Guys still around from the F to E switch?

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

I was thinking on my way home from work about the current state of WWE, and it made me wonder: How many guys on the roster were around when the WWF became WWE? Offhand, I can think of Vince, Trips, Stephanie, Undertaker, Kane and Big Show. Were Cena and Brock on the main roster yet by the time of the switch?

[Gerard Gerard]

Brock was, so too was Randy Orton a couple weeks before the name change was ordered. Cena's debut came nearly two months after the switch.

[Famous Rocking Chimes]

Brock was on the main roster by that time, Cena didn't debut until June which was a month afterwards.

William Regal and Goldust come to mind.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Oh, add the Dudleys, too. And Christian...maybe?

[Gerard Gerard]

Mark Henry was getting a minor push on Smackdown around that time too.

[Sir Woodrow]

While we're on the subject of the switch, I think it's appropriate the last "WWF" Champ was Hulk Hogan

[Alice Syndrome]

Dec 21, 2015 15:07:29 GMT -5 Sir Woodrow said:

While we're on the subject of the switch, I think it's appropriate the last "WWF" Champ was Hulk Hogan

TBH I think that's why he got the run then. They knew months in advance they had to make the switch

[MrElijah]

Vince
The Dudleyz
William Regal
Howard Finkel
HHH
Steph
Orton
Brock
Heyman

[Johnny Flamingo]

Jericho could still count as he still works house shows and is still on DVD releases.

[Cvslfc123]

It blew my mind to think that Randy Orton had debuted when it was WWF even though I remember watching that Smackdown

[thegame415]

Bradshaw/JBL. He actually main evented the first WWE Raw.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

If developmental counts....Damien Sandow might JUST make the cut. I know he was getting try-out matches around this time, which is nuts to think about.

[Deleted]

Albert.

[Famous Rocking Chimes]

Booker T also. I know him and JBL aren't full time wrestlers anymore but they are technically employed by the company in an on-air role.

[willywonka666]

Dec 21, 2015 14:46:46 GMT -5 Gerard Gerard said:

Mark Henry was getting a minor push on Smackdown around that time too.

Mizark will be celebrating 20 years next year-I guess if/when Taker leaves, Henry will be the longest tenured wrestler

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Dec 21, 2015 20:02:39 GMT -5 willywonka666 said:

Dec 21, 2015 14:46:46 GMT -5 Gerard Gerard said:

Mark Henry was getting a minor push on Smackdown around that time too.

Mizark will be celebrating 20 years next year-I guess if/when Taker leaves, Henry will be the longest tenured wrestler

HHH got him beat by a year. May 1995 debut I believe.

[Joe Neglia]

Dec 21, 2015 20:16:04 GMT -5 @benji said:

Dec 21, 2015 20:02:39 GMT -5 willywonka666 said:

Mizark will be celebrating 20 years next year-I guess if/when Taker leaves, Henry will be the longest tenured wrestler

HHH got him beat by a year. May 1995 debut I believe.

While Kane (as Yankem) didn't debut on TV for a month after that (June 1995), he had been working for the company on house shows since February.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

Michael Cole
Jerry Lawler

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Kane was there...

[moondoggie]

Dec 21, 2015 15:20:13 GMT -5 MrElijah said:

Vince
The Dudleyz
William Regal
Howard Finkel
HHH
Steph
Orton
Brock
Heyman

Taker is mad that he wasn't mentioned in this list