Friday, August 10, 2012

History Of Randy Orton

Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor.He is signed to WWE performing on it's Smack Down brand.

Born:April 1,1980

Height:1.93m

Weight:107kg

Before being promoted to the main WWE roster,Orton trained in and wrestled for Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling for a month.He was then sent to OVW,where Orton held the OVW Hardcore Championship on two separate occasions.

After signing to WWE,Orton became a member of stable Evolution,which quickly led to a WWE Intercontinental Championship reign,his first title with company.Orton also acquired the moniker"The Legend Killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting the Hall Of Framers and physically attacking veterans of the industry outside of appropriate restrictions. At age 24 Orton became the youngest superstar to win World Heavyweight Championship.With this win he departed from evolution and a feud with his former stablemates began.In 2006,Orton joined forces with Edge in a tag team known as Rated-RKO. Together,Orton and Edge held the World Tag Team Championship.After the team Orton formed a group The Legacy with Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase in 2008 however they would disband in 2010 with Orton returning to single competition.Overall Orton has won 11 championship in WWE,including 3 World Heavyweight Champion and 6 WWE Champion,he is also the winner of 2009 Royal Rumble Match.

On April 29 episode of Smack Down,Orton made his debut his match in a tag team match with Christian against Del Rio and Brodus Clay.The following week,Orton received title opportunity against World Heavyweight Championship,Christian.Orton was successful in defeating Christian. Orton was successful in defeating Christian to win his second World Heavyweight Championship.At Over the Limit and Capitol Punishment.Orton successfully defended his title against Christian.In July at Money In The Bank,Orton loosed his title to Christian after Christian spat in his face,which led Orton to lose control of his temper ,kick Christian in the groin and get disqualified,in a match where the stipulation was if Orton  got himself disqualified or if referee made a bad call then Christian would aromatically win the Championship.A month later at the Summer Slam pay per view event,Orton regained the title when he defeated Christian in a No Holds Barred match.Orton ended his feud with Christian when he retained his title in a Steel Cage Match.

Orton then entered feud with Mark Henry after Henry became the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship and over next few weeks Henry would attack Orton getting the advantages over him,At the night of champions Orton lost the World Heavyweight Champion with Henry and failed to regain it two weeks later at Hell in a Cell.He got another chance,he won the match but was unable to retain the title as the match was won by disqualification by Cody Rhodes.

On February he suffered a concussion when he got it by World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan.On May 30 Orton was suspended for 60 days due to his second violation of company's Talent Wellness Program.Orton returned on July 30 episode of Raw,defeating Heath Slater.


Thursday, August 9, 2012

History Of Shawn Michael

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, better known by his ring name Shawn Michael is a retired professional wrestler and an American television host. He is currently sighed to WWE,where he has served as an ambassador for the company since December 2012.

Born:July 22,1965(age 47),Chandler

Height:1.85m

He consistently wrestled for WWE,formerly the WWF from 1998 to 2000,and resumed his in ring career in 2001,retiring in 2010.He is also host of the show Macmillan  River Adventures,airing on the Outdoor Channel.

He began his wrestling career with Mid-South Wrestling now known as Universal Wrestling Federation,and American Wrestling Association.During his time with AWA,he performed in partnership with Marty Jannetty as The Midnight Rockers winning AWA World Tag Team Championship twice.He and Jannetty briefly signed WWF in 1987 while in contract with AWA.They returned to AWA,only to go back in WWF in 1988.

He later worked as a single performer taking on a new persona of "The Heartbreak Kid" and first as a villain and later fan favorite moved into main event sphere.He wielded considerable influence on booking decisions as the leader of The Kilg a backstage group which however fell apart in 1996.The following year he teamed up with Triple H,Chyna and Rick Rude to form D-Generation X(DX)this group of wrestler was known for their sophomoric crude humor.That same year,he took part in one of the most controversial matches in wrestling history,dubbed as the Montreal Screw job"after a back injury forced him to retire following his WWF Championship loss at Wrestle Mania XIV.

Among other accolades he is 4 times World Champion,3 times WWF and  a former World Heavyweight Champion.He was also the winner of 1995 and 1996 Royal Rumbles and was the company's first Grand Slam Champion.He also won the PWI Match Of The Year Award a record eleven times.

He made appearance on February 13,2012 to confront his friend Tri0ple H about not accepting The Undertaker's Challenge.He also declared that the fact that he was special guest referee for the match between Triple H and The Undertaker in Hell In The Cell at Wrestle Mania XXVIII.

History Of Triple H

Paul Michael Levesque is an American professional wrestler,wrestling executive and actor better known by his ring name Triple H,an abbreviation of the ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley.Currently,Levesque works in the front office of WWE as the Executive Vice President of Talent and Live Events and as Triple H appears on television as the Chief Operating Officer and part time wrestler.

Born:July 27,1969 (age 34),Nashua

Height:1.93m

Levesque began his wrestling career in the International Wrestling Federation as Terra Ryzing before joining WCW in 1994. After briefly using the Ryzing name he changed his character to Jean-Paul Levesque a French-Canadian aristocrat which would be a similar to his character Triple H that he used in his early years with WWF from early 1995 to 1997.He later adopted an alternative image in the D-Generation X(DX) stable.After the dissolution of DX Triple H was pushed as main wrestler winning several single championships.In 2003 he formed another stable known as Evolution and reformed DX with Shawn Michael in 2006 and 2009.He is heavily involved in writing process of WWE programming and holds complete creative control over his television characters storyline,win\loss record and championship reigns.

Overall he has won 23 championships in WWE.He is a thirteen times World Champion having won WWE/F Championship 8 times and World Heavyweight Championship 5 times.He also won 1997 King Of The Ring and 2002 Royal Rumble and was second Grand Slam Championship winner.

On February 21,2011 episode of RAW,Triple H made his return to WWE by interrupting the return of The Undertaker.He challenged him to a match at Wrestle Mania XXVII which later became No Holds Barred Match.A week later he put Sheamus through the announce table with a Pedigree in relation for Sheamus giving him a 10 month injury.At Wrestle Mania he lost which extended Undertakers undefeated streak to 19-0 however Undertaker was carried from the ring in a stretcher whereas Triple H left the ring of his own volition.

At the end of July 18,2011 he returned on behalf of WWE board of director to relieve his father in law Vince McMahon of his duties. This was followed by a announcement that he has been take over as COO of the WWE, This was during a storyline where CM Punk had won the WWE Championship and left the company.Triple H helped resign Punk and upheld both championship reigns.After repeated attack from the wrestler's like The Miz,R truth in various matches,the majority of WWE's on screen staff gave Triple H vote of No Confidence.Mr McMahon returned to relieve him of duties on RAW though he remained COO.He was replaced as General Manager of RAW by John Laurinaitis. 

Triple H returned on the January 30 edition of RAW to evaluate Laurinaitis performance as General Manager.Before he could announce the decision he was interrupted by Undertaker.After initially refusing the rematch as he did not want to tarnish Undertaker's legacy Triple H accepted challenge after being called a coward who lives in Shawn Michael shadow,on the condition of their rematch be contested inside a Hell in a Cell. Triple H went to lose this match at Wrestle Mania XXVIII.He returned on RAW 4 weeks later only to be assaulted by Lesnar and face him at Summer Slam.


Wednesday, August 8, 2012

History Of Brock Lesnar

Brock Edward Lesnar is an American professional wrestler,actor,former mixed martial artist and amateur wrestler,signed with WWE and appearing on it's RAW brand.

Born: July 12,1977 (age 35), Webster

Height:1.91m

Weight: 121kg

He is former UFC Heavy Weight Champion and former 1at ranked mixed martial arts (MMA) Heavyweight by Sherdor, he was ranked 5th before he announced his retirement at the end of 2011. Lesnar is an accomplished armature wrestler,winning the 2000 NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion and future New England Patriots offensive lineman Stephen.

He gained prominence in WWE from 2002 to 2004 , where he is a former 3 times WWE Champion,becoming the youngest WWE Champion at the age of 25 with his first reign.Lesnar was 2002 King Of The Ring and the winner of 2003 Royal Rumbal.After leaving WWE, Lesnar purchased career in NFL. Hep played during the preseason for Minnesota Vikings ,but ended up being a late cut.He returned to the professional wrestling at 2005 and joined New Japan Pro Wrestling,where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first match.He was officially stripped of the title by NJPW in July 2006 and took the physical belt with him to Inoki Genome Federation(IGF) where he was still recognized as IWGP Champion until June 2007.

Lesnar started a career in MMA and won his first fight in June 2007. He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in October 2007.He lost his UFC debut against Frank Mir but defended Heath Herring in his sophomore fight.

On April 2,2012 Lesnar returned to WWE at he end of Monday Night Raw attacking John Cena.The following week general manager John Laurinaitis introduced Lesnar as the new face of WWE,he then announced Lesnar would face Cena at Extreme Rules PPV. Cena then interrupted and slapped Lesnar in his face,the two then brawled which resulted in Cena getting a busted lip.On April 16,it was announced via official WWE website,that Lesnar would face Cena in an Extreme Rules match.At the pay per view Lesnar bloodied Cena with MMA- style strike but would ultimately lose the match.

The following night on RAW ,Triple H returned to confront Lesnar over his new contract demand,saying he wouldn't be authorizing any of them. Lesnar would then attack Triple H applying Kimura lock and break his arm.Resulting his match against Triple H at the Summer Slam 2012.

Monday, August 6, 2012

History Of Sheamus

Stephen Farrelly is an Irish professional wrestler and actor,best known by his ring name Sheamus. He is signed with WWE and competes on the Smack Down brand as the reigning World Heavy Weight Champion.
Born: January  1978 (age 34), Dublin

Height: 1.98 m

Weight:121 kg

Prior to joining WWE,Farrelly  was also a two time International Heavy Weight Champion during his tenure in Irish Whip Wrestling. He is a three-time World Champion,having held the WWE Championship on two occasions and is current World Heavy Weight Champion in his first reign. He also  won the King Of The Ring 2010 and the Royal Rumble 2012 as well as the WWE United States Championship once.
In the 2011 supplemental Draft Sheamus was defeated to Smack Down brand .On 29 April episode of Smack Down, Sheamus made his Smack Down debut and attacked Kofi Kingston. Although he took the United States Championship with him,the title was moved back to the RAW brand at  Extreme rules when Kingston defeated him at a Table match. On June 3 episode of Smack Down, Sheamus lost a World Heavyweight Championship to Randy Ortan due to biased refereeing from Christian,beginning a turn from villainous character to a fan favorite over the following weeks. Two weeks later,he was put in a match against Christian witha stipulation that if Sheamus won,he would be able to compete in the World Heavy Weight Championship match at WWE Capitol Punishment.However he was unsuccessful in the match,and he was punted by Randy Ortan after the match.Sheamus face turn culminated in him attacking Mark Henry for being a bully,though he lost to him by count out at Summer Slam. After his loss,Sheamus went on a 14 match winning streak that ended after outside interference by Cristian , with whom he had been feuding.During this time Sheamus defeated Christian in three consecutive matches at Hell In a Cell,Vengeance,and n Smack Down. He then went on a 12 match winning streak building towards winning the 2012 Royal Rumble. He entered the match twenty-second and won by last eliminating Chris Jericho to earn a main event championship match at Wrestle Mania XXVIII.

On February at Elimination Chamber, Sheamus attacked World Heavy Weight Champion Daniel Bryan after the latter retained his title in Elimination Chamber match,confirming he would face Bryan at Wrestle Mania. On April 1 at Wrestle Mania XXVIII,Sheamus defeated Bryan in eighteen seconds to win his first World Heavy Weight Championship.On the  following episode Sheamus was defeated by Alberto Del Rio via disqualification,thus earning Del Rio a future title match.On 29 April at Extreme Rules , Sheamus successfully defended World Championship against Daniel Bryan in a two out of three fall match. On 20 May at Over The Limit,Sheamus defeated Randy Ortan,Chris Jericho and Alberto Del Rio ina fatal four way match to retrain World  Heavy Weight Championship.On 17 June at No Way Out Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain his title,he defended his title against Del Rio and Ziggler. In Money In the Bank he defeated Del Rio and defended his title.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

History Of John Cena

John Felix Anthony Cena is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to WWE as member of RAW brand. In WWE Cena has won 19 championships in total including 12 world titles.

Born: April 23, 1977 (age 35)

Height: 1.8m

He won 10 WWE Championship and 2 World Heavy Weight Champion. In addition Cena also won 3 WWE United States Champion, 4 Tag Team Champion.He also won the 2008 Royal Rumble match and 2012 Money In The Bank contract for WWE Title and  id two time superstar o the year Slammy Award. He is the longest reigning WWE Champion of the 2000s,having held the title for 380 days from 2006-2007 and also has the fourth highest number of combined days as WWE Champion behind Bob Backlund,Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino. Cena is also the first superstar who failed to capture the world title after cashing in Money in the bank contract.

Cena started his professional wrestling career in 2000,wrestling for Ultimate Pro Wrestling,where he held the UPW Heavy Weight Championship. In 2001, Cena signed a contract with WWF and was sent to OVW where he held the OVW Heavy Weight Championship and the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.

Outside of wrestling Cena has released the rap album You Cant See Me which debuted at NO. 15 on US Billboard200 chart,and started in feature film The Marine, 12 Rounds,Legendary. Cena has also made appearance on various television shows.

The following night on RAW Cena would address the Rock with the crowd chanting "Yours a Loser" stating that though he lost his carerr's most important match,he would own up and accept not only his loss but also the Rock being greatest wrestler of all time. Cena would call out The Rock to congratulate him only to be interrupted by Brock Lesner who proceeded to hit Cena an F5. This would result in Cena entering into a feud with General Manager John Laurinaitis who was advertising Lesner as the new face of WWE. Laurinaitis would go on to announce Cena would face Lesner at the main event of Extreme Rules. Cena would be confronted by Edge who would acknowledge Cena's loss to Rock causing him to have lack of focus. Edge would go to tell Cena to wake up from his loss to Rock and beat Lesnar to stop Laurinaitis for promoting a superstar who doesn't care for WWE. Late that night Cena showed his lack of confidence by bringing a chain to contract signing and refusing to fight Lesnar. At the event Cena would end up winning aster hitting Lesnar with Attitude Adjustment.On following Raw Cena would be confronted by Laurinaitis to attack Cena and declare himself as Cena's opponent in over the limit.Where Cena would lose due to interference by Big Show. However he would make Mr McMahon fire Laurinaitis as he would defeat Big Show at Over The Limit.

On June 25 episode of RAW Cena announced that he would enter his first Money In the Bank which he won but however was unsuccessful to cash in due to interference by Big Show on his match against CM Punk.Show would continue to attack Cena until Rock arrives to make the save. However Cena would face CM Punk and Big Show for WWE Championship match on Summer Slam.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

History Of Rikishi

Solofa Fatu Jr. Samoan American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Rikishi with World Wrestling Entertainment, where he was a one time Intercontinental Champion and two times Tag Team Champion.

Born: October 11, 1965 (age 46), San Francisco

Height: 1.85m

Rikishi returned on December 6, 2001,delivering a Stink Face to Vince McMahon and solidifying his face status. Upon the WWE Brand Extension, Rikishi was drafted to Smack Down. At Judgement Day, he faced Billy and Chuck in a "secret partner" match. His partner turned out to be Rico, Billy and Chuck's stylist. Despite Rico's best efforts to unfairly help Billy and Chuck, Rikishi and he won the match and became the Tag Team Champions. Rico would later cost his partner to lose the titles in a rematch. Rikishi was not featured much in late 2002 and early 2003. He feuded with John Cena , Bill DeMott, and the Full Blooded Italians on Smack Down. the returns of Roddy Piper led Rikishi to challenge him as Piper had hit jimmy Snuka with a coconut years ago on Piper's Pit. At Backlash 2003, Piper's protage Sean O'Haire defeated Rikishi after Piper got hit with a coconut by Rikishi giving O'Haire time to hit the Widow maker on Rikishi. Rikishi eventually formed a tag team with Scotty 2 Hotty, and the duo defeated the Basham Brothers for the WWE Tag Team Championship on February 5, 2004, holding them for two and a half months before losing them to Charlie Haas and Rico. Fatu, however, was released by WWE on July 16, 2004, following repeated requests from WWE to lose weight.

 Fatu continued to wrestle on the independent circuit. In October 2005, he shortened his ring name to Kishi after being notified by WWE legal representatives that WWE owned a trademark on the name "Rikishi". Fatu as Rikishi would go on to operate Nu-Wrestling Evolution,a professional wrestling promotion based on Italy. On Feberuary17, 2007, Fatu competed as SUMO RIKISHI in a tag team contest at an All Japan Pro Wrestling event, as he was brought in by  Keiji Mutoh to feud with Akebono. On August 12, 2007, Fatu competed in an 8-man tag, as Rikishi, at Asistencia Asesoria V Administration's Triple Mania event. On August 23, Fatu competed in a Triple Threat match against Samoa Joe and Sterling James Keenen at Ballpark Brawl VIII in Buffalo, New york. On November 17, wrestling as Rikishi once again, Fatu defeated Mike Rollins at a Heavy on Wrestling event in Duluth Minnesota. On the September 

 episode of Impact! Fatu debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Junior Fatu. Fatu faced Cristian Cage on the September 20 episode of Impact! in his first match, which he lost due to distraction by Christian's partner AJ Styles. On October 25 episode of Impact! Fatu faced Robert Rhode in a Fight  for the Ring Tournament match.

Fatu now wrestles in the Territory League under his TNA alias Junior Fatu. He is member of the Las Vegas High-rollers along with his friends Brian Christopher and Scott Garland, formerly known as Too Cool.

Rikishi made his appearance in 2012 at WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.He made an appearance on WWE RAW on July 16,2012 defeating Heath Slater.During the match Rikishi with a taped thumb used the Samoan Spike in memory of his late brother Eddi "Umaga" Fatu. After the match he danced with his sons Jey and Jimmy Uso. He then reappeared on the actual 1000th episode on July 23 with other WWE Legends to help Lita take down Slater.