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Adorable Rubí

Rubi Rubalcaba (born December 31, 1931) is a retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Adorable Rubí.

Américo Rocca

Javier Hernández Padilla (born September 22, 1952) is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Américo Rocca.

Andy Leavine

Under the ring name of Kevin Hackman, Leavine only took part in a couple of matches before being released in February 2011 to participate on Tough Enough.

Leavine won WWE Tough Enough in 2011 to earn a contract with WWE, and previously wrestled for WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Kevin Hackman.

Arkangel de la Muerte

The wrestler who would become most known as Arkangel made his profesional wrestling debut in 1985, using the ring name "Mr. Cid", an enmascarado (masked) character partially inspired by El Cid, an 11th-century Castilian nobleman.

Cachorro Mendoza

Pedro Jacobo Contreras (born October 10, 1955) is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Cachorro Mendoza.

Camaleón

The wrestler known under the ring name Camaleón has on a few occasions stated that he began his wrestling career in 1999, but never revealed what ring name he worked under from 1999 until 2007 when he began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as Súper Camaleón ("Super Chameleon).

Drake Younger

Drake Wuertz (born September 10, 1984) is an American professional wrestler known by his ring name Drake Younger.

El Faraón

Barajas is best known under the ring name, El Faraón (Spanish for "the Pharaoh"), a ring name and persona he used throughout his career from his debut in 1973 until retiring around the turn of the millennium.

El Signo

Antonio Sánchez Rendón (both September 4, 1954 in Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico), is a retired Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name El Signo (Spanish for "The Sign").

El Torero

Jose Isias Cancio Allon (born July 6, 1959) is a retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name El Torero, a Bullfighter ring persona.

Elix Skipper

Seven months later, Skipper began wrestling on Thunder and Nitro under the ring name Skip Over, facing members of the cruiserweight division and fellow Power Plant graduates.

Guerrero Negro, Jr.

Héctor Picasso Ríos (born October 19, 1983 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico), better known under the ring name Guerrero Negro, Jr.

Karloff Lagarde, Jr.

César Baltazar de Lucio Valencia (born October 21, 1970) is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Karloff Lagarde, Jr.

Los Arlequíns

Los Arlequíns was a wrestling "concept" team, similar to the concept of a boy band, where several wrestlers are joined up and given a common ring identity; in this case all members of the group were based on the Harlequin character.

Máscara Año 2000

Jesús Reyes González (born March 10, 1958) is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Máscara Año 2000 or Máscara Año Dos Mil.

Mocho Cota

Manuel Cota Soto (born June 5, 1954) is a semi-retired Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mocho Cota.

Mr. Águila

Delgado made his debut in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on the November 3, 1997 episode of Raw is War as part of its newly relaunched Light Heavyweight division at the age of 18, wrestling under the Ring name Águila.

Stephen Petitpas

Stephen Petitpas (born November 14, 1957 in Soest, Germany), is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Big" Stephen Petitpas.

Último Gladiador

Gerardo Campos Poza (born March 28, 1978), better known under his ring name Último Gladiador (Spanish for "Last Gladiator") is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler.

UltraMantis Black

As UltraMantis, his original red and green attire was based on the main protagonist from the Kamen Rider series, while his ring name was derived from another Japanese television program, Ultraman.


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Akio

James Yun, American wrestler who used Akio as his ring name

Akiyuki Nosaka

In December 1978, he was credited for giving former rugby player-turned pro wrestler Susumu Hara his ring name, Ashura Hara.

Betsy Ruth

On April 20, 2010, Duignan wrestled a tryout dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Miss Betsy, during which she accidentally injured her opponent, Daffney.

Duignan took part in the first season tapings of Wrestlicious, performing under the ring name Sister Ophelia as the manager of the Naughty Girls (Charity, Faith and Hope).

Black Terry

Mares made his professional wrestling debut in February, 1973 using the ring name Black Terry but later adopt a masked ring character called "La Gacela", Spanish for "The Gazelle".

Canadians of Syrian ancestry

Rami Sebei, a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his work under the ring name El Generico, currently signed to WWE under the ring name Sami Zayn.

Crybaby

Josh Withers (born 1986), American professional wrestler with the ring name "The Crybaby"

Daniel García

Daniel Garcia Soto, New York-born wrestler whose ring name is Stefano

Diamond Lil

Katie Glass, a little person professional wrestler who used the ring name Diamond Lil

Elizabeth Miklosi

In 2006, Miklosi performed in the short-lived MTV wrestling series Wrestling Society X under the ring name Lizzy Valentine as a valet and girlfriend for Matt Sydal as a heel.

Gato Eveready

Later on his ring name was changed to "Jimmy Boy" and he was teamed up with Billy and Vangelis to form a Boy band inspired group called Los Spice Boys.

Gene Stanlee

Zygowicz's first professional match was April 26, 1946 in Milwaukee against Leo Kirilenko under the ring name "Gene Stanlee".

Hikari Minami

Minami was trained by Gatokunyan wrestler Emi Sakura and made her professional wrestling debut at the age of eleven on February 12, 2006, working under the ring name Hikari and facing Sakura, Aika Ando, Hinata and Kinoko in a five-way match at an event in Itabashi, Tokyo.

Honky Tonk Man

The Honky Tonk Man, ring name of professional wrestler Roy Wayne Farris

Independent Wrestling Federation

Other graduates of note include current Total Nonstop Action talent Rob Eckos (ring name Robbie E.), who is also mentioned in the Darren Aronofsky film "The Wrestler", and "Pretty Boy" Moby Plinko, better known as music producer Keven Maroda.

Io Shirai

On October 14, 2010, Shirai, working under the ring name Biba Kasai, made her debut for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) at an event in Naucalpan, Mexico, where she teamed with Mini Abismo Negro, Monster Clown and Yuriko to defeat El Hijo de Cien Caras, Mari Apache, Mascarita Divina and Pasión Cristal via disqualification in an eight person tag team match.

James Laurinaitis

James' father Joe is a semi-retired World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) professional wrestler better known by his ring name Road Warrior Animal, one half of legendary wrestling tag-team The Road Warriors, while his uncles Marcus and John Laurinaitis are also former professional wrestlers.

Jeanne Basone

Jeanne Basone (born May 19, 1963) is an American female professional wrestler, actress, model and stuntwoman best known by her ring name Hollywood in the women's wrestling promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, founded by David McLane.

Jimmy Wang

James Yun (born 1981), wrestler who uses the ring name Jimmy Wang Yang

Leono

In 2004 he changed his ring name to Leono, the Spanish name for Lion-O of the ThunderCats, which was also reflected in the fact that Leono often had the ThunderCats logo on his trunks.

Manik

T.J. Perkins, a professional wrestler who performs under the ring name Manik

Michael Barton

Mike Polchlopek (born 1963), American wrestler with the ring name Mike Barton

Mistico

Místico, former ring name of Mexican luchador Luis Urive, also known as "Sin Cara" in World Wrestling Entertainment

Mitsuhide Hirasawa

After embarking on an extended tour of Puerto Rican World Wrestling Council (WWC) in September 2010, Hirasawa adopted the new ring name Hideo Saito as a tribute to Masa Saito and Hideo Nomo.

Mushy

Mushy Callahan (1904–1986), ring name of American light welterweight champion boxer Vincent Morris Scheer

Namahage

In early 2012, Japanese professional wrestler Kyōsuke Mikami began working for Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name "Namajague", wearing a mask inspired by Namahage.

New Hazard

Takagi returned on May 6, teaming with Hulk to defeat the Tozawa-juku team of Akira Tozawa and Keni'chiro Arai; Onodera, using his former ring name Yamato, returned the following night, teaming with Hulk, Kong and Takagi to defeat Muscle Outlaw'z.

Pimpinela Escarlata

His ring name is Spanish for "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and is taken from the fictional character of the same name.

Prince Iaukea

The common pronunciation of his ring name came about by the mispronunciation from WCW Announcer Tony Schiavone.

Ray Steele

Peter Sauer (1900-1949), used the ring name while wrestling in America

Razor Ramon

Scott Hall, wrestler who performed under the ring name "Razor Ramon" from 1992-1996

Scorpio Sky

On June 28, 2012, Andrews, working under the ring name Mason Andrews, made his debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), losing to Rashad Cameron in a TNA X Division Championship tournament qualifying match on Impact Wrestling.

Stephen Richards

Stevie Richards (born 1971), ring name of the American wrestler Michael Manna

Takashi Kimura

Kengo Kimura (born 1953), retired Japanese professional wrestler, ring name Takashi Kimura

Victoria Adams

Mickie James (born 1979), American wrestler, sometimes uses the ring name Vicki Adams