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List of professional wrestlers
This is a great yet incomplete categorised list of professional wrestlers, commentators, managers and workers associated in professional wrestling. You can also click Related Changes to see recent edits to all listings on this page.
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Active
World Wrestling Entertainment
RAW
Male
- Antonio (Tom Matera)
- Batista (David Bautista)
- Shelton Benjamin
- Chris Benoit
- Christian (Jason Reso)
- Robert Conway
- Daivari (Shawn Daivari)
- Simon Dean (Mike Bucci)
- Edge (Adam Copeland)
- Ric Flair (Richard Fliehr)
- Sylvain Grenier
- Muhammad Hassan (Mark Magnus)
- Triple H (Paul Levesque)
- Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea)
- The Hurricane (Gregory Helms)
- Marty Jannetty
- Chris Jericho (Christopher Irvine)
- Kane (Glen Jacobs)
- Chris "The Masterpiece" Masters (Chris Mordetsky)
- Maven (Maven Huffman)
- Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom)
- William Regal (Darrin Matthews)
- Romeo (Romeo Roselli)
- Rosey (Matt Anoai)
- Snitsky (Gene Snitsky)
- Tajiri (Yoshihiro Tajiri)
- Tyson Tomko (Travis Tomko)
- Val Venis (Sean Morley)
- Viscera (Nelson Frazier, Jr.)
Female
Commentators
- Jonathan Coachman (Heat/backstage on RAW)
- Todd Grisham (Heat//WWE Experience)
- Ivory (Lisa Moretti) (Heat/WWE Experience)
- Jerry "The King" Lawler (RAW)
- Jim Ross (RAW)
- Al Snow (Allen Sarven) (Heat)
- Howard Finkel (Ring announcer)
- Lilian Garcia (Ring announcer)
Managers/Non-Wrestlers
Inactive
- Garrison Cade (Lance Cade) (injured; )
- Eugene (Nick Dinsmore) (injured; ruptured left patellar tendon, will be gone for several months)
- Mick Foley (Michael Francis Foley) (works sporadically for WWE, often promoting books he has authored or charitable causes such as "SmackDown! Your Vote" - also appearing at selected Ring of Honor events.)
- Christopher Nowinski (injured; post-concussion syndrome)
- Randy Orton (injured; shoulder surgery)
- Steven Richards (Michael Manna) {injured; broken nose and orbital bone}
- Stone Cold Steve Austin (Steve Williams) {Forced inactive due to neck injuries and surgeries}
SmackDown!
Male
- Akio (James Yang)
- Kurt Angle
- Danny Basham (Danny Holly)
- Doug Basham
- The Big Show (Paul Wight)
- Carlito Caribbean Cool (Carly Colon)
- John Cena
- Spike Dudley (Matthew Hyson)
- René Duprée (René Goguen)
- Funaki (Shoichi Funaki)
- Chavo Guerrero (Chavo Guerrero, Jr.)
- Eddie Guerrero
- Charlie Haas
- Heidenreich (Jon Heidenreich)
- Hardcore Holly (Bob Howard)
- Scotty 2 Hotty (Scott Garland)
- Mark Jindrak
- Orlando Jordan
- Billy Kidman (Peter Gruner)
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield
- Paul London
- Joey Mercury (Joey Matthews)
- Rey Mysterio (Óscar Gutiérrez)
- Johnny Nitro (John Hennigan)
- Nunzio (James Maritato)
- Luther Reigns (Matt Wiese)
- Shannon Moore
- Kenzo Suzuki
- Booker T (Booker Huffman)
- The Undertaker (Mark Calaway)
Female
Commentators
- Michael Cole (Sean Coulthard) (SmackDown!)
- Tazz (Peter Senerca) (SmackDown!)
- Bill DeMott (William DeMott) (Velocity)
- Josh Mathews (Josh Lomberger) (Velocity)
- Steve Romero (Velocity) (Ring announcer)
- Tony Chimel (Ring announcer)
Managers/Non-Wrestlers
- Joy Giovanni
- Paul Heyman
- Lauren Jones
- Rochelle Loewen
- Theodore Long
- Michelle McCool (Michelle McCool-Alexander)
- Melina Perez
- Sharmell Sullivan
- Hiroko Suzuki
Inactive
- Psicosis (Domenico Castellanos)
- Rob Van Dam (Rob Szatkowski) (injured; knee injury)
Notable backstage workers and others contracted to WWE
- Arn Anderson (Martin Lunde) (road agent)
- Ted DiBiase (creative consultant and road agent)
- Tommy Dreamer (Tom Laughlin) (road agent)
- The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison) (appears occasionally for comedic skits)
- Hillbilly Jim (Jim Morris) (WWE promotions)
- Brother Love (Bruce Prichard) (part of creative team)
- Tom Prichard
- Dean Malenko (Dean Simon) (road agent)
- Shane McMahon (executive vice-president of World Wrestling Entertainment, has been working off camera, heading the Media Relations department)
- Stephanie McMahon (Stephanie McMahon-Levesque) (vice-president of World Wrestling Entertainment, has been working off camera as creative head of the SmackDown! brand)
- Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Richard Blood) (road agent)
- Super Crazy (Francisco Pantoja Islas) (recently signed a three year contract with WWE)
- Sgt. Slaughter (Robert Remus) (road agent)
- Mae Young (appears occasionally for comedic skits)
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Male
- Andy Baker
- Bamm Bamm Penders
- Blaster Lashley (Bobby Lashley)
- Brent Albright (Brett Albright)
- Brian Carlucci
- Bubba Ray Dudley (Mark Lamonica) (kayfabe: injured after a chokeslam by The Big Show through a table, sent to OVW )
- Chad Toland (Chad Wicks)
- Chris Cage
- Da Beast
- "Dangerous" Danny Davis (OVW Owner)
- Danny Inferno
- Dean Hill
- Dean Jablonski
- Deuce Shade (James Reiher, Jr.)
- D-Von Dudley (Devon Hughes) (kayfabe: injured after a chokeslam by The Big Show through a table, actually sent to OVW)
- Elijah Burke
- Frankie Kazarian
- Goose Mahoney
- Jerome Crony
- Johnny Jeter
- Ken Anderson
- Ken Doane
- Kenny Bolin
- Kousin Krazy
- Mac Johnson
- Mark Henry (injured; leg injury; in OVW)
- Matt Cappotelli
- Mike Mondo
- Mac Johnson
- Mike Taylor
- Moe Green
- Paul Burchill
- Robbie Dawber
- Seth Skyfire
- Steve Lewington
- John "Tank" Toland
- The Blue Print (Matt Morgan) (kayfabe: ambushed by Hardcore Holly; actually sent to OVW for seasoning)
- The Idol (Aaron Stevens)
- Todd Shane
- Vengeance (Kevin Fertig) (sent to OVW for seasoning)
- Justice Smith
- Nick Mitchell
- Marty Wright
Female
- Alexis Laree
- Beth Phoenix
- Jillian Hall
- Trudi Denucci
- Synn
- Angel Williams
- Melissa Coates
- Maria Kanellis
- Ms. Blu
Managers/Non-Wrestlers
- Jim Cornette (lead booker)
- Robert Briskoe (referee)
- Kenny Bolin (manager)
- Rip Rogers (trainer)
- Lance Storm (Lance Evers) (trainer)
Total Nonstop Action
Male
- Abyss (Chris Parks)
- Apollo (German Figueroa)
- Johnny B. Badd (Marc Mero)
- Mikey Batts
- "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown (Monte Brown)
- Chris Candido (Chris Candito)
- Jerrelle Clark
- "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels (Daniel Covell)
- Andy Douglas
- Sonjay Dutt (Retesh Bhalla)
- Jeff Hardy
- "Wildcat" Chris Harris
- Don Harris
- Ron Harris
- Lance Hoyt
- B.G. James (Brian James)
- Jeff Jarrett
- Ron "The Truth" Killings
- Konnan (Carlos Ashenoff)
- Lex Lovett
- Kevin Northcutt
- The Outlaw (Monty Sopp)
- Diamond Dallas Page (Page Falkenberg)
- Primetime (Elix Skipper)
- Raven (Scott Levy)
- Dustin Rhodes (Virgil Runnels III)
- Chris Sabin
- Shark Boy (Dean Roll)
- Alex Shelley
- Sonny Siaki
- Michael Shane (Matt Bentley)
- Shocker (José Luis Jair Soria)
- Chase Stevens
- "Cowboy" James Storm
- A.J. Styles (Allen Jones)
- Johnny Swinger (Joseph Dorgan)
- Trytan (Ryan Wilson)
- Sean Waltman
- David Young (David Santo)
Female
- Desire (Kim Neilson)
- Jacqueline Moore
- Traci (Tracy Brooks)
- Trinity (Stephanie Finochio)
Team Canada
- A-1
- Jack Evans
- Teddy Hart (Teddy Annis)
- "The Natural" Bobby Roode
- Ruffy Silverstein
- Petey Williams
- Eric Young
Commentators
- Shane Douglas (Troy Martin)
- Jeff Hammond
- Mike Tenay
- Don West
Managers/Non-Wrestlers
- Scott D'Amore
- Jonny Fairplay (Jon Dalton)
- "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart
- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs)
- Harley Race
- Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnels, Jr.)
- Larry Zbyszko (Lawrence Whistler)
Inactive
- Johnny Devine (J.P. Parsonage) (Torn ACL/MCL)
- Scott Hall
- Jerry Lynn
- Kevin Nash (Staff Infection)
- Sabu (Terry Brunk) (Back Injury)
Unaffiliated/Retired
Many wrestlers claim to retire and subsequently become active again; hence this unified category. Some of the wrestlers on this list are not affiliated with any North American promotion, but may be affiliated with an overseas promotion.
Male
- 2 Cold Scorpio (Charles Skaggs)
- Jesus Aguilera (Aaron Aguilera) (injured; groin and neck)
- A-Train (Matthew Bloom)
- Tank Abbott (David Abbott)
- Abdullah the Butcher (Larry Shreve)
- Captain Lou Albano
- The Amazing Red (Jonathan Figueroa)
- American Dragon (Bryan Danielson)
- Mike Awesome (Michael Alphonso)
- Marcus "Buff" Bagwell
- Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake/The Disciple (Ed Leslie)
- Bam Bam Bigelow (Scott Bigelow)
- Tully Blanchard
- Blue Meanie (Brian Heffron)
- Ludvig Borga (Tony Halme)
- D'Lo Brown (A.C. Connor)
- Big Van Vader (Leon White)
- Big Vito (Vito LaGrasso)
- Steve Blackman
- Bull Buchanan (Barry Buchanan)
- Don Callis
- Brian Christopher/Grandmaster Sexay (Brian Lawler)
- Carlitos Colon
- Justin Credible (Peter Polaco)
- The Demon (Dale Torborg)
- Simon Dimond (Pat Kenney)
- Julio Dinero (Brian Wall)
- Droz (Darren Drozdov)
- Dances with Dudley (Adolfo Bermudez)
- Dudley Dudley (Jeff Bradley)
- Signguy Dudley (Joel Gertner)
- Snot Dudley (Anthony Michaels)
- "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan (Jim Duggan)
- Dynamite Kid (Tom Billington)
- Earthquake (John Tenta)
- Faarooq (Ron Simmons)
- Jody Fleisch
- "Angry" Alan Funk
- Dory Funk, Jr.
- Terry Funk
- Gangrel (David Heath)
- Glenn Gilberti
- The Godfather (Charles Wright)
- Goldberg (Bill Goldberg)
- Zach Gowen
- "Superstar" Billy Graham (Wayne Coleman)
- "The Juice" Juventud Guerrera (Eduardo Hernández)
- Chavo Guerrero also known as "Chavo Classic"
- Bart Gunn (Mike Plotcheck)
- Haku (Uliuli Fitita)
- Matt Hardy
- Bret "The Hitman" Hart
- Hayabusa (Eiji Ezaki)
- Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Raymond Heenan)
- Horace Hogan (Michael Bollea)
- Honky Tonk Man (Wayne Farris)
- Masao Inoue
- The Iron Sheik (Khosrow Vaziri)
- Jamal (Eddie Fatu)
- Ahmed Johnson (Anthony Norris)
- Nathan Jones
- Kamala (Jim Harris)
- Kanyon (Chris Klucsaritis)
- Evan Karagias
- Kid Kash (David Cash)
- King Kong Bundy (Chris Pallies)
- Nikita Koloff (Scott Simpson)
- "The Konstrictor" Viktor Krüger (Viktor Krueger)
- Lamont (Desmond Thompson)
- Brock Lesnar
- Lodi (Bradley Cain)
- Low Ki (Brandon Silvestry)
- Lex Luger (Lawrence Pfohl)
- Rodney Mack (Rodney Begnaud)
- Mil Mascaras (Aaron Rodriguez)
- Steve McMichael
- Taka Michinoku (Takao Yoshida)
- Mideon (Dennis Knight)
- Ernest Miller
- Mosh/Chaz (Charles Warrington)
- Don Muraco
- New Jack (Jerome Young)
- Jamie Noble (James Gibson)
- Sean O'Haire
- One Man Gang/Akeem the African Dream (George Gray)
- "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (Paul Martin)
- "Cowboy" Bob Orton (Bob Orton, Jr.)
- Bob Orton, Sr.
- Chuck Palumbo
- Pitbull #1 (Gary Wolfe)
- Josh Prohibition (Josh Piscura)
- C.M. Punk (Phil Brooks)
- Baron von Raschke (James Raschke)
- Spanky (Brian Kendrick)
- Stevie Ray (Lane Huffman)
- Rhyno (Terry Gerin)
- Rico (Rico Constantino)
- Rikishi (Solofa Fatu)
- Mr Aguila/Essa Rios
- Road Warrior Animal (Joseph Laurinaitis)
- Roadkill (Michael Depoli)
- Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Aurelian Smith, Jr.)
- The Rock (Dwane Johnson)
- Axl Rotten (Brian Knighton)
- Mike Rotunda
- Jacques Rougeau
- Sakoda (Ryan Sakoda)
- Bruno Sammartino
- Sandman (Jim Fullington)
- Perry Saturn (Perry Satullo)
- "Macho Man" Randy Savage (Randy Poffo)
- Ken Shamrock (Ken Kilpatrick)
- Tiger Ali Singh (Gurjit Singh)
- Jimmy Snuka (James Reiher)
- Johnny Stamboli (John Hugger)
- Shawn Stasiak/Meat (Sean Stipich)
- George "The Animal" Steele (James Myers)
- Rick Steiner (Rick Rechsteiner)
- Scott Steiner (Scott Rechsteiner)
- Sting (Steve Borden)
- Devon Storm/Crowbar (Chris Ford)
- Jonny Storm (Jonathan Whitcombe)
- Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud)
- Tatanka (Chris Chavis)
- Test (Andrew Martin)
- Thrasher (Glen Ruth)
- Magnum Tokyo (Katsumasa Kuroki)
- Typhoon/Tugboat (Fred Ottman)
- Ultimate Warrior (Jim Hellwig)
- Ultimo Dragon (Yoshihiro Asai)
- Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (John Wisniski, Jr.)
- Vampiro (Ian Hodgkinson)
- Chris Vaughn
- Jesse Ventura (James G. Janos)
- Sid Vicious/Sycho Sid (Sid Eudy)
- Scott "Sick Boy" Vick
- Nikolai Volkoff (Josip Peruzovic)
- Koko B. Ware (James Ware)
- Erik Watts
- Mikey Whipwreck (James Watson)
- Doug Williams
- Barry Windham
- Alex Wright
Female
- Alicia/Ryan Shamrock (Alicia Webb)
- Nicole Bass
- Chyna (Joanie Laurer) - currently starring in VH1 reality show The Surreal Life
- Carmella DeCesare
- Daffney (Shannon Webb)
- Jazz (Carlene Begnaud)
- The Kat (Stacy Carter)
- Gail Kim
- Kimberly Page (Kimberly Falkenberg)
- Midajah (Melinda O'Hearn)
- Linda Miles
- Molly Holly (Noreen Greenwald)
- Nidia (Nidia Guenard)
- Terri Runnels
- Sable (Rena Mero)
- Sunny (Tammy Sytch)
- Tori (Terri Poch)
- Amy Weber
- Debra Williams
Managers/Non-Wrestlers
- Mr. Fuji (Harry Fujiwara)
- Clarence Mason
- Pete Rose (involved in several angles with Kane)
- Paul Bearer (William Moody)
Deceased
- Chris Adams
- Adrian Adonis
- André the Giant (André Roussimoff)
- Giant Baba (Shohei Baba)
- Big Boss Man (Ray Traylor)
- Fred Blassie (Frederick Blassman)
- Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano)
- Bruiser Brody (Frank Goodish)
- British Bulldog (David Smith)
- Big Daddy (Shirley Crabtree)
- Big Dick Dudley (Alex Rizzo)
- James Dudley
- Bobby Duncum, Jr.
- Chris von Erich (Chris Adkisson)
- David von Erich (David Adkisson)
- Fritz von Erich (Jack Adkisson)
- Kerry von Erich (Kerry Gene Adkisson)
- Mike von Erich (Mike Adkisson)
- Giant Haystacks (Martin Ruane)
- "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert)
- The Grand Wizard (Ernie Roth)
- Russ Haas
- Owen Hart
- Stu Hart
- Hercules Hernandez (Ray Fernandez)
- Crash Holly (Mike Lockwood)
- Andy Kaufman
- Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Heulette)
- "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel (Ed McDaniel)
- Gorilla Monsoon (Robert Marella)
- Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig)
- Junkyard Dog (Sylvester Ritter)
- Brian Pillman
- Pitbull #2 (Anthony Durante)
- The Renegade (Rick Williams)
- "Bomber" Pat Roach
- Road Warrior Hawk (Michael Hegstrand)
- "Ravishing" Rick Rude (Richard Rood)
- The Sheik (Ed Farhat)
- Big John Studd (John Minton)
- Louie Spicolli (Louie Mucciolo)
- Lou Thesz
- Sailor Art Thomas
- The Wall (Jerry Tuite)
- "Gorgeous" George Wagner
- Pez (Shaska) Whatley
- Yokozuna (Rodney Anoai)
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