| 1 | ![[center: [-[[Characters/{{WWE}} Main Index]] | [[Characters/WWEWorldWideWrestlingFederation WWWF Era]] | '''Rock 'N' Wrestling Era''' | [[Characters/WWENewGeneration New Generation Era]] | [[Characters/WWEAttitude Attitude Era]] | [[Characters/WWEInvasion InVasion Era]] | [[Characters/WWERuthlessAggression Ruthless Aggression Era]] | [[Characters/WWEUniverse WWE Universe Era]] | [[Characters/WWEInc WWE, Inc. Era]] | [[Characters/WWEReality Reality Era]] | [[Characters/WWENew New Era]] | [[Characters/WWEEndeavor Endeavor Era]] | [[Characters/WWETagTeams Tag Teams]] | [[Characters/WWEDivas Female Talent]] | [[Characters/{{WWENXT}} NXT]] | [[Characters/{{WWENXTUK}} NXT UK]] | [[Characters/WWEMcMahonFamily McMahon Family]] | [[Characters/WWEManagers Managers]] | [[Characters/WWECommentators Announcers, Commentators, and General Managers]]-]]] |
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| 3 | Lists the various Wrestling/{{WWE}} wrestlers active during the [[Wrestling/WWEGoldenAgeEra Rock 'N' Wrestling Era]], from January 23, 1984 through April 4, 1993. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in WWE. |
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| 5 | ---- |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[folder:A]] |
| 9 | !!!Wrestling/ArnAnderson (Marty Lunde) 1988-1989, 2001-2019 |
| 10 | See also: Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen |
| 11 | [[/folder]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder:B]] |
| 14 | !!! Wrestling/TheBarbarian[=/=]Headshrinker Sionne (Sionne Vailahi) 1988-1992, 1994-1995 |
| 15 | |
| 16 | !!! Wrestling/OutlawRonBass (Ronald Herd) 1987-1989 |
| 17 | |
| 18 | !!! Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake (Edward Harrison Leslie) 1984-1993 |
| 19 | |
| 20 | !!! [[Wrestling/JohnNord The Berzerker]] (John Nord) 1991-1993 |
| 21 | |
| 22 | !!! [[Wrestling/BigBossman The Big Bossman]] (Raymond Walter "Ray" Traylor, Jr.) 1988-1993, 1998-2003 |
| 23 | See also: Wrestling/TheCorporation |
| 24 | |
| 25 | !!! Wrestling/BamBamBigelow (Scott Charles Bigelow) 1987-1988, 1992-1995 |
| 26 | |
| 27 | !!! B. Brian Blair 1984-1988 |
| 28 | * CoolMask: As one of the Killer Bees tag team |
| 29 | |
| 30 | !!! Tully Blanchard (Tully Arthur Blanchard) 1988-1989, 2006 |
| 31 | See also: Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen |
| 32 | |
| 33 | !!! [[Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith The British Bulldog]] (David "Davey" Boy Smith) 1984-1988, 1990-1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2000 |
| 34 | |
| 35 | !!! "Jumpin'" Jim Brunzell 1984-1993 |
| 36 | * CoolMask: As one of the Killer Bees tag team |
| 37 | |
| 38 | !!! Wrestling/KingKongBundy (Chris Pallies) 1985-1987, 1994-1995 |
| 39 | |
| 40 | !!! Big Bully Busick (Nick Busick) 1991 |
| 41 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bigbullybusick_2834.jpg]] |
| 42 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 43 | %%* TheBully: Well, yeah. |
| 44 | %%* CigarChomper |
| 45 | * FinishingMove: The Stump Puller. |
| 46 | * HandicappedBadass: Unknowingly wrestled all of his matches during his WWF tenure with a condition that caused his heart to beat irregularly and rapidly. |
| 47 | * {{Jerkass}}: He'd antagonize kids at ringside and even got in the face of ring announcer Mike [=McGuirk=] until Sid Justice made the save. |
| 48 | * TheRoaringTwenties: His gimmick was a throwback to that era. |
| 49 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He made his TV debut in August and left in November. |
| 50 | * UrExample: The first wrestler managed by [[Wrestling/HarveyWippleman Dr. Harvey Wippleman]]. |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:C]] |
| 54 | !!! Cousin Junior (Lanny Kean) 1984-1985 |
| 55 | [[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cousin_junior_738.jpg]] |
| 56 | * FarmBoy |
| 57 | * FinishingMove: Mule Kick |
| 58 | * PartsUnknown: "Pigeon Forge, KY" |
| 59 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere[=/=]RealLifeWritesThePlot: Walked out once he started making some money, although a variety of other theories have been floated as well. Hillbilly Jim has since said that Kean "went crazy." George "The Animal" Steele claimed that Kean felt that he had made enough money and so he retired. |
| 60 | * {{Unrelated|Brothers}} WrestlingFamily: With Uncle Elmer, Hillbilly Jim and Cousin Luke |
| 61 | |
| 62 | !!! Cousin Luke (Gene Petit) 1985-1987 |
| 63 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cousin_luke_42.jpg]] |
| 64 | * ArchEnemy: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr. |
| 65 | * FarmBoy |
| 66 | * FinishingMove: Mule Kick |
| 67 | * GameBreakingInjury: A broken ankle kept him out of the ''[=WrestleMania=] 2'' battle royal. |
| 68 | * PartsUnknown: "[=Hogwaller=], TN" |
| 69 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Cousin Junior |
| 70 | * {{Unrelated|Brothers}} WrestlingFamily: With Uncle Elmer, Hillbilly Jim and Cousin Junior |
| 71 | * TheVoiceless |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:D]] |
| 75 | !!! Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan (James Edward Duggan) 1987-1993, 2005-2009 |
| 76 | |
| 77 | !!! Wrestling/DynamiteKid (Thomas "Tom" Billington) 1984-1988 |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder:E]] |
| 81 | !!! [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Earthquake/Golga]] (John Anthony Tenta) 1989-1993, 1994, 1998-1999 |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:F]] |
| 85 | !!! Wrestling/RicFlair (Richard Morgan "Ric" Fliehr) 1991-1993, 2001-2009, 2012- |
| 86 | See also: Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen and Wrestling/{{Evolution}}. |
| 87 | [[/folder]] |
| 88 | |
| 89 | [[folder:G]] |
| 90 | !!! [[Wrestling/{{Gillberg}} Duane Gill/Gillberg]] (Duane Gill) 1991-1994, 1998-2000, 2003, 2007, 2017 |
| 91 | See also: Wrestling/TheJOBSquad |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[folder:H]] |
| 95 | !!! [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] (Tonga 'Uli'uli Fifita) 1985-1992, 2001 |
| 96 | |
| 97 | !!! Wrestling/BretHart (Bret Sergeant Hart) 1984-1997, 2010 |
| 98 | |
| 99 | !!! Wrestling/OwenHart (Owen James Hart) 1988-1989, 1991-1999 |
| 100 | |
| 101 | !!! Wrestling/HerculesHernandez (Raymond "Ray" Fernandez) 1985-1992 |
| 102 | |
| 103 | !!! Wrestling/HillbillyJim (Jim Morris) 1984-1997 |
| 104 | |
| 105 | !!! [[Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan The Honky Tonk Man]] (Roy Wayne Farris) 1986-1991, 1997–1998, 2001, 2008 |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:J]] |
| 109 | !!! Wrestling/MartyJannetty (Frederick Marty Jannetty) 1987, 1988-1992, 1992-1994, 1995-1996, 2005-2007, 2009 |
| 110 | |
| 111 | !!! Wrestling/JunkyardDog (Sylvester Ritter) 1984-1988 |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:K]] |
| 115 | !!! [[Wrestling/{{Kamala}} Kamala the Ugandan Giant]] (James Harper Harris), 1984, 1986-1987, 1992-1993 |
| 116 | |
| 117 | !!! Corporal Kirchner (Mike Kirchner) 1986-1987 |
| 118 | [[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cplkirchner_3448.jpg]] |
| 119 | * AllAmericanFace |
| 120 | * AlwaysSecondBest: He couldn't be ranked higher than "Corporal" because of Sgt. Slaughter. |
| 121 | * FinishingMove: Airborne Slam |
| 122 | * UnnecessaryRoughness: Other wrestlers didn't want to work with him because they thought he was too stiff. |
| 123 | * UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks: Did a U.S. Army gimmick. |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:M]] |
| 127 | !!! Wrestling/ShawnMichaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom) 1988-2010, 2018 |
| 128 | See also: Wrestling/TheKliq, Wrestling/DGenerationX, Wrestling/TheCorporation and Wrestling/NewWorldOrder. |
| 129 | |
| 130 | !!! [[Wrestling/MissingLink The Missing Link]] (Byron James John Robertson) 1985 |
| 131 | |
| 132 | !!! Max Moon (Thomas Boric) 1992-1993 |
| 133 | [[quoteright:212:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxmoon.jpg]] |
| 134 | * AlliterativeName: '''M'''ax '''M'''oon. The gimmick was originally named The '''K'''omet '''K'''id. |
| 135 | * AwesomeButImpractical: He had an elaborate entrance, which did nothing to get him over. |
| 136 | * CoolMask: Averted. Look at the picture. |
| 137 | * JetPack: He had one, didn't help him much. |
| 138 | * {{Jobber}}: The only guys he beat clean were people positioned lower than himself. |
| 139 | * MythologyGag: He was in the opening match of the first ever ''WWE RAW'' against Shawn Michaels. They had been tag partners in San Antonio as The American Force. |
| 140 | * PartsUnknown: "Outer Space" |
| 141 | * TagTeam: He was previously Kato of The Orient Express with Pat Tanaka. |
| 142 | |
| 143 | !!! [[Wrestling/JacquesRougeau The Mountie]] (Jacques Rougeau Jr.) 1986-1994, 1998 |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:N]] |
| 147 | !!! Nailz (Kevin Wacholz) 1992 |
| 148 | [[quoteright:140:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nailzwwe_9010.jpg]] |
| 149 | An ex-convict who, in a series of early 1992 promos, alleged that Big Bossman abused him during his time in prison. He would later debut on an episode of ''WWF Superstars Of Wrestling'', where he would beat up Big Bossman using his very own nightstick and start a feud with him. |
| 150 | ---- |
| 151 | * ArchEnemy: Wrestling/BigBossman, who he claimed had abused Nailz during his time as a prison guard. Fittingly enough, his in-ring debut was an ambush that turned into a brutal beating of Bossman. |
| 152 | * AxCrazy: His time in prison was ''not'' kind to him. Nailz always |
| 153 | * CassandraTruth: His claims that Bossman was an evil, abusive prick based on how he treated him in his time behind bars fell completely on deaf ears at the time despite Bossman saying nothing to deny them. Years later, Bossman took part in the Attitude Era as Vince [=McMahon=]'s corrupt SWAT enforcer and pretty much proved he was capable of everything Nailz claimed. |
| 154 | * CatchPhrase: "Who's the boss now, Boss Man?!" |
| 155 | * FinishingMove: Strangle Sleeper. |
| 156 | * InstitutionalApparel: Despite being released from prison, Nailz still wore his prisoner uniform at all times. |
| 157 | * LargeHam: Even by wrestling standards. Nailz would scream/growl every line of dialogue while often frothing at the mouth. |
| 158 | %%* MightyGlacier |
| 159 | * UnstoppableRage: His debut took the form of this. Angered at the Big Bossman's crimes against him, he would beat the ever-loving hell out of him and choke him out with his own nightstick. |
| 160 | |
| 161 | !!! Wrestling/JimNeidhart 1985-1992, 1994-1997, 2007 |
| 162 | !!! [[Wrestling/TheOneManGang The One Man Gang[=/=]Akeem]] (George Gray) 1987-1990 |
| 163 | |
| 164 | !!! [[Wrestling/BobOrtonJr "Cowboy" Bob Orton]] 1981-1983, 1984-1987, 1989, 2005-2006 |
| 165 | |
| 166 | !!! Outback Jack (Peter Stilsbury) 1986-1988 |
| 167 | [[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/outbackjackwwe_8268.jpg]] |
| 168 | * UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} |
| 169 | * CaptainErsatz[=/=]NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: For Film/CrocodileDundee. |
| 170 | * DemotedToExtra[=/=]{{Jobber}}: He'd beat the lower ranked guys but lose to more significant guys. |
| 171 | * FinishingMove: Boomerang clothesline |
| 172 | * LandDownUnder |
| 173 | * ToothyIssue |
| 174 | [[/folder]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | [[folder:P]] |
| 177 | !!! [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]] (Roderick George "Roddy" Toombs) 1984-1996, 2003, 2005-2015 |
| 178 | |
| 179 | !!! [[Wrestling/LannyPoffo "Leaping" Lanny Poffo/The Genius]] (Lanny Mark Poffo) 1985-1992 |
| 180 | |
| 181 | !!! Jim Powers (James Manley) 1984-1993 |
| 182 | * {{Jobber}}: Became this after the breakup of the Young Stallions. |
| 183 | * TagTeam: The Young Stallions with Paul Roma. |
| 184 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Teamed with Paul Roma as the Young Stallions from 1987 to 1989 despite the two hating each other backstage. |
| 185 | * UnderwearOfPower |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:R]] |
| 189 | !!! Wrestling/HarleyRace 1986-1989 |
| 190 | |
| 191 | !!! [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon/Scott Hall]] (Scott Oliver Hall) 1992-1996, 2002, 2015 |
| 192 | See also: Wrestling/TheKliq and Wrestling/NewWorldOrder. |
| 193 | |
| 194 | !!! [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes/Goldust]] (Dustin Patrick Runnels) 1990-1991, 1995-1999, 2001-2003, 2005-2006, 2008-2012, 2013-2019 |
| 195 | |
| 196 | !!! Wrestling/DustyRhodes (Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr.) 1989-1991, 2005-2007, 2009-2015 |
| 197 | |
| 198 | !!! [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] (Aurelian Smith, Jr.) 1986-1992, 1996-1997 |
| 199 | |
| 200 | !!!The Red Rooster/Terry Taylor (Paul William Taylor III) 1988-1990, 1992-1993 |
| 201 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redrooster.jpg]] |
| 202 | * AlliterativeName: Both of them |
| 203 | * {{Animal Motif|s}}: Take a guess. |
| 204 | * ArchEnemy: The Brooklyn Brawler, after his face turn. |
| 205 | * CatchPhrase: "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" |
| 206 | * FinishingMove: Cock of the Walk ([[Wrestling/RikiChoshu Scorpion Lock]]), Rooster Wing (Elevated belly to back hammerlock) |
| 207 | * {{Jobber}}[=/=]JokeCharacter: Bobby Heenan said that he was just a "little red rooster" and his name wasn't important. |
| 208 | * PowerStable: [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan The Heenan Family]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | !!! [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Mike Rotunda[=/=]Irwin R. Schyster]] (Lawrence Michael "Mike" Rotunda) 1984-1987, 1991-1995 |
| 211 | |
| 212 | !!! Raymond "Ray" Rougeau 1986-2002, 2017- |
| 213 | [[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raymond_rougeau_2.jpg]] |
| 214 | * ActionSurvivor: Worked as both an interviewer and the play-by-play announcer for the French syndicated WWF programming distributed to Quebec, Europe, and Africa from 1991-2002, and as part of WWE's French announce team from 2017 onwards. |
| 215 | * AlliterativeName |
| 216 | * ForeignWrestlingHeel |
| 217 | * SiblingTeam: With his younger brother Jacques as the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers. |
| 218 | |
| 219 | !!! Wrestling/RickRude (Richard Erwin "Rick" Rood) 1987-1990, 1997 |
| 220 | See also: Wrestling/DGenerationX. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:S]] |
| 224 | !!! [[Wrestling/RandySavage "Macho Man" Randy Savage]] (Randall Mario "Randy" Poffo) 1985-1994 |
| 225 | See also: Wrestling/TheMegaPowers |
| 226 | |
| 227 | !!! Wrestling/BuzzSawyer (Bruce Woyan) 1984 |
| 228 | |
| 229 | !!! [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Justice/Sycho Sid]] (Sidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy) 1991-1992, 1995-1997, 2012 |
| 230 | |
| 231 | !!! Skinner ([[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Stephen Paul]] [[Wrestling/DoinkTheClown "Steve" Keirn]]) 1991-1993, 2007- |
| 232 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/skinner2_7992.jpg]] |
| 233 | * ImprovisedWeapon: Skinner's use of an alligator claw. |
| 234 | * RetiredBadass: Now works as the President of [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT Wrestling]] (formally Florida Championship Wrestling), WWE's developmental league. |
| 235 | * SquashMatch: Was on the wrong side of one against Wrestling/OwenHart at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} VIII''. |
| 236 | * WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling alligator hunter, then a wrestling clown as Doink. |
| 237 | * WrestlingFamily: Well, almost. Keirn's son Cory had three matches in FCW in 2007 and left wrestling right after. |
| 238 | |
| 239 | !!! [[Wrestling/DanSpivey Dan Spivey/Waylon Mercy]] 1985-1988, 1995 |
| 240 | |
| 241 | !!! [[Wrestling/RickySteamboat Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat]] (Richard Henry Blood, Sr.) 1985-1988, 1991, 2009 |
| 242 | |
| 243 | !!! Wrestling/ScottSteiner (Scott Carl Rechsteiner) 1992-1994, 2002-2004 |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:T]] |
| 247 | !!! [[Wrestling/TheTongaKid The Tonga Kid[=/=]Islander Tama]] (Samuel Larry Anoa'i Fatu) 1984-1988 |
| 248 | [[/folder]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[folder:U]] |
| 251 | !!! [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior The Ultimate Warrior]] (Warrior FKA James Brian Hellwig) 1987-1992, 1996 |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !!! Wrestling/UncleElmer (Stan Frazier) 1985-1986 |
| 254 | |
| 255 | !!! Wrestling/TheUndertaker (Mark William Callaway) 1990-2020 |
| 256 | See also: Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:V]] |
| 260 | !!! Mad Dog Vachon (Maurice Vachon) 1984-1985 |
| 261 | [[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mad_dog_vachon_3894.jpg]] |
| 262 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2010. |
| 263 | %%* CarpetOfVirility |
| 264 | * HeelFaceTurn: After decades of being a {{Heel}} he was a {{Face}} for his short run with the company before he retired. |
| 265 | %%* RedBaron |
| 266 | * RingOldies: Was still wrestling at 55. |
| 267 | * WrestlingFamily: Brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Wrestling/LunaVachon. |
| 268 | |
| 269 | !!! Wrestling/{{Virgil}} (Mike Jones) 1987-1994, 2010 |
| 270 | |
| 271 | !!! [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kerry Von Erich]] (Kerry Gene Adkisson) 1990-1992 |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:W]] |
| 275 | !!! Wrestling/KokoBWare (James Ware) 1986-1994 |
| 276 | |
| 277 | !!! Wrestling/BarryWindham (Barry Clinton Windham) 1984–1985, 1989, 1996-1998 |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder: Y]] |
| 281 | !!! Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} (Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i) 1992-1996 |
| 282 | See also: Wrestling/SamoanDynasty |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder: Z]] |
| 286 | !!! Wrestling/TomZenk (Thomas Erwin Zenk) 1986-1987 |
| 287 | |
| 288 | !!! [[Creator/TinyLister Zeus]] (Thomas "Tiny" Lister, Jr.) 1989 |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
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