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Jimmy Hart
"The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart is a WWE Hall of Famer (Class of 2005) who has managed the "Who's Who" of wrestling legends, including Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, the Honky Tonk Man, The Hart Foundation, King Kong Bundy, and many more, making him a legend in his own right.
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Bobby Blaze
Bobby Blaze, Ashland, KY native, is a WCW superstar and one-time Smoky Mountain Heavyweight Champion, defeating Jerry "The King" Lawler to be known as "The King-Slayer." Bobby is the author of "Pin Me, Pay Me! Have Boots, Will Travel," and currently is the head trainer for FTC's Art of Grappling wrestling school, located in Ironton, OH. Bobby also co-hosts a weekly wrestling-themed podcast, "Bell to Bell with Bobby Blaze."
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Lex Luger
Luger is a two-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and one-time WWA World Heavyweight Champion. He is also a five-time NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Champion who holds the records for consecutive days and total days as champion.
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Gail Kim
Gail Kim became the first WWE Diva in history to win a championship in her debut match. In Impact Wrestling, she is a record setting seven-time Knockouts Champion. In 2016, she was announced as the first female inductee into the TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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Billy Gunn
Gunn, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a wrestler and coach, is an overall 13-time tag team champion in WWE. He is the 1999 King of the Ring tournament winner, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019 as a member of D-Generation X.
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Magnum T.A.
Magnum T.A won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship twice after wrestling in the CWF, where he won the Global Tag Team Championship on five occasions. He also won the North American Heavyweight Championship, his first major title, after defeating Mr. Wrestling II in 1984.
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Koko B. Ware
"The Birdman" is a WWE Hall of Famer (Class of 2009) and two-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship and one-time USWA World Tag Team Championship.
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Godfather
The Godfather, also known as Papa Shongo and Kama, is a WWE Hall of Famer (Class of 2016), one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, and former member of the Nation of Domination! He has also wrestled in Japan for NJPW!
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Rhino
Rhino is currently signed to Impact Wrestling. He wrestled for ECW, WWE, TNA, Impact, and NXT, winning the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the ECW Television Championship, and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
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Malakai Black
Joining WWE on their NXT brand in 2017, he won the NXT Championship in 2018. In 2019, he was moved to Raw. Later that year, he was drafted to SmackDown, where he appeared sporadically before being released in June 2021; he joined AEW a month later under a new ring name "Malakai Black".
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Austin Gunn
Currently signed to AEW and a member of the Gunn Club.
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Colton Gunn
Currently signed to AEW and a member of the Gunn Club.
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Angelina Love
Between ROH and TNA/Impact, Love is a seven-time women's world champion, having held TNA Knockouts Championship six times, along with her Women of Honor title reign.
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