FUN WORLD

Finally, the moment of truth arrived, and so did the original Anti-hero, the Undertaker. Brought in by a equally grotesque Paul Bearer, who had physical features which made him the perfect candidate to play a freak of nature, the Undertaker did not walk, he in fact descended and wafted towards the ring, with the expected smoke heralding his entrance into the world of wrestling, along with hundreds and thousands – and now millions – of hardcore wrestling fans’.

Made for interesting reading, didn’t it? Well, but to get to the basics of it, the above paragraph would not even exist if it was not for the World Wrestling Entertainment (Yes, get the ‘F’ Out!), and their creative department which has (mostly) succeeded in creating larger-than-life and over-the-top WWE superstars who have been loved, hated, respected and revered by a growing niche all over the world today.

But who are these people behind those natural masks of WWE wrestlers? Are they really as brutal and sadistic as they are shown on primetime television? And pray – do they really believe that all differences can be cleared out in the ring? Here is a list of wrestlers and their real names, along with some information about their real lives.

In Ring Name	Real Name
Hulk Hogan	Terry Gene Bollea
The Rock	Dwayne Douglas Johnson
The Undertaker	Mike William Callaway
Kane	Glen Thomas Jacobs
John Cena	John Felix Anthony Cena
Batista	David Michael Bautista, Jr
HHH	Paul Michael Levesque
Ken Shamrock	Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick
Kurt Angle	Kurt Steven Angle
Yokozuna	Rodney Agatupu Anoa'
Hitman	Bret Sergeant Hart
Ultimate Warrior	Warrior
Brock Lesnar	Brock Edward Lesnar
Stone Cold Steve Austin	Steven James Williams
Papa Shango	Charles Wright
The Boogeyman	Martin (Marty) Wright
Ric Flair	Richard Morgan Fliehr
Jeff Hardy	Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy
Big Show	Paul Wight