Adam Copeland

Adam Joseph Copeland^[7] (born October 30, 1973)^[10] is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Edge. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown brand, but is currently inactive due to an injury.

Copeland rose through the ranks as one half of the tag team Edge and Christian, alongside his real-life childhood friend and storyline brother Christian. He is noted for being one of the most decorated tag team champions in WWE history, winning a record 14 tag team titles.^[11] He is also a nine-time World Champion (having won the WWE Championship four times and the World Heavyweight Championship five times), and is the only wrestler to have won all six major championships featured on Raw and SmackDown (WWE, World, Intercontinental, United States, World Tag Team, and WWE Tag Team Championships). In addition to his championship accolades, Copeland also won the 2001 King of the Ring tournament and the 2005 Money in the Bank ladder match.^[12][13]

Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland has appeared in Highlander: Endgame and made guest appearances in television shows, including The Weakest Link, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, and Mind of Mencia.

John Cena

John Felix Anthony Cena^[6] (born April 23, 1977)^[4] is an American actor, amateur hip hop musician, and professional wrestler currently employed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its Raw brand.

In professional wrestling, Cena is a five time world champion having won the WWE Championship one time while on SmackDown and two times while on Raw and won the World Heavyweight Championship while on Raw. In addition to these championships, Cena has also won the WWE United States Championship three times^[7] and the World Tag Team Championship two times (once with Shawn Michaels and once with Batista).^[8] Cena also won the 2008 Royal Rumble match.^[9]

Cena started his professional wrestling career in 2000, wrestling for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), where he held the UPW Heavyweight Championship. In 2001, Cena signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) where he held the OVW Heavyweight Championship and the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (with Rico Constantino).

Outside of wrestling, Cena has released the rap album You Can't See Me, which debuted at #15 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and starred in the feature films The Marine (2006) and 12 Rounds (2009).^[10] Cena has also made appearances on television shows including Manhunt, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, Saturday Night Live, and Punk'd. Cena was also a contestant on Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, where he made it to the final round before being eliminated, placing third in the overall competition.

John Layfield

John Charles Layfield (born November 29, 1966)^[3] is a retired American professional wrestler and a current commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League.^[4] Layfield is best known by his ring names, Bradshaw, John "Bradshaw" Layfield or JBL from his time in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he is the longest reigning WWE Champion in SmackDown history with a reign lasting 280 days.

Layfield's main gimmick as John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) – a wealthy, gladhanding businessman – was based on Layfield's real-life accomplishments as a stock market investor. Layfield is a regular panelist on Fox News Channel's The Cost of Freedom, has appeared on CNBC, and has written a best-selling book on financial planning called Have More Money Now. (ISBN 0-7434-6633-0). Layfield also hosts a weekend talk radio program, syndicated nationally by Talk Radio Network, in which he discusses his conservative political views.^[5] Layfield is also employed by Northeast Securities as its Senior Vice President.^[6]

In WWE, Layfield is a one-time WWE Champion, one-time United States Champion, a one-time European Champion, a seventeen-time Hardcore Champion, a one-time WWE Intercontinental Champion and a three-time World Tag Team Champion with Faarooq as part of the Acolytes Protection Agency (APA).^[7] He is the twentieth Triple Crown Champion, and the tenth Grand Slam Champion.

Eddie Guerrero

Eduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero^[1] (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005)^[1] was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family.^[2] Guerrero wrestled in Mexico and Japan and in several major professional wrestling promotions in the United States^[2] He wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Guerrero's gimmick was that of a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His catch phrase became "Cheat to Win." Despite being a villain for most of his career, he got over in and outside the ring. Another one of Guerrero's famous slogans was "I Lie! I Cheat! I Steal!," which was used in one of his entrance themes. Guerrero partly used this phrase in his autobiography Cheating Death, Stealing Life.

Throughout his career, Guerrero encountered various substance abuse problems outside of wrestling, including alcoholism and an addiction to painkillers. His problems outside of the ring were sometimes integrated into his angles. Notwithstanding these issues, he won numerous titles during his career, including the WWE Championship. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006.

Brock Lesnar

Brock Edward Lesnar^[4] (born July 12, 1977 in Webster, South Dakota) is an American mixed martial artist as well as a former professional and amateur wrestler.^[5] He is currently the UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Lesnar was an accomplished amateur wrestler, winning the 2000 NCAA wrestling championship and placing second in 1999, losing in the finals to future New England Patriots offensive lineman Stephen Neal.^[6] He then gained prominence in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a three-time WWE Champion and the youngest person ever to hold that championship. Lesnar was also the 2002 King of the Ring, and the winner of the 2003 Royal Rumble.^[7][8]

After leaving WWE in 2004, Lesnar pursued a career in the NFL.^[9] He played during the preseason for the Minnesota Vikings, but ended up being a late cut.^[10] Lesnar returned to professional wrestling at the end of 2005, and joined New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first wrestling match since leaving the WWE.^[11] He was stripped of the title in July 2006, although he held the physical belt until June 2007.^[12]

Lesnar started a career in mixed martial arts and had his first fight in June 2007.^[13] He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in October 2007. He lost his first fight to Frank Mir, but has since remained undefeated, capturing the UFC Heavyweight Championship from Randy Couture on November 15, 2008.

Chris Jericho

Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970)^[2] better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian professional wrestler, television and stage actor, author, radio host, television host and rock musician. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its SmackDown brand, where he is one half of the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions. He is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and internationally in Canadian, Mexican, and Japanese promotions.

As a part of WWE, he is credited as being the first-ever Undisputed Champion in WWE. Also, he has won the WWE Intercontinental Championship a record nine times.^[1] Jericho is a five-time World Champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the World Wrestling Federation Championship once, and the World Heavyweight Championship twice. His first reign as WWF Champion and his second reign as WCW Champion (then known as the World Championship) together make him the first Undisputed Champion in history. In addition, he is also the ninth Triple Crown Champion and the fourth Grand Slam Champion.

Outside of WWE, Jericho is the frontman of Fozzy, an American heavy metal band, and a star of the wrestling documentary Bloodstained Memoirs.^[5][6]

Kurt Angle

Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American professional wrestler, actor and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is the current TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

Angle was involved in amateur wrestling during both high school and college. In college at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, he won numerous accolades, including being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I champion.^[5][6] After graduating, he won the 1995 World Championship tournament.^[5] Angle then competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he won a gold medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling.^[6][7]

Initially turning down an offer to join the World Wrestling Federation (WWF),^[6] Angle signed a multi-year contract with the company in 1998. His first big push in the company was in February 2000, when he held both the WWF European Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Championship.^[8] Not long after, Angle began pursuing the WWF Championship. He continued to be a part of main event matches until August 2006, when Angle was granted a release from his contract.^[9] Throughout his tenure in the company, he was a six-time world champion (four-time WWF/E Champion,^[10] World Heavyweight Champion^[11] and WCW Champion),^[12] WCW United States Champion,^[13] WWF Intercontinental Champion,^[14] WWF European Champion, ^[15] WWF Hardcore Champion^[16] and WWE Tag Team Champion (with Chris Benoit).^[17] In addition, he was the winner of the King of the Ring tournament in 2000,^[18] the tenth Triple Crown Champion, and the fifth Grand Slam Champion.

After leaving WWE, Angle joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he became the second wrestler in TNA to win TNA's Triple Crown and the first man to hold all three TNA championships simultaneously.^[19] While in TNA, his real-life wife Karen began accompanying him to the ring and playing a part in his on-screen storylines. Angle has also made appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling and Inoki Genome Federation, where he was the IWGP Third Belt Champion.^[20] Also a three-time (and current) TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Angle is a nine time World Champion overall, though TNA bills him as a thirteen-time world champion when adding the IWGP Third Belt Championship, his 1996 Olympic Gold Medal, and 2 NCAA World Freestyle Championships. He is also the 2007 and 2009 King of the Mountain winner at Slammiversary.