WH Top 50 (15-11)

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15 - Kurt Angle
high:1st
low: NR
avg: 31 pts


Real name: Kurt Steven Angle
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 220 lbs.
Date of birth: December 9, 1968
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Pro debut: 1999
Trained by: Dory Funk Jr.
Finishing move: Ankle Lock Submission

- In 1987, Angle became a Pennsylvania State Wrestling Champion as a senior at Mt. Lebanon high school in Pittsburgh. Angle was also a linebacker on the football team.
- Angle earned freshman of the year honors at Clarion University in 1988. He earned two NCAA championships, one as a sophomore and the other as a senior.
- In 1989, Angle placed second in the Espoir World Cup and the Yasar Dogu Tournament (Turkey).
- Angle won the Canadian Cup Championship in 1990.
- Following college graduation, Angle accepted various wrestling-coaching jobs and started training for the Olympics.
- Despite not playing college football, Angle received a try out for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Angle defeated Abbas Jadidi of Iran via referee's decision, to win the 1996 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Gold Medal at 220 pounds.
- A tearful Angle received his Olympic Gold metal on July 31, 1996.
- Angle was first contacted about joining the WWF in 1996. At the time, Angle claimed pro wrestling was not in his future.
- In the summer of 1998, Angle became of a fan of the WWF. A short time later, he contacted WWF Chairman Vince McMahon to see if the company still had interest in his services.
- In October 1998, Angle signed a five-year contract with the World Wrestling Federation.
- Upon completing his training at the WWF Funkin' Dojo, Angle was sent to Power Pro Wrestling in Memphis for development.
- Angle defeated the "Irish Assassin" Mic Tierney on April 2, 1999, in a "Salute the Flag" match.
- On July 24, 1999, Angle defeated J.R. Smooth (Rikishi) for the Power Pro Wrestling title in Memphis, TN.
- Angle made his pay-per-view debut at the 1999 Survivor Series. He defeated Shawn Stasiak.
- Angle defeated Steve Blackman on December 12, 1999, at "Armageddon."
- On February 8, 2000, Angle defeated Val Venis for the European title in Austin, TX.
- At No Way Out, Angle beat Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental title in Hartford, CT.
- Angle defeated Chris Benoit at the U.K. only pay-per-view Insurrextion in London.
- On the June 12, 2000 episode of "Raw," Angle interfered in the Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley vs. Lita WWF Women's title match, allowing Stephanie to retain the title.
- Angle defeated Jericho, Crash Holly, and Rikishi to become the first King of the Ring of the new millennium.
- Despite tension between Triple H and Angle over Stephanie, the duo defeated the Acolytes on the August 21, 2000 episode of "Raw."
- On the August 24, 2000 edition of "Smackdown," Stephanie and Angle finally shared a kiss.
- The following week, Angle defeated Eddy Guerrero with Stephanie in his corner. Stephanie was urged to join Angle by commissioner Foley.
- On September 13, 2000, Angle worked an UPW (Ultimate Pro Wrestling) show, an affiliate of the WWF's. Angle defeated WWF hopeful Christopher Daniels.
- Angle teamed with Benoit on the September 29, 2000 episode of "Smackdown" to defeat The Rock and Triple H.
- Angle defeated Triple H on the October 2, 2000 episode of "Raw" to become the number one contender to the WWF title.
- With Stephanie voluntarily in his corner, Angle pinned Kane on the October 12, 2000 edition of "Smackdown" Stephanie announced that her relationship with Angle was purely a business arrangement.
- At No Mercy in Albany, NY, Angle defeated The Rock in a no disqualification match to capture the WWF title.
- At Survivor Series '00, Angle successfully defended the WWF title against the Undertaker.
- Angle pinned The Rock in the six man Hell In the Cell match at Armageddon to successfully defend the WWF title against Steve Austin, Rikishi, Triple H, and the Undertaker.
- At the 2001 Royal Rumble, Angle (who had Trish Stratus in his corner for a time) pinned Triple H to retain the WWF title.
- At Wrestlemania XVII in Houston, TX, Angle pinned Benoit.
- Angle defeated Benoit in a best "2 out of 3 falls/ladder" match, thanks to outside interference from Edge and Christian, to regain his Olympic Gold metals at Judgment Day 2001.
- On June 2, 2001 in Stillwater, OK, Angle was inducted into the National Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame.
- Nine days later, Angle defeated Benoit in a steel cage match on "Raw."
- At the 2001 King of the Ring, Angle beat Shane McMahon in a bloody "street fight" match.
- At the July 24, 2001 "Smackdown" television taping in Pittsburgh, PA, Angle pinned Booker T for the WCW title.
- On the September 10, 2001 episode of "Raw," Angle defeated Rob Van Dam for the WWF Hardcore title, but moments later, Van Dam regained it thanks to interference from Austin.
- At Unforgiven '01 in Pittsburgh, PA, Angle forced Austin to submit and captured the WWF title.
- On the October 22, 2001 edition of "Raw," Angle defeated Rhyno for the WCW United States title in Kansas City, MO.
- One week later on "Raw," Angle turned against team WWF and joined the Alliance.
- At No Way Out '02, Angle defeated Triple H. Stephanie served as the special guest referee.
- At Wrestlemania X-8 in Toronto, Angle defeated Kane.
- At Backlash '02, Angle downed Edge.
- A bald headed Angle defeated Hulk Hogan at the 2002 King of the Ring PPV in Columbus, OH.
- At Summerslam '02, Angle defeated Rey Mysterio Jr.
- At No Mercy '02 in Little Rock, AR, Angle and Benoit defeated Edge and Mysterio Jr. to capture the newly created Smackdown brand Tag Team title.
- Angle defeated the Big Show at Armageddon '02 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to capture the WWE title.
- On the December 19, 2002 episode of "Smackdown," Angle introduced Paul Heyman as his agent.
- At Royal Rumble '03, Angle successfully defended the WWE title against Chris Benoit.
- On April 11, 2003, Angle underwent neck surgery by Dr. Hae-Dong Jho.
- At Vengeance '03 in Denver, CO, Angle won a three way match over Brock Lesnar and the Big Show to regain the WWE title.
- At Summerslam '03, Angle defeated Lesnar to successfully retain the WWE title.
- Angle defeated John Cena at the 2003 No Mercy PPV in Baltimore, MD.
- At the 2003 Survivor Series, Team Angle (Angle, Benoit, Cena, Bradshaw and Hardcore Holly) defeated Team Lesnar (Lesnar, Matt Morgan, Nathan Jones, Big Show, and A-Train).
- At No Way Out '04, Angle defeated Cena and the Big Show in a three way match to earn a WWE title show at Wrestlemania XX.
- On March 23, 2004, Angle was named "General Manager" for the Smackdown brand.
- At Summerslam '04 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Angle defeated Eddy Guerrero.
- At Wrestlemania 21 in Los Angeles, CA, Angle forced Shawn Michaels to submit to his ankle lock submission.
- On the June 13, 2005 edition of "Raw," Angle was the second pick in the 2005 draft lottery by Eric Bischoff.
- After losing his Olympic gold metal to Eugene, Angle regained it at Summerslam '05.
- At the January 10, 2006 Smackdown tapings in Philadelphia, PA, Angle (moving over from Raw) won a battle royal to capture the vacate World Heavyweight title.
- Angle defeated Mark Henry at the 2006 Royal Rumble to retain the World Heavyweight title.
- Angle defeated The Undertaker at the 2006 No Way Out to remain World champion.
- On the May 29, 2006 edition of "Raw," Paul Heyman drafted Angle from Smackdown to the ECW roster.
- At One Night Stand 2, Angle defeated Randy Orton.
- On August 25, 2006, WWE's web site announced "Due to personal issues, Kurt Angle has been granted an early release from his contract."
- At the September 24, 2006 PPV No Surrender, TNA revealed Angle coming in as the company's promised major announcement.





14 - Christopher Daniels
hi: 12
low: 32
avg 31.13



Real name: Daniel Christopher Covell
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 224 lbs.
Date of birth: March 24, 1970
Born: Fayetteville, NC
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Pro debut: 1993
Trained by: Sam DeCero,
Mike Anthony, & Kevin Quinn
Finishing moves: Angels Wings &
Last Rites

Biography
- On May 22, 1993, Daniels captured the Windy City Pro Wrestling Light Heavyweight title from Trevor Blanchard.
- On May 23, 1995, Daniels and Kevin Quinn captured the World Wrestling Council Tag Team title from Invader #1 and Hurricane Castillo Jr. in San German, Puerto Rico.
- In 1995 and 1996, Daniels won Windy City Pro Wrestling Tag Team titles with Quinn and Mike Anthony.
- Daniels pinned Brett Sanders on May 1, 1997 for the Windy City Pro Wrestling Middleweight title in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
- On September 21, 1997, Daniels defeated Lil' Haystacks in Anaheim, CA for the World Power Wrestling title.
- Daniels defeated Bulldog Sampson on September 28, 1997 in San Bernardino, CA to claim the Empire Wrestling Federation title.
- During the ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Super Eight tournament on February 27, 1999, Daniels scored a pinfall victory over Matt Hardy.
- In July and August 1999, Daniels competed in the Masked Man League, finishing third in the competition.
- On December 14, 1999, Daniels defeated Minoru Fujita in Niigata City, Niigata, Japan to win the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight title.
- On January 22, 2000, Daniels defeated Michael Modest in Lompoc, CA to win the APW (All Pro Wrestling) Internet title.
- A short time later, Daniels received a WCW try out, and was signed to a contract. His stint was short lived, as the company eventually released him as a cost cutting measure.
- On May 20, 2000, Daniels downed Jayson Reign in Hammond, IN to capture the Windy City Pro Wrestling League title.
- Daniels beat Spaz in Costa Mesa, CA on October 12, 2000 to capture the UPW (Ultimate Pro Wrestling) title.
- On December 30, 2000, Daniels won APW's 2000 King of the Indies tournament. Earlier in the year, Daniels won ECWA's Super Eight tournament.
- Daniels teamed with Reign on September 29, 2001 to defeat Low Ki and Airborne for the Midwest Championship Wrestling Tag Team title.
- Daniels defeated Matt Vandal in Toms River, NJ on January 11, 2002 to capture the ECWA title.
- On March 13, 2002, Daniels won a three way match to reclaim the UPW title.
- In a June 26, 2002 NWA TNA press release, the company announced the signing of Daniels for the X-division.
- On June 29, 2002, Daniels beat Danny Doring in a four way match to win the NWA Florida title in Tampa, FL.
- On August 28, 2002, Curry Man (Daniels) won a triple threat match over Ricky Fuji and Ikeda-kun in Tokyo, Japan.
- Daniels won a tournament on September 21, 2002 in Philadelphia, PA to capture the Ring of Honor title.
- In October 2002, Curry Man and Hayashi Rice won the Futaritabi Tag Team League 2002 tournament, defeating Taka Michinoku and the Great Sasuke in the finals.
- October 25, 2002, Daniels defeated Jody Flash and Doug Williams in Walthamstow, London, England for the FWA title.
- On November 1-2, 2002, Daniels competed in IWA Mid-South's Ted Petty Invitational Tournament.
- In late 2002, Daniels became affiliated with Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme group in TNA.
- On March 12, 2003, Daniels and Low-Ki defeated America's Most Wanted to capture the NWA World Tag Team title.
- Daniels was awarded the NWA World Tag Team title on May 7, 2003 by defeating Jerry Lynn and Amazing Red via disqualification in a handicap match.
- On January 31, 2004, Curry Man won a battle royal in Sapporo, Japan.
- At UPW's Fifth Anniversary show in Anaheim, CA on February 20, 2004, Daniels and Tom Howard defeated the Outsiders, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.
- On February 28, 2004, Daniels defeated Jerry Lynn in Rahway, NJ.
- Curry Man and the American Dragon defeated Gedo and Jado in Tokyo, Japan to capture the IWGP (International Wrestling Grand Prix) Junior Heavyweight Tag Team title on March 12, 2004.
- On April 3, 2004, Daniels won ECWA's Super Eight tournament, beating Austin Aries in the finals. On the same card, Daniels regained the promotions heavyweight title.
- Daniels defeated Joey Matthews, AJ Styles, and Chris Sabin in Philadelphia, PA on August 21, 2004 to capture the 3PW title.
- At the September 21, 2004 "Impact" television taping in Orlando, Daniels and James Storm defeated Elix Skipper and Chris Harris to capture the NWA World Tag Team title.
- At Destination X in Orlando, Daniels defeated AJ Styles, Skipper, and Ron Killings to capture the X division title.
- Daniels successfully defended the X division title at the 2005 Lockdown PPV against former partner Skipper.
- At the 2005 Hard Justice PPV, Daniels defeated Shocker to retain the X Division title. Days later, Daniels signed a contract with TNA that would keep him on the company's roster until 2008.
- At the TNA 2005 Slammiversary PPV, Daniels defeated Michael Shane and Chris Sabin in a "Triple Threat" Match to retain the X Division title.
- At the 2005 No Surrender PPV, Daniels pinned Petey Williams to retain the X Division title.
- Daniels defeated Austin Aries at the 2005 Sacrifice PPV.
- Daniels, Samoa Joe, Alex Shelley, and Roderick Strong defeated Austin Aries, Sonjay Dutt, Matt Bentley and Chris Sabin in an elimination match at Genesis '05.
- At Destination X '06 in Orlando, Daniels defeated Styles and Samoa Joe in an "Ultimate X" match to regain the X-division title.
- Daniels and Styles defeated America's Most Wanted at Slammiversary '06 in Orlando to capture the NWA World Tag Team title.
- At Victory Road '06, Daniels, Styles, and Sirelda defeated Gail Kim and America's Most Wanted.
- Daniels and Styles defeated LAX (Homicide and Hernandez) at Hard Justice '06 to retain the NWA World Tag Team title.





13 - Bobby Lashley
hi: 10
low: 31
avg:34.13



Real name: Franklin Roberto Lashley
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 273 lbs.
Date of birth: July 16, 1976
Born: Kansas City, Kansas
Pro debut: 1999
Trained by: OVW
Finishing move: Dominator

Biography
- Lashley debuted on WWE television on the September 23, 2005 episode of "Smackdown."
- In his PPV debut, Lashley defeated Simon Deam at the 2005 No Mercy.
- At Armageddon '05, Lashley defeated Paul Burchill and William Regal in a "handicap" match.
- At the May 23, 2006 Smackdown tapings in Bakersfield, CA, Lashley defeated JBL to capture the United States title.




12 - Randy Orton
hi:6
lo:23
avg:35.63



Real name: Randy Keith Orton
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 265 lbs.
Born: April 1, 1980
From: St. Louis, MO
Pro debut: 2000
Trained by: OVW
Finishing move: RKO

Biography
- On St. Valentine's Day 2001, Orton defeated Mr. Black in for the NWA Ohio Valley Wrestling Hardcore title.
- Orton defeated Flash Flanagan for the OVW Hardcore title in Jeffersonville, IN on May 5, 2001.
- In his WWF television debut on the April 25, 2001 episode of "Smackdown," Orton defeated Hardcore Holly in a try out match ordered by Vince McMahon.
- In a bit of a surprise, the Undertaker defended the WWE title against Orton on the May 30, 2001 edition of "Smackdown."
- At the Fourth Annual Brian Pillman Memorial show on August 9, 2001, Orton defeated the Prototype (John Cena).
- Orton was named Pro Wrestling Illustrated's 2001 Rookie of the Year.
- Orton and Mark Henry defeated D-Von Dudley and Batista on August 10, 2002 in Melbourne, Australia.
- Orton abruptly jumped from the Smackdown roster to the Raw brand on September 23, 2002. In his "Raw" debut, Orton defeated Steven Richards.
- In January 2003, Orton joined Triple H and Batista in the formation of a new faction.
- At Unforgiven '03, Orton defeated Shawn Michaels.
- At the 2003 Survivor Series, Team Bischoff (Orton, Scott Steiner, Christian, Chris Jericho, and Mark Henry) defeated Team Austin (Booker T, Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, and the Dudley Boyz).
- On December 14, 2003, Orton (with Ric Flair in his corner) defeated Van Dam to capture the Intercontinental title at the Armageddon PPV in Orlando, FL.
- On February 5, 2004, Orton defeated Van Dam in Hiroshima, Japan to retain the IC title.
- At Wrestlemania XX in New York, NY, Evolution (Orton, Batista, and Flair) defeated Mick Foley and The Rock.
- At Backlash '04, Orton defeated Cactus Jack in a "hardcore match" to retain the Intercontinental title.
- Orton successfully defended the IC title at Bad Blood 2004 against Shelton Benjamin.
- At Summerslam '04 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Orton beat Chris Benoit to win the World Heavyweight title.
- At Taboo Tuesday, Orton defeated Ric Flair in a "steel cage" match.
- Team Orton (Orton, Benoit, Chris Jerico, and Maven) defeated Team Triple H (Triple H, Batista, Gene Snitsky, and Edge) at the 2004 Survivor Series.
- On the June 16, 2005 edition of "Smackdown," Orton was the second pick in the 2005 draft lottery.
- Orton defeated The Undertaker at the 2005 Summerslam when his father Bob Orton Jr. (dressed as an old man) distracted the "dead man."
- The Orton's (Bob and Randy) defeated The Undertaker at the 2005 No Mercy PPV in a handicap casket match.
- At the 2005 Survivor Series, Orton pinned Shawn Michaels to allow Team Smackdown to defeated Team Raw.
- Orton defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. at the 2006 No Way Out PPV to win Rey's Wrestlemania world title shot he had earned by winning the Royal Rumble.
- In April 2006, Orton was suspended for 60 days for "unprofessional behavior."
- Orton to WWE television on the June 5, 2006 edition of "Raw," and gave Kurt Angle a RKO. Two nights later, Orton declared himself a Raw superstar.
- At Vengeance '06, Orton defeated Kurt Angle.
- At Unforgiven '06, Orton defeated Carlito.




11 - AJ Styles
hi: 10
low:20
avg:36.50


Real name: Allen Jones
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 215 lbs.
Date of birth: June 2, 1977
From: Gainesville, GA
Pro debut: February 15, 1999
Trained at: NCW Training School
Finishing move: Styles Clash

Biography
- On January 8, 2000, Styles defeated K-Krush (Ron Killings) to capture the NWA Wildside Television title.
- Styles regained the NWA Wildside television title on January 6, 2001, when he defeated Air Paris in Cornelia, GA.
- Prior to the sale of WCW to WWF, Styles had a brief stint on WCW's talent roster.
- Styles defeated Rick Michaels on December 22, 2001 to win the NWA Wildside/Georgia Heavyweight title.
- On April 13, 2002, Styles pinned Nova on the World Wrestling All-Stars "Eruption" PPV to win the WWA Cruiserweight title.
- On June 19, 2002, Styles became the first X division champion on TNA's debut on PPV in Huntsville, AL.
- Styles and Jerry Lynn won a single night four team tag tournament on July 3, 2002 to claim the NWA World Tag Team title.
- Styles eventually turned heel and hired a manager, Mortimer Plumtree.
- Styles regained the X division title on October 23, 2002 by defeating Syxx-Pac in Nashville, AL.
- On January 25, 2003, Styles defeated Amazing N8 Mattson to win IWR KOI title in Sterling Height, MI.
- On March 15, 2003, Styles and the Amazing Red defeated Christopher Daniels and Xavier to capture the ROH (Ring of Honor) Tag Team title in Cambridge, MA.
- Styles won a three way match over Jeff Jarrett and Raven on June 11, 2003 to capture the NWA World Heavyweight title.
- On September 12, 2003, Styles defeated Daniels and Chris Sabin in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to capture the Maximum Pro Wrestling Television title.
- Styles defeated Jonny Storm on September 27, 2003 in Helsinki, Finland to retain the NWA title.
- On February 4, 2004, Styles and Abyss defeated the Red Shirt Security (Kevin Northcutt and Joe E. Legend) for the NWA World Tag Team title.
- On February 14, 2004, Styles pinned CM Punk to win the Pure Wrestling Tournament and the Pure Wrestling title in Braintree, MA.
- Styles defeated Jeff Jarrett on April 21, 2004 in a "steel cage" match to capture the NWA world Heavyweight title in Nashville, TN.
- Styles defeated Frankie Kazarian on June 9, 2004 in Nashville to regain the X Division title.
- On August 14, 2004, Styles defeated Sabu and Teddy in a TLC match to win the Natural title in Buffalo, NY.
- Styles defeated James Tighe on November 13, 2004 in Coventry, England in a 30 minute "iron man" match.
- Styles, Randy Savage and Jeff Hardy defeated Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall at the Turning Point PPV.
- At the 2005 Final Resolution PPV in Orlando, Styles defeated Petey Williams and Chris Sabin in an "Ultimate X match" to recapture the X Division title.
- Styles defeated Christopher Daniels at the Against All Odds PPV in a 30-minute "Iron Man" match to retain the X Division title.
- On April 2, 2005 in Los Angeles, LA, Styles defeated Super Dragon to capture the PWG (Pro Wrestling Guerilla) title.
- At the 2005 Lockdown PPV, Styles defeated Abyss in a "six sides of steel cage" match to become the number one contender for the NWA title.
- At the 2005 Hard Justice PPV, Styles defeated Jeff Jarrett to regain the NWA title in Orlando.
- At the 2005 No Surrender PPV, Styles defeated Sean Waltman.
- Styles pinned Matt Hardy on July 29, 2005 in Monroeville, PA.
- At the 2005 Unbreakable PPV in Orlando, Styles defeated Daniels and Samoa Joe to regain the X Division title for the fifth time.
- Styles defeated Daniels 1-0 in a 30-minute "Iron Man" match at Bound for Glory.
- At Genesis '05, Styles pinned Petey Williams to retain the X-division title.
- On December 29, 2005 in Tokyo, Styles defeated Petey Williams.
- At the 2006 Final Resolution, Styles defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi of New Japan Pro Wrestling.
- At Lockdown '06, Team Sting (Sting, Rhino, Styles and Ron Killings) defeated Team Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner and America's Most Wanted) in a "lethal lottery" match.
- Styles and Christopher Daniels defeated America's Most Wanted at Slammiversary '06 in Orlando to capture the NWA World Tag Team title.
- At Victory Road '06, Styles, Daniels, and Sirelda defeated Gail Kim and America's Most Wanted.
- Styles and Daniels defeated LAX (Homicide and Hernandez) at Hard Justice '06 to retain the NWA World Tag Team title.

BigDaveBatista

Nice one, top 10 should be good. Thanks for this Derek.

Nicky Talent

if Danielson wasnt in the top ten, it should be good.......or bad

Mrs Teddy

So much anticipation... looking forward to seeing who cracked the top 10.