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Marty Garner
Marty Garner (born May 2, 1967) is an American professional wrestler most noted for his appearances in World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment and his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Early career (1993–1995) Garner started wrestling in several independent wrestling promotions based in North Carolina, mainly wrestling under the ring name Cham Pain in Southern Championship Wrestling, New Dimension Wrestling and OMEGA. World Wrestling Federation (1994–1997) Garner has made numerous appearances for the WWF as an enhancement talent, beginning in May 1994 against Jeff Jarrett. He then made several appearances in 1995, 1996 and 1997 against wrestlers such as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jerry Lawler, Jim Neidhart, Yoshihiro Tajiri, and Marc Mero. Pedigree incident (1996) On May 28, 1996, Garner faced Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) during the taping of ''WWF Superstars''. During the match, Helmsley went for his finisher, the Pedigree. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th-largest and List of U.S. states and territories by population, 9th-most populous of the List of states and territories of the United States, United States. Along with South Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast of the United States, East Coast. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh is the state's List of capitals in the United States, capital and Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte is its List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous and one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. The Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Jessy Raphael Show
''Sally'' (originally titled ''The Sally Jessy Raphael Show'') is an American syndicated tabloid talk show that was hosted by radio talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael. It originally was a half-hour local St. Louis television program, debuting October 17, 1983, on KSDK (channel 5), and ran in syndication until May 22, 2002, with repeats running until September 6. Format ''Sally Jessy Raphael'' was one of the first audience-participation, issue-driven talk shows to have a female host, predating ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' by three years. The program was a part of the tabloid talk show genre that pervaded daytime television throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s. Production Conception and development In the early years of the nationally syndicated run, ''Sally Jessy Raphael'' remained a half-hour show, but in 1986, Raphael expanded production of each episode to an hour's length. However, broadcast markets were allowed to retain a half-hour packaging of her show, which most opted f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Kash
David Tyler Cash (born July 31, 1969), better known by his ring name Kid Kash, is an American mixed martial artist and retired professional wrestler, best known for his tenures with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Professional wrestling career Early career (1989–1996) Kash's father was a boxer and Kash began training by the age of seven years. He went on to become a professional fighter and worked in Japan. Cash met up with Ricky Morton during his travels, and took Cash on the road with him and continued his training. Working as a welding, welder by day, Cash wrestled on the independent circuit. Under the name David Tyler Morton he formed a short lived tag team with Ricky Morton. Kash started wrestling at age 20 in 1989. Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996–1997) Cash's first mainstream exposure came in late November 1996 with Extreme Championship Wrestling, ECW. Cash, then wrestling a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) List of National Wrestling Alliance territories, territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS (American TV channel), TBS). For all of its existence, WCW was one of the two top professional wrestling promotions in the United States alongside the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), at one point surpassing the latter in terms of popularity. After initial success through utilization of established wrestling stars of the 1980s, the company appointed Eric Bischoff to executive producer of television in 1993. Under Bischoff's leadership, the company enjoyed a period of mainstream success characterized by a shift to reality-based angle (professional wrestling), storylines, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillbilly
''Hillbilly'' is a term historically used for White people who dwell in rural area, rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in the Appalachian region and Ozarks. As people migrated out of the region during the Great Depression, the term spread northward and westward with them. The usage of the term ''hillbilly'' as a descriptor receives mixed perceptions, often in part due to the nature in which it is used. It may be used in in-groups as a point of pride, while others consider its usage derogatory, especially when used as an insult. The first known instances of ''hillbilly'' in print were in ''The Railroad Trainmen's Journal'' (vol. ix, July 1892), an 1899 photograph of men and women in West Virginia labeled "Camp Hillbilly", and a 1900 ''New York Journal'' article containing the definition: "a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammeled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dupps
The Dupps were a professional wrestling tag team in southern independents and ECW during the late 1990s composed of four wrestlers and one valet. Each of their names is a play on different phrases: "Bowed up", "Jacked up", "Pucked up", "Stand up", and "Fluffed up". They feuded with Danny Doring and Roadkill over who should have a shot at the ECW World Tag Team Championship. The rivalry culminated when The Dupps signed a World Wrestling Federation developmental deal, resulting in a loser leaves town match on the February 25, 2000 episode of ''ECW on TNN'', that the Dupps lost. After a long stint in the WWF/E developmental system and primarily wrestling infrequently on ''WWE Jakked/Metal, WWF Jakked'', both Dupps were eventually let go in 2001. During their time in the WWF they feuded with the Mean Street Posse. During the early days of NWA Total Nonstop Action, the team consisted of Bo Dupp and Stan Dupp, and managed by Fluff Dupp. Bo, Stan and Fluff were stereotypical Southern U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Price (wrestler)
Rodney Price (born January 25, 1962) is an American retired professional wrestler and manager. He is best known for his appearances in the Texas-based promotions Global Wrestling Federation, the Memphis-based promotion United States Wrestling Association and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the 1990s under the ring name Rod Price. Early life He played in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Raiders and San Diego Chargers from 1985 to 1987. Professional wrestling career Stud made his professional wrestling debut in 1988. In 1990, Price worked in the Dallas, Texas-based promotion World Class Championship Wrestling during the promotion's final days. After WCCW, Price worked in Memphis for the United States Wrestling Association. He began to team with Steve Austin. In Puerto Rico, he won the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship defeating Super Medico #3 holding it for a week. He would drop the title to Super Medico #3. In 1991, Price made his debut in the newly Glob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Corino
Steven Eugene Corino (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestling trainer and former professional wrestler. , he works for the American professional wrestling promotion WWE as a trainer at the WWE Performance Center and as a producer for its developmental brand, NXT. Corino He is best known for his tenure with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1998 to 2001 and Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002 to 2006 and from 2009 to 2016. Over the course of his career, he held titles including the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, MLW World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and ROH World Tag Team Championship. Professional wrestling career Early career (1994–1998) Corino began wrestling in 1994 and spent four years working on the independent circuit. During this time, he was a part of the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, a promotion run by Matt and Jeff Hardy. Corino began an anti- hardcore gimmick on the independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Abs
Jason Arhndt (born October 15, 1971) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Joey Abs as part of the Mean Street Posse. He also performed using the ring name Venom. Professional wrestling career Early career (1994–1999) Arhndt began his career as a member of Matt and Jeff Hardy's Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) in Cameron, North Carolina. Arhndt also made some appearances as enhancement talent using his real name on '' WWF Monday Night Raw'' in 1994 and 1995. In 1996, he became the first individual to have the Stunner performed on him by Stone Cold Steve Austin on an episode of '' Superstars''. Later that year, teaming with Eddie Jackie, they scored an upset win against Steve Austin, pinning him after he was clotheslined by Davey Boy Smith. On August 2, 1997, he was defeated by Jeff Hardy to crown the first OMEGA New Frontiers Champion. Abs continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OMEGA Heavyweight Championship
The OMEGA Heavyweight Championship is the top singles title in the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) independent professional wrestling promotion. The title's original run lasted from 1997 to 2000, before being recommissioned at OMEGA's Night of a Champion on February 28, 2015, crowning Jeff Hardy as the first champion since 2000. Title history Combined reigns As of , . See also *OMEGA Championship Wrestling The Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, also known as OMEGA or OMEGA Championship Wrestling (stylized as ΩMΞGΔ CHΔMPIΩNSHIP WRΞSTLIΠG), is an independent circuit, independent professional wrestling promotion based in central Nor ... References External links Omega Heavyweight Championship{{DEFAULTSORT:Omega Heavyweight Championship Heavyweight wrestling championships OMEGA Championship Wrestling championships Global Force Wrestling championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Moore
Shannon Moore (born July 27, 1979) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1999 and 2001 and with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for several years in the 2000s. He has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He currently wrestles for Atomic Legacy Wrestling (ALW) where he is the current ALW Heavyweight Champion in his 3rd reign. Moore befriended Matt Hardy, Matt and Jeff Hardy as a child, and they later trained him to wrestle. He debuted in 1995 and competed for several North Carolina–based promotions, winning several Light Heavyweight Championships. He also wrestled for Hardy Boyz, the Hardys' promotion, OMEGA Championship Wrestling, Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), where he won the OMEGA Light Heavyweight Championship twice and the OMEGA New Frontiers Championship once. In 1999, he signed with WCW, and became part of 3 Count, a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OMEGA New Frontiers Championship
The OMEGA New Frontiers Championship was a secondary title in the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) independent professional wrestling promotion. The title lasted from 1997 to 1999. Title history See also *OMEGA Championship Wrestling The Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, also known as OMEGA or OMEGA Championship Wrestling (stylized as ΩMΞGΔ CHΔMPIΩNSHIP WRΞSTLIΠG), is an independent circuit, independent professional wrestling promotion based in central Nor ... References External links OMEGA New Frontiers Championship{{DEFAULTSORT:Omega New Frontiers Championship OMEGA Championship Wrestling championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
