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Lists the various Wrestling/{{WWE}} wrestlers active during the Wrestling/AttitudeEra, from March 23, 1997 through March 26, 2001. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in WWE.
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[[folder: A]]
!!! Águila[=/=]Papi Chulo[=/=]Essa Ríos (José Delgado Saldaña) 1997-2001
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* {{Jobber}}: After losing the Light Heavyweight title and Lita as Essa Rios.
* MaskedLuchador: As Águila
* WouldHitAGirl: What caused Lita to split with him.
!!! [[Wrestling/MattBloom Prince Albert/Albert/A-Train/Lord Tensai/Tensai/Jason Albert]] (Matthew Jason "Matt" Bloom) 1999-2004, 2012-present
!!! Wrestling/KurtAngle (Kurt Steven Angle) 1999-2006, 2017-2020
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[[folder: B]]
!!! Wrestling/ChrisBenoit (Christopher Michael Benoit) 2000-2007
!!! Wrestling/BigShow (Paul Randall Wight Jr.) 1999-2007, 2008-2018, 2020-2021
See also: Wrestling/NewWorldOrder, Wrestling/TheCorporation and Wrestling/TheAuthority.
!!! Wrestling/SteveBlackman 1997-2002, 2007
!!! Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie (Brian Heffron) 1998-1999, 2005
See also: Wrestling/TheJOBSquad
!!! Gerald Brisco (Floyd Gerald Brisco) 1984-1985, 1994-2009
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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The Brisco Brothers were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: For Wrestling/VinceMcMahon in the Wrestling/AttitudeEra.
* FinishingMove: Figure-Four Leglock
* SycophanticServant: To 'Mr. [=McMahon=]'
* TakeThat: The Stooges used Hulk Hogan's "A Real American" entrance theme.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Pat Patterson as Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's stooges.
* WrestlingFamily: A long time celebrated tag team with brother, Jack Brisco.
* YesMan: To Vince [=McMahon=] in the Wrestling/AttitudeEra.
!!! Wrestling/DLoBrown (Accie Julius Conner) 1997-2003, 2008-2009
See also: Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination
!!! Bull Buchanan (Barry Buchanan) 1997-2001, 2002-2003, 2011
See also: Wrestling/RightToCensor
* AlliterativeName: '''B'''ull '''B'''uchana.
* BaldOfEvil: Had a shiny bald head and was a heel for the entirety of his [=WWF/E=] career.
* IHaveManyNames: Recon, Bull Buchanan, and B2 (B-Squared).
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: The last bit of his WWE run was as B2, John Cena's buddy. Cena had just started his "Doctor of Thugonomics" rapper gimmick at the time.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: He was a wrestling militant, a wrestling SWAT officer, a wrestling activist, and a wrestling rapper.
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[[folder: C]]
!!! Wrestling/{{Christian}} (William Jason Reso) 1998-2005, 2009-2014, 2020-2021
See also: Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness
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[[folder: D]]
!!! Droz/Puke (Darren Drozdov) 1998-1999
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* AlliterativeName: '''D'''arren '''D'''rozdov
* ReplacementScrappy: {{Invoked|Trope}}. Droz started out as just a friend of the Road Warriors, but as Hawk's "personal demons" took control of him, Droz started angling to replace him entirely. Animal was oblivious and Hawk wasn't able to make his case, but the fans could see what Droz was up to and ''did not'' like him.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Droz could vomit at will, which is why he got the nickname 'Puke.'
!!! Wrestling/SpikeDudley (Matthew "Matt" Hyson) 2001-2005
See also: Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys
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[[folder: E]]
!!! Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} (Adam Joseph Copeland) 1998-2011, 2020-2023
See also: Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness and Wrestling/TheJudgmentDay
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!!!Sho Funaki (船木 勝一 Funaki Shoichi) 1998-2010
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* DarkHorseVictory: Few expected him to become number one contender to the cruiserweight championship. Fewer expected him to win it yet he did, held on to it, and successfully defended it in Tokyo.
* GagDub: As voiced by Howard Finkel "Indeed" in 2000-2001
* GratuitousEnglish: "Smackdown announcer number one!" He got better.
** '''''[[LargeHam INNNNNNNNNNDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDD!!!!]]'''''
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Kung Fu]]: When he came back from interviewing as Kung Fu Naki, after taking a little rap by R-Truth to heart.
* {{Jobber}}: One of the more well known examples, which was probably why Stephanie made him an interviewer. To elaborate, you can typically tell if a wrestler is going to job if they don't even get entrance music going into a match. Often times WWE will bring out guys not on the roster and sometimes not even in any long term relationship with the company, just to have them get beat by stars they have signed that have nothing else to do. Funaki lost to one of those guys, after he came out with entrance music even when the other guy didn't. Diamondback today is only remembered as that nobody who beat Funaki!
** To be fair, "Diamondback" was actually a WWE contracted star (Brian Kendrick) and did, in fact, get an entrance that night. It was still presented, however, as a major upset (despite Funaki jobbing everywhere else)
* LaughablyEvil: As part of Kaientai.
* RedBaron: "Kung Fu" Naki
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[[folder: G]]
!!! [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]] (David Heath) 1998-2001, 2007
See also: Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness
!!! Wrestling/GiantSilva (Paulo Silva) 1998-1999
!!! Wrestling/EddieGuerrero (Eduardo Gori Guerrero Llanes) 2000-2005
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[[folder: H]]
!!! Wrestling/CrashHolly (Michael Lockwood) 1999-2003
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[[folder: J]]
!!! Wrestling/ChrisJericho (Christopher Keith Irvine) 1999-2005, 2007-2010, 2012-2018
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[[folder: K]]
!!! Key (Vic Grimes) 1999
* {{Acrofatic}}: Possibly the biggest example at his time, even more than Wrestling/BamBamBigelow. He was a superheavyweight who could perform corkscrew sentons, somersaults and suicide dives.
* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: His original gimmick, which never materialized.
* ArchEnemy: Was planned to be one to The Godfather, but the storyline was dropped due to Godfather getting injured.
* TheBrute: To Droz, along Prince Albert.
* PutOnABus: Was sent to Wrestling/{{ECW}}.
!!! [[Wrestling/RonKillings K-Kwik[=/=]R-Truth]] (Ron Killings) 2000-2001, 2008-
!!! Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}} (Robert Maillet) 1997-1999
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[[folder: M]]
!!! Wrestling/DeanMalenko (Shelly Dean Simon) 2000-2018
!!! Meat[=/=]Shawn Stasiak (Dr. Shawn Emile Stipich) 1999-2000, 2001-2002
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* ButtMonkey: Being embarrassed by The Rock several times in one night. Also, knocking himself out by running into things.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His last run with WWE had him claiming he was hearing voices and that he came from "Planet Stasiak."
* FinishingMove: (as Meat): The Meat Grinder (inverted DDT)
* GeniusBruiser: In RealLife. After he left wrestling, he became a chiropractor.
* {{Jobber}}
* LeeroyJenkins: His Invasion era gimmick mostly consisted him running into turnbuckles and other random objects (such as a suit of armour) and knocking himself out.
* MistressAndServantBoy: As Meat, he was the latter for the Pretty Mean Sisters [[FunWithAcronyms otherwise known as PMS]].
* PartsUnknown: Planet Stasiak during his [=Cloudcuckoolander=] gimmick.
* PowerStable: The Alliance after WWE brought him back in 2001 for the [=InVasion=].
* WrestlingFamily: His father is former WWWF Champion, [[Wrestling/StanStasiak Stan "The Man" Stasiak]].
!!! Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku (吉田 貴男 Yoshida Takao) 1997–2001
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[[folder: P]]
!!! [[Wrestling/DelWilkes The Patriot]] (Del Wilkes) 1997
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[[folder: R]]
!!! Wrestling/WilliamRegal (Darren Kenneth Matthews) 1998-1999, 2000-2022, 2024-
!!! Wrestling/StevieRichards (Michael Manna) 1999-2008
See also: Wrestling/RightToCensor
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[[folder: S]]
!!! Wrestling/PerrySaturn (Perry Arthur Satullo) 2000-2002
!!! Wrestling/DanSevern (Daniel "Dan" [=DeWayne=] Severn) 1998-1999
!!! Wrestling/KenShamrock (Kenneth Wayne Shamrock, born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick) 1997-1999
See also: Wrestling/TheCorporation
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[[folder: T]]
!!! Wrestling/{{Tazz}} (Peter Senerchia) 2000-2009
!!! Wrestling/{{Test}} (Andrew Martin) 1998-2004, 2006-2007
See also: Wrestling/TheCorporation
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[[folder: V]]
!!! Wrestling/ValVenis (Sean Allen Morley) 1998-2009
See also: Wrestling/RightToCensor
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[[folder: W]]
!!! Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams 1998-1999
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