The Big List of Pro Wrestlers’ Real Names

You know, I was watching WWE Monday Night Raw the other night, when I got to thinking…what are the real names behind some of these wrestlers.

I mean, let’s face it, when The Undertaker was playing outside as a little boy, his mother didn’t call him in for dinner by saying, “Oh Undertaker, it’s time to eat!”

So that began a project, and this is the result.

Here is a fairly comprehensive list of pro wrestlers and their real names.  You can thank me later.

(Note, I didn’t include some guys who use their real name like “Cowboy” Bob Orton)…

A-Train: Matthew Bloom
Abyss: Chris Parks
A.J. Styles: Allen Jones
Al Snow: Allen R. Sarven
Alberto Del Rio: Alberto Rodriguez
Allex Shelley: Patrick Martin
Amazing Red: Jonathan Figueroa
Anarquia: Matt Barela
Angelina Love: Lauren Williams
Armando Alejandro Estrada: Hazem Ali
Arn Anderson: Martin Lunde
Andre The Giant: Andre Rene Roussimoff
Ashley: Ashley Marie Massaro
Austin Aries: Daniel Healy “Dan” Solwold, Jr.
B.G. James: Brian Gerard James
Bam Bam Bigelow: Scott Bigelow
Batista: David Michael Batista
Beth Phoenix: Elizabeth Carolan nee Kocanski
Big Daddy V (A.K.A. Viscera): Nelson Frazier, Jr.
Big Show: Paul Wight
Billy Gunn: Monte Kip Sopp
Billy Kidman: Peter Gruner
Bobby Lashley: Franklin Lashley
Bobby Roode: Robert F. “Bobby” Roode, Jr.
Boogey Man: Marty Wright
Booker T: Booker Huffman
Brie Bella: Brianna Monique Garcia
Brother D-Von: Devon Hughes
Brutus Beefcake: Edward Harrison Leslie
Brutus Magnus: Nick Aldis
Bully Ray: Mark Lamonica
Carlito: Carly Colon
Candice Michelle: Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlic
Chavo Guerrero: Salvador Guerrero
Chris Jericho: Christopher Irvine
Chris Masters: Christopher Mordetsky
Chris Sabin: Joshua Harter
Christian: William Jason Reso
Chyna: Joan Marie Laurer
C.M. Punk: Phillip Jack Brooks
Cody Rhodes: Cody Garrett Runnels
Crimson: Tommy Mercer
D’Angelo Dinero “The Pope”: Elijah Burke
D-Lo Brown: Accie C. “A.C.” Connor
Danny Basham: Danny Holly
Dawn Marrie: Dawn Marie Psaltis
Dean Malenko: Dean Simon
Diamond Dallas Page: Page Joseph Falkinburg
Dolph Ziggler: Nicholas Theodore “Nick” Nemeth
Doug Williams: Douglas Clayton Durdle
Dusty Rhodes: Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr.
Eddie Guerrero: Eduardo Eddie Gory Guerrero Llanes
Edge: Adam Copeland
Eric Young: Jeremy Fritz
Eugene: Nicholas Dinsmore
Finlay: David Finlay
Funaki: Shoichi Funaki
Goldberg: William Scott Goldberg
Goldust (A.K.A. Dustin Rhodes): Virgil Runnels III
Gunner: Chad Lail
The Great Khali: Dalip Singh Rana
Hardcore Holly: Robert William Howard
Hernandez: Shawn Hernandez
Honky Tonk Man: Roy Wayne Farris
Hornswoggle: Dylan Postl
Hulk Hogan: Terry Bollea
Jake Gymini: Mike Shane
Jake “The Snake” Roberts: Aurelian Smith
James Storm: James Allen Cox
Jamie Noble: Jamie Howard
Jeff Hardy: Jeffrey Nero Hardy
Jesse Gymini: Todd Shane
Jillian Hall: Jillian Fletcher-Hall
Jimmy Jarrett: Bobby Moore Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka: James Reiher
Joey Mercury: Adam Birch
John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL): Raymond Trailer
John Cena: John Felix Anthony Cena
John Morrison: John Randall Hennigan
Joey Styles: Joseph Bonsignore
Josh Mathews: Josh Lomberger
Junkyard Dog: Sylvester Ritter
Juventud Guerrera: Eduardo Anibal Gonzalez Hernandez
Kane: Glen Thomas Jacobs
Kazarian: Frank Gerdelman
Kelly Kelly: Barbara Jean “Barbie” Blank
Ken Anderson: Ken Anderson
Kevin Nash: Kevin Nash
Kharma (Awesome Kong): Kia Stevens
Kid Kash: David Cash
Kofi Kingston: Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah
Kristal: Kristal Marshall
Kurt Angle: Kurt Steven Angle
Lita: Amy Christine Dumas
“Macho Man” Randy Savage: Randy Poffo
Madison Rayne: Ashley Nichole Simmons
Maria: Maria Kanellis
Mark Henry: Mark Gordon Henry
Maryse: Maryse Ouellet
Matt Hardy: Matthew Hardy
Matt Striker: Matthew Kaye
Melina: Melina Perez
Michael Cole: Michael Sean Coulthard
Mick Foley: Michael Francis
Mickie James: Mickie Laree James
Miss Tessmacher: Brooke Nichole Adams
Monty Brown: Montaque N. Brown
Muhammad Hassan: Mark Copani
Murphy: Mikael Judas
Natalya: Natalie “Nattie” Katherine Neidhart
Nikki Bella: Nicole Stephanie Garcia
Nunzio: James Maritato
ODB: Jessica Kresa
Palmer Canon: Brian Mailhot
Perry Saturn: Perry Satullo
Psicosis: Dionicio Castellanos Torres
Rene Dupree: Rene Goguen
Rey Mysterio: Oscar Gutierrez
Ric Flair: Richard Morgan Fliehr
Rick Steiner: Robert Rechsteiner
Rico: Rico Constantino
Rikishi: Solafa Fatu
Road Warrior Animal: Joseph Laurinaitis
Road Warrior Hawk: Michael Hegstrand
Rob Conway: Robert Thomas Conway, Jr.
Rob Van Dam: Robert Alexander Szatkowski
Robbie E.: Robert Strauss
The Rock: Dwayne Douglas Johnson
Romeo: John Roselli
R-Truth: Ron Killings
Rosey: Matt Anoai
Rowdy Rowdy Piper: Roderick George Toombs
Samoa Joe: Joe Seanoa
Sandman: James Fullington
Santino Marella: Anthony Carelli
Sarita: Sarah Stock
Scott Steiner: Scott Carl Rechsteiner
Scotty 2 Hotty: Scott Garland
Shawn Michaels: Michael Shawn Hickenbottom
Sheamus: Stephen Farrelly
Simon Dean: Michael Bucci
Sin Cara (A.K.A. Mistico): Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde
Stacy Keibler: Stacy Ann-Marie Keibler
Stephanie McMahon: Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque
Steve Romero: Todd Romero
Stevie Richards: Michael Manna
Sting: Steven James Borden
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin: Steven James Anderson Williams
Super Crazy: Francisco Pantoja Islas
Sylvan: Sylvain Grenier
Tatanka: Christopher Chavis
Tajiri: Yoshihiro Tajiri
Tara: Lisa Marie Varon
Tazz: Peter Senerca
Ted DiBiase: Theodore Marvin DiBiase
Teddy Long: Theodore R. Long
Tommy Dreamer: Thomas Laughlin
Traci Brooks: Tracy Brookshaw
Trevor Murdoch: Trevor Rhodes
Triple-H: Paul Michael Levesque
Trish Stratus: Patricia Anne Stratigias
Tyson Tomko: Travis Tomko
The Ultimate Warrior: Warrior (born Brian James Hellwig; legally changed name in 1993)
Ultimo Dragon: Yoshihiro Asai
Umaga: Edward Fatu
Undertaker: Mark William Calaway
Val Venis: Sean Morley
Velvet Sky: Jamie Szantyr
Vito: Vito LoGrasso
Vladimir Koslov: Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius
William Regal: Darren Matthews
Winter: Katarina Waters
Whipper Billy Watson: William Potts
X-Pac: Sean Michael Waltman
Zema Ion: Michael Paris