WWE Smackdown : Jimmy Snuka, Jr/Deuce

Ring name(s) Deuce,Deuce Shade,Snuka Jr.,The Future,Solo,Solo Snuka
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight 230 lbs (105 km)
Born September 1, 1971,Lā'ie, Hawaii
Resides Louisville, Kentucky
Billed from The Other Side of the Tracks
Trained by Jimmy Snuka,UPW staff,OVW staff
Pro Wrestling Debut 2000

James Reiher, Jr., (born September 1, 1971) better known as Jimmy Snuka, Jr., is a professional wrestler and the son of professional wrestler "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on the SmackDown! brand as well as in farm territory Ohio Valley Wrestling under the ring name Deuce.

On May 24, 2005, Reiher, as Deuce Shade defeated Chad Wicks in an OVW Television Championship tournament match he later went on to beat Ken Doane for the OVW Television Championship on June 7th 2005. He lost it back to Ken Doane later that month.

On August 24, 2005, Reiher won a #1 Contender's Battle Royal to earn the right to face OVW Champion Johnny Jeter, however he lost this match.

In January 2006 Reiher started teaming with Domino, calling themselves "The Throw-backs". On March 19, 2006, Reiher defeated Mike Mizanin to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship for his team.

The team lost their titles on April 5, 2006 in a 3-way match to Roadkill & Kasey James, the match also involved Kenny & Mikey of Spirit Squad.

On the January 19, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, Deuce, his partner Domino and their valet Cherry debuted with their 1950s pop culture gimmick, squashing a jobber team, and doing the same to another jobber team the next week. On the February 2, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, they defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick. They earned a chance at the WWE Tag Team Champions for the championship at WWE No Way Out, but failed to win the titles.

WWE: Daivari ,Part 3

A short time later, Daivari faced his former client in a match. During the match, Mark Henry, the number one contender for Angle's title, attacked Angle. After the match, Daivari officially announced that he was now managing Henry and continued to manage Henry during his feud with The Undertaker. However, Daivari would disappear off television in the weeks leading up to WrestleMania 22 when, at WWE's Saturday Night Main Event, Daivari suffered a chokeslam and Tombstone Piledriver at the hands of The Undertaker onto the lid of a casket.

On the April 7, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Daivari would make his return bringing in the Wrestling Debut: ing Great Khali to attack The Undertaker during his match with Mark Henry. The next week, Daivari officially presented him to the crowd, hyping him as an unstoppable monster. Over the following weeks, Daivari would accompany Khali to the ring as he destroyed various Smackdown! superstars. This would all lead up to a match with The Undertaker at Judgment Day on May 21, 2006, which Khali would end up winning. Daivari and Khali appeared as guests on Piper's Pit on the June 2, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, in which Piper made fun of Khali, who supposedly can't speak English. Eventually Piper stood on the bottom rope, attempting to match height with Khali, he managed to say: If this was twenty years ago, before Khali grabbed him by the throat. Daivari made Khali put Piper down and straitened Piper's jacket disrespectfully, Piper slapped Daivari, but was then given a chop by Khali. The Undertaker was the original guest on the Pit, but he declined the invitation a few days before.

Daivari continued to accompany The Great Khali to the ring when Khali wrestled or attacked other wrestlers, but when The Great Khali became inactive due to injury, Daivari was taken off the road as well.

Daivari and The Great Khali were moved to the ECW brand officially when they made their ECW Wrestling Debut: s on the October 31, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi. Daivari beat "The Reject" Shannon Moore in a very quick match. Daivari's original theme music was used as well as his Farsi rants on the microphone. Afterwards, Moore was manhandled by The Great Khali.

Daivari would continue his ECW winning streak over the next several weeks with The Great Khali usually following up the contest with a Double-handed Choke Bomb on Daivari's opponent. At December to Dismember, Daivari got a victory over Tommy Dreamer following a schoolboy rollup. Dreamer then chased Daivari all the way to the back then, The Great Khali appeared and caught Dreamer, planting him on the steel ramp with a Chokebomb. On January 8, 2007, The Great Khali Wrestling Debut: ed on RAW, without Daivari. The following night, however, Daivari accompanied Khali to the ring for his match with Dreamer on ECW.

Daivari returned to SmackDown! on February 9, 2007, defeating Crusierweight Champion Gregory Helms in a non-title match. As of now he is only wrestling as a crusierweight.

Had his first pro match at age 15.
Started his career in the Midwest with All-Star Championship Wrestling.
His younger brother, Arya Daivari, has wrestled for NWA Wisconsin (formerly All-Star Championship Wrestling, as well as other independent wrestling promotions. As a tribute to his brother, Arya performs "The Magic Carpet Ride".
Grew up admiring Mick Foley and Bret Hart.
Appeared on the Jenny Jones show with his brother.
Appeared on WCW Monday Nitro on October 18, 1998 as a fan being interviewed by Mike Tenay.
Appeared on the October 5, 2003 edition of WWE Heat as "Sheik" Shawn Daivari, losing his match against Tommy Dreamer.
He made four appearances for Ring of Honor, and lost each match.
Every wrestler he has managed in WWE, has feuded with Undertaker at some point (Kurt Angle wasn't being managed during his feud however)
At one point, was scheduled to win the NWA Midwest X-Division Championship, and has promo photos circulating with him holding the belt. However, he never did win that title.

WWE: Daivari ,Part 2

Both Daivari and Hassan were later drafted to SmackDown! on June 23, 2005 as part of a package deal. On the July 7, 2005 episode of SmackDown!, GM Theodore Long put Daivari in a match that night against The Undertaker, and Muhammad Hassan in a match against The Undertaker at the Great American Bash. Daivari was squashed easily in that match, after which Hassan began to pray on the ramp, summoning five masked men to the ring. The masked men beat and strangled the Undertaker into submission, and Hassan put him in the Camel Clutch. Afterward, the masked men carried Daivari off like a martyr. The controversial imagery aired unedited in America and Canada despite the terrorist attacks in London earlier that day, but was removed from the Australian and UK broadcasts. (It should be noted that SmackDown! is taped on a Tuesday and, at the time, aired on Thursday, so the skit was taped 2 days before the attack occurred.)

In late-July, UPN requested WWE to keep Muhammad Hassan off of their network. WWE complied, effectively removing him from SmackDown! At the The Great American Bash 2005, after Hassan lost in a match with The Undertaker, Hassan was given the Last Ride through an open stage ramp onto a concrete floor where it was reported that he sustained serious injuries and had to be rushed to a nearby medical facility; this was an angle aimed to "kill off" the character.

Although Hassan (Mark Copani) would eventually retire from professional wrestling, Daivari reported to WWE's Deep South territory for training and repackaging. He returned from Deep South and, after working in Minneapolis, made his Wrestling Debut: in September 2005 on OVW TV returning as his "Sheik" Daivari persona.

On November 7, 2005, Daivari returned to RAW, acting as Kurt Angle's anointed special guest referee in the tag team match between Shawn Michaels and John Cena vs. Angle and Chris Masters. During the match, Daivari favored Angle and Masters, who won the match via disqualification when Michaels was caught with a chair Angle brought in.

On November 21, 2005, Kurt Angle announced that Daivari will be the referee for all his future matches, including his match vs. WWE Champion John Cena for the title at the 2005 Survivor Series. Mr. McMahon rescinded that at the kangaroo court trial of Eric Bischoff on RAW on December 5, 2005. Daivari remained aligned with Kurt Angle as his manager.

On January 10, 2006, at a taping of WWE Friday Night SmackDown!, Angle and Daivari jumped to SmackDown!, where Angle won the World Heavyweight Championship the very same night. Angle later revealed that his contract on RAW had expired, which allowed them to switch brands. However, Angle would already be signed to face Shawn Michaels on RAW. This non-title match went ahead, but Daivari would accidentally cost Kurt Angle the match against Michaels. Afterwards, Daivari and Angle argued, but when Daivari slapped Angle, he Angle Slammed Daivari over the ropes and down to the floor on the outside of the ring. During the break on WWE.com Unlimited, an enraged Angle made it known that Daivari's services were no longer needed, and that "he sucks".

WWE: Daivari ,Part 1

Ring name(s) Shawn Daivari,Khosrow Daivari,Daivari
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Billed weight 200 lb (92 kg)
Born March 30, 1984,Tehran, Iran
Resides Minneapolis, Minnesota
Billed from Detroit, Michigan
Trained by Eddie Sharkey,Adnan El Kassey,Tom Prichard
Wrestling Debut: 2000

Shawn Daivari (born Dara Daivari on March 30, 1984) is a Iranian-American professional wrestler and wrestling manager better known by his ring name Khosrow Daivari, or simply Daivari. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its SmackDown! brand.

His hallmarks are his creative and insulting microphone antics. Daivari, who is of Persian descent, usually speaks Farsi during promos and matches. On-screen, he is often referred to as being Arab-American and his speech as Arabic.

Although it is claimed that his on-screen given name "Khosrow" is a tribute to The Iron Sheik (whose real name is Khosrow Vaziri), it is, in fact, the name of his father.

Daivari (AKA Dom Abramo) made his WWE Wrestling Debut: on December 13, 2004, on RAW alongside Muhammad Hassan. Their gimmick was that of two Arab-Americans who were tired of the prejudice and racism they were receiving after the 9/11 attacks. In the weeks leading up to their Wrestling Debut: , the two men would appear on Raw in vignettes promoting their hatred towards America. In the following weeks, they would both up their words with actions, initiating a feud with Raw announcers Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler.

At WrestleMania 21 on April 3, 2005, Daivari and Hassan were involved in a storyline with returning WWE legend Hulk Hogan. While attacking injured wrestler Eugene, Hogan made his classic entrance and ejected both men from the ring to the delight of fans in attendance.

The following night on RAW, Daivari and Hassan interrupted Shawn Michaels during a promo. The two attacked Michaels and left him helpless in the ring. This led to Daivari's first singles match in WWE, on the April 11 edition of RAW. Although Michaels was heavily favored, Daivari, with help from Hassan, got the upset win. Enraged, Michaels demanded a match against both Daivari and Hassan. RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff refused to grant a handicap match but instead ordered Michaels to find a partner. That partner turned out to be Daivari and Hassan's Wrestlemania foe Hulk Hogan.

On the April 18, 2005 episode of RAW, Michaels was once again double teamed by Daivari and Hassan until Hogan appeared to make the save. Hogan accepted Michaels' offer to tag and the match was set for the Backlash pay per view on May 1, 2005. At Backlash, Hogan and Michaels picked up the win which led to friction between the two since Hassan blamed Daivari for the loss. The next night on RAW, Hassan verbally and physically attacked Daivari leaving their future as a team in question. This would be completely fruitless, however.

Smackdown!: Batista, Part 7

Batista guest starred in the eighth episode of Season 6 of the American drama action/adventure, CW Network television series Smallville, playing a villain named Aldar from the Phantom Zone who could suck the bones out of people.
At one point before getting into pro wrestling, Batista trained with Brock Lesnar in a gym in Minnesota. They both joined WWE´s developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling(OVW) at the same time and competed against eachother before entering the main roster.
Bautista credits Finlay for helping him the most during his rookie days in OVW in an edition of WWE's webcast Byte This in 2003.
Batista has been on the cover of Flex Magazine.
Since WrestleMania 21, Batista has used the infamous "thumbs up, thumbs down" gesture before he performs the Batista Bomb on his opponent. This is a reference to the gesture Triple H used against Randy Orton when he kicked Orton out of Evolution (leading to a brutal assault). Batista took this gesture from Triple H when he feigned signing to SmackDown!
Since WrestleMania 21, Batista often shakes the ring ropes violently before making his famous "thumbs up, thumbs down" gesture, which he has acknowledged he took from the Ultimate Warrior.
Batista currently holds the record for the longest reign as WWE World Heavyweight Champion at 284 days.

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Smackdown!: Batista, Part 6

Bautista is of Filipino and Greek heritage. His year of birth was disputed for several years. His website originally listed him as being born in 1969, while several contradictory news reports, as well as the IMDB, had claimed that he was actually born in 1966. In addition, Obsessed with Wrestling claimed for a time that, when Bautista re-signed with WWE in January 2005, he revealed that he had been working under a fake age (a common practice in the entertainment field) and admitted that he was actually thirty-nine years old (and would therefore have been born in 1966). However, this claim was later removed. In March 2006, Batista stated in an interview that he was born in 1969. According to Batista's official website he was born in 1969.

Bautista married second wife Angie, a Japanese/American survivor of ovarian cancer, in October 1998. In the August 2006 edition of WWE magazine Batista revealed that he and his wife are currently separated. Bautista has two daughters from his first marriage.

Bautista has numerous tattoos, including a large Chinese dragon on his back, red Kanji lettering on his upper left biceps which says "Angel" in tribute to his wife Angie, a signature design on his upper right biceps, and a small Sun on his stomach which encircles his belly button. He recently added a tattoo on his arm of the flags of the Philippines and Greece merged into one.

In an edition of SmackDown! magazine (Now WWE Magazine), he stated that he collected lunchboxes. This collection started when he bought his wife an ET lunchbox and she did not want to break it, so he bought a second one.

Batista can breakdance. This was shown in a commercial promoting WWE SummerSlam 2004 where he did his take on a "floor routine" (basically mocking the floor routines shown at the Olympic Games).

In 2005, Batista gave two controversial interviews to the British tabloid newspaper The Sun. In the first interview, Batista, then wrestling on the RAW brand of WWE, criticized SmackDown!, stating, "I've watched their tapings live and it seems like a lot of the guys couldn't care less. There's a lack of passion and pride."In the second interview, Batista acknowledged that his statements had attracted considerable backstage heat from members of the SmackDown! brand. He then went on to claim, "there are guys on both shows who are lazy, couldn't care less and show no dedication." He then criticized rival wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, claiming, "I've also seen clips of their car wreck matches with A.J. Styles doing his stunts. That's not wrestling. Wrestling is storytelling." In April 2006, Styles responded to Batista's comments, quipping, "I think it's funny that a guy who takes a bump and tears his back tells me that I don't know how to wrestle."

At a 2006 SummerSlam pay-per-view commercial shoot, it was reported that Batista got into a real-life fistfight with Booker T (Booker T had a noticeable black eye at the next SmackDown taping). The incident was reported on WWE.com, with both men telling their sides of the story.

Smackdown!: Batista, Part 5

At Saturday Night's Main Event, Batista won his first televised match since his return, a six man tag match with Rey Mysterio and Lashley taking on King Booker, Finlay and Mark Henry. In a bizarre twist of fate, during the match Mark Henry was legitimately injured, and was ruled out of the scheduled match between the two at The Great American Bash (thus further delaying a potential feud between the two, which was already delayed by Batista's injury).

Batista would put out an open challenge to replace the injured Henry which was answered by Mr. Kennedy. Batista would lose this match via DQ for failing to stop choking Mr. Kennedy into the turnbuckle with his boot, but continued to attack Kennedy which resulted in Mr. Kennedy suffering a laceration on his forehead so severe that it exposed his cranium and required 20 stitches to close. Batista would go on to lose another match with Kennedy via count out in a rematch on SmackDown! before finally defeating Kennedy by pinfall on the August 4, 2006 edition of SmackDown!.

During this time Batista would try to regain a world title, facing both Big Show for his ECW World Heavyweight Championship during an ECW show, and King Booker for his World Heavyweight Championship during SummerSlam and SmackDown!. Batista won these matches but not the title as the contests ended via disqualification. Batista continued on as a top contender to the World Title; competing against King Booker on several occasions while feuding with Finlay, before finally defeating King Booker to regain the World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series 2006 at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center, the same arena where he surrendered the title in January.

At the beginning of the new year, it was announced that Batista would defend the World Heavyweight Championship at the Royal Rumble 2007 against an opponent to be decided through a Beat the Clock series called the SmackDown Beat The Clock Sprint. At the Rumble, Batista successfully retained the title against the Sprint winner, Mr. Kennedy.

WWE Smackdown : The Boogeyman, Part 3

As SummerSlam approached, The Boogeyman began appearing in TV spots to promote the event. Vignettes also began airing advertising his return to SmackDown!, however, on September 20 WWE.com reported that Wright had been released from the company. It was later reported that he had been doing "the bare minimum" in regards to getting back into shape and had missed several required doctor checkups. Although management warned him about this, he failed to change his behavior and they let him go. Less than a month later, on October 6, WWE.com announced that Wright had been re-hired and would be sent to be trained at Booker T and Stevie Ray's wrestling school in Houston, Texas.

Booker T was reportedly very impressed with Marty's renewed dedication and enthusiasm at his Wrestling Academy, and according to the Wrestling Observer, Wright was rehired mainly due to Booker's insistence. Wright returned on the October 27, 2006 SmackDown!, starting a feud with Mike "The Miz" Mizanin and Kristal Marshall. During the feud he again terrorized and stalked his opponents, spitting worms at them and scaring them at every opportunity, and eventually ended The Miz's undefeated streak at the Armageddon pay-per-view.

The Boogeyman then feuded with Finlay. On the February 2nd edition of SmackDown! during a title match against current United States Champion Chris Benoit, Boogeyman abducted Little Bastard distracting Finlay and giving Benoit a chance to win the match with a roll-up.

On the Febuary 16 edition of SmackDown, the Boogeyman showed a midget of his own, the Little Boogeyman. The Boogeyman and the Little Boogeyman lost to Finlay and the Little Bastard in a mixed tag team match at No Way Out 2007. The team lost a rematch the following week on Smackdown!, after Wright was pinned by Finlay's Little Bastard

WWE Smackdown : The Boogeyman, Part 2

On the July 11, 2005 episode of RAW, horror movie style vignettes began airing to promote the debut of Wright in his "Boogeyman" persona. After a few weeks The Boogeyman the vignettes were moved from Raw to SmackDown!, but his planned debut was delayed when he hyperextended both knees and needed time to recover.

The Boogeyman made his first appearance on the October 13, 2005 SmackDown!. He was brought in by UPN Network Executive Palmer Cannon, who claimed he was going to be a part of another (unspecified) UPN show that never came to be due to an on-set "accident" involving The Boogeyman (it was implied he'd "done something" to another member of the cast, but never elaborated on). Cannon said he brought him to the SmackDown! brand as part of a "new talent initiative." The Boogeyman then proceeded to recite a version of the nursery rhyme Buckle My Shoe before smashing an oversize alarm clock on his own head. Boogeyman continued to "terrorize" other Superstars, in the fasion for the next couple of months.

For the next few weeks The Boogeyman appeared in unexpected places backstage (closets, vans, et cetera), reciting different nursery rhymes and holding up clocks before screaming his catchphrase "I'm The Boogeyman and I'm comin' to get cha!" and laughing maniacally. This would leave the performer(s) that had discovered him both confused and creeped out, usually ending with them backing out of the room slowly while the commentators remarked on how strange the whole situation was.

At the 2005 Survivor Series, The Boogeyman helped SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long defeat his RAW counterpart, Eric Bischoff, with a Pumphandle slam. He made his official in-ring SmackDown! debut on the December 2 SmackDown!, defeating Simon Dean with the Boogeyslam in a squash that saw him repeatedly scream, "I'm the Boogeyman!" at a confused and terrified Dean. It was during this match that another regular part of his persona came to light when he took a handful of live worms from his pocket and stuff them into his mouth as commentators Michael Cole and Tazz screamed in disgust.

For the next few weeks The Boogeyman went on a tear, winning numerous squash matches. Invariably these matches were short on actual wrestling content, instead focusing on the antics of The Boogeyman. Opponents were generally "flattened" in the ring, left with worms in their mouths and/or spit on their faces. His official pay-per-view debut was at December's Armageddon when he came to the ring to confront Vito and Nunzio who were dressed as Santa Claus and an elf. Though Nunzio was able to escape, Vito suffered a Goodnight and ended up with worms shoved into his mouth.

Boogeyman's first major feud occurred with JBL and his "fixer" Jillian Hall, beginning with his stalking the duo throughout a number of shows. During an episode of SmackDown! he caught a fleeing Hall and shoved worms down the back of her skirt. In another, during a Piper's Pit segment, he not only sniffed the "mole" on Jillian's face, but licked it and bit it off. Layfield and The Boogeyman eventually met in a one on one contest at the 2006 Royal Rumble, with Boogeyman picking up the win in about two minutes.

A subsequent feud with Booker T, which saw him again stalking a wrestler and his female companion (this time Booker's wife Sharmell) culminated at WrestleMania 22, when Boogeyman pinned Booker T after kissing Sharmell while holding a mouthful of worms. The match was exceptionally short because shortly before WrestleMania Boogeyman tore his left biceps at a house show. To explain his absence to rehab his injury, Booker T and Sharmell obtained a restraining order against the Boogeyman, who actually had surgery on April 4, to repair his biceps tear.

WWE Smackdown : The Boogeyman, Part 1

Ring name(s) Marty Wright,The Boogeyman
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight 260 lb (118 kg)
Born October 31, 1964
Mystic, Connecticut
Resides Phoenix, Arizona
Billed from The Bottomless Pit
Trained by OVW Staff
Debut 2004

Martin (Marty) Wright (born October 31, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his professional ring name The Boogeyman. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its SmackDown! brand.

Born in Mystic, Connecticut, Wright began his career originally intending to be a professional bodybuilder. He won some competitions, but the only recorded such victory noted online is the 2002 National Physique Committee States Contest from August 2-3, 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the men's over 35 years, super heavyweight division.

Before becoming a professional wrestler, Wright sought a career as an actor. He started with work as an extra and performing stuntman duties. He appeared in the movies Any Given Sunday (1999) as player #84 of the Miami Sharks known as "Beastman", in The Replacements (2000) as player #56, a linebacker of the Dallas team known as Butler, and in Transporter 2 (2005) as the SWAT commander.

Wright applied to take part in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Tough Enough IV and on October 15, 2004, attended a fifty man, two day event in Venice Beach, California, where eight finalists were chosen. Wright survived the first day of eliminations, but on the second day he admitted that he was 40 years old (5 years past the contest's cutoff of 35) and not 30 as he had claimed. As a result he was cut from the Tough Enough prospectives.

Though he'd been cut from Tough Enough, WWE officials invited him to come to their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for possible training. When he arrived he promptly impressed his trainers with his in ring charisma and love of wrestling. He trained between January and June of 2005, making his OVW debut on June 25, 2005.

During a dark match pitting the team of Seth Skyfire and Robert Fury against Vik Delicious and Robbie Dawber, Wright entered the ring and squashed Fury, Delicious and Dawber, no-selling the offense of Skyfire in the process. He then announced that he was The Boogeyman before leaving the building.

It was announced on July 2 that Wright had a record of "psychological problems" and "bodily assault," and had been both rejected from Tough Enough and denied training at OVW (the first claim being true, the second kayfabe). The fact that Wright had lied in order to take part in Tough Enough was developed into a gimmick, with Wright being described as an unpredictable "sociopathical liar" - including (kayfabe) claims that he had recently served time in prison. Wright's ring entrance included special effects such as lightning and torrential rain.

In one controversial incident OVW lead booker Jim Cornette was released from WWE after repeatedly slapping Johnny Geo Basco, an OVW wrestling student who was inserted into the audience as a plant to further The Boogeyman gimmick, but laughed instead of showing fear when the time came. Cornette said that Basco had ruined the storyline and had broken kayfabe.

The Boogeyman gimmick further evolved into a "monster" face who would appear when another wrestler said his name and attack him, while not selling any offense he received.

Smackdown!: Batista, Part 4

Batista would lead Team SmackDown! against Team RAW in an inter-brand feud before 2005's Survivor Series. The feud would see the Big Show and Kane chokeslamming Batista several more times in the weeks leading up to Survivor Series in an on-camera explanation for Batista's injury. Batista would help his team win the Survivor Series main event.

On the December 2, 2005 edition of Friday Night SmackDown!, Batista saved Rey Mysterio from a double team attack by RAW 's reigning World Tag Team Champions The Big Show and Kane. It was later announced that Mysterio would team with Batista to face Big Show and Kane at Armageddon 2005, a SmackDown! exclusive pay-per-view.

On the December 16, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, Batista and Mysterio received a title shot at the WWE Tag Team Champions MNM. The two defeated MNM to become champions in a match which they dedicated to Eddie Guerrero. With Batista and Mysterio becoming the WWE Tag Team Champions, the clash with the Big Show and Kane at Armageddon turned into a Champions vs. Champions encounter. At Armageddon on December 18, 2005, Batista and Mysterio lost to Kane and Big Show when Kane pinned Mysterio after a chokeslam.

On the December 30, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, MNM defeated Batista and Mysterio after help from the returning Mark Henry to regain the WWE Tag Team Championships. During the interference, Henry attacked Batista, and performed his World's Strongest Slam.

On January 9, 2006, WWE.com announced that Batista had torn his right tricep following a match with Mark Henry at a live event on January 8, 2006 in Verona, New York. The following day, WWE.com announced that, due to his injury, Batista was forced to vacate the World Heavyweight Championship at the SmackDown! tapings in Philadelphia on January 10, 2006, two days after surpassing Triple H's previous mark of 280 days for longest reigning champion. Later that night, Kurt Angle won a battle royal to become the new World Heavyweight Champion. (These events were aired on the January 13, 2006 edition of SmackDown!.) Dave went on to have successful surgery on his arm on January 12, 2006.

On February 19, 2006, Batista made an appearance at No Way Out 2006 and told the crowd that once his arm had healed he would return to regain his World Heavyweight Championship. At WrestleMania 22, Batista once again made a brief appearance. This time he interrupted a Randy Orton interview, putting SmackDown! on notice; the World Heavyweight Championship would return to him by WrestleMania 23. Batista made his official return during the July 7, 2006 edition of SmackDown! in Philadelphia immediately calling out and entering into a feud with the man who put him out with the arm injury, Mark Henry.

Smackdown!: Batista, Part 3

In an attempt to persuade Batista to challenge WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield rather than Triple H, Triple H concocted a scheme that saw him attempt to have Batista run over in a limousine resembling the one used by Layfield. Initially, Dave didn't want help from Evolution and wanted to confront JBL by himself. Triple H insisted that Evolution stick together and accompanied Dave anyway. In fact, it was Triple H that saved Dave from the oncoming vehicle. Batista became aware of the plot while sneakily eavesdropping on fellow Evolution members, and on the February 21 episode of RAW he signed a contract guaranteeing him a match with World Champion Triple H at WrestleMania 21, thus leaving Evolution and officially turning face for the first time in WWE. He emphasized his departure by powerbombing Triple H through the table used for the contract signing. Batista initially pretended that he would sign with SmackDown!, giving Triple H and Flair the "thumbs up," but turned it into a "thumbs down" before attacking the pair, much to the delight of the crowd, who became unglued upon the thumbs-down.

Batista went on to win the World Heavyweight Championship on April 3, 2005 at WrestleMania 21. The show ended with confetti falling through the air as Batista celebrated his title win with the fans chanting his name.

At Backlash, on May 1, 2005, Batista once again faced Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship. Batista retained the title but continued to feud with Triple H. Along the way, he even helped commentator Jim "J.R." Ross gain an upset victory over Triple H on RAW.

On May 23, 2005, Batista successfully defeated Edge to retain his title. After the match, Batista was betrayed by Ric Flair, who helped Triple H viciously attack the champion. During the brutal attack, Triple H challenged Batista to Hell in a Cell, setting up a match at Vengeance 2005. Batista survived the pedigree and won the match, retaining his title yet again. With this win, Batista became the first wrestler to pin Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match. This also made him the first wrestler to defeat Triple H at three consecutive pay-per-views.

On June 30, 2005 Batista was revealed as the last pick in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery, making a surprise appearance while John "Bradshaw" Layfield was celebrating his victory in a six-man elimination match to win the new SmackDown! Championship. With this, Batista became the first World Heavyweight Champion after its post-WCW/Alliance re-incarnation on SmackDown!. With Batista as the new face of SmackDown!, there was no need for the new belt and a feud between Batista and JBL was set up. They faced off at the Great American Bash on July 24, 2005 where JBL defeated Batista by DQ after the referee saw Batista use a steel chair. They had a rematch at SummerSlam on August 21, 2005 in a No-Holds-Barred match which saw Batista pin JBL following a powerbomb on the steel steps. The feud culminated in a match between the two on the first episode of SmackDown! broadcast after the show moved to Friday nights, with Batista retaining the title in JBL's signature bull rope match.

Soon after retaining the title in a feud with Eddie Guerrero, WWE.com reported that Batista suffered a muscle tear in his back at the taping for the November 11, 2005 edition of SmackDown! due to a double chokeslam from The Big Show and Kane. Plans had been made for Batista to defend the title in a triple threat match with Eddie Guerrero and Randy Orton on the November 18, 2005 episode, but the match didn't take place due to the unexpected death of Eddie Guerrero on November 13, 2005. Batista paid homage to Eddie Guerrero during the SmackDown! and RAW tribute shows dedicated to Guerrero's memory. Batista was good friends with Eddie Guerrero

Smackdown!: Batista, Part 2

Batista as a member of Evolution with Triple H and Ric Flair.At Armageddon 2003, Batista took part in two matches, losing to Shawn Michaels in a singles match but winning a tag team turmoil match along with Ric Flair, eliminating the Dudley Boyz to become one-half of the World Tag Team Champions. By the end of the PPV, all four members of Evolution held every male championship on RAW, with Triple H winning the World Heavyweight Championship and Randy Orton winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

They held the titles until the February 16, 2004, episode of RAW, when they were defeated by Booker T and Rob Van Dam. They later regained the titles for a short period. After SummerSlam 2004, Batista would enter into a losing streak which would last most of the year and would see Batista get pinned by mid-card wrestler Maven on one occasion.

In late 2004, after Randy Orton defeated Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship, Triple H evicted him from the group, claiming that the title which Orton held was rightfully his. It was Batista who delivered an electric chair to Orton after Triple H gave Orton a "thumbs up" before turning it into a "thumbs down."

At the 2004 Survivor Series, Triple H, Batista, Gene Snitsky, and Edge were to face-off against Maven, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, and Randy Orton in an 8-Man Elimination Tag Match for control of RAW over the following month (the members of the winning team would each be the RAW general manager for a week). Prior to the pay-per-view, Edge, Snitsky, and Triple H all had an argument in the locker room regarding Triple H's championship, with each wrestler claiming that they should hold the title. Batista, who was present at that time, did not say a word but rather took a brief look at the belt as everybody was leaving the locker room, adding into the growing fan speculation and interest in his character. They ended up losing, causing much unrest within Evolution. In the first week following Survivor Series, Triple H had offered Maven a spot in Evolution (rather than have Maven challenge him for the World Title) which was turned down.

Throughout the next two months, the relationship between Batista and Triple H began to deteriorate. After a loss to Chris Jericho by disqualification, Batista was verbally insulted by Triple H. Batista teased leaving Evolution that night, but he declared that he was still part of Evolution and that they tricked everyone. Still, Dave began behaving more like a face in the next few weeks, despite Evolution's heelish tactics. One particular moment showed a disgusted Batista as Triple H and Ric Flair boasted about how they had intimidated and/or beat up Jim Ross, Danny Hodge, and Stacy Keibler. He continued to show his loyalty to Triple H and Evolution by running down to the ring and assisting him in matches. However, despite this, fans started cheering for Batista.

As 2005 began, Batista's growing popularity was becoming more and more evident, especially to Triple H. Triple H soon realized the possibility of Batista, much like Randy Orton the year before, becoming a threat to his World Heavyweight Championship. Triple H suggested that Dave not enter the Royal Rumble, claiming that it would be selfish of him to do so, and to simply focus on Triple H retaining the title. After defeating La Resistance in a handicap match, Dave entered anyway and went on to win the Royal Rumble, last eliminating John Cena, earning the right to participate in the main event of WrestleMania 21 against the World Champion of his choice.

Smackdown!: Batista, Part 1

Leviathan

David Michael Bautista (born January 18, 1969), better known as Dave Batista or by the ring name Batista, is an American professional wrestler. Batista is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its SmackDown brand where he is the reigning World Heavyweight Champion.

Batista tried out at the WCW Power Plant but was told he would never make it in the wrestling business by Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker. He then went to the WWF who sent him to work with Afa Anoai. He wrestled in Anoai's WXW promotion under the name Kahn.

He made his Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in 2000, joining forces with Synn. During his tenure in OVW he was called Leviathan. As a member of the Disciples of Synn stable he would go undefeated until being beaten at an OVW supercard, Christmas Chaos by WWF's Kane (with help from Stone Cold Steve Austin). He would later go on to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship from 'The Machine' Doug Basham. After losing the belt to The Prototype, Synn felt Batista was getting too independent and "sold" him to Reverend D-Von to begin his WWE (then still WWF) career.

He began his WWE career on the May 9, 2002 episode of SmackDown! as Deacon Bautista, a heel enforcer for Reverend D-Von on the SmackDown! franchise. Batista made his WWE match debut in a tag match teaming with D-Von against Randy Orton and Faarooq with Batista pinning Orton after using his spinebuster. Over a sequence of weeks, Orton would try to beat D-Von and Batista with different partners, but ultimately losing each time to Batista's spinebuster. Batista suffered his first loss in a match against Rikishi after D-Von accidentally struck him with a punch allowing Rikishi to take advantage and pin Batista for the win. After this both partners started to argue over the weeks. Batista eventually turned on D-Von. After splitting with D-Von (and defeating D-Von after a Demon Bomb), he went to RAW and was re-branded as Dave Batista (or simply Batista). He aligned himself with Ric Flair and feuded with Kane. Batista's pay-per-view debut was at Armageddon 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he defeated Kane, only after heavy interference from Flair.

In January 2003, Batista joined with Triple H, Ric Flair, and Randy Orton to form the stable Evolution. However, Batista was sidelined for much of 2003 after he tore his right triceps at a house show in a tag team match against the Dudley Boyz that saw his tag team partner, Randy Orton break his foot as well. During his recuperation after surgery to reattach his tricep, Dave was out jogging with his wife running wind sprints (which he learned from his fellow wrestler and friend Brock Lesnar) he slipped while slowing down and instinctively used his right arm to break his fall, re-tearing his triceps. He faced another setback when after his second surgery to reattach his triceps he suffered an infection that required a third surgery to clean out the infection. He made his return on the October 20, 2003 episode of RAW, interfering in a match between Goldberg and Shawn Michaels and "shattering" Goldberg's ankle by inserting it in a folding chair and then jumping off the second rope on to the chair. After the interference, Evolution came out and Triple H rewarded Batista with a guaranteed payment of $100,000. On the November 10, 2003 episode of RAW, Goldberg defeated Batista by disqualification when Triple H interfered and attempted to hit him with a sledgehammer.

WWE RAW: Viscera

Frazier along with Gangrel returned to the WWE ring in late 2004, reprising the Viscera gimmick and being brought in as part of an storyline between the Undertaker and JBL. After losing to the Undertaker on an edition of SmackDown, Viscera was traded to RAW.

On November 1, 2004 Viscera re-debuted in the WWE on the RAW brand as Christian's "one night only Problem Solver", as regular Problem Solver Tyson Tomko was unavailable. Viscera would assault Shelton Benjamin for Christian.

Viscera remained a regular on RAW's sister show Heat from that point despite a few appearances on RAW. However, Viscera would defeat Tajiri on the January 24, 2005 edition of RAW in a Royal Rumble Qualifying match. Viscera would enter the Royal Rumble #23 but was eliminated by John Cena.

After this Viscera disappeared from RAW for unknown reasons until March 20, 2005 edition of Heat when Viscera returned and defeated Simon Dean and quickly became dominant regular on Heat.

In April 2005, Viscera aligned himself with Trish Stratus and began a feud with Kane. On May 1, 2005 at Backlash, he was defeated by Kane, who had Stratus's rival Lita in his corner. After the match, Viscera splashed Stratus when she berated him for losing. As a result, Viscera turned face for the first time since his return to WWE, changed his ring attire (now wearing what WWE commentators refer to as "Pajamas") and was referred to as "The World's Largest Love Machine". His catchphrase became "I Gots To Have It" and he also actively began losing weight. His weight stat on his WWE.com profile began to make a constant decline.

With Trish injured, Viscera turned his attentions to RAW's ring announcer Lilian Garcia, who he repeatedly tried to seduce while eating nachos. Viscera was eventually successful, winning the affections of Garcia, and his amorous nature led to RAW commentators Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler dubbing him "the 500 pound love machine." But at Vengeance, when Lilian proposed to Viscera, former WWE superstar The Godfather and his Hoes made a rare appearance to ask Viscera if he wanted to "climb aboard the ho train". Viscera replied "all aboard the ho train!" and left with the Godfather and the hoes, leaving a crying Lilian Garcia behind in the ring.

Viscera would go on to briefly feud with Tyson Tomko and The Heart Throbs, teaming up with another "Ladies Man", Val Venis as V-Squared. While wrestling on Heat, they squashed a number of other tag teams. A few weeks later, they defeated then-World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch on several occasions. V-Squared got their first title shot in a fatal-four way tag team match along with The Heart Throbs and the team of Snitsky and Tyson Tomko, only to be squashed by then-Champions Kane and The Big Show.

Frazier was injured on the October 31st episode of RAW, when getting into the ring. Triple H compensated for this by squashing him in their match. Viscera worked through the injury, even competing in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying match, which he lost, on the December 12th edition of RAW.

In January 2006, Both Val Venis and Viscera would be involved in separate comedy bits with Shelton Benjamin's storyline Momma, Viscera had his happen on his return to PPV wrestling at 2006's New Years Revolution in Albany, New York. Viscera started chatting up Shelton's momma and wanted to "spank that ass"; he would go on to be defeated later in the night by Shelton Benjamin with help from momma.

On the January 20th edition of Heat, Viscera won an entry to the 2006 Royal Rumble by winning a Four-Man Battle Royal against Tyson Tomko, Lance Cade, and Gregory Helms. Viscera, in turn, drew the 27th entry to the Royal Rumble. After entering the ring, Viscera dry humped and eliminated Matt Hardy and was eliminated minutes later by Chris Masters and Carlito after taking an RKO from Randy Orton.

On February 10th, V-Squared was featured in an elimination three-way tag match on Heat against tag teams of The Heart Throbs, and Tyson Tomko & Snitsky, with the winners of the match earning a shot at the World Tag Team Championships. V-Squared would win this match with Viscera pinning Snitsky for the final fall. However, V-Squared would fall short of the titles, losing the match to Big Show and Kane on the February 27 edition of RAW.

On the March 27th edition of Raw, V-Squared teamed with Eugene in a three-on-three tag match against three members of the Spirit Squad. They were defeated after Venis was pushed off the top rope by one of the Spirit Squad members who was not participating in the match. After the match, on WWE.com Unlimited Val Venis is shown being helped to the back.

With Val Venis out on injury, Viscera would return to singles competition, competing mainly on Heat and appearing on Raw mainly during WWE.com Unlimited segments. Viscera would take his singles career further, once again attempting to gain the affections of Lilian Garcia while feuding with Umaga before exploiting a legit incident, involving Charlie Haas accidentally injuring Garcia, to begin a feud with Haas. This feud would develop to see Haas also show an interest in Garcia before she rejected both men and they turned their back on her, before becoming a heel tag team together until splitting in December 2006 when Haas reformed The World's Greatest Tag Team with Shelton Benjamin.

WWE RAW:Viscera

Ring name(s) Nelson Knight,Mabel,King Mabel,Viscera
Billed height 6 ft 9 in (205 cm)
Billed weight 485 lb (220 kg)
Born February 14, 1972,Memphis, Tennessee
Billed from Harlem, New York
Debut 1993

Nelson Frazier, Jr. (born February 14, 1972) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Viscera, who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its RAW brand.

Frazier first appeared prominently in the WWF as Mabel, a member of the tag team Men on a Mission. He along with Mo debuted on the July 4, 1993, episode of Wrestling Challenge. Originally a face duo, they were often overlooked in the tag team division. The pair managed to win the titles away from The Quebecers, but lost them back in a rematch two days later. Frazier and partner Mo eventually turned heel after losing a match to the tag team champions The Smoking Gunns. Men on a Mission attacked their former friends after the match and even turned on their own manager, Oscar, when he tried to stop the attack. The team continued to enjoy marginal success, but was unable to regain the titles.

Mabel began to compete primarily in singles matches, winning the 1995 King of the Ring tournament and was awarded a custom "King of the Ring" championship belt, designed by "King of Belts" Reggie Parks. However, this seemed to have been a one time deal, as future winners did not receive this belt. Mabel quickly adopted the name King Mabel after the tournament win, and would be hauled to the ring on a throne carried by The Hardy Boyz, Marty Garner, and Joey Abs. (Jeff claims in his autobiography that he once almost tripped and dropped Mabel off the throne). King Mabel would then go on to face Diesel at SummerSlam for the WWF Championship title but lost after Diesel capitalized with an off-the-top rope maneuver. The next month Mabel became involved in a feud with The Undertaker, after stealing The Undertaker's urn from him. Mabel and Yokozuna would be responsible for The Undertaker having to wear a skull-mask in late 1995 into early 1996, after they took turns performing continuous legdrops on the Phenom, on September 25, 1995 in Grand Rapids, Michigan which cracked The Undertaker's orbital bone.

Frazier was released from the company, and eventually made a return in 1999 as the new enforcer for Vince McMahon and McMahon's faction, The Corporation. His alliance with McMahon was short-lived, however, as he was kidnapped by The Undertaker and "brainwashed" into joining the Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness faction. Renamed Viscera, he adopted a gothic gimmick, recognisable by the black, body-length bodysuit he wore to the wrestling ring, his distinct mohawk haircut and demonic contact lenses. After Undertaker's faction disbanded, Frazier remained in the WWF with the Viscera character for a while, feuding at one stage with Mark Henry before being released again.

After being released Frazier toured Scotland, keeping his Viscera gimmick, before returning to America and working mainly for Memphis Wrestling and the Southern Wrestling Alliance as King Mabel - hinting several times on their programming that he would return to WWE. He also had a brief stint in Total Nonstop Action aligned with Ron Killings

WWE RAW: Val Venis

Ring name(s) Scott Borders,Sean Morgan,Steel,The Big Valbowski,Chief Morley,Val Venis
Billed height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Billed weight 118 kg (260 lb)
Born March 6, 1971,Oakville, Ontario
Billed from Las Vegas, Nevada
Trained by The Missing Link,Jason Robertson,Dory Funk, Jr.,Tom Prichard
Pro wrestling debut March, 1991

Sean John Morley (born on March 6, 1971) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Val Venis, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment and wrestling on their RAW brand.

Before becoming a wrestler, Morley studied at the London School of Economics where he developed his philanthropic skills. Upon graduating, he became a Motorcycle racer. He began his training in the early '90s under the tutelage of Jason and Dewey "The Missing Link" Robertson and debuted on the Canadian independent scene before making his way to the international circuit, finding work with All Japan Pro Wrestling in Japan and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico. In Japan he was known as Sean Morgan as the name Morley was difficult to pronounce due to the lack of phonetic differences between the L and R in Japanese. In Mexico he adopted a robot-like mask and gimmick, changing his name to Steel and won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.

Morley was signed to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the late '90s and given the gimmick of a (well endowed) porn star named Val Venis, something which grew out of Morley's own sense of humor. The character was introduced with a series of vignettes purporting to showcase Venis' life style on and off the set, the most notable of these featuring Venis in bed with notable real life porn star Jenna Jameson.

He debuted on the May 18, 1998 episode of RAW is War, and almost immediately found himself involved in an angle with the Kaientai stable involving him having an affair with the wife of Kaientai's manager, Yamaguchi-San. As a result the members of Kaientai tied him up backstage where Yamaguchi-san attempted to castrate him with a sword. The next week, however, he reported that he was saved by "a little shrinkage" and help from his friend, John Wayne Bobbitt.

At the end of the year he formed a short lived tag team with The Godfather, unofficially dubbed "Supply and Demand".

Venis had more female troubles at the start of 1999, feuding with Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock after Venis made a film starring him and Shamrock's (kayfabe) sister Ryan called "Shaving Ryan's Privates". During the feud he won the Intercontinental title at February's St. Valentine's Day Massacre with the help of Special Guest Referee Billy Gunn. A few days later, he broke up with Ryan and eventually lost the Intercontinental title to Road Dogg. Throughout the rest of the year he found himself having "woman troubles" with Nicole Bass, Chyna and Debra. He also had short feuds with Mankind, The Rock and Steve Austin and found himself re-teaming with The Godfather for a short tag team feud with Droz and Albert.

In December, Venis defeated The British Bulldog and D'Lo Brown at Armageddon in a Triple Threat match to win the European Championship.

During the beginning of 2000, Venis lost the European Championship to Kurt Angle. A few months later, he turned heel by aligning himself with Trish Stratus. With Stratus as his manager, and a new look -- including a shaved head, white boots and trunks -- and the near total disposal of the porn star gimmick, he defeated Rikishi Phatu to win the Intercontinental Championship for a second time and aligned himself with Test and Albert. Venis was put over by taking a splash from Rikishi from the top of a 15-foot high steel cage at the Fully Loaded pay per view in the summer, after he'd just beaten Rikishi in the cage. His manager, Stratus, would inadvertently lose Venis' Intercontinental title to Chyna in a mixed tag match involving Venis, Stratus, Chyna and her partner Eddie Guerrero at SummerSlam that same year.

Shortly after, Venis underwent a complete change in persona and became a member of the Right to Censor (RTC) stable. Venis joined RTC after being (kayfabe) abducted by Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather (Venis' former partner; "The Godfather"). He became a censorship-based character, directly contrasting with his previously provocative on-screen character. He stayed in The RTC until they disbanded right before the Invasion storyline, feuding with Chyna and "The One" Billy Gunn during his tenure with the group.

When The RTC broke up and The Invasion began, Venis disappeared from WWF TV while recovering from surgery on his hip to remove bone spurs from his motorcycle racing days. After recovering he was kept off TV along with several other wrestlers, who WWE creative could come up with no ideas for.

Venis returned, back in his old gimmick, at the 2002 Royal Rumble before going on to RAW. On RAW he had two very short feuds with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mr. Perfect before being drafted to SmackDown! during the brand extension.

On SmackDown! he aligned himself with the likes of Edge and Randy Orton and feuded with Chris Jericho, Deacon Batista, Ron Simmons and Reverend D-Von. Around this time he began calling himself The Big Valbowski and teamed with Chuck Palumbo until he was sidelined after an unfortunate (legit) injury caused by gym equipment falling on him at a gym in Australia. After his accident he was removed from television until doctors cleared him to return to in-ring action.

He returned to TV (on RAW, not SmackDown!) in November of 2002 and began going by his real name, Sean Morley. He was appointed "Chief of Staff" by RAW General Manager, Eric Bischoff, turning heel once again by acting as Bischoff's assistant.

Morley became one half of the World Tag Team Champions with Lance Storm after Storm's partner, William Regal, was sidelined with an illness. Storm and Morley successfully defended the World Tag Team Titles on an edition of HEAT prior to WrestleMania XIX against Rob Van Dam and Kane with help from The Dudley Boyz only to lose them to Kane and RVD the next night.

Morley was "fired" from his assistant job by Bischoff after he lost a RAW match to Jerry "the King" Lawler in which Jim Ross' job was on the line. He was quickly "rehired" by co-G.M., Steve Austin.

Throughout 2004 and the first half of 2005 Morley become a face again, once again using the name Val Venis, but would not get much in the way of a push. Venis reformed his previous tag team with Lance Storm as faces, but the partnership faded and Venis became utilized mainly as a "jobber to the stars".

To end 2005 he formed another team, V-Squared, with "The 500 pound love machine", Viscera. While wrestling on HEAT, they squashed a number of other tag teams before they defeated World Tag Team Champions Cade and Murdoch on an episode of RAW. After beating the champions again, by pinfall, in a non-title match, V-Squared was defeated in a fatal-four way along with The Heart Throbs, Snitsky and Tyson Tomko, and Kane and The Big Show.

Venis and Viscera continued to team in 2006, getting another shot at Kane and The Big Show's titles, while occasionally having solo matches. In March of 2006 Venis suffered a (kayfabe) injury at the hands of The Spirit Squad which allowed him to take time off for elbow surgery, during which about a dozen more bone spurs were removed and six others were shaved down, and a nerve was transplanted. While he was out Viscera began teaming with Charlie Haas, leaving Venis to team with Snitsky upon his return in a team that didn't last long.

Venis began a feud with Eugene on HEAT when Eugene interrupted, then attacked, him during a "Kiss Cam" segment on December 4th. The short feud carried on into 2007, before Venis went back to facing jobbers.

In February 2007, Venis was given a video program entitled Sex University on WWE.com's broadband network.

Morley is married to a Mexican woman named Lourdes and speaks fluent Spanish, which he learned during the time he spent in Mexican Lucha libre promotions. They have one daughter, Celina.

His sister Alanah was married to Adam "Edge" Copeland.

Mick Foley describes Morley's political stance as "extremely right-wing" in his autobiography, though Morley identifies himself as Libertarian in his blog. He is also big fan of libertarian talk radio show Free Talk Live, and endorsed Marty Gobin of the Ontario Libertarian Party as his choice candidate during the March 2006 by-election in the Ontario riding of Whitby-Ajax

Umaga ,Part 2

At SummerSlam, Estrada offered (the undefeated) Umaga's services to The McMahons (Vince and Shane) to take out their D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) opponents during their match. When he made his way to the ring for his mission, however, he was attacked by Kane. The two of them feuded, alternating the upper hand back and forth, for the next two months until Umaga won a Loser Leaves RAW match, sending Kane off of the brand. Their feud continued, however, at Cyber Sunday where Kane was again defeated by Umaga after fans selected him over Chris Benoit and The Sandman to be Umaga's opponent for the night. Umaga, still undefeated, was then named #1 contender for John Cena's WWE Championship and began challenging him for it, only to eventually lose to him at New Year's Revolution by roll-up, ending his streak. After Estrada claimed the win was a fluke, claiming Umaga was handedly in control of the match until the very end, a Last Man Standing rematch was signed for the Royal Rumble. On a RAW between the two pay-per-views Umaga attacked Cena (kayfabe) injuring his spleen and putting the match in jeopardy. When Cena refused to seek medical treatment, for fear of a medical suspension which could lead to him being forced to forfeit the belt, the match proceeded with Cena picking up the win after choking Umaga with the STFU with a ring rope that Estrada loosened earlier in the match. On the February 19 RAW, moments after being announced as Mr. McMahon's "representative" at WrestleMania 23, Umaga defeated Jeff Hardy for the WWE Intercontinental Championship with a Samoan Spike, claiming his first championship in World Wrestling Entertainment.

During Fatu's time as Umaga, he has gone by the nicknames "Samoan Wrecking Machine" and "Samoan Smashing Machine", both of which are believed (by some) to be parodies of "Samoan Submission Machine"; the nickname of Samoa Joe, before being given the more consistent nickname of the "Samoan Bulldozer".
In AJPW, he was known as the "Samoan Typhoon", to go along with tag partner Taiyo Kea's nickname of "Hawaiian Tornado".

Eddie is a member of the famous Anoa'i wrestling family, he is the brother of Solofa Fatu (Rikishi) and Sam Fatu (The Tonga Kid), cousin to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), Samula Anoa'i (Headshrinker Samu), Matt Anoa'i (Rosey), Jimmy Snuka, Jr. (Deuce), and nephew to "Soulman" Rocky Johnson, the Wild Samoans (Sika & Afa), and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.

In the traditional scheme of Samoan tattooing, the final part of the process is called Umaga, which means "the end".
Fatu has Samoan designed tattoos on his arms and legs. He sometimes wears a septum piercing as well as a grill while wrestling as Umaga.
Umaga's undefeated streak lasted 34 televised matches and spanned from his debut in April 2006 to January of 2007. In that time he was never pinned or made to submit, although he did lose two matches by disqualification and another went to a double count out.
As part of his gimmick Fatu only yells in Samoan while appearing as Umaga.
Has each of his trademark sarongs hand made at great expense

Umaga ,Part 1

Ring name(s) Ekmo Fatu,O.G. Ekmo,Ekmo,Jamal,Umaga
Billed height 6ft 4in (193cm)
Billed weight 348 lb (158 kg)
Born March 28, 1973,Samoa
Resides San Francisco, California
Billed from The Isle of Samoa
Trained by Afa Anoa'i
Pro Wrestling Debut 1995

Edward Umar Fatu (born March 28, 1973) is a Samoan professional wrestler better known by his ring names Jamal, and currently Umaga. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its RAW brand where he is the current Intercontinental Champion.

He worked the independent circuit as a tag team with his cousin Matt Anoa'i (Kimo), as The Island Boyz using the name Ekmo.

On the July 22, 2002 episode of WWE RAW, The Island Boyz made their debut as Three Minute Warning. Fatu (using the name Jamal) and his cousin (going by Rosey) were (kayfabe) hired as General Manager Eric Bischoff's enforcers, attacking seemingly random wrestlers each week on his order. Fatu was released from his WWE contract later that year.

Fatu worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) for a short while after his WWE release under his old name, Ekmo, and would later move to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as a member of the Roughly Obsess & Destroy (RO&D) faction. Later, with Taiyo Kea, Fatu won the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship. He also challenged Satoshi Kojima for the Triple Crown.

Fatu also wrestled in many independent promotions during this time, including his brother Solofa's Nu-Wrestling Evolution. However, in December 2005, Fatu announced he would be returning to World Wrestling Entertainment and gave his notice to AJPW. His time in Japan was seen by many as a period of great improvement in his career, as he became a regular in main events and took on an aura of strength and credibility as a singles wrestler.

In December 2005, it was confirmed that WWE re-signed Fatu. A return of Three Minute Warning was hinted at for many weeks with the team of Matt Anoai and Fatu competing in dark matches together before RAW; however, Rosey was released before the team could be brought back on the main show.

On the April 3, 2006, edition of RAW in Chicago, Illinois, Fatu made his redebut using the name Umaga, alongside his manager, the Cuban Armando Alejandro Estrada. When Estrada interrupted a Ric Flair promo he introduced his new client, Umaga, who proceeded to viciously attack Flair.

The Umaga gimmick is considered a "throwback" to many Samoan based tag teams like The Wild Samoans, and The Headshrinkers. It is also believed that the name is somehow related to former New Zealand All Blacks (New Zealand's national rugby team) captain Tana Umaga, who is also Samoan. The character has also drawn comparisons to Kamala the Ugandan Giant.

Most of the matches Umaga participated in while establishing himself were squash matches against various jobbers; however, after competing in one of these squash matches, Ric Flair returned to attack him. Their mini-feud culminated with Umaga winning a match against Ric Flair at Backlash 2006.

Triple H , Part 5

Triple H lost his title to Chris Benoit at WrestleMania XX and was unable to reclaim the belt from Benoit afterwards in subsequent rematches, including an exact rematch of the WrestleMania main event between Triple H, Benoit, and Shawn Michaels at Backlash. Triple H regained the title later that year from former associate Randy Orton at Unforgiven. Following a controversial triple threat World title defense against Chris Benoit and Edge on the November 29 2004 episode of RAW, the World Heavyweight Championship became vacant for the first time.

At New Year's Revolution Triple H won the Elimination Chamber to begin his 10th world title reign. At WrestleMania 21, Triple H lost the championship to Batista, and subsequently lost two rematches at consecutive RAW pay-per-views (Backlash 2005 and Vengeance 2005). Following this, Triple H took some time off from wrestling, learning about the corporate side of WWE in preparation for a future full-time executive position.

Triple H returned to RAW on October 3 2005 as part of WWE Homecoming to a tremendous ovation, even though at the time he took his absence, he was a heel. He teamed up with Ric Flair (who had turned face during Triple H's absence) against Chris Masters and Carlito. Triple H and Flair won, but the Game then turned on Flair with his sledgehammer. Triple H then began a feud with Flair.

Another championship opportunity came about for Triple H in the Road to WrestleMania Tournament, in which he won, thus granting him a number one contendership for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 22.

At WrestleMania 22, Triple H and John Cena fought in the main event for the WWE Championship, where Triple H lost via submission. The next month at Backlash 2006, Triple H was involved in another WWE Championship match, fighting Edge and John Cena in a Triple Threat match, where he lost again. In an act of frustration, a bloodied Triple H used his sledgehammer to attack both Edge and John Cena and then performed a number of DX crotch chops, much to the delight of the fans. Triple H would unsuccessfully attempt to win the WWE title from Cena on numerous occasions, and blaming his shortcomings on Vince McMahon, eventually leading to a feud between the McMahons and Triple H.

Triple H displaying the DX "X".Shawn Michaels returned on the June 12, 2006 edition of RAW and soon reunited with Triple H to reform their previous wrestling stable, D-Generation X. DX defeated the Spirit Squad at Vengeance 2006 in a 5-on-2 handicap match. DX continued their feud with Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and the Spirit Squad for several weeks. They then defeated the Spirit Squad again at Saturday Night's Main Event in a 5-on-2 Elimination match. They then again defeated the McMahons at SummerSlam 2006, withstanding the attack of several handpicked WWE superstars by Vince McMahon.

At Unforgiven 2006, D-Generation X overcame the odds once again, defeating The McMahons and ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Big Show in a Hell in a Cell match (the seventh Hell in a Cell match for Triple H and the third for Shawn Michaels). DX embarassed Vince by shoving his face in Big Show's backside during the match, and DX won when Triple H broke a sledgehammer over the shoulders of Vince McMahon.

At Cyber Sunday 2006 during their feud with Rated RKO (Edge and Randy Orton), DX was defeated. The fan selected special guest referee, Eric Bischoff, allowed the illegal use of a weapon to give Rated RKO the ill-gotten win, and the plaudit of being the first tag team to defeat DX in a tag team match since their reformation in June 2006.

At New Year's Revolution 2007, DX and Rated-RKO fought to a no contest and during the match Triple H suffered a (legit) torn right quadriceps (similar to the one he suffered in 2001 but in the other leg). He finished the match despite the injury, just as he did in 2001. A successful surgery was performed on January 9, 2007 and Dr. James Andrews estimated that Triple H would need four to six months of rehabilitation before he can make his in-ring return. Coincidentally, the 2007 tear to his quadriceps occurred five years to the date he made his return on RAW following rehabilitation to his 2001 quadriceps tear. In an interview on WWE.com, Triple H stated that he expects to be back in the ring around SummerSlam 2007.

Triple H , Part 4

Triple H returned to RAW as a face on January 7 2002 at Madison Square Garden, receiving a tremendous ovation. He soon won that year's Royal Rumble, and thus received a WWF Undisputed Championship match in the main event at WrestleMania X8. At WrestleMania X8, Triple H beat Chris Jericho for the WWF Undisputed Championship. After holding the title for a month, Helmsley lost it to Hulk Hogan at Backlash 2002. Triple H then became exclusive to the SmackDown! roster due to the WWF Draft Lottery and continued to feud with Chris Jericho.

Meanwhile, Triple H's old DX companion Shawn Michaels had made his return to the WWE and joined the nWo, and Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash planned to bring Triple H over to RAW in order to put him into the group. However, Vince McMahon disbanded the nWo following several backstage complications and brought in Eric Bischoff as RAW's new general manager. One of Bischoff's first intentions was to follow up on the nWo's plan and woo Triple H over to the RAW roster. Triple H did indeed jump over to RAW, reuniting with Shawn Michaels, but on July 22 2002 he turned heel once again by turning on Michaels, hitting a surprise Pedigree on him during what was supposed to be a DX reunion. The following week, Triple H smashed Michaels' face brutally into a car window to prove that Michaels was "weak". These events led to the beginning of a long, heated rivalry between the former partners, and an eventual "Unsanctioned Street Fight" at SummerSlam 2002, in which Michaels came out of retirement and won. Afterwards, however, Triple H attacked him with a sledgehammer, and Michaels was carried out of the ring.

Prior to September 2 2002, the WWE recognized only one Champion for both RAW and SmackDown! However, after SummerSlam, champion Brock Lesnar signed a (storyline) deal to become exclusive to SmackDown!, leaving RAW without a champion. RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff then awarded the World Heavyweight Championship to Triple H in the form of the old WCW Championship belt due to the fact that he was the last person to hold that title before it was consolidated with the WWF Championship as the Undisputed Title (Y2J was the first Undisputed Champion but physically carried the WWF and WCW titles as separate belts on television). Triple H made successful title defenses against Ric Flair, Rob Van Dam, Kane & others, but eventually lost the belt to Shawn Michaels in the first ever Elimination Chamber match at Survivor Series 2002, but regained it in a 3 Stages of Hell match at Armageddon 2002.

In January 2003, Triple H formed Evolution with Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Batista. Its purpose was to include the "greatest wrestlers" of the past (Flair), present (Triple H), and future (Orton and Batista). The group was dominant on RAW from 2003-2004, the height of their dominance occurring after Armageddon 2003 when every member of Evolution held a title. Triple H beat Goldberg to win the World Heavyweight Championship, Randy Orton beat Rob Van Dam to win the Intercontinental Championship, and Ric Flair and Batista beat The Dudley Boyz to win the World Tag Team Championship. Triple H held the belt for most of 2003, feuding with and ultimately defeating former WCW talent such as Scott Steiner, Booker T, Kevin Nash, and Bill Goldberg in main events.

Triple H , Part 3

By January 2000, Triple H had dubbed himself "The Game", implying that he was at the top of the wrestling world, and was dubbed "The Cerebral Assassin" by Jim Ross. (He has claimed that "The Game" tag was initially conceived for Owen Hart.) He was already a three-time WWF Champion. His feud with Vince McMahon was not well-received, however, and even outraged fans after McMahon won the title from Triple H during an episode of SmackDown!. However, the short-lived feud started the Hunter Hearst Helmsley-Stephanie McMahon storyline that carried the WWF throughout the next seventeen months, and this period was known as the "McMahon/Helmsley Era".

Triple H worked a program with Mick Foley in early 2000, which ended in a Hell in a Cell match at No Way Out 2000 that sent Foley into retirement. By the time Triple H shockingly pinned The Rock at WrestleMania 2000 (becoming the first heel to walk out of WrestleMania as champion), he was one of the hottest characters in the WWF, being able to generate enormous heat for his entrance and promos alone. He lost the title at Backlash to The Rock, but regained it in an Iron Man match at Judgment Day only to lose it back to The Rock at King of the Ring.

A later feud between Triple H and Steve Austin culminated in a Three Stages of Hell match in which Helmsley defeated Austin. In 2001, Triple H also feuded with Undertaker, who defeated him at WrestleMania X-Seven. He later teamed with his former nemesis Austin to form The Two-Man Power Trip, capturing both the WWF Tag Team Titles and the Intercontinental Championship once again.

The most difficult moment of Triple H's career occurred during the May 21 2001 broadcast of RAW when he suffered a legitimate and career-threatening injury. In the night's main event, he and Stone Cold Steve Austin were defending the Tag Team titles against Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit. At one point, Jericho had Austin trapped in his 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, something that his fans and fellow wrestlers saw as an admirable display of dedication to the business. 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 famed orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews, in Birmingham. This injury brought an abrupt end to the McMahon/Helmsley Era, as the rigorous rehabilitation process kept Triple H out of action for over seven months, completely missing the Invasion storyline of WCW/ECW.

Triple H , Part 2

Helmsley's push resumed in 1997, when he won the King of the Ring tournament on June 8, defeating Mankind in the finals. Later that year, Shawn Michaels, Helmsley, Chyna and Rick Rude (who left shortly after the group was formed) formed D-Generation X (DX). This group became known for pushing the envelope, as Michaels and Helmsley made risqué promos, spawning the catchphrase "Suck It" along with a "crotch chop" hand motion, and sarcastically deriding Bret Hart and Canada. By now, Helmsley fully dropped the "blueblood snob" gimmick and adopted the name of "Triple H", though some wrestlers still do refer to him as Hunter. For a time, Triple H took particular joy in riding on then-Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter, often accusing him of impotence.

After WrestleMania XIV, Michaels was forced into retirement due to a back injury sustained at the 1998 Royal Rumble pay-per-view, and Triple H took over the leadership position in DX. He introduced the returning X-Pac the night after WrestleMania and joined forces with the New Age Outlaws, the team of "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn and "Road Dogg" Jesse James. Triple H led the "DX Army" throughout 1998; this was the first time he had performed as a face in the WWF, and he quickly became one of its most popular wrestlers. It was also during this time that Triple H began feuding with the leader of the Nation of Domination and rising WWF heel, The Rock. This rivalry eventually led to a feud over The Rock's Intercontinental Championship. Triple H defeated The Rock in a ladder match at SummerSlam 1998 to capture the title. He did not hold the title long, however, as he was sidelined with a knee injury. When The Rock won the WWF Championship at the Survivor Series 1998, the rivalry between the two continued, but became more of a gang war as DX fought Vince McMahon's Corporation stable, of which Rock was the main star.

Triple H received a shot at the WWF Championship on the January 25 1999 edition of RAW in an "I Quit" match against The Rock, but was forced to quit or see his aide Chyna chokeslammed by Kane. Chyna attacked Triple H after the match and joined the Corporation, betraying him. At WrestleMania XV Triple H wrestled as a face for what would be the last time in several months when he beat Kane with the aid of Chyna, who was thought to have rejoined DX. Later on in the night, he betrayed his long-time friend and fellow DX member X-Pac by helping heel Shane McMahon retain the European Championship, thus turning heel and taking Chyna with him. This decision earned him the hatred of many fans, and helped push Triple H further in the direction of the WWF Championship. Triple H then joined the Corporation, briefly placing him on the same side as The Rock. Unable to get along, The Rock turned on the Corporation and took Triple H's place as a face, quickly rising to further stardom.

After Triple H's heel turn in early 1999, he moved away from his "DX" look, taping his fists for matches, sporting new and shorter wrestling trunks, and a shorter hairstyle. His image and his personality changed as he fought to earn a WWF title shot. After numerous failed attempts at winning the championship, Triple H and Mankind challenged WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin at SummerSlam 1999 in a triple threat match. In a contest which featured Jesse "The Body" Ventura as the special guest referee, Mankind won the match by pinning Austin, becoming a three-time WWF champion. The following night on RAW, Triple H defeated Mankind to win his first WWF Championship.

Triple H , Part 1

Triple H
Paul Levesque

Ring name(s) Triple H,Hunter Hearst Helmsley,Jean-Paul Levesque,Terra Ryzin
Billed height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Billed weight 265 lb (119 kg)
Born July 27 1969,Nashua, New Hampshire
Billed from Greenwich, Connecticut
Trained by Killer Kowalski
Wrestling Debut March 1992
Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27 1969) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, Triple H, an abbreviation of his former monicker, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Triple H currently wrestles on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where, with Shawn Michaels, he is one half of D-Generation X.

Triple H was trained to wrestle by Killer Kowalski. He teamed with fellow Kowalski trainee, Perry Saturn. In 1993, he joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), wrestling as a heel under the ring name Terra Ryzin. Later, Levesque created the persona Jean-Paul Lévesque, a hastily constructed persona in reference to his surname's French origins, and was asked to speak with a French accent as he could not speak French. Under this persona, Levesque also briefly teamed with Lord Steven Regal (This partnership would be brought up by Regal in 2004 after Regal convinced Eugene to cost Triple H an Ironman Match against Chris Benoit). He left in 1995 for the World Wrestling Federation.

As a continuation of his gimmick in WCW, Triple H started off his WWF career as the Connecticut Blueblood, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He appeared in taped vignettes talking about how to use proper etiquette up until his wrestling debut which happened on the April 30, 1995 episode of Wrestling Challenge. Although he had an impressive streak during the first few months within his debut, his career stalled during 1996, starting off with being squashed by Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania XII. Up until that event, he appeared on television each week with a different female valet accompanying him. Sable was his valet at WrestleMania XII, and after his loss to Ultimate Warrior, he took his aggressions out on her. The debuting Marc Mero came to her rescue and this started a feud between the two wrestlers.

Helmsley was best known backstage as one of the members of the Clique, a group of wrestlers including Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman and Scott Hall who were known for influencing Vince McMahon and the WWF Creative team. Helmsley was in line to win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, but was eventually suspended and buried after the MSG incident where the Clique broke character after a match between Shawn Michaels and Diesel match to say goodbye to the departing Nash and Hall.

Despite the punishment, Helmsley did have several successes following the MSG Incident. He found a manager in Mr. Perfect and won his first Intercontinental Championship on October 21, 1996, defeating Marc Mero. When Curt Hennig left the WWF, his departure was explained to be a result of Helmsley turning his back on his manager as soon as he won the Intercontinental Championship. He held the belt for nearly four months before losing it to a young Rocky Maivia on the February 13, 1997 edition of a special Monday Night RAW, called Thursday RAW Thursday. For an very brief time, Helmsley was accompanied by Curtis Hughes, who played the role of his bodyguard. After losing the Intercontinental title, he feuded with Goldust, defeating him at WrestleMania 13. During their feud, Chyna debuted as his new bodyguard, assaulting Goldust's wife and valet Marlena.

2/13 WWE RAW HITLIST: McMahon and Trump, Michaels promo, Flair-Carrlito, Sign Guy

2/13 WWE RAW HITLIST: McMahon and Trump, Michaels promo, Flair-Carrlito, Sign Guy:

"McMahon and Trump: I didn't think that I would be giving this segment a Hit, but I was actually entertained by Vince McMahon and Donald Trump. The segment did go on too long, and they could have cut out a few minutes, but it was still good. The crowd showed early on that they were going to be great, and they kept that energy up the entire show. Both Trump and McMahon played off of the crowd very well. Trump responded not only to chants but also to one particular fan yelling at McMahon. I liked the idea of Trump challenging McMahon to a match and then McMahon backing off. It will be interesting to see who each choses as their representative. I just wish it was something other than hair vs. hair which is one of the stupidest stipulations in wrestling history. I would have thought that after his statements last week, McMahon would have made it a kiss my ass match."

WWE RAW: Super Crazy

Ring name(s) Super Crazy,Super Crazzy,Super Loco,Super Lobo,Histeria

Billed height 175 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Billed weight 94 kg (200 lb)
Born December 3, 1973
Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico
Trained by Rey Pantera
Debut February 1988

Francisco Pantoja Islas (born December 3, 1973) is a Mexican professional wrestler best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Crazy is perhaps best known for his stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling and is now performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand.

Super Crazy was a mainstay on the Mexican independent circuit for years, before signing with the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in 1995. From there, he moved on to the Promo Azteca promotion where booker Konnan made him the focus of the cruiserweight division.

While there, Super Crazy had a legendary feud with Venum Black, which culminated in a mask vs hair match on March 6th in the city of Naucalpan. Crazy took the match and mask of Venum Black.

Super Crazy was picked up by Paul Heyman after displaying excellent physical abilities. He was signed in 1998 and had many incredible matches with the smaller men in ECW like Yoshihiro Tajiri and Little Guido Maritato. His match with Tajiri for the ECW Television Championship was voted "Match of the Year" by Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 2000.

Super Crazy won the ECW Television Championship at living dangerously 2000. The title had been vactated by Rob Van Dam and a tournament was held to crown a new champion. After beating Little Guido in the semi finals, Super Crazy went on to defeat Rhino in the final. He would lose the title a month later to Yoshihiro Tajiri.

After ECW folded, Super Crazy wrestled for different promotions like Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Xtreme Pro Wrestling, International Wrestling Association, and at Ring of Honor's debut show where he beat Eddie Guerrero to become the IWA Intercontinental Champion. Crazy also appeared on the March 5, 2003 edition of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's weekly PPV's as one of Konnan's authentic luchadore challengers, where he would lose to Jerry Lynn.

In 2005, Crazy signed a contract with WWE. He appeared at the WWE-promoted ECW One Night Stand 2005 PPV on June 12, 2005 winning an international three-way dance by pinning Yoshihiro Tajiri in the final pinfall of the match, and during the match performed a moonsault from a second story balcony. He first appeared on WWE television on the June 18, 2005 airing of SmackDown!'s sister show WWE Velocity, teaming with Psicosis to defeat Akio and Billy Kidman.

Psicosis, Super Crazy, and Juventud would soon group together to form a stable known as The Mexicools. The group made their debut as heels on the June 23, 2005 edition of SmackDown! when all three members rode to the ring on John Deere lawn mowers with the decals altered to say Juan Deere (John in Spanish) and wearing matching coveralls. They then attacked Chavo Guerrero and Paul London during their WWE Cruiserweight Championship match.

Juventud cut a promo questioning the lack of "true Mexican luchadores" in the cruiserweight division, before going on to deride the current state of Mexican Americans in general. Psicosis dubbed the lawnmower they arrived on a "Mexican Limo 2005" and the group claimed that even Mexico's President mocks Mexicans in the United States (in reference to Vicente Fox's controversial remark that Mexican immigrants do the jobs "not even the blacks want to do"). Juventud then stated that they were "no longer there to clean toilets and work for "them" (the "gringos") but "they" were going to be working for "us" (The Mexicools)", before dubbing the team "not Mexicans but Mexicools!" In the following weeks, they would continue to interfere in matches and mock the stereotypical image of Mexicans in the United States.

Despite being introduced as heels and thus meant to be disliked by the fans, the group quickly became favorites of the audience, and eventually began acting as faces. They received strong approval from the audience even during their debut, which occurred in Tucson, Arizona. The city is 35% Hispanic, which may have contributed to the unexpected reaction. On July 24, 2005 at the Great American Bash in Buffalo, New York, Psicosis pinned Steven Richards to secure the Mexicools' first PPV win in a six-man tag match with the bWo.

During December 2, 2005 edition of SmackDown! Super Crazy and Psicosis competed in an over the top rope battle royal against 5 other tag teams, the pair managed to win and earned themselves a match against MNM at Armageddon 2005 for the WWE tag team titles, unfortunately for the Mexicools MNM lost the tag team titles before their match. Not long after this Super Crazy and Psicosis would become the only Mexicools left in WWE, as Juventud was released from WWE on January 6, 2006.

Super Crazy and Psicosis would continue to wrestle as a tag team but Crazy would get his own push as a singles competitor, eventually earning himself #1 contendership for the Cruiserweight Championship and gained critical acclaim as an early candidate for "match of the year." in a WWE Velocity where Super Crazy defeated Nunzio on February 18, 2006.

During mid-2006 the ECW brand was redeveloped and with this came the expectations the Crazy would leave SmackDown! for the new ECW, this was later fueled with a match that would see Yoshihiro Tajiri and Super Crazy team up and face the F.B.I. at ECW One Night Stand 2006.

At this time, Crazy's partnership with Psicosis began to crumble when Psicosis repeatedly abandoned Crazy during incidents with a monster heel known as The Great Khali. This would soon develop into a short-lived feud with Psicosis turning heel and the team splitting up. After the breakup, both Psicosis and Super Crazy would disappear off WWE programming.

On September 4, 2006, Super Crazy made his RAW debut with a victory over Chris Masters using his trademark moonsault. Crazy would continue his feud with Masters throughout September, defeated him once more and competing with Masters, along with four other Superstars, in a Six-Pack Challenge Match for the Intercontinental Championship in which neither Masters or Crazy were able to win.

After the short feud with Masters, Crazy would become a mainstay on RAW's sister show Heat, before once again returning to the main show to feud with Masters, then be involved in angles with Johnny Nitro and Melina.