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The Rock
Rocky Maivia grew up in the state of Miami, FL, and afterwards moved to Pennsylvania. Shortly after he came back to his hometown and played for the Miami Hurricanes. He went to university and practiced physiology, exercise and criminolgy. He also played for Calgary, but while playing for the Hurricanes he ruptured two disks in his back which cost him a shot at the NFL.
Instead of continuing to play football The Rock decided to go in the wrestling federation, taking after his father Rocky Johnson and his grandfather Peter Maivia which were great wrestlers in the federation. In his first pro wrestling match The Rock defeted the Brooklyn Brawler in Corpus, TX, in /96. WWF thought he was good, but decided that he needed more experience. So Rocky decided to join USWA with the name Flex Kavana. Afterwards The Rock went back to the WWF and signed a contract and gave him the name Rocky Maivia. Soon The Rock became popular and became the leader of The Nation, then quit The Nation and became corporate and became the WWF Champion and later lost it to Mankind on Raw Is War.
Rey Mysterio
No other Cruiserweight in the world carries the kind of reputation that Rey Mysterio does. A phenomenon who has competed all of the world,he is one of the very few competitors in wrestling history who can claim to have literally changed the game.His innovative high-flying maneuvers and lightning-fast style helped open the doors to lighter weight wrestlers over the course of the 1990's.Originally a star in Mexico, he has plied his trade everywhere from Japan to ECW to WCW.
Now finally,he has made his way to the WWE,once again wearing the mask that helped make him a legend.After week's of WWE promos for a new masked wrestler comeing to Smackdown.The Highflying Rey Mysterio made his WWE TV debut on Smackdown on 7/25.Rey made his WWE TV debut in grand fashion as the new Cruiserweight star took on and beat Chavo Guerrero Jr.Then later on in the show Rey came to the aid of Edge and John Cena as he climbed to the top of the steel cage and jumped off hitting a crossbody on Lance Strom, Jericho and Christian.With Mysterio how in the WWE look for the WWE Cruiserweight division to be heating up more than ever before,thanks to the man whose name translates as "Mystery King".With all that Mysterio had done for wrestling,when its all said and done look for Mysterio's name to be placed among the all times greats.
Maven
It took Maven more than three months of sweat and pain to become the first winner of WWE's Tough Enough competition. Maven has since proved that he was deserving of that distinction.
During an episode of SmackDown!, Maven earned his first piece of WWE gold by upsetting the Undertaker and winning the Hardcore Championship! Mavens run began with an eye-opening appearance in the Royal Rumble Match where he eliminated the Undertaker. It's performances like that which caused many to label Maven as a Superstar to keep an eye on. He caught the attention of RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff, who claimed the rights to Maven's contract in a five-Superstar trade that sent the Big Show to SmackDown!
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Brock Lesnar
The next big thing has arrived! Brock Lesnar has accomplished more in a short period of time than anyone else in WWE history!
Lesnar has a very impressive amateur background! In 1998, Lesnar became a NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) champion at Bismarck (North Dakota) Junior College, and then transferred to the University of Minnesota. Lesnar captured two Big Ten championships, and in his senior year, captured the NCAA Heavyweight title. Lesnar accumulated an impressive 56-3 record in junior college, and a 50-2 mark at the University of Minnesota.
In 2000, Lesnar signed a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment. After two years in WWE's developmental territory, Lesnar debuted on WWE RAW and immediately made a huge impact. Lesnar won the 2002 King Of The Ring, and used "Ruthless Aggression" to reach the top. At Summerslam 2002, Lesnar defeated The Rock to become the youngest WWE Champion of all time.
Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit touts himself as the greatest technical wrestler in the world -- and few would argue with him.
Benoit's journey to get to World Wrestling Entertainment began in his hometown in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After working years in Canada, Japan, Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling, Benoit finally entered WWE in 1999, along with his friends Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and Eddie Guerrero.
Benoit quickly found success in WWE, capturing the Intercontinental Championship numerous times, and even becoming WWE Tag Team Champion along with Chris Jericho.
After being forced to sit out from in-ring action for more than a year, Chris Benoit returned to WWE programming on June 3, 2002, on RAW, which was airing live from his hometown in Edmonton. Since returning, Benoit has made it clear that he wants to be back right where he was before his injury -- right in the middle of the WWE Championship hunt!
Edge
How many of us can say that we accomplished our lifelong dream? How many of us can say that we're doing exactly what we wanted to do when we were children? Edge can.
One of the brightest young stars in WWE, Edge sat on the floor for WrestleMania VI at SkyDome in Toronto, watching Hulk Hogan battle the Ultimate Warrior. Although he was only 16 at the time, Edge already knew that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of Hogan and Warrior; he wanted to be a WWE. Twelve years later, almost 70,000 fans watched Edge defeat Booker T at WrestleMania X8 at SkyDome in Toronto. Edge had already accomplished a career highlight at SkyDome -- in July 1999, he won the Intercontinental Championship there.
The Canadian Superstar has excelled in both singles and tag-team action. Along with his brother Christian, he won the Tag Team Championship seven times, a record for a duo. Edge & Christian were also part of some of the most memorable tag matches in history -- including the Ladder Match at WrestleMania 2000; the Tables, Ladders and Chairs (TLC) Match at SummerSlam in 2000; TLC II at WrestleMania X-Seven; and TLC III on the May 24, 2001 episode of SmackDown!
Edge officially became a force in the singles division when he won the 2001 King of the Ring Tournament. A few months later, he defeated Christian in an epic Ladder Match at No Mercy 2001 to become the Intercontinental Champion. In fact, he has already won the Intercontinental Championship on four occasions.
But his tag team days are definitely not behind him. On July 4, 2002, Edge paired up with his boyhood idol, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, and won his eighth WWE Tag Team Championship! On Nov. 7, 2002, he won the championship again, this time with Rey Mysterio as his partner.
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