- Ric Flair
Ric Flair (real name:Richard Morgan Fliehr, born on February 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, MN), is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its "SmackDown!" brand. Also known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is considered by many as the best all-around pro wrestler ever, as he combined superlative ring skills with unparalleled showmanship while crafting the model for the ideal champion in the modern era.
- Hulk Hogan
Terrence Gene Bollea (born on August 11, 1953) is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan. He currently stars on the VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best".
- Shawn Michaels
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, (born July 22 1965), is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Shawn Michaels. He performs on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), though he is currently out of action because of a legitimate knee surgery. His absence is being portrayed on television as being a result of a serious concussion.
- Verne Gagne
Verne Gagne (born February 26, 1926) is a former professional wrestler, trainer and wrestling promoter. He was the former owner/promoter of the American Wrestling Association (AWA) based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was the predominant promotion throughout the mid-west and Manitoba, Canada for many years. He remained in this position until 1991, when the company folded. He has a son, Greg, who also wrestled.
- Curt Hennig
Curtis Michael Hennig, also known by his ring name Mr. Perfect, was an American professional wrestler who competed for the American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation, and World Championship Wrestling promotions. A former World Heavyweight Champion, he was regarded by fans and peers alike as one of the most athletically gifted and charismatic professional wrestlers of his generation
- Scott Hall
Scott Hall (born October 20, 1958) is an American professional wrestler. In the course of his career, which has spanned three decades, Hall has wrestled for the American Wrestling Association, the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
- Eric Bischoff
Eric Bischoff (born May 27 1955), is a former professional wrestling promoter and on-screen personality, most known for serving as President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later "on-air" General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainment's "RAW" brand. He still makes occasional appearances on RAW.
- Bobby Heenan
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (born Raymond Louis Heenan on November 1, 1944), is an American professional wrestling manager and commentator. He is legendary in the business for his skill in drawing heel heat for himself and his wrestlers, and for his masterful on-screen repartee with Gorilla Monsoon as a color commentator.
- Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos on July 15, 1951), also known as "The Body", "The Star", "The Mind", and "Governor Body", is an American politician, former professional wrestler, Navy UDT veteran, actor, and former radio and television talk show host.
- Larry Zbyszko
Lawrence (Larry) Whistler (born December 5, 1953) is a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Larry Zbyszko. Zbyszko is perhaps best known for his feud with his mentor, wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino during the early 1980s. Zbyszko's ring name has in the past been misspelled Zbysko or Zybysko. The correct spelling of the name, Zbyszko, is derived from the name of Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko.
- Sgt. Slaughter
Robert Remus (born August 27, 1949) is an American WWE employee, and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Sgt. Slaughter. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter enjoyed success in the National Wrestling Alliance, American Wrestling Association, and World Wrestling Federation. He is currently working for WWE as a road agent on its "RAW" brand.
- Nick Bockwinkel
Nick Bockwinkel (born December 6 1934) is a former American professional wrestler, mainly competing in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the United States. He held the AWA World Heavyweight Championship 6 times.
- Jerry Lawler
Jerry O'Neil Lawler (born November 29, 1949) is an American professional wrestler and wrestling commentator, known throughout the wrestling world as "The King". He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working and wrestling on its "RAW" brand as the color commentator. He also wrestles and occasionally commentates for the Memphis Wrestling promotion.
- Bob Backlund
Robert Louis Backlund (born August 14, 1949) is a former American professional wrestler and minor politician.
- Harley Race
Harley Leland Race (born April 11, 1943), is a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter. During his career as a wrestler, he amassed eight National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship reigns at a time when wrestlers rarely repeated as champion, and worked for all of the major wrestling promotions, including the NWA, the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
- Greg Gagne
Greg Gagne born July 27, 1948 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota) is a former professional wrestler and is the son of the legendary Verne Gagne. The pushes he received while working for his father often led to claims of nepotism. Gagne was a solid worker in the ring, but given his slight build (roughly 180 lbs.) was considered by some to be inadequate in the 1980's when larger wrestling physiques became more popular.
- Dallas Page
Page Joseph Falkinburg (born April 5, 1956) is a retired American professional wrestler most famous for his work with the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotions
- Ken Patera
Ken Patera is a former professional wrestler and weightlifter.
- Jimmy Snuka
James Reiher (born May 18 1943) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Originally from the Fiji Islands, Snuka wrestled for several wrestling promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. He is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation in the early- to mid-'80s, and is credited with introducing the high-flyer style of wrestling to the WWF. A distant relative of the Samoan Anoa'i family, …
- Bob Orton
Robert Dale Orton Sr. was an American professional wrestler. He was also known as Bob Orton, Sr. or simply Bob Orton. He was the father of "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Jr. and former wrestler Barry O, and the grandfather of current WWE wrestler Randy Orton.
- Brad Rheingans
Brad Rheingans is a former Greco-Roman and professional wrestler. He is a native of Appleton, Minnesota.
- Wahoo McDaniel
Edward "Wahoo" McDaniel was a Choctaw-Chickasaw Native American who achieved fame as a professional American football player and later as a professional wrestler.
- Gene Okerlund
Eugene "Mean Gene" Okerlund (born November 29, 1938 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota), is a former American professional wrestling interviewer and announcer. A graduate of West Virginia University, Okerlund got his start at an AM talk radio station KOIL-AM 1280 in Omaha, Nebraska as a DJ. He segued out of radio into a position at the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the early 1970s when he occasionally filled in for ailing ring announcer and interviewer Marty O'Neill, …
- André The Giant
André the Giant was the stage name of André René Roussimoff, a French professional wrestler and actor. He was at least 2.09 metres (6 ft 10 in) tall and believed by many to have been over 2.13 metres (7 ft) at his tallest. His great size was a result of excessive growth hormone, a condition known as acromegaly, and led to him being dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World".
- Greg Valentine
John Anthony Wisniski Jr. (born September 10, 1950) is an American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.
- Adrian Adonis
Keith Franke (September 12, 1954 - July 4, 1988) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Adorable" Adrian Adonis.
- Jimmy Garvin
Jimmy Garvin (born James Williams on September 25, 1952 in Tampa, Florida) is a former professional wrestler.
- Stan Hansen
John Stanley "Stan" Hansen (born October 12, 1949 in Borger, Texas) is a retired American professional wrestler. Hansen, who spent much of his career wrestling in Japan, currently works for All Japan Pro Wrestling. He is perhaps best known for his "cowboy" gimmick - complete with cowboy hat and chewing tobacco - and his stiffness.
- Rick Martel
Richard Vigneault is a Québécois former professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) between 1980 and 1995 under the ring name Rick Martel.
- Chavo Guerrero
Chavo Guerrero, Sr. (born Salvador Guerrero Llanes on January 7, 1949) is a former professional wrestler.
- Brian Knobbs
Brian Yandrisovitz (born May 6, 1964 in Allentown, Pennsylvania), better known as Brian Knobbs and his wrestling name Terrorist, is an American former professional wrestler, best known as one half of the tag team The Nasty Boys along with Jerry Sags.
- Buddy Rose
"Playboy" Buddy Rose (real name - Paul Perschmann) is an American professional wrestler
- Marty Jannetty
Marty Jannetty (born on February 3, 1962 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known as one-half of the tag team The Rockers with Shawn Michaels in the mid 1980s and to early 1990s.
- Ray Stevens
Carl Ray Stevens (September 5, 1935 - May 3, 1996), better known as Ray "The Crippler" Stevens or Ray "Blond Bomber" Stevens, was an American professional wrestler. Stevens was a wrestling superstar since the early years of the television era until he retired during the early 1990s.
- Ole Anderson
Alan Rogowski, (born September 22, 1942 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) better known by his ring name Ole Anderson, is a retired professional wrestling performer and a promoter. He held numerous NWA World Tag Team Championships with Gene Anderson who was portrayed as his brother.
- Jerry Blackwell
Jerry Blackwell (April 26, 1949 - January 22, 1995) was a professional wrestler, better known by his stage name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. Blackwell competed in the 1979 World's Strongest Man contest, but withdrew early in the competition due to an injury. He was a main event star in the AWA where he feuded with Mad Dog Vachon. He was over 400 pounds and could move very well in the ring.
- Nikita Koloff
Nikita S. Koloff (born N. Scott Simpson - name legally changed to Koloff in 1988) is a former American professional wrestler who wrestled throughout the 1980s and early 1990s as "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff, which was a play off of the nickname of fan favorite "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (in fact, it was Rhodes who gave him the nickname). Nikita was brought into the National Wrestling Alliance by his "Uncle" Ivan to prove Soviet superiority.
- Gene Kiniski
Gene Kiniski is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Nick Kiniski and Kelly Kiniski.
- Larry Hennig
Larry "The Axe" Hennig is a retired professional wrestler and owner of Larry Hennig Realty & Auction Co. Inc based in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He is the father of the late "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig and is best known for his work in the American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance, and World Wide Wrestling Federation. Before pursuing a career in professional wrestling, Hennig became the Minnesota State High School Heavyweight Champion from Robbinsdale, …
- Mike Enos
Mike Enos is a retired professional wrestler who wrestled mainly as a tag-team wrestler in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation between 1989 and 2000.