WWE Diva: Candice Michelle

Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich was born September 30, 1978 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Of course WWE fans know her better as Candice Michelle or simply Candice.
You can see her on WWE's Monday Night Raw.
Candice came to the WWE via the Raw Diva Search, where she didnt even make it into the top ten finalists. However, the WWE hired her anyway and put in storylines as a makeup artist.
She was moved from Raw to Smackdown were she got involved in the Torrie Wilson / Melina feud, and got her first time actually on the wrestling mat. Although it was as a ref at The Great American Bash.
Candice went back to Raw with Torrie and they both became heels. Along with Victoria they formed the Ladies in Pink, which later became Vince's Devils.
Her background as a model and actress didn't do her a lot of good in the WWE ring where she was used pretty much as eye candy. But Candice did begin working on her in ring skills. She turned face and defeated then Champion Melina at Vengeance becoming the first Diva Search particapant to win a WWE belt.
Although she seems to really try to improve her wrestling game, Candice has suffered a few injures along the way.
Victoria kicked her in the face breaking her nose on Raw during a Diva battle royal, Beth Phoenix cracked her clavicle during her rematch for the Women's Title and in a tag team match with Maria against Victoria and Jillian Hall, she broke her clavicle in four separate places, shattering it.
But Candice keeps coming back.

WWE Smackdown: Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder was born Matthew Cardona on May 14, 1985 in Merrick, New York.
He is a pro wrestler and one half of a tag team with Curt Hawkins on WWE Smackdown.
Zack and Curt were both trained by former ECW star Mikey Whipwreck.
Mainly a tag team performer with Curt, they have held the DSW Tag Team Wrestling Championship twice, the NYWC Tag Team Wrestling Championship twice, the OVW Southern Tag Team Wrestling Championship and the WWE Tag Team Wrestling Championship (making them the youngest tag team champions in WWE history).

WWE: King Booker, part 1

Wrestlers Ring name(s) Booker T,G.I. Bro,Kole,King Booker
Billed height 6 foot 3 in (1.92 m)
Billed weight 256 lb (116 kg)
Born March 1, 1965,Houston, Texas
Billed from Harlem, New York
Houston, Texas
Trained by Scott Casey
Pro Wrestling Debut March 1, 1990

Booker Robert Tio Huffman (born March 1, 1965), better known by his wrestling persona Booker T, is an American professional wrestler. He is owner of Pro Wrestling Alliance and currently signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown! brand. Huffman changed his name to King Booker upon winning WWE's King of the Ring tournament in mid-2006. Booker T is a five-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and a six time World Champion overall

Booker was working for a storage company with a young son of his own when the wrestling world came calling. His brother Lane suggested that he and Booker check out a new wrestling school being opened, run by former WWF star Ivan Putski, in conjunction with his Western Wrestling Alliance organization.

His boss from the storage company loaned him the $3,000 to pay for the wrestling lessons and Booker began training under another former wrestling star Scott Casey, who helped to turn Booker's background in drama and dance into "sports entertainment", teaching the newcomer ring psychology and ring generalship.

Eight weeks later, Booker debuted as G.I. Bro on Putski's Western Wrestling Alliance Live! program. The character, a tie-in to the raging Gulf War and the WWF's Sgt. Slaughter angle, would return in years to come when Booker traveled to WCW. Even though the WWA would meet its demise some time later, Booker continued to wrestle on the Texas indy circuit, often with his brother Stevie Ray. During one such show, they were spotted by Skandor Akbar who hired them to work for the Global Wrestling Federation, which he and Eddie Gilbert were involved in. Gilbert, soon to be fired from the GWF, did one thing before he left: he teamed Stevie Ray and Booker T together as the Ebony Experience.

He and his brother Lane wrestled in the Texas-based Global Wrestling Federation as The Ebony Experience, with Booker known as Booker T and with Lane known as "Stevie Ray". The Ebony Experience held the GWF Tag Team Championship on three occasions, despite Booker taking time off to recover from a knee injury.

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WWE: MR.KENNEDY!...part 3

On September 8, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Kennedy announced that he wanted to move over to RAW, as SmackDown didn't interest him anymore because he had already defeated every top performer on the roster. This led to SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long making a match between Kennedy and The Undertaker (who Kennedy had never faced) to be held at WWE No Mercy 2006, which Kennedy would go on to win by disqualification.

On the October 13, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Kennedy, now with a win over The Undertaker in the books, again stated his desire to move to RAW, and again Long put him against an opponent who he had never faced - this time Chris Benoit - with Kennedy's title on the line. Long said that, if Kennedy were to defeat Benoit, he would be given his release and be allowed to go to RAW. Kennedy lost the United States Championship to Benoit after a distraction from The Undertaker, who was standing in the entrance. Kennedy tapped out to the Crippler Crossface, marking his first submission loss.

Late in 2006, Kennedy and Montel Vontavious Porter took on the Brothers of Destruction (Kane and Undertaker) in various combinations. Kennedy was able to beat Kane with help from MVP in a No DQ Match. The next week, Kennedy and MVP lost to the Brothers Of Destruction. They first got counted out, and Theodore Long restarted the match with no countouts. Then they disqualified themselves with a low blow by Kennedy, and Long restarted the match again with no countouts and no disqualifications.

Kennedy and MVP would continue to feud with the brothers, with MVP feuding with Kane while Kennedy challenged The Undertaker to a match at Survivor Series, which was later announced as a First Blood match. Kennedy won that match after MVP turned on him and aimed for his head with a steel chair, but missed and hit The Undertaker instead, busting him open. After the match, the Undertaker viciously attacked Kennedy, forcing him to bleed. The Undertaker would finally get his revenge at Armageddon, when he defeated Kennedy in a Last Ride match.

After a brief hiatus, Kennedy returned to SmackDown! on January 5, 2007 and defeated Chris Benoit in a "Beat the Clock" match, with the overall prize being a shot at Batista's World Heavyweight Championship at the upcoming Royal Rumble. Kennedy's time of 5:07 ended up being the fastest, but he was unable to win the title from at the pay-per-view, though he did put Batista's shoulders on the mat for longer than three seconds when the referee was out of position. In a rematch on SmackDown! Batista defeated Kennedy again. From there Kennedy began a short feud with ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley, leading to a match at No Way Out which Kennedy won, but by disqualification, preventing him from becoming champion. Kennedy would challenge Lashley unsuccessfully on ECW on Sci-Fi and SmackDown! as well.

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WWE: MR.KENNEDY!...part 2

In December 2005 Kennedy participated in WWE's "overseas" tour. On the second day in Italy Kennedy suffered a serious latissimus dorsi tear. He attempted to work through the injury, but was said to have been hurting so bad that he couldn’t even put his hand in his pocket to get his wallet at a restaurant. Seeing a doctor he was informed that he'd suffered a complete tear, compared to Batista's partial tear from earlier in the year, and that he would not be able to work through it, even with a somewhat lighter schedule, instead he would need surgery. The December 6, 2005 surgery was a success but Kennedy was still forced out of the ring for nearly six months while he rehabbed the injury.

Though he couldn't wrestle, Kennedy still returned to SmackDown! on January 6, 2006. This time, it was as a color commentator for a Cruiserweight Title match. He continued to make appearances on SmackDown! and Velocity throughout January and February, making his ring announcement and commentating specific matches as a representative of The Network. He even made an appearance on the January 11, 2006 edition of Byte This! with Todd Grisham to maintain visibility.

At the OVW tapings on May 10, 2006, Kennedy returned to in-ring action facing the OVW Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk in a title match that Kennedy was unable to win. Kennedy would make his return to SmackDown! on June 9, 2006 with a victory over Scotty 2 Hotty after using the Kenton Bomb.

Since returning he has continued his ongoing "mini-feud" with SmackDown! ring announcer, Tony Chimel, which began prior to his injury in 2005. The feud is based on Kennedy believing Chimel's announcing is not well enough or done with the right amount of respect and thus Kennedy must either perform his own introductions or force Chimel to announce him again.

Kennedy lost by pinfall, ending his streak of never being defeated by pin or submission, on the July 14, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, when he was rolled up by Matt Hardy.

On the July 21, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Batista put out an open challenge to replace his opponent Mark Henry, who had been injured, at The Great American Bash on July 23, 2006 for the Number 1 Contender spot. Kennedy accepted the challenge and went on to win the match by disqualification. However, he suffered a severe injury during the match after being thrown headfirst into the steel steps, resulting in an exposed cranium laceration which required 20 stitches to close. He then entered into a short feud with Batista, defeating him by count out in their second match, but losing via pinfall in the third.

Kennedy would also help Shane and Vince McMahon in their feud with DX, appearing at both SummerSlam and the August 28, 2006 edition of RAW along with others from the SmackDown! and RAW rosters, to attack DX.

On the September 1, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Kennedy defeated Finlay and Bobby Lashley in a Triple Threat Match to win the WWE United States Championship, his first title reign in WWE.

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WWE: MR.KENNEDY!...part 1

Ring name(s) Ken Anderson,Kamikaze Ken,Mr. Anderson,Mr. Kennedy,Ken Kennedy
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight 242 lb (110 kg)
Born March 6, 1976,Minneapolis, Minnesota
Billed from Green Bay, Wisconsin
Trained by Eric Hammers,Mike Mercury,Ken Patera,OVW staff
Pro Wrestling Debut 1999

Kenneth Anderson is an American pro wrestler better known as Mr. Kennedy currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! brand.

After serving in the United States Army, Anderson was trained by All-Star Championship Wrestling owners Eric Hammers & Mike Krause. He continued his training under wrestling legend, Ken Patera. He was invited to appear on WWE Jakked, WWE Velocity and WWE Sunday Night Heat in a try-out basis as an independent jobber several times until February 2005, when Anderson signed a developmental contract with WWE. Prior to signing with WWE, Anderson also made some appearances on TNA Xplosion.

Competed in the first ever Ted Petty aka Rocco Rock, Flyboy Invitational, which was at one time named the Sweet Sixteen Competition. He had appeared in the first match of the night of Nov 1 2002 against Colt Cabana under the name of "Kamikaze" Ken Anderson and lost.

Upon signing with WWE, Anderson was sent to the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) farm league. After six months he was called up to work on Velocity. Before his first SmackDown! match, a victory over Funaki, he showed himself to be a cocky and arrogant wrestler with not only his mannerisms but by taking a microphone and performing his own ring announcement. He referred to himself as "Mr. Anderson" for this match. To avoid comparisons with the more famous Anderson family, he changed his name to "Mr. Kennedy". As Kennedy himself mentioned on the WrestleCast podcast, 'Kennedy' was chosen as his name because it is Vince McMahon's middle name. This idea was initially suggested by Paul Heyman.

Kennedy made his SmackDown! debut on August 25, 2005, once again defeating Funaki. He introduced himself before the match, which he would do week after week. While working on Velocity and SmackDown! he was also still working in OVW.

Kennedy made his pay-per-view debut at SmackDown!'s 2005 No Mercy, defeating Hardcore Holly, injuring Holly's ribs during the match.

On the November 11, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, Kennedy faced Eddie Guerrero for a spot on SmackDown's Survivor Series team. He lost the match when Guerrero tossed him a steel chair and played possum, a move which Guerrero had made famous. The groggy referee turned around and saw Guerrero on the ground with Kennedy holding the chair, and consequently disqualified Kennedy, awarding the place on Team SmackDown! to Guerrero. This was Kennedy's first loss. In retaliation, Kennedy struck Guerrero over the head with the chair after the match. This ended up being Guerrero's final televised match, as he died on November 13, 2005 in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where a SuperShow taping of both RAW and SmackDown! was to be held. In interviews about the incident, Kennedy has stated that he considers this an "unfortunate honor".

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Lance Cade

Lance Morgan Cade (born Lance K. McNaught on March 2, 1980, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American pro wrestler, best known for wrestling on WWE Monday Night Raw.
The 6 foot 5 inch 282 pound Cade was trained by Shawn Michaels and made his pro wrestling debut in 1999.
Cade went to WWE Raw in June 2003 with Mark Jindrak.
In 2004, Lance took some time off with a knee injury and returned with a new partner, Trevor Murdoch.
They tag teamed together till 2008 when they split up.
Cade was in the middle of a storyline with Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels when he was released on October 14, 2008.
Cade is now back with his former tag team partner Murdoch on the independent wrestling circuit.
During his wrestling career, Lance has held the Heartland Wrestling Association Heavyweight Wrestling Championship twice, the HWA Tag Team Championship 3 times, the Texas Wrestling Alliance Television Championship once and the WWE World Tag Team Wrestling Championship three times.

Lance Cade sites at Celebrity Link