In 2005 Coleman appeared in WWE Superstar John Cena's music video for his single Bad, Bad Man ( from the album You Can't See Me ), Coleman played the part of himself as a bad guy taking the 1980s pop stars Madonna and Michael Jackson hostage.

More recently John Cena, Daniel Bryan and Alberto Del Rio are among the modern stars who are bringing back the use of submission in the WWE, with their STF, No Lock and Cross Armbreaker respectively.

* WWE Raw, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, and ECW on Sci Fi – the openings are altered regularly as WWE stars are hired, traded, and fired, and as championships change hands.

The DVD featured clips of his more notable feuds and matches along with commentary from WWE stars past and present ( most of which are unflattering ), with Triple H ( by this point one of WWE's top main eventers and the husband of Vince McMahon's daughter Stephanie McMahon ) adding that his WrestleMania debut loss against Warrior at WrestleMania XII left him with mixed emotions, saying that Warrior " ruined the experience " for him and was " one of the most unprofessional guys " he's ever fought.

The most prominent of the " New School " promotions of the 2000s-including the Doncaster based 1 Pro Wrestling and the recently-revived Frontier Wrestling Alliance-used British talent alongside a variety of imported international stars, including former WWE and TNA talent.

Maven won a year's contract with the company after he won the first series of Tough Enough, a reality television show used to find new WWE stars, in 2001.

The show features stars from all the WWE brands.

Prior to his death, Adams, who was considered semi-retired, planned to move permanently to Florida and compete in a wrestling organization featuring several former WCW and WWE stars, including Hulk Hogan.

The original stars included The Patriot ( Del Wilkes ), Stan Lane, Scott Anthony ( Raven of ECW, WCW, WWE and TNA ), The Handsome Stranger ( Marcus Bagwell of WCW ) and Cactus Jack.

* Segments detailing life on the road for WWE stars, including overseas tours.

Garner has also interviewed stars outside of Nashville, including Kevin Costner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lionel Richie, Henry Winkler, Joan Rivers, Kathy Lee Gifford, and WWE and UFC superstars such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena and Brock Lesnar.

Along with its wrestling school known as The Dungeon, many of the promotion's former alumni becoming some of the most popular stars in the World Wrestling Federation and other American promotions during the 1980s and 1990s, the promotion produced one of the earliest televised professional wrestling programs ( today considered the forerunner of today's WWE ) that remained one of Calgary's most popular sports programs eventually airing in over 50 countries worldwide.

The school trained a number of WCW, ECW, WWE, and Japanese stars, including the Hart Brothers, Mark Henry, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Ricky Fuji, Hiroshi Hase, and Edge.

A reunion now looks extremely unlikely as Danny is working with his new band The Thespians while studying at university, Dave is achieving success with his band Adelaide, who have entered themselves into the 2012 Red Bull Bedroom Jam, while Steve has achieved bigger success in America whilst being signed to Hollywood Records and writing songs for films, including a track for Race To Witch Mountain, which stars actor and WWE Superstar The Rock, entitled ' Emergency ', and Chris has gone back to session work, including being part of a live band with Steve on a live episode of the 2011 X Factor and writing and recording songs with Ed Sheeran, having co-written Sheeran's hit song ' Lego House '.

As a promoter, he often championed and pushed African-American wrestlers as his top stars — first Junkyard Dog in Mid-South Wrestling, as well as " Big Cat " Ernie Ladd, who he later inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, and Ron Simmons in WCW — in order to appeal to the African-American fan base.

Adam Joseph Copeland ( born October 30, 1973 ) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler and actor, best known by the ring name Edge during his time with WWE.

Adam Copeland | Edge was one of the challengers ( Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels were the other two ) challenging for the WWE Championship that was held by John Cena in the Professional wrestling match types | Fatal Four-Way match at Backlash ( 2007 ) | Backlash 2007.

* Adam Copeland ( Radio Broadcasting ), former pro wrestler for the WWE, better known by his ring name Edge * Brian Dickinson ( Applied and Creative Arts – Music ) Juno Award winning pianist.

Adam Copeland, also known in the WWE wrestling world by his stage name " Edge ", retired from professional wresting in April 2011 due to symptoms of neurapraxia.

WWE Superstar Adam Copeland was forced to retire from professional wrestling on April 11, 2011 due to symptoms of neurapraxia.

Edge and Christian ( E & C ) was a tag team made of real life best friends Edge ( Adam Copeland ) and Christian ( William Reso, who normally uses his middle name of Jason ), who performed in WWE and the Canadian independent circuit.

In addition, though not officially invited to join in on stories, other guests included To Catch A Predator's Chris Hansen, Adam Carolla, Ashton Kutcher, WWE Diva and Go Daddy Girl Candice Michelle, Rachel Maddow, Leo Laporte, director Robert Rodriguez and Tony Hawk.

Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland has appeared in the 2000 fantasy film Highlander: Endgame and made guest appearances on television shows, including The Weakest Link, Mind of Mencia, Deal or No Deal, Haven, MADtv and made his movie debut as a leading actor in WWE Studios ' Bending the Rules.

Shortly after the incident became public knowledge, WWE released Hardy resulting in even more backlash towards Copeland and Dumas.

Matthew Jason " Matt " Bloom ( born November 14, 1972 ) is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE under the ring name Tensai ( formerly Lord Tensai ).

William Jason Reso ( born November 30, 1973 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler signed to WWE, better known by the ring names Christian and Christian Cage.

Following his return to the WWE at the 2002 Royal Rumble, he made two more appearances with TCW, the first in a six-man tag team match with his father Dusty and Ron Studd against Riggs, Fake Goldust, and Jason Sugarmann, and the second in a singles victory over Steve Corino.

According to a WWE Magazine article in 2009 by WWE's production designer Jason Robinson, who co-designed the structure, several designs for the Elimination Chamber were considered.

Notable events include the following: Elton John, KISS, Disturbed, Three Days Grace, Bob Dylan, Jeff Dunham, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Weird Al Yankovic, WWE Live, TNA live, Disney Live and Monster Jam, which comes every two years.

Former players include professional wrestler John " Bradshaw " Layfield, better known as JBL of World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ), Jason Garrett who not only went on to play for and serve as current head coach for the Dallas Cowboys, and head coach Mike Riley, who went on to coach the San Diego Chargers of the NFL and is currently the head coach at Oregon State University.

On August 16, 2010, he co-hosted WWE Raw with Going the Distance co-stars Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Reso left TNA in late-2008 and re-signed with WWE.

In April 2009, Reso won his first world championship in WWE, the ECW Championship, which he would win again in July of that year.

Overall, Reso has won 22 total championships in WWE and TNA, which include being a six time world champion ( two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time ECW Champion, and two time World Heavyweight Champion ), as well as a one time WWF Light Heavyweight Champion, one time WWF Hardcore Champion, one time WWF European Champion, four-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, and a nine-time World Tag Team Champion.

In addition to these accolades, Reso is the twenty-third Triple Crown Champion and the eleventh Grand Slam Champion in WWE history.

In the 2004-2005 season, the network was getting consistently better ratings than The WB, much of this thanks to WWE.

* Chris Chavis, a Lumbee Indian, is a professional wrestler better known as, " Tatanka " and " The War Eagle ", and is a former member of the World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ).

Lawrence Wendell " Larry " Pfohl ( born June 2, 1958 ), better known by his ring name Lex Luger, is an American former professional wrestler, Producer and football player currently working with WWE on their wellness policy.

He is a member of one of Mexico's most prominent wrestling families — his brothers José and Pablo respectively wrestle as Dos Caras and Sicodélico, José's son Alberto wrestles as Alberto Del Rio, and Pablo's son Aaron is better known as Sicodélico, Jr. Mil Mascaras has been inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in New York and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.

Terrance " Terry " Gerin ( born October 7, 1975 ) is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by the ring name Rhino ( also spelled Rhyno in WWE ).

Glenn Thomas Jacobs ( born April 26, 1967 ) better known by his ring name, Kane, is an American professional wrestler signed with WWE, where he is a co-holder of the WWE Tag Team Championship with Daniel Bryan as part of Team Hell No. He is also an occasional actor in films.

Roderick " Roddy " George Toombs ( born April 17, 1954 ), better known by his ring name " Rowdy " Roddy Piper, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler and film actor who is currently signed to WWE.

Paul Wight ( born February 8, 1972 ), better known by his ring name, ( The ) Big Show, is an American professional wrestler currently signed with WWE.

William Alvin " Bill " Moody ( born April 10, 1954 ), better known by his ring names Paul Bearer and Percival Pringle III, is a professional wrestling manager and former wrestler best known for his time in World Class Championship Wrestling ( WCCW ) and World Wrestling Federation ( WWF — later WWE ).

In a 2006 interview for WWE, Verne's son Greg Gagne mentioned that wrestling was a much better paying job at the time than playing football ( as recent as the 1970s, it was not uncommon for NFL players to have a second job during the NFL offseason to help make ends meet ), and as a result Verne chose wrestling over football.

Nidia Guenard ( born March 12, 1979 ) better known simply Nidia is a former professional wrestler who worked for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ).

Mike Mizanin, who came in second place in the $ 1, 000, 000 Tough Enough and is better known as The Miz, who has held both the WWE Championship and Intercontinental Championship once and the United States Championship on two occasions.

Josh Lomberger, better known as Josh Mathews, is currently the longest tenured WWE employee from the entire Tough Enough cast, eventually signing with WWE in 2002 and becoming an announcer and interviewer.

Dallas Page ( born Page Joseph Falkinburg, Jr .; April 5, 1956 ), better known by his ring name " Diamond " Dallas Page ( DDP ), is an American retired professional wrestler, fitness instructor and actor, signed to WWE in a Legends contract.

James Howard Gibson ( born December 23, 1976 ) better known by his WWE ring name Jamie Noble, is an American former professional wrestler working for WWE as a producer.

* Team Canada ( WWE ), better known as the Un-Americans

Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as " The American Dream " Dusty Rhodes ( born October 12, 1945 ), is a semi-retired American professional wrestler currently working for WWE as the Commissioner of NXT.

Jerry Lawler, barely hiding his contempt for ECW, even condemning them for having pride in themselves (" They actually thought that they were better than us, the WWE "), says that ECW was full of " miniature wrestlers ".

Ernest Clifford Miller ( born January 14, 1964 ) is an American actor and former professional wrestler who worked for World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) better known by his ring name, Ernest " The Cat " Miller.