Chris Jericho Bio

Christopher Keith Irvine who is better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian professional wrestler.

As a part of WWE, he is credited as being the first-ever Undisputed Champion in WWE. His first reign as WWF Champion and his second reign as WCW Champion (then known as the World Championship) together make him the first Undisputed Champion in history. In addition, he is also the ninth Triple Crown Champion and the fourth Grand Slam Champion.

A year after graduating from college, Chris Jericho was setting up rings for promoter Bob Holliday. At age nineteen, he entered the Hart Brothers School of Wrestling where, on his first day, he met Lance Evers, the future Lance Storm. The two remain close friends to this day. Two months later, he was ready to start wrestling on independent shows, making his debut in October 1990 in a draw against Storm. The pair would go on to work as a tag-team, initially called "Sudden Impact". He took the name "Jericho" from the Helloween album, Walls of Jericho.

Jericho and Storm worked for Tony Condello in the tours of Northern Manitoba with future superstars Adam Copeland (Edge), Jason Reso (Christian Cage), and Terry Gerin (Rhino). The pair also wrestled in Calgary's Canadian National Wrestling Alliance (CNWA) and Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling (CRMW). In the winter of 1992, he traveled to Mexico where he wrestled for several small wrestling companies as well as the largest in the country, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). In EMLL, Jericho took on Silver King, Negro Casas, and Último Dragón en route to an eleven-month reign as the NWA Middleweight Champion that began in December 1993. His burgeoning wrestling skills also took him to Japan in 1994 where he competed for the Wrestling and Romance (WAR) promotion, facing the likes of Gedo and Último Dragón, to whom he lost the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship. 1994 also saw Jericho reunited with his former teammate from CRMW, Storm, as the Thrillseekers in Jim Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion. In 1995, Jericho competed in the second Super J Cup Tournament, hosted by WAR, losing to Chris Benoit.

In 1996, thanks to a recommendation by Mick Foley to promoter Paul Heyman, Jericho began wrestling for the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion, winning the ECW Television Championship in June 1996. While in ECW, Chris Jericho made a name for himself, wrestling top talent such as Taz, Sabu, Rob Van Dam, Cactus Jack, Shane Douglas, and 2 Cold Scorpio. It was during this time that he drew the attention of WCW.

On August 26, 1996 Jericho made his first appearance with WCW, and on September 15, he appeared at his first pay-per-view show, in a match against Chris Benoit at Fall Brawl. On June 28, 1997, Jericho defeated Syxx in Los Angeles, California to win the Cruiserweight Championship for the first time. He won the title again on August 12, 1997, by defeating Alex Wright.

Jericho began his WCW heel run when he won the title a third time, defeating Rey Mysterio, Jr. at Souled Out by forcing him to submit to the Liontamer. After the match, Jericho assaulted Mysterio's knee with a toolbox. Mysterio (kayfabe) needed six months of recovery before he could return to the ring. Jericho then had a short feud with Juventud Guerrera with Guerrera repeatedly wanting a shot at Jericho's Cruiserweight Championship but constantly being rebuffed. This resulted in a Title vs. Mask match at SuperBrawl VIII. Guerrera lost the match and was forced to remove his mask. Following this match, Jericho began his ongoing gimmick of collecting and wearing to the ring trophy items from his defeated opponents, such as Guerrera's mask, Prince Iaukea's Hawaiian dress, and a headband from Disco Inferno.

Jericho alternated between WCW and a number of Japanese tours before his debut with the World Wrestling Federation. The build-up to Jericho's arrival was a clock labeled "countdown to the new millennium," counting down over the weeks prior to his arrival. On the home video, Break the Walls Down, Jericho states he was inspired to do this as his entrance when he saw a similar clock in a post office. Vince McMahon gave him the green light to use it as his intro to the WWF. The clock finally ran down on August 9, 1999 in Chicago, Illinois while The Rock was in the ring doing a promo. Jericho, a heel, who was actually being cheered instead of getting booed, entered the arena and proclaimed himself "Y2J" (a play on the Y2K bug). The Rock proceeded to verbally mock him for his interruption.

Jericho feuded with Chyna for the Intercontinental Championship. After losing to Chyna at the Survivor Series 1999, Jericho won his first Intercontinental title at Armageddon. This feud with Chyna lasted for many months, including a controversial decision during a rematch in which two separate referees declared each one of them the winner of a match for the title. As a result, they became co-owners of the title until Jericho attained sole ownership at the Royal Rumble. He ended up dropping the title to Kurt Angle at No Way Out.

On April 2, Jericho participated in a Triple Threat match against Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 2000. Angle entered the match-up as both the WWF European and WWF Intercontinental Champion. The first man to score a pinfall or submission would be declared Intercontinental Champion. The second man to score a pinfall or submission would be declared European Champion. Jericho was first pinned by Benoit and pinned Benoit later on in the match, making Jericho the new European Champion. Jericho lost the title the next day to Eddie Guerrero on Raw after Chyna turned heel to side with Guerrero, claiming she could not resist his Latino Heat. On the April 17 edition of Raw, Jericho upset Triple H in a WWF Championship match. Referee Earl Hebner had made a fast count when Jericho pinned Triple H, giving Jericho the title. After previous weeks of assault on referee Earl Hebner, Triple H told him that if he reversed the decision, then he would never touch him while he was under contract. After Hebner reversed the decision, he fired Hebner and assaulted him. Despite the pinfall win over Triple H, WWE does not recognize Jericho's reign as champion. After the controversial decision, Jericho went on to feud with Chris Benoit. On the May 4 edition of SmackDown!, Jericho defeated Benoit to become Intercontinental Champion for the second time, but lost the title back to Benoit four days later on Raw.

Jericho's popularity skyrocketed when he started feuding with Triple H and his wife (just married in the storyline at the time) Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. Fans took particular delight in his promos toward Stephanie, as he showered her with insults, calling her a "filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom-feeding, trash-bag ho" and throwing a pie in her face. He got the best of Triple H on more than one occasion, even helping the Brooklyn Brawler, a renowned jobber, gain an upset victory over the then four-time WWF Champion. Their feud climaxed at Fully Loaded, when they competed in a Last Man Standing match, with Jericho only losing the match to Triple H by one second and thanks to multiple occasions of Stephanie helping Triple H, especially in the final moments.

At WrestleMania 21, Jericho participated in the first-ever Money in the Bank ladder match. The match concept was suggested by Jericho, and he competed in the match against Benjamin, Chris Benoit, Kane, Christian, and Edge. Despite coming up with the idea for the match, he lost the match when Edge claimed the briefcase. At Backlash, Chris Jericho yet again challenged Shelton Benjamin for the Intercontinental Championship, but failed in his attempt to win the belt. On June 12, 2005 Jericho wrestled in the first match of the ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view event, against Lance Storm. Jericho used his 'Lionheart' gimmick, instead of his more well known 'Y2J' gimmick. Jericho lost after interference from Jason and Justin Credible; Jericho was hit in the head with a Singapore Cane, allowing Storm to pin him.

Later that June, Jericho became a heel for the third time in the WWE by turning on WWE Champion John Cena. Jericho lost a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship at Vengeance which also involved Christian to Cena. The feud continued throughout the Summer and Jericho lost to Cena in a championship match at SummerSlam. The next night on Raw, Jericho faced Cena in a rematch, this time in a "You're fired" match, where the loser would be fired. Cena won again, and Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff kayfabe fired a pleading Jericho, who was carried out of the arena by security. WWE's official website confirmed on July 28, 2005 that Chris Jericho signed a short-term contract extension to stay with the company after his long-term contract expired, which presumably ended after his loss to Cena on August 22. On August 25, Jericho announced his departure from WWE in a statement on (and later pulled from) his official website, saying that after 15 years of wrestling he was mentally burnt out and no longer challenged by wrestling at that point in time, noting that he has done everything he has ever wanted to do in the business. He said that the "You're fired" match with John Cena was his last match "for now," but said he was not done with wrestling or WWE, and that if he returned to wrestling, it would be with WWE. On his official website he added a press release saying he is touring with Fozzy, acting, hosting his XM Radio show, The Rock Of Jericho, appearing on VH1's Best Week Ever, and being a guest commentator on MuchMusic's Video on Trial.

Jericho's return had been promoted since September 24, 2007 with a viral marketing campaign using a series of 15-second cryptic binary code videos, similar to the matrix digital rain featured in The Matrix series. The videos contained hidden messages and biblical links related to Jericho, although speculation existed throughout WWE fans over who the campaign targeted. The text "Save Us" and "2nd Coming" were most prominent in the videos. The campaign spread throughout the internet with numerous websites, though no longer operational, that featured hidden messages and biblical links to further hint at Jericho's return.

Jericho made his return to WWE television on the November 19, 2007 edition of Raw, where he interrupted Randy Orton during Orton's orchestrated "passing of the torch" ceremony. Jericho revealed his intentions to reclaim the WWE Championship in order to "save" WWE fans from Orton, with a new haircut and the Y2J gimmick again. Jericho wrestled in his first match in over two years on the November 26 edition of Raw, debuting a new finishing maneuver called the Codebreaker, to defeat Santino Marella. At his first pay-per-view appearance, Armageddon, he was booked in a WWE title match against Randy Orton. Jericho, however, defeated Orton by disqualification when John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) interfered in the match. As a result, Orton retained the title. He began a feud with JBL and met him at the Royal Rumble. Jericho was disqualified after hitting JBL with a steel chair. At No Way Out, Jericho competed in his fourth Elimination Chamber match alongside Triple H, Shawn Michaels, JBL, Umaga, and Jeff Hardy. He was the third man eliminated when Hardy pinned him following Michaels' Sweet Chin Music. On the March 10 edition of Raw, Jericho captured the Intercontinental Championship for a record eighth time, this time defeating Jeff Hardy.

On the June 9 edition of Raw, Jericho turned heel once again by attacking Shawn Michaels during his talk show segment The Highlight Reel, and after that developed a "self-righteous businessman" gimmick, wearing a suit and tie. In doing so, Jericho purposely shed many of the trademarks associated with the "Y2J" character, taking "every characteristic that made him popular, and strip[ing] those traits away from himself." Paul Heyman was enthusiastic about the transformation, claiming "All that's left is an articulate villain who delivers his lines with little emotion but lots of conviction. Jericho's contempt for all those who dare to oppose him is a 180 degree turn from the fun-loving Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla whose fan base had few peers in terms of numbers and volume." At Night of Champions, he lost the Intercontinental title to Kofi Kingston after a successful distraction by Shawn Michaels. He hosted the final version of The Highlight Reel on the July 28 edition of Raw. At Unforgiven, Jericho lost an Unsanctioned match to Michaels. But in the main event, Jericho entered in the Championship Scramble as a replacement for the defending champion CM Punk and subsequently won the World Heavyweight Championship. On the September 22 edition of Raw he successfully retained his title in a Steel Cage match against CM Punk. Later on, it was announced that Jericho would defend his World Championship against Shawn Michaels at No Mercy, thus continuing the feud between the two. He successfully defended his title against Michaels at No Mercy in a ladder match. At Cyber Sunday, Jericho dropped the title to Batista with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest referee. Eight days later, however, on a three hour special episode of Raw, he defeated Batista to win back the title in a steel cage match. This reign would last until the 2008 Survivor Series, where Jericho lost to the returning John Cena. On the December 8 edition of Raw, he won a Slammy Award for the Superstar of the Year.

On the January 12, 2009 episode of Raw, Jericho was involved in a narrative in which WWE Executive Vice President Stephanie McMahon fired him. The next week, he was rehired by McMahon after a forced apology to her and the fans. One week later, Jericho qualified for the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out when he defeated CM Punk. At the pay-per-view, he started the match with Rey Mysterio and survived to the final three as he eliminated Mike Knox and helped eliminate Kane and the champion John Cena. He was pinned by Mysterio when he reversed the Walls of Jericho. Jericho started a feud with real-life actor - and star of the movie The Wrestler - Mickey Rourke and with all WWE Hall of Famers. He challenged and attacked Ric Flair, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and Ricky Steamboat. Jericho won an elimination match at WrestleMania XXV against Snuka, Steamboat and Piper. Jericho then fought Ric Flair and finished the fight with a Double Knee Facebreaker called the Codebreaker. Jericho then challenged Mickey Rourke, the star of "The Wrestler. Rourke kayfabe knocked Jericho out after an elbow to the back of the head.

On the April 13 episode of Raw, Jericho was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 WWE Draft. On his Raw farewell address he was interrupted by Ricky Steamboat which led to the two facing off at Backlash where Jericho came out victorious. On his Smackdown re-debut, Jericho participated in a fatal-four-way elimination match which also featured Kane, Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio. Mysterio gave Jericho a Tiger Feint Kick and tried to follow up with a Springboard Seated Senton before Jericho threw a chair into him and was then DQ'd. This started a feud between the two and a face off at Judgment Day for the Intercontinental Championship was booked, where Mysterio pinned Jericho after a 619. The feud would continue with the two facing off in a No Holds Barred Match at Extreme Rules where Jericho was able to win and unmask Mysterio. He consequently broke his own record, increasing his number of reigns with the Intercontinental Title from eight to nine. At The Bash Jericho lost his Intercontinental Title back to Rey Mysterio. However he would compete later on in the PPV, winning the Unified Tag Team Championship with partner Edge.

Shortly afterwards, Edge suffered a real life injury and needed time off. In the storyline, Jericho announced that he had a clause in his contract stating that should Edge become injured during their title reign, Jericho would not be forced to forfeit, but rather would be allowed to select a new partner.

On July 26, 2009 at Night of Champions, Jericho revealed The Big Show as his partner, and they defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase to retain the championship.

The next night on Raw NBA star Shaq O'neal was introduced as Raw's special guest host for the night. Jericho interrupted Shaq in the ring and told Shaq that when he heard that the greatest NBA player of all time was there tonight he thought that Kobe Bryant was there. Jericho continued to mock Shaq but Shaq started mocking Jericho back and began giving Jericho little pushes. Jericho then introduced his Unified tag team champion partner Big Show who came out into the ring and exchanged insults with Shaq. Shaq then set up a match for later that evening with Cryme Tyme taking on Show and Jericho and said he'd be the special guest enforcer for that tag match.

Cryme Tyme battled the tag team champs later that evening and the match came down to Big Show beating unmercifully on JTG & Shad. The ref finally called for the bell in a DQ. Show kept stomping away on Cryme Tyme and then prepared to chokeslam both men in front of Shaq. Show shoved them down and then called for Shaq to get in the ring. Shaq tore off his enforcer's ref shirt and climbed into the ring. Shaq got right in Show's face and the two kept trash talking. Show pushed Shaq, so Shaq shoved back. Show then slapped his hand around Shaq's neck, so Shaq did the same back. The two held each other there, and then Cryme Tyme ran over to kick Show. Shaq did a running shoulder block into Show to knock him out of the ring with the crowd cheering it.

On July 31, 2009 on Smackdown Cryme Tyme would battle the Hart Dynasty and the winners of the match would get the opportunity to battle Big Show and Jericho for the Unified Tag Team titles at Summer Slam 2009. Cryme Tyme won and will challenge for the Unified Tag Team titles at Summer Slam.

On August 23, 2009 at Summerslam Jericho and Big Show were able to beat Cryme Tyme as they successfully defended their Unified tag team championship belts.

Jericho then started feuding with MVP after a match in which MVP hit Jericho with brass knuckles. The match was a MVP and Mark Henry match against Chris Jericho and the Big Show. Floyd Mayweather, who had knocked out the Big Show at Wrestlemania 24 with brass knuckles was sitting ring side and tossed in brass knuckles to MVP during the match.

R-Truth Bio

Ron Killings was born in Atlanta but grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. Killings aspired to become a musician. After moving to Charlotte, Killings became enamored with hip hop music and breakdancing. Throughout his high school years, Killings was a successful track runner and football player. He was on the same football team as MLB player Ray Durham at Harding High School. He was offered college scholarships, but turned them down in order to pursue a career in music. By the time he left school at the age of sixteen, Killings had met rappers such as Tupac Shakur and Eazy-E and was determined to become a rapper himself. He joined a talent agency named Ice Productions and became an opening act for performers such as MC Lyte and 3rd Bass. In order to get his rap career going financially, Killings got involved in drug dealing and ended up getting in trouble with the law and ended up in jail where he spent just over a year. Killings was released from prison into a halfway house, where he met Jackie Crockett, an employee of the National Wrestling Alliance. Crockett tried to convince Killings to become a professional wrestler, but he was determined to focus on his music career. Killings spent two years working on his music career, this time funding his career by robbing drug dealers, before becoming disillusioned by his lifestyle. He contacted Crockett once more and expressed an interest in becoming a wrestler.

In 1997 Killings made his debut in PWF as a manager. In 1999, he debuted in NWA Wildside as K-Krush, where he was awarded the newly-created NWA Wildside Television Championship on December 12. Killings lost the title to A.J. Styles on January 8, 2000.

Killings was signed to a two year developmental deal by the WWF in 1999 and was assigned to Memphis Championship Wrestling, a WWF farm federation. On April 12 in Robinsonville, Mississippi he won a battle royal with the vacant MCW Southern Heavyweight Championship on the line. He lost the title to a masked Jerry Lawler on May 24 in Tunica, Mississippi, but reclaimed it from Joey Abs several months later in Memphis, Tennessee on August 19. His second reign ended on November 3, when he lost to Steve Bradley in Manila, Arkansas.

Killings was promoted to the main roster after the Road Dogg, whose tag team partner, Billy Gunn, had been injured early that year, requested that they be placed in a tag team. He debuted on the November 13, 2000 episode of Raw, attacking William Regal during a match against Road Dogg. Killings, renamed K-Kwik, and the Road Dogg began rapping together, performing a song called "Getting' Rowdy" as they approached the ring. After Road Dogg was released in December, Killings became a singles competitor. He took part in the Royal Rumble on January 21, 2001 but was eliminated by The Big Show. Killings then began competing in the hardcore division. He defeated Raven for the WWF Hardcore Championship on February 3, but lost the title to Crash Holly that same evening. He defeated Raven for the title a second time on February 5, this time in the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, South Carolina, but once again he lost the title to Holly within the space of several hours. Killings became somewhat a background figure of the Invasion angle during the summer months, often seen in dressing rooms and watching TV with other superstars during inter promotional matches. Killings was released from the WWF later that year.

In 2002, Killings joined Xtreme Pro Wrestling as K. Malik Shabazz, teaming with Salid Jihad and Raphael Muhammed as the New Panthers, a gimmick based upon the Black Panther movement. On July 20, in Pico Rivera, California, Killings and Muhammed took part in a four way tag team match for the XPW Tag Team Championships which was won by Damián 666 and Halloween. He left the promotion later that year.

Killings signed with the Nashville, Tennessee-based Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion in June 2002, and appeared on the first weekly TNA pay-per-view on June 19 as "K-Krush". Killings immediately established himself as a villain by harassing NASCAR drivers Sterling Marlin and Hermie Sadler until he was attacked by Brian Christopher. Later that same evening, he participated in the Gauntlet for the Gold, but was eliminated by Malice. The following week, Killings lost to Christopher after Marlin and Sadler interfered in their match. On July 3, Killings and Jeff Jarrett defeated Christopher and Scott Hall after Christopher turned on Hall during the match, aligning himself with Killings and Jarrett. On July 10, Killings defeated Hermie Sadler in a squash. The decision, however, was overturned after Killings continued to attack Sadler after he had been awarded the match.

On the July 17 TNA pay-per-view, Killings delivered an angry promo in which he implied that he had been held back as a result of his race. He then stated that he was to be referred to as "The Truth". Killings eventually began using his own name, referring to himself as Ron "The Truth" Killings. In the following weeks, Killings gave several more racially charged interviews and had confrontations with fellow African American wrestler Monty Brown.

Killings defeated Ken Shamrock for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at NWA-TNA 8 on August 7, thus becoming the first ever recognized black NWA World Heavyweight Champion in history. He successfully defended the title in matches with Monty Brown, Jerry Lynn, Low Ki, Curt Hennig, Hotstuff Hernandez, and Scott Hall before losing to Jeff Jarrett on November 20 after Vince Russo hit him with a guitar. As a result of Russo's involvement, Killings turned into a fan favorite. In subsequent months, Killings feuded with Sports Entertainment Xtreme before turning into a villainous charcter once again by attacking Jarrett on March 19. He later introduced Nelson Knight as his bodyguard, but soon turned back into a fan favorite once more.

Between May and June, Killings began teaming with Konnan and former WWF ally B.G. James, and in July the trio formed a fan favorite faction known as the 3Live Kru. The Kru first wrestled as a unit on August 13, 2003, defeating the Disciples of The New Church (Sinn, Vampire Warrior, and Devon Storm). The Kru soon went after the NWA World Tag Team Championship. On November 26, the Kru defeated Simon Diamond, Johnny Swinger, and Glenn Gilberti in a six man tag team match with the vacant NWA World Tag Team Championships on the line. The NWA World Tag Titles were thus held by all three members of the Kru until January 28, 2004, when they were defeated by Redshirt Security (Kevin Northcutt and Legend) in Nashville.

After several abortive attempts to regain the tag titles, the Kru began supporting Killings' bid to become NWA World Heavyweight Champion. On June 9, NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett took part in a "3Live Kru Challenge" which saw him face Konnan, James and Killings in three subsequent matches. Jarrett defeated Konnan in a strap match and James in a "trailer park trash match" (hardcore match), but lost to Killings in a "Ghetto Justice match". On May 19, Killings faced NWA World Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles, Raven, and Chris Harris in a four way title match. He won the bout, becoming a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, after Jarrett hit Styles with a guitar. His reign lasted until June 2, when Jarrett defeated him in a King of the Mountain match which also included Harris, Styles, and Raven. The Kru went on to feud with Jarrett's mercenaries, the Elite Guard (Chad Collyer, Hotstuff Hernandez, and Onyx), and on July 14, the 3Live Kru, Dusty Rhodes, and Larry Zbyszko defeated Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, and the Elite Guard in a ten man tag team match. Following the break-up of the 3Live Kru, Killings began competing as a singles wrestler once more. He briefly aligned himself with Sting in March, teaming with Sting, A.J. Styles, and Rhino as "Sting's Warriors". At Lockdown on April 23, Sting's Warriors defeated Jarrett's Army in a Lethal Lockdown match. On the May 25 episode of Impact!, Killings defeated Monty Brown to qualify for a King of the Mountain match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary on June 18. At Slammiversary, however, Killings failed to win the championship. Killings then teamed with Lance Hoyt in the following months, even participating, but losing, in a Battle Royal at No Surrender. On November 19 at Genesis, Killings and his tag team partner Lance Hoyt defeated Austin Starr and Alex Shelley with Kevin Nash at ringside. He was then off the active roster due to injury. Killings returned to action at Slammiversary, teaming with James Storm in a losing effort against Frank Wycheck and Jerry Lynn, implying that he was now a villain.

On June 19, Killings tried to resign from TNA, intending to work for the Mexican Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.[7] Amidst more dissension backstage, however, TNA refused to release Killings. He returned to TNA on August 12 at Hard Justice, confronting football player Adam Jones. At No Surrender, Adam "Pacman" Jones and Ron Killings defeated Sting and Kurt Angle to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On October 14, A.J. Styles and Tomko defeated him and Jones's replacement, Rasheed Lucius "Consequences" Creed, for the TNA tag team titles. It was reported that Killings no-showed a New Japan event that was part of the TNA/NJPW invasion cross-promotion project: "Jeff Jarrett sent a notice to New Japan, apologizing deeply for Ron Killings' no-show at Sumo Hall on the 11th. He promised that TNA would send top-of-the-line wrestlers from now on and show what TNA is all about".[citation needed] On December 9, Ron Killings announced on his MySpace page that he and TNA management had agreed upon a mutual agreement in regards to his release from the company, stating, "I wish TNA the best and I'm looking forward to continue my wrestling career and looking to go back to my original stomping grounds.

Killings re-signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2008. On July 25, 2008, during an episode of Friday Night SmackDown, a vignette announced that Killings would debut on the SmackDown brand under the ring name R-Truth. He now enters through the crowd rapping his theme song "What's Up!". WWE completely ignored his former time with the company as K-Kwik, making no mention of his Hardcore Championship title reigns or any other events from past years in the company. He made his in-ring debut on the August 29, 2008 episode of Friday Night SmackDown as a fan favorite defeating Kenny Dykstra. At Cyber Sunday, R-Truth, along with Festus and Montel Vontavious Porter, was one of the choices to vote for to compete against United States Champion Shelton Benjamin for the title. Although he received 59% of the vote, R-Truth was unsuccessful in winning the title from Benjamin. R-Truth won the Slammy Award for the Best Musical Performance.

On July 10, 2009, R-Truth debuted a new alter ego prankster gimmick under the name Pretty Ricky in a promo on SmackDown that showed R-Truth in a sleeveless T-shirt and a set of fake teeth trying to get his way into the Rabobank Arena.

R-Truth Facts:

Birth Name: Ron Killings

Birth Date: January 19, 1972

Height: 6 feet 2 inches

Weight: 228 lbs

Shelton Benjamin Bio

Shelton Benjamin is a accomplished amateur wrestler who went 122-10 on high school and was a two-time South Carolina state high school heavyweight wrestling champion, earning the title in both 1993 and 1994. In college he put together a 36–6 win-loss record. Moreover, while attending the university, he was a two-time All-American heavyweight wrestler. Benjamin went 36–6 and made 12 pins in the Big Ten Championship, in which he placed sixth. Instead of trying to qualify for the 2000 Olympics, Benjamin decided instead to try and pursue a professional wrestling career. In 2000 Benjamin signed a contract with the WWE and wrestled for Ohio Valley Wrestling where he teamed with Brock Lesner, they would the tag team titles on three occasions together. In 2002 Shelton performed in house shows for the WWE. On December 26, 2002 Shelton Benjamin joined Smackdown as part of Team Angle which consisted of Benjamin, Charlie Haas and Kurt Angle. On February 6, 2003 Benjamin and Haas would win the tag team titles from Los Guerrero's. On June 12, 2003 Kurt Angle fired Benjamin and Haas from Team Angle and the team of Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas was then called 'The Worlds Greatest Tag Team', they continued to feud with Los Guerrero's and eventually the team parted ways. During the 2004 WWE draft Shelton went to the Raw brand and feuded with Triple H and much to the surprise of many beat Triple H three times in a row, once be pin,once by count out and once by disqualification. While on Raw Shelton became the Intercontinental Champion on three different occasions. On December 11, 2006 The Worlds Greatest Tag Team was reunited and they defeated the Highlanders, they feuded with Cryme Tyme mainly on Heat. On November 27, 2007 during ECW Elijah Burke introduced ECW's newest superstar Shelton Benjamin. In his ECW debut he defeated Tommy Dreamer. The gold standard, as Benjamin was sometimes known by had a long rivalry with Kofi Kingston while at ECW. During the 2008 WWE draft Shelton Benjamin was headed back to Smackdown.

On July 20, 2008 at the Great American Bash, Shelton Benjamin beat Matt Hardy and became the United States Champion. The Gold Standard then went on a mission to add to his gold by making an attempt at the WWE Championship held by Triple H. Shelton competed in the WWE Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven on September 7, 2008 but was unsuccessful.

On the September 12, 2008 edition of Smackdown Shelton competed in a fatal four way match against MVP, Jeff Hardy and Brian Kendrick to see who would face Triple H for the WWE championship at No Mercy but again was unsuccessful in his attempt to go after the WWE championship.

Shelton began feuding with R-Truth. On the October 3rd edition of Smackdown Shelton Benjamin had a match with Raw's Intercontinental Champion Satino Marella but ended up losing the match because of a distraction by R-Truth. The following week Shelton and R-Truth battled on Smackdown with R-Truth winning the non-title match. Shelton Benjamin was in shock after losing the match. The two would finally come face to face for the United States title at Cyber Sunday on October 26, 2008. Shelton was able to defend his title and continue his reign as the United States Champion.

Shelton competed at Survivor Series on November 23, 2008. He was part of team Orton that fought against team Batista. Shelton was able to eliminate his rival R-Truth but was later eliminated himself, though Shelton's team ended up winning the match.

On the December 26, 2008 edition of Smackdown Shelton successfully defended his United State title against Gregory "Hurricane" Helms.

On the March 6, 2009 episode of Smackdown, Benjamin defeated Jeff Hardy via DQ from Matt Hardy interfering to earn a spot in the Money in the bank ladder match set for WrestleMania XXV.

On the March 20, 2009 episode of Smackdown, which was Smackdown's 500th episode, Benjamin lost his WWE United States Championship to MVP. Shelton held the United States Championship for 8 months. Shelton had an opportunity in his rematch against MVP for the United States title on the April 3rd edition of Smackdown but Shelton was not able to win and MVP retained the title.

On April 5th, 2009 Shelton Benjamin competed at Wrestlemania 25 in a 8 man Money in the Bank matchup. Unfortunately for Shelton he did not succeed in winning the match as CM Punk won the MITB match for the second year in a row.

Throughout May of 2009 Shelton started feuding with John Morrison. They would try and settle their feud on May 17, 2009 at Judgment Day. Though displaying some impressive moves Shelton Benjamin would lose the match against Morrison.

On June 29, 2009, he was traded back to ECW and redebuted against the debuting Yoshi Tatsu in a losing effort. On the August 4th edition of ECW, Benjamin confronted Abraham Washington and Zack Ryder on the Abraham Washington Show, which ended with Ryder and Benjamin in a brawl. Benjamin and Ryder continued to feud.

Shelton Benjamin Facts:

Birth Name: Shelton Benjamin

Birth Date: July 9, 1975

Height: 6 ft 2 in

Weight: 245 lbs

Mr. Kennedy Bio

Kenneth Anderson, or as we all know him as Mr. Kennedy, was an athlete in high school excelling in swimming and track and field. He also announced school basketball games and did a radio assignment in his Mass Media class, of course this element was eventually used again in his wrestling character when encouraged by Paul Heyman. Before wrestling Mr. Kennedy worked as a security guard, a personal trainer and was in the United States Army. He was trained by All-Star Championship Wrestling owners Eric Hammers and Mike Krause. He was invited to work on a try out basis as a jobber on WWE Jakked, WWE Velocity and WWE Sunday Night Heat, he did this from 2001 to 2004. He was then approached for a contract by TNA but it never happened.

Finally in February of 2005 Mr, Kennedy signed a developmental contract with WWE. He was sent to OVW for six months, then in his WWE Smackdown debut on August 25, 2005 he was victorious over Funaki. His character was an arrogant and cocky guy who would take the microphone and introduce himself, this would become Kennedy's trademark. He even started a little feud with Smackdown ring announcer Tony Chimel because he didn't believe Chimel's announcements were good enough and lacked respect. Mr. Kennedy feuded with Funaki and then Hardcore Holly but would suffer his first loss at the hands of Eddie Guerrero on November 11, 2005. This was Eddie Guerrero's final televised match before his death. In interviews about the incident, Kennedy has stated that he considers this an "unfortunate honor". Matt Hardy rolled up. Kennedy for the victory on the July 14 edition of Smackdown, ending Mr. Kennedy's streak of never being defeated by pin or submission.Mr. Kennedy would become one of the WWE's brightest stars feuding with Batista, Scotty 2 Hottie to just name a few.

He got his first taste of the gold win he won the United States Championship in a triple threat match against Bobby Lashley and Finlay, he would later lose the title to Chris Benoit after tapping out of the crippler crossface.

In late 2006 Mr. Kennedy was part of a long feud against the brothers of destruction Kane and the Undertaker, Mr. Kennedy would team up with MVP against these two. At Wrestlemania 23 Mr. Kennedy won the 'Money in the bank' match which gave him the right to challenge any WWE title holder at any time at any place for their championship up until Wrestlemania 24. Kennedy later said that he would be cashing in at Wrestlemania 24 but he never got the chance as he lost his 'Money in the bank' briefcase when Edge challenged him for it in a match on May 7, 2007 and beat him. Kennedy never got a chance to try and get it back as Edge cashed in the next week on Smackdown to win the World Heavyweight Championship from the Undertaker.

On June 11, 2007 Mr. Kennedy was drafted from Smackdown to the Raw brand. He would feud with Carlto, Umaga and Bobby Lashley, John Cena and Jeff Hardy during his time on Raw. Another feud he had at Raw was with Shawn Michaels when Kennedy had stated that it was time for Shawn Michaels to move on and let the younger, talented superstars climb their way up the ladder. This led to many matches between the two and Mr. Kennedy introduced WWE fans to his new signature move called the Mic Check. On April 28, 2008 Kennedy started feuding with Raw GM William Regal. This led to a 'Loser Gets Fired Match' in which Kennedy won and opened up the Raw GM spot. This feud with William Regal turned Mr. Kennedy into a face.

During the 2008 WWE draft Mr. Kennedy was drafted back to Smackdown. On the July 25, 2008 edition of Smackdown Mr. Kennedy fought in a 6 man battle royal with the winner getting the right to face Triple H at Summerslam for the WWE title, Mr. Kennedy did not win though. The following week on Smackdown he would win a non-title match against United States Champion Shelton Benjamin.

On August 4, 2008 Mr. Kennedy dislocated a shoulder in a house show against Shelton Benjamin and had to have surgery done.

Kennedy made his return to the WWE on the November 24, 2008 episode of Raw, promoting his movie Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia. He would also make appearances on Smackdown. He then disappeared again as he was not yet clear to wrestle from his injury. His appearances on Raw and Smackdown during this time were to basically promote his movie. Reports have it that he won't make his return until sometime after Wrestlemania.

On April 15, 2009, Mr. Kennedy returned to the Raw brand as Raw's first pick of the 2009 Supplemental Draft.

On May 7, 2009 Kennedy returned to in-ring action at Florida Championship Wrestling, WWE's developmental territory, to gain match fitness before returning to Raw. On the May 11, 2009 episode of Raw, WWE aired a video package to promote Kennedy's return. He made his official Raw return on May 25, competing in a 10-man tag team match. which his team won.

Kennedy was released from his WWE contract on May 29, 2009 just four days after his return.

Mr. Kennedy Facts:

Birth Name: Kenneth Anderson

Birth Date: March 6, 1976

Height: 6 ft 2 in

Weight: 243 lbs

Brian Kendrick Bio

Brian Kendrick attended North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington. During his senior year he got a job washing dishes at a pizza joint to save up money to attend wrestling school. He began training at the NWA Southwest wrestling school and later attended the Shawn Michael's Wrestling Academy.

In February 2000, Kendrick signed a developmental deal with the WWF, spending a year in the company's farm territory MCW, but then when the promotion ended Kendrick was released from his contract. Kendrick continued wrestling for MCW winning many titles while there.

In February of 2002 Kendrick wrestled on the premier show of Ring of Honor which gained him a contract with ROH. He also wrestled for Heartland Wrestling Association and then went to Japan to wrestle under the name Leonardo Spanky, a name given because of his resemblance to actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Spanky was a nickname he already carried for years.

In late 2002 Brian Kendrick signed a contract with the WWE. He made his WWE debut on the January 9, 2003 edition of Velocity under the gimmick of a mascot representing the local sports team of the town in which he was competing. He continued wearing masks for several weeks, each time competing under a different identity. His first major storyline within WWE came on the May 1, 2003 edition of Smackdown. He reverted to his former "Spanky" ring name after he interrupted a promo by John Cena. The two feuded over their similar hip hop gimmicks, until May 22 when Cena defeated Kendrick in a match.

On October 30, Kendrick began teaming with Paul London until January 13, 2004 when Kendrick left WWE to return to ZERO1. After leaving WWE, Kendrick wrestled in different independent promotions. He returned to ZERO1 as "Spanky" and was quickly pushed to capture the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship. In 2004 Kendrick briefly wrestled for TNA and then went back and wrestled for ROH.

In July of 2005 Brian Kendrick announced that he would be returning to the WWE. He made his return during a live event on August 22, 2005, losing in a Fatal Four Way Match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. He then reformed a tag team with his former partner Paul London on the September 30 edition of Velocity. On December 16, the pair remade their image, wearing theatrical masks to the ring with matching vest and shorts.

Kendrick and London won the WWE Tag Team Titles at Judgment Day from MNM. On October 14, London and Kendrick became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions of all time, surpassing MNM's previous record of 145 days. On the April 20 edition of Smackdown Paul London and Brian Kendrick would lose their tag team titles to Deuce and Domino, ending their reign at 331 days.

London and Kendrick were drafted to Raw on June 17 2007 and started feuding with Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. In late 2007 London got hurt and Kendrick was mostly used as a jobber on Raw until London came back in February of 2008.

In the 2008 WWE draft Kendrick was drafted to Smackdown and made his debut on July 18, 2008. He had a new associate named Ezekiel who would escort him to the ring. He also had new ring attire and a whole new attitude. Brian Kendrick was now a heel and beat Jimmy Wang Yang in that returning match.

On the August 22 edition of SmackDown Kendrick won a 10 man battle royal to qualify for the WWE Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven. At Unforgiven Kendrick was unsuccessful though as Triple H retained the WWE Championship. On the September 12, 2008 edition of Smackdown Brian Kendrick had another opportunity at the WWE championship as he battled in a four way fatal match against Jeff Hardy, MVP and Shelton Benjamin. The winner would earn the right to face Triple H at No Mercy. Kendrick was unsuccessful though as Hardy won the match.

Kendrick then began sometimes participating in tag team matches with his bodyguard Ezekiel. On the November 21, 2008 edition of Smackdown Kendrick and Ezekiel were able to beat the tag team champions, Carlito and Primo Colon in a non-title match. This led to a feud between the two sides. The feud with the Colon's soon died out as the WWE went more with a Collin's Vs Miz and Morrison rivalry.

On April 15, 2009, Kendrick was drafted back to the Raw brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft, while Jackson was drafted to the ECW brand. His first match on Raw after being drafted came on the April 27 episode, when he lost to Kofi Kingston. He won his first match on Raw after defeating Carlito on the May 11 episode before declaring his intention to win the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. The following week, he teamed with Goldust in a losing effort against The Colons. After the match, Goldust and Hornswoggle beat up Kendrick, as he criticized Goldust the entire match. The following week on the May 25 edition of Raw Kendrick went on to team with Festus in a losing effort against Goldust and Hornswoggle.

On July 31 2009, Kendrick was released from his WWE contract.

Brian Kendrick facts:

Birth name: Brian David Kendrick

Birth date: May 29, 1979

Height: 5 ft 8 in

Weight: 175 lbs

DH Smith Bio

D.H. Smith is the son of the British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith. He began training when he was only eight years old by his father and his uncle Bruce Hart. At the age of 10 DH Smith wrestled in front of a WWF house show. In 2002 Smith got to wrestle with his father in tag team action before his father past away. In 2004, Smith began teaming with T.J. Wilson as the Stampede Bulldogs, a reference to the British Bulldogs, the tag team composed of his father and his second cousin the Dynamic Kid. In the same year, Smith formed a stable known as The Hart Foundation Version 2.0 with Wilson, Jack Evans, and Teddy Hart. The Hart Foundation Version 2.0 initially performed in Stampede Wrestling before expanding to the U.S.A., where they competed in Major League Wrestling. In the beginning of 2005 Smith wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling as Black Assassin. In April of 2006 Smith and several of his relatives attended a ceremony as Bret Hart was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. While there, Smith met with a couple WWE executives and just like that a few days later he had signed a developmental contract with the WWE. He later started wrestling dark matches for the WWE and would get his first appearance on June 5, 2006 on Raw as he ran out with several other Raw wrestlers to chase out some ECW wrestlers.

On February 14, 2007 DH Smith started wrestling for Ohio Valley Wrestling and then later Florida Championship Wrestling when the WWE ended it's relationship with OVW. While there Smith teamed up with his cousins Natalya and Teddy Hart to form the next generation Hart Foundation. He made his television debut under the name DH Smith (the D for Davey Boy Smith and the H for Hart) on October 22, 2007 as he beat Carlito by using his dads trademark move, the running powerslam, the match was dedicated to his father.

On November 2, 2007 Smith was suspended for violating the WWE Substance Abuse and Drug Policy. He was suspended for 30 days but came back on December 17, 2007 to beat Charlie Haas on Heat. During the 2008 WWE draft D.H. Smith was drafted to Smackdown but never made his debut as he was sent to Florida Championship Wrestling on August 26.

He made the decision to return to FCW on a full-time basis so he could mature, and put more effort into developing his in-ring work and his personality. On October 30, Smith won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with TJ Wilson, defeating Joe Hennig and Sebastian Slater, but they lost it to Tyler Reks and Johnny Curtis on December 11, 2008 at the FCW television taping.

On April 15, 2009, Smith was drafted to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft, without making any appearances on SmackDown. Smith made his ECW debut on May 12, as a villain, attacking Finlay during Finlay's match with Tyson Kidd (TJ Wilson), using the name David Hart Smith. Smith, Kidd and Natalya formed a new version of The Hart Foundation, named the The Hart Trilogy, although on the May 27 episode of ECW, the name was tweaked to "The Hart Dynasty". Smith was victorious in his first match for ECW, defeating Finlay on the May 19 episode, with help from Kidd and Natalya.

On June 29, 2009 during WWE brand trades, The Hart Dynasty was traded to the SmackDown brand.

D.H. Smith Facts:

Birth Name: Harry Smith

Birth Date: August 2, 1986

Height: 6 ft 5 in

Weight: 260 lbs

Harry Smith is the son of British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith who married Diana Hart, Harry's mother making Bret Hart his uncle so you can say that Harry has the British Bulldog in him and the Hart family legacy in him.

Maria Bio

Maria's full real full name is Maria Kanellis but WWE fans simply know her as Maria. Maria was a contestant on Outback Jack in 2004 and that same year entered the WWE diva contest after seeing an advertisement after watching Raw. Though Maria finished in fifth place in that diva search the WWE still decided to hire her.

She was trained at OVW under Paul Heyman and landed a spot on the Raw roster after her great work at OVW as she even contributed in bookings.

Maria then started to work on Raw as a backstage interviewer. She was seen as a sort of dingy girl who would ask all the wrong questions at the wrong time. On January 5, 2005 Maria was involved in her first in the ring match against Christy Hemme in a pillow match. Many matches against the WWE's top divas followed after that as she has battled Melina, Jillian Hall and Victoria to name a few. In 2007 she began an on screen relationship with Santino Marella. After former Playboy cover-girl Ashley Massaro's return in early 2008, Kanellis engaged in backstage segments where Ashley suggested Maria should be on the cover of Playboy, including at the Royal Rumble, to the disdain of Marella. As a part of the Playboy storyline, Maria defeated Beth Phoenix on February 18, ending her undefeated streak, to "earn the right" to be on the cover of the magazine.

During her Playboy cover unveiling, Maria's cover was plastered over with images of Marella. After Marella offered an ultimatum of posing for the magazine or staying with him as a couple, she stated, "No man and no one is going to make this decision for me" and broke up with her on-screen boyfriend. In her match at Wrestlemania, Maria, along with Ashley, was defeated by Phoenix and Melina at Wrestlemania XXIV in a Playboy Bunny Mania Lumberjack match. After the match, Maria kissed the Master of Ceremonies, Snoop Dogg.

As part of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft, Maria was drafted to the SmackDown brand. Maria made her debut on the August 1, 2008 edition of Smackdown by defeating Victoria. Maria then formed an alliance with the other Smackdown faces Michelle McCool and Brie Bella. Maria began feuding with Maryse, Victoria and Natalya.

On the October 17, 2008 edition of Smackdown Maria competed in a Diva poll match. The winner of the match would become the number one contender for Michelle McCool's Divas Championship. Maria battled against Victoria, Natalya, Brie Bella and Maryse. Maria ended up winning the match and soon will fight her friend Michelle McCool for the WWE Divas Championship. On the November 14th edition of SmackDown she failed to win the championship from McCool. Both Maria and Michelle McCool were part of the Smackdown Divas team as they battled the Raw Divas team at Survivor Series on November 23, 2008. During the match Mickie James and Maria had a spirited face off, but a distraction by Maria allowed Mickie to DDT Michelle and pin her. The Raw Divas ended up winning the match.

On the December 22, 2008 edition of Smackdown Maria was a special guest referee for the Divas Championship match between McCool and Maryse, in which Maryse won the title. After the match, McCool attacked Maria for supposedly letting Maryse win.

On the February 13, 2009 edition of Smackdown, Maria won her return match against Michelle McCool after help from Eve Torres.

Maria will compete in the Divas Battle Royal on April 5th, 2009 at Wrestlemania 25!

Maria Facts:

Birth Name: Maria Kanellis

Birth Date: February 25, 1982

Height: 5 ft 7 in

Weight: 120 lbs

Maria refused to pose in Playboy a few times because her little sister was still in high school and she did not want to embarass her. She eventually posed in April of 2008.

Carlito Bio

Carlito is a Puerto Rican native who started wrestling for the World Wrestling Council (WWC) under the name Carly in 1999. Carlito is the son of former WWF wrestler Carlos Colon, Sr. and the oldest of four siblings, including Eddie Colon and Stacy Colón, both of whom have performed with Colón in the World Wrestling Council. His mother, Nancy, is Canadian. A second sister, Melissa didn't enter the wrestling business. Other members of Colón's family have also been involved in the World Wrestling Council; his uncle José Colón and cousin Orlando Colón have been involved in several angles within the company.

After great success in the WWC Carlito signed a developmental contract with the WWE in 2003. This move by Carlito caused much controversy in Puerto Rico as many fans seen Carlito as a sell out to Americas flashy company. Carlito's reply to his critics was "I did not care about what they thought. I've always dreamed of working for the WWE when I was young, and I took that chance when it came." Carlito occasionally still performs for the WWC where he is a multiple time Universal Heavyweight Champion.

He wrestled for WWE's farm territory then started doing dark matches for Raw beginning in December of 2003. On October 7, 2004 Carlito made his WWE debut on the Smackdown brand. He defeated John Cena for the United States Championship. No mistake here, in his debut! Carlito held the title for forty two days before John Cena took the title back. Carlito would then get his own segment called Carlito's Cabana.

In 2005 Carlito was drafted to WWE's Raw brand and in his Raw debut he beat Shelton Benjamin to become the new Intercontinental Champion. Carlito sure has ways with debut's! Carlito then had an on screen relationship with WWE diva Trish Stratus until Trish's wrestling career came to retirement. Carlito has been quite a ladies man as he would later also get involved in an on screen relationship with Torrie Wilson.

During his career Carlito has feuded with WWE's biggest superstars and was drafted back to Smackdown in the 2008 WWE draft. After the draft Carlito was given some time off because he wanted to attend his father's official retirement ceremonies at Aniversario 2008, where he also wrestled against Ray Gonzalez.

On September 12, 2008 Carlito re-debuted with his brother Primo Colon on Smackdown. They appeared as the Colons and beat the tag team champions Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder in a non title match.

On September 26, 2008 Carlito and Primo would once again face Ryder and Hawkins on Smackdown. This time though the WWE tag team belts were at steak. Carlito and Primo didn't disappoint as they became the new WWE tag team champions.

The Colins then became good friends with the Bella twins and started feuding a lot with Brian Kendrick and Ezekiel. After that feud ended a new feud began with the World tag team champions, the Miz and John Morrison. The feud even eventually led one of the Bella twins, Nickie Bella to stray away and side with the Miz and Morrison. This rivalry would eventually lead to a match at Wrestlemania 15 on April 5, 2009 in a Lumberjack Match as these teams both both up their tag team titles on the line. The Colons won the match at Wrestlemania 25 to hold the WWE Tag Team Titles and the World Tag Team Titles.

During the 2009 Supplemental Draft the Colon brothers were both drafted to RAW.

At The Bash, the duo dropped the Unified Tag Team Titles to Edge and Chris Jericho in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match also involving Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes. Carlito and Primo invoked their rematch clause the next night on Raw, but were unsuccessful. On the July 6 episode of Raw, they lost to Edge and Jericho, and afterwards Carlito attacked Primo thus ending the Colons' partnership and turning Carlito into a heel in the process.

Carlito Facts:

Birth Name: Carlos Edwin Colin Jr.

Birth Date: February 21, 1979

Height: 5 ft 10 in

Weight: 220 lbs

Umaga Bio

Umaga is from America Samoa and a member of the famous Anoa'i wrestling family. His mother, Vera, is the sister of Afa and Sika of the Wild Samoans, and his later Umaga gimmick would be compared to their "wildness". Jr., Eddie's brother and Matt's cousin, that ended up being quickly dropped and they were sent to the was first used on April 3, 2006 on Raw. This then took the Intercontinental Championship from Jeff Hardy. He feuded with Bobby His two older brothers, Sam (better known as Tonga Kid and Tama) and Solofa Jr. (Rikishi, the Sultan), are also professional wrestlers who have achieved success of their own. Umaga trained to become a professional wrestler at the "Wild Samoan Pro Wrestling Training Center" operated by his uncles, Afa and Sika. In 1995, with his training complete, he started wrestling for Afa's World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW). The next year, both Fatu and his cousin Matt were brought into the WWF to take part in an angle with Solafa FatuWWF's farm territory. In 2003 Umaga wrestled for TNA and went under the name Ekmo. He then left for All Japan Pro Wrestling and went under the name Jamal. In December of 2005 Umaga was resigned by the WWE and wrestled in dark matches. The new gimmick of UmagaUmaga character was a destructive savage and feuded with Ric Flair and Kane. Umaga was impressive as he never got pinned by anyone during 34 televised matches. That came to an end in January of 2007 when John Cena rolled him up for a pin during an WWE Championship match. Umaga was named Mr. McMahon's representative at Wrestlemania 23 in the Mr. McMahon-Donald Trump battle of the billionaires feud. UmagaLashly and lost his Intercontinental title to Santino Marella, he would later get his belt back with a match against Santino. On September 3, 2007 Umaga would lose the title as it went back to Jeff Hardy after Hardy beat him. In June of 2008 Umaga was drafted from Raw to Smackdown. After a short rivalry with Mr. Kennedy and a feud that looked like it was about to begin with the Big Show; Umaga suffered a torn PCL at a Smackdown live event.

Umaga finally made his return on the January 30, 2009 edition of Smackdown with a easy win over Jimmy Wang Yang. Umaga then suffered his first defeat since his return by losing to Triple H by disqualification, after Triple H was attacked by The Legacy (Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, Jr. and Cody Rhodes).

After a short hiatus, he returned on the May 1, 2009 episode of SmackDown, attacking CM Punk on multiple occasions, repeatedly interrupting Punk's attempts to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase. At Judgment Day, Umaga defeated Punk, and on the May 22, 2009 episode of SmackDown, he spoke in English for the first time under the Umaga gimmick, when he challenged Punk to a Samoan strap match which Punk would accept.

Umaga and Punk battled once again on June 7, 2009 at Extreme Rules in their Samoan Strap match. In this match, both men were fastened at opposite ends of the Samoan Strap. The wrestler who touched all corners of the ring in succession first would be called the winner. Umaga was not able to win this time as Punk hoisted Umaga in the GTS then touched the fourth turnbuckle to win it.

The next day, June 8th, 2009 Umaga was surprisingly released by the WWE as the WWE released the following statement on their website. World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of SmackDown Superstar Umaga as of today, June 8, 2009. WWE wishes Umaga the best in all future endeavors.

Umaga Facts:

Birth Name: Edward Fatu

Birth Date: March 28, 1973

Height: 6 ft 4 in

Weight: 350 lbs

Triple H Bio

Triple H is one of wrestlings biggest stars. As a youngster he was a wrestling fan and his favorite wrestler was Ric Flair. After becoming involved with body building he met Ted Arcidi and began to consider a career in professional wrestling. In 1992 he enrolled in wrestling school and later joined the IWF using the name Terra Ryzing. Triple H joined the WCW in 1993 still using the name Terra Ryzing. That was changed to Jean-Paul Lévesque before he joined the WWF in 1995, later his name would be changed to Triple H. The name Triple H comes from another former ring name which was Hunter Hearst Helmsley. As part of a storyline Triple H married Stephanie McMahon and later in real life would marry Stephanie on October 25, 2003.

Overall, Triple H is a twelve-time world champion: a seven-time and current WWE Champion, and a five-time World Heavyweight Champion. In 1997 Triple H became part of D-Generation X which included Shawn Michaels, Chyna and Rick Rude. By January 2000, already a three-time WWF champion, Triple H had dubbed himself "The Game," implying that he was at the top of the wrestling world.

The 2000 and 2001 years were known as the McMahon-Helmsley era as Triple H and Mr. McMahon feuded." During the May 21, 2001 broadcast of Raw, he suffered a legitimate and career-threatening injury. In the night's main event, he and Steve Austin were defending the Tag Team title against Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit. At one point, Jericho had Austin trapped in the Walls of Jericho submission hold. Triple H ran-in to break it up, but just as he did, he suffered a tear in his left quadriceps muscle, causing it to come completely off the bone. Despite his inability to place any weight on his leg, Triple H was able to complete the match. He even allowed Jericho to put him in the Walls of Jericho, a move that places considerable stress on the quadriceps. The tear required an operation, which was performed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews. This injury brought an abrupt end to the McMahon-Helmsley Era, as the rigorous rehabilitation process kept Triple H out of action for over eight months, completely missing the Invasion storyline of WCW/ECW.

He made his return on January 7, 2002 and at Wrestlemania X8 beat Jericho for the WWF Undisputed Championship, he would later lose it to Hulk Hogan. Triple H would later become part of a stable called Evolution along with Ric Flair, Randy Orton and Batista. At No Mercy in 2007 Triple H would beat Randy Orton, making Triple H an eleven-time world champion. Orton would later win a match to take the title back but then at Backlash Triple H would once again claim the gold.

Triple H was drafted from Raw to Smackdown during the 2008 WWE draft, taking the WWE title with him to Smackdown. Edge welcomed Triple H to Smackdown by telling him that Smackdown belonged to Edge. Triple H started feuding with Edge and during Edge and Vickie Guerrero's wedding celebration Triple H revealed a videotape of Edge cheating on Vickie. On July 20, 2008 at the Great American Bash Triple H defended his title against Edge.

On August 18, 2008 Triple H would defend his WWE Title against the great Khali. Triple H was victorious after hitting his signature move the Pedigree on Khali.

On September 7, 2008 at Unforgiven, Triple H would defend his WWE championship in a scramble match. The match featured MVP, Shelton Benjamin, Jeff Hardy and Brian Kendrick. Triple H would not have to be pinned to lose his WWE championship belt in the match, the winner would be the one who last covered another superstar at the end of the 20 minute match. Jeff Hardy looked like he would become the new WWE champion after pinning Brian Kendrick but with only seconds left Triple H pinned MVP to retain his WWE championship.

On the October 24, 2008 edition of Smackdown, Triple H would have to defend his WWE title against the Undertaker. There was no decision in the match though as it was interrupted by the Big Show.

With Jeff Hardy coming so close in that Unforgiven match it led to a feud between two fan favorites. On the September 12, 2008 edition of Smackdown a few insults were exchanged by the two superstars in the ring. Later that evening Jeff Hardy won a fatal four way match against MVP, Shelton Benjamin and Brian Kendrick, the winner of that match would earn the right to face Triple H for the WWE championship at No Mercy. At No Mercy Triple H was able to defend his WWE title in a hard fought match. On the October 10 edition of Smackdown it was made clear that Jeff Hardy still sought after Triple H's title. It was also made clear that the Big Show and Vladimir Koslov had their eyes on the WWE title.

On October 26, 2008 at Cyber Sunday Triple H defended his WWE title against Jeff Hardy. Triple H was able to hit the Pedigree and capture the pinfall victory to defend his title.

On November 23, 2008 at Survivor Series Jeff Hardy would have once again another shot at Triple H's WWE title in a triple threat match involving Vladimir Koslov but it was reported that Jeff Hardy had been attacked by a mysterious assailant so he was not going to be able to compete. It ended up being just Koslov battling Triple H for the WWE title. After working on each other and both men layed out in the ring Smackdown GM Vickie Guerrero appeared to announce that this will be a Triple Threat as originally planned. The Rated-R superstar Edge then came rushing in to the ring and though Jeff Hardy later rushed to the ring and hit Edge over the head with a chair, Edge would recover and get the pinfall on Triple H to take Triple H's WWE title away.

Edge had an opportunity to recapture the WWE title at Armageddon on 12-14-08. HHH battled Jeff Hardy and Edge in a triple threat match. Triple H ended up hitting the Pedigree on Edge but then Jeff Hardy took advantage of that and hit the Swanton and got the pin and the victory thus ruining HHH's opportunity.

At the 2009 Royal Rumble event Tripe H was runner up to winner Randy Orton. Triple H eliminated Dibiase and Rhodes, but then Orton snuck behind Triple H to eliminate him and win the Royal Rumble.

On February 15, 2009 Triple H took part in the Smackdown Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out. Participants of the match were Edge (who was defending his WWE title), Jeff Hardy, Big Show, Undertaker, Vladimir Koslov and of course Triple H. The match went down to only Triple H and the Undertaker remaining. In a great match, Triple H was finally able to end it with a Pedigree and a pin as Edge became the new WWE Champion.

On the February 16, 2009 episode of Raw, Triple H made an appearance aiding Stephanie and Shane McMahon, after they were attacked by Randy Orton. On the February 20 episode of SmackDown, Triple H was interviewed by Jim Ross, in the interview, footage was shown highlighting the events that occurred on the February 16 episode of Raw. Ross asked Triple H how he felt seeing that footage, in response, he broke character (after 5 years of marriage) by admitting that Vince McMahon is his father-in-law, that Shane is his brother-in-law, and that Stephanie is his wife, thus creating a rivalry between Triple H and Randy Orton. On the February 23 episode of Raw, Triple H confronted Orton, before attacking him, Ted DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes with a sledgehammer and chasing them from the arena.

Triple H battled Randy Orton to defend his WWE title on April 5th, 2009 at Wrestlemania 25! In that match Triple H ended it in stylish fashion by hitting his Pedigree move before getting the pin on Orton. Triple H celebrated his revengeful victory.

During the 2009 WWE Draft, Triple H was drafted from SmackDown to Raw; since he was the reigning WWE Champion during this time, he brought the title to Raw due to draft regulations. At Backlash, Triple H lost the WWE Championship to Randy Orton after The Legacy defeated Triple H, Shane McMahon and Batista in a six-man tag team match. Triple H was taken out on a stretcher and it was said the next night on Raw that he would be out for an unknown amount of time.

Triple H returned on the June 8 episode of Raw, when he confronted The Legacy. Legacy was shocked when they were expecting Batista to come out to face Orton for the WWE title. Actually they didn't expect Batista to make it as Legacy had injured him earlier on the show which had Batista taken away in an ambulance. When Batista's music hit there was no Batista coming out and it was agreed that if Batista doesn't show then the WWE title would be awarded to Randy Orton. Triple H shocked Legacy though when he came out. Rhodes and DiBiase tried to protect Orton by meeting Triple H on the ramp but Triple H's sledgehammer took care of them. Triple H and Orton started going at it in the ring until Triple H hit Orton with a Spinebuster. HHH smashed the chair on Orton's skull, then flexed for the crowd before smashing the chair on Orton repeatedly. HHH stood with one foot on Orton's head, then drove the top of the chair into the back of his neck. With Orton layed out, the fans began to chant "Pedigree!" so HHH placed the chair on the mat, then picked up Orton and Pedigreed him right onto the chair to finish him off. Orton layed face down on the mat. with HHH posing as Raw went off the air.

On the June 15, 2009 episode of Raw held was a 10 man battle Royal to determine the WWE Title #1 Contender against Orton. Earlier that evening there was a fatal 4-way match between Orton, Triple H, Big Show and John Cena for the vacant WWE title in which Randy Orton had won. Competing in the 10 man battle royal match were Triple H, John Cena, Big Show, The Miz, MVP, William Regal, Kofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase and Matt Hardy. As the match was underway, Randy Orton came out from backstage to watch the match from the ramp. The match came down to Triple H, Rhodes, Dibiase and Cena. Cena managed to eliminate Dibiase first dumping him out. HHH then clotheslined Rhodes out. Triple H eliminated John Cena to become the #1 Contender for the WWE Title to face Randy Orton at the Bash. As Orton looked down to the ring in horror at his future opponent, Donald Trump's music hit and Trump's picture appeared on the big screen. Trump congratulated HHH for the win. Trump said they won't wait for the Bash to have the WWE title match, they'll do it next week on Raw in a Last Man Standing Match. Raw went off the air with HHH pointing to Orton up on the ramp to give him notice.

The next week on Raw Triple H battled Orton for the WWE championship in a Last Man Standing match. Lillian Garcia gave the rules that the only way to win is to incapacitate your opponent so they can't answer the ref's 10 count. Late in the match HHH finally hit the Pedigree, but his hurt knee also hit the steel ramp. Both men were down as the ref counted. Triple H tried to use the ladder to get to his feet, but it slid forward and he fell. The ref told Lillian neither man answered the 10 count, so Orton retained. Match a draw when neither man could answer the ref's 10 count, so Orton retains the WWE Title.

On June 28, 2009 at the Bash, Triple H would again battle Randy Orton for the WWE title. This time yhough it would be a (3 Stages of Hell ) WWE Title Match. The first stage of this hellish contest was a standard wrestling match in which Orton won when HHH was disqualified after smashing a chair over Orton's head, this pur Orton up 1-0. The second stage was a Falls Count Anywhere match which HHH won evening it up 1-1. The final stage of Hell in this contest was a Stretcher Match. Triple H almost had stage 3 won as he put Orton on the stretcher, Cody Rhodes rushed out to prevent him from crossing the line. HHH took Rhodes down, but as he went back to the stretcher for Orton, Ted Dibiase came out to attack. Rhodes & Dibiase attacked HHH putting him on the stretcher with HHH fighting back. Eventually, Triple H grabbed his Sledgehammer to take Dibiase and Rhodes down. Orton had some sort of weapon of his own which he attacked HHH with from behind, then placed HHH on a stretcher to wheel him across the finish line to win the 3 Stages of Hell match and retain the WWE title.

The fued continued and HHH had another opportunity at the WWE championship on July 26, 2009 at Night of Champions. The match featured Triple H, John Cena and WWE champion Randy Orton. Randy Orton once again was able to retain his WWE championship.

Throughout the following weeks on Raw Triple H would fued with Legacy facing Rhodes and DiBiase in various matches.

On the August 10, 2009 episode of Raw Footage was shown of Triple H's visit to Houston, Texas. HHH was on his cell phone leaving a message for Shawn Michaels. The next week on Raw a white limo was shown arriving in the garage with DX painted on its sides. Triple H stepped out first and started to walk, then went back to the car to get HBK. He grabbed Michaels and pulled him out, then the two started walking on their way to the arena. Out in the dark arena, the DX theme music started up with the fans going wild. DX got into the ring with the fans still going wild. it was the incarnation of DX! After several minutes of dancing around, crotch chops and pyro smoke, the crowd started to chant for D-X. HHH delivered the "Are you ready?" lines to the crowd, and got on the corner to ask if the fans were ready. Just then, Legacy was in the ring to attack out of nowhere. Rhodes and Dibiase took down both men, tossing HHH to the outside, then shoving Michaels into the corner. Triple H got back in the ring and started trying to fight both guys on his own, but he was quickly put back down to the mat. Rhodes pulled one of Michaels' boots off and Dibiase held HHH so Rhodes could clock him in the head. Rhodes turned and smashed the boot on Michaels as he tried to grab Rhodes' leg. A second shot was delivered by the boot to HHH's head. Dibiase took a mic and got down in HHH's face saying he had the answer to his question "yes, we are ready".

Triple H and Shawn Michaels would get their revenge on August 23, 2009 at Summerslam. D-Generation X was in full affect when toward the end of the match Triple H hit the Pedigree on Rhodes and Michaels was able to hit the Sweet Chin Music on Rhodes to end the match.

Triple H Facts:

Birth Name: Paul Michael Levesque

Birth Date: July 27, 1969

Height: 6 ft 4 in

Weight: 260 lbs

Zack Ryder Bio

In February of 2006 Zach Ryder had signed a developmental contracts with the WWE along with Curt Hawkins. In early 2007 they started wrestling in dark matches for RAW while competing in OVW. On May 1, 2007 Hawkins and Ryder made their WWE debut on ECW by defeating Matt Striker and Marcos Cor Van. At this time they were known as the Major Brothers. Zach Ryder was known as Brett Major and his partner as Brian Major. They were not on ECW for too long as they were drafted to Smackdown in June, 2007 during the 2007 WWE draft. The team was impressive winning matches but then suffered a loss to Deuce and Domino in August of 2007. After that they would not be seen wrestling on Smackdown for a couple of months. In November they tried for the tag team titles but lost to the odd tag team of MVP and Matt Hardy. At Armageddon things changed for Zach.

While Edge was competing in a World Heavyweight Championship match both Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder turned heel by posing as look alikes for Edge and helping Edge in the match. They were later revealed to be close acquaintances to both Edge and Vickie Guerrero. Curt and Zach were repackaged as the Edgeheads and the Major Brothers no longer existed, it was now Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder. Zach Ryder became part of La Familia, a group of heels led by Edge.

Hawkins and Ryder started competing in major events and on July 20, 2008 at the Great American Bash they won the tag team titles by winning a four team tag team match. They would hold the WWE tag team titles until the September 26, 2008 edition of Smackdown when they were beat by Carlito & Primo Colon.

On April 15, 2009, Ryder was drafted back to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft, separating the team. Ryder re-debuted on ECW on Sci Fi on May 5, 2009 with a new look, in a backstage promo with Tiffany. His new look featured short hair, sunglasses, a purple headband, and frequent use of the catch phrase "Woo Woo Woo". Ryder's first match since the draft was on WWE Superstars on May 7, 2009 in a losing effort against Finlay. On the May 19 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, Ryder picked up his first victory since rejoining the ECW roster when he defeated Adam Green. Ryder then started a small feud with Shelton Benjamin.

Zack Ryder Facts:

Birth Name: Matthew Cardona

Birth Date: May 14, 1985

Height: 6 ft 1 in

Vladimir Koslov Bio

Vladimir Koslov's real name is Oleg Prudius and he was born in Russia. Vladimir Koslov signed with the WWE in 2006 and was assigned to the Deep South Wrestling training facility in Georgia. He also wrestled at Ohio Valley Wrestling under his real name. On April 24, 2008 Vladimir made his Smackdown debut under the name Vladimir Koslov, he came out as a heel. He was victorious in a match against Matt Bentley. This would be the beginning of a long winning streak as week after week on Smackdown Koslov would crush the competition and at times could be heard yelling that he needs better competition. One thing about Vladimir Koslov that was noticeable by everyone was that he had no intro music as he came down the isle, the arena lights would just go out as he came down the ramp. Vladimir would soon get some intro music but week after week would still complain that he needed some real competition.

On the September 5, 2008 edition of Smackdown Big Show would answer his request and as the two were about to square off in the ring Smackdown GM Vickie Guerrero stopped them and demanded them to both leave the ring.

The following week on Smackdown Koslov would attack the number one contender for the WWE championship, Jeff Hardy.

On the September 26, 2008 edition of Smackdown Koslov's competition was getting what he requested, more competitive. He had a match with the great Khali but there was no winner in the match as Triple H invaded the match as did Jeff Hardy.

Vladimir has been feuding with some good competition now as he has been feuding with Triple H, Jeff Hardy and the Big Show.

On the October 17, 2008 edition of Smackdown Vladimir remained undefeated after an impressive win over Jeff Hardy. The show ended with Vladimir and Triple H standing face to face.

On November 23, 2008 at Survivor Series Vladimir Koslov would get his long awaited WWE title shot against Triple H. In what was scheduled to be a triple threat match with Jeff Hardy it ended up being just Koslov against Triple H due to Hardy being attacked by an unknown someone prior to the match backstage and not being able to compete in the match. Koslov and Triple H had each other layed out in the ring with the ref counting when all of a sudden Vickie Guerrero announced that this would be a triple threat match as scheduled. The Rated-R superstar Edge then ran into the ring and ended up pinning Triple H to become the new WWE champion. Vladimir failed to get his long sought WWE title.

On December 14, 2008 at Armageddon Kolov battled ECW Champion Matt Hardy. Koslov was able to get the victory in the non title match up.

On February 15, 2009 Kolov was part of Smackdown's Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out for the WWE title. The match featured WWE champ Edge, Undertaker, Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Big Show and Koslov. Kolov though, was eliminated by the Undertaker, who pinned Koslov.

Kozlov's undefeated streak in televised singles competition ended on the March 2, 2009 episode of Raw, in which he was defeated by Shawn Michaels; this match was for the opportunity to face The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXV.

On April 13, 2009, Kozlov was drafted to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 WWE Draft, as ECW's only pick of the night. Shortly after the draft, his gimmick was tweaked to further highlight the training he received within the Russian military. He won his first match on the brand when he easily defeated a local competitor. Similar to his SmackDown debut, Kozlov has continued winning his matches on ECW rather quickly, prompting him to demand better competition.

On the June 30 episode of ECW Koslov teamed with William Regal to defeat Christian and Tommy Dreamer. His first defeat in singles competition on ECW came on the July 9, 2009 edition of ECW where he lost a number one contenders match to Christian for Tommy Dreamer's ECW Championship at Night of Champions.

Vladimir Koslov Facts:

Birth Name: Oleg Aleksandrovich Prodius

Height: 6 ft 6 in

Weight: 310 lbs

Natalya Neidhart Bio

Natalya is a third generation wrestler. Her father is Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart and her grandfather is Stu Hart. Natalya received her wrestling training from her family, were there is a long legacy of wrestlers including Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Bruce Hart and Ross Hart just to name a few. In 2003 she began working for the Hart Family's own Stampede Wrestling, beginning a long time feud with Belle Lovitz. The pair wrestled each other repeatedly until 2005, when they joined forces against the Myers Family. In January, 2007 Neidhart would sign a contract with the WWE. She was assigned to the WWE's farm territory. She would make her appearance on the WWE on April 4, 2008 on Smackdown. She was introduced as Natalya Neidhart but it was later shortened to just Natalya. She came out as a heel and formed a partnership with Victoria and became enemies with Michelle McCool and Cherry. Her televised in-ring debut came two weeks later, in a win over Cherry. At the Great American Bash on July 20, 2008 Natalya lost to Michelle McCool in a match to determine the first ever WWE Divas Champion.

Natalya and her BFF Victoria then feuded with Brie Bella. They were confused how Bella would always get some extra energy every time they faced her after she would crawl under the ring. Bella would get back in the ring and beat them. It all made sense when it was later revealed that Brie had a twin sister Nikki.

At Survivor Series on November 23, 2008 Natalya would take part in the Smackdown Divas Vs Raw Divas contest. Natalya teamed up with Victoria, Maria, Maryse and Michelle McCool . The Smackdown Divas were defeated by Raw Divas Beth Phoenix, Candice Michelle, Jillian, Kelly Kelly and Mickie James.

She made her debut for the ECW brand on February 10, 2009, managing her real life boyfriend Tyson Kidd (TJ Wilson). In her ECW in-ring debut, on the March 3 episode, Natalya defeated Alicia Fox.

Natalya Facts:

Birth Name: Natalie Katherine "Nattie" Neidhart

Birth Date: May 27, 1982

Height: 5 ft 6 in

Weight: 120 lbs

Bam Neely Bio

Bam Neely began his wrestling career as part of a tag team called the Hellraisers, Blood and Gutz. Bam was Gutz and his uncle and mentor Richard Martin was Blood. They traveled the country wrestling and were always a main event draw. After his uncle suffered a career ending illness Bam Neely began wrestling for Steel Domain Wrestling, this was 2002 and his name was now Magnus Maximus. He signed with Ohio Valley Wrestling and used the name Justin "The Ox" LaRouche while becoming a tag team champion there. On April 8, 2008 he made his first appearance under the name Bam Neely on ECW. After Chavo Guerrero and Kane signed a contract for a ECW Championship match at Backlash he stormed the ring along with Zach Ryder and Curt Hawkins aiding Chavo Guerrero in beating down Kane. Later it was told that Bam Neely was a former body guard and was hired by Chavo Guerrero to be his personal body guard. Bam became part of La Familia and won his in ring debut during a handicapped match in which he teamed up with Chavo Guerrero against Kane. He wouldn't have any luck though in his first singles match on the June 20, 2008 edition of Smackdown as Matt Hardy beat him. On the August 8, 2008 edition of Smackdown Bam Neely along with the rest of La Familia were betrayed by their ring leader Edge. On August 12, 2008 on ECW Neely lost a match against Evan Bourne. On September 23, 2008 he would lose to Finlay on ECW as he made his way to the ring without Chavo Guerrero who had been missing after being attacked the previous week on Smackdown by the Undertaker. Chavo would soon return but Bam and Chavo started having miscommunication during their matches and would start arguing with each other. The two then parted ways and tarted wretling alone. Bam was soon released by the WWE on January 9, 2009.

Bam Neely Facts:

Birth Name: Justin LaRouche

Birth Date: June 17, 1975

Height: 6 ft 7 in

Weight: 275 lbs

Curt Hawkins Bio

In February of 2006 Curt Hawkins had signed a developmental contracts with the WWE along with Zack Rider. In early 2007 they started wrestling in dark matches for RAW while competing in OVW. On May 1, 2007 Hawkins and Ryder made their WWE debut on ECW by defeating Matt Striker and Marcos Cor Van. At this time they were known as the Major Brothers. Curt Hawkins was known as Brian Major and his partner as Brett Major. They were not on ECW for too long as they were drafted to Smackdown in June, 2007 during the 2007 WWE draft. The team was impressive winning matches but then suffered a loss to Deuce and Domino in August of 2007. After that they would not be seen wrestling on Smackdown for a couple of months. In November they tried for the tag team titles but lost to the odd tag team of MVP and Matt Hardy. At Armageddon things changed for Curt.

While Edge was competing in a World Heavyweight Championship match both Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder turned heel by posing as look alikes for Edge and helping Edge in the match. They were later revealed to be close acquaintances to both Edge and Vickie Guerrero. Curt and Zach were repackaged as the Edgeheads and the Major Brothers no longer existed, it was now Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder. Curt Hawkins became part of La Familia, a group of heels led by Edge.

Hawkins and Ryder started competing in major events and on July 20, 2008 at the Great American Bash they won the tag team titles by winning a four team tag team match. They would hold the WWE tag team titles until the September 26, 2008 edition of Smackdown when they were beat by Carlito & Primo Colon.

On April 15, 2009, Ryder was drafted back to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft, separating the team. Hawkins is currently wrestling on its SmackDown brand

Curt Hawkins Facts:

Birth Name: Brian Myers

Birth Date: ?-?-1985

Height: 6 ft 1 in