Thursday, November 25, 2010

Trish Stratus


Intro:

Patricia Stratagias was born in 1975 in Toronto. She was a successful fitness model before being trained by Ron Hutchinson to become a pro wrestler. She made her debut on the 4/14/00 edition of Sunday Night Heat where she was announced as manager of the tag team T&A (Test & Albert).
The Diva Becomes a Wrestler:

When Trish started out, her matches were not very good. However, due to her hard work she is now known as much for her wrestling ability as for her beauty. In mid-2001, she suffered an ankle injury and upon her return, she was not just a pretty face anymore. Her new found skills quickly transformed her from Diva into the Women's Champion. Her toughest opponents in the ring have been Jazz, Victoria, Lita, & Molly Holly.
The Women's Champ Gets Involved in Angles With the Men:

Her talent forced the WWE to expand her role in the company. Not only was she involved in her own feuds but she was became a catalyst in the men's feuds also. A feud erupted between Chris Jericho & Christian because of her. When Kane & Lita got married, Trish caused problems for Kane by starting a feud between him & Viscera.
Return From Injury and a Stalker:

In 2005, Trish had to take several months off due to a bad back. She returned in late August 2005 still recognized as the Women's Champion. She then met Mickie James, who quickly went from friend to stalker. At WrestleMania 22, she lost her title to Mickie James.
Retirement:

Trish had her final match at Unforgiven 2006. In her retirement match, which took place in her hometown of Toronto, she beat Lita to win the title for a record setting seventh time. Shortly after retiring, she got married. Her first post-WWE television job is as a cast member of the CBS reality show Armed & Dangerous.
Trish's Title History:

WWE Women's Championship

* 11/18/01 Survivor Series - Beat Ivory, Molly, Lita, Jacqueline, & Jazz to win the vacant title
2/4/02 RAW - lost the title to Jazz
* 5/13/02 Raw - regained the title from Jazz
6/23/02 King of the Ring - lost the title to Molly
* 9/22/02 Unforgiven - regained the title from Molly
11/17/02 Survivor Series - lost the title to Victoria
* 3/30/03 WrestleMania 19 - won the title by beating Champion Victoria & Jazz
4/27/03 Backlash - lost the title to Jazz
* 6/13/04 Bad Blood - Beat Champion Victoria, Lita & Gail Kim to win the title
12/6/04 Raw - lost the title to Lita
* 1/9/05 New Years Revolution - regained the title from Lita
4/2/06 WrestleMania 22 - lost the title to Mickie James
* 9/17/06 Unforgiven - In her retirement match, she beat Lita to win the title for the 7th time

Stone Cold Steve Austin With Two Beautiful Divas



Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson met up with Stone Cold Steve Austin when WWE Monday Night Raw was in Los Angeles.

John Cena Engagement Pictures











John Cena



John Cena is the wrestling embodiment of the hip-hop culture. Like Enimen, John Cena uses his rapping ability to insult those he doesn't like. He even personalized the WWE title into a piece of bling-bling featuring a spinning WWE logo. This young superstar has reached the top of his profession and his future only looks brighter.
Pre-WWE:

John Cena was born in Massachusetts in 1977. While wrestling in the Ohio Valley Wrestling development territory of the WWE, he was known as Prototype. He was on the 2001 UPN reality TV show Manhunt which was cancelled due to bad ratings and a controversy about the legitimacy of the program.
The Doctor of Thuganomics:

In June 2002, he made his SmackDown debut by accepting an open challenge from Kurt Angle. The one thing he was missing was a compelling gimmick. That Halloween, he dressed like a Vanilla Ice impersonator and did his first rap. With this new hip-hop persona, he would insult the crowd before the matches by making bad raps about their city and wearing throwback jerseys of the enemies of the local sports team.
U.S. Champion:

With the help of his gimmick and improving wrestling ability, he was in a main event title match by April 2003. That November, the inevitable face turn occurred and his career has skyrocketed since. He was involved in a feud for the U.S. Championship with the 500+ pound Big Show. At WrestleMania XX, he won the title. Even though he wasn't the World Champ, he solidified his spot as the most popular wrestler on SmackDown.
The Champ is Here:

For the next few months, Cena was involved in feuds with Booker T and Carlito for the U.S. title. In the beginning of 2005, he won a tournament to fight JBL for the WWE title at WrestleMania. Prior to this match, he lost his U.S. title due to the interference of JBL. Cena got his revenge by becoming WWE champ at WrestleMania 21. He beat JBL in a rematch the next month in an I Quit Match.
From SmackDown to RAW:

During the annual draft lottery, John Cena moved to RAW. This move put him into an immediate feud with Chris Jericho. Jericho has released rock albums with his band Fozzy and Cena had just released his rap album. In this battle, hip-hop pinned rock. John Cena also started out on bad terms with GM Eric Bischoff, who vowed to do all he can to get the title off Cena and make his life miserable on Raw.
The End of an Era:

Cena began feuding with Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle and also caused the firing of Eric Bischoff by beating Kurt Angle and Chris Masters. At New Year's Revolution he beat both men plus Kane, Carlito & Shawn Michaels in an Elimination Chamber Match. Immediately following the match, Edge used his Money in the Bank Title Shot and easily beat the worn out champ. He regained the belt a few weeks later but later lost the title to Rob Van Dam.
The Marine and an Image Change:

Shortly before the release of his movie, The Marine, John beat Edge in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match to win the WWE Championship for a third time. The movie was a huge hit once it became available on DVD. Around the same time as part of an image makeover, he backed away from the rapping and throwbacks and now wrestles in camouflage shorts. His third title reign lasted over a year and he lost it via forfeit due to an injury.
Neck Surgery and Return:

A few months after returning from his arm injury, he suffered damage to his neck. In his first match back after having neck surgery, John won the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time by beating Chris Jericho. In early 2009, his two signature moves, the FU and STFU, were renamed the Attitude Adjustment and the STF, respectively.
Title Reigns:

WWE Championship

* 4/3/05 WrestleMania 21 - beat JBL to become WWE champ
1/8/06 New Year's Revolution - lost the title to Edge
* 1/29/06 Royal Rumble - regained the title from Edge
6/11/06 ECW One Night Stand - lost the title to Rob Van Dam
* 9/17/06 Unforgiven - beat Edge in a TLC Match
10/2/07 ECW on Sci Fi - stripped of the title due to injury
* 9/13/09 Breaking Point - beat Randy Orton in an "I Quit" Match
10/4/09 Hell in a Cell - lost to Randy Orton in a Hell in a Cell Match
* 10/25/09 Bragging Rights - beat Randy Orton 6-5 in an Anything Goes Iron Man Match
12/13/09 TLC - lost to Sheamus in a Tables Match
* 2/21/10 Elimination Chamber - beat Champion Sheamus, Triple H, Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, & Kofi Kingston in an Elimination Chamber Match
2/21/10 Elimination Chamber - lost to Batista
* 3/28/10 WrestleMania XXVI - beat Batista
6/20/10 Fatal 4 Way - Sheamus beat John Cena, Edge, & Randy Orton



World Heavyweight Championship

* 11/23/08 Survivor Series - beat Chris Jericho
2/15/09 No Way Out - Edge beat Cena, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Kane, and Mike Knox in an Elimination Chamber Match
* 4/5/09 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania - beat Champion Edge & Big Show
4/26/09 Backlash - lost to Edge in a Last Man Standing Match



US Championship

* 3/14/04 WrestleMania XX - beat the Big Show to win the title
7/8/04 SmackDown - stripped of the title by GM Kurt Angle
* 10/3/04 No Mercy - beat Booker T 3-2 in a best of five series for the vacant title
10/7/04 SmackDown - lost the title to Carlito
* 11/18/04 SmackDown - regained the title from Carlito
3/3/05 SmackDown - lost the title to Orlando Jordan



World Tag Team Championship

* 1/29/06 RAW - w/Shawn Michaels beat Edge & Randy Orton
4/2/07 RAW - lost the titles in a 10-Team Battle Royal
* 8/4/08 RAW - w/Batista beat Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase
8/11/08 RAW - lost the titles to Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase


WWE Tag Team Championship

* 10/24/10 - w/David Otunga beat Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre
10/25/10 RAW - w/David Otunga lost to Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Stone Cold Steve Austin


Background:

A pro wrestler since the late 1980s, Steve Austin

, nicknamed Stone Cold, Austin 3:16, The Texas Rattlesnake, “Stunning” Steve Austin, The Ringmaster, The Extreme Superstar, The Stevester, and The Bionic Redneck, became recognized in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) when he conquered the WCW Tag-Team ranks with the late Brian Pillman, with whom he was known as “The Hollywood Blonds.” He entered Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in late 1995 before emerging in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; later became World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE) where he defeated Jake “The Snake” Roberts in the final round of the 1996 WWF King of The Ring Tournament, during which time he coined the motto “AUSTIN 3:16.” He also gained significant mainstream popularity in the WWF for his long-running feud with the infamous owner of the WWF, Vince McMahon.

A six-time WWF/E Champion, the 1996 King of the Ring, winner of the 1997, 1998 and 2001 Royal Rumbles, and the only man in WWE history to win the Royal Rumble three times, Austin will be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame on April 4, 2009.

The 6′ 2″ wrestling legend, who retired as a regular in-ring performer in 2003, began pursuing a career in acting. He has played a recurring role on the CBS police procedural drama series “Nash Bridges” and starred in the films “The Longest Yard” (2005) and “The Condemned” (2007).
Steven James

Childhood and Family:

The second oldest of four brothers and one sister, Steven James Anderson, who would later be famous as Steve Austin, was born on December 18, 1964, in Austin, Texas. After his parents’ divorce, the family moved to Victoria, Texas, and his mother married a man named Ken Williams. Steven and his siblings later took their stepfather’s last name.

Because there was already a wrestler named Steve Williams, Austin took his name from Lee Majors’ character from “The Six Million Dollar Man” (1974) and became Steve Austin. But, in a 2004 interview he revealed that he had in fact taken the name Austin from his literary hero Jane Austen.

Austin was a member of the school band while in middle school. In high school, he played football and baseball and ran track. He was a member of the National Honor Society and received an American football scholarship to Wharton Junior College and a full football scholarship to The University of North Texas. In 1987, just a few credits shy of a degree in physical education, Austin dropped out of college.

On November 24, 1990, Austin married Kathryn Burrhus, but the marriage was annulled on August 7, 1992. He then married Jeannie Clark on December 18, 1992, but the marriage ended in divorced on May 10, 1999. Austin has two children with Jeannie, Stephanie and Cassidy, and adopted the child Jeannie had from her first marriage. Jeannie was once married to British wrestler Gentleman Chris Adams, who trained Austin in the sport. Jeannie served as Austin’s valet for several years. She was known as Lady Blossom and wrestled Adams’ second wife Toni, in mixed tag-team matches with Austin as her partner while Adams teamed with his wife.

From September 13, 2000, to February 5, 2005, Austin was married to actress Debra McMichael (born March 2, 1960), whom he met when she was serving as the valet for Jeff Jarrett in WWF.

In his spare time, Austin, an avid outdoorsman, enjoys hunting on his Texas ranch, fishing, camping, four-wheeling, and spending time with his three dogs. He also plays a variety of sports and collects antiques. His best friends are The Rock, Mick Foley, and Bill Goldberg.
Austin 3:16

Career:

Joining “Gentleman” Chris Adams’ professional wrestling school after dropping out of college, Steve Austin defeated Frogman LeBlanc during his first match in World Class Championship Wrestling on May 11, 1989. He then wrestled in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) under the name “Stunning” Steve Austin and made his World Championship Wrestling (WCW) debut in 1991.

Austin formed a tag team with “Flyin” Brian Pillman and they were known as the “Hollywood Blonds.” In 1993, they won the World Tag Team Championship and Austin also won the WCW United States Championship.

Austin was fired by WCW in 1995 after tearing his tricep in 1994 while wrestling in Japan. He then joined Extreme Championship Wrestling before signing with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in late 1995.

He rose to superstardom between 1996-1999 for popular catch phrases and his long-running feud with the infamous owner of the WWF, Vince McMahon. He also won the Royal Rumble twice (he would win again in 2001), the WWF Intercontinental Championship twice, and the WWF Tag Team Championship four times. He is also widely considered one of WWF’s most popular wrestlers and made an estimated $1.2 million, plus a large sum in merchandising royalties, in 1998 alone. He appeared in WWF’s Super Bowl Commercial (1999), a TV commercial for 1-800-COLLECT (1999), and a print ad for “Got Milk?” (1999).

At Backlash 2000, Austin helped The Rock reclaim the WWF Championship and competed in his second Hell in a Cell match at Armageddon 2000. After hitting The Rock with a chair to win his fifth time WWF Championship, Austin became a tag team member with Triple H called “The Two-Man Power Trip.” They held the titles at the WWF Tag Team Titles at Backlash 2001 and lost the Tag Team Title against Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit. Austin was also paired with Kurt Angle.

On March 18, 2002, Austin walked out on the WWF because of “creative problems” and did not show up for the scheduled Raw taping in Montreal. He did the same thing on June 10, 2002, both of which were done without notice and without WWF approval. He eventually retired as a regular in-ring performer in 2003 due to neck, ankle and knee injuries sustained throughout his career.

Following the end of his in-ring wrestling career, Austin began pursuing a career in acting. He played the recurring role of roughhousing detective Jake Cage (1999-2000) on the CBS drama series “Nash Bridges” and later appeared as Guard Dunham in Peter Segal’s sports film “The Longest Yard” (2005; starring Adam Sandler), a remake of the 1974 film of the same name. His performance in the film earned him a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Rumble, which he shared with Bob Sapp.

In 2007, Austin starred in Scott Wiper’s action flim

“The Condemned,” alongside Vinnie Jones, Madeleine West, and Rick Hoffman. In the film that was produced by WWE Films and released by Lionsgate, he portrayed Jack Conrad, a dangerous convict awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison who is offered the opportunity to compete in a deadly game.

Now a wrestling legend, Austin will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during the WrestleMania XXV weekend in April 2008.
Awards:

* World Championship Wrestling United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
* World Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship (1 time; with Brian Pillman)
* World Championship Wrestling World Television Championship (2 times)
* World Wrestling Federation Million Dollar Championship (1 time)
* World Wrestling Federation Championship (6 times)
* World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
* World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship (4 times)
* World Wrestling Federation Royal Rumble: 2001
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestler of the Year: 2001
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated Most Hated Wrestler of the Year: 2001
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestler of the Year: 1999
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated Feud of the Year (vs. Vince McMahon): 1999
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated Feud of the Year (vs. Vince McMahon): 1998
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated Most Popular Wrestler of the Year: 1998
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestler of the Year: 1998
* World Wrestling Federation Royal Rumble: 1998
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year: 1997
* World Wrestling Federation Royal Rumble: 1997
* World Wrestling Federation King of the Ring: 1996
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year: 1990