World Wrestling Entertainment roster
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This is a list of every person employed by and/or contracted to World Wrestling Entertainment, including its developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling, LLC. This is with the exception to the wrestlers who make "special appearances".
Main rosters
Raw brand
Male wrestlers
- Shelton Benjamin
- Lance Cade
- Carlito (Carlos Colón, Jr.)
- John Cena
- Rob Conway
- "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
- Edge (Adam Copeland)
- Eugene (Nick Dinsmore)
- Ric Flair (Richard Fliehr)
- Shad Gaspard
- Charlie Haas
- Jeff Hardy
- JTG (Jayson Paul)
- Kenny (Ken Doane)
- Chris Masters (Chris Mordetsky)
- Robbie McAllister (Derek Graham-Couch)
- Rory McAllister (Russell Murray)
- Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom)
- Trevor Murdoch (Trevor Rhodes)
- Johnny Nitro (John Hennigan)
- Randy Orton
- (Gene) Snitsky (Eugene Snisky)
- Super Crazy (Francisco Pantoja Islas)
- Triple H (Paul Levesque)
- Umaga (Eddie Fatu)
- Val Venis (Sean Morley)
- Viscera (Nelson Frazier, Jr.)
Female wrestlers
- Mickie James
- Maria (Maria Kanellis) - Also an interviewer
- Melina (Melina Perez) - On-screen girlfriend and valet of Johnny Nitro
- Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon)
- Torrie Wilson (Torrie Gruner)
Referees
Other on-air talent
- Jonathan Coachman - Executive Assistant for Vince McMahon and occasional wrestler
- Armando Alejandro Estrada (Hazem Ali) - Manager for Umaga
- Lilian Garcia - Ring announcer
- Todd Grisham - Backstage interviewer and ring announcer
- Jerry "The King" Lawler - Color commentator for Raw and occasional wrestler
- Vince McMahon - WWE Chairman, Interim General Manager for Raw and occasional wrestler
- Jim Ross - Play-by-play commentator for Raw and Executive Vice President of Business Strategies
- Ron Simmons - Ambassador of WWE; frequent appearances
Inactive Talent
- Candice Michelle (Candice Beckman) - Broken nose
Stables and Tag Teams
- Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
- Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard & JTG)
- D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels & Triple H)
- The Highlanders (Robbie McAllister & Rory McAllister)
- Rated-RKO (Edge & Randy Orton)
- The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas)
SmackDown! brand
Male wrestlers
- Batista (Dave Bautista)
- The Boogeyman (Marty Wright)
- Chris Benoit
- Finlay (Dave Finlay)
- Funaki (Shoichi Funaki)
- Chavo Guerrero (Salvador Guerrero III)
- Matt Hardy
- Gregory Helms
- K.C. James (Kurt Sellers)
- Kane (Glen Jacobs)
- Brian Kendrick
- Mr. (Ken) Kennedy (Ken Anderson)
- King Booker (Booker Huffman)
- Paul London
- Joey Mercury (Adam Birch)
- Mike "The Miz" Mizanin
- Jamie Noble (James Howard or James Gibson)
- Montel Vontavious Porter (Antonio Banks)
- William Regal (Darren Matthews)
- Scotty 2 Hotty (Scott Garland)
- Idol Stevens (Aaron Stevens)
- Sylvan (Sylvain Grenier)
- Tatanka (Chris Chavis)
- Dave Taylor
- The Undertaker (Mark Calaway)
- Vito (Vito LoGrasso)
- Jimmy Wang Yang (James Yun)
Female wrestlers
- Layla El
- Jillian Hall
- Kristal Marshall
- Ashley Massaro -Valet of Brian Kendrick and Paul London
Referees
Other on-air talent
- Tony Chimel - Ring announcer
- Michael Cole (Michael Sean Coulthard) - Play-by-play commentator for SmackDown! and Managing Editor of WWE.com
- Vickie Guerrero - Manager of Chavo Guerrero; non contracted
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield - Color commentator for SmackDown!
- Little Bastard (Dylan Postl) - Sidekick of Finlay
- Theodore Long - General Manager
- Queen Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman) - Valet and wife of King Booker
- Steve Romero (Todd Romero) - Interviewer
Inactive talent
- Mark Henry - Tore patella tendon completely off the bone and split his patella in two at SNME, out for about 3 more months.
- Michelle McCool - Suffering from an enlarged kidney and an electrolyte imbalance and a fractured sternum
Stables and Tag Teams
- Funaki & Scotty 2 Hotty
- Paul London & Brian Kendrick with Ashley Massaro
- The Teacher's Pets (K.C. James & Idol Stevens) with Michelle McCool
- William Regal & Dave Taylor
ECW brand
Male wrestlers
- Elijah Burke
- CM Punk (Phil Brooks)
- Daivari (Shawn Daivari)
- Danny Doring (Dan Morrison)
- Tommy Dreamer (Tom Laughlin)
- René Duprée (René Goguen)
- The Great Khali (Dalip Singh)
- Hardcore Holly (Bob Howard)
- Mike Knox (Mike Hettinga)
- Bobby Lashley (Franklin Lashley)
- Little Guido Maritato (James Maritato)
- Balls Mahoney (Jonathan Rechner)
- Tony Mamaluke (Charles Spencer)
- Shannon Moore
- Stevie Richards (Michael Manna)
- Sabu (Terry Brunk)
- The Sandman (Jim Fullington)
- Al Snow (Allen Sarven)
- Matt Striker (Matthew Kaye)
- Sylvester Terkay
- Test (Andrew Martin)
- Kevin Thorn (Kevin Fertig)
- Rob Van Dam (Rob Szatkowski)
Referees
Other on-air talent
- Ariel (Shelly Martinez) Valet and on-screen girlfriend of Kevin Thorn
- Doug Basham
- Rebecca DiPietro - Backstage interviewer
- Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank)
- Derek Neikirk
- Justin Roberts - Ring announcer
- Joey Styles (Joseph Bonsignore) - Play-by-play commentator
- Tazz (Peter Senerchia) - Color commentator
- Trinity (Stephanie Finochio) - Valet of the F.B.I
Inactive talent
- Christopher W. Anderson (Chris Wright) - Back injury
- Brad Armstrong (Brad James) - Wrestling at house shows
- Jazz (Carlene Begnaud) - Wrestling at house shows
- Rodney Mack (Rodney Begnaud) - Wrestling at house shows
Stables and Tag Teams
- Elijah Burke & Sylvester Terkay
- Daivari & The Great Khali
- The Enforcers (Doug Basham & Derek Neikirk)
- The F.B.I. (Little Guido Maritato & Tony Mamaluke with Trinity)
Developmental territory rosters
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Male wrestlers
- Boris Alexiev (Anthony Carelli)
- Jon Bolen
- Braddock (Michael Depoli)
- Jack Bull (Gregg Groothuis)
- Paul Burchill (Paul Birchall)
- Chet the Jett (Chet Jablonski)
- "Domino" Cliff Compton
- Devin Driscoll
- Jacob Duncan (Ryan Wilson)
- Charles "The Hammer" Evans
- Mike Kruel
- Steven Lewington
- Shawn Osbourne
- Oleg Prudius
- Mason Raige (Jeff Velocci)
- Ryan Reeves
- Chris Rombola
- Cody Runnels
- Deuce Shade (James Reiher, Jr.)
- Seth Skyfire (Steve Adkins)
- Shawn Spears (Ronnie Arniell)
- Tommy Suede
Female wrestlers
- Cherry (Kara Drew) - valet of Cody Runnels & Shawn Spears
- Katie Lea (Katarina Waters)
- Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Carolan)
- Tori (Victoria Crawford)
Other on-air talent
- Danny Basham (Danny Holly) - OVW TroubleShooter
- Kevin Keenan - referee
- Maryse Ouellet - Appears on the front row at the OVW TV Tapings
- Jason Phoenix (Jayse Castillo-Vachell) - works backstage; also appears in backstage segments
- Milena Roucka - Valet of Bad Company
Inactive talent
- Matt Cappotelli - diagnosed with a brain tumor
- Claudio Castagnoli - signed developmental contract
- Joy Giovanni - reporting to OVW in 2007
Deep South Wrestling
Male wrestlers
- Afa Anoa'i, Jr.
- The Freakin' Deacon (Drew Hankinson)
- Henry O. Godwinn (Mark Canterbury)
- Ray Gordy
- Jake Hager
- David Heath
- Jake (Mike Shane)
- Bradley Jay (Brad Bradley)
- Jesse (Todd Shane)
- Brett Majors (Matt Cardona)
- Brian Majors (Brian Myers)
- Eric Perez
- Ryan O'Reilly
- Daniel Rodimer
- Tony Santarelli (Tony Stradlin)
- Sonny Siaki
- Damien Steele
- Mike Taylor (Mike Sharrer)
Female wrestlers
- Brooke Adams - Valet of Daniel Rodimer
- Shantelle Taylor (Shantelle Malawski)
- Tracy Taylor (Tracy Sharrer) - Valet of High Impact
- Krissy Vaine (Kristin Eubanks) - General Manager
- Angel Williams - Valet of the Gymini
Other on-air talent
- Bill DeMott (William DeMott) - commentator and trainer
Inactive talent
- Egotistico Fantastico (Robert Anthony) - signed developmental contract
- Mike Venom (Keith Walker) - signed developmental contract
- T.J. Wilson - signed developmental contract
Unassigned talent
- The Big Show (Paul Wight)
- Monty Brown
- Eddie Colón
- Flash Funk (Charles Skaggs) - aka 2 Cold Scorpio
- Marty Jannetty (Frederick Oakes)
- Johnny (Johnny Jeter)
- Mikey (Michael Brendli)
- Mitch (Nick Mitchell)
- Rey Mysterio (Oscar Gutierrez)
- Nicky (Nick Nemeth)
- Chuck Palumbo
- Harry Smith
Creative team
- Court Bauer
- Gerald Brisco
- John Carle
- Christopher DeJoseph
- Dan Garza
- Brian Gewirtz
- Andrew Goldstein
- Michael Hayes (Michael Seitz)
- Dave Kapoor
- Ed Koskey
- David Lagana
- Stephanie McMahon-Levesque - Senior Vice President of Creative Writing
- Pat Patterson (Pierre Clemont)
- Bruce Pritchard
- Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnels, Jr.)
- Pantelis Ypsilantis
Trainers and "producers"
- Arn Anderson (Martin Lunde)
- Chris Brannan
- Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi)
- Jason Crivello
- Tony Garea (Anthony Garcia)
- Barry Hatch
- Larry Heck
- Steve Keirn
- Blackjack Lanza (Jack Lanza)
- Dean Malenko (Dean Simon)
- Mike Rotunda
- Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Richard Blood)
- Sgt. Slaughter (Robert Remus)
- Dave Taylor
- Tim White
Others
- Sue Aitchison - Manager of community relations
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (Steve Williams) - WWE Films contract and occasional appearances
- Thomas Barreca - Executive Vice President of WWE Enterprises
- Jayson Bernstein - Director of Corporate Communications
- Eric Bischoff - Occasional appearances
- Robert A. Bowman - Member of the Board of Directors
- Dorothy Brill - Senior Vice President of Human Resources
- Mike Bucci - Talent Development Manager
- Carlos Cabrera - Spanish commentator
- Chris Chambers - Senior Vice President of Interactive media
- Peter Clifford - Vice President of Affiliate Sales
- Edward S. Cohen – Executive Vice President
- Lou D'Angeli - Director of Live Events for ECW
- Kristi D'Aliso – Promotions manager
- Gary Davis - Director of WWE Smackdown Your Vote!
- Carl Demarco - President of WWE Canada
- Basil DeVito – Director of Marketing Initiatives
- Pete DiNicola - COO, Senior Vice President
- Darren Drozdov - Co-host of WWE Byte This! and wwe.com reporter
- Kevin Dunn - Executive Vice President of Television Production & Executive Producer
- The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison) - Occasional appearances
- Howard Finkel - works backstage; part-time announcer
- Mick Foley - occasional appearances
- Donna Goldsmith - Senior Vice President of Consumer Products
- Paul Heyman
- Hillbilly Jim (Jim Morris) - Public relations
- Jim Johnston - Music Director
- Kamala (Jim Harris) - Occasional appearances
- Edward Kaufman - Executive Vice President and General Counsel
- David Kenin - Member of the Board of Directors
- John Laurinaitis - Vice President of Talent Relations
- Neil Lawi - General Manager of WWE music group
- Dan Levi - Senior Vice President of Marketing
- Josh Mathews (Josh Lomberger) - Editor and host of WWE 24/7
- Marissa Mazzola-McMahon - Director of National Public Relations
- Linda McMahon - CEO
- Shane McMahon - Executive Vice President of Global Media, Head of Media Relations Department
- Heather Mitchel - Producer
- Christopher Nowinski - Public relations
- "Mean" Gene Okerlund - Part-time interviewer
- Joseph Perkins - 'Member of the Board of Directors
- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) - Occasional appearances
- Dr. Ferdinand Rios - Physician
- Jason Robinson - Set Design
- Marcelo Rodriguez - Spanish commentator
- James A. Rothschild – Senior Vice President
- Hugo Savinovich - Spanish commentator
- Kurt Schneider - Executive Vice President of Marketing
- Frank Serpe - Senior Vice President of Finance
- Michael Sileck - Chief Financial Officer
- Joel Simon - President of WWE Films
- Stuart Snyder - WWE President
- Michael B. Solomon - Member of the Board of Directors
- Steve Taylor - Vice President of event operations
- Tim Walbert - Director
- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. - Member of the Board of Directors
- Andrew Whitaker - Senior Vice President of International Television
- Mark Yeaton - Timekeeper
- Mae Young - Occasional appearances
- Julie Youngberg-Drozdov - Costume designer
See also
External links
- Raw Roster at WWE.com
- SmackDown Roster at WWE.com
- ECW Roster at WWE.com
- obsessedwithwrestling.com
- gerweck.net
| History |
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| Black Saturday | Monday Night Wars | Montreal Screwjob The Invasion | Brand Extension |
| Programming |
| Current programming | Former programming | Pay-per-view | Ratings |
| Developmental territories |
| Ohio Valley Wrestling | Deep South Wrestling, LLC |
| Subsidiaries |
| WWE Films | WWE Records | WWE Video Library | WWE video games |
| Other wrestling organizations acquired |
| WCW | ECW |
| Defunct subsidiaries |
| Coliseum Video | World Bodybuilding Federation | The World | XFL |
| Talent |
| Alumni | Current roster | Diva Search | Draft Lottery | Hall of Fame | Tough Enough |
