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This is a Character Sheet for the various wrestlers, managers and assorted other personalities that appeared in {{WCW}}. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in WCW.

This is a Character Sheet for the various wrestlers, managers and assorted other personalities that appeared in {{WCW}}. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in the WCW.

** [[Characters/WCWCrockett Crockett Era]] (1982-1988)
** [[Characters/{{WCWNWA}} NWA-WCW Era]] (1988-1993)
** [[Characters/WCWBischoff Bischoff Era]] (1993-1996)
** [[Characters/WCWInvasion nWo Invasion Era]] (1996-1999)
*** [[Characters/NewWorldOrder The nWo]]
** [[Characters/WCWFinalYears The Final Years]] (1999-2001)
** [[Characters/WCWFemaleTalent Female Wrestlers, Nitro Girls and Valets]]
** [[Characters/WCWManagers Managers]]
** [[Characters/WCWCommentators Announcers, Commentators, and Authority Figures]]

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** ''[[Characters/WCWCrockett Crockett Era]]'' (1982-1988)
** ''[[Characters/{{WCWNWA}} NWA-WCW Era]]'' (1988-1993)
** ''[[Characters/WCWBischoff Bischoff Era]]'' (1993-1996)
** ''[[Characters/WCWInvasion nWo Invasion Era]]'' (1996-1999)
*** Characters/{{NewWorldOrder}}
** ''[[Characters/WCWFinalYears The Final Years]]'' (1999-2001)
** ''[[Characters/WCWFemaleTalent Female Wrestlers, Nitro Girls and Valets]]''
** ''[[Characters/WCWManagers Managers]]''
** ''[[Characters/WCWCommentators Announcers, Commentators, and Authority Figures]]''

This is a Character Sheet for the various wrestlers, managers and assorted other personalities that appeared in {{WCW}}.

For a list of members from the New World Order, [[Characters/NewWorldOrder click here]].

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[[folder: Crockett Era Wrestlers (1982-1988)]]
!!! Arn Anderson (Martin Anthony Lunde, 1984-1988, 1989-2001)
* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}
* TheDragon: To RicFlair
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With RicFlair
* LargeHam
* RedBaron: 'The Enforcer' and 'Double A'.
* PowerStable: A key member of most every version of The FourHorsemen, as well as The Dangerous Alliance.
* UnrelatedBrothers: Not actually related to any of the other Anderson family members.

!!! The Barbarian (Sione Vailahi, 1985-1988, 1992, 1995-2001)
* {{Heel}}
* EvilForeigner
* TheQuietOne
* [[WildSamoan Wild Tongan]]
* TheWorfEffect: Often on the receiving end of.

!!! Barry Windham (Barry Clinton Windham, 1986–1989, 1990-1994, 1998-1999)
* BadassLonghair
* TheBigGuy: As a face.
* TheBrute: For The FourHorsemen.
* CostumeCopycat: As Sting so fellow Horseman member, Sid Vicious could win the World Title.
* NiceHat: Wore a cowboy hat during his time in the West Texas Rednecks.
* PowerStable: A key member of most every version of The Four Horsemen.
* WrestlingFamily: Son of "Blackjack" Jack Mulligan and brother to Kendell Windaham.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling country music singer in the West Texas Rednecks.

!!! Dick Slater (Richard Van Slater, 1983-1985, 1987-1996)
* BadassLongcoat: While [[TagTeam tag teaming]] with Bunkhouse Buck.
* DeepSouth
* NiceHat: During his cowboy gimmick.
* RedBaron: 'Dirty'.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: As a wrestling cowboy during the '90s.

!!! Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Riley Runnels Jr., 1982-1989, 1991-1998, 2001)
* AffablyEvil: In the [=nWo=].
* AllAmericanFace
* ArchEnemy: RicFlair
* MightyGlacier
* RedBaron: 'The American Dream'.
* VerbalTic: 'If you weeelll.'
** Always made references to wrestlers going "to the paywindah!"
** "Dey be clubberin', Tony!"
* WorkingClassHero

!!! The Fabulous Freebirds - Michael Hayes (Michael Seitz, 1987-1994}, Jimmy Garvin (James Williams, 1986-1992, 1994), Terry Gordy (Terry Ray Gordy, Sr., 1989-1992)
* AlliterativeName
* BreakupBreakout: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], while the group often fought this trope, Hayes was the only member of the group to win a singles title.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: "Badstreet U.S.A." written and sung by Michael Hayes.
* PowerStable
* RedBaron: 'Gorgeous' Jimmy 'Jam' Garvin, Michael 'P.S.' ('Purely Sexy') Hayes and Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy.
* RuleOfThree: The whole principle behind the 'Freebird Rule'.

!!! Harley Race (Harley Leland Race, 1983, 1990, 1991-1995)
* AfroAsskicker / [[BadassBeard Badass Mustache]]: During the first Starrcade.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: He gets extra points for that being his real name.
* BadassGrandpa
* DirtyCoward
* FightingDirty
* RedBaron: "Handsome"
* SuplexFinisher: Fisherman's Suplex, to be specific

!!! Krusher Khruschev / The Blacktop Bully / Stewart Pain (Barry Darsow, 1985-1987, 1994-1999)
* AlliterativeName: Krusher Khruschev and Blacktop Bully.
* BaldOfEvil: Most of the time.
* FakeRussian: As Krusher Khruschev
* HuskyRusskie: As Krusher Khruschev
* IHaveManyNames: He also went by his real name.
* IKnowMaddenKombat / GolfClubbing: As Stewart Pain.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Because the golfer who Darsow based his golfer name off of died in a plane crash, he went by his real name.
* RedBaron: 'Krusher', 'Mr. Hole in One' and 'Putting'.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: As a wrestling trucker as the Blacktop Bully, then as a wrestling ex-pro golfer in Stewart Pain.

!!! Lex Luger (Lawrence Wendell Pfohl, 1987-1992, 1995-2001)
* AllAmericanFace: His default Face persona.
* TheFightingNarcissist: As a heel
* GorgeousGeorge: As a heel
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
* PecFlex
* RedBaron: 'The Total Package'. He dropped the 'Lex Luger' name entirely in around the turn of the millenium.
* SleevesAreForWimps
* ThatManIsDead: He said this about 'Lex Luger', when he was being pushed simply as 'The Total Package'.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With {{Wrestler/Sting}}

!!! Magnum T.A. (Terry Wayne Allen, 1984-1986)
* CutShort: Magnum T.A. was one of the most popular stars in the NWA until a car accident ended his career.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He named himself Magnum T.A. after his slight resemblance to actor TomSelleck's television character, [[MagnumPI Thomas Magnum, P.I.]].
* RedBaron: 'Magnum' and the 'American Heart Throb'
* ReluctantRetiree
* SuplexFinisher

!!! Ole Anderson (Alan Robert Rogowski, 1982-1987, 1989-1993)
* TheBigGuy: For The FourHorsemen.
* CoolOldGuy
* PowerStable: A founding member of The FourHorsemen.
* UnrelatedBrothers: Not actually related to any of the other Anderson family members.
* WrestlingFamily: His son Brian.

!!! RicFlair (Richard Morgan Fliehr, 1982-1991, 1993-2001)
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority / AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He was the President of WCW for a while, having won the job in a match.
* BadassGrandpa: After his return to WCW in 1998, he was pretty much this for the next decade.
* BigBad: He was WCW's top heel throughout the '80s and early '90s.
* CatchPhrase: "To be the man, you gotta beat the man!", "Stylin' and profilin', "limousine-ridin', jet-flyin', kiss-stealin', wheelin'-dealin' son of a gun!" and of course "Woo!"
* CoolOldGuy
* DirtyOldMan: Oh God the [[strike:trauma]] memories.
* FaceFault: It's known, in wrestling, as the 'Flair Flop', and with good reason.
* FightingDirty: One of his many nicknames is 'The Dirtiest Player in the Game'.
* FlungClothing: Became a trademark in the final years of WCW, with Ric stripping of his jacket (and on a few occasions to his underwear), and then dropping elbows on it.
* HijackedByGanon: He was revealed to be the Black Scorpion.
** AuthorsSavingThrow: Was originally not meant to be the Black Scorpion, but was put into the role at the last minute after WCW ran out of ideas.
* HotDad: "Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it's still got the longest line!"
* LargeHam
* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: Could have been his motto.
* PopularityPower: WCW audiences proved how much this trope works via their sabotaging the main event of The Great American Bash 1991; the crowd chanted "We want Flair!" practically non-stop during the match, in protest of Flair being fired from WCW.
* PowerStable: He led The FourHorsemen, arguably the Trope Codifier.
* RedBaron: 'The Nature Boy'. Also 'Slick Ric', and 'The Dirtiest Player in the Game'.
* SharpDressedMan
* SignatureMove: The Knife-Edge Chop, always followed with "WOOOOOO", also the GroinAttack.

!!! Rick Rude (Richard Erwin Rood, 1986-1987, 1991-1994, 1997-1998)
* AlliterativeName: Both his wrestling and real names have RR initials. Even his Red Baron starts with the letter R.
* BadassInANiceSuit: In the [=nWo=].
* TheFightingNarcissist
* BadassMustache
* PowerStable: He led The Dangerous Alliance.
* RedBaron: "Ravishing"
* SharpDressedMan

!!! Rick Steiner (Robert Rechsteiner, 1987-1992, 1996-2001)
* {{Badass}}
* BadassBeard
* CainAndAbel: After they split as a team, he and Scott fought a lot.
* CatchPhrase: "You want some? Come get some! Don't like me? Bite me!"
* TheJannetty: Scott was, and is, a much bigger name. Strangely before the two split, they were "Rick Steiner and his less interesting brother". However, Scott reinvented himself as the Big Bad Booty Daddy, and Rick floundered in the midcard and then turned heel. As a heel he was a complete heat vacuum.
* LeotardOfPower
* LightningBruiser: In his prime
* RedBaron: 'The Dog Faced Gremlin'

!!! Ricky Steamboat (Richard Henry Blood, 1983-1985, 1989, 1991-1994)
* ArchEnemy: RicFlair
* {{Face}}: Possibly the most constant good guy ever.
* FanNickname: Armdragon, cause well, see below.
* FinishingMove: A Diving Crossbody or Superplex.
* HotDad
* IHaveTheHighGround
* InTheBlood: His son, Richie Steamboat, is also a great wrestler.
* LightningBruiser
* NiceGuy: His gimmick, basically Ricky is a squeaky clean family man good guy that never does anything bad.
* RedBaron: 'The Dragon'
* SignatureMove: Armdrags.

!!! The Road Warriors - Road Warrior Hawk (Michael James Hegstrand, 1986-1990, 1993, 1995, 1996), Road Warrior Animal (Joseph Aaron "Joe" Laurinaitis, 1986-1990, 1993, 1996, 2001)
* BadassCrew
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom
* FacialMarkings
* ShouldersOfDoom
* SpikesOfDoom
* WrestlingFamily: Animal's brother, John Laurinaitis, wrestled for WCW as part of the Dynamic Dudes with Shane Douglas.

!!! The Rock 'n' Roll Express - Robert Gibson (Robert Gibson FKA Ruben Cain, 1985-1991, 1996-1997), Ricky Morton (Richard Wendell "Ricky" Morton 1985-1992, 1996-1997)
* BadassLonghair
* EightiesHair
* HairMetal: Their gimmick in a nutshell.
* IHaveTheHighGround
* RickyMorton: Trope Namer.

!!! Ron Garvin (Roger Barnes, 1985-1988)
* BoringButPractical: His FinishingMove, the Knockout Punch.
* CanadaEh
* CreepyCrossdresser: As Miss Atlanta Lively
* RedBaron: 'The Man With the Hands of Stone'
* UnrelatedBrothers: With Jimmy Garvin.

!!! {{Wrestler/Sting}} (Steve Borden, 1987-2001)
* AchillesInHisTent: He spent almost all of 1997 in the rafters.
* AllAmericanFace: In his original 'Surfer' persona.
* {{Badass}}
* BadassLongcoat: After his reinvention as 'Crow Sting'.
* BatterUp: His WeaponOfChoice.
* CaptainErsatz: Of TheCrow.
* CatchPhrase: It's Showtime, Folks!
* DarkIsNotEvil: In 1997, Sting started wearing a lot of black and replaced his colourful facepaint with black and white, yet her remaind a good guy.
* GenreBlindness: To a truly epic degree. See below.
** GenreSavvy: He got it right at least once. During a feud with Lex Luger, he had Elizabeth in his corner. She betrayed him and sprayed him in the face with mace - but he'd replaced the mace with silly string.
* GoodIsDumb: He got turned on by a lot of partners, but never saw it coming. This led to [[FanNickname fans nicknaming him "The Dumbest Man In Wrestling."]]
* NoSell
** An amusing meta-example was his FaceHeelTurn. The fans ''completely'' no-sold it and continued to cheer him as loud as ever. They even booed other faces who consistently got good reactions when they faced him.
* RetCon: During his ill-advised FaceHeelTurn in 1999, a video running constantly on Nitro and Thunder suggested that the fake nWo Sting was a 'creation of the real Sting himself'. This idea had never been mentioned before, and hasn't been mentioned since.
* TheVoiceless: He was silent throughout most of '97.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Lex Luger.

!!! Tully Blanchard (Tully Arthur Blanchard, 1984-1988)
* LargeHam
* LightningBruiser
* PowerStable: A founding member of The FourHorsemen.
* TheSmartGuy: For The FourHorsemen.
* WrestlingFamily: Son of wrestling promoter and former American Wrestling Association star Joe Blanchard.

!!! Wahoo [=McDaniel=] (Edward [=McDaniel=], 1982-1986, 1993)
* BadassNative: He was part Choctaw- Chickasaw Native American.
* BoringButPractical: His FinishingMove, a chop to the skull.
* [[NiceHat Nice Headdress]]
* RedBaron: 'Chief'
* WhipItGood: Notable for taking part in several Indian Strap Matches.
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[[folder: NWA-WCW Era Wrestlers (1988-1993)]]
!!! Big Van {{Vader}} (Leon Allen White, 1990-1995)
* {{Acrofatic}}: A 450 pound guy, who ''innovated'' the moonsault.
* TheBigGuy: Depending on if he was a face or a heel.
* TheBrute: Depending on if he was a face or a heel.
* CatchPhrase: "It's Time... It's Time... It's {{Vader}} Time!"
* CoolMask: His most famous mask counts, but especially his Mastodon mask that he sometimes wore to the ring before matches, which among other things, blew fog out. [[http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/475/644/vader_display_image.jpg?1288468386 Just check it out.]] Sadly, that mask, along with the name "Big Van Vader", was found to be the intellectual property of New Japan Pro Wrestling, so in his later days in North America, he had to make do with his leather mask and just the name "Vader".
* {{Determinator}}: Considering he once wrestled a match where he had a detached retina of all things and simply popped it back in and finished his match, this trope seems fitting.
* LightningBruiser: Especially so in his younger days when he was a bit leaner, though he was still a large fellow. He was able to pull moonsaults and other types of high-flying attacks while also being able to powerbomb and chokeslam with the best of them.
* MightyGlacier
* UnstoppableRage

!!! Brad Armstrong (Bradley "Brad" James, 1984-1995, 1997-2000)
* CoolMask: As of the Dos Hombres, Fantasia / Badstreet, the Freedom Fighter and Arachnaman.
* {{Expy}}: As Arahnaman for SpiderMan and Buzzkill (in part) for his brother, [[{{WWE}} the Road Dogg]].
* IHaveManyNames: In addition to his own, there was one of the Dos Hombres, Fantasia, Badstreet, the Freedom Fighter, Arachnaman, B.A. and Buzzkill.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: As Buzzkill
* PartsUnknown: As Arahnaman, he came from Web City.
* RedBaron: 'Candyman'
* WhiteGangBangers: As B.A. in the No Limit Soldiers.
* WrestlingFamily: A member of the Armstrong wrestling family.

!!! Bobby Eaton (Robert Lee Eaton, 1985-1992, 1994-2000)
* BlondesAreEvil: As a heel
* BreakupBreakout: During the time Jim Crocket Promotions was becoming WCW, he was the only one in the Midnight Express that found some long term success.
* TheBrute: Of the Dangerous Alliance.
* DemotedToExtra / {{Jobber}}: In 1997 after he broke up with the Bluebloods.
* HairOfGold: As a face.
* PowerStable: The Dangerous Alliance and the Bluebloods.
* RedBaron: 'Beautiful' in the Midnight Express then 'Earl' Robert in the Blueboods.
* TagTeam: A former member of the Midnight Express, on of the greatest teams in professional wrestling. Also with Regal and Taylor in the Bluebloods.

!!! Brian Pillman (Brian William Pillman, 1989–1994, 1994–1996)
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Most of his WCW run, especially notable during his time with Steve Austin in the Hollywood Blonds and as the 'Loose Cannon'.
* GutturalGrowler: Spoke with a rasp due to multiple childhood bouts with throat polyps.
* MagnificentBastard
* ObfuscatingInsanity
* RedBaron: First 'Flyin' then 'Loose Cannon'
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness

!!! Buff Bagwell (Marcus Alexander Bagwell, 1991-2001)
* AlliterativeName
* BreakupBreakout: He was originally part of a tag team called the 'American Males', after he turned on his parter, Scotty Riggs, the latter mostly toiled in obscurity while Buff got the push.
** This also includes his tag teams with Scorpio, the Patriot and Scott Norton.
* BadassBeard
* CatchPhrase: "Buff is the stuff!"
* CoolShades
* GorgeousGeorge: After a fashion
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: After he left the nWo he turned a lot.
* MommasBoy
* PaintedOnPants
* TedBaxter: "I'm simply delicious"

!!! DiamondDallasPage (Page Joseph Falkinburg, Jr., 1991-2001)
* CoolOldGuy: He started his wrestling career at about 35.
* {{Determinator}}: The guy legitimately trained his ass off to become one of the better wrestlers WCW had.
* TheJimmyHartVersion: His theme music, "Self High-Five," essentially an instrumental of {{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" with a few notes and chords reversed.
* {{Joisey}}: Even though he's made Florida his home for a long time.
* LargeHam
* OneHitKill: You could beat him up all day, but all he had to do was hit the [[FinishingMove Diamond Cutter]] and he'd come out on top and he could hit the Diamond Cutter at a moment's notice, from 52 different positions.
* UglyGuyHotWife: A particularly epic RealLife case, with his Playboy model/fitness goddess wife Kimberly, and Page himself being an ugly, older, hairy, flabby guy with "big green mess"-style tattoos from head to toe.

!!! [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]] (Dustin Patrick Runnels, 1991-1995, 1999-2001)
* AllAmericanFace: As 'the Natural'.
* HairOfGold: As 'the Natural'.
* NightmareFuel: His role as Seven when he came back to WCW,
* RedBaron: 'The Natural' and 'The American Nightmare'.
* WrestlingFamily: Son of Dusty Rhodes.

!!! The Great Muta (武藤 敬司, Muto Keiji, 1989-1990, 1993-2000)
* CostumePorn
* EvilForeigner
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Judo]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[AHandfulForAnEye The Asian mist]] which he is the first to do in pro-wrestling.
* RedBaron: 'The Great' Muta

!!! Johnny B. Badd (Marc Mero, 1991-1996)
* AlliterativeName: His real name.
* CampStraight: Just like the man he is an expy of.
* DiscoDan
* {{Expy}}: Of LittleRichard.
* TheFightingNarcissist
* GorgeousGeorge: A rare {{Face}} example.
* PunnyName: His stage name is a homage to the ChuckBerry son Johnny B. Goode.

!!! Kevin Sullivan / The Taskmaster (Kevin Francis Sullivan, 1987-1992, 1994-2001)
* BaldOfEvil
* BigBad: Of the Dungeon of Doom.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom
* JerkJock: As a member of the Varsity Club.
* LargeHam
* LegionOfDoom / PowerStable: The Dungeon of Doom, which he led as the Taskmaster.

!!! Masahiro Chono (蝶野 正洋, Chono Masahiro, 1991-1992, 1995-2000)
* BadassLongcoat
* CoolShades
* EvilForeigner
* FinishingMove: STF
* ShortHairWithTail: Chono's mullet.

!!! Michael Wallstreet / V.K.Wallstreet / Mr. Wallstreet (Lawrence Michael Rotunda)
* DemotedToExtra: He had more going on, '''before''' he joined the nWo.
* TheDragon: In the York Foundation.
* EvilForeigner: As a member of nWo Japan.
* {{Mook}} / {{Jobber}}: In the nWo.
* JerkJock: As a member of the Varsity Club.
* PowerStable: The Varsity Club, the York Foundation and the nWo.
* RedBaron: 'Captain' as his sailor gimmick and in the Varsity Club.
* TakeThat: As V.K. Wallstreet as in [[VinceMcMahon "Vincent Kennedy" McMahon]].
* [[WrestlingDoesntPay Wrestling Doesn't Pay]]: A wrestling sailor as Captain Mike Rotunda and a stock market analyst Wallstreet.

!!! Paul Orndorff (Paul Parlette Orndorff, Jr., 1990, 1992-2000)
* DemotedToExtra: As a WCW road agent trainer from 1995-2000.
* TheFightingNarcissist: As a heel
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with him and his tag team partner 'Pretty' Paul Roma in "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Pretty Wonderful]]"
* RedBaron: 'Mr. Wonderful'
* ReluctantRetiree: He had to do this several times due to his recurring injuries he sustained in the {{WWE}}.
* TedBaxter: As a heel

!!! Ron Simmons (1989-1994)
* AngryBlackMan
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBeard
* BreakupBreakout: Over his Doom tag team partner, Butch Reed.
* CoolMask: As part of Doom, at first.
* MightyGlacier
* [[MartialArtsHeadband Pro Wrestling Headband]]: During his singles career.
* RedBaron: 'The All-American' in his singles career.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Most fans these days know him better as Farooq, or as the guy who shows up occasionally on {{WWE}} TV to say 'DAMN!'
* ScaryBlackMan
* UrExample: WCW's first Black World Champion.

!!! ScottSteiner (Scott Carl Rechsteiner, 1989-1992, 1996-2001)
* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}
* BadassBeard
* BreakupBreakout: Scott and Rick Steiner, or the Steiner Brothers, were a successful tag team. Scott would become WCW Heavyweight Champion. Rick was not so successful as a singles competitor.
* CainAndAbel: After they split as a team, he and Rick fought a lot.
* CatchPhrase: Had a bunch of them, but the main one as usually "Big Poppa Pump is your hook up, holler if you hear me!"
* HeroKiller: During his World Title run, he put most every main event face in the company out of action.
* HotBlooded: He was described as 'The Man with the Largest Arms, and the Shortest Fuse, in WCW'.
* ICallHimMrHappy: He called his "The Big Dipper" after the constellation.
* InsistentTerminology: He refered to the various women he had around, exclusively, as 'his freaks'.
* LeotardOfPower: When he was still teaming with Rick.
* LightningBruiser: In his prime.
* RedBaron: "Big Poppa Pump"
* SleevesAreForWimps
* UnstoppableRage

!!! Sid Vicious (Sid Eudy, 1989-1991, 1993, 1999-2001)
* AxCrazy
* TheBigGuy
* BlondGuysAreEvil: As a heel
* TheBrute
* MeaningfulName
* NamesTheSame: As the bassist from The Sex Pistols.
* RedBaron: 'The Millenium Man'
* UnstoppableRage

!!! State Patrol - Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker (Dewayne Bruce, 1989-2001), Lt. James Earl Wright (Dale Veasey, 1989-1996)
* BreakupBreakout: Parker, after Wright retired.
* 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 [[LegionOfDoom Dungeon of Doom]].
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Wrestling police officers.

!!! [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]] (1991-1995)
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Most of his WCW run, especially notable during his time with Brian Pillman in the Hollywood Blonds.
* BreakupBreakout: Even taking out his [[{{WWE}} Stone Cold]] wrestling years, Austin won more singles titles than his Hollywood Blond tag partner, Brian Pillman.
* PowerStable: A member of the Dangerous Alliance and the Stud Stable.
* RedBaron: 'Stunning'
* RetroactiveRecognition: Goes without saying really.

!!! Tatsumi Fujinami (藤波 辰爾, Fujinami Tatsumi, 1991)
* EvilForeigner: In WCW at least.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: How he beat Ric Flair for the NWA world title.
* RedBaron: 'The Dragon'
* SignatureMove: The Dragon Sleeper
* SuplexFinisher: The Dragon Suplex

!!! Terry Funk (1989-1994, 2000-2001)
* ArchEnemy: Ric Flair
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: His stint as Commissioner of WCW in 2000.
* BadassGrandpa
* CoolOldGuy
* GarbageWrestler: He arguably became this during his 2000-2001 run, in which he mostly competed in the Hardcore Division.
* RedBaron: The Funker
* RingOldies

!!! Tom Zenk (Thomas Erwin "Tom" Zenk, 1989-1994)
* {{Face}}
* RedBaron: 'The Z-Man'
* SomethingPerson
* WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling bodybuilder (other than Lex Luger).
* XtremeKoolLetterz

!!! Van Hammer (Mark Hildreth, 1991-1993, 1997-2000)
* 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}} than a stand alone star.
* NamesTheSame: His real name with Canadian musician and actor, Music/MarkHildreth.
* PowerStable: The Flock and the Misfits in Action.
* PunnyName: Went by the name [[TheStoner Major Stash]] in the Misfits in Action.
* RedBaron: 'Heavy Metal' in his first run with the company.
* WrestlingDosentPay: In his first run, a wrestling UsefulNotes/HeavyMetal guitarist.
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[[folder: Bischoff Era Wrestlers (1993-1996)]]
!!! Alex Wright (Alexander Wright, 1994–2001)
* BlondGuysAreEvil: As a heel (except when he became Berlyn).
* EvilForeigner: As a heel.
* FunPersonified: As a face.
* JokeCharacter: When hanging around Disco Inferno.
* RedBaron: 'Das Wunderkind' and 'The German Wrestling Machine'.
* SuplexFinisher
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Disco Inferno.

!!! BookerT (Booker Tio Huffman, 1993-2001)
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: During his Main Event push, some criticised him for becoming one of these of [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]].
* AngryBlackMan
* ArchEnemy: Either JeffJarrett or ScottSteiner.
* BreakupBreakout: Booker went from tag-teaming with Stevie Ray as the Harlem Heat to becoming a multiple time heavyweight champion.
* BoisterousBruiser
* CatchPhrase: "Don't hate the player, hate the game!" was used as his during his World Title runs, to the extent of being a soundbyte at the start of his entrance music. It never really got over.
* TheDeterminator
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning

!!! The Boss / The Guardian Angel / Big Bubba Rogers (Raymond Walter "Ray" Traylor, Jr., 1985-1987, 1993-1998)
* AlliterativeName: Big Bubba
* BadassBeard
* BadassInANiceSuit: As Big Bubba, pre-nWo.
* BadassLongcoat: In the nWo.
* CoolShades: In the nWo.
* DirtyCop: As the Boss, but it was so similar to when he was the Big Bossman at the WWF (WWE), WCW scrapped the gimmick.
** PoliceBrutality
** RealLifeWritesThePlot: He was a former [[{{Prison}} Prison Guard]].
* IHaveManyNames
* {{Mook}}: In the nWo.
* RedBaron: 'The Man Who Stands for Law and Order' and 'Big' Bubba.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: First as a wrestling cop (The Boss), then a wrestling safety officer (Guardian Angel), then a wrestling bodyguard (Big Bubba).

!!! ChrisBenoit (1995-2000)
* AscendedExtra: His push out of the Cruiserweight division.
* CanonDiscontinuity: His one day reign as World Heavyweight Champion, which ended when he jumped ship to the WWF.
* TheDeterminator.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Dean Malenko
* KeepTheReward: Again, Benoit won the World Title but left the company anyway.
* PowerStable: Both The FourHorsemen and The Revolution.
* RealitySubtext: He once fueded with Kevin Sullivan over an in-character affair with Sullivan's wife, Nancy. This spilled out into real life and Nancy eventually married Benoit. Suffice to say some of the Benoit/Sullivan matches after that were stiff as hell.
** Which in turn, becomes a very cringe inducing FunnyAneurysmMoment.
* RedBaron: "The Canadian Crippler".

!!! Chris Kanyon (a.k.a Mortis, Chris "Champagne" Kanyon and "Positively" Kanyon) (Christopher Klucsarits, 1995-2001)
* CatchPhrase: "Who's better than Kanyon?" Of course, the crowd would respond "Everybody!" rather than the "Nobody!" he was looking for.
* CoolMask: He wore one when he first debuted, under the name "Mortis."
* EvilKnockoff: "Positively" Kanyon was this to DDP.
* {{Joisey}}: During his stint as a Triad member, although he was actually from Queens.
* PowerStable: He was a member of both The Flock and the Jersey Triad.
* RedBaron: "The Innovator of Offence". He was also briefly known as Chris "Champagne" Kanyon and "Positively" Kanyon.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Had this kind of relationship with both {{Wrestler/Raven}} and DDP, at different times.

!!! Dean Malenko (Dean Simon, 1995-2000)
* ArchEnemy: Chris Jericho.
* {{Badass}}
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Chris Benoit
* PowerStable: Malenko was a member of both The FourHorsemen and The Revolution.
* RedBaron: 'The Iceman' and 'The Man of 1000 Holds'.

!!! Disco Inferno (Glenn Gilbertti, 1995-2001)
* DiscoStu
* FunPersonified: As a face.
* JokeCharacter
* {{Parody}}: For a while one of his signature moves was [[DwayneJohnson The Village People's Elbow]].
* PowerStable: The [=nWo=] and The Filthy Animals
* TagalongKid: When he was claiming to be a member of the nWo Wolfpac.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Alex Wright.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: In 2000 he joined The Filthy Animals and changed his name to 'Disqo' as a play on 'Sisqo', who's 'Thong Song' was popular at the time.

!!! EddieGuerrero (1995-2000)
* [[BadassSpaniard BadassLatino]]
* DirtyCoward: As a heel.
* {{Homage}}/FinishingMove: The Frogsplash became Eddie's signature move, but it was his partner Art Barr who originally used the move; when Barr died, Eddie started using the move in tribute to his partner.
* KickTheDog: His claiming to have been robbed by one of the [[MaskedLuchador masked wrestlers]] and forcing them all to unmask.
* PowerStable: Eddie was the leader of the Latino World Order, and a member of The Filthy Animals.
* StartMyOwn: The lWo.
* WorkedShoot: The lWo angle was born out of legit problems between Eddie and Eric Bischoff.
* WrestlingFamily

!!! "Fit" Finlay (David John Finlay, Jr.)
* BloodKnight
* FightingIrish
* FinishingMove: The Tombstone Piledriver.
* GarbageWrestler: Not at first, but he was one of the forerunners in WCW's Hardcore Division.
* HotBlooded
* RedBaron: 'Fit' and 'The Belfast Bruiser'.
* {{Oireland}}
* WrestlingFamily: Both Finlay's father and his grandfathers were professional wrestlers, and his sister was a referee.

!!! [[TheBigShow The Giant]] (Paul Wight, 1995-1999)
* TheBrute
* {{Expy}}: Of AndreTheGiant, who it was originally claimed was his father.
* TheGiant: Obviously.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
* MightyGlacier: Most of his offense consisted of hitting people. On the very rare occasions he climbed the turnbuckle it still took him about a minute to get up there.
* PowerStable: He was introduced as a member of the Dungeon of Doom, and went on to join the New World Order.
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Beat My Father in a Wrestling Match and Destroyed His Career]]: His original motivation for going after Hulk Hogan.

!!! Glacier (Ray Lloyd, 1996-1999)
* AnIcePerson: Glacier had an impressive entrance centered around an ice-and-snow motif, as befits his name.
* AwesomeButImpractical: His incredible entrance cost nearly half a million dollars to put together, including $35,000 on the faux-armor he wore to the ring alone.
* CaptainErsatz: [[MortalKombat Sub-Zero]]? Who's that?
* IcyBlueEyes: Subverted, they were contacts.
* IKnowKarate: The whole basis of his gimmick was that he was a martial artist who trained for years under the finest masters in Japan. Try to find a wrestler these days who doesn't integrate at least a little martial arts into their wrestling style.
** Perry Saturn would call attention to that during a mini-feud in 1998, where he mocked the claim that Glacier invented his FinishingMove the Cryonic Kick (actually just a standard Standing Side Kick).
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Glacier's feud with Mortis, Wrath and Vandenburg started when they stole the helmet that went with his elaborate entrance armor. Supposedly it was given to him by his late sensei and was his most treasured possession. Instead of triumphantly regaining it, he gradually forgot about it.

!!! Hollywood HulkHogan (Terry Gene Bollea, 1994-2000)
* AlliterativeName
* AllAmericanFace: Before he became Hollywood.
* BadassBeard: Being able to grow one (or at least some wicked stubble) overnight cemented the famous heel turn described below.
* BigBad: As leader of the New World Order
* BoringInvincibleHero: It was the very staleness of his act that led to his infamous turn.
** InvincibleVillain
* CatchPhrase: Several
* DirtyCoward: As Hollywood, he hid behind the nWo whenever possible.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: He switched out his famous yellow trunks and boots for black-and-white tights with a lightning design airbrushed on when he joined the nWo.
* FaceHeelTurn: One of the most famous in {{professional wrestling}} history, turning a beloved, clean-cut AllAmericanFace into the rugged, ruthless leader of the New World Order ([=nWo=]).
* FingerpokeOfDoom: He delivered the {{Trope Namer}}.
* FiveMovesOfDoom
* NoSell
* SleevesAreForWimps
* WritingAroundTrademarks: Part of the reason he became Hollywood, rather than [[TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]], was the avoid legal issues with MarvelComics.
* VerbalTic: He uses the word 'brother' as punctuation.

!!! Hugh Morrus / General Hugh G. Rection (William Charles "Bill" [=DeMott=] II, 1995-2001)
* {{Acrofatic}}
* ColonelBadass: As the General
* EvilLaugh: As Hugh Morrus
* {{Jobber}}: Mainly his time in the First Family.
* LeotardOfPower
* LightningBruiser
* PowerStable: A member of the Dungeon of Doom and Leader of the Misfits in Action.
* PunnyName: Both names

!!! JeffJarrett (1996-1997, 1999-2001)
* AlliterativeName
* TheArtifact: His guitar, a remnant of his 'Country Singer' gimmick from [[{{WWE}} the WWF]]
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* CheapHeat: In a promo during the 10/1/2000 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, held in Buffalo, New York, Jarrett wore a Tennessee Titans jersey and proclaimed: "I ain't no Buffalo Bill, and I ain't a damn LOSER!". He also went through a period where he'd come down to the ring with several attractive ladies, then send them to the back so the fans couldn't see them.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He seemed to turn on almost everyone at one point or another.
* KickTheDog: He returned to WCW in 1999 by smashing a guitar over interviewer Mike Tenay's head.
* RedBaron: "The Chosen One"
* WeaponOfChoice: The old Acoustic Equaliser.

!!! Jim Duggan (James Edward Duggan, 1994-2001)
* AllAmericanFace
* BadassBeard
* BadassGrandpa
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Hooo!" and "U-S-A!"
* GrailInTheGarbage: Found the WCW TV title in the trash after Scott Hall threw it out. He declared himself the champion and started defending the belt.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: His three-point stance into a tackle.
* TheQuisling: Went {{Heel}} and joined Wrestling/LanceStorm and Team Canada.
* RedBaron: 'Hacksaw'
* VerbalTic: See Catchphrase
* WeaponOfChoice: A 2 x 4
** CarryABigStick
* TheWorfEffect: After he lost the U.S. title to Vader.
* WrestlingDosentPay: Became the WCW janitor for a short time.

!!! Jushin Liger (山田恵一 Yamada Keiichi, 1991-1999)
* BadassLonghair
* CostumePorn
* CoolMask
* {{Face}}
* IHaveTheHighGround
* MaskedLuchador
* RedBaron 'Thunder'
* ShoutOut: His whole persona is this to the anime ''Jushin Liger''
* {{Superhero}}

!!! Konnan (Carlos Santiago Espada Moises, 1990, 1996-2001)
* {{Acrofatic}}: More pudgy than fat, but he could hang with the smaller wrestlers in skill.
* [[BadassSpaniard Badass Latino]]
* BaldOfAwesome / BaldOfEvil
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Yo, yo, yo, lemme speak on this.... Orale! Arriba la raza!"
* CoolShades
* EvilForeigner: As a heel.
* NiceHat
* PowerStable: The [=nWo=] and The Filthy Animals
* RedBaron: "K-Dogg"

!!! Meng (Tonga 'Uli'uli Fifita, 1994-2001)
* AfroAsskicker
* {{Badass}}: Widely considered to be one of the biggest RealLife badasses in the business.
* BewareTheQuietOnes
* HardHead
* PartsUnknown: He's from "Some Unknown Part of the Planet."
* PowerStable: A member of the Stud Stable, the Dungeon of Doom and the First Family.
* WhosOnFirst: He's a Tongan named Tonga.
* [[WildSamoan Wild Tongan]]
* TheWorfEffect: Against Goldberg.

!!! The Nasty Boys - Jerry Sags (Jerome Saganovich 1990, 1993-1997), Brian Knobbs (Brian Yandrisovitz 1990, 1993-1997, 1999-2001)
* BreakupBreakout: Knobbs, mainly due to the fact that Sags suffered a neck injury and had to retire.
* EightiesHair
* [[GarbageWrestler Garbage Wrestlers]]
* [[JerkAss Jerkasses]]: As heels and faces.
* TheQuincyPunk

!!! RandySavage (Randall Mario Poffo, 1994-2000)
* BadassBeard
* CatchPhrase: "Oh, YEAH!"
* CelebrityEndorsement: "Snap into a Slim Jim!"
* CoolShades
* LargeHam
* RedBaron: 'The Macho Man'
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hogan, both in and out of the nWo.

!!! ReyMysterioJr. (Oscar Gutierrez, 1996-2001)
* [[BadassSpaniard Badass Latino]]
* CoolMask
* TheDeterminator
* ExecutiveMeddling: He lost his match because Eric Bischoff didn't think masked wrestlers were marketable.
* {{Face}}: A close second to Ricky Steamboat in face-titude. He had a short heel run in the Filthy Animals, but even then he came across more like a "going along with it cos that's what all my friends are doing" tweener. Other than that, face his entire career.
* FragileSpeedster
* IHaveTheHighGround
* InstitutionalApparel: After being unmasked, he wore a prison jumpsuit.
* LegacyCharacter
* MaskedLuchador
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: KevinNash throwing him like a lawn dart.
* PintSizedPowerhouse
* PowerStable: The Filthy Animals
* WrestlingFamily

!!! "Rowdy" RoddyPiper (Roderick "Roddy" George Toombs, 1996-2000)
* AxCrazy
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker
* FakeNationality (billed from Scotland, actually from Saskatchewan)
* HotBlooded
* [[IconicCharacters Iconic Wrestler]]
* {{Jerkass}} (Heel)
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold (Face)
* ManInAKilt
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: He was supposed to be Scottish after all, whilst speaking with a recognisable Canadian accent.
* ViolentGlaswegian

!!! [[Wrestling/WilliamRegal Steven Regal]] (Darren Kenneth Matthews, 1992-1998, 1999-2000)
* AffablyEvil
* CombatPragmatist
* EvilBrit: Arguably the biggest example in pro-wrestling. The trope (at least the wrestling version) could be renamed in favor of him.
* RedBaron: 'Lord' Steven.
* PowerStable: The Bluebloods.
* PreppyName
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman
* SmugSnake
* TheSouthpaw
* StiffUpperLip
* TagTeam: With Eaton and Taylor in the Bluebloods.

!!! Stevie Ray (Lane Huffman, 1993-2001)
* AloofBigBrother [[BigBrotherBully Bully]]: During his time in the [=nWo=] against Booker T.
* AngryBlackMan
* BoisterousBruiser
* CatchPhrase: Calling his opponents "Fruit Booties".
* DemotedToExtra: When WCW folded, he was doing colour commentary on Thunder.
* TheJannetty: BookerT is a much bigger name.
* ScaryBlackMan
* WeaponOfChoice: The Slapjack

!!! Ultimo Dragon (浅井 嘉浩, Asai Yoshihiro, 1996-1998)
* ArchEnemy: First Psicosis, then anyone who was being managed by Sonny Onoo.
* CoolMask
* LightningBruiser: A cruiserweight, but his kicks put him well into the Bruiser category.
* EvilForeigner: At first
* HeelFaceTurn: He debuted in WCW as a heel under Sonny Onoo's management, then split with Onoo and turned face. He's been a face ever since.
* IHaveTheHighGround: His turnbuckle handstand. Also, he innovated the Asai Moonsault.
* MaskedLuchador: He was Japanese, but because of the brutality of the Japanese training system he trained to wrestle in Mexico.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: His name was initially mistranslated as ''The Ultimate Dragon''.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivered one to ReyMysterioJr. On PPV. En route to winning the Cruiserweight Title.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: nWo Invasion Era Wrestlers (1996-1999)]]
!!! Bam Bam Bigelow (Scott Charles Bigelow, 1988, 1998-2001)
* {{Acrofatic}}: Another large man capable of a moonsault, among other high-flying feats.
* AlliterativeName
* BadassBeard
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy
* TheBrute
* DemotedToExtra: Went from fueding with {{Goldberg}} to messing around in the Hardcore division.
* {{Joisey}}
* LightningBruiser: Much quicker than most men his size.
* PowerStable: Was a member of the Jersey Triad, along with Kanyon and DDP.

!!! Billy Kidman (Peter Allen Grunner, 1996-2001)
* FragileSpeedster
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: While he was in The Flock, he essentially played a heroin addict, even naming his finisher “The Seven Year Itch”
* IHaveTheHighGround
* LastNameBasis: During, and for a while after, his tenure in The Flock.
* LimitedWardrobe: For much of his run he seemed to constantly wear the same wifebeater and jean shorts.
* PowerStable: Was a member of both The Flock and The Filthy Animals
* SchmuckBait: One of his signature moves was countering a powerbomb with a facebuster – even against opponents who never usually went for powerbombs!
** [[MemeticMutation YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB KIDMAN!]]

!!! BretHart (1997-2000)
* BadassBoast: His constant claim to be 'The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be'.
* CanadaEh
* CoolShades
* DemotedToExtra: Bafflingly, during most of his run despite the huge popularity he had from the WWF.
* FiveMovesOfDoom: The TropeNamer
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He turned an awful lot during the little over two years he was with the company.
* MemeticMutation: "Who are you to doubt El Dandy?"
* PowerStable: He was, briefly, the leader of the {{nWo}} 2000.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Concussion will do that.
* RealMenWearPink
* RedBaron: 'The Hitman', 'The Excellence of Execution'.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: His title reign and run as leader of the NewWorldOrder.
* WrestlingFamily: He's from one of the most famous.

!!! Chavo Guerrero Jr. (Salvador Chavito Guerrero Llanes III. 1996-2001)
* BadassFamily
* [[BadassSpaniard Badass Latino]]
* ButtMonkey
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Becam "crazy" at one point.
* CompanionCube: Pepé the stick horse when Chavo went nuts.
* FunnyForeigner
* GenreSavvy: Managed to avoid a match with Stevie Ray by pretending o be beaten in order to be ready for his match against his "Uncle Eddie".
* GoodLookingPrivates: As Lt. Loco in the Misfits in Action.
* IHaveTheHighGround
* ItRunsInTheFamily
* PowerStable: A member of the lWo and the Misfits in Action.
* WrestlingFamily

!!! ChrisJericho (Christopher Keith Irvine, 1996-1999)
* ArchEnemy: Dean Malenko.
* DirtyCoward
* JackOfAllStats
* TheJimmyHartVersion: His entrance theme was a knock-off of 'Even Flow' by Pearl Jam.
* LargeHam
* TheLongList: He once listed 1004 holds he knew, to parody rival Dean Malenko. Every other hold was '''ARM-BAR!'.
* TheNicknamer
* OverlyLongGag: His list of 1004 holds.
* {{Parody}}: Of Goldberg's entrance, complete with two overweight security guards and getting lost on the way to the ring.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: His fued with Goldberg followed a backstage altercation between the two.
* RedBaron: 'The Lionheart'.
* ShoutOut: His ring-name comes from a Music/{{Helloween}} album.
* SmallNameBigEgo: In character, that is.

!!! Crowbar (Christopher "Chris" Ford, 1999-2001)
* AxCrazy
* CrowbarCombatant: At least until he met Crowbar (a person), the he wielded one.
* I HaveTheHighGround
* LightningBruiser
* WrestlingDoesntPay: A gas station attendant, although that was forgotten after about a month or so.

!!! Wrestling/CurtHennig (Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig, 1997-2000)
* BlondGuysAreEvil: While a heel.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Hennig betrayed Diamond Dallas Page, The Four Horsemen and the nWo Wolfpac.
* DarkSkinnedBlond
* DemotedToExtra: As part of the nWo B-Team
* JerkJock
* LightningBruiser
* OralFixationFixation: Chewing gum before his matches.
* PowerStable: He was a member of both TheFourHorsemen and NewWorldOrder.
* SuplexFinisher: The Hennig-Plex.

!!! David Flair (David Richard Fliehr, 1998-2001)
* AntagonisticOffspring: To his father Ric Flair.
* AxCrazy
* BlondesAreEvil
* CallingTheOldManOut
* ChickMagnet: Dated Torrie Wilson, Stacy Kiebler (in RealLife too) and Daffney.
* CrowbarCombatant: At least until he met Crowbar (a person), then he wielded one.
* FourIsDeath: His finisher, the Figure-Four Leglock.
* SmugSnake
* WrestlingFamily

!!! Ernest Miller (Ernest Clifford Miller, 1997-2001)
* DarkSkinnedBlond / DyeingForYourArt
* IKnowKarate: And he could beat anybody within two minutes.
* JiveTurkey
* RealMenWearPink: He wore ruby slipers when he started dancing like Music/JamesBrown.
* RedBaron: 'The Cat'.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the WCW Commissioner.
* SmallNameBigEgo: "I'm the greatest!!!"
* SoulBrotha

!!! {{Goldberg}} (William Scott "Bill" Goldberg, 1997-2001)
* {{Badass}}
* BadassBeard
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy
* CatchPhrase: "Who's next?"
* ImplacableMan
* LastNameBasis
* NoSell
* ScreamingWarrior
* SleevesAreForWimps
* ShowyInvincibleHero
* SquashMatch: Most of 'The Streak' was made up of these.
* UnstoppableRage

!!! Juventud Guerrera (Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández, 1996-2000)
* BadassLonghair: Which flow back and forth from the headbanging he'd do as part of his ring entrance.
* CoolMask
* FragileSpeedster
* IHaveTheHighGround
* MrFanservice
* MaskedLuchador
* MeaningfulName: His name translates into 'Youth Warrior'.
* WrestlingFamily: Son to luchador, Fuerza Guerrera.

!!! KevinNash (Kevin Scott Nash, 1990-1993, 1996-2001)
* TheBigGuy
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: His victory over the previously undefeated Goldberg at Starrcade '98.
* TheDragon: He and Hall shared this role in the nWo.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Again, his win over Goldberg.
* FanNickname: "Big Poochie.", Big Lazy.
* FingerpokeOfDoom: He was on the receiving end of the original.
* FiveMovesOfDoom: They actually made a running joke of the fact that Nash only knew three moves, to the extent that when he busted out a chokeslam Mark Madden yelled, excitedly, 'He's got FOUR moves!'
* GeniusBruiser
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With ScottHall
* OldShame: His runs as Oz, Vinne Vegas and one half of the Master Blasters.
* RedBaron: "Big Sexy"
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Due to his backstage pull.
* TheStarscream: He turned against Hogan, leading to the nWo splitting into two factions.

!!! La Parka (Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra, 1996-2000)
* AirGuitar: With the steel chari during his ring entrances.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl
* CoolMask
* LightningBruiser: The biggest of WCW's luchadores, La Parka was well over the size limit to be considered a cruiserweight.
* IHaveTheHighGround
* MaskedLuchador
* MeaningfulName: His name translates into 'The Mask'.
* RedBaron: 'The [[PunnyName Chair]]man of WCW.

!!! Norman Smiley (Norman Anthony Smiley, 1990, 1997-2001)
* AscendedExtra: From a low card {{Jobber}} to the star of WCW's brief Hardcore Division.
* BlackAndNerdy
* DanceBattler: Incorporates his "Big Wiggle" dance into some of his moves.
* EvilBrit
* GarbageWrestler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], he'd dish it out, but he was so afraid of getting hit by weapons and hard items, he'd wear sport-related armor (usually a Football uniform, jersey, pads and all) to the matches.
* LovableCoward / DirtyCoward: Depending if he was {{Face}} or {{Heel}}.
* PecFlex
* RedBaron: 'Screamin'. Because he...
** ScreamsLikeALittleGirl

!!! Perry Saturn (Perry Arthur Satullo, 1997-2000)
* {{Badass}}
** BadassMustache
* BaldOfAwesome: As a face
* BaldOfEvil: As a heel
* TheDragon: As part of Raven's Flock.
* LightningBruiser
* PowerStable: Raven's Flock.
* RealMenWearPink: After loosing a "Loser Wears a Dress" match to Chris Jericho.
* SuplexFinisher

!!! Prince Iaukea (Michael Laauli "Mike" Hayner, 1995-2000)
* AlohaHawaii
* TheJimmyHartVersion: His theme music as the Artist is an instrumental sounding similar to Music/{{Prince}}'s "Purple Rain".
* [[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX The Artist Formally Known as Prince Iaukea]]: In 2000 as a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed {{Expy}} of the Artist Formally Known as Prince.
* RedBaron: 'Prince'
* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Predecessor]]: To Wrestling/SamoaJoe due to his unique Samoan persona and real submission wrestling skills along with solid pro wrestling ability.
* WildSamoan: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]

!!! Psicosis (Dionicio Castellanos Torres, 1996-2000)
* ArchEnemy: ReyMysterioJr. From the time they both debuted in wrestling until Psicosis got fired from WWE.
* AxeCrazy: One of his signature moves was diving straight over the top rope, head first.
* CoolMask
* MaskedLuchador
* FragileSpeedster: Against heavyweights. Against wrestlers his own size he was nearly a LightningBruiser - had a great powerbomb and a lariat.
* IHaveTheHighGround
* SpikesOfVillainy: His wristguards and shoulderpads had (decorative) spikes on them.
* TheChewToy: Mr. Torres got ''way'' more than his share of bad breaks. Cancelled push after cancelled push, being forced to lose a title he never won ''twice''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: His short lived one-man-rage against Raven's Flock when former enemy Ultimo Dragon helped him fend off the stable. Only the WCW bookers lost interest in the angle, buried him to Perry Saturn 2 weeks later. And his Cruiserweight Title run, which was supposed to be lengthy until VinceRusso decided to start deliberately having the titles change hands continually.
* WhatTheHellHero: Perpetrated against him. He was forcibly unmasked by the Filthy Animals. Who were a face stable. And two of whom, Konnan and Rey Jr., were luchadors themselves.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Psychosis and La Parka formed a semi-regular tag team. La Parka probably hit Psychosis with his chair for no reason more often than the tandem won matches in their entire WCW run.

!!! [[Wrestling/{{Raven}} Raven]] (Scott Anthony Levy, 1992–1993, 1997-1999)
* ArchEnemy: 'Diamond' Dallas Page.
* BigBad: As part of Raven's Flock.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Quote the Raven, nevermore" and "What about me? "What about Raven?"
* CompleteMonster: Has his moments where he steps into this.
* GarbageWrestler
* IHaveManyNames: At first, he was known as 'Scotty Flamingo', a wrestling SurferDude.
* ManipulativeBastard
* NonIdleRich
* PowerStable: Raven's Flock, but it was more like a {{Cult}}.

!!! ScottHall (Scott Oliver Hall, 1989-1992, 1996-2000)
* TheAlcoholic
* CatchPhrase: "Hey Yo!"
* TheDragon: He and KevinNash served as Hogan's in the nWo.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: After the breakup of the nWo.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With KevinNash.
* PermaStubble
* PopularityPower: After he left the company, there would quite often be signs demanding his return and 'We Want Hall!' chants. On one occasion, a framed photo of him got the biggest pop of the night during an episode of Nitro.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: His real life issues with alcoholism and other vices inserted themselves into the storylines. Since they were on-going issues, it was particularly hard to watch.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Wrestlers of the Final Years (1999-2001)]]
!!! Chris Candido (Christopher Raulvtvtuy Candito, 2000-2001)
* AlliterativeName
* BlondesAreEvil
* CostumeCopycat: To Terry Funk
* GarbageWrestler
* IHaveTheHighGround
* WrestlingFamily: His brother Johnny, who he trained personally before he died.

!!! Kronik - Brian Adams (Brian Keith Adams 1998-2001), Bryan Clark (Bryan Emmeth Clark 1991-1993, 1997-2001)
* AlohaHawaii: Adams
* BadassBeard
* BadassLonghair
* BashBrothers
* TheBigGuy: As faces.
* TheBrute: As heels.
* {{Expy}}: Clark as Wrath for [[MortalKombat Shao Khan]].
* GiantMook: Adams in the nWo
* IHaveManyNames: Clark as the Nightstalker and Wrath.
* OneSteveLimit: [[AvertedTrope Averted]].
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The name of the group.

!!! LanceStorm (Lance Evers, 2000-2001)
* TheAce: The first and only man to hold three WCW championships simultaneously.
* CanadaEh
* CatchPhrase: "If I can be serious for a minute...", "All rise for the playing of the Canadian National Anthem!".
* CheapHeat: His constant running down of America, and his renaming of the various belts he won.
* TheComicallySerious
* EvilForeigner
* FunWithAcronyms: When he won the WCW Hardcore Championship, he renamed it the 'Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title'.
* JackOfAllStats: Storm's biggest strength as a wrestler was that, although he wasn't the best at any one style, he was good enough at so many different styles he could always do more things better than his opponent, than his opponent could do better than him.
* PowerStable: Team Canada.

!!! Lash LeRoux (Johnathan Mark LeRoux, 1998-2001)
* AlliterativeName
* FieryRedhead
* HotBloodedSideburns
* IHaveTheHighGround
* TheLancer: For Gen. Rection in Misfits in Action
* PowerStable: The Misfits in Action as Corporal Cajun.
* RaginCajun
* RedBaron: 'Lash'
* SequentialArtist: What he does full time after he retired from the ring. He's done artwork for not only ''WCW Magazine'' but also the 2008 film ''Main/TheWrestler''.

!!! The Mamalukes - Big Vito (Vito LoGrasso 1999-2001), Johnny the Bull (John Hugger 1999-2001)
* AmericanAccents: Noo Yawk
* BrooklynRage
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Johnny the Bull turned on Big Vito to join the Natural Born Thrillers. Only three months later, Johnny is back being Vito's tag team partner.
* TheJimmyHartVersion: Their theme sounds very similar to the theme to ''Film/TheGodfather'' films.
* TheMafia
* RedBaron: 'Big' Vito and Johnny 'the Bull'.

!!! Mike Awesome (Michael Lee Alfonso, 2000-2001)
* TheBrute
* CanadaEh: Not really, but he did turn heel and join Lance Storm's Team Canada stable.
* DiscoStu: He was briefly repackaged as "That '70's Guy", wearing polyester suits, driving a PartridgeFamily bus and hosting "The Lava Lamp Lounge".
* EightiesHair: His mullet.
* LightningBruiser: Scott Hudson loved to describe him as 'the heavyweight that flies like a cruiserweight'.
* RedBaron: "That '70's Guy", "The Fat Chick Thrilla". Both as awful as they sound.

!!! Shane Douglas (Troy Shane Martin, 1989-1990, 1999-2001)
* BlondesAreEvil
* DirtyCoward
* {{Heel}}
* {{Jerkass}}
* RedBaron 'The Franchise'
* SmugSnake
* SuplexFinisher
* TwoFirstNames

!!! Tank Abbott (David Lee Abbott, 1999-2001)
* FingerlessGloves
* [[IKnowKarate I Know MMA]]
* ImYourBiggestFan: To 3 Count, until they told him he wasn't allowed to join them.
* OneHitKO: In RealLife, it be came his finishing move called the 'The Phantom Right'.
* RedBaron: 'Tank'
* StoutStrength

!!! Vampiro (Ian Richard Hodgkinson, 1998-2000)
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* {{Goth}}
* {{Juggalo}}: To the point where he hung out with the Music/InsaneClownPosse and Music/TheMisfits.
* LightningBruiser
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: His finishing moves are named [[ThemeNaming Vampiro's Bite and the Nail in the Coffin]].

!!! The Wall / Sgt. AWOL (Jerry Tuite, 1999-2001)
* BlondesAreEvil / TheBrute: While serving Berlyn (Alex Wright) and as a member of the New Blood.
* HairOfGold / TheBigGuy: Of the Misfits in Action.
* MightyGlacier
* PowerStable: The New Blood and the Misfits in Action.
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[[folder: Managers]]
!!! The Assassin (Jody Hamilton, 1983-1984, 1993-2001[[hottip:Click to expand:From 1995-2001 he was the trainer for WCW's Power Plant and was rarely seen on camera.]])
* ActionSurvivor
* BadassTeacher: Ran WCW's Power Plant program and was responsible for training guys like KevinNash, DiamondDallasPage, [[{{Goldberg}} Bill Goldberg]], and the BigShow.
* CoolMask
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* WrestlingFamily: His son is WCW and WWE referee, Nick Patrick.

!!! Jimmy Hart (Jimmy Ray Hart, 1994-2001)
A long serving manager, who jumped from the [[{{WWE}} WWF]] with HulkHogan. As WCW music composer, he was notorious for ripping off popular songs for the wrestlers to use as theme music.
* CoolShades
* ImprobableWeaponUser: His megaphone was used to knock out the opponents of wrestlers he managed.
* TheJimmyHartVersion: The Trope Namer.
* NoIndoorVoice: The Mouth Of The South.
* LargeHam
* UnlimitedWardrobe
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[[folder: Announcers, Commentators, and Authority Figures]]
!!! Eric Bischoff (Eric Aaron Bischoff, 1991-1999, 2000, 2001)
WCW Executive Producer and later the company's President.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Of VinceMcMahon, both as an announcer and as the "Evil Boss" he went on to become. Though they played different types of "Evil Boss".
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The guy is a legit martial artist and held a couple of titles.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: His on-screen persona during the late 90's, a la {{WWE}} Chairman VinceMcMahon.
* FanNickname: Sleazy-E.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: He apparently had a threesome with his rather attractive wife and a stripper.
* HandsomeLech

!!! Mike Tenay (1994-2001)
An interviewer and announcer
* TheSmartGuy: They don't call him "The Professor" for nothing.

!!! Tony Schiavone (1995-2001)
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He infamously said that MickFoley as WWF Champion would 'put a lot of butts in seats' sarcastically, leading to millions of fans switching over to watch Foley win the belt on Raw.
* ItsTheBestTropeEver: He proclaimed almost everything to be 'The greatest in the history of our great sport!'
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* I HaveTheHigherGround

* IHaveTheHigherGround

* CrowbarCombatant: At least until he met Crowbar (a person), the he wielded one.

All American Face
Badass Beard
Badass Grandpa
Catchphrase: "Hooo!" and "U-S-A!"
I Know Madden Kombat: His three-point stance into a tackle.
Red Baron: "Hacksaw"
Ring Oldies: In his 50s and still wrestling, too bad it's as a Jobber.
Underwear of Power
Ur Example: The first winner of the Royal Rumble.
Verbal Tic: See Catchphrase
Weapon of Choice: A 2 x 4
Carry a Big Stick

* [[Wild Samoan Wild Tongan]]

* LightningBruiser: The biggest of WCW's luchadores.

* WrestlingFamily: Son to luchador, Fuerza Guerrera.

* WhatTheHellHero: He was forcibly unmasked by the Filthy Animals. Who were a face stable. And two of whom, Konnan and Rey Jr., were luchadors themselves.

* PoweStable: The Varsity Club, the York Foundation and the nWo.

* WrestlingDosen'tPay: As a wrestling trucker as the Blacktop Bully, then as a wrestling ex-pro golfer in Stewart Pain.

* WrestlingDosentPay: A wrestling bodybuilder (other than Lex Luger).

* [[BadassSpaniard Badass Latino

* BlodesAreEvil: As a heel

!!! KevinNash (Kevin Scott Nash, 1990-1993, 1996-2001)
* TheBigGuy
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: His victory over the previously undefeated Goldberg at Starrcade '98.
* TheDragon: He and Hall shared this role in the nWo.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Again, his win over Goldberg.
* FanNickname: "Big Poochie.", Big Lazy.
* FingerpokeOfDoom: He was on the receiving end of the original.
* FiveMovesOfDoom: They actually made a running joke of the fact that Nash only knew three moves, to the extent that when he busted out a chokeslam Mark Madden yelled, excitedly, 'He's got FOUR moves!'
* GeniusBruiser
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With ScottHall
* OldShame: His runs as Oz, Vinne Vegas and one half of the Master Blasters.
* RedBaron: "Big Sexy"
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Due to his backstage pull.
* TheStarscream: He turned against Hogan, leading to the nWo splitting into two factions.

!!! ScottHall (Scott Oliver Hall, 1989-1992, 1996-2000)
* TheAlcoholic
* CatchPhrase: "Hey Yo!"
* TheDragon: He and KevinNash served as Hogan's in the nWo.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: After the breakup of the nWo.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With KevinNash.
* PermaStubble
* PopularityPower: After he left the company, there would quite often be signs demanding his return and 'We Want Hall!' chants. On one occasion, a framed photo of him got the biggest pop of the night during an episode of Nitro.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: His real life issues with alcoholism and other vices inserted themselves into the storylines. Since they were on-going issues, it was particularly hard to watch.

!!! Perry Saturn (Perry Arthur Satullo, 1997-2000)
* {{Badass}}
** BadassMustache
* BaldOfAwesome: As a face
* BaldOfEvil: As a heel
* TheDragon: As part of Raven's Flock.
* LightningBruiser
* PowerStable: Raven's Flock.
* RealMenWearPink: After loosing a "Loser Wears a Dress" match to Chris Jericho.
* SuplexFinisher

!!! Psicosis (Dionicio Castellanos Torres, 1996-2000)
* ArchEnemy: ReyMysterioJr. From the time they both debuted in wrestling until Psicosis got fired from WWE.
* AxeCrazy: One of his signature moves was diving straight over the top rope, head first.

* [[JerkAss Jerkasses]]: As heels and faces