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English boxer Nicky Cook with his ring name Cookie on the trunks. A ring name [1] is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting the wrong image.
From February 1992 to August 1994, events were promoted under the Eastern Championship Wrestling banner; from August 1994 to January 2001, the Extreme Championship Wrestling name was used. In 2003, World Wrestling Entertainment (now known as WWE) purchased the assets of ECW, including the video libraries of all previous ECW pay-per-views, and ...
In professional wrestling, a face (babyface) is a heroic, "good guy", "good-doer", or "fan favorite" wrestler, booked (scripted) by the promotion with the aim of being cheered by fans. [1] They are portrayed as heroes relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains . [ 2 ]
Many of wrestling’s biggest moments have come from entertaining celebrity cameos. Who could forget Cyndi Lauper’s appearance at WWE’s first WrestleMania, managing Wendi Richter, who went on ...
The senior is back looking for an elusive state championship, following a 1A boys state runner-up finish at 113 points last season. Jennings finished 35-2 and was a Chuck Murdoch all-area honoree ...
By January 2000, Triple H had dubbed himself "The Game", after stating he was above the top of the wrestling world (as in not merely the "best in the game", but in fact "the game" itself) and was nicknamed "The Cerebral Assassin" by Jim Ross. On the January 3 episode of Raw Is War, Triple H defeated Big Show to win his third WWF Championship. [46]
The team was managed for over a year by former ROH, NWA, and TNA Impact wrestling knockout Angelina Love, who was known at the time as Angel Williams. [2] They also had a two-year feud with former WWE tag team the Highlanders on the Independent wrestling circuit all over the U.S. and Canada before Robbie and Rory went to the WWE.
After a brief stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Austin signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1995. In the WWF, Austin was repackaged as a short-tempered, brash and brazen anti-establishment antihero named "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, becoming the most popular wrestler of the Attitude Era off the back of his ...