• WWF Attitude Era Legend Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WWF Attitude Era Legend The Big Show (Real name: Paul Wight) celebrates his birthday today.
As an WCW Original, who was trained in the famous ‘WCW Power Plant’ wrestling school, he debuted for Ted Turner’s promotion in 1995, billed as André The Giant’s son, called “The Giant”.
The Giant worked his first storyline (and won the belt in his first official match) against the greatest name in the history of this business, Hulk Hogan.
After leaving World Championship Wrestling in early February 1999, he signed with the World Wrestling Federation right away and debuted at the February 14th ‘WWF In Your House 27: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre’ PPV, under his real name, Paul Wight.
Soon adopting the name ‘The Big Show’, with the exception of his hiatus in 2007, he kept working for the (now renamed) WWE until 2021.
Being one of the greatest giants of all time, he is also the ONLY wrestler in history who won the WWF/WWE World Heavyweight Championship, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG SHOW!
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• Old School WWF Valet Would Have Celebrated Her Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School WWF Legend ‘Sensational’ Sherri (Real name: Sherri Russell).
During her career Sherri Martel most famously worked for the World Wrestling Federation (1987-1993) and Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling (1994-1997), but also appeared in Paul Heyman’s Extreme Championship Wrestling (1993-1994) and Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association (1985-1987).
She wasn’t only a former WWF Women’s Champion, but is also still considered one of the greatest female managers / valets of all time.
Among Sherri’s most famous clients were “The Macho King” Randy Savage, “The Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase, “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair and Harlem Heat.
In 2006 Sherri Martel was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by her former on-screen client Ted Dibiase.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
February 8, 1958 – June 15, 2007
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• Old School WWF Legend Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School WWF Legend Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart.
After touring the NWA territories for a while, he joined the World Wrestling Federation in early 1985 and was soon paired with Bret “The Hitman” Hart as a Tag Team that ended up becoming one of the greatest teams in professional wrestling history, THe Hart Foundation.
They teamed until 1991, when both Jim and Bret went on to concentrate on their singles careers, but Neidhart soon ended up teaming with Bret’s younger brother Owen Hart as ‘The New Foundation’, a team that didn’t last very long but was eventually continued in 1994 & 1995 when they were both heels.
Jim returned to the WWF for a short stint in 1996, portraying the masked wrestler “Who”, but eventually had his last major run with the World Wrestling Federation in 1997, when he was a member of the ‘Hart Foundation’ faction, alongside Bret Hart, The British Bulldog, Owen Hart & Brian Pillman, before jumping ship to WCW in early 1998.
Neidhart was married to Ellie, a sister of Bret & Owen, and their daughter – as seen on WWE’s reality show ‘Total Divas’ – is WWE Veteran Natalya.
In 2019 The Anvil was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as one half of The Hart Foundation.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
February 8, 1955 – August 13, 2018
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• Old School WWF Manager Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School WWF Manager ‘Classy’ Freddie Blassie.
After wrestling during the 40s, 50s, 60s & early 70s, Fred Blassie became an on-screen manager in 1974 for Vince McMahon Sr.’s World Wide Wrestling Federation.
Among Blassie’s clients were famous WWF Superstars like Hulk Hogan, The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Hercules Hernandez and many others.
In the summer of 1986 Freddie Blassie gave his remaining clients to the young up and coming manager Slick and slowly retired from the on screen role of his TV character.
In 1994 he was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame (now known as WWE Hall of Fame) by famous talk show host Regis Philbin.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
February 8, 1918 – June 2, 2003
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• Old School Wrestling Diva Celebrates Her Birthday
Old School Wrestling Diva Misty Blue (Real name: Diane Syms) celebrates her birthday today.
Sometimes also being billed as ‘Misty Blue Simmes’, she had a long career that went from her debut in 1985 till her official retirement in 1997, including various promotions, such as Jim Crockett Promotions and later World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, World Class Championship Wrestling, … & more.
Although one of the less famous divas, she was still considered a very talented worker, who just never got her big push.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTY BLUE!
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