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Lists the various WWE wrestlers active during the New Generation Era, from April 5, 1993 through March 23, 1997. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in WWE.

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1-2-3 Kid/X-Pac (Sean Michael Waltman) 1993-1996, 1998-2002, 2012-

See also: The Kliq, D-Generation X and New World Order.

B

Adam Bomb (Brian Emmeth Clarke) 1993-1995, 2001

Bastion Booger (Mike Shaw) 1993-1994

• Alliterative Name: Bastion Booger, Friar Ferguson, Man Mountain Mike.
• Ass Kicks You: His Finishing Move as Bastion Booger was a sit-down splash called "Trip to the Batcave". Friar Ferguson used the same splash but it never got a gimmick name
• Bald of Evil: As Bastion Booger he was completely bald and wasn't exactly a good guy.
• Badass Preacher: What WWE was likely going for with Friar Ferguson, who as his name indicates, was a wrestling friar.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Essentially disappeared from TV in April 1994 with no explanation given.
• Fat Slob: Basically the entirety of the Bastion Booger gimmick was that he was a fat, disgusting slop who was sloppy and gluttonous.
• Jabba Table Manners: Given that Bastion Booger was a Heel by default, he had bad table manners to emphasize his baddie status.

Ludvig Borga (Tony Christian Halme) 1993-1994

• Defeating the Undefeatable: Ended Tatanka's big undefeated streak.
• Finishing Move: Torture Rack
• Foreign Wrestling Heel: From Finland. After his death, Jim Ross said in a blog post that WWE made him cover up his Nazi SS tattoo.

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Diesel/Kevin Nash (Kevin Scott Nash) 1993-1996, 2002-2003, 2011-2020

See also: The Kliq and New World Order.

Road Dogg (Brian Girard James) 1994-1995, 1996-2001, 2011-

See also: D-Generation X and The New Age Outlaws

Doink the Clown (Matt Osborne, Steve Keirn, Steve Lombardi, Dusty Wolfe, John Maloof, Ray Liccachelli, Jeff Jarrett, Chris Irvine, Nick Dinsmore, Dwaine Henderson) 1992-1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010

Dean Douglas (Troy Martin) 1995

Duke "The Dumpster" Droese (Mike Droese 1994-1996)

• Alliterative Name: Duke Droese
• The Bus Came Back: For the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania X-7.
• Catchphrase: "It's time to take out the trash!"
• Defeating the Undefeatable: Defeated HHH by DQ at the 1996 Royal Rumble and had some house show wins over him too.
• Finishing Move: Trash Compactor (tilt-a-whirl powerslam)
• Wrestling Doesn't Pay: He's a wrestling garbageman.

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Faarooq/Ron Simmons (Ron Simmons) 1996-2010

See also: The Nation of Domination and The APA

Flash Funk/2 Cold Scorpio (Charles Scaggs) 1996-1999

See also: The J.O.B. Squad

Mick Foley/Mankind/Cactus Jack/Dude Love (Michael Francis Foley, Sr.) 1996-2008, 2011-2012

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Giant González (Jorge González) 1993

Bart Gunn (Michael Burton "Mike" Polchlopek, Jr.) 1993-1999, 2007

• Red Baron: "Bodacious" Bart as part of the New Midnight Express.
• Unrelated Brothers: With Billy Gunn.
• Wrestling Doesn't Pay: A wrestling cowboy with his "brother" in the Smoking Gunns.

Billy Gunn (Monty Sopp)

See also: D-Generation X and The New Age Outlaws

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Hakushi (Kensuke Shinzaki (新崎 健介)) 1995-1998

Jeff Hardy (Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy) 1994-2003, 2006-2009, 2017-2021

Matt Hardy (Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy) 1994-2010, 2017-2018, 2019-2020

Mark Henry (Mark Jerrold Henry) 1996-2018

See also: The Nation of Domination

T.L. Hopper/Uncle Cletus Godwinn (Tony Anthony) 1996-1997

• Finishing Move: (as T.L. Hopper): Down the Drain
• Hoist by His Own Petard: He cost the Godwinns the WWE World Tag Team Titles when he accidentally hit Henry with his horseshoe. They beat him up for it.
• Jobber: As T.L. Hopper
• The Scrappy: Invoked and Lampshaded by Vince McMahon on commentary following his surprise debut in the Godwinns' corner on the September 8, 1997 Raw.
  VINCE: "Oh great, just what the world needs, another Godwinn."
• Wrestling Doesn't Pay: T.L. Hopper was a wrestling plumber.

Curtis Hughes 1993, 1997, 1999

• Battle Butler: For Triple H in 1997, and Chris Jericho in 1999.
• Lightning Bruiser: Can pull off a mean dropkick.

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Jeff Jarrett (Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett) 1993-1996, 1997-1999, 2019

Ahmed Johnson (Anthony Norris) 1995-1998

See also: The Nation of Domination

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John "Bradshaw" Layfield (John Charles Layfield) 1996-2009

See also: Ministry Ofdarkness and The APA

Lex Luger (Lawrence Wendell Pfohl) 1993-1995

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Mabel/Viscera/Big Daddy V (Nelson Frazier, Jr.) 1993-1996, 1999-2000, 2004-2008.

• Acrofatic: Despite being a Mighty Glacier, he could do a Wheel Kick as well as a few top-rope maneuvers.
• The Bus Came Back: First for a one shot appearance on the July 6, 1998 Raw, then full-time before the 1999 Royal Rumble, and finally full-time once again in 2004.
  • Bus Crash: He died in 2014.
• Continuity Nod: The police sirens that are in Big Daddy V's theme song, Calling All Cars, were also in King Mabel's theme song.
• The Corrupter: To Mark Henry during his (embarrassing) sexual chocolate gimmick.
• Depraved Bisexual: During his "World's Largest Love Machine" run, he preferred women but had no problem forcibly dry humping guys and got pops from the crowd throughout the run until he attacked Lillian Garcia.
• Fat Bastard: Most noticeable in WWECW, where he stopped covering it up.
• Gender-Blender Name: A guy named Mabel?
• The Giant: In this case though, a lot of people really could not perform their moves on him, either due to his weight, his lack of mobility or his sheer girth.
• Hired Guns: By JBL to deal with the Undertaker (didn't work) and Matt Striker to deal with the Boogeyman (mostly worked).
• I Have Many Names: See above and add King Mabel after his King of the Ring win.
• Kavorka Man: Somehow continued to have women seeking his affection despite his publicized theft of The Godfather's Hoes, which he stole to pimp out to struggling sex addicts and for crushing Trish Stratus for not giving him sex. Lillian Garcia would go on to propose to him.
• Mighty Glacier: He might have been a little faster than most men with his build but was slow by wrestling standards. He also won his fair share of squash matches so apparently that did not hinder him too much.
• Power Stable: The Ministry of Darkness -> The Corporate Ministry.
• Red Baron: "The World's Largest Love Machine" as Viscera in 2005.
• Scary Black Man: No, there is nothing scary about a five hundred pound implied rapist.
• Stout Strength: For all that fat, he had muscles under it.
• Would Hit a Girl: Ask the Godfather hos, Trish and Lillian.
• Wrestling Doesn't Pay: As a wrestling rapper, with his then tag team partner, Mo.

Man Mountain Rock (Daryl Peterson) 1995.

"Wildman"/"Marvelous" Marc Mero 1996-1998

Mideon (Dennis Knight) 1996-2000

• The Alcoholic: Implied. He teamed with Ivory in a loss to Mark Henry and Mae Young on the March 5, 2000 Sunday Night Heat. As he walked to the ring, the commentators said, "I think Ivory drinks lattes, I don't know what Mideon drinks, or how much."
• Cassandra Truth: Was the first to warn the WWF about the Ministry of Darkness, but naturally was dismissed as insane ramblings by the likes of Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole.
• Cloudcuckoolander
• Fun with Acronyms: He was pig farmer Phineas I. Godwinn. As a bonus his partner was Henry O. Godwinn.
• Identity Impersonator: HHH turned him into "Bogus Mankind" as part of his feud with Mick Foley in early 2000.
• Locked into Strangeness: Presumably as a result, along with everything else sustained during his ministry makeover.
• Mad Oracle: The Undertaker's soothsayer in the Ministry of Darkness.
• Primal Stance: Would often come into the ring on all fours and remain there during his entrance.
• Spell My Name With An S: Mideon was spelled Midian initially.
• Touched by Vorlons: After being indoctrinated into the Ministry of Darkness, he gains psychic powers.
• Unrelated Brothers: With Mark Canterbury as the Godwinns.
• Wrestling Doesn't Pay: First as wrestling hog farmer, Phineas I. Godwinn, then as one of Jeff Jarrett's bodyguards named Southern Justice.

Mo (Robert Horne) 1993-1996

• Red Baron: "Sir" Mo, when Mabel won the 1995 King of the Ring tournament.
• Tag Team: Men on a Mission with Mabel.

Aldo Montoya/Justin Credible (Peter Joseph Polaco) 1993–1997, 2001-2003, 2006, 2012

• Punny Name: His second name is just incredible.
• Red Baron: As Aldo Montoya he was known as the "Portuguese Man O' War".

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Pierre Ouellette / Jean-Pierre Lafitte (Carl Joseph Yvon Ouellet) 1993-1995, 1998-2000

• Dreadful Musician: Sings in the Quebeccers theme... off-key.
• Eyepatch of Power: As Jean-Pierre Lafitte and later Quebeccer Pierre.
• Pirate: As Jean-Pierre Lafitte.

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Papa Shango / Kama / The Godfather / The Goodfather (Charles Wright) 1992-1993, 1995-2002, 2013

See also: The Nation of Domination and Right to Censor

Brian Pillman (Brian William Pillman) 1996–1997

Thurman "Sparky" Plugg/Bob "Hardcore" Holly (Robert "Bob" Howard) 1994-2009

See also: The J.O.B. Squad

R

Raven (Scott Anthony Levy) 1993–1994, 2000–2003

The Ringmaster/"Stone Cold" Steve Austin (Steven Austin FKA Steven James Anderson and Steve James Williams) 1995-2003, 2022

Rocky Maivia/The Rock (Dwayne Douglas Johnson) 1996-2004, 2011-2019, 2024-

See also: Samoan Dynasty, The Nation of Domination and The Corporation

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Salvatore Sincere (Tom Brandi) 1996-1998

Samu (Samula Anoa'i) 1992-1994

See also: Samoan Dynasty

• Tag Team: The Headshrinkers with Fatu.
• Wrestling Family: Is the son of Wild Samoan Afa.

Al Snow (Allen Ray Sarven) 1995-1997, 1998-2007

See also: The J.O.B. Squad

The Sultan/Rikishi Fatu (Solofa F. Fatu Jr.) 1992-2004, 2012, 2014

See also: Samoan Dynasty

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Tatanka (Christopher "Chris" Chavis) 1992-1996, 2005-2007, 2016

U

Mike Unabomb/Isaac Yankem/Fake Diesel/Kane (Glenn Thomas Jacobs) 1995-

See also: The Corporation, Team Hell No and The Authority.

V

Vader (Leon Allen White) 1996-1998

Savio Vega/Kwang the Ninja (Juan Riviera) 1994-1998

• A Handful for an Eye: Spit evil Japanese mist as Kwang.
• Kick Dude: Regularly used the spinning heel kick
• Power Stable: Formed Los Boricuas after Faarooq fired him from the Nation of Domination.

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