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World Wrestling Entertainment/Characters/World Wide Wrestling Federation

Lists the various WWE wrestlers active during the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) Era, from 1963 through 1984. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in the WWE.


André The Giant (André René Roussimoff) 1973-1991

Antonio Inoki (born 猪木寛至, Inoki Kanji) late 1970s - early 1980s

Antonino Rocca (Antonino Biasetton) 1952–1963,1975–1977

Billy Graham (Eldridge Wayne Coleman) 1975-1978, 1982-1983, 1986-1988

Bob Backlund (Robert Lee "Bob" Backlund) 1977-1984, 1992-1997, 2000, 2007

Bobo Brazil (Houston Harris) 1963-1968, 1976-1977, 1984

Bruno Sammartino (Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino) 1959-1988

  • Beyond the Impossible: Held the World title for eight years, when nowadays holding any title for eight months seems like an impossible feat.
  • Charles Atlas Superpower: Was a scrawny underweight child in his youth who almost died of Rheumatic fever. He would dedicate his young adulthood to weight training, becoming a formidable power lifter before later becoming a world renowned wrestler.
  • Iconic Wrestler: His nickname is "The Living Legend".
  • Red Baron: "The Living Legend"
  • The Time of Myths: Bruno wrestled in an age where matches could be finished with hammer locks, and kept championships for years on end.
  • Underwear of Power
  • World's Strongest Man: In 1960 he set a world record in the bench press at 565 pounds. One newspaper referred to him as "The Italian Sampson."

Buddy Rogers (Herman Gregory Rohde, Jr.) 1961-1963, 1982

Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano) 1977-1978, 1986-1992

Ernie Ladd (Ernest Ladd) 1964, 1968-1970, 1972, 1975-1976, 1978, 1980-1981

Gorilla Monsoon (Robert James "Gino" Marella) 1959-1999

Haystacks Calhoun (William Dee Calhoun) 1958, 1964-1965, 1968-1969, 1973-1976, 1978, 1979

Ivan Koloff (Oreal Perras) 1963, 1969-1971, 1975-1976, 1978-1979, 1983

Johnny Rodz (Johnny Rodriguez) 1967-1985

Ken Patera 1977-1978, 1980, 1984-1985, 1987-1988

Killer Kowalski (Władek (later Walter) Kowalski) 1957-1958, 1962-1964, 1968-1970, 1974-1977

Larry Zbyszko (Lawrence "Larry" Whistler) early 1974-1980

Mil Máscaras (Aaron Rodríguez) 1972–1973, 1977–1978, 1981, 1997

Pat Patterson (Pierre Clermont) 1979-2004

Pedro Morales 1959, 1963-1964, 1970-1974, 1980-1982, 1986-1987

The Sheik (Edward George Farhat) 1964-1969, 1973-1974

Stan Stasiak (George Stipich) 1971-1979

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