With her blend of beauty, strength and personality, Lisa Marie Varon portrayed “Vicotria” in the WWE, and though she was successful in the Women’s division, she probably could have done a lot more if she was given the right opportunity. Still, her athletic skills allowed her to shine in the ring; when permitted of course.

Torrie Wilson may not have been much of a wrestler, but when you look like her, you didn’t have to be. With her sexuality, personality and All-American good looks, she was one of the best valets ever in a major wrestling promotion regardless of whether she was a heel or face. Very few women could pull that off.

Tommy Dreamer may not have been the best wrestler in ECW, but he was its soul.  There from the beginning to the end, Dreamer won the hearts of the harsh ECW fan base with his resilience and was rewarded with the “He’s Hardcore” chant that may not seem like much of a compliment, but was symbolic in ways that words cannot describe without writing bible length prose.   In Extreme Championship Wrestling the pretty boy with the green suspenders became the Innovator of Violence, and a man who next to Paul Heyman may have been the most important man in the company.

From North Carolina, Shane Helms was a top flyer in southern independents.  When the Hardy Boys broke through in the WWF, WCW countered by signing Helms and his friend, Shannon Moore, and placing them with Evan Karagias, and the three became 3 Count, a parody of boy bands.  Helms would later be the breakout star of the trio, winning the Cruiserweight Title on the promotions last PPV.

Helms’s contract was one of the few that the WWE picked up immediately when they bought the company, and while he lost his title in his debut match, he was able to show personality, and morphed into the Hurricane, a super hero wrestler in the vein of the Green Lantern.  The Hurricane was entertaining as a low to mid-card face, and he a good wrestler to boot.  An ill-advised heel turn in 2005 did not do much for his career, and he fizzled out before departing the company shortly after.

Helms would have a food career afterwards in the independents, and he eventually returned to the WWE as an agent.