List of former World Championship Wrestling personnel explained

This is a list of professional wrestlers and personalities that performed in World Championship Wrestling from 1988 to 2001. They are listed in alphabetical order by last name. For alumni of pre-WWE promotion Jim Crockett Promotions, see List of former Jim Crockett Promotions personnel.

Deceased individuals are indicated with a dagger (†).

Wrestlers

Birth Name:	Ring Name(s):	Tenure(s):
		1999	2000
†		1998	2001
†		1997	1999
†		2000	2001
	Samu	1989	1990
		1989-1990	1994
†		1988	1999
		1991	1995
†		1989	1990
		1995	1997
	Scott Studd Scotty Riggs	1993	1999
	Último Dragón	1996	1998
†	Yoshi Kwan Chris Champion	1987-1988	1993
	Booty Babe Diamond Doll	1994	2000
		1991	2001
	Lizmark Jr.	1997	1999
		1995	1995
	Scott Putski	1988	1998-1999
	Gorgeous George	1998	1999
	Nitro Girl Spice	1997	2000
†		1992–1993	1995–2000
†	Bam Bam Bigelow	1998	2001
	Ricky Steamboat	1977-1985	1989 1991-1994
		1990	1996
		1998	2000
		1994	2000
	Sting	1986	1987-2001
	Todd Champion	1986-1987	1991-1993 1997
		1994	1995
	Jerry Flynn	1996	2000
	Jason Jett	2001	2001
	Buddy Lee Parker Dwayne Bruce	1989	2001
	Violent J	1999	2000
	Sabu	1995	1995
	Nitro Girl Fyre	1997	1999
	Lodi/Idol/Rave	1997	2000
	Mean Mark/Mean Mark Callous	1989	1990
	Cuban Assassin Fidel Sierra El Diablo El Cubano Hitman David Sierra Fidel Barrio The Terrorist Top Gun	1978-1980	1982 1984 1987 1989-1991 1993-2000
†		2000	2000
†		1981	1984-1986 1988-1989
	Mark Canterbury Shanghai Pierce	1997	2000
	Lane Carlson Lenny Lane	1997	2000
	Damien Galaxy	1996	1999
	Cash	2001	2001
	Paul Roma	1993	1995
	Masahiro Chono	1991-1992	1994-1998 2000
	Nightstalker Bryan Clark Wrath	1990-1991	1997-2001
	The Cole Twins	1993	1994
†	Moondog Rex Randy Colley Black Scorpion Dr. X Deadeye Dick The Shadow	1976	1983 1988 1990-1991
		1996	1996
	Rick Cornell Reno	1999	2001
†	Tommy Rogers	1986	1988-1989 1994-1996
		2000	2001
	James Storm	2000	2000
	Midnight	1999	2000
	J. C. Ice	1999	2000
	The Equalizer Dave Sullivan Evad Sullivan	1991	1993-1996
	Krusher Khrushchev Barry Darsow Blacktop Bully	1984-1987	1994-1995 1997-1999
	Hugh Morrus Man of Question Captain Rection General Rection	1995	2001
†	Marie Marie Lograsso	2000	2001
	Villano V	1996	2000
	Villano IV	1996	2000
	Ted DiBiase	1996	1999
Scott Dickinson	Scott Dickinson	1996	2001
†	Dino Casanova	1995	1995
Katherine Dingman	Papaya	2000	2000
	The Minotaur	1990	1991
†	Al Green The Blade Hunter Master Blaster Blade Rage The Dog	1989-1991	1993 1998-2000
	Johnny Swinger	1995	1997-1999
	Jim Duggan	1994	2001
†	Bobby Duncum, Jr.	1998	2000
†	Johnny Rotten Johnny Grunge	1988	1990 1996-1998 1999
†	Bobby Eaton Robert Earl Eaton	1981	1985-2000
	The Masked Skyscraper The Mauler Mike Enos	1990	1996-1999
	Konnan	1990	1996–2001
	Lance Storm	2000	2001
	Sid Vicious	1989-1991	1993 1999-2001
	Diamond Dallas Page	1991–1992	1993–2001
	nWo Sting Cobra	1993	1995–1997
	Fatu	1989	1990
	The Samoan Savage	1989	1990
	Honky Tonk Man	1994	1994
†	Assassin #2 Super Invader	1983-1984	1992
	Oklahoma	1999	2001
†	Jimmy Backlund Jimmy Graffiti Jim Richland	1985	1987 1996
	Meng	1994	2001
	Belfast Bruiser Fit Finlay	1995	2000
		1998	2001
		1974–1991	1993–1998 1998–2001
		1991	1994
	Devon Storm Crowbar	1996-1997	1999-2001
	Chad Fortune	1997	1999
	Mascarita Sagrada	1996	1996
	Rick Fuller	1997	2000
	Hardcore Hak	1999	1999
	Alan Funk Triple A Kwee Wee	1999	2001
†	Terry Funk	1971-1973	1975-1976 1980 1983 1985 1989 1994 2000-2001
†	Doug Furnas	1990	1990
	The Gambler Jeff Gamble	1990	1999
	Super Caló	1996	1999
	James Gibson Jamie Howard Jamie-San Jamie Knoble	1999	2001
	Disco Inferno	1995	2001
		1997	2001
	Silver King	1992	1997-2000
	Juventud Guerrera	1996	2000
†	El Gigante	1989	1992
†	Terry Gordy	1981-1982	1984 1986-1987 1989 1992
	One Man Gang	1982-1984	1986-1987 1991 1995-1996
Richard Greene †	Johnny Attitude	1996	1999
	Miss Madness Starla Saxton Mona	1999	2000
	Billy Kidman	1996	2001
	Chavo Guerrero Jr. Lieutenant Loco	1996	2001
†	Eddie Guerrero	1989/1991	1995–2000
	Hector Guerrero Lazer Tron	1986-1987	1989-1990 1996-1997
	El Nino Rey Misterio, Jr. Rey Mysterio, Jr.	1996	2001
	El Dandy	1997	2000
†	Emory Hail The Machine	1998	2000
†	Sean O' Haire	2000	2001
†	Diamond Studd Scott Hall	1991	1996–2000
	Nick Hamilton Nick Patrick	1988	2001
	Chris Harris	2000	2001
		1999	2001
	Kamala	1995	1995
		1997	2000
	Jimmy Hart	1994	2001
†	Owen Hart	1991	1991
	Hiroshi Hase	1991-1992	1994-1995
	Prince Iaukea The Artist	1995	2000
	Kaz Hayashi	1998	2001
	David Heath	1997	1997
†	Road Warrior Hawk	1983-1990	1993-1996
†	Bobby Heenan	1994	2000
†	Warrior	1998	1998
	Shane Helms	2000	2001
†	Curt Hennig	1986	1997-2000
		1988	1992
		1988	1992
		1990	1994
†		1995-1999
	Van Hammer Hammer Major Stash	1991-1993	1994 1997-2000
	Bobby Fulton	1986	1988-1990 1994-1996
†	Ice Train M.I. Smooth	1993-1994	1996-1997 2000-2001
	Vampiro	1998	2000
	Malia Hosaka	1996	1998
	Scott Hudson	1998	2001
	Kole Booker T	1989	1993-2001
	Kane Stevie Ray	1989	1991 1993-2001
	Big Cat Mr. Hughes Curtis Hughes	1990	1992
†	Miss Elizabeth	1996	2000
	Johnny The Bull	1999	2001
	April Hunter	2000	2000
†	King Curtis The Master	1979	1995
		1996	1999
†	Antonio Inoki	1994	1995
	Bruiser Mastino	1993	1993
†	Badstreet Arachnaman Buzzkill	1991–1995	1997–2001
		1993	1993
†
		1992	2001
		1990	1992
		1998	1998
		1996–1997	1999–2001
	Jesse Ventura	1992	1994
		2000	2001
	Jason Styles Air Styles	2000	2001
†	Curly Bill Vincent Mr. Jones Shane	1996	2000
	Robert Gibson	1985-1988	1990-1991 1993 1996
	Koji Kanemoto	1995	1995
	Evan Karagias	1997	2001
	Bill Kazmaier	1991	1991
	Miss Hancock Nitro Girl Skye	1999	2001
		1975-1976	1986-1987 1994
	Rob Kellum Gorgeous George III The Maestro	1993	1995 1997-2000
	Nitro Girls Silver and Gold Lolli and Pop	1999	2000
†	Chris Kanyon Mortis	1995	2001
	Robbie Rage	1996-1998	2000-2001
		1989	1994
	Tokyo Magnum Magnum TOKYO	1998	1998
	Mustafa Saed	1992	1993
	Leia Meow	1999	2001
†	Road Warrior Animal	1982-1990	1996 2001
	Johnny Ace Dick Grayson	1987-1990	1993 2000-2001
	Lash LeRoux Corporal Cajun	1998	2001
	Terra Ryzin	1994	1995
	The Booty Man Brother Bruti Zodiac The Disciple The Man With No Face The Man With No Name The Butcher	1994	1999
	Raven Scotty Flamingo	1992–1993	1997–1999
†	Ze Gangsta	1996	1996
	Ray Lloyd Glacier Coach Buzz Stern	1989	1996-1999 2001
	Big Vito	1999	2001
	Kid Romeo	1999	2001
		1984–1988	1989–2001
	Jerry Lynn Mr. JL JL	1995	1999
†	Black Cat	1991 1995	1998
†	Joey Maggs	1988	1998
	Stevie Richards	1997	1997
	Jim Powers	1991	1996-1998
	Ace Darling	1997	1997
	Debra McMichael	1996	1997
	Shane Douglas	1987-1990	1992-1993 1999-2001
	Steven Regal	1991	1995-1998 1999-2000
	Steve McMichael	1995	1999
	Johnny B. Badd Marc Mero	1991	1996
	Madusa	1991–1993	1995–2001
	Ernest Miller	1997	2001
	Chip Minton	1996	1998-1999
	James Vanderberg	1997	1999
	Jacquelyn	1997	1998
	Shannon Moore	1999	2001
	J.J. Dillon James J. Dillon	1984-1989	1997-2001
	Richard Morton Ricky Morton	1983	1985-1988 1990-1993 1996
†	Lou Taffiloni Louie Spicolli	1989	1997-1998
†	Dick Murdoch	1974	1977-1978 1986-1989 1991 1993 1995
	The Great Muta	1989-1998	2000
	Yuji Nagata	1994	1998
	Zero	1996	1996
		1995	1996
	Little Dragon	1998	1998
	Kurasawa	1995	1996
	Master Blaster Steele Oz Vinnie Vegas	1990–1992	1996–2001
†		1993	1997–1999
	P. N. News	1988-1989	1991-1992
	John Nord	1997	1998
	Big T	2000	2000
†	Charlie Norris	1993	1993
	Kevin Northcutt	1997	2000
	Scott Norton	1991	1993 1995-1999
	Midajah	1999	2001
†	Gene Okerlund	1993	2001
	Sonny Onoo	1994	1999
†	Paul Orndorff	1978-1979	1990 1992-2000
	Ricky Santana Iceman Ricky Barrio	1986-1989	1991-1992 1994-1997 1999
	Ciclope Halloween	1996	1999
†	Matt Borne Big Josh	1980-1982	1991-1992
	Cima	1998	1998
	Shinjiro Otani	1994	1996
	Carl Oulette	1996	1997 2000
†	Powerhouse Parker Tim Parker	1989	1991
	Chuck Palumbo	1999	2001
	Air Paris	2000	2001
	Mambo Warrior Beast	1990	1992
	David Penzer	1993	2001
	Miguel Perez Jr.	1992	1996
†	Rocco Rock The Cheetah Kid Colonel DeKlerk Mario Savoldi	1990	1996-1998 1999
		1987–1992	1995–2001
†		1989–1994	1994–1996
	Sergeant Craig Pittman	1993	1997
†	Angelo Poffo	1995	1995
†	Lanny Poffo	1976-1977	1997
†	Randy Savage Randy Poffo	1976-1977	1994-2000
	Alex Porteau	1989-1990	1997
†		1973 1975-1986	1990 1993
	Mike Rapada	1997	2000
	Rick Steiner	1986-1992	1994 1995 1996-2001
	Scott Steiner	1988-1992	1994 1995 1996-2001
†	Butch Reed	1986	1989-1992
	Reese Big Ron Studd Super Giant Ninja The Yeti The Yet-Tay	1995-1996	1998
	Johnny Rich	1989	1994
	Tommy Rich	1978	1981-1983 1985-1986 1989-1993
Denise Riffle	Chastity	1999	1999
John Riker †	Ralphus	1998	2000
†	Junkyard Dog	1988	1993
		1999	2001
		1993	1993
†		1982–1987	1989–1993
	Shark Boy	2000	2000
†	Rick Rude	1982	1985-1987 1991-1994 1997-1998
	Pat Rose	1989	1994
		1982	1993
	Blitzkrieg	1998	1999
	VK Wallstreet Michael Wallstreet Mike Rotundo Mike Rotunda	1982-1984	1986-1991 1995-2000
	Jacques Rougeau	1996	1997
Wendell Rozier †	Death Row	1990	1992-1993
†	Loch Ness	1996	1996
	Dustin Rhodes Dustin Runnels Seven	1988-1989	1991-1995 1999-2000 2001
†	Dusty Rhodes	1991-1998	1999 2001
†		1994-1997	2000
	Vince Russo The Powers That Be	1999	2000
	Gary Quartanelli Italian Stallion	1984	1993
	Jerry Sags	1990	1993-1997
	Hiro Saito	1991	1994-1996
†	Masa Saito	1982	1990-1991 1995
†	Kendo Nagasaki Rising Sun #1	1985	1989-1990
	Bruno Sammartino Jr. David Sammartino	1980-1981	1996
	Nitro Girl Tygress Tygress	1998	2001
	Mike Sanders	1998	2000-2001
	Akira Hokuto	1995	1997
	Kensuke Sasaki	1991	1996
	Saturn Perry Saturn	1997	2000
	Meiko Satomura	1996	1997
	Rip Rogers	1985	1989-1995
	Michael Hayes	1981-1982	1984-1985 1987-1993
	Abdullah the Butcher	1981-1983	1985-1986 1988-1992
	Sonny Siaki	1999	2000
		1989	1994
	Dean Malenko	1993	1995-2000
	Nikita Koloff	1984-1988	1991-1992
†		1999	2000
	2 Cold Scorpio	1992	1994
	Elix Skipper	1999	2001
†	Dick Slater	1982-1986	1991-1996
	Jake Roberts	1992	1992
†	Davey Boy Smith	1993	1998
	Norman Smiley	1997	2001
†	Tracy Smothers	1987	1990-1992
†	Hector Garza	1997	1999
		1999	2000
†	Daffney	1999	2001
	Kenny Kaos	1996	1999
	Shawn Stasiak	2000	2001
†		1994	2001
	Paisley Nitro Girl Storm	1998	2001
†	Sir Oliver Humperdink/Big Daddy Dink	1982-1983	1987 1989-1990 1991
†	Ultimate Solution	1996	1996
		2000	2000
	The Warlord Super Assassin #2	1986-1988	1995-1996
		1992	1993
	Gedo	1997	1998
	Pat Tanaka El Gato Tanaka-san	1985-1986	1994 1996-1998
	La Parka	1996	2000
†	Chase Tatum	1998	1999
	Dave Taylor	1993	1995-2000
	Terry Taylor	1981-1982	1985-1988 1990-1994 1996-1998 2000-2001
†	Avalanche Shark	1994	1997
	Firebreaker Chip	1987-1989	1991-1993 1997
	Colossal Kong King Kong	1993	1993
	Swoll	1999	1999
	Chris Nelson	1993	1996
†	Woman	1989–1990	1996–1997
†		1996	2000
	Dale Torborg MVP The Demon	1998	2001
	PsychosisPsicosis	1996	2000
†	Lord Littlebrook
†	Big Bubba Big Bubba Rogers Ray Traylor The Boss Guardian Angel	1986-1987	1993-1998
	Shaggy 2 Dope	1999	2000
†		1997	1997
	Konga the Barbarian The Barbarian Super Assassin #1	1984-1988	1992-1993 1995-2000
	Lieutenant James Earl Wright	1989	1996
	Sick Boy Lance Ringo Scott Vick	1996	1999
	Rick Martel	1998	1998
	Bull Pain Bill Payne	1993-1994	1996 1998
	The Prisoner	1985	1993 1997-1998
	Bobby Walker	1992	2000
	Syxx	1996	1998
	Jeff Warner JW Storm The Silencer	1989-1990	1999
		1992	1993
		1992-1994	1998-1999
		1999	1999
	Symphony	1999	2000
	Colonel Robert Parker Robert Parker	1991	1994-1998
†		1996	1998
†	Pez Whatley Shaska Whatley The Shadow	1983-1988	1992-1998
	Larry Zbyszko	1975-1976	1985-1989 1990-2000
	Tony Atlas	1975-1981	1992-1993
Curits White	Frog	2000
†	Vader	1990	1995
	Horshu	1997	1998
	The Giant	1995	1999
†	The Patriot	1994	1995
†	The Renegade	1995	1998
	Jimmy Garvin	1977-1978	1986-1992 1994
	Precious	1986-1988	1992
†		1987-1990	1999
		1999	2001
	Greg Valentine	1976-1984	1992 1996-1998
	Barry Windham	1981-1982	1986-1994 1998-1999
	Kendall Windham	1987-1989	1993 1997-1999
	Julio Sanchez Brian Wall	1995	1998
	Asya	1999	2000
	Wolfie D	1999	2000
	Alex Wright Berlyn	1994	2001
	Toshie Uematsu	1997	1997
	Keiichi Yamada Jushin Thunder Liger	1991-1992	1994-1996 1999
	Brian Knobbs	1990	1993-1997 1999-2000
	Tenzan	1995	1998
		1999	2001
†	Z Man	1989	1994
Tsubasa	Tsubasa	1996	1996

Notes

Other on-air personnel

• Gary Michael Cappetta (as a ring announcer)
• David Penzer (as a ring announcer)
• Michael Buffer (as a main event ring announcer)
• Chris Cruise (as a commentator)
• Doug Dellinger^[1] (born Howard Douglas Dellinger) (as head of security)
• Kip Allen Frey (as a Vice-President)
• Greg Gagne (as a road agent)
• Mike Graham (Mike Gossett) † (as a road agent)
• Slick Johnson (Mark Johnson) (as a referee)
• Rocky King (William Boulware, Jr.) † (as a referee)
• Craig Leathers (as a producer)
• Theodore Long (as a manager)
• Mark Madden (as a commentator)
• Lee Marshall † (as a commentator/interviewer)
• Pamela Paulshock (as an interviewer and valet)
• Dr. Harvey Schiller (as TBS executive)
• Tony Schiavone (as a commentator)
• Billy Silverman (as a referee)
• Mr. T (Lawrence Tero) (as a referee)
• Mike Tenay (as a commentator)
• Sir William (William Crookshanks) (as a manager)

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2025547/ IMDB.com: Doug Dellinger