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Hawk and Animal were known for their impressive physiques, as their physical size was larger than most wrestlers of the era. Their face paint and spiked armor were inspired by the Mad Max film The Road Warrior; they were one of the first wrestlers to bring a theme from a movie into the wrestling world. [3]
In 2025 WWE introduced a fourth brand, called Evolve, which features wrestlers who are just beginning their training at the WWE Performance Center under the WWE NIL program, as well as wrestlers in independent promotions that are part of the WWE ID program, with the goal of advancing to NXT. [9]
In his final WWE match, Animal defeated Paul Burchill on the May 6, 2006, episode of Velocity. [44] On June 26, 2006, Animal was released from his WWE contract. [45] WWE announced on March 28, 2011, on Raw that the Road Warriors would be inducted into the 2011 Hall of Fame.
William James Myers (April 16, 1937 – February 16, 2017), better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele, was an American professional wrestler, school teacher, author, and actor.
Full list of current WWE Champions, including Universal, Intercontinental, Women's, US, Tag Team, and more across Raw, SmackDown and NXT.
YouTube Former WWE superstar Michael Jones, known as Virgil in the ring, died on Wednesday, February 28. He was 61. Wrestling referee Mark Charles III, a.k.a. The Count, announced Jones’ passing ...
WWE recognizes Angle's reign as ending on September 18, 2003, when the following episode aired on tape delay. [103] 73 Brock Lesnar: September 16, 2003: SmackDown! Raleigh, NC: 3 152: 150 This was a 60-minute Iron Man match, which Lesnar won 5–4. WWE recognizes Lesnar's reign as beginning on September 18, 2003, when the episode aired on tape ...
The 1991 SummerSlam was the fourth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on Monday, August 26, 1991, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.