* WWE Champion CM Punk once wrestled in Big School in a show booked by the Wrestling Association of Rugby.

After losing the U. S. title, he booked and wrestled mostly for Championship Wrestling from Florida.

Even though he and Morton were of similar build and wrestled a similar style, Gibson was always booked as the stronger and more powerful of the two.

Things began to sour behind the scenes for the champions, as the NWA launched its first-ever uninterrupted pay-per-view, The Great American Bash, promoters were attempting to draw a large gate and, according to the DVD Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen, Blanchard had suggested a rematch with the Road Warriors, but instead they were booked against Sting and Koloff, ( whom they wrestled to a time limit draw ), and when the PPV payouts were given out, it was discovered that Dillon who was their manager received 3 times the payout of the 2-time World Tag Team Champions.

Eddie absolutely loved professional wrestling and his idol was Jerry Lawler because he wrestled and booked at the same time.

In 1997, Horne would start his own promotion “ Southern Extreme Wrestling ” which he both booked and wrestled for.

When ECW closed, Maritato wrestled for several independent promotions, mostly in the New York Tri-State area ; he often teamed with former partner Tony Mamaluke.

Smith began his career in the Philadelphia-based Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, where his debut match occurred at Temple University in 1990 at McGonigle Hall as he wrestled to a draw with The Sandman.

He wrestled there under the ring names 1 – 2 – 3 Kid and X-Pac off and on from 1993 – 2002, World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) under the ring name Syxx, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) under the ring name Syxx-Pac and also under his real name.

He wrestled on the West Coast during the 1960s, taking on regional stars of the day such as Fred Blassie and The Destroyer, the latter from whom he took the World Wrestling Association's World Heavyweight Championship on March 12, 1965.

* 30 Tim Woods, 68, professional wrestler who wrestled as Mr. Wrestling, heart attack.

* Mean Street Posse, a former villainous professional-wrestling faction that wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation

He wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) from 1995 to 1996 and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) from 1996 to 2001, as Rey Misterio, Jr ./ Rey Mysterio, Jr. but dropped the " Junior " from his name when he began working for WWE in 2002.

Mascaras also wrestled in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ), where his most notable match was a match with Cactus Jack at Clash of the Champions X: Texas Shootout on February 6, 1990 in the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Early on, he mainly wrestled in Calgary but also spent time in Japan in Wrestling Association " R ".

He wrestled in many independent promotions across Michigan, including the United States Wrestling Association ( USWA ) and South Atlantic Pro Wrestling ( SAPW ).

He also wrestled in several independent promotions across America, and in All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he challenged for the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship on several occasions.

In the United States, Guerrero wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ), World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ), and in World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ).

Maritato wrestled for Jersey All Pro Wrestling on September 19.

Levy next competed briefly with Vancouver's All Star Wrestling ; he wrestled as a face there and got over with the fans, but ended up leaving due to promoter Al Tomko's preference to push his sons, Todd (" Rick Davis ") and Terry (" The Frog ") in All Star's top spots.

He wrestled in Smoky Mountain Wrestling as Unabomb were he won the SMW Tag Team Championship as a member of The Dynamic Duo, and in the United States Wrestling Association where he won the USWA Heavyweight Championship as Doomsday.

Between 1997 and 2004, Bloom wrestled for World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment under the ring names Prince Albert, Albert, and A-Train.

During his tenure in Toronto, Bruno wrestled and beat the ( then ) National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) Champion Buddy Rogers for the title.

He is best recalled by mainstream audiences for his time in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ), where he wrestled as " The Million Dollar Man " Ted DiBiase.

They also appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in late 2002 and early 2003 as part of a group that opposed Vince Russo ’ s faction Sports Entertainment Xtreme but only wrestled one actual match for the federation.

Austin wrestled for several well-known wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ), Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) and most famously, the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ).

Sammartino also wrestled NWA Champ Lou Thesz twice in Canada.

He wrestled then NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race to a one hour draw in St. Louis.

Verne Gagne who had been trying to become NWA World Heavyweight Champion for some time wrestled a match in Omaha, Nebraska on August 9, 1958.

Vincent J. McMahon's Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the precursor to the WWWF, seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance for a variety of reasons including the selection of the NWA World Heavyweight Champion and the number of dates wrestled by the champion in the promotion.

As Vampire Warrior, he wrestled in the main event of the ICWA's Show Revolution 5, losing to Joe Legend in a Casket match for the NWA: ICWA France Heavyweight Championship.

Other than his work in Mid-Atlantic, he wrestled in Florida, usually against then NWA World champion Harley Race.

During the 1990s Williams trained with ( and wrestled for ) NWA UK Hammerlock.

Douglas soon left NWA / WCW and wrestled on the American independent circuit.

Funk wrestled for World Championship Wrestling in 2000, winning the WCW Hardcore Championship three times ( which stands as the company's record ) and the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship for the second time ( the first time was under the NWA banner ).

He returned to NWA Wildside, where he competed for the Wildside Heavyweight Championship and wrestled several matches for the WWF on WWF Jakked.

Pat O ' Connor, Buddy Rogers, Lou Thesz and Ric Flair wrestled in the Gardens while holding the NWA ( National Wrestling Alliance ) World Heavyweight Championship.

) In the early 1970s Ruane worked for Wrestling Enterprises ( of Birkenhead ), where he was billed as Haystacks Calhoun, after the American wrestling star William Calhoun who had wrestled under that name in NWA All-Star Wrestling and the World Wide Wrestling Federation.

He wrestled in the November 19, 1994 tournament for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship, but he lost to Chris Candido, the eventual winner of the tournament.

After being released from the WWF, he wrestled in Japan's Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX promotion, where he won the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship with Nathan Jones and impressed WWE scouts, who re-signed him in 2003.

He currently works for Lucha Libre USA and previously wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ), World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment ( WWF / WWE ), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ), National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) and, briefly, World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ).

In 2012, Richards wrestled for Shane Douglas ' Extreme Rising promotion, as well as for the NWA and Florida-based promotions CCW and ICW.

They wrestled Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger, twice winning a non title match but losing the match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.

He also wrestled for NWA All Star Wrestling in Vancouver, where he twice won the NWA Canadian Tag Team title with Don Leo Jonathan.

He later moved to the mainland and wrestled for Don Owen ’ s NWA Pacific Northwest territory where he held the belt as Heavyweight Champion six times.

Snuka also wrestled in several other National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) regions, including Texas.

His first major match was on August 15, 1977 when he wrestled NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race to a 30 minute draw.

Due to his popularity at the time, on May 27, 1979, David wrestled NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race in Missouri in a non-title match and defeated him with The Iron Claw.

In addition, Adams wrestled NWA World Champion Ric Flair several times, nearly winning the championship on two separate occasions.