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Lists the various wrestlers active during the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance[=/=][=WCW=] Era, from 1988 through 1993. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in WCW.

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!!! Wrestling/TooColdScorpio 1992-1994
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[[folder: A]]
!!! Wrestling/BradArmstrong (Robert Bradley "Brad" James, 1984-1995, 1997-2000)

!!! [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] (1991-1995)
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[[folder: B]]
!!! [[Wrestling/MarcMero Johnny B. Badd]] (Marc Mero, 1991-1996)

!!! [[Wrestling/BuffBagwell Marcus "Buff" Bagwell]] (Marcus Alexander Bagwell, 1991-2001)
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[[folder: C]]

!!! [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]] (Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr.) 1991-1994

!!! [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker "Mean" Mark Callous]] (Mark Calaway) 1989-1990

!!! Wrestling/MasahiroChono (蝶野 正洋, Chono Masahiro, 1991-1992, 1995-2000)
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[[folder: E]]
!!! Bobby Eaton (Robert Lee Eaton, 1985-1992, 1994-2000)
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* TheAce: While he wasn't a main eventer outside of the Midnight Express, he was easily one of the best technical wrestlers in the company.
* TheBrute: Of the Dangerous Alliance.
* DemotedToExtra / {{Jobber}}: In 1997 after he broke up with the Bluebloods.
* PowerStable: Wrestling/TheDangerousAlliance and the Bluebloods.
* RedBaron: 'Beautiful' in the Midnight Express then 'Earl' Robert in the [=BlueBloods=].
* TagTeam: A former member of the Midnight Express, on of the greatest teams in professional wrestling. Also with Regal and Taylor in the Bluebloods.

!!! [[Wrestling/GiantGonzalez El Gigante (Jorge González)]] 1990-1992

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[[folder: F]]

!!! Wrestling/TatsumiFujinami (藤波 辰爾, Fujinami Tatsumi, 1991-1992)

!!! Wrestling/TerryFunk (1989, 1994, 2000-2001)
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[[folder: G]]
!!! [[Wrestling/KeijiMutoh The Great Muta]] (武藤 敬司, Muto Keiji) 1989-1990, 1993-2000

!!! [[Wrestling/TomBrandi Johnny Gunn]] (Tom Brandi) 1992-1993
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[[folder: I]]
!!! Wrestling/TheIronSheik (Hossein Khosrow Vaziri) 1989-1990
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[[folder: N]]
!!! Nitron[=/=]Big Sky (Tyler Mane, fka Daryl Karolat) 1989-1990, 1993
* TheBrute
* CoolShades
* EightiesHair: His mullet.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: As Nitron, he was Woman's bodyguard.

!!! Norman the Lunatic[=/=]Trucker Norm (Michael Shaw) 1989-1991
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* BathroomBrawl: His Falls Count Anywhere with Wrestling/KevinSullivan at ''Clash of the Champions X'' ended with them brawling in the bathroom.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: As Norman the Lunatic.
* CompanionCube: Carried a Toys/TeddyBear around.
* FatBastard: As a heel.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Teddy Long cut his "Norman didn't do it! Don't blame Norman!" promo, Norman in the background had put a garbage pail over his head and was tapping it with a hammer.
* HeelFaceTurn: Norman the Lunatic switched from being managed by Wrestling/TeddyLong to teaming with Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors.
* InstitutionalApparel: Wore pajamas from a mental hospital as Norman the Lunatic.
* NoodleIncident: Teddy Long once cut a promo where he said, "Norman didn't do it! Don't blame Norman!" Whatever Norman did was never specified.
* PartsUnknown: As Norman the Lunatic, he was billed from the "State Hospital".
* PowerStable: Captain's Crew, with "Captain" Wrestling/MikeRotunda and Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher
* SquashMatch: Norman debuted this way, flattening Mike Justice in 47 seconds at NWA's ''Clash of the Champions VII''.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling trucker as Trucker Norm. "Captain" Wrestling/MikeRotunda explained that Norman the Lunatic and Trucker Norm were the same person; Norman's father, a trucker, had died, and so Norm was taking up the role himself in tribute.
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[[folder: O]]
!!! Wrestling/PaulOrndorff (Paul Parlette Orndorff, Jr., 1990, 1992-2000)
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!!! Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage (Dallas Page, FKA Page Joseph Falkinburg, Jr.) 1991-1992, 1994-2001

!!! The Patriots- Firebreaker Chip (Curtis Thompson 1988-1992), Todd Champion (Todd Bradford 1987, 1991-1994)
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* ArchEnemy: The Fabulous Freebirds, the Young Pistols (Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong)
* DemotedToExtra
* PartsUnknown: "WCW Special Forces"
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Chip was a wrestling firefighter and Champion was a wrestling [[UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar Gulf War veteran]].

!!! Wrestling/BrianPillman (Brian William Pillman, 1989–1994, 1994–1996)
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[[folder: R]]
!!! Butch Reed (Bruce Reed, 1989-1991, 1992)
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%%* CoolMask: As part of Doom, at first.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: As part of, appropriately enough, Doom.
%%* MightyGlacier
* RedBaron: 'Hacksaw' in his singles career.
%%* ScaryBlackMan
%%* SoulBrotha

!!! [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]] (Dustin Patrick Runnels, 1991-1995, 1999-2001)

!!! [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] (Aurelian Smith Jr.) 1992

!!! [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Mike Rotunda[=/=]Michael Wallstreet[=/=]V.K.Wallstreet[=/=]Mr. Wallstreet]] (Lawrence Michael Rotunda, (1987–1991, 1995-2000).
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[[folder: S]]
!!! [[Wrestling/TheHeadshrinkers The Samoan Swat Team]]
!!! [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} Fatu]] (Solofa Fatu Jr.) 1989-1990
!!! Samu (Samula Anoai) 1989
!!! [[Wrestling/TheTongaKid The Samoan Savage]] (Sam Fatu) 1989-1990

!!! Wrestling/RonSimmons (1989-1994)

!!! Wrestling/DanSpivey 1989-1991

!!! State Patrol - Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker (Dewayne Bruce, 1989-2001), Lt. James Earl Wright (Dale Veasey, 1989-1996)
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* DirtyCop
* DrillSergeantNasty: Parker's gimmick after the group's split. Based on his position as a trainer at the WCW Power Plant.
* {{Jobber}}: For such trash talkers, they sure did suck.
* LargeHam
* {{Leprechaun}}: Parker became Braun the Leprechaun during a short stint in the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Wrestling police officers.

!!! Rick Steiner (Robert Rechsteiner, 1987-1992, 1996-2001)
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* {{Animal Motif|s}}
* BadassBiker: After the Steiner Brothers split.
* BullyBulldog: He did have a very slight resemblance to a bulldog, and he invoked the trope with his wrestling style and taunts.
* CainAndAbel: After they split as a team, he and Scott fought a lot.
* CatchPhrase
-->"If you want some, come get some! And if you don't like me, bite me!"
* LeotardOfPower
* LightningBruiser: In his prime
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Rick Steiner played an easy going babyface character for much of his career. He was also notoriously nasty backstage, often no-selling and sandbagging for his opponents, and shooting on them (beating them up for real) just to prove he could.
* RedBaron: "The Dog Faced Gremlin"

!!! Wrestling/ScottSteiner (Scott Carl Rechsteiner, 1989-1992, 1996-2001)

!!! Wrestling/KevinSullivan (Kevin Francis Sullivan, 1987-1992, 1994-2001)
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!!! [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] (Leon Allen White, 1990-1995)

!!! Van Hammer (Mark Hildreth, 1991-1993, 1997-2000)
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* TheBigGuy: In the Misfits in Action.
* TheBrute: In the Flock
* DemotedToExtra: More or less his second run with the company. He was more of a {{Mook|s}} than a stand alone star.
* DreadfulMusician: He would bring his guitar to the ring and do AirGuitar.
* {{Expy}}: WCW's first attempt at creating their own version of the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior. In this case, UW as a heavy metal guitarist.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Played one for a bit in the late 90s.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: As Van Hammer, he went from being a heavy metal guitarist to a transvestite to a hippie and then became a stoner as a member of Misfits In Action.
* OddCouple: He briefly formed a mismatched tag team with Juventud Guererra during their respective feuds with The Flock. They had good matches, as Juvi covered for Hammer's deficiencies.
* PowerStable: The Flock and the Misfits in Action.
* PunnyName: Went by the name [[TheStoner Major Stash]] in the Misfits in Action. His name was going to be "Private Stash" until he got mad about Chavo Guerrero outranking him.
* RedBaron: 'Heavy Metal' in his first run with the company.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: In his first run, a wrestling HeavyMetal guitarist.

!!! [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Vicious]] (Sid Eudy, 1989-1991, 1993, 1999-2001)
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!!! Erik Watts/Amarillo Slim (Erik Watts) 1992-1994, 1998-1999
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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/ArnAnderson
* FinishingMove: STF
* {{Nepotism}}: Got pushed right off the bat in late 1992 because his father, "Cowboy" Bill Watts, was the boss at the time. He was one of the most hated figures in wrestling at the time because of it.

!!! Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams 1987-1989, 1992
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[[folder: Z]]
!!! Larry Zbyszko (Lawrence "Larry" Whistler, 1987-1989, 1990–2001)
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Among the people he would most put over on commentary were Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}, luchador Hector Garza and...[[Characters/WCWFemaleTalent Nitro Girl AC Jazz]].
* BitingTheHandHumor: Once when Wrestling/{{Psicosis}} missed a top-turnbuckle legdrop to his opponent on the floor, Larry on commentary said, "He landed right on his [[Wrestling/EricBischoff Bischoff!"]]
* FinishingMove: Sleeper
* {{Jerkass}}: During Goldberg's entrance for his match with Brad Armstrong on the January 26, 1998 ''WCW Monday Nitro'', Larry said that Goldberg was reminiscent of the time "when men were men and women didn't vote."
* PowerStable: A member of Wrestling/TheDangerousAlliance and the Old Age Outlaws.
* RedBaron: 'The LivingLegend'
** He also adopted "The Cruncher" as a nickname as part of the Dangerous Alliance after breaking Barry Windham's hand in a car door.
* RetiredBadass: By 1996, Zbyszko stopped wrestling fulltime and took his talents to the announce table on ''WCW Monday Nitro''.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Officially, his last name is spelt Zby'''sz'''ko, but is sometimes misspelled like Zby'''s'''ko or Z'''yby'''sko.
* WrestlingFamily: Married into the Gagne family.

!!! Wrestling/TomZenk (Thomas Erwin "Tom" Zenk, 1989-1994)
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