ALL PAST AND PRESENT DX MEMBERS
VIDEO CLIPS OF DX
hhh: kills a rattle snake
hhh: about to give austin the title
hbk: not a realy an athlete comercial
Hbk: forfiting the title
chyna: wins the belt back
chyna:enters the dogg house
x-pac: kane betrayed again
x-pac: taste toris lips
road dogg: titan tron
road dogg: attacks jericho
Billy gunn: does the fame asser
Billy gunn: doesn't win the ic title against ken shamrock
jason sensation: nation skit
Tori: strips ivory
tori: swim suit shoot (shwing!)
steph: regains her title
steph: gets the rock bottom
PAST AND PRESENT DX BIOS
Shawn Michaels Bio.
Shawn Micheals:
Real Name:Micheal Hikkenbottom (hikkenbottom?!?!?!)
Nicknames:HBK(HeartBreak Kid), The Showstoppa, The Main Event, The ICON
Titles Held:WWF Title-(3), WWF Intercontenental Title-(3), WWF Tag Titles-(3), WWF Euorpean Title-(1).
Major Accomplishments:Won 1995 Royal Rumble And 1996 Royal Rumble
Tag Partners:Marty Jannety, Kevin Nash(Desil), HHH, and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Favorite Quote:I am the showstoppa, The main event, the ICON
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HHH's Bio.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Real Name:Paul Levque
Nickname:HHH, Triple H
Titles Held:WWF Intercontenintal Title-(2), WWF European Title-(2)
Major Accomplishments:1997 King Of The Ring Winner
Tag Partners:HBK, X-pac, NAO
Favorite Quote:Suck It
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Chyna's Bio.
Chyna:
Real Name:Joanie Lee
Nickname:The Ninth Wonder of the World
Titles Held:None
Major Accomplishments:Racked several unsupecting men
Tag Partners:None
Favorite Quote:None
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X-Pac's Bio.
X-Pac
Real Name:Sean Waltman
Nickname:X Factor
Titles Held:WWF Tag Champion-(2), WWF European Champion(2), and WCW Crusier Weight Champion(1)
Major Accomplishments:Beat Ric Flair(In my opinion one of the hardest things to do).
Tag Partners:Marty Janetty, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Bob Holly, HHH, NAO
Major Federations:WWF, WCW
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New Age Outlaws Bio.
The New Age Outlaws
Real Names:Bad Ass Billy Gunn-Kip Sopp The Road Dog Jesse James-Jesse James Armstrong
Nicknames:Bad Ass & Road Dog
Titles Held:Billy-WWF Tag Title-(6) Road Dog-WWF Tag Titles(3)
Major Accomplishments:Made fools of the L.O.D. and Cactus Jack/Terry Funk
Other Tag Partners:Billy-Bart Gunn Road Dog-Jeff Jarrett Both: HHH, X-pac, HBK
Favorite Quote(s):Billy-If your not down with D-X and The New Age Outlaws we got 2 words for ya--SUCK IT!!! Road Dog-Oh you didn't know?!?....Your ass betta call somebody/Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages. Degeneration-X proudly brings to you its WWF tag team champions of the world!!!! The Road Dog Jesse James, The Bad Ass Billy Gunn. The New Age Outlaws!!!
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Former DX Members:
Rick Rude:
Reason Left:WCW
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Jim Neidhart:
Reason Left:WCW
Stephanie's Bio
Full name: Stephanie Marie McMahon
Birthdate and Location: September 20th, 1976 / Hartford, CT
Location: Greenwich, Connecticut / New York
Family: Father Vincent Kennedy McMahon, Mother Linda McMahon, Brother Shane Brandon McMahon and Godfather Pat Patterson.
Education: Graduated from Greenwich High School, and Graduated in 1998 from Boston University.
Occupation: Stephanie works at Titan Sports as an account executive at the Federation's New York Sales Office.
TV debut: Stephanie first appeared on television at Rowdy Roddy Piper's Halloween Party- Date unknown
Magazine debut: Stephanie can be seen in the 1990 WWF Spring/Summer Merchandise Catalog modeling a 'Hulk Rules'painter's cap and a Rocker's t-shirt. She was 13. To see those images, go here
First Pin: She pinned Jeff Jarrett on the 09/20/99 episode of WWF Raw.
Fun Facts: Linda wanted Stephanie to do some other kind of work right after she got out of college, but Stephanie has always wanted to work with her family for the company since she was two years old.
Stephanie is first seen on RAW on the 11/30/98 show. She does confront Austin in the hallway, but she is wearing no glasses, nor does she have coffee. They just walk past each other.-Thanks Jase!
Stephanie spent one summer working in the New Media department.
Stephanie bought a wedding dress in Brooklyn.
WWF.com Intelligent, beautiful and enterprising… these three words sum up Stephanie McMahon perfectly. Although she shares the same last name as her brother Shane, she's definitely not cut from the same cloth. Stephanie is a completely independent woman who follows her own path, regardless of what her family wants.
Stephanie, a fourth-generation member of the McMahon family to be involved in the sports-entertainment business, has not always had an easy time in the World Wrestling Federation. She was used as an unwitting pawn in her father's war against Stone Cold Steve Austin, and she was even once accidentally knocked out by her brother during an in-ring altercation!
Currently, Stephanie is romantically involved with Test, a fact that incenses Shane McMahon to no end. Although the Boy Wonder has done his best to "save" his sister from the former Motley Crue bodyguard, he's been completely incapable of doing so. In fact, because of Shane's constant attempts to come between Test and his sister, we've been able to see that Stephanie is more than willing to place herself in harm's way to protect her beau!
Now that Stephanie has agreed to be married to Test, you can be sure that we'll continue to hear from this dynamic young woman in the weeks and months to come!
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Tori (Terri Powers) started in the WWF in December 1998 as a fan from the audience. Then it seemed like the WWF wasn't sure what they wanted to do with Tori since two rumors were running wild: 1) It was Sable's sister and 2) it was an obsessed fan. As it worked out they went more or less with the ardent fan routine and thus eventually Tori was added to the WWF stable. Her first order of business was to attack Luna during a period of feuding between Sable and Luna. She even appeared to look like Sable during an attack one evening, which not only served to give the Sable's 'sister' rumor some credibility but also caused Luna to launch an all out war on Sable.
As time went on, Tori tried to prove herself to Sable. Sable began treating her like trash and as an unworthy individual the harder Tori tried. Their relationship soured after Wrestlemania XV in 1999, where Tori made her wrestling debut in a losing match against Sable.
During the middle of 1999 a feud between her and Ivory started, which produced a couple of championship matches for Tori, but she was unable to capture the title belt. After disappearing in Sept-Oct. Tori returned to the WWF in November. Dressing in sexier clothing, and tops than showed a much more developed chest than she previously owned, she became Kane's girlfriend within a few short weeks (which I never did understand, she's a good wrestler).
In December the Big Show defended his title against Kane, with the stipulation that if Kane lost, Tori would have to spend the holidays with X-Pac. Sad to say Kane did lose which left Tori having to live up to the bargain. Several weeks later D-Generation X attacked Kane during a match and tied him up in a corner of the ring. Certain that the struggling Kane was securely tied, X-Pac told him and the world all the graphic details of their weekend together. Horrified, Tori started to leave the ring while Kane struggled mightily to break free. Surprisingly she turned back around and walked up to X-Pac, smiled at him, and laid a big sloppy kiss on the degenerate. A devastated Kane watched as the two lovebirds left the arena hand-in-hand.
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<3<3<3Rick rude<3<3<3 tribute (sniff sniff)
If there is ever a list of the greatest and most influential performers of the past decade and a half, it'll be a shame if Rick Rude isn't on it... never the top drawing headliner that Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair were, and never the unforgettable personality that Andre the Giant or Roddy Piper may be considered as, Rude was still a singularly unique talent who tapped into the wrestling fans' collective subconscious and knew how to make them care. If nothing else, put Rude on a list with Ted DiBiase, Paul Orndorff, Sting, and Ricky Steamboat as the most under-appreciated talents of Sports Entertainment's first renaissance (1985-1992).
Younger or newer fans may not understand why we're getting all worked up about the passing of a mid-card manager and part-time announcer, but it's only because they never saw Rick Rude in the ring, in his prime. From 1987, when he leapt to national prominence by joining the WWF, up until a serious neck injury in 1994 forced him into retirement (Rude actually won the WCW International Title -- a bastardized version of the NWA World Title -- by beating Sting in the match that saw him injured), Rude was on top of the industry as one of its most recognizable and talented practitioners. Rude was one of the WWF's top heels at a time when Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior needed "bad guys" to work against, and Rude was among the elite stars around whom WCW rebuilt themselves in the early 90's.
Rick Rude the wrestler was a remarkable talent. It would not be stretching the truth to suggest that Rude single-handedly made the Ultimate Warrior a watchable wrestler; Warrior had his first good matches with Rude, and would go on to apply the lessons learned from the Ravishing One in matches against Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage that still rate as memorable. Rude was technically sound, able to brawl, not to mention fast and agile enough to go to the top rope when necessary.
But perhaps it's Rick Rude the personality that is most remarkable of all. When Road Dogg or Shane
Douglas use their versions of "Cut the music" to start a pre-match promo, it's something they borrowed from Rude.... and hell, Val Venis owes just about his entire gimmick -- from his apparel to his in-ring mannerisms -- to Rick. Rude was the first of a new generation of "pretty boy" wrestlers that were actually tough guys. To have the ladies in the audience shrieking with pleasure during the pre-match disrobing, while still having the guys in the audience take you seriously in the actual fight was something nobody before Rude had really accomplished, but that many have tried to emulate since.
THE WWF YEARS
To be completely thorough, I should note that Rick Rude actually did have a career before entering the WWF in mid-1987; he held a handful of regional titles, and had actually risen through the ranks to win one half of the NWA World Tag Team Titles (with Manny Fernandez) just 4 years into his career in 1987.
Actually, in an interesting note, Rude still held half of the NWA tag titles when he signed with the WWF (the NWA later claimed that the Rock 'n' Roll Express regained those titles in a match that never actually took place).
It didn't take long for Rude, with his undeniable charisma and chisled physique, to become a major star in th WWF. He became a member of the Bobby Heenan Family, the Fed's top heel stable at the time, and was immediately made the stable's #2 man (behind Andre the Giant). He engaged in a quick feud with "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff -- recently dismissed from the Heenan Family -- over who had the best body in the WWF.
Rude also quickly became a favorite of announcer Jesse Ventura. In fact, in late '87, Rude defeated Orndorff and others to win the "Jesse the Body" award for having the WWF's best body at the 37th Annual Slammy Awards.
Rude developed the "Rude Awakening" as his finisher (a reverse neck-breaker), and soon there-after began adding a post-match Rude Awakening (an incapacitating lip-lock applied to a hand-picked female member of the audience) to his repetoire. Rude also became one of the first workers EVER to cut a promo before every match, always tossing out personalized insults to the out-of-shape denizens of whatever city he was performing in that night before elaborately disrobing. Needless to say, by this point, the ladies loved him, and guys hated him with a vengence.
It was this taste for ladies in the audience that put Rude into his first major WWF feud. One fateful night in 1988, Rude selected the wrong lady from the front row to come get a post-match kiss: he chose Cheryl Roberts, Jake "the Snake" Roberts' wife. The two had a long feud, which saw Rude use psychological ploys, as well as physical ones, to stay one step ahead of the Snake.
In early '89, the "best body in the WWF" debate came up again, as the IC Champ of the time, the Ultimate Warrior, decided to engage Rude in a posedown at the Royal Rumble. Warrior, being the crowd favorite, easily won. But two months later, it was Rude who was victorious at WrestleMania, as he took the Warrior's InterContinental Title, handing Warrior a rare defeat.
Warrior won the IC Title back at SummerSlam that year, with the help of Roddy Piper.... a quick feud with Roddy Piper gave Rude something to do for the next few months, leading up to a revival of his feud with Warrior. When Warrior won the WWF World Title at WrestleMania in 1990, Rude cut his hair, hit the weights harder than ever, and took an all new, deadly serious approach to the ring; gone were the post-match "Rude Awakenings" and the gyrating, as Rude promised, in buisiness-like fashion, to duplicate his IC Title win over Warrior. However, Warrior was the chosen one during the summer of '90, and Rude lost the big rubber match with Warrior at SummerSlam.
Rude was being shifted into a feud with the Big Bossman in late '90, when his relationship with the WWF hit the rocks. In the storylines, Rude was suspended from the WWF for comments made about Bossman's mother. In reality, contractual terms could not be agreed upon, and Rude was forced to sit out a year until he was free to negotiate with other companies.
THE WCW YEARS
As soon as legally able, Rude popped up in WCW as the masked "Halloween Phantom" at Halloween Havoc 1991. He was quickly enough unmasked, however, and joined Paul E. Dangerously's "Dangerous Alliance," the promotions's top heel stable at the time. As part of the Alliance, Rude had occasion to partner with such greats as Arn Anderson and Steve Austin. Later, Rude had a run with the legendary Harley Race as his manager.
Rude -- along with Vader -- was probably one of the companies top two heels for his WCW run. He got to feud with the company's top babyfaces, including Sting and Ricky Steamboat.... and in the course of his work, created another one in Dustin Rhodes thanks to a memorable 1993 feud. It was after Rude put Dustin over that fans accepted Rhodes as a credible US Champ.
Rude also was not hurting for gold during his tenure in WCW: just weeks into his WCW career, Rude took Sting's WCW US Title and held it for over a year. An injury in late '92 forced WCW to vacate the title and put it up for grabs in a tournament. Rude rebounded by going after the "WCW International Title" (which up until that point had actually been the NWA World Title, until the NWA refused to recognize WCW's right to book the title how they pleased) in the next year. He took it from Ric Flair in September, 1993.
Rude continued to reign as a "world champ" until Spring Stampede 1994, when he lost the title to Sting. However, Rude was slated to regain the title in Japan, actually beating Sting in the TokyoDome in early May of '94 to regain the title. However, in that match, Rude sustained a very serious -- eventually career-ending -- neck injury.
WCW waited a month to see what Rude's status would be before making a decision.... at WCW's next PPV, when Rude could not work, and refused to show up at the event to forfeit the title, WCW did a bit of revisionist history: they reversed the Rude victory from Japan on a technicality, and claimed Sting never lost the belt.
In later months, the severity of Rude's neck injury would become apparent, and Rick began collecting on a Lloyd's of London insurance policy and faded into the background.
AN ACTIVE RETIREMENT
Rude sat back and enjoyed a quiet retirement for several years, popping up only to do an online chat for the WWF in 1996 in his first two years out of the limelight.
But the lure of the business was strong, and eventually, Rude was tapped by his old manager Paul E. Dangeroulsy (now running ECW) to help out the fledging organization in early 1997. A masked man began showing up on ECW telecasts, tormenting Shane Douglas... and as part of ECW's first ever PPV event, Rude unmasked to reveal his identity. He went on to pursue Douglas' valet, Francine, and lead others wrestlers against Douglas for the middle part of 1997.
Rude also got a chance to shine as a color commentator; with ECW's lax language and content restrictions, Rude was able to cut loose, and was often hilarious in his commentary work.
The stir created by Rude's return to the business in a non-wrestling capactiy was undeniable, and the WWF quickly moved to take advantage of it. They brought Rude in as a spokesman for the the first incarnation of Degeneration X. However, Rude's second run in the WWF was a short one.
Just a week after the memorable "screwjob in Montreal," Rick Rude showed up on a live edition of WCW Nitro, doing an interview running down Vince McMahon and the WWF for what they did to Bret Hart. Making Rude's WCW debut particularly remarkable was the fact that while Rude was appearing on the live WCW telecast, he was also a part of the taped edition of WWF RAW that aired the same night, seconding the man who beat Bret Hart, no less.
Rude's second WCW stint would see him settle into a managerial role for fellow Minnesotan Curt Hennig... with Hennig's frequent injuries, Rude also was given the opportunity to appear as a commentator for WCW, sometimes on cable telecasts, but more commonly for special satellite broadcasts or internet events.
He was slated for regular work on WCW's "Backstage Blast" satellite offering at the time of his unexpected death.
Fans who were lucky enough to see Ravishing Rick Rude in his prime will never forget him.... and as long as Val Venis and pre-match promos live on, we'll never be able to forget his legacy.
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There's no question that Jason has been making a Sensation in the WWF.
Since debuting on RAW dressed up as Owen Hart, Jason Sensation's skills doing impressions have been praised.
But who is the person behind the massive, fake Owen Hart nose?
Why, a polite Canadian of course!
Slam Wrestling caught up with Jason Sensation at the recent WWF SkyDome press conference in Toronto. He was in town promoting Saturday night's show, and taped an edition of TSN's Off The Record.
The 20-year-old Sensation was born in Mississauga, grew up in Newmarket and now lives in Toronto.
He was inspired to start doing impressions by Canadian Andre Philipe Gagnon, specifically Gagnon's one-man version of We Are The World.
"I guess it was a God-given gift," said Sensation. "I've got to thank the good Lord for that."
His big break came when he appeared on Canada's Home Shopping Network plugging WWF gear.
"That came from bugging Carl De Marco a lot," he said. "Being persistent. Sending in videos, showing up a lot. Finally he said, let's give this guy a shot."
From his home in Newmarket, he made regular journeys down to Toronto (about an hour's drive) to Maple Leaf Gardens for wrestling. His favorite wrestlers? "Ric Flair, Bret Hart. Tough to say between the two."
Recently attacked during an edition of RAW by Owen Hart, Sensation was put into the dreaded Sharp Shooter. He said that "sucked" and swears he will "never" step into the ring against Hart.
He has a huge range of impressions, and this reporter witnessed him doing Val Venis, Hollywood Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Owen Hart, Undertaker, Steve Austin and even Chyna.
"I do everybody as best as I can," he said, admitting that he believes a time will come when he will want to be know for something more than his impressions.
After his performance introducing the semi-main event at Saturday's SkyDome show, WWF ring announcer Howard Finkel should fear for his job. Sensation received a huge ovation from the crowd and proceeded to entertain them by previewing the main event (Kane vs Austin vs Undertaker) in the voices of the participants. Then, in his Owen Hart voice, he introduced the Ken Shamrock vs Owen Hart match. Sensation offered the following advice for anyone trying to break into the wrestling game, but the message translates into almost anything. "Believe in your dreams and go for what you go for and do what you do. And don't let anybody ever, ever, ever talk you down. Don't let anybody ever say you're not good enough because you like this or you like that. If you believe in something, and you want it bad enough, believe me you're going to get it."
He's not sure what's up next for him, and he isn't on any sort of a contract with the WWF. But Jason Sensation is one content, happy guy.
"I'm fulfilling a life-long dream, living in a fantasy world. I'm probably the happiest guy alive right now."
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