List of WWE personnel
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This is a list of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) employees, organized by role within the promotion and assigned brands, including its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). The alias of the employees are written to the left, while the employee's real name is written in parenthesis to the right; employee's without a name in parenthesis, refers that an alias is not in use. Although employees are generally assigned to a specific brand, all employees are subject to appear on any brand.
Main rosters
Raw brand
Male wrestlers
- Paul Burchill (Paul Birchall)
- Lance Cade (Lance McNaught)
- Carlito (Carlos Colón, Jr.)
- John Cena
- Ted DiBiase (Theodore DiBiase, Jr.)
- "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
- Charlie Haas
- Jeff Hardy
- Hardcore Holly (Robert Howard)
- Chris Jericho (Christopher Irvine)
- JTG (Jayson Paul)
- Brian Kendrick
- Mr. Kennedy (Kenneth Anderson)
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield
- Paul London
- Santino Marella (Anthony Carelli)
- Robbie McAllister (Derek Graham-Couch)
- Rory McAllister (Russell Murray)
- Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom)
- Trevor Murdoch (Trevor Rhodes)
- Cody Rhodes (Cody Runnels)
- Shad (Shad Gaspard)
- D.H. Smith (Harry Smith)
- Snitsky (Eugene Snisky)
- Super Crazy (Francsico Islas)
- Triple H (Paul Levesque)
- Umaga (Edward Fatu)
- Val Venis (Sean Morley)
Female wrestlers
- Katie Lea Burchill (Katarina Waters) - (Kayfabe) sister of Paul Burchill
- Mickie James
- Jillian (Jillian Fletcher)
- Maria (Maria Kanellis)
- Melina (Melina Perez)
- Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Carolan)
Referees
- Mike Chioda - Senior official
- John Cone
- Jack Doan
- Marty Elias (Marty Rubalcaba)
- Chad Patton
Other on-air talent
- Lilian Garcia - Ring announcer
- Todd Grisham - Backstage interviewer
- Jerry Lawler - Color commentator and occasional wrestler
- Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) - Occasional appearances
- Jim Ross - Play-by-play commentator
- Ron Simmons - Occasional appearances
Inactive talent
- Ashley (Ashley Massaro) - Inactive for unknown reasons[1]
- Candice Michelle (Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich) - Re-aggravated clavicle[2]
- Randy Orton - Recovering from a legitimate clavicle injury suffered at One Night Stand 2008 [3]
Tag teams and stables
- Carlito and Santino Marella
- Cryme Tyme (JTG and Shad)
- Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes
- The Highlanders (Robbie and Rory McAllister)
- Paul and Katie Lea Burchill
- Paul London and Brian Kendrick
SmackDown brand
Male wrestlers
- Batista (David Bautista, Jr.)
- Big Show (Paul Wight)
- Deuce (James Reiher, Jr.)
- Domino (Clifford Compton)
- Edge (Adam Copeland)
- Festus (Andrew Hankinson)
- Finlay (David Finlay, Jr.) - Also SmackDown brand senior producer[4]
- Funaki (Shoichi Funaki)
- The Great Khali (Dalip Singh Rana)
- Matt Hardy
- Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers)
- Mark Henry
- Hornswoggle (Dylan Postl)
- Jesse (Terrence Gordy, Jr.)
- Vladimir Kozlov (Oleg Prudius)
- Shannon Moore
- Jamie Noble (James Gibson)
- Chuck Palumbo
- Montel Vontavious Porter (Alvin Burke, Jr.)
- Zack Ryder (Matthew Cardona)
Female wrestlers
- Cherry (Kara Drew)
- Maryse (Maryse Ouellet)
- Michelle McCool
- Natalya (Natalie Neidhart)
- Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon)
Referees
- Mickie Henson - Senior official
- Jim Korderas
- Nick Patrick (Joseph Hamilton, Jr.)
- Charles Robinson
Other on-air talent
- Michael Cole (Michael Sean Coulthard) - Play-by-play commentator
- Mick Foley (Michael Foley, Sr.) - Color commentator
- Alicia Fox (Victoria Crawford) - Wedding planner for Edge and Vickie Guerrero
- Vickie Guerrero - General Manager
- Justin Roberts - Ring announcer
- Eve Torres - Interviewer
Inactive talent
- Kenny Dykstra (Kenneth Doane) - Wrestling dark matches[5]
- Gregory Helms - Recovering from a major neck injury[6]
- Rey Mysterio (Oscar Gutierrez) - Recovering from an injury
- Jimmy Wang Yang (James Yun) - Suspended for 30 days for his first violation of the company's Wellness Policy [7]
Tag teams and stables
- Deuce 'N Domino
- Finlay and Hornswoggle
- Jesse and Festus
- La Familia[8] (Edge, Chavo Guerrero, Bam Neely, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder with Vickie Guerrero).
ECW brand
Male wrestlers
- Shelton Benjamin
- Evan Bourne (Matthew Korklan)
- Elijah Burke
- CM Punk (Phil Brooks)
- Colin Delaney
- Tommy Dreamer (Thomas Laughlin)
- Armando Estrada (Hazem Ali)
- Chavo Guerrero (Salvador Guerrero, IV)
- Kane (Glen Jacobs)
- Kofi Kingston (Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah)
- Mike Knox (Michael Hettinga)
- The Miz (Michael Mizanin)
- John Morrison (John Hennigan)
- Bam Neely (Justin LaRouche)
- Nunzio (James Maritato)
- Stevie Richards (Michael Manna)
- Matt Striker (Matthew Kaye)
Female wrestlers
Referees
- Wes Adams
- Scott Armstrong (Joseph James, Jr.) - Senior Official
- Mike Posey
Other on-air talent
- Mike Adamle - Play-by-play commentator
- Tony Chimel - Ring announcer
- Theodore Long - General Manager
- Tazz (Peter Senerchia) - Color commentator
- Tiffany (Taryn Terrell) - Assistant to the General Manager
- Lena Yada - Backstage interviewer
Inactive talent
- Big Daddy V (Nelson Frazier, Jr.) - Inactive due to losing weight[citation needed]
- The Boogeyman (Martin Wright) - Getting his teeth replaced [9][10]
Tag teams and stables
- The Miz and John Morrison
Notes
- SmackDown and ECW have a talent exchange arrangement, where members of the two brands can regularly appear on both shows.[11]
Developmental roster
Florida Championship Wrestling
Male wrestlers
- Afa, Jr.(Afa Anoa'i, Jr.)
- Brad Allen (Mariusz Puczko)
- Big Rob (Rob Terry)
- Black Pain[12]
- Sinn Bowdee (Nick Cvjetkovich)
- Jay Bradley (Brad Bradley)
- Colt Cabana (Scott Colton)
- Eddie Colón
- Johnny Curtis
- Atlas DaBone (Rich Young)
- Charles Evans
- Jack Gabriel (Steve Lewington)
- Giant Titan (Mike Jarvi)
- Jake Hager
- Greg Jackson (Greg Marasciulo)
- Tyrone Jones (Tyrone Evans)
- Kafu (Victor Ceron)
- Bryan J. Kelly
- Kevin Kiley
- Mike Kruel
- Imani Lee
- Lupe Martinez (Lupe Viscara)
- Drew McIntyre (Drew Galloway)
- Heath Miller
- Nic Nemeth (Nick Nemeth)
- Sheamus O'Shaunessy (Stephen Ferrelly)
- Eric Perez
- Rycklon (Rycklon Stephens)
- Stu Sanders (Stu Bennett)
- Shawn Spears (Ronnie Arniell)
- Kevin Thorn (Kevin Fertig)
- Gabe Tuft
- Hade Vansen
- Andrew Vein (Andrew Vain)
- T.J. Wilson
Female wrestlers
- Miss Angela (Angela Fong) - Valet of The Puerto Rican Nightmares
- Bri Bella (Brianna Garcia)
- Nicole Bella (Nicole Garcia)
- Daisy (Beverly Mullins)
- Roucka (Milena Roucka)
Other on-air talent
- Kevin Keenan - Referee
- Goose Mahoney - Referee
Tag teams and stables
- The Bella Twins (Bri & Nicole Bella)
- The Empire (Drew McIntyre & Stu Sanders)[13]
- Heath Miller and Jack Gabriel[14]
- Nic Nemeth and Brad Allen[14]
- The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colon & Eric Perez) with Miss Angela
Unassigned talent
- Timmy Baltimore - Ring announcer/Commentator, expected to move to FCW
- D-Lo Brown (Accie Conner) - Signed a WWE contract on June 5, not assigned a brand yet[15]
- Brian Cage [16] - Yet to debut
- Matt Cappotelli - Unable to wrestle due to medical reasons
- Jonathan Coachman - Status currently unknown
- James Curtis (Kurt Sellers) - Occasionally appears on ECW as a jobber
- Reid Flair (Reid Fliehr) - Yet to debut[17]
- Chris Harris - Working dark matches
- Amy Hennig - Currently training at Harley Race's wrestling school[18]
- Joe Hennig - Yet to debut; Currently training at Harley Race's wrestling school[19]
- Johnny Jeter - Current status unknown
- Ron Killings - Working dark matches
- Goose Mahoney - Referee, expected to move to FCW
- William Regal (Darren Matthews) - (Kayfabe) fired from Raw, suspended for 60 days for his second violation of the company's Wellness Policy from May 20 to July 19 [20]
- Chris Rombola - Formerly in OVW; Current status unknown
- The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) - (Kayfabe) fired from SmackDown due to match stipulation at One Night Stand 2008
Corporate management
Executive officers
- George Barrios - Chief Financial Officer
- Kevin Dunn - Executive Vice President of Television Production
- John Laurinaitis - Senior Vice President of Talent Relations
- Michael Lake - President of WWE Films
- Linda McMahon - Chief Executive Officer
- Shane McMahon - Executive Vice President of Global Media
- Stephanie McMahon-Levesque - Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, Creative Writing, and Live Events[21]
- Vince McMahon - Chairman of the Board of Directors, makes ocassional appearances
- Michael Sileck - Chief Operating Officer
Creative writers
- Christopher DeJosephs - ECW brand head writer; makes occasional appearances as Big Dick Johnson
- Brian Gewirtz - Raw brand head writer
- Michael Hayes (Michael Seitz) - Smackdown brand head writer
- Dave Kapoor - Raw brand writer
- Ed Koskey - Smackdown brand writer
- Pat Patterson (Pierre Clemont) - Creative consultant
- Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnels Jr.) - FCW head writer
Producers, road agents and trainers
- Arn Anderson (Martin Lunde) - Raw brand senior producer
- Brad Armstrong
- Gerald Brisco
- Tony Garea (Anthony Garcia)
- Billy Kidman (Peter Gruner) - FCW trainer and occasional wrestler
- Jack Lanza
- Steve Lombardi
- Dean Malenko (Dean Simon) - ECW brand senior producer
- Bruce Prichard
- Tom Prichard - FCW head trainer
- Mike Rotunda
- Ricky Steamboat
- Sgt. Slaughter (Robert Remus)
- Tim White
- Barry Windham
Other personnel
- Stone Cold Steve Austin - Public relations, makes occasional appearances
- Max Bretos - Part-time interviewer
- Carlos Cabrera - Spanish commentator
- Howard Finkel - Part-time announcer
- Ric Flair (Richard Fliehr) - Public relations, makes occasional appearances
- Jim Johnston - Music director
- Steve Keirn - FCW director
- Jack Korpela - Host of WWE Bottom Line, WWE specials and PPV pre-shows
- Josh Matthews (Josh Lomberger) - Editor of WWE 24/7
- Gene Okerlund - Part-time interviewer
- Marcelo Rodriguez - Spanish commentator
- Dr. Ferdinand Rios - Physician
- Hugo Savinovich - Spanish commentator
- Joey Styles - Director of digital media content for WWE
- Mark Yeaton - Timekeeper
- Mae Young - Makes occasional appearances
- Beulah McGillicutty (Trisa Hayes) - Makes occasional appearances
See also
References
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- ^ "Candice injures shoulder, vows to be at 'Mania". WWE. 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ "Orton suffers broken collarbone".
- ^ "Fit Finlay Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
Fit Finlay signed with the WWE as a Road Agent
- ^ http://www.wwe.com/inside/industrynews/6576568
- ^ "Gregory Helms Injury".
- ^ |url=http://corporate.wwe.com/
- ^ "Family Meetings".
- ^ Clark, Ryan (2007-1028). "The Boogeyman Injured (Details), Lilian/Vince Backstage News, More". WrestlingInc. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
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- ^ Gray, Richard (2008-04-14). "Curt Hennig's Son Signed To WWE Developmental Contract". WrestlingNewsWorld. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ^ WWE: Inside WWE > News > William Regal suspended
- ^ The McMahon Plan :: Cable360