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Jamal Mustafa
Jamal Mustafa (born Terrance Ladd Blalock; September 30, 1963), better known by his ring name Mustafa Saed, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the 1990s. Professional wrestling career Early career (1990–1991) Mustafa was trained as a professional wrestler by Gene Anderson. He made his debut on the August 18 (taped August 6), 1990 episode of '' WCW Worldwide'' teaming with Scott Williams in a match against WCW World Tag Team Champions Doom. He would make his singles debut against J.W. Storm on the October 27, 1990 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling''. Saed also appeared with the World Wrestling Federation. World Championship Wrestling (1992–1993) In November 1992, Saed began appearing with World Championship Wrestling as a jobber. Wrestling primarily on ''WCW Saturday Night'', with occasional appearances on '' WCW Main Event'' and '' WCW Worldwide'', he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Kings Mountain is a small suburb, suburban city within the Charlotte metropolitan area in Cleveland County, North Carolina, Cleveland and Gaston County, North Carolina, Gaston counties, North Carolina, United States. Most of the city is in Cleveland County, with a small eastern portion in Gaston County. The population was 10,296 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. History Originally the settlement was called White Plains, but the city was incorporated on October 16, 1874, and the name was changed. It was decided that "Kings Mountain" would be a more appropriate name since the community was close to the site of the historic 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain in York County, South Carolina, a turning point in the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Kings Mountain was proclaimed as "the turning point of the American Revolution" by Thomas Jefferson. Liberty Mountain, a play performed at the local theater, recounts the events of the battle. The downtown area is home to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 Cold Scorpio
Charles Bernard Scaggs (born October 25, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name 2 Cold Scorpio. He gained fame for his performances in professional wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Noah, and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) (where he also performed as Flash Funk). Over the course of his career, Scorpio held championships including the ECW World Tag Team Championship, ECW World Television Championship, GHC Tag Team Championship, and WCW World Tag Team Championship. Professional wrestling career Early career (1985–1992) Scaggs made his professional wrestling debut in 1985, adopting the ring name "2 Cold Scorpio". He wrestled in various independent promotions in the United States. On the recommendation of Big Van Vader, he decided to join New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he trained in the NJPW Dojo. He also wrestled in Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Dangerously 1999
Living Dangerously (1999) was the second Living Dangerously professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on March 21, 1999, from the Asbury Park Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Event Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Nova and Chris Chetti defeated Danny Doring and Roadkill in a non-televised match. Preliminary matches The event kicked off with a match between Super Crazy and Yoshihiro Tajiri in a rematch from Crossing the Line '99 the prior month. Tajiri attempted to reverse a powerbomb attempt by Crazy into a hurricanrana but Crazy rolled through with a roll-up for the win. After the match, Steve Corino cut a promo in which he praised himself, insulted the crowd and issued an open challenge which was answered by Balls Mahoney. Mahoney hit Corino with a big chair shot for the quick victory. Next, Antifaz del Norte took on Little Guido. Antifaz dived onto Guido outside the ring but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossing The Line '99
Crossing the Line '99 was a professional wrestling live event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on February 12, 1999. The event was held in Elks Lodge #878 in the Queens neighborhood of New York City, New York in the United States. Excerpts from Crossing the Line '99 aired on episodes #304 and #305 of the syndicated television program ''ECW Hardcore TV'' on 20 and 27 February 1999, while the full event was released on VHS in 1999 and on DVD in 2002. The main event bout between Jerry Lynn and Rob Van Dam was included on the 2015 compilation DVD ''ECW Unreleased Vol. 3''. Event The event was attended by approximately 1,000 people. The announcer for the event was Joey Styles. The opening bout was a singles match between Chris Chetti against Little Guido. Chris Chetti defeated Little Guido by pinfall following a double springboard moonsault. The second bout was a tag team match in which the Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks defeated Danny Doring and Roadkill, pinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heat Wave (1997)
Heat Wave (1997) was the fourth Heat Wave professional wrestling live event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on July 19, 1997 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. Excerpts from Heat Wave appeared on episode #222 of ''ECW Hardcore TV'', which was broadcast on July 22, 1997. Background The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches played out on ECW's television program '' Hardcore TV''. Rob Van Dam and Sabu shockingly turned heels at Barely Legal by attacking Taz after Taz had beaten Sabu in a match and Taz's manager Bill Alfonso also turned on him and sided with RVD and Sabu. RVD would betray ECW for World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he formed an alliance with WWF's color commentator Jerry Lawler, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECW The Doctor Is In
The Doctor Is In was a professional wrestling live event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on August 3, 1996. The event was held in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. The title of the event referred to the debuting "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Excerpts from The Doctor Is In aired on episodes #172 and #174 of the syndicated television show ''ECW Hardcore TV'' on August 6 and 20, 1996, while the full event was released on VHS in 1996. It was made available for streaming on the WWE Network in 2020. The main event (a stretcher match between Rob Van Dam and Sabu) was included on the 2001 Pioneer Entertainment compilation DVD ''Hardcore History'' and the compilation DVD ''Bloodsport: ECW's Most Violent Matches'' released by WWE in 2006, while the bout between Pitbull #2 and Shane Douglas was also featured on ''Hardcore History'' and the bout between 2 Cold Scorpio and Chris Jericho was included on the compilation DVD ''ECW Unreleased, Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams
Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams was a professional wrestling house show, live event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on June 17, 1995. The event was held in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. Excerpts from Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams aired on the syndicated television show ''ECW Hardcore TV'', while the full event was released on VHS in 1995. It was made available for Streaming media, streaming on the WWE Network in 2020. Event The commentator for Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams was Joey Styles. The event was attended by approximately 1,150 people. The opening match pitted Tony Stetson - wrestling as "the Broad Street Bully" - against "the New Jersey Devil" (Doug Gentry) in a reference to the defeat of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs by eventual winners the New Jersey Devils several days prior. Wearing a Philadelphia Flyers hockey jersey, the Bully defeated the Devil by pinfall in 16 seconds with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Affirmative Action
Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies) refers to a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to address systemic discrimination. Historically and internationally, support for affirmative action has been justified by the idea that it may help with bridging inequalities in employment and pay, increasing access to education, and promoting diversity, social equity, and social inclusion and redressing wrongs, harms, or hindrances, also called substantive equality. The nature of affirmative-action policies varies from region to region and exists on a spectrum from a hard quota to merely targeting encouragement for increased participation. Some countries use a quota system, reserving a certain percentage of government jobs, political positions, and school vacancies for members of a certain group; an example of this is the reservati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers (; July 2, 1925June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. Evers, a United States Army veteran who served in World War II, was engaged in efforts to overturn Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for African Americans, including the enforcement of Suffrage, voting rights when he was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith. After college, Evers became active in the civil rights movement in the 1950s. Following the 1954 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in ''Brown v. Board of Education'' that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, Evers challenged the segregation of the state-supported public University of Mississippi. He applied to law school there, as the state had no public law school for African Americans. He also worked for voting rights, econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Lo Brown
Accie Julius Connor (born October 22, 1973), better known by his ring name D'Lo Brown (also formatted as D-Lo Brown), is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to TNA Wrestling, where he works as a producer. He is best known for his time with WWE. Brown is also known for his appearances in Ring of Honor, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Noah. Professional wrestling career Early career (1994–1997) Connor began his wrestling career in New Jersey as "Ace the Animal". He then wrestled Earthquake in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1994 under his given name as a Job (professional wrestling)#Jobbers, jobber. Connor debuted in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in September 1994 as "A.C. Conner". In October 1994, he was renamed "'Downtown' D'Lo Brown" and introduced as the head of security for the Gangstas (Mustapha Saed and New Jack). Brown was the worker (professional wrestling), worker of the stable (professional wrestling), stable, complementing Saed's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jack
Jerome Young (January 3, 1963 – May 14, 2021) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name New Jack. He was best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he became notorious for his willingness to take dangerous bumps and his stiff hardcore wrestling style, often taking high risks and known for shooting on opponents, for example his altercation with Gypsy Joe in 2003. In 1996 he was a key figure in the Mass Transit incident. He is also known for being the only wrestler to have had his entrance music (" Natural Born Killaz" by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre) play throughout his matches in ECW. After the promotion closed in 2001, Young spent the rest of his career on the independent circuit until his death in May 2021. Early life Jerome Young was born on January 3, 1963, in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1968, when he was five years old, he and his siblings witnessed his father stab his mother multiple times after he found out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Hammer
Mark Ty Hildreth (born November 11, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling under the ring names Van Hammer. Early life Before becoming a wrestler, Hildreth joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school and traveled around the world while on tour. Professional wrestling career Early career (1991) After being trained by Boris Malenko and Dan Spivey, Hildreth made his debut on July 19, 1991, as "The Hammer", teaming with "Iceman" King Parsons to defeat Billy Travis and Khris Germany in a tag team match for the North Georgia Wrestling Alliance. The referee for this match was Hildreth's brother, Dwayne Hildreth. Hildreth had expected to wrestle on the independent circuit for at least a few years. The promotion was booked by Dusty Rhodes, who also served as the booker for World Championship Wrestling. Despite having wrestled just one match, Hildreth was invited to be the opponent for fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
