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* ItRunsInTheFamily: Both with his father, Larry "The Ax" Hennig and his son [[TheNexus Michael McGillicutty]]
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* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV]] usually, but his more Type II or III in BadassBiker gimmick.


* LawfulGood: Until his FaceHeelTurn, when he is NeutralEvil. Currently, he's NeutralGood.



* CharacterAlignment:
** NeutralGood: In his ''Rockers'' days.
** NeutralEvil: After he superkicked Marty Janetty.
** NeutralGood: During his 1996 HeelFaceTurn and back again by 1997.
** During the MontrealScrewjob, he played the role of a LawfulEvil company man in RealLife, while at the same time, maintaining a {{Kayfabe}} ChaoticEvil stable in DX.
** He became LawfulEvil in kayfabe when he joined TheCorporation post-retirement as the Commissioner. After being thrown out of the stable, he achieved LawfulNeutral by aligning with nobody as Commissioner. He became TrueNeutral at Judgment Day 2000 when he was the impartial referee between Rock and HHH despite his friendship with the latter.
** LawfulGood: After he returned in 2002, now being a born again Christian.
** ChaoticGood: His 2006 DX run and feud with Vince [=McMahon=].
** ChaoticNeutral: His feud with John Cena in 2007, as well as his retirement angle with the Undertaker.



* TrueNeutral: With slight shades of ChaoticNeutral

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* DefangedHorrors: Papa Shango
* DressCode: As the "Good Father" in Right To Censor, his only drastic character change to be addressed on screen.



* PrimalFear (As Papa Shango)



* FakeNationality: Subverted as even though his gimmick was that of a sumo wrestler that trained in Japan and carried their flag, he was never billed as being from anywhere other than Polynesian Islands.
** Played straight later in his career when he was billed from Japan. The "Polynesian Islands" thing only lasted about a year or so.

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* FakeNationality: Subverted as even though his gimmick was that of a sumo wrestler that trained in Japan and carried their flag, he was never billed as being from anywhere other than the Polynesian Islands.
** Played straight later in his career when he was billed from Japan. The "Polynesian Islands" thing
Islands. [[ViewersAreMorons Too bad this only lasted about a year or so.]]
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** ChaoticGood: His 2006 DX run and feud with Vince McMahon.

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** ChaoticGood: His 2006 DX run and feud with Vince McMahon.[=McMahon=].
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** He became Lawful Evil in kayfabe when he joined the Corporation post-retirement as the Commissioner. After being thrown out of the stable, he achieved Lawful Neutral by aligning with nobody as Commissioner. He became True Neutral at Judgment Day 2000 when he was the impartial referee between Rock and HHH despite his friendship with the latter.

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** He became Lawful Evil LawfulEvil in kayfabe when he joined the Corporation TheCorporation post-retirement as the Commissioner. After being thrown out of the stable, he achieved Lawful Neutral LawfulNeutral by aligning with nobody as Commissioner. He became True Neutral TrueNeutral at Judgment Day 2000 when he was the impartial referee between Rock and HHH despite his friendship with the latter.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of the most infamous examples in wrestling history, he's one of the four wrestlers who publicly said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call].

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of the most infamous examples in wrestling history, he's one of the four wrestlers who publicly said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call].Call]].

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* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.

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* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.



* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.

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* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.



* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.

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* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.



* ChaoticNeutral

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* ChaoticNeutralCharacterAlignment:
** NeutralGood: In his ''Rockers'' days.
** NeutralEvil: After he superkicked Marty Janetty.
** NeutralGood: During his 1996 HeelFaceTurn and back again by 1997.
** During the MontrealScrewjob, he played the role of a LawfulEvil company man in RealLife, while at the same time, maintaining a {{Kayfabe}} ChaoticEvil stable in DX.
** He became Lawful Evil in kayfabe when he joined the Corporation post-retirement as the Commissioner. After being thrown out of the stable, he achieved Lawful Neutral by aligning with nobody as Commissioner. He became True Neutral at Judgment Day 2000 when he was the impartial referee between Rock and HHH despite his friendship with the latter.
** LawfulGood: After he returned in 2002, now being a born again Christian.
** ChaoticGood: His 2006 DX run and feud with Vince McMahon.
** ChaoticNeutral: His feud with John Cena in 2007, as well as his retirement angle with the Undertaker.



* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.

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* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.

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* TheBigGuy (Face)

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* TheBigGuy (Face)TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.



* TheBrute (Heel)



* BadassLonghair






* TheBigGuy (Face)

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* TheBigGuy (Face)BadassLonghair: Prior to his ImportantHaircut in the late 90s.
* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.



* TheBrute (Heel)



* TheBigGuy (Face)

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* TheBigGuy (Face)BadassLonghair
* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.



* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of the most infamous examples in wrestling history, he's one of the four wrestlers who publicly said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call]].
* TheBrute: When he's a Heel.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of the most infamous examples in wrestling history, he's one of the four wrestlers who publicly said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call]].
* TheBrute: When he's a Heel.
Call].



* HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): He and Scott Hall are some of wrestling's longest running HLP's. There have been quite a number of eyebrows raised by the comment Kevin made that he'd have no problem doing a gay angle if it was with Scott.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): and HoYay: He and Scott Hall ScottHall are some of wrestling's longest running HLP's. There have been quite a number of eyebrows raised by the comment Kevin made that he'd have no problem doing a gay angle if it was with Scott.



* {{Nakama}}: The Kliq. Mess with one, and the rest will make your life a living hell.

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* {{Nakama}}: The Kliq.TheKliq. Mess with one, and the rest will make your life a living hell.



* [[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX The Artist Formally Known As Goldust]]: In 1998

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* [[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX The Artist Formally Known As Goldust]]: In 19981998.
* BadassFamily



* ManInWhite



* ReplacementScrappy: After Hulk Hogan left, Luger was plugged right into Hogan's AllAmericanFace gimmick, his main event spot, and even his feud with Yokozuna. The fans didn't take it well.

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* ReplacementScrappy: After Hulk Hogan left, Luger was plugged right into Hogan's AllAmericanFace gimmick, his main event spot, and even his feud with Yokozuna. [[{{Understatement}} The fans didn't take it well.]]



* TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depends on his Face / Heel status.



* MightyGlacier



* TheAce



* BlondGuysAreEvil



* GreenEyedMonster: To Bret.

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* GreenEyedMonster: To Bret.Bret during his Heel run.



!!! Razor Ramon (Scott Oliver Hall)

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!!! [[ScottHall Razor Ramon Ramon]] (Scott Oliver Hall)



* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Just ask Goldust.
** Subverted, as it was merely a mind game to help him capture the Intercontinental title.

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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Just ask Goldust.
** Subverted,
Subverted with Goldust, as it was merely a mind game to help him capture the Intercontinental title.



* HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): With Kevin Nash, for something like ''seventeen years''.
* {{Nakama}}: The Kliq. Mess with one, and the rest will make your life a living hell.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): and HoYay: With Kevin Nash, for something like ''seventeen years''.
* {{Nakama}}: The Kliq.TheKliq. Mess with one, and the rest will make your life a living hell.



!!! Rikishi Fatu (Solofa F. Fatu Jr.)

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!!! The Sultan / Rikishi Fatu (Solofa F. Fatu Jr.)



* CoolShades: As Rikishi Fatu.



* ProudWarriorRaceGuy



* HairOfGold



* AGodAmI (During his Ministry days)

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* AGodAmI (During AGodAmI: During his Ministry days)days.



* BackFromTheDead (Several Times)

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* BackFromTheDead (Several Times)BackFromTheDead: Several Times.



* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Averted ''hard'', with his unprecedented 18-0 winning streak at ''{{Wrestlemania}}''. Every year, someone swears they're going to end the streak. Every year, the Undertaker stays undefeated.

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* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Averted ''hard'', with his unprecedented 18-0 19-0 winning streak at ''{{Wrestlemania}}''. Every year, someone swears they're going to end the streak. Every year, the Undertaker stays undefeated.



* DyeHard: Naturally a redhead.

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* DyeHard: Naturally a redhead.[[RedHeadedHero redhead]].



* ObviouslyEvil:subverted

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* ObviouslyEvil:subvertedObviouslyEvil: Subverted. Played straight in his Ministry/Corporate Ministry/Higher Power days.



* TheStoic



* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depends on his Face/Heel status.



* MeaningfulName: Yokozuna is the highest title in sumo wrestling.

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* MeaningfulName: Yokozuna is the highest title in sumo wrestling.wrestling.
* TooCoolToLive
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* TheUnintelligible: See MemeticMutation.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was supposed to win the WWF Title in 1994, but the McMahons decided to put on Diesel. After his death, the WWF actually released promotional shots of him with the championship belt.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was supposed to win the WWF Title in 1994, but the McMahons [=McMahons=] decided to put on Diesel. After his death, the WWF actually released promotional shots of him with the championship belt.



* WallBanger: His FaceHeelTurn and the reason he tried to run over "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
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** The Blue Meanie?
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* FanNickname: The Sand Rippa.


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* MemeticMutation: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUC2PFzsJuk These]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBixNmoIaz8&feature=related videos]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZzpfrzUbak&feature=related show off]] Ahmed's [[{{Narm}} narmtastic]] mic skills with {{Mondegreen}}s aplenty.
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* BadassNative
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!!! Pierre Ouellette / Jean-Pierre Lafitte

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!!! Pierre Ouellette / Jean-Pierre LafitteLafitte (Carl Joseph Yvon Ouellet)
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!!! Pierre Ouellette / Jean-Pierre Lafitte
* AlwaysGetsHisMan: As Quebeccer Pierre
* CanadaEh
* CivvieSpandex: As Quebeccer Pierre
* CoolShades: As Quebeccer Pierre
* DirtyCop: As Quebeccer Pierre
* DreadfulMusician: Sings in the Quebeccers theme... off-key.
* EyepatchOfPower: As Jean-Pierre Lafitte and later Quebeccer Pierre.
* EvilForeigner: As Quebeccer Pierre
* GlassEye: In RealLife
* {{Pirate}}: As Jean-Pierre Lafitte
* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Kliq]]
* Wrestling Doesnt Pay: First, a wrestling mountie, then a wrestling Pirate.
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* RedBaron: "Sparky", "Hardcore" and "Bombastic" Bob as part of the new Midnight Express.
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Isn\'t it sad was renamed Demoted To Extra. The trope means a secondary fictional character gets little or no role in a subsequent work.


* IsntItSad: Not just his death, but the CharacterDerailment he had before it.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the rest of the super colorful characters of WWE at the time, Taker was for all intents and purposes darkness incarnate.



* EnsembleDarkhorse

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* EnsembleDarkhorseEnsembleDarkhorse: One of the biggest examples in ProfessionalWrestling. He was a cool, talented, and vicious character who got over BIG time very quickly. Despite this, he's never really been considered the one of the faces of the company, due to the difficulty in marketing him. Despite this, he is probably the one wrestler most closely tied to Wrestlemania, and his matches are now considered events even of themselves.
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!!! {{Yokozuna}} (Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i)

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!!! {{Yokozuna}} Yokozuna (Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i)
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* DarkSkinBlond: After the Sultan gimmick.

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* DarkSkinBlond: DarkSkinnedBlond: After the Sultan gimmick.

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!!! [[BretHart Bret "Hitman" Hart]] (Bret Sergeant Hart)

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!!! [[BretHart Bret "Hitman" Hart]] Ahmed Johnson (Anthony Norris)
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy (Face)
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute (Heel)
* GeniusBruiser
* PutOnABus: Because he kept getting injured since August 1996 and couldn't stay healthy.
* SuplexFinisher
* UnderwearOfPower

!!! Bam Bam Bigelow (Scott Charles Bigelow)
* {{Acrofatic}}: ''Seriously''. Name another big man who could not only splash off the top, but ''moonsault''.
** Vader?
* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}
* BadassBeard
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy
* BloodKnight
* TheBrute
* BountyHunter: He once was in RealLife.
* GeniusBruiser
* HolyShitQuotient
* HotBlooded
* IHaveTheHighGround
* LargeHam
* LightningBruiser

!!! BretHart
(Bret Sergeant Hart)




!!! ShawnMichaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom)
* TheAce
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Surprisingly, it gets worse as he gets older. He was focused - if juvenily-focused - when he was younger. In the 2006 revival of DX, he was lucky if he could go an entire promo or 3-minute segment without either getting distracted or running around like a three-year-old.
* [[{{Bishounen}} Biseinen]]
* BloodBrothers: The entire Kliq, but especially Triple H.
* BookEnds: [[TearJerker ''Ladies and gentlemen, the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, has left the building.'']]
* BreakupBreakout: Famously, from The Rockers, which makes Marty Jannetty his [[{{Garfunkel}} Garfunkel]].
** To stress how important the Rockers' breakup was, not only has his [[FaceHeelTurn superkick to Marty Janetty]] become an iconic image, Marty Janetty himself has become synonymous with [[{{Garfunkel}} the less-talented person of a broken-up partnership]].
** In fact, this is such a huge example, the originally planned name for BreakupBreakout was "The Janetty".

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\n!!! ShawnMichaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom)
British Bulldog (David "Davey" Boy Smith)
* TheAce
AlliterativeName
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Surprisingly, it gets worse as he gets older. He was focused - if juvenily-focused - when he was younger. In the 2006 revival of DX, he was lucky if he could go an entire promo or 3-minute segment without either getting distracted or running around like a three-year-old.
* [[{{Bishounen}} Biseinen]]
* BloodBrothers:
AnimalMotif: The entire Kliq, but especially Triple H.
Bulldog. Duh.
* BookEnds: [[TearJerker ''Ladies TheBigGuy (Face)
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute (Heel)
* DemotedToExtra: During his final stints in both WCW
and gentlemen, the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, has left the building.'']]
WWF.
* BreakupBreakout: Famously, from The Rockers, which makes Marty Jannetty his [[{{Garfunkel}} Garfunkel]].
** To stress how important the Rockers' breakup was, not only has his [[FaceHeelTurn superkick to Marty Janetty]] become an iconic image, Marty Janetty himself has become synonymous with [[{{Garfunkel}} the less-talented person of
EvilBrit (If he's a broken-up partnership]].
** In fact, this is such a huge example, the originally planned name for BreakupBreakout was
Heel)
* GeniusBruiser
* HotDad
* ItRunsInTheFamily
* RedBaron:
"The Janetty".Hitman"
* UnderwearOfPower: And by extension, [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Wearing A Flag As A Wrestling Attire]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was supposed to retain the European Title against Shawn Michaels in England. He even publicly dedicated the match to his dying sister. Instead, Shawn [[ExecutiveMeddling vetoed]] that, in favor of him beating Smith for the European championship.

!!! [[KevinNash Diesel]] (Kevin Scott Nash)
* BadassBeard
* TheBigGuy (Face)
* BodyguardBetrayal: Inverted, as HBK turned on him for overshadowing him. Diesel would eventually return the favor in March 1996.



* [[AmericansHateTingle Canadian Wrestling Fans Hate Shawn Michaels]]: So, so much after the MontrealScrewjob. But around 2006, things started to look better.
** Shawn even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it in an off-the-air promo the night he was finally cheered in Montreal (as a part of uber-face tag team DX): ''"And because, for one night, Montreal forgave me . . ."''
* {{Casanova}}
* ChaoticNeutral
* ChivalrousPervert
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Lampshaded many, many times during his feuds with Triple H, going back to [[BreakupBreakout his superkick of Marty Janetty]], to Diesel, to Austin, to John Cena, etc.
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolHat: His cowboy hats during his entrance after 2005.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: His merchandise starting from his 2002 return.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: It would be shorter to list wrestling-related CMOA's that Shawn Michaels ''isn't'' a part of, especially at Wrestlemania.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Him and Bret Hart burying the hatchet over the MontrealScrewjob after ''twelve years'' and embracing.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: During his entrance since returning in 2002.
* {{Delinquents}}: DX ''loves'' this trope. Also had elements of it in RealLife, since the DX concept was based off Michaels' and Triple H's behind the scenes friendship and juvenile sense of humor.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune
* DracoInLeatherPants
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: [[strike:In his early career]] Always. Especially with the chaps.
* EvilForeigner: To the Canadians.
* GimmickMatches: He participated in many firsts, most notably the first Ladder Match (with Razor Ramon at Wrestlemania 10) and the first Hell in a Cell (with the Undertaker at In Your House '97).
* HandsomeLech
* HeroicBSOD: After Triple H's [[GameBreakingInjury second quad tear]] at New Year's Revolution '07, Shawn is getting beat down by Rated-RKO (Randy Orton and Edge), who are trash-talking DX while they do it. Shawn rolls out the ring, picks up Hunter's [[WeaponOfChoice sledgehammer]] and stares at it for a good minute or two. Cue the RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
** He's also had a series of them in 2010, from losing the Royal Rumble onwards.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Not that we don't wonder about the "heterosexual" tag, but Triple H and Shawn Michaels are, in the words of Jim Ross, "closer than a lot of brothers" in RealLife as well as in-character.
** In his book, Shawn calls Hunter "one of the best men I've ever known" and admits he wouldn't have survived 1996-2000 without Hunter.
* HolyShitQuotient

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* [[AmericansHateTingle Canadian Wrestling Fans Hate Shawn Michaels]]: So, so much after TheBrute: When he's a Heel.
* GeniusBruiser
* TheGiant
* HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): He and Scott Hall are some of wrestling's longest running HLP's. There have been quite a number of eyebrows raised by
the MontrealScrewjob. But around 2006, things started to look better.
** Shawn even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]
comment Kevin made that he'd have no problem doing a gay angle if it in an off-the-air promo the night he was finally cheered in Montreal (as a part of uber-face tag team DX): ''"And because, for one night, Montreal forgave me . . ."''
* {{Casanova}}
* ChaoticNeutral
* ChivalrousPervert
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Lampshaded many, many times during his feuds
with Triple H, going back to [[BreakupBreakout his superkick of Marty Janetty]], to Diesel, to Austin, to John Cena, etc.
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolHat: His cowboy hats during his entrance after 2005.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: His merchandise starting from his 2002 return.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: It would be shorter to list wrestling-related CMOA's that Shawn Michaels ''isn't'' a part of, especially at Wrestlemania.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Him and Bret Hart burying the hatchet over the MontrealScrewjob after ''twelve years'' and embracing.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: During his entrance since returning in 2002.
* {{Delinquents}}: DX ''loves'' this trope. Also had elements of it in RealLife, since the DX concept was based off Michaels' and Triple H's behind the scenes friendship and juvenile sense of humor.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune
* DracoInLeatherPants
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: [[strike:In his early career]] Always. Especially with the chaps.
* EvilForeigner: To the Canadians.
* GimmickMatches: He participated in many firsts, most notably the first Ladder Match (with Razor Ramon at Wrestlemania 10) and the first Hell in a Cell (with the Undertaker at In Your House '97).
* HandsomeLech
* HeroicBSOD: After Triple H's [[GameBreakingInjury second quad tear]] at New Year's Revolution '07, Shawn is getting beat down by Rated-RKO (Randy Orton and Edge), who are trash-talking DX while they do it. Shawn rolls out the ring, picks up Hunter's [[WeaponOfChoice sledgehammer]] and stares at it for a good minute or two. Cue the RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
** He's also had a series of them in 2010, from losing the Royal Rumble onwards.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Not that we don't wonder about the "heterosexual" tag, but Triple H and Shawn Michaels are, in the words of Jim Ross, "closer than a lot of brothers" in RealLife as well as in-character.
** In his book, Shawn calls Hunter "one of the best men I've ever known" and admits he wouldn't have survived 1996-2000 without Hunter.
* HolyShitQuotient
Scott.



* HoYay: Triple H (including the time Shawn [[FanService kissed him]] on live television), Chris Jericho, John Cena, Marty Janetty, even some FoeYay with Bret Hart.
* [[IconicCharacters Iconic Wrestler]] (One of his {{Red Baron}}s in fact.)
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Doesn't outright break it as much as Triple H, but he has his moments.
** ''"Man, there's something familiar about that kid but I can't quite put my finger on it!"'' (Taps Triple H's shoulder)
* LoveableRogue
* LoveableSexManiac
* MagnificentBastard: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODA4lyd7LSg "Who's your Daddy, Montreal?"]]
* MilitaryBrat



* NeverLiveItDown: Go ahead, ask a Canadian their opinion on Shawn Michaels. We'll wait until the "YOU SCREWED BRET" chants die down.
* NiceHat: Shawn wears a cowboy as part of his entrance attire nowadays.
* PermaStubble (Late in his career.)
* RedBaron: Heart Break Kid, HBK, The Showstopper, The Main Event, The Icon, Mr. Wrestlemania
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The Kliq and DX kind of live for this trope.
* TearJerker: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elBGHdvlYgk His original retirement]], his final match against TheUndertaker, and his farewell on the following Raw.
** Not to mention [[RicFlair "I'm sorry. I love you."]]

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* NeverLiveItDown: Go ahead, ask a Canadian their opinion on Shawn Michaels. We'll wait until the "YOU SCREWED BRET" chants die down.
* NiceHat: Shawn wears a cowboy as part of his entrance attire nowadays.
* PermaStubble (Late in his career.)
* RedBaron: Heart Break Kid, HBK, The Showstopper, The Main Event, The Icon, Mr. Wrestlemania
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The Kliq Kevin Nash is a walking, talking SSS. the nWo, the Wolfpac, the Main Event Mafia...
* TallDarkAndSnarky: And when he's blond, Tall, Blond,
and DX kind of live for this trope.
* TearJerker: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elBGHdvlYgk His original retirement]], his final match against TheUndertaker, and his farewell on the following Raw.
** Not to mention [[RicFlair "I'm sorry. I love you."]]
Snarky.



* TheFundamentalist: In real life, from 2001-present. Tones it down for his career, though there have been many, many [[LampshadeHanging mentions]] of his religion by Triple H.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Doesn't pick on Hunter as much as Hunter picks on him, but he has his moments of mockery and asskicking.
* WackyFratboyHijinx: [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words]]: D-Generation X.

!!! TheUndertaker (Mark William Calaway)
* TheAce
* AGodAmI (During his Ministry days)
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of Death. But then, maybe it's all mind games...
* BackFromTheDead (Several Times)
* {{Badass}}
* BadassBeard
* BadassBiker: During his Big Evil persona, to the point of riding a giant freaking Harley-Davidson to the ring.
* BadassLongcoat
* BadassLonghair
* BlackCloak: During the Ministry days.
* CainAndAbel: With [[MeaningfulName Kane]].
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolShades: During his Big Evil persona.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: One of his logos during the Ministry days. He also uses it to "[[CrucifiedHeroShot crucify]]" his opponents for his "sacrifice".
* DarkMessiah: During the Ministry/Corporate Ministry/Higher Power days.
* DarkIsNotEvil: No matter if he's a face or a heel.
* DeadManWalking: Literally. Also one of his [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]]
* DeathIsCheap: ''Seriously''.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Averted ''hard'', with his unprecedented 18-0 winning streak at ''{{Wrestlemania}}''. Every year, someone swears they're going to end the streak. Every year, the Undertaker stays undefeated.
* DemBones: Interestingly, he had them in his logos and merchandise when he was in his Big Evil persona.
* DracoInLeatherPants: Why [[HeelFaceTurn WWE decided to turn him face]] back in 1991.
* DyeHard: Naturally a redhead.
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* EpicFlail: His [[WeaponOfChoice Biker chain]] during his Big Evil persona.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* EvilOverlord: During the Ministry days.
* FingerlessGloves
* ForDoomTheBellTolls

to:

* TheFundamentalist: In real life, from 2001-present. Tones it down TrueNeutral

!!! Doink The Clown (Matt Osborne, Steve Keirn, Steve Lombardi, Dusty Wolfe, John Maloof, Ray Liccachelli, Jeff Jarrett, Chris Irvine, Nick Dinsmore)
* CommutingOnABus: Has came back a couple times after his best run in the company was over.
* CostumeCopycat: Including Dink, four of them.
* FacialMarkings
* LaughablyEvil: As a {{Heel}}
* LegacyCharacter: The UrExample of ProfessionalWrestling.
* LoveItOrHateIt: Mainly as a Heel, as a {{Face}}, he was more hated than loved.
* MonsterClown
* TheOtherDarrin: Have you seen all the names in the parentheses?
* PsychoSidekick: Dink
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: His theme song was "Entry of the Gladiators" (you know that song they use
for his career, though there have been many, many [[LampshadeHanging mentions]] of his religion by Triple H.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Doesn't pick on Hunter
circuses?)
** At least
as much as Hunter picks on him, but he has his moments of mockery and asskicking.
a face. As a heel, it started with the first few notes, then [[NightmareFuel shifted into a dirge with a high-pitched evil laugh in the background]].
* WackyFratboyHijinx: [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words]]: D-Generation X.

[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks They Changed Him Now He Sucks]]: His HeelFaceTurn
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

!!! TheUndertaker (Mark William Calaway)
Goldust (Dustin Patrick Runnels)
* TheAce
* AGodAmI (During his Ministry days)
AmbiguouslyGay
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of Death. But then, maybe it's all mind games...
movies when the Goldust gimmick started.
* BackFromTheDead (Several Times)
AwardBaitSong
* {{Badass}}
[[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX The Artist Formally Known As Goldust]]: In 1998
* BadassBeard
FacialMarkings
* BadassBiker: FashionVictimVillain: As The Artist Formally Known As Goldust.
* GenreSavvy: Of Pro-Wrestling and Film
* GorgeousGeorge
* GroinAttack: "Shattered Dreams"
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Yoshi Tatsu are superpals.
* HamAndCheese: Like his dad and brother.
* ItRunsInTheFamily
* RageAgainstTheAuthor / RealLifeWritesThePlot: Dustin got tired of being Goldust at one point and tried to be a born-again Christain wrestler. The gimmick sadly didn't take, in part [[ScrewedByTheNetwork because the WWE]] [[TheyJustDidntCare didn't care]] and in part because it was just him in a t-shirt and blue jeans just preaching before matches. Even when Dustin went to WCW and TNA, he never (or they never let him) tried the gimmick again.
* TourettesShitcockSyndrome: After getting "[[{{Kayfabe}} electrocuted]]", thankfully it died down and went away permanitly later on.
* WrestlingFamily: Son to "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, older brother to Cody Rhodes and ex-husband to Terri Runnels/Marlena.

!!! Jeff Jarrett (Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett)
* AlliterativeName
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Ain't I great?" and later "Don't piss me off!"
* RedBaron: "Double J"
* TedBaxter
* WrestlingDoesntPay:
* WeaponOfChoice: The Acoustic Guitar.
* WouldHitAGirl: His ({{Kayfabe}}) abusive behavior to his valet Debra.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling aspiring country music star, at least at first.
* WrestlingFamily: Him and his dad, Jerry Jarrett.

!!! Jim Neidhart (James Henry "Jim" Neidhart)
* BoisterousBruiser
* DemotedToExtra:
During his Big Evil persona, to the point of riding a giant freaking Harley-Davidson to the ring.
* BadassLongcoat
* BadassLonghair
* BlackCloak: During the Ministry days.
* CainAndAbel: With [[MeaningfulName Kane]].
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolShades: During his Big Evil persona.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: One of his logos during the Ministry days. He also uses it to "[[CrucifiedHeroShot crucify]]" his opponents for his "sacrifice".
* DarkMessiah: During the Ministry/Corporate Ministry/Higher Power days.
* DarkIsNotEvil: No matter if he's a face or a heel.
* DeadManWalking: Literally. Also one of his [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]]
* DeathIsCheap: ''Seriously''.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Averted ''hard'', with his unprecedented 18-0 winning streak at ''{{Wrestlemania}}''. Every year, someone swears they're going to end the streak. Every year, the Undertaker stays undefeated.
* DemBones: Interestingly, he had them
stint in his logos and merchandise when he was in his Big Evil persona.
WCW.
* DracoInLeatherPants: Why [[HeelFaceTurn WWE decided to turn him face]] back in 1991.
* DyeHard: Naturally a redhead.
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* EpicFlail: His [[WeaponOfChoice Biker chain]] during his Big Evil persona.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* EvilOverlord: During the Ministry days.
* FingerlessGloves
* ForDoomTheBellTolls
EvilLaugh



* GimmickMatches: He innovated plenty of these, but he's best known for the Hell in a Cell, Casket, and Buried Alive matches.
* TheGrimReaper: All gimmicks except his Big Evil persona.
* HesJustHiding
* HolyShitQuotient: Just try and keep your jaw off the floor when Taker does his over the top rope suicide plancha. The man can ''fly''.
* HotDad
* [[IconicCharacters Iconic Wrestler]]
* LightningBruiser
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* NiceHat: A bowler in during his early years, and a wide-brimmed hat after his 2004 "revival."
* NightmareFuel: All gimmicks except his Big Evil persona.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat
* NoSell: What he does after the PunchPunchPunchUhOh before the OhCrap.
* ObviouslyEvil:subverted
* OminousFog
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* OutOfTheInferno
* PaleSkinnedBrunette
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: His opponent has just hit an amazing move, knocking the Undertaker down and supposedly out cold, and now he's celebrating. Just don't turn around, because [[OhCrap Taker's just sat up]].
* RomanceOnTheSet: Had been seeing Michelle [=McCool=] for several years, before finally getting married.
* ShockAndAwe: All gimmicks except his Big Evil persona.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: [[{{Botchamania}} "Some people talk too much!"]]
* TrueNeutral: With slight shades of ChaoticNeutral
* UglyGuyHotWife: Recently got remarried to Michelle [=McCool=]; subverted in his previous marriage to Sara Callaway.
** YMMV, he was pretty hot when [[IWasQuiteALooker he was younger]]. At least the YaoiFangirls think so.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome

!!! {{Yokozuna}} (Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i)
* BadassFamily
* EvilForeigner (Even though he was [[strike:Hawaiian]] Samoan)
* FakeNationality: Subverted as even though his gimmick was that of a sumo wrestler that trained in Japan and carried their flag, he was never billed as being from anywhere other than Polynesian Islands.
** Played straight later in his career when he was billed from Japan. The "Polynesian Islands" thing only lasted about a year or so.
* GeniusBruiser
* TheGiant (In the girth department)



* MeaningfulName: Yokozuna is the highest title in sumo wrestling.

!!! [[KevinNash Diesel]] (Kevin Scott Nash)
* BadassBeard
* TheBigGuy (Face)
* BodyguardBetrayal: Inverted, as HBK turned on him for overshadowing him. Diesel would eventually return the favor in March 1996.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of the most infamous examples in wrestling history, he's one of the four wrestlers who publicly said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call]].
* TheBrute: When he's a Heel.
* GeniusBruiser
* TheGiant
* HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): He and Scott Hall are some of wrestling's longest running HLP's. There have been quite a number of eyebrows raised by the comment Kevin made that he'd have no problem doing a gay angle if it was with Scott.
* HotDad
* {{Nakama}}: The Kliq. Mess with one, and the rest will make your life a living hell.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Kevin Nash is a walking, talking SSS. the nWo, the Wolfpac, the Main Event Mafia...
* TallDarkAndSnarky: And when he's blond, Tall, Blond, and Snarky.
* TedBaxter
* TrueNeutral

!!! [[SidEudy Sid]] (Sidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy)
* AlliterativeName (Sycho Sid)
* AxCrazy
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* BodyguardBetrayal
* TheBrute
* MeaningfulTitles: His rotating surnames of "Vicious" and "Justice", and his occasional prefix of "Sycho", depending on heel/face status.
* UnderwearOfPower

!!! LexLuger (Lawrence Wendell Pfohl)

to:

* MeaningfulName: Yokozuna is the highest title in sumo wrestling.

RealMenWearPink
* RedBaron: "The Anvil"
* [[UglyGuysHotDaughter Tough-Looking Guy With Hot Daughter]]: In RealLife.

!!! [[KevinNash Diesel]] (Kevin Scott Nash)
* BadassBeard
* TheBigGuy (Face)
* BodyguardBetrayal: Inverted, as HBK turned on him for overshadowing him. Diesel would eventually return the favor in March 1996.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of the most infamous examples in wrestling history, he's one of the four wrestlers who publicly said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call]].
* TheBrute: When he's a Heel.
* GeniusBruiser
* TheGiant
* HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): He and Scott Hall are some of wrestling's longest running HLP's. There have been quite a number of eyebrows raised by the comment Kevin made that he'd have no problem doing a gay angle if it was with Scott.
* HotDad
* {{Nakama}}: The Kliq. Mess with one, and the rest will make your life a living hell.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Kevin Nash is a walking, talking SSS. the nWo, the Wolfpac, the Main Event Mafia...
* TallDarkAndSnarky: And when he's blond, Tall, Blond, and Snarky.
* TedBaxter
* TrueNeutral

!!! [[SidEudy Sid]] (Sidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy)
* AlliterativeName (Sycho Sid)
* AxCrazy
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* BodyguardBetrayal
* TheBrute
* MeaningfulTitles: His rotating surnames of "Vicious" and "Justice", and his occasional prefix of "Sycho", depending on heel/face status.
* UnderwearOfPower

!!! LexLuger
Lex Luger (Lawrence Wendell Pfohl)



!!! [[ScottHall Razor Ramon]] (Scott Oliver Hall)
* AlliterativeName
* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of the most infamous examples in wrestling history, he's one of the four wrestlers who publicly said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Used to flip his shit when someone broke his ''toothpick''.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Just ask Goldust.
** Subverted, as it was merely a mind game to help him capture the Intercontinental title.
* FakeNationality: Billed from Cuba. He's not.
* HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): With Kevin Nash, for something like ''seventeen years''.
* {{Nakama}}: The Kliq. Mess with one, and the rest will make your life a living hell.
* OffTheWagon: Perpetually. His battles with alcohol (and various other controlled substances) are well known.
* OralFixationFixation: Toothpicks
* PermaStubble
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* SpotlightStealingSquad

to:

!!! [[ScottHall Razor Ramon]] (Scott Oliver Hall)
Mabel / Viscera / Big Daddy V (Nelson Frazier, Jr.)
* AlliterativeName
BadassDecay: As "The World's Largest Love Machine", Viscera.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: One DarkSkinnedBlond: As Viscera and Big Daddy V.
* FatBastard
* FashionVictimVillain
* IHaveManyNames: See above and add King Mabel after his King
of the most infamous examples in Ring win.
* RedBaron: "King Mabel" and "The World's Largest Love Machine".
* ScaryBlackMan
* StoutStrength
* WrestlingDoesntPay: As a
wrestling history, he's one of the four wrestlers who publicly said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} rapper, with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call]].
his, then tag team partner, Mo.

!!! Mr. Perfect (Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig)
* DisproportionateRetribution: Used BlondGuysAreEvil (Heel)
* CallingYourAttacks: "Now, you're going
to flip his shit when someone broke his ''toothpick''.
see a Perfect-Plex!"
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Just ask Goldust.
** Subverted, as it was merely a mind game to help him capture the Intercontinental title.
TheFightingNarcissist
* FakeNationality: Billed from Cuba. He's not.
HotDad
* HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): JerkAss (Heel)
* JerkJock (Heel)
* MassiveMultiplayerScam:
With Kevin Nash, for something like ''seventeen years''.
* {{Nakama}}: The Kliq. Mess with one, and the rest will make your life a living hell.
* OffTheWagon: Perpetually. His battles with alcohol (and various other controlled substances) are well known.
Triple H against Marc Mero.
* OralFixationFixation: Toothpicks
* PermaStubble
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* SpotlightStealingSquad
Gum



* UnderwearOfPower

!!! BamBamBigelow (Scott Charles Bigelow)
* {{Acrofatic}}: ''Seriously''. Name another big man who could not only splash off the top, but ''moonsault''.
** Vader?
* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}
* BadassBeard
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy
* BloodKnight
* TheBrute
* BountyHunter: He once was in RealLife.
* GeniusBruiser
* HolyShitQuotient
* HotBlooded
* IHaveTheHighGround
* LargeHam
* LightningBruiser

to:

* UnderwearOfPower

!!! BamBamBigelow (Scott Charles Bigelow)
* {{Acrofatic}}: ''Seriously''. Name another big man who could not only splash off the top, but ''moonsault''.
** Vader?
* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}
* BadassBeard
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy
* BloodKnight
* TheBrute
* BountyHunter: He once was in RealLife.
* GeniusBruiser
* HolyShitQuotient
* HotBlooded
* IHaveTheHighGround
* LargeHam
* LightningBruiser
TooCoolToLive



!!! British Bulldog (David "Davey" Boy Smith)

to:

!!! British Bulldog (David "Davey" Boy Smith)Papa Shango / Kama / The Godfather (Charles Wright)
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Pimpin ain't easy!" (As The Godfather)
* CulturePolice: When The Godfather did a FaceHeelTurn and joined Right To Censor, becoming The Goodfather
* FacialMarkings (As Papa Shango)
* HollywoodVoodoo (As Papa Shango)
* NiceHat (Both)
* NightmareFuel (As Papa Shango)
* PimpDuds (As The Godfather)
* PitGirls: The Godfather's "Hos", subverted by "The Hardcore Ho", who won the WWF Hardcore title and "The Head Ho", who would later become Victoria/[[{{TNA}} Tara]].
* PrimalFear (As Papa Shango)
* ReligionIsMagic (As Papa Shango)
* TheScrappy: Shango is considered one of the all-time worst anythings related to wrestling.
* SimpleStaff: The Godfather's pimp cane.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling pimp (The Godfather)

!!! Razor Ramon (Scott Oliver Hall)



* AnimalMotif: The Bulldog. Duh.
* TheBigGuy (Face)
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute (Heel)
* DemotedToExtra: During his final stints in both WCW and WWF.
* EvilBrit (If he's a Heel)
* GeniusBruiser
* HotDad
* ItRunsInTheFamily
* TooCoolToLive
* UnderwearOfPower: And by extension, [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Wearing A Flag As A Wrestling Attire]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was supposed to retain the European Title against Shawn Michaels in England. He even publicly dedicated the match to his dying sister. Instead, Shawn [[ExecutiveMeddling vetoed]] that, in favor of him beating Smith for the European championship.

!!! Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart (James Henry "Jim" Neidhart)
* BoisterousBruiser
* DemotedToExtra: During his stint in WCW.
* EvilLaugh
* GeniusBruiser
* ItRunsInTheFamily
* RealMenWearPink
* [[UglyGuysHotDaughter Tough-Looking Guy With Hot Daughter]]: In RealLife

!!! Ahmed Johnson (Anthony Norris)
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy (Face)
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute (Heel)
* GeniusBruiser
* PutOnABus: Because he kept getting injured since August 1996 and couldn't stay healthy.
* SuplexFinisher

to:

* AnimalMotif: The Bulldog. Duh.
* TheBigGuy (Face)
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute (Heel)
* DemotedToExtra: During his final stints
BreakingTheFourthWall: One of the most infamous examples in both WCW and WWF.
* EvilBrit (If
wrestling history, he's a Heel)
* GeniusBruiser
* HotDad
* ItRunsInTheFamily
* TooCoolToLive
* UnderwearOfPower: And by extension, [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Wearing A Flag As A Wrestling Attire]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was supposed to retain
one of the European Title against Shawn Michaels in England. He even four wrestlers who publicly dedicated said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} with the match [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Used
to flip his dying sister. Instead, Shawn [[ExecutiveMeddling vetoed]] that, in favor of shit when someone broke his ''toothpick''.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Just ask Goldust.
** Subverted, as it was merely a mind game to help
him beating Smith for capture the European championship.

!!! Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart (James Henry "Jim" Neidhart)
Intercontinental title.
* BoisterousBruiser
FakeNationality: Billed from Cuba. He's not.
* DemotedToExtra: During his stint in WCW.
* EvilLaugh
* GeniusBruiser
* ItRunsInTheFamily
* RealMenWearPink
* [[UglyGuysHotDaughter Tough-Looking Guy
HeterosexualLifePartners (and HoYay): With Hot Daughter]]: In RealLife

!!! Ahmed Johnson (Anthony Norris)
Kevin Nash, for something like ''seventeen years''.
* BaldOfAwesome
* TheBigGuy (Face)
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute (Heel)
* GeniusBruiser
* PutOnABus: Because he kept getting injured since August 1996
{{Nakama}}: The Kliq. Mess with one, and couldn't stay healthy.
the rest will make your life a living hell.
* SuplexFinisherOffTheWagon: Perpetually. His battles with alcohol (and various other controlled substances) are well known.
* OralFixationFixation: Toothpicks
* PermaStubble
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* SpotlightStealingSquad
* TedBaxter



!!! Mr. Perfect (Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig)
* BlondGuysAreEvil (Heel)
* CallingYourAttacks: "Now, you're going to see a Perfect-Plex!"
* TheFightingNarcissist

to:

!!! Mr. Perfect (Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig)
Rikishi Fatu (Solofa F. Fatu Jr.)
* BlondGuysAreEvil (Heel)
{{Acrofatic}}
* CallingYourAttacks: "Now, you're AssKicksYou: Has several moves for this purpose, the [[{{Squick}} Stink Face]] being his best known.
* DarkSkinBlond: After the Sultan gimmick.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: As a Headshrinker.
* FakeNationality: As the stereotypical “Middle Eastern" Sultan.
* FatBastard: As a heel.
* FunPersonified: As a face, he would dance after matches with Too Cool.
* IHaveManyNames: Fatu, The Sultan, Rikishi Fatu.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: When he started teaming with Tool Cool his last name would either be "'''F'''atu" of "'''Ph'''atu".
* TheVoiceless: As the Sultan, makes sense [[{{Kayfabe}} because he had on tounge]].
* WallBanger: His FaceHeelTurn and the reason he tried to run over "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
* WildSamoan: As a member of the Headshrinkers.
* WrestlingFamily: Part of the massive Samoan family with Jimmy and Jey Uso as his sons.

!!! ShawnMichaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom)
* TheAce
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Surprisingly, it gets worse as he gets older. He was focused - if juvenily-focused - when he was younger. In the 2006 revival of DX, he was lucky if he could go an entire promo or 3-minute segment without either getting distracted or running around like a three-year-old.
* [[{{Bishounen}} Biseinen]]
* BloodBrothers: The entire Kliq, but especially Triple H.
* BookEnds: [[TearJerker ''Ladies and gentlemen, the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, has left the building.'']]
* BreakupBreakout: Famously, from The Rockers, which makes Marty Jannetty his [[{{Garfunkel}} Garfunkel]].
** To stress how important the Rockers' breakup was, not only has his [[FaceHeelTurn superkick to Marty Janetty]] become an iconic image, Marty Janetty himself has become synonymous with [[{{Garfunkel}} the less-talented person of a broken-up partnership]].
** In fact, this is such a huge example, the originally planned name for BreakupBreakout was "The Janetty".
* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of the most infamous examples in wrestling history, he's one of the four wrestlers who publicly said buh-bye to {{Kayfabe}} with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kliq#Curtain_Call:_The_MSG_Incident Curtain Call]].
* [[AmericansHateTingle Canadian Wrestling Fans Hate Shawn Michaels]]: So, so much after the MontrealScrewjob. But around 2006, things started to look better.
** Shawn even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it in an off-the-air promo the night he was finally cheered in Montreal (as a part of uber-face tag team DX): ''"And because, for one night, Montreal forgave me . . ."''
* {{Casanova}}
* ChaoticNeutral
* ChivalrousPervert
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Lampshaded many, many times during his feuds with Triple H,
going back to see [[BreakupBreakout his superkick of Marty Janetty]], to Diesel, to Austin, to John Cena, etc.
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolHat: His cowboy hats during his entrance after 2005.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: His merchandise starting from his 2002 return.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: It would be shorter to list wrestling-related CMOA's that Shawn Michaels ''isn't''
a Perfect-Plex!"
part of, especially at Wrestlemania.
* TheFightingNarcissistCrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Him and Bret Hart burying the hatchet over the MontrealScrewjob after ''twelve years'' and embracing.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: During his entrance since returning in 2002.
* {{Delinquents}}: DX ''loves'' this trope. Also had elements of it in RealLife, since the DX concept was based off Michaels' and Triple H's behind the scenes friendship and juvenile sense of humor.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune
* DracoInLeatherPants
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: [[strike:In his early career]] Always. Especially with the chaps.
* EvilForeigner: To the Canadians.
* GimmickMatches: He participated in many firsts, most notably the first Ladder Match (with Razor Ramon at Wrestlemania 10) and the first Hell in a Cell (with the Undertaker at In Your House '97).
* HandsomeLech
* HeroicBSOD: After Triple H's [[GameBreakingInjury second quad tear]] at New Year's Revolution '07, Shawn is getting beat down by Rated-RKO (Randy Orton and Edge), who are trash-talking DX while they do it. Shawn rolls out the ring, picks up Hunter's [[WeaponOfChoice sledgehammer]] and stares at it for a good minute or two. Cue the RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
** He's also had a series of them in 2010, from losing the Royal Rumble onwards.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Not that we don't wonder about the "heterosexual" tag, but Triple H and Shawn Michaels are, in the words of Jim Ross, "closer than a lot of brothers" in RealLife as well as in-character.
** In his book, Shawn calls Hunter "one of the best men I've ever known" and admits he wouldn't have survived 1996-2000 without Hunter.
* HolyShitQuotient



* JerkAss (Heel)
* JerkJock (Heel)
* MassiveMultiplayerScam: With Triple H against Marc Mero.
* OralFixationFixation: Gum

to:

* JerkAss (Heel)
* JerkJock (Heel)
* MassiveMultiplayerScam: With
HoYay: Triple H (including the time Shawn [[FanService kissed him]] on live television), Chris Jericho, John Cena, Marty Janetty, even some FoeYay with Bret Hart.
* [[IconicCharacters Iconic Wrestler]] (One of his {{Red Baron}}s in fact.)
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Doesn't outright break it as much as Triple H, but he has his moments.
** ''"Man, there's something familiar about that kid but I can't quite put my finger on it!"'' (Taps Triple H's shoulder)
* LoveableRogue
* LoveableSexManiac
* MagnificentBastard: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODA4lyd7LSg "Who's your Daddy, Montreal?"]]
* MilitaryBrat
* {{Nakama}}: The Kliq. Mess with one, and the rest will make your life a living hell.
* NeverLiveItDown: Go ahead, ask a Canadian their opinion on Shawn Michaels. We'll wait until the "YOU SCREWED BRET" chants die down.
* NiceHat: Shawn wears a cowboy as part of his entrance attire nowadays.
* PermaStubble (Late in his career.)
* RedBaron: Heart Break Kid, HBK, The Showstopper, The Main Event, The Icon, Mr. Wrestlemania
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The Kliq and DX kind of live for this trope.
* TearJerker: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elBGHdvlYgk His original retirement]], his final match
against Marc Mero.
* OralFixationFixation: Gum
TheUndertaker, and his farewell on the following Raw.
** Not to mention [[RicFlair "I'm sorry. I love you."]]



* TooCoolToLive

!!! The Big Boss Man (Raymond Walter "Ray" Traylor, Jr.)
* CompleteMonster: Handcuffing Hulk Hogan to a guardrail and beating him down repeatedly with his nightsick on the Brother Love Show; killing Al Snow's dog and then feeding it to him; tormenting the Big Show over the [[{{Kayfabe}} death]] of his father.
* CoolShades
* DirtyCop: His gimmick during his original heel run. Subverted when he had his HeelFaceTurn; after he recovered the Million Dollar Belt from Jake "The Snake" Roberts, he discovered that his manager, Slick, had taken a bounty from [=Ted DiBiase=] to recover the belt, and promptly broke ways with him, saying that he "will not be bought!"
* FoeYay: With Hulk Hogan.
* ForTheEvulz: What both of his acts of {{Complete Monster}}dom were done for.
* HoYay: With Akeem the African Dream, formerly known as the One Man Gang.
* LawfulEvil
* PoliceBrutality (Heel)
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: He was a former [[{{Prison}} Prison Guard]].
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Nominally a wrestling prison guard (which was Traylor's prior occupation in RealLife), he often seemed more like a wrestling police officer, especially with his talk of "bringing law and order to the World Wrestling Federation!"
* XPacHeat: It was originally Bossman Heat, but was changed [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead out of respect for the Ray Traylor the man after he passed]].

!!! Thurman "Sparky" Plugg/Bob "Hardcore" Holly (Robert "Bob" Howard)

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* TooCoolToLive

!!! The Big Boss Man (Raymond Walter "Ray" Traylor, Jr.)
* CompleteMonster: Handcuffing Hulk Hogan to a guardrail and beating him
TheFundamentalist: In real life, from 2001-present. Tones it down repeatedly with for his nightsick on the Brother Love Show; killing Al Snow's dog and then feeding it to him; tormenting the Big Show over the [[{{Kayfabe}} death]] career, though there have been many, many [[LampshadeHanging mentions]] of his father.
religion by Triple H.
* CoolShades
VitriolicBestBuds: Doesn't pick on Hunter as much as Hunter picks on him, but he has his moments of mockery and asskicking.
* DirtyCop: WackyFratboyHijinx: [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words]]: D-Generation X.

!!! Sid (Sidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy)
* AlliterativeName (Sycho Sid)
* AxCrazy
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* BodyguardBetrayal
* TheBrute
* MeaningfulTitles:
His gimmick during rotating surnames of "Vicious" and "Justice", and his original heel run. Subverted when he had his HeelFaceTurn; after he recovered the Million Dollar Belt from Jake "The Snake" Roberts, he discovered occasional prefix of "Sycho", depending on heel/face status.
* UnderwearOfPower

!!! Tatanka (Christopher "Chris" Chavis)
* AnAxeToGrind: His Tomahawk, it's just for show though.
* AnimalThemeNaming: Being
that his manager, Slick, had taken Tatanka is a bounty from [=Ted DiBiase=] to recover the belt, and promptly broke ways with him, saying Lakota word that he "will not be bought!"
literally means "bull buffalo."
* FoeYay: With Hulk Hogan.
CaptainEthnic
* ForTheEvulz: What both of his acts of {{Complete Monster}}dom were done for.
{{Kiai}}: The Warpath Yell
* HoYay: With Akeem the African Dream, formerly known as the One Man Gang.
LoinCloth
* LawfulEvil
[[NiceHat Nice Headdress]]
* PoliceBrutality (Heel)
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: He was a former [[{{Prison}} Prison Guard]].
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Nominally a wrestling prison guard (which was Traylor's prior occupation in RealLife), he often seemed more like a wrestling police officer, especially with his talk of "bringing law and order to the World Wrestling Federation!"
* XPacHeat: It was originally Bossman Heat, but was changed [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead out of respect for the Ray Traylor the man after he passed]].

UnderwearOfPower

!!! Thurman "Sparky" Plugg/Bob Plugg / Bob "Hardcore" Holly (Robert "Bob" Howard)



!!! Papa Shango/Kama/The Godfather (Charles Wright)
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Pimpin ain't easy!" (As The Godfather)
* CulturePolice: When The Godfather did a FaceHeelTurn and joined Right To Censor, becoming The Goodfather
* FacialMarkings (As Papa Shango)
* HollywoodVoodoo (As Papa Shango)
* NiceHat (Both)
* NightmareFuel (As Papa Shango)
* PimpDuds (As The Godfather)
* PitGirls: The Godfather's "Hos", subverted by "The Hardcore Ho", who won the WWF Hardcore title and "The Head Ho", who would later become Victoria/[[{{TNA}} Tara]].
* PrimalFear (As Papa Shango)
* ReligionIsMagic (As Papa Shango)
* TheScrappy: Shango is considered one of the all-time worst anythings related to wrestling.
* SimpleStaff: The Godfather's pimp cane.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling pimp (The Godfather)

!!! Goldust (Dustin Patrick Runnels)
* AmbiguouslyGay
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of movies when the Goldust gimmick started.
* AwardBaitSong
* [[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX The Artist Formally Known As Goldust]]: In 1998
* FacialMarkings
* FashionVictimVillain: As The Artist Formally Known As Goldust.
* GenreSavvy: Of Pro-Wrestling and Film
* GorgeousGeorge
* GroinAttack: "Shattered Dreams"
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Yoshi Tatsu are superpals.
* HamAndCheese: Like his dad and brother.

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!!! Papa Shango/Kama/The Godfather (Charles Wright)
TheUndertaker (Mark William Calaway)
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Pimpin ain't easy!" (As TheAce
* AGodAmI (During his Ministry days)
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of Death. But then, maybe it's all mind games...
* BackFromTheDead (Several Times)
* {{Badass}}
* BadassBeard
* BadassBiker: During his Big Evil persona, to the point of riding a giant freaking Harley-Davidson to the ring.
* BadassLongcoat
* BadassLonghair
* BlackCloak: During the Ministry days.
* CainAndAbel: With [[MeaningfulName Kane]].
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolShades: During his Big Evil persona.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: One of his logos during the Ministry days. He also uses it to "[[CrucifiedHeroShot crucify]]" his opponents for his "sacrifice".
* DarkMessiah: During the Ministry/Corporate Ministry/Higher Power days.
* DarkIsNotEvil: No matter if he's a face or a heel.
* DeadManWalking: Literally. Also one of his [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]]
* DeathIsCheap: ''Seriously''.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Averted ''hard'', with his unprecedented 18-0 winning streak at ''{{Wrestlemania}}''. Every year, someone swears they're going to end the streak. Every year, the Undertaker stays undefeated.
* DemBones: Interestingly, he had them in his logos and merchandise when he was in his Big Evil persona.
* DracoInLeatherPants: Why [[HeelFaceTurn WWE decided to turn him face]] back in 1991.
* DyeHard: Naturally a redhead.
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* EpicFlail: His [[WeaponOfChoice Biker chain]] during his Big Evil persona.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* EvilOverlord: During the Ministry days.
* FingerlessGloves
* ForDoomTheBellTolls
* GeniusBruiser
* GimmickMatches: He innovated plenty of these, but he's best known for the Hell in a Cell, Casket, and Buried Alive matches.
* TheGrimReaper: All gimmicks except his Big Evil persona.
* HesJustHiding
* HolyShitQuotient: Just try and keep your jaw off the floor when Taker does his over the top rope suicide plancha.
The Godfather)
man can ''fly''.
* CulturePolice: When The Godfather did a FaceHeelTurn HotDad
* [[IconicCharacters Iconic Wrestler]]
* LightningBruiser
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* NiceHat: A bowler in during his early years,
and joined Right To Censor, becoming The Goodfather
a wide-brimmed hat after his 2004 "revival."
* FacialMarkings (As Papa Shango)
NightmareFuel: All gimmicks except his Big Evil persona.
* HollywoodVoodoo (As Papa Shango)
NoOneCouldSurviveThat
* NiceHat (Both)
* NightmareFuel (As Papa Shango)
* PimpDuds (As The Godfather)
* PitGirls: The Godfather's "Hos", subverted by "The Hardcore Ho", who won
NoSell: What he does after the WWF Hardcore title PunchPunchPunchUhOh before the OhCrap.
* ObviouslyEvil:subverted
* OminousFog
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* OutOfTheInferno
* PaleSkinnedBrunette
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: His opponent has just hit an amazing move, knocking the Undertaker down
and "The Head Ho", who would later become Victoria/[[{{TNA}} Tara]].supposedly out cold, and now he's celebrating. Just don't turn around, because [[OhCrap Taker's just sat up]].
* PrimalFear (As Papa Shango)
RomanceOnTheSet: Had been seeing Michelle [=McCool=] for several years, before finally getting married.
* ReligionIsMagic (As Papa Shango)
ShockAndAwe: All gimmicks except his Big Evil persona.
* TheScrappy: Shango is considered one TallDarkAndSnarky: [[{{Botchamania}} "Some people talk too much!"]]
* TrueNeutral: With slight shades
of the all-time worst anythings related ChaoticNeutral
* UglyGuyHotWife: Recently got remarried
to wrestling.
* SimpleStaff: The Godfather's pimp cane.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling pimp (The Godfather)

!!! Goldust (Dustin Patrick Runnels)
* AmbiguouslyGay
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of movies
Michelle [=McCool=]; subverted in his previous marriage to Sara Callaway.
** YMMV, he was pretty hot
when [[IWasQuiteALooker he was younger]]. At least the Goldust YaoiFangirls think so.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome

!!! {{Yokozuna}} (Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i)
* BadassFamily
* EvilForeigner (Even though he was [[strike:Hawaiian]] Samoan)
* FakeNationality: Subverted as even though his
gimmick started.
* AwardBaitSong
* [[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX
was that of a sumo wrestler that trained in Japan and carried their flag, he was never billed as being from anywhere other than Polynesian Islands.
** Played straight later in his career when he was billed from Japan.
The Artist Formally Known As Goldust]]: In 1998
"Polynesian Islands" thing only lasted about a year or so.
* FacialMarkings
GeniusBruiser
* FashionVictimVillain: As The Artist Formally Known As Goldust.
* GenreSavvy: Of Pro-Wrestling and Film
* GorgeousGeorge
* GroinAttack: "Shattered Dreams"
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Yoshi Tatsu are superpals.
* HamAndCheese: Like his dad and brother.
TheGiant (In the girth department)



* RageAgainstTheAuthor / RealLifeWritesThePlot: Dustin got tired of being Goldust at one point and tried to be a born-again Christain wrestler. The gimmick sadly didn't take, in part [[ScrewedByTheNetwork because the WWE]] [[TheyJustDidntCare didn't care]] and in part because it was just him in a t-shirt and blue jeans just preaching before matches. Even when Dustin went to WCW and TNA, he never (or they never let him) tried the gimmick again.
* TourettesShitcockSyndrome: After getting "[[{{Kayfabe}} electrocuted]]", thankfully it died down and went away permanitly later on.
* WrestlingFamily: Son to "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, older brother to Cody Rhodes and ex-husband to Terri Runnels/Marlena.

!!! Doink The Clown (Matt Osborne, Steve Keirn, Steve Lombardi, Dusty Wolfe, John Maloof, Ray Liccachelli, Jeff Jarrett, Chris Irvine, Nick Dinsmore)
* CommutingOnABus: Has came back a couple times after his best run in the company was over.
* CostumeCopycat: Including Dink, four of them.
* FacialMarkings
* LaughablyEvil: As a {{Heel}}
* LegacyCharacter: The UrExample of ProfessionalWrestling.
* LoveItOrHateIt: Mainly as a Heel, as a {{Face}}, he was more hated than loved.
* MonsterClown
* TheOtherDarrin: Have you seen all the names in the parentheses?
* PsychoSidekick: Dink
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: His theme song was "Entry of the Gladiators" (you know that song they use for circuses?)
** At least as a face. As a heel, it started with the first few notes, then [[NightmareFuel shifted into a dirge with a high-pitched evil laugh in the background]].
* [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks They Changed Him Now He Sucks]]: His HeelFaceTurn
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

to:

* RageAgainstTheAuthor / RealLifeWritesThePlot: Dustin got tired of being Goldust at one point and tried to be a born-again Christain wrestler. The gimmick sadly didn't take, in part [[ScrewedByTheNetwork because MeaningfulName: Yokozuna is the WWE]] [[TheyJustDidntCare didn't care]] and highest title in part because it was just him in a t-shirt and blue jeans just preaching before matches. Even when Dustin went to WCW and TNA, he never (or they never let him) tried the gimmick again.
* TourettesShitcockSyndrome: After getting "[[{{Kayfabe}} electrocuted]]", thankfully it died down and went away permanitly later on.
* WrestlingFamily: Son to "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, older brother to Cody Rhodes and ex-husband to Terri Runnels/Marlena.

!!! Doink The Clown (Matt Osborne, Steve Keirn, Steve Lombardi, Dusty Wolfe, John Maloof, Ray Liccachelli, Jeff Jarrett, Chris Irvine, Nick Dinsmore)
* CommutingOnABus: Has came back a couple times after his best run in the company was over.
* CostumeCopycat: Including Dink, four of them.
* FacialMarkings
* LaughablyEvil: As a {{Heel}}
* LegacyCharacter: The UrExample of ProfessionalWrestling.
* LoveItOrHateIt: Mainly as a Heel, as a {{Face}}, he was more hated than loved.
* MonsterClown
* TheOtherDarrin: Have you seen all the names in the parentheses?
* PsychoSidekick: Dink
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: His theme song was "Entry of the Gladiators" (you know that song they use for circuses?)
** At least as a face. As a heel, it started with the first few notes, then [[NightmareFuel shifted into a dirge with a high-pitched evil laugh in the background]].
* [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks They Changed Him Now He Sucks]]: His HeelFaceTurn
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
sumo wrestling.
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!!! Rick "The Model" Martel (Richard Vigneault)
* CanadaEh
* CoolShades
* TheFightingNarcissist
* FoeYay: With Tito Santana and Shawn Michaels.
* GorgeousGeorge
* RealMenWearPink
* ImprobableWeaponUser: His cologne called "Arrogance" which caused TemporaryBlindness.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was planned to have one last run in the WWF as part of a tag-team called "The Super Models" with Don Callis (later known as "The Jackyl", and then "Cyrus the Virus" in ECW), which would have resulted in Martel turning face for the first time since WrestleMania V, but it never panned out.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: "[[LampshadeHanging Yes, I am a Model]]"
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* HamAndCheese: Like his dad and brother.
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* TheFightingNarcissist
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* AnimalMotif: The Bulldog. Duh.


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* ItRunsInTheFamily
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** Subverted, as it was merely a mind game to help him capture the Intercontinental title.

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* TheGiant



* ObviouslyEvil

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* ObviouslyEvilObviouslyEvil:subverted



* TrueNeutrala: As Hardcore Holly.

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* TrueNeutrala: TrueNeutral: As Hardcore Holly.



* WrestlingFamily: Son to "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, older brother to Cody Rhodes (though [[UnrelatedBrothers this isn't ever acknowledged]]) and ex-husband to Terri Runnels/Marlena.

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* WrestlingFamily: Son to "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, older brother to Cody Rhodes (though [[UnrelatedBrothers this isn't ever acknowledged]]) and ex-husband to Terri Runnels/Marlena.

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* DirtyCop: His gimmick during his original heel run. Subverted when he had his HeelFaceTurn; after he recovered the Million Dollar Belt from Jake "The Snake" Roberts, he discovered that his manager, Slick, had taken a bounty from [=Ted DiBiase=] to recover the belt, and promptly broke ways with him, saying that he "will not be bought!"



* WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling police officer.

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* WrestlingDoesntPay: A Nominally a wrestling prison guard (which was Traylor's prior occupation in RealLife), he often seemed more like a wrestling police officer.officer, especially with his talk of "bringing law and order to the World Wrestling Federation!"

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