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A little while back, I worked on a list of rookies for 1990. I used a combination of The Top Ranked Pro Wrestlers by Rookie Year-1990 (ainsworthsports.com) and Category:1990 debuts | Pro Wrestling | Fandom and cross-checked a good chunk of the names with Cagematch, Wikipedia, Wrestling Data, etc. I used the rules listed elsewhere to filter out names that wouldn't qualify like Great Sasuke and other Japan/Mexico wrestlers that didn't work dates in US/Canada. I also didn't include anyone who didn't have much information on them. This is the list I came up with, it's by no means exhaustive and I probably missed a few. Some might already be in the game and I didn't catch them when I looked when coming up with this.

  1. Alfred “911” Poling
  2. Barry Hardy
  3. Bill DeMott
  4. Carl Brantley? (AKA Vladimir Koloff. Mixed dates here. Cagematch and Wrestling Data say 1991)
  5. Chris Jericho
  6. Chris Hamrick
  7. Chris Von Erich
  8. Dave Sullivan
  9. Debbie Malenko
  10. Donald “Hack Meyers” Haviland
  11. Duane “Gillberg” Gill
  12. Glen “Thrasher” Ruth
  13. Glen Osbourne
  14. Horace Hogan
  15. Ian Rotten
  16. Jason “EZ Money” Broyles
  17. Jeannie Clark (manager)
  18. Joe Gomez
  19. Jose Estrada Jr.
  20. JT Smith
  21. Kevin Kruger
  22. Kevin Nash
  23. Lance Storm
  24. Lester Speight
  25. Marc Mero? (started training in 1990, didn’t debut until 1991)
  26. Marcus “Buff” Bagwell
  27. Mike “Duke” Droese
  28. Mitch Ryder
  29. Phil "Damien Demento" Theis
  30. Rich Myers
  31. Rick Fuller
  32. Rick "Renegade" Williams
  33. Rob Van Dam
  34. Saraya Knight (as a manager)
  35. Scott "Scotty 2 Hotty" Garland
  36. Sean Waltman
  37. T. Rantula 
  38. Terri Runnels (as a manager)
  39. Tony “Ludvig Borga” Halme
  40. Vito “Big Vito” LoGrasso
  41. William “Billy Black” White Jr.
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Excellent work, this will be incredibly helpful. One small clarification would be to list him as Phil "Mondo Kleen/Damien Demento" Theis. A few others are Jeannie Clark (manager of Steve Austin), Joe Gomez/Allen Iron Eagle, and Indy journeynman T. Rantula. What would be the ruling on Sean Waltman and Scott "Scotty 2 Hottie" Taylor? Both are listed as starting in 1989, and while they were in Indy territories that didn't get a lot of coverage, they were active in 1990. I know that Lightning Kid got covered in 1990 in the Apter mags, and was already a known commodity when he was featured in the GWF in 1991. 

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41 minutes ago, rainmakerrtv said:

Excellent work, this will be incredibly helpful. One small clarification would be to list him as Phil "Mondo Kleen/Damien Demento" Theis. A few others are Jeannie Clark (manager of Steve Austin), Joe Gomez/Allen Iron Eagle, and Indy journeynman T. Rantula. What would be the ruling on Sean Waltman and Scott "Scotty 2 Hottie" Taylor? Both are listed as starting in 1989, and while they were in Indy territories that didn't get a lot of coverage, they were active in 1990. I know that Lightning Kid got covered in 1990 in the Apter mags, and was already a known commodity when he was featured in the GWF in 1991. 

It looks like Sean Waltman had his first match in 1990 and did a fair amount that year. Scotty 2 Hotty had a match in 1989 and did some more stuff in 1990.

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For what it's worth, Wrestledata has the following list for 1990 debuts:

  1. Adefesio
  2. Akemi Torisu
  3. Akitoshi Saito
  4. Alda Moreno
  5. The American Kickboxer
  6. Ángel del Futuro
  7. El Ángel Exterminador
  8. ATM
  9. Austin Storm
  10. Awesome Kong
  11. Baby Lover
  12. Bad Crew #1
  13. Bad Crew #2
  14. Bad Nurse Nakamura
  15. Bestia del Futuro
  16. Bill DeMott
  17. Bill Skullion
  18. Billy Black
  19. Black Abyss
  20. Blackhart
  21. Bobby Clancy
  22. Bobby Jay
  23. Bodacious Pretty Boy
  24. Boogie Woogie Brown
  25. Bracito de Plata
  26. Brian Anthony
  27. Buff Bagwell
  28. Centella
  29. Cheetah Master
  30. Choden Senshi Battle Ranger
  31. Chris Jericho
  32. Coco Verde
  33. Colibrí
  34. Colt Derringer
  35. Comando Delta
  36. Cometa Roja
  37. Crusher Maedomari
  38. Damien Demento
  39. Dave Sullivan
  40. Debbie Malenko
  41. Demon Star
  42. Diluvio Negro #2
  43. Dino Casanova
  44. Drake Morimatsu
  45. Duke Droese
  46. Dynamite D
  47. Earl Kennedy
  48. Eric Freedom
  49. Espíritu Maligno
  50. Euforia
  51. EZ Ryder
  52. The Falcon
  53. Falcon Coperis
  54. Flama Solar
  55. Flying Kid Ichihara
  56. Frankie Sloan
  57. Freight Train Fulton
  58. Fuerza Chicana
  59. FUNAKI
  60. GAMI
  61. Gemini Kid
  62. Giant González
  63. Gillberg
  64. Glen Osbourne
  65. Go Narumi
  66. The Great Sasuke
  67. Hack Meyers
  68. Hardcore Craig
  69. Harley Johnson
  70. El Hijo del Solitario
  71. Hikari Fukuoka
  72. Hiroshi Hatanaka
  73. Horace Hogan
  74. Ian Rotten
  75. Ice Train
  76. Igor
  77. Joe Gómez
  78. José Estrada Jr.
  79. JT Smith
  80. Karissma
  81. Katsutoshi Niiyama
  82. Keiko Iwami
  83. Kevin Krueger
  84. Kevin Nash
  85. King Jaguar
  86. Kintaro Kanemura
  87. Koichiro Kimura
  88. Koji Kanemoto
  89. Krusher Kong
  90. Lance Storm
  91. Leroy Howard
  92. Magnum
  93. Manabu Yamada
  94. Mark Kissell
  95. Mark Madden
  96. Masaaki Satake
  97. Masahito Kakihara
  98. Masaomi Morishige
  99. Masao Orihara
  100. Mayumi Shimizu
  101. Mazambula
  102. Michelle Martell
  103. Michiyoshi Ohara
  104. Mike Anthony
  105. Mike Winner
  106. Mini Mariachi
  107. Miss Janeth
  108. Mitch Ryder
  109. Mohawk
  110. Mr. Niebla
  111. Mr. Tattoo
  112. The Nighthawk
  113. Noboru Asahi
  114. Nobukazu Hirai
  115. Oro
  116. Otis Apollo
  117. Pancho Tequila
  118. Paul Atlas
  119. Payasito Negro
  120. Pequeño Cochisse
  121. Pequeño Violencia
  122. Perry Saturn
  123. Polaris
  124. Policeman
  125. El Potro Jr.
  126. Ravishing Randy
  127. Ray González
  128. The Renegade
  129. Rey Gato
  130. Rey Persa
  131. Ricky Blues
  132. Rikki Regal
  133. Rob Van Dam
  134. Romeo Valentino
  135. RT Williams
  136. Ryo Miyake
  137. Scott Hudson
  138. Scotty Summers
  139. Shane Morton
  140. Sharlie Rockstar
  141. Shiho Tsubaki
  142. Spartan
  143. Steve Lynskey
  144. The Stro
  145. Súper Caló
  146. Takaku Fuke
  147. Tasha Simone
  148. Tatanka
  149. Terri
  150. Thrasher
  151. Tim Burke
  152. Tinieblas Jr.
  153. Trevor Blanchard
  154. T. Von Rantula
  155. Último Guerrero
  156. Ultraman Robin
  157. Viper 1st
  158. Vito
  159. Vladimir Koloff
  160. Yukie Nabeno
  161. Yuki Lee
  162. Zakk Wylde
  163. Zumbido
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9 minutes ago, LastStopTour said:

For what it's worth, Wrestledata has the following list for 1990 debuts:

  1. Adefesio
  2. Akemi Torisu
  3. Akitoshi Saito
  4. Alda Moreno
  5. The American Kickboxer
  6. Ángel del Futuro
  7. El Ángel Exterminador
  8. ATM
  9. Austin Storm
  10. Awesome Kong
  11. Baby Lover
  12. Bad Crew #1
  13. Bad Crew #2
  14. Bad Nurse Nakamura
  15. Bestia del Futuro
  16. Bill DeMott
  17. Bill Skullion
  18. Billy Black
  19. Black Abyss
  20. Blackhart
  21. Bobby Clancy
  22. Bobby Jay
  23. Bodacious Pretty Boy
  24. Boogie Woogie Brown
  25. Bracito de Plata
  26. Brian Anthony
  27. Buff Bagwell
  28. Centella
  29. Cheetah Master
  30. Choden Senshi Battle Ranger
  31. Chris Jericho
  32. Coco Verde
  33. Colibrí
  34. Colt Derringer
  35. Comando Delta
  36. Cometa Roja
  37. Crusher Maedomari
  38. Damien Demento
  39. Dave Sullivan
  40. Debbie Malenko
  41. Demon Star
  42. Diluvio Negro #2
  43. Dino Casanova
  44. Drake Morimatsu
  45. Duke Droese
  46. Dynamite D
  47. Earl Kennedy
  48. Eric Freedom
  49. Espíritu Maligno
  50. Euforia
  51. EZ Ryder
  52. The Falcon
  53. Falcon Coperis
  54. Flama Solar
  55. Flying Kid Ichihara
  56. Frankie Sloan
  57. Freight Train Fulton
  58. Fuerza Chicana
  59. FUNAKI
  60. GAMI
  61. Gemini Kid
  62. Giant González
  63. Gillberg
  64. Glen Osbourne
  65. Go Narumi
  66. The Great Sasuke
  67. Hack Meyers
  68. Hardcore Craig
  69. Harley Johnson
  70. El Hijo del Solitario
  71. Hikari Fukuoka
  72. Hiroshi Hatanaka
  73. Horace Hogan
  74. Ian Rotten
  75. Ice Train
  76. Igor
  77. Joe Gómez
  78. José Estrada Jr.
  79. JT Smith
  80. Karissma
  81. Katsutoshi Niiyama
  82. Keiko Iwami
  83. Kevin Krueger
  84. Kevin Nash
  85. King Jaguar
  86. Kintaro Kanemura
  87. Koichiro Kimura
  88. Koji Kanemoto
  89. Krusher Kong
  90. Lance Storm
  91. Leroy Howard
  92. Magnum
  93. Manabu Yamada
  94. Mark Kissell
  95. Mark Madden
  96. Masaaki Satake
  97. Masahito Kakihara
  98. Masaomi Morishige
  99. Masao Orihara
  100. Mayumi Shimizu
  101. Mazambula
  102. Michelle Martell
  103. Michiyoshi Ohara
  104. Mike Anthony
  105. Mike Winner
  106. Mini Mariachi
  107. Miss Janeth
  108. Mitch Ryder
  109. Mohawk
  110. Mr. Niebla
  111. Mr. Tattoo
  112. The Nighthawk
  113. Noboru Asahi
  114. Nobukazu Hirai
  115. Oro
  116. Otis Apollo
  117. Pancho Tequila
  118. Paul Atlas
  119. Payasito Negro
  120. Pequeño Cochisse
  121. Pequeño Violencia
  122. Perry Saturn
  123. Polaris
  124. Policeman
  125. El Potro Jr.
  126. Ravishing Randy
  127. Ray González
  128. The Renegade
  129. Rey Gato
  130. Rey Persa
  131. Ricky Blues
  132. Rikki Regal
  133. Rob Van Dam
  134. Romeo Valentino
  135. RT Williams
  136. Ryo Miyake
  137. Scott Hudson
  138. Scotty Summers
  139. Shane Morton
  140. Sharlie Rockstar
  141. Shiho Tsubaki
  142. Spartan
  143. Steve Lynskey
  144. The Stro
  145. Súper Caló
  146. Takaku Fuke
  147. Tasha Simone
  148. Tatanka
  149. Terri
  150. Thrasher
  151. Tim Burke
  152. Tinieblas Jr.
  153. Trevor Blanchard
  154. T. Von Rantula
  155. Último Guerrero
  156. Ultraman Robin
  157. Viper 1st
  158. Vito
  159. Vladimir Koloff
  160. Yukie Nabeno
  161. Yuki Lee
  162. Zakk Wylde
  163. Zumbido

Yeah, I used Wrestling Data to help come up with my original list. Like I said, I left off names from Japan/Mexico that didn't do any US dates and people that didn't have much information on them. Might be a few that got through the cracks.

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2 minutes ago, rainmakerrtv said:

Important clarification (just in case there is any confusion) that the Awesome Kong on that list is not the female wrestler Kia Stevens but a male wrestler who was part of the Colossal Kongs with King Kong and had a brief run in WCW.

Going by both Wikipedia and Wrestling Data, it appears Awesome Kong actually debuted in 1991

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33 minutes ago, rainmakerrtv said:

That said, Glen Ruth (Thrasher) is said by Wikipedia to have made his debut in 1990. I seem to recall having seen him do jobs in WWF around that time.

That is where my thinking was… I remember him with hair… ‘‘twas weird 

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Using a number generator, the draft order for the 1990's rookie draft has been determined.  This draft will be held in early November and it is not a snake draft.  The order remains the same throughout the draft.  Any writer to join Dawn of War before the draft date will be added to the back of the draft.  UWF is allowed to add any wrestlers who started in 1990 but wrestled in Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.  These wrestlers can not be drafted by any of the United States or Canadian territories and not eligible to wrestle in one of these promotions until they debut in the U.S. or Canada in real life.  

 

1990 Rookie Draft Order

 

1.         PCW:  

2.        NWA:  Traded to WWF

3.        WCW:  Traded to PCW

4.        AWA:  Trade with WWF

5.        WWF

 

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1 hour ago, kevinmcfl said:

Using a number generator, the draft order for the 1990's rookie draft has been determined.  This draft will be held in early November and it is not a snake draft.  The order remains the same throughout the draft.  Any writer to join Dawn of War before the draft date will be added to the back of the draft.  UWF is allowed to add any wrestlers who started in 1990 but wrestled in Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.  These wrestlers can not be drafted by any of the United States or Canadian territories and not eligible to wrestle in one of these promotions until they debut in the U.S. or Canada in real life.  

 

1990 Rookie Draft Order

 

1.         PCW

2.        NWA

3.        WCW

4.        AWA

5.        WWF

6.        CSW

As a heads up, WWF has acquired the NWA and AWAs first picks as part of previous deals

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