrestling/{{Aksana}}. Debuted in WWE's developmental promotion FCW in 2009.
11	* Wrestling/NickAldis. Debuted in 2003.
12	* Wrestling/BillAlfonso
13	* Wrestling/MustafaAli: Debuted in 2003.
14	* Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas: Debuted in 2003.
15	* Wrestling/KarlAnderson. Debuted in 2002.
16	* Wrestling/KenAnderson. Debuted in 1999, worked as a jobber in WWE until being officially signed in 2005.
17	* Wrestling/KurtAngle: Peaked in 2000 after winning both the King of the Ring and the WWE Championship. Became a WWE Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion in 2002. In early 2006, he became the first man to win both World Championships in the WWE during the Brand Extension. Left WWE for TNA later that year.
18	* Wrestling/AustinAries. Debuted in 2000.
19	* Creator/DavidArquette: Won the WCW Championship in 2000, causing massive controversy among the wrestling community.
20	* Wrestling/LionessAsuka: Retired in 2005
21	* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin. Retired in 2003. Inducted to the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame at the very end of the decade.
22	* Wrestling/MikeAwesome
23	* Wrestling/CurtisAxel. Debuted under his real name Joe Hennig in 2007.
24	* Wrestling/BuffBagwell
25	* [[Wrestling/WadeBarrett Stu Bennett]]. Debuted in 2004.
26	* Wrestling/{{Batista}}. Debuted in 1997, made his WWE debut in 2002. Peaked in 2005.
27	* Wrestling/{{Bayley}}. Debuted in 2008.
28	* Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin. Debuted in 2000.
29	* Wrestling/MikeBennett. Debuted in 2002.
30	* Wrestling/ChrisBenoit: Peaked after winning the WWE World Heavyweight title in 2004. Died [[PaterFamilicide very controversially]] in 2007.
31	* Wrestling/BigShow
32	* Wrestling/BamBamBigelow: Passed away on April 2007.
33	* Wrestling/AleisterBlack: Started wrestling as Tommy End in 2002.
34	* Wrestling/BlackRose: Debuted in 2003.
35	* Wrestling/SteveBlackman
36	* [[Wrestling/MattBloom Matt Bloom/Albert/A-Train/Giant Bernard]]
37	* Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie
38	* [[Wrestling/SinnBodhi Sinn Bodhi/Kizarny]]. Debuted in 2000.
39	* [[Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} The Boogeyman]]. Debuted in 2004.
40	* [[Wrestling/BookerT Booker T/King Booker]]: 2006 saw him both win the Wrestling/KingOfTheRing and the World Heavyweight Championship, making him a WWE Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion.
41	* [[Wrestling/EvanBourne Evan Bourne/Matt Sydal]]. Debuted in 2000.
42	* [[Wrestling/TomBrandi Tom Brandi[=/=]Johnny Gunn[=/=]Salvatore Sincere]]
43	* Wrestling/DLoBrown.
44	* [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Mike Bucci/Nova/Simon Dean]]
45	* Wrestling/ElijahBurke: Debuted in 2003. First appeared in WWE's ECW brand in 2006 and stayed with the company until 2008. Joined TNA in 2009 and stayed with the company for much of the next decade.
46	* [[Wrestling/ColtCabana Colt Cabana/Scotty Goldman]].
47	* Wrestling/SamiCallihan. Debuted in 2006.
48	* [[Wrestling/DonCallis Don "The Jackyl"[=/=]"Cyrus" Callis]].
49	* Wrestling/ChrisCandido: Died in 2005.
50	* Wrestling/MattCardona. Debuted in 2004. First appeared on WWE TV in 2007.
51	* Creator/DrewCarey: Participated in the 2001 Royal Rumble.
52	* Wrestling/OrangeCassidy: Debuted in 2004.
53	* Wrestling/CarlitoColon
54	* [[Wrestling/StacyCarter Stacy "Miss Kitty"/"The Kat" Carter]]. Retired in 2001.
55	* Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli. Debuted in 2000.
56	* [[Wrestling/DaltonCastle Dalton Castle/Ashley Remington]]. Debuted in 2008.
57	* Wrestling/JohnCena. Debuted in 2001. Made his WWE debut in 2002. Peaked in 2005.
58	* [[Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa Cheerleader Melissa/Raisha Saeed/Alissa Flash]]
59	* [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian (Cage)]]
60	* Wrestling/{{Chyna}}. Retired in 2001.
61	* Wrestling/TommasoCiampa. Debuted in January 2005.
62	* Wrestling/BryanClarke: Retired in 2003.
63	* Wrestling/BrodusClay. Debuted as G-Rilla in 2006.
64	* Wrestling/AdamCole. Debuted in 2007.
65	* Wrestling/RicoConstantino. Started in California in 1999, debuted on WWE TV in 2002.
66	* Wrestling/RobConway
67	* Wrestling/JimCornette
68	* [[Wrestling/NikkiCross Nikki Cross/Nikki Storm]]. Debuted in 2008.
69	* [[Wrestling/ShawnDaivari Shawn Daivari/Khosrow Daivari/Daivari/Sheik Abdul Bashir]]
70	* Wrestling/BoDallas. Debuted under his real name Taylor Rotunda in 2008.
71	* [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels Christopher Daniels/Curry Man]].
72	* Wrestling/BryanDanielson.
73	* Wrestling/SoloDarling. Debuted in 2009.
74	* Wrestling/TenilleDashwood. Debuted as Tenille Taylain 2007.
75	* Wrestling/DawnMarie. Debuted in WWE in 2002.
76	* [[Wrestling/BillDeMott Hugh Morrus[=/=]Bill DeMott]]. Stayed in WCW until the end, went on to WWE, became a trainer.
77	* Wrestling/SaraDelRey. Debuted in 2001.
78	* [[Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio/Dos Caras Jr.]] Debuted as Dos Caras Jr. in 2000.
79	* [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]]. Debuted in 2000.
80	* Creator/DustinDiamond: Made his in-ring debut in 2000 and occassionally wrestled since.
81	* Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr: Debuted in 2006.
82	* [[Wrestling/NickDinsmore Nick Dinsmore[=/=]Eugene]]. Debuted in 1997, started the Eugene gimmick in 2004.
83	* Wrestling/ShaneDouglas
84	* Wrestling/TommyDreamer
85	* Wrestling/KaraDrew. Debuted in 1999, arrived in WWE in 2007 as Cherry, retired after getting released in 2008.
86	* Wrestling/SpikeDudley. Arrived in WWE in 2001, left in 2005, in TNA and independents ever since.
87	* Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}}: Won the 2001 King of the Ring, became the inaugural Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank winner in 2005, and ultimately peaked in 2006 by winning his first ever WWE Championship. Following the U.S. Championship being made part of the criteria in 2015 as a substitute for the now defunct European and Hardcore Championships, he retroactively became the seventh WWE Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion, and the third under its new format.
88	* Wrestling/EddieEdwards: Debuted in 2002.
89	* [[Wrestling/NelsonErazo Nelson Erazo[=/=]Homicide]]
90	* Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah
91	* Wrestling/{{Fenix}}: Debuted in 2005.
92	* Wrestling/BobbyFish: Debuted in 2002.
93	* Wrestling/RicFlair: Became a WWE Wrestling/TripleCrownChampion in 2005, becoming one of the few wrestlers to win both the WWE and WCW versions of the honor. Retired in WWE in 2008 and was inducted to its [[Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame Hall of Fame]] the same year.
94	* Wrestling/MickFoley
95	* Wrestling/AliciaFox. Debuted in 2006. Made her WWE TV debut in 2008.
96	* Wrestling/{{Francine}}. TNA, MLW and others.
97	* [[Wrestling/JimFullington Jim "The Sandman" Fullington]]
98	* Wrestling/MrFuji: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2007.
99	* Wrestling/JustinGabriel: Wrestled as Justin Angel during this time.
100	* Wrestling/NickGage: Spent most of the decade wrestling for CZW.
101	* Wrestling/JohnnyGargano: Debuted in 2005.
102	* Wrestling/JackieGayda. Debuted in 2002.
103	* Wrestling/AkiraHokuto Debuted in 1984, retired in 2002
104	* [[Wrestling/GlennGilbertti Glenn Gilbertti[=/=]Disco Inferno]]. WCW, TNA and others.
105	* Wrestling/{{Glacier}}: Wrestles in the indies.
106	* Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. Retired in 2004 after a failed run in WWE, though he did became the first man to win both the WWE and WCW versions of the MediaNotes/BigGoldBelt during said run. Returned to wrestling and in WWE in 2016.
107	* Wrestling/{{Goldust}}
108	* Wrestling/SuperstarBillyGraham: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.
109	* Wrestling/EddieGraham: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2008.
110	* Wrestling/TheGreatKhali: Debuted in 2000.
111	* Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr
112	* Wrestling/EddieGuerrero: Peaked after winning the WWE (and Wrestling/{{Grand Slam\|Champion}}) Championship in 2004. Died in 2005. Inducted to the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2006.
113	* Wrestling/VickieGuerrero. Debuted in 2005.
114	* Wrestling/BillyGunn
115	* Wrestling/JillianHall
116	* Wrestling/ScottHall
117	* [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Drew Hankinson/Festus/Luke Gallows]]. Debuted in 2005.
118	* Wrestling/JeffHardy: Became the youngest Intercontinental Champion at 23 years old in 2001. Peaked in 2008 after winning the WWE Championship, also making him a Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion.
119	* Wrestling/MattHardy
120	* [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Luke Harper/Brodie Lee]]. Debuted as Brodie Lee in 2002.
121	* Wrestling/BretHart. Retired in 2000. Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2006.
122	* Wrestling/JimmyHart: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2005.
123	* Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto. Started ZERO-ONE in 2000.
124	* Wrestling/MuhammadHassan. Debuted in 2002, retired in 2005.
125	* Wrestling/DasherHatfield: Debuted in 2007 as Create-A-Wrestler, started the Dasher gimmick in 2009.
126	* Wrestling/JimmyHavoc: Debuted in 2004.
127	* Wrestling/DaizeeHaze. Debuted in 2002.
128	* [[Wrestling/DavidHeath David "Vampire Warrior"/"Gangrel" Heath]]
129	* Wrestling/BobbyHeenan: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.
130	* [[Wrestling/GregoryHelms Gregory Helms/Shane Helms/The Hurricane]]
131	* Wrestling/ChristyHemme. Debuted in 2004, retired right before the end of the decade in December 2009.
132	* Wrestling/TaelerHendrix. Debuted in 2008.
133	* Wrestling/CurtHennig: Died in 2002. Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2007.
134	* Wrestling/MarkHenry
135	* Wrestling/ChrisHero
136	* Wrestling/PaulHeyman
137	* Wrestling/HulkHogan: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2005.
138	* Wrestling/BobHolly
139	* Wrestling/CrashHolly: Died in 2003.
140	* Wrestling/MollyHolly. Debuted in the late 1990s, arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in late 2000.
141	* Wrestling/{{Hornswoggle}}. Debuted in Wisconsin in 2004, made his WWE TV debut in 2006.
142	* Wrestling/KotaIbushi. Debuted in 2004, started working with [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]] in 2009.
143	* Wrestling/TheIronSheik: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2005.
144	* Wrestling/{{Ivory}}
145	* Wrestling/JimmyJacobs
146	* Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}
147	* Wrestling/MickieJames. Debuted in 1999, joined TNA in 2002 and joined WWE's main roster in 2005. Peaked in 2006.
148	* Wrestling/JoeyJanela: Debuted in 2006.
149	* Wrestling/JeffJarrett. He was the founder of TNA.
150	* Wrestling/ChrisJericho. He ''was'' known as "[[MillenniumBug Y2J]]", after all. Became a Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion in 2001 and won the Intercontinental Championship for a record-breaking nine times at the very end of the decade.
151	* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]. Retired in 2004 to focus on his [[Creator/DwayneJohnson acting career]]. Returned to wrestling part-time in 2011.
152	* [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Hunter "Delirious" Johnston]]. Debuted in 2001.
153	* Wrestling/JunkyardDog: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.
154	* Wrestling/{{Kane}}: Made a record of eleven eliminations at the 2001 Royal Rumble that would not be broken until 2014. The same year also saw him crowned as Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion by defeating Triple H for the Intercontinental Championship. Unmasked in 2003.
155	* Wrestling/MariaKanellis. Debuted in 2004.
156	* Wrestling/{{Kanyon}}. Retired in 2007, died in 2010.
157	* Wrestling/AllysinKay. Debuted in 2008.
158	* [[Wrestling/BillieKay Billie Kay/Jessie McKay]]. Debuted in 2007.
159	* Wrestling/FrankieKazarian: Became the inaugural Wrestling/{{P\|roWrestlingGuerilla}}WG Champion in 2003.
160	* Wrestling/StacyKeibler: Retired in 2006
161	* Wrestling/KellyKelly. Debuted in 2006.
162	* Wrestling/TysonKidd
163	* Wrestling/BillyKidman
164	* Wrestling/RonKillings. Released by WWF in 2002. Made his TNA debut the same year as Ron "The Truth" Killings and became the first African-American to hold the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Returned to WWE in 2008 as R-Truth.
165	* Wrestling/GailKim. Debuted in 2000.
166	* Wrestling/EddieKingston. Debuted in 2002.
167	* Wrestling/KofiKingston. Debuted in 2006. Made his WWE debut in 2008.
168	* Wrestling/LAKnight. Debuted in 2003.
169	* Wrestling/KentaKobashi
170	* Wrestling/KentaKobayashi: Debuted in 2000.
171	* Wrestling/SatoshiKojima
172	* Wrestling/AjaKong
173	* Wrestling/{{Konnan}}. WCW, TNA, AAA
174	* Wrestling/VladimirKozlov. Debuted in 2005, made his WWE TV debut in 2006.
175	* [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa Jessica "ODB" Kresa]]. Debuted in 2001.
176	* Wrestling/LaParka
177	* Wrestling/BigELangston. Debuted in 2009.
178	* Wrestling/BobbyLashley. Debuted in WWE in 2005.
179	* Wrestling/JerryLawler. Inducted to the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2007.
180	* Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield: Peaked at 2004 after winning the WWE title. Became a Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion in 2009 and retired the same year. He also first became a commentator around 2006-2008 while nursing his injury before returning to this field after his aforementioned retirement.
181	* Wrestling/{{Layla}}. Debuted in 2006.
182	* Wrestling/AJLee. Debuted in 2007.
183	* Wrestling/KeithLee. Debuted in 2005.
184	* Wrestling/CandiceLeRae. Debuted in 2002.
185	* Wrestling/BrockLesnar. Debuted in 2000. Made his WWE debut in 2002 and won both the King of the Ring and WWE title a few months later, becoming the youngest WWE Champion to date.
186	* Wrestling/JayLethal. Debuted in 2001, joining Wrestling/RingOfHonor in 2003 and [[Wrestling/TotalNonstopActionWrestling TNA]] in 2005.
187	* Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger
188	* Wrestling/{{Lita}}: Retired in 2006, though she's made sporadic WWE appearances to this day (2020).
189	* Wrestling/{{Lodi}}. Stayed in WCW through the end, went off to the independents.
190	* Wrestling/TeddyLong
191	* Wrestling/AngelinaLove. Debuted in 2000.
192	* Wrestling/LowKi
193	* Wrestling/BeckyLynch. Debuted in 2002. Retired in 2006 until returning to wrestling as a manager in 2011.
194	* Wrestling/JerryLynn
195	* Wrestling/BradMaddox: Debuted in 2008.
196	* Wrestling/JinderMahal. Debuted in 2004, arrived in WWE in 2010.
197	* Wrestling/BallsMahoney
198	* Wrestling/DeanMalenko. Retired in 2001.
199	* Wrestling/TonyMamaluke
200	* Wrestling/ManaThePolynesianWarrior. Debuted in 2000.
201	* [[Wrestling/TrevorMann Trevor "Richochet" Mann]]: Debuted in 2003.
202	* Wrestling/SantinoMarella. Debuted in 2003.
203	* Wrestling/LittleGuidoMaritato
204	* Wrestling/DebraMarshall
205	* Wrestling/SherriMartel: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2006. Died in 2007.
206	* Wrestling/MercedesMartinez. Debuted in 2000.
207	* Wrestling/TruthMartini: Debuted in 1998, arrived in Ring of Honor as a manager in 2009.
208	* Wrestling/NaomichiMarufuji
209	* Wrestling/{{Maryse}}. Debuted in 2006.
210	* Wrestling/AshleyMassaro. Debuted in 2005, retired in 2008.
211	* [[Wrestling/DrakeMaverick Drake Maverick/Rockstar Spud/Spud]]. Debuted as Spud in 2001.
212	* Wrestling/MichelleMcCool. Debuted in 2004.
213	* [[Wrestling/NigelMcGuinness Nigel McGuinness/Desmond Wolfe]]. Made his ROH debut in 2003 and his TNA debut in 2009.
214	* [[Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre Drew McIntyre/Galloway]]. Debuted in 2002. Made his WWE debut in 2007.
215	* Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon
216	* Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon
217	* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon
218	* Wrestling/{{Melina}}. Debuted in 2001, made her WWE TV debut in 2004.
219	* Wrestling/RosaMendes. Debuted in 2006, made her WWE TV debut in 2008.
220	* Wrestling/MarcMero: Retired in 2006.
221	* Wrestling/ShawnMichaels: Returned to active competition in 2002.
222	* Wrestling/CandiceMichelle. Debuted in 2004, retired in 2009.
223	* Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku
224	* [[Wrestling/ErnestMiller Ernest "The Cat" Miller]]. Debuted in 1997, stayed with WCW until the end in 2001, had small runs in WWAS and WWE.
225	* Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa: Led an exodus of wrestlers out of Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling to form Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH in 2000. [[CasualtyInTheRing Tragically died in the ring during a NOAH match in 2009.]]
226	* Wrestling/MissElizabeth: Passed away on May 2003.
227	* Wrestling/JamesMitchell
228	* Wrestling/TheMiz. Debuted in 2003.
229	* [[Wrestling/EmberMoon Ember Moon/Athena]]. Debuted as Athena in 2007.
230	* [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Carlene "Jazz" Moore]]
231	* Wrestling/ShannonMoore
232	* Wrestling/MattMorgan. Debuted in 2002.
233	* Wrestling/JohnMorrison. Debuted in 2003.
234	* [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Jon Moxley/Dean Ambrose]]. Debuted in 2004.
235	* Wrestling/{{MsChif}}. Debuted in 2001.
236	* Wrestling/DonMuraco: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.
237	* Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr: Joined WWE in 2002. Peaked in 2006 after winning the World Heavyweight Championship, and became a Wrestling/TripleCrownChampion after winning the Intercontinental Championship at the very end of the decade.
238	* Wrestling/YujiNagata
239	* Wrestling/ChigusaNagayo: Retired in 2005.
240	* Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito. Debuted in 2005.
241	* Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura. Debuted in 2002.
242	* Wrestling/KevinNash
243	* Wrestling/NecroButcher
244	* Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart. Debuted in 2000.
245	* Wrestling/NewJack
246	* Wrestling/{{Nidia}}. Debuted in 2001.
247	* Wrestling/ScottNorton
248	* Wrestling/ChristopherNowinski. Debuted in 2002.
249	* Wrestling/KyleOReilly: Debuted in 2005.
250	* Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada. Debuted in 2004. Made his Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling debut in 2007.
251	* Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund. Went into semi-retirement following the downfall of WCW, though frequently appearing in documentaries and anniversary shows until shortly before his death in 2019. Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2006.
252	* Wrestling/KennyOmega. Debuted in 2000.
253	* Creator/TitoOrtiz: Debuted in 2005, though mainly competed in TNA.
254	* Wrestling/BobOrtonJr. Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2005 as well as assisting his son Wrestling/RandyOrton in the WWE the same year.
255	* Wrestling/RandyOrton. Debuted in 2000. Made his WWE debut in 2002. Won his first World Championship in 2004 and became a Wrestling/TripleCrownChampion in 2006.
256	* Wrestling/FredOttman: Retired at the very beginning of the decade.
257	* Wrestling/DavidOtunga: Debuted on ''FCW'' in 2009. Became part of the first season of ''NXT''.
258	* Wrestling/KevinOwens: Debuted in 2000.
259	* Wrestling/{{PAC}}. Debuted in 2004.
260	* Wrestling/AdamPage: Debuted in 2009.
261	* Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage. Wrestled for WWE from 2001-2002 and TNA for 2004-2005.
262	* Wrestling/{{Paige}}. Debuted in 2005.
263	* Wrestling/PentagonJr: Debuted in 2007.
264	* [[Wrestling/KarleePerez Karlee Pérez/Maxine/Catrina]]. Debuted in 2009.
265	* Wrestling/BethPhoenix. Debuted in 2001.
266	* Wrestling/RoddyPiper: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2005.
267	* Wrestling/MadManPondo
268	* [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter Montel Vontavious Porter/MVP]]. Debuted in 2002, arrived in WWE in 2006.
269	* Wrestling/BrucePrichard
270	* Wrestling/PrinceNana. Debuted as a manager in Ring of Honor in 2002.
271	* Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr: Became a writer for WWE circa 2007-2009.
272	* Wrestling/{{Psicosis}}
273	* Wrestling/DanielPuder. Debuted in 2004.
274	* Wrestling/CMPunk. Debuted in 1999, joined the main Wrestling/{{WWE}} roster in 2006. In 2008, he became WWE's fastest Wrestling/TripleCrownChampion to date by respectively winning the World Heavyweight, World TagTeam, and Intercontinental Championships in the span of six months.
275	* Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush
276	* Wrestling/HarleyRace: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.
277	* Wrestling/{{Raven}}
278	* Wrestling/MadisonRayne. Debuted in 2005.
279	* Wrestling/RecklessYouth. Debuted in 1995, helped create CHIKARA in 2002, retired in 2007.
280	* Wrestling/WilliamRegal
281	* Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Debuted in 2006.
282	* Wrestling/DustyRhodes: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2007.
283	* Wrestling/{{Ryback}}: Debuted in 2004.
284	* [[Wrestling/{{Rhyno}} Rhyno/Rhino]]
285	* Wrestling/StevieRichards
286	* Wrestling/ScottyRiggs. Retired in 2009.
287	* Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}
288	* Wrestling/RoadDogg. Would spend a huge chunk of the decade in TNA as B.G. James, in the stables 3Live Kru and Voodoo Kin Mafia.
289	* Creator/DennisRodman: Retired in 2008.
290	* [[Wrestling/SethRollins Seth Rollins/Tyler Black]]. Debuted in 2005.
291	* Wrestling/BobbyRoode. Debuted in 2004.
292	* Wrestling/{{Rosemary}}: Debuted in 2008.
293	* Wrestling/JimRoss. Inducted to the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2007.
294	* Wrestling/PeytonRoyce: Debuted in 2009.
295	* Wrestling/TerriRunnels. Retired in 2004.
296	* [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana Alexander Rusev]]. Debuted in 2008.
297	* Wrestling/JoeyRyan. Debuted in 2000.
298	* Wrestling/{{Ryback}}. Debuted in 2004.
299	* Wrestling/{{Sable}}: Returned briefly to the WWE from 2003-2004. She also served as her husband's valet in NJPW from 2006-2007.
300	* Wrestling/ZackSabreJr. Debuted in 2004.
301	* Wrestling/{{Sabu}}
302	* Wrestling/SumieSakai
303	* Wrestling/SamoaJoe
304	* [[Wrestling/DamienSandow Damien Sandow/Aaron "Idol" Stevens]]. Debuted in 2001. First appeared on WWE TV in 2006, though didn't became Sandow until 2010.
305	* Wrestling/TitoSantana: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.
306	* Wrestling/BobSapp
307	* Wrestling/PerrySaturn
308	* Wrestling/RandySavage. Wrestled his final match in 2004 for TNA.
309	* Wrestling/TonySchiavone: Retired from wrestling commentary in 2003.
310	* Wrestling/MartyScurll: Debuted in 2005.
311	* Wrestling/KenShamrock. Went back and forth between wrestling and [=MMA=].
312	* Wrestling/SharkBoy
313	* Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}. Debuted in 2002. Made his WWE debut in 2009.
314	* Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata
315	* Wrestling/HikaruShida: Debuted in 2008.
316	* Wrestling/GoShiozaki: Debuted in 2004.
317	* Wrestling/IoShirai: Debuted in 2007.
318	* Wrestling/SilverKing
319	* Wrestling/ElixSkipper: Retired in 2009.
320	* Wrestling/HeathSlater. Debuted in 2004, arrived in WWE in 2010.
321	* Wrestling/SgtSlaughter: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.
322	* Wrestling/NormanSmiley
323	* Wrestling/AlSnow
324	* Wrestling/TaminaSnuka. Debuted in 2009.
325	* Wrestling/GordonSolie: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2008.
326	* Wrestling/RichieSteamboat. Debuted in 2008.
327	* Wrestling/RickySteamboat: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame at the very end of the decade.
328	* Wrestling/ScottSteiner
329	* [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Kia Stevens/Awesome Kong/Amazing Kong]]. Debuted in 2002.
330	* Wrestling/{{Sting}}
331	* Wrestling/SarahStock
332	* [[Wrestling/DevonStorm Devon Storm[=/=]Crowbar]]
333	* Wrestling/JamesStorm
334	* Wrestling/LanceStorm
335	* Wrestling/ToniStorm: Debuted in 2009.
336	* Wrestling/TrishStratus. Debuted in 2000, retired in 2006.
337	* Wrestling/RoderickStrong. Debuted in 2000.
338	* Wrestling/BigJohnStudd: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.
339	* Wrestling/AJStyles: Became the first ever TNA Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion in 2009.
340	* Wrestling/TakuyaSugi. Debuted in 2004.
341	* Wrestling/SuperCrazy
342	* Wrestling/JackSwagger. Debuted in 2006. Made his WWE debut in 2008.
343	* Wrestling/LarrySweeney. Had his first match in 2000, debuted in [=CHIKARA=] in 2004.
344	* Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri
345	* Wrestling/ShingoTakagi
346	* Wrestling/MasatoTanaka
347	* Wrestling/YoshiTatsu. Debuted in 2002, arrived in WWE in 2009.
348	* Wrestling/MattTaven. Debuted in 2008.
349	* Wrestling/ChuckTaylor. Debuted in 2002, arrived in CHIKARA in 2006.
350	* Wrestling/{{Tazz}}. Arrived in WWE in January 2000.
351	* Wrestling/HiroyoshiTenzan
352	* Wrestling/SylvesterTerkay
353	* Wrestling/TarynTerrell. Debuted in 2007.
354	* Wrestling/{{Test}}: Died in 2009
355	* Wrestling/SurvivalTobita
356	* Wrestling/EveTorres. Debuted in 2007.
357	* Wrestling/TripleH: Became a WWE Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion in 2001. In 2002, he both won the Royal Rumble and became the inaugural WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
358	* Wrestling/UltimoDragon
359	* Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}. Debuted in 2002.
360	* Wrestling/{{Umaga}}. Debuted in the 1990s, made his WWE TV debut in 2002. Died in December 2009.
361	* Wrestling/TheUndertaker
362	* Wrestling/DaffneyUnger
363	* Wrestling/KanakoUrai: Debuted in 2004.
364	* Wrestling/RobVanDam: Won the WWE Championship in 2006, thus becoming a WWE Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion.
365	* [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Lisa Marie "Victoria"[=/=]"Tara" Varon]]. Debuted in June 2000.
366	* Wrestling/IvelisseVelez. Debuted in 2002.
367	* Wrestling/VelvetSky. Debuted in 2003.
368	* Wrestling/ValVenis
369	* Wrestling/JesseVentura: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.
370	* Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2005.
371	* Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie. Debuted in 2006.
372	* Wrestling/{{Walter}}: Debuted in 2005.
373	* [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman Sean Waltman[=/=]The 1-2-3 Kid[=/=]Syxx[=/=]X-Pac]]
374	* [[Wrestling/KimonaWanalaya Kimona Wanalaya[=/=]Leia Meow]]. Retired in 2001.
375	* [[Wrestling/JimmyWangYang Jimmy Wang Yang[=/=]Akio[=/=]Yang]]
376	* Wrestling/KokoBWare: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame at the very end of the decade.
377	* [[Wrestling/KatarinaWaters Katarina Leigh "Katie Lea"[=/=]"Winter" Waters]]. Debuted in February 2000.
378	* Wrestling/AmyWeber. Diva Search contestant in the 2004 season, and JBL's 'Image Consultant' on Smackdown from then until 2005.
379	* Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck.
380	* Wrestling/TaylorWilde. Debuted in 2003.
381	* Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams. Worked in AJPW, briefly in WWE, and in several indies throughout the decade. Died in 2009.
382	* Wrestling/TorrieWilson. Retired in 2008.
383	* Wrestling/XavierWoods. Debuted in 2005.
384	* Wrestling/AlexWright: Stayed with WCW to the end in 2001 and returned to Germany and retired.
385	* Wrestling/CharlesWright. Retired in 2002, but returned to the ring for sporadic appearances from 2007 on.
386	* Wrestling/BrayWyatt: Debuted as Duke Rotundo in 2009.
387	* Wrestling/ToruYano: Debuted in 2002.
388	* Wrestling/EricYoung
389	* Wrestling/MaeYoung: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2008.
390	* Wrestling/SuYung: Debuted in 2007.
391	* [[Wrestling/SamiZayn Sami Zayn/El Generico]]: Debuted in 2002.
392	* Wrestling/DolphZiggler: Debuted in 2004.
393
394	[[AC:Tag Teams and Stables]]
395	* Wrestling/TheAPA. Ceased in 2004, sporadic appearances afterwards.
396	* Wrestling/BellaTwins. Debuted in 2008. Brie was the first to debut followed by Nikki several weeks later.
397	* Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople. Formed in 2007.
398	* Wrestling/TheBlackjacks: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2006.
399	* Wrestling/TheBriscoeBrothers: Debuted in 2000.
400	* Wrestling/DieBruderschaftDesKreuzes: Formed November 22, 2009
401	* Wrestling/CadeAndMurdoch: Debuted in 2005.
402	* Wrestling/{{Caged Heat\|Wrestling}}. Debuted in 2000.
403	* {{Wrestling/CHAOS}}: Debuted in 2009.
404	* Wrestling/DeuceNDomino: Formed in 2006, debuted on ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2007, broke up in 2008.
405	* Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys
406	* Wrestling/DGenerationX: Ceased as a team in 2000. Reunited as a TagTeam (of Shawn Michaels and Triple H) in 2006 up until Michaels' retirement at the beginning of the next decade.
407	* Wrestling/{{Evolution}}: Team formed in 2003 and lasted until 2005.
408	* Wrestling/GoldenLovers: Formed in 2009.
409	* Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny: Debuted both as singles wrestlers and as a team in 2008.
410	* Wrestling/JadoAndGedo
411	* Wrestling/TheKingsOfWrestling. Formed in 2005, broke up in 2011.
412	* Wrestling/LayCool: Formed in 2009.
413	* Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick. Team formed in 2003.
414	* Wrestling/MotorCityMachineGuns: Formed in 2006.
415	* Wrestling/TheNewAgeOutlaws
416	* Wrestling/NewWorldOrder: Reunited briefly on two separate occasions; first in 2000 under Bret Hart's leadership, second in 2002 by the three founding members during early 2002.
417	* Wrestling/ThePublicEnemyTagTeam: Team ended when Flyboy Rocco Rock died in 2002.
418	* Wrestling/LaResistanceTagTeam: Debuted in 2003, broke up in 2005.
419	* Wrestling/RightToCensor: Debuted in 2000, broke up in 2001.
420	* Wrestling/SantanaAndOrtiz: Santana debuted in 2007, while Ortiz debuted in 2008.
421	* Wrestling/TheSuperSmashBrothers: Debuted in 2006, arrived in CHIKARA in 2007.
422	* Wrestling/TheUsos. Debuted in 2007.
423	* Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam (Shelton in 2000. Haas in 1996. The team in 2002.)
424	* Wrestling/VonErichFamily: All but Kevin were inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame at the very end of the decade.
425	* Wrestling/TheYoungBucks: Debuted in 2004.
426
427	[[AC:Promotions]]
428	* ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}''. Debuted in 2002, folded in 2020.
429	* ''Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam'': Changed its name to DDT Pro-Wrestling in 2004.
430	* ''Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE''. Debuted in 2004, folded in 2009.
431	* ''Wrestling/{{MLW}}''. Debuted in 2002, folded in 2004. The promotion would be revived in 2017.
432	* ''Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla''. Debuted in 2003.
433	* ''Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH''. Debuted in 2000.
434	* ''Wrestling/RingOfHonor''. Debuted in 2002. Folded in 2021, sold to AEW co-founder/booker/CEO Tony Khan in 2022 and relaunched as an AEW sub-promotion in March 2023.
435	* ''Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}''. Debuted in 2005.
436	* ''Wrestling/TotalNonstopActionWrestling''. Debuted in 2002.
437	* ''Wrestling/WOWWomenOfWrestling''. Debuted in 2000.
438	* ''Wrestling/{{WSU}}''. Debuted in 2006 as Wrestling Superstars Uncensored.
439	* ''Wrestling/WrestlingSocietyX''. Debuted in 2007, folded later that year.
440
441	[[AC:Events]]
442	* ''Wrestling/ArmageddonWWE''. Replaced by ''Wrestling/{{Vengeance}}'' in 2001. Returned in 2002. Ceased after 2008.
443	* ''MediaNotes/AttitudeEra'': Ended in 2001. Whether it happened at ''[=WrestleMania=] X-Seven'' or ''Survivor Series'' is up for debate.
444	* ''Wrestling/{{Backlash}}'': Ceased after 2009. Returned in 2016.
445	* ''Wrestling/BadBlood'': Returned in 2003. Ceased after 2004.
446	* ''Wrestling/CyberSunday'': Debuted as ''Taboo Tuesday'' in 2004. Renamed into ''Cyber Sunday'' in 2006. Ceased after 2008.
447	* ''Wrestling/DecemberToDismember'': Debuted (And was canelled) in 2006. Often regarded as the worst PPV of all time.
448	* ''Wrestling/TheGreatAmericanBash'': Last held as a WCW PPV in 2000. Revived as a WWE PPV in 2004. Ceased after 2009 and is replaced by ''Fatal 4 Way''.
449	* ''Wrestling/HellInACell'': Debuted as a PPV in 2009.
450	* ''MediaNotes/TheInvasionAngle'': WWE's StoryArc for much of 2001.
451	* ''Wrestling/JudgmentDay''. Ceased after 2009.
452	* ''Wrestling/KingOfTheRing'': Ceased after 2002. Returned sporadically four times since, specifically 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2015.
453	* ''Wrestling/NewYearsRevolution'': Debuted in 2005. Ceased after 2007.
454	* ''Wrestling/NoMercy'': Ceased after 2008. Returned in 2016.
455	* ''Wrestling/{{No Way Out\|WWE}}'': Ceased after 2009. Returned in for a single time (so far) in 2012.
456	* ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'': Stone Cold sets the record for most wins after winning his third Rumble in the 2001 event. In the same year, Kane made the most eliminations in a single rumble, a record that will not be broken until 2014. In 2007, Undertaker became the first winner who entered the Rumble last (#30).
457	* ''Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra'': Circa 2002-2008.
458	* ''Wrestling/SummerSlam'': Brock Lesnar became the youngest WWE Champion in 2002, while Randy Orton became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in 2004.
459	* ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries''. The Wrestling/EliminationChamber match debuted in the 2002 event.
460	* ''Wrestling/{{Unforgiven\|WWE}}''. Ceased after 2008.
461	* ''MediaNotes/{{Vengeance}}'': Debuted in 2001. Ceased after 2007. Returned in for a single time in 2011.
462	* ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'': The ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank'' concept was introduced in the 2005 event.
463	* ''Wrestling/WWEDivaSearch''. Debuted in 2003. Ceased in 2007, though an un-aired one was held in 2013.
464	* ''MediaNotes/WWEHallOfFame'': Relaunched in 2004 and continued since.
465	* ''MediaNotes/WWEPGEra'': Began in 2008.
466	* ''Wrestling/WWESuperstars'': Debuted in 2009.
467
468	[[AC: Miscellaneous]]
469	* MediaNotes/BigGoldBelt. The original Big Gold Belt would be retired in early 2001 and replaced with an all-gold cast replica. Following the acquisition of WCW in 2001, the WCW World Championship was unified with the WWF Championship into the Undisputed WWE Championship. However, the design was reused (albeit revised somewhat) for WWE's World Heavyweight championship, with a WWE logo eventually added for trademark purposes.
470	* ''Wrestling/EliminationChamber'': The match debuted in the main event of ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2002''.
471	* Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion: AJ Styles became the first wrestler in TNA to get this feat. For the WWF/E, most of its Grand Slam Champions were crowned in this decade.[[labelnote:List]]In chronological order; Triple H (2001), Kane (2001), Chris Jericho (2001), Kurt Angle (2002), Eddie Guerrero (2004), Rob Van Dam (2006), Booker T (2006), Jeff Hardy (2008), and JBL (2009). Those were the wrestlers who won the original format. Starting 2015, the U.S. Championship was added as a substitute for the now defunct European and Hardcore Championships, retroactively including Edge (2006) to the list, while also making Angle, Guerrero, Jericho, and Hardy Grand Slam Champions in both formats[[/labelnote]]
472	* ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank'': The concept was introduced in 2005 during ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 21'' and has been a staple of the event until 2010.
473	* MediaNotes/TripleCrownChampion: Several more wrestlers have achieved this feat, and in different promotions at that.
474	* MediaNotes/WWEDivasEra: A period from 1999 to 2016 where WWE's female talents were called "WWE Divas."

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