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Archer debuted on the ECW brand defeating several jobbers before going on to defeat ECW Original Tommy Dreamer.

He then formed a tag team with Curt Hawkins, that later went on to be named ‘The Gatecrashers’. Hawkins announced that they had been given a 30-day contract in order to prove themselves.

To do this they continually attacked MVP and Christian, which led to several tag teams matches on Smackdown. In their third attempt they finally managed to defeat them.

In a losing effort to Chris Masters, Archer accidently hit Hawkins. After the match they argued and Hawkins ended up attacking Archer, which ended their brief allaince.

On November 19, 2010, Archer was released from his contract

Tiffany

Posted: January 8, 2012 in 2010, November
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Tiffany first appeared on WWE television when she took part in the 2007 Diva Search, she eventually finished fourth. Despite this she was offered a developmental contract with FCW.

Going by her real name of Taryn Terrell during her time in Florida she developed a sorority girl gimmick when aligned herself with Nick Nemeth(Dolph Ziggler) and Brad Allen.

During her time in FCW she also served as ring announcer for the brand.

She had a lot of success in FCW defeating most of her rivals such as The Bella Twins, Roucka(Rosa Mendes), Alicia Fox, Wesley Holiday and Miss Angela. However, she came up short in the tournament to be crowned Queen of FCW when she was defeated int he semi-finals by Alicia Fox.

Under the new name of Tiffany she made her debut on WWE television as a full-time member of the roster on the ECW brand in June 2008 when she was announced as the new assistant to General Manager Teddy Long.

She made her Raw debut on the 800th episode when she was an unused member of 16 Diva tag team match in which her team lost. However, she managed to get the pinfall in a 18 Diva tag team match in March 2009 on Raw.

Her Wrestlemania debut came at 25 incarnation of the event as she competed in the first ever 25 Diva battle royal to crown the first, and only, “Miss Wrestlemania”, she eventually lost to Santina Marella.

Back in ECW, Tiffany was announced as Teddy Long’s replacement as General Manager as he was returning to Smackdown as GM in April. She continued in this role until the ECW brand was discontinued in February 2010.

In March 2010, Tiffany made her Smackdown debut, defeating Divas Champion Michelle McCool after interference from Vickie Guerrero.

The former playboy model then formed a tag team with Kelly Kelly who feuded with Lay-Cool, which led to her only shot at the Women’s Championship against Michelle McCool, but lost.

In August 2010, an alleged incident in a hotel with her then husband Drew McIntyre caused the WWE to suspend her. Before she was able to return to TV she was released in November.

Tiffany returned to wrestling in TNA in August 2012, when she refereed a match between Madison Rayne and Miss Tessmacher.

visceraNelson Frazier Jr is one of the few people in WWE who can claim to have more faces than Mick Foley.

He originally joined the WWE in 1993 as Mabel. He was part of group known as “Men on a Mission” along with his tag team partner Mo and their rapping manager Oscar. They were billed as men from the inner city that were trying to make a positive portrayal of their neighbourhood.

At Wrestlemania X they defeated The Quebecers but did not win the Tag Team titles belts, however they did The next month at a house show in London. This reign lasted only two days as they lost them at a another live event in Sheffield.

It was after Mabel and Mo attacked Oscar and turned heel that Mabel got his first big push. At the 1995 King of the Ring tournament he defeated The Undertaker and Savio Vega to become King Mabel. He then went to challenge Diesel for the WWE Championship at Summerslam in a losing effort.

Mabel then became embroiled in a feud with The Undertaker. Aligning himself with Yokozuna they attacked him until he had to we war a protective mask. This culminated in a casket match at ‘In Your House 5’, which Mabel lost.

Mabel’s last appearance came at the 1996 Royal Rumble.

It was three years later at the same event that Frazier returned as Mabel. On the the show he was kidnapped by The Acolytes and brain washed by The Undertaker into becoming a part of his Ministry of Darkness and rechristened Viscera.

Viscera adopted a more Gothic look by dying his mohawk white and whitening his eyes with contact lenses. He acted mainly as a bodyguard to the group.

After the group split in in the summer of 1999, he competed mainly in the hardcore division and had a short feud with Mark Henry after attacked the platters girlfriend, Mae Young.

Frazier was released from his contract again in August 2000.

He was brought back in 2004 as part of a storyline involving The Undertaker and JBL, who was bringing back members of the ministry to soften up their former leader before their title match.

However, during a feud between Lita, Kane, Trish Stratus and himself that his gimmick started to change to that of “The World’s Largest Love Machine” which would lead him to turn face.

He would form a team with Val Venis and strive for the affections of Lilian Garcia, up until the point where she agreed to marry him. Only for the Godfather to turn up and convince him to stay single because of his hoes.

In June 2007, Frazier was sent to the new ECW brand. Just a few weeks later he redebuted as Big Daddy V, he was once again a bodyguard, this time to Matt Striker who needed someone to take out The Boogeyman.

After this he compete in an Elimination Chase in which he won and became the number one contender to CM Punk’s ECW Championship at No Mercy. He once again lost a title match, this due to interference by Striker.

In the 2008 Supplemental draft he was sent to Smackdown, but before he had a chance to wrestle on the show he was released from his contract.

In the summer of 2004, Fertig was called up to the Smackdown roster. He was repackaged as a religious extremist, called Mordecai, that aimed that aimed to liberate the world from sin.

He debuted at Judgment Day in April and defeated Scotty 2 Hotty in the first of a series of squash matches he competed in over the next couple of weeks. Before his matches he would regularly condemn audiences to Hell for their wicked ways.

Shortly afterwards though the gimmick was dropped after Fertig got into a fight at a bar and several lawsuits soon followed. This resulted in him being sent back to OVW where competed in a mask under the name of Vengeance.

In July 2005, he was released from his contract.

After spending a year on the independents, Fertig made his to WWE as part of its new ECW brand. Going by the name Kevin Thorn and being accompanied by his valet Ariel, he debuted in a victory over Little Guido Maritato.

Thorn and Ariel had various feuds with Balls Mahoney, Francine, Mike Knox and Kelly Kelly that went through to the beginning of 2007. The ‘Vampire’ then joined a stable that included Marcus Cor Von, Elijah Burke, Matt Striker and later on CM Punk, called the ‘New Breed’ which feud with the ‘ECW Originals’ Rob Van Dam,Tommy Dreamer, Sabuand The Sandman. This eventually lead to a eight-man match at Wrestlemania 23 in the New Breed lost to the ECW Originals.

Shortly after Thorn faced and lost to CM Punk to a match on ECW and left the New Breed after he received no help from his faction. Thorn then became involved in a feud with Stevie Richards before he then completley changed his look, adopting with different ring attire and shorter hair, but was soon sent back to OVW once again.

In January 2009, he was offered a new contract with WWE, but he rejected it and he was released from his contract.

“The Songstress” debuted on Smackdown in July 2005 when she was introduced as a”fixer” for the tag team MNM. She also had the growth of having a “growth” on the side of her face.

After proving to be successful for MNM, it wasn’t long before JBL tried to convince her to join his Cabinet. She agreed and became his “Image Consultant”. After a losing streak she helped him to overcome The Boogeyman, who bit off her “growth”, and capture the United States Championship from Chris Benoit at Wrestlemania 22.

It was at this time she had her first rivalry, with Stacey Keibler. They fought each other many times until Jillian finished on top with a victory on Velocity.

Shortly afterwards in April 2006, she was fired by Layfield after she accidentally hit him in the face with the door of a cage during a cage match. In the process she turned face and entered a feud with her former employers MNM and came out victorious when she sided with Brian Kendrick and Paul London.

The face turn didn’t really seem to work as she struggled to get over with the fans, so only appeared rarely on TV to take part in Dance and Lingeries contests.

In January 2007, she became jealous of Ashley Massaro’s Playboy spread, therefore turning heel. She tried to prove that she was the more talented by demonstrating her terrible singing skills, even trying to impress Timbaland who turned down an offer to collaborate with her.

At the 2007 WWE Draft, Hall was drafted to Raw. There she started to compete in a variety of tag team matches against the likes of Candice Michelle, Maria and Mickie James.

“The Tone Deaf Diva” also sang on WWE Idol, which was won by Lillian Garcia. This led to a feud between the two as Garcia had a fledgling music career. Jillian also released an album “A Jingle with Jillian” which reached number 20 in the UK Holiday Charts.

Hall then formed a tag team with Melina for several months, but slowly fell into the background as she tended to accompany Melina to the ring rather than compete herself.

She then entered a feud with Kelly Kelly and Mickie James, teaming up with the likes of Katie Lea Burchill and Layla. This rivalry culimaanted at Survivor Series when Jillian was on the winning side of a Raw vs Smackdown10 Diva tag team elimination match.

On the October 12 edition of Raw, Hall won her first Divas Championship when she defeated Mickie James, however she lost it to Melina straight afterwards.

Later, Hall announced that she was taking some time off wrestling to take up the role of a trainer at FCW.

On November 19, 2010, WWE decided not to renew Jillian Hall’s contract.

Finlay

Posted: January 8, 2012 in 2011, March
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Eugene

Posted: January 8, 2012 in 2007, September
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