Where Are They Now? Norman Smiley

Did you know former WCW Hardcore Champion Norman Smiley is a WWE employee today? Find out what the competitor's new gig is in this exclusive interview.
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Where Are They Now? Billy Kidman

A seven-time Cruiserweight Champion, Billy Kidman soared to success in both WWE and WCW with his daredevil offensive style. Six years after his last match in WWE, WWE.com catches up with the high-flyer to find out what he's up to today.
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Where Are They Now? The Kiss Demon

A sports-entertainer inspired by the rock band Kiss, The Demon entered World Championship Wrestling to much hype, but quickly fizzled out. A decade later, WWE.com goes behind the music to find out why The Demon rolled when he should have rocked.
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Where Are They Now? Corporal Kirchner

He’s remembered as a patriot — a good guy who defended his country’s honor against loathed Russian villain Nikolai Volkoff at WrestleMania 2. But there’s a dark side to the career of the man known as Corporal Kirchner that many WWE fans don’t know.
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Where Are They Now? Vader

This is the story of how a kid named Leon White became the world famous wrestling champion known as Vader and the struggles he went through to become Leon White all over again.
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Where Are They Now? Dean Malenko

One of the greatest technicians to ever step in the ring, Dean Malenko carved out distinction in promotions all across the globe. Retired since 2001, The Iceman talked with WWE.com about his amazing career and what he's up to today.
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Where Are They Now? The Mountie

Like Bret Hart and Eddie Guerrero, Jacques Rougeau was born into wrestling.
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Where Are They Now? Sunny

Is Sunny the first Diva in WWE history? It's a topic that's been debated by the WWE universe for years so WWE.com was quick to ask the woman herself during a phone conversation on a particularly cold day in December of 2010.
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Where Are They Now? Hillbilly Jim

When WWE.com interviewed Hillbilly Jim by phone in late November, the WWE legend wasn't sipping from a jar of moonshine whiskey or plucking on a banjo. Instead, he was preparing for his upcoming lecture to students at Western Kentucky University.
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Where Are They Now? Ken Patera

A world-class weightlifter before entering the ring, Ken Patera was the first American man to clean and jerk 500 pounds and the second Superstar to capture the Intercontinental Championship, defeating Pat Paterson for the coveted title in 1980.
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Where Are They Now? Gillberg

Growing up in Maryland in the 1970s, Duane Gill spent countless hours watching his favorite Superstars like Ivan Putski and Chief Jay Strongbow battling on television, but the young fan didn't have aspirations of making it in sports-entertainment.
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Where Are They Now? Steve Blackman

In May of 1989, Steve Blackman was days away from beginning his career with World Wrestling Entertainment. A week later, he was in sub-Saharan Africa on the brink of death.
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Where Are They Now? Alundra Blayze

"The longest running question to this day is why in the hell did you throw the title in the trash can?" Debra Miceli admitted.
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Where Are They Now? "Dangerous" Danny Davis

"People hated me," Danny Davis admitted with a laugh. "Everywhere I went I was paying attention so that no one would come up and punch me in the mouth."
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Where Are They Now? The Headbangers

The Headbangers were dressed in nun costumes on the steps of New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral when all hell broke loose.
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Where Are They Now? J.J. Dillon

J.J. Dillon had just been hit in the head with a steel chair when he had an epiphany.
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Where Are They Now? The Warlord

At 6-foot-5 and more than 300 pounds, The Warlord was a perfect fit inside the ring.
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Where Are They Now? Molly Holly

Long before she ever won the Women's Championship, Nora Greenwald was an eccentric teenager working as a "sandwich artist" in a Subway restaurant in Florida.
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Where Are They Now? The Godfather

Not every Superstar sets their sights on being WWE's version of a gladiator from the get-go, and Charles Wright (a.k.a. Papa Shango, Kama, Kama Mustafa, The Godfather and The Goodfather) is one of those stories where fate played his hand.
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Where Are They Now? Dan Spivey

Dan Spivey never planned on becoming a professional wrestler.
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Where Are They Now? Ivory

Becoming a three-time Women's Champion in WWE is no easy feat. Therefore, to say that the six and a half-year career that Ivory — who also goes by the name Lisa Moretti — spent in WWE was a success would be an understatement.
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Where Are They Now? Duke "The Dumpster" Droese

The story of how Mike Droese became WWE's wrestling garbage man, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese, is the kind of fantastic tale that you wouldn't believe unless you heard it from the man himself.
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Where Are They Now? Lex Luger

With the impressive physique he had upon leaving the gridiron for the squared circle, it's perfectly understandable why Lex Luger was something of a "Narcissist."
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Where Are They Now? The Mean Street Posse

In the summer of 1999, Rodney, Pete Gas and Joey Abs were skyrocketed from relative obscurity to the forefront of the hottest show on cable television.
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Where Are They Now? Mike Rotundo

Immediately after graduating, Mike Rotundo found himself in Germany being trained by The Destroyer in a rock-solid ring. After two weeks of intensive schooling, Rotundo was competing against young Americans and European veterans all across the country.
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Where Are They Now? Diamond Dallas Page

When people said Diamond Dallas Page couldn't do it, he did it. When people said he was too old, he proved them wrong. Everyone faces adversity throughout their lives, but few people have the mentality to overcome it like that of DDP.
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Where Are They Now? Bob Backlund

To some members of the WWE Universe, Bob Backlund is the scrappy, ginger-haired, All-American boy who used his collegiate wrestling skills to defeat the flamboyant "Superstar" Billy Graham for the WWE Championship in 1978.
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Where Are They Now? Rick Martel

As one of WWE's most beloved and most hated competitors or the ‘80s and ‘90s, Rick Martel built his success over the years with the right attitude, the perfect personality and an undeniable connection with each member of the WWE Universe.
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Where Are They Now? Barry Horowitz

For Barry Horowitz, being a WWE Superstar during the 80s and 90s was a dream he made true. But he's not the type of person who likes to pat himself on the back about his accomplishments -- at least not until the 90s.
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Where Are They Now? Pat Rose

For Pat Rose, sports-entertainment was a childhood dream come true. The former "journeyman" Superstar achieved his dream of becoming a professional wrestler after setting out to do so in his adolescence.
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DidYou Know?

The Undertaker had not defeated either Edge or Shawn Michaels before his matches against them at WrestleMania XXIV and The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania, respectively.

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