Paul Ellering

Acting

Paul Ellering

Born 1953-08-22 · Melrose, Minnesota, USA

Paul Ellering is an American professional wrestling manager, professional wrestler and dog musher. He is currently signed with WWE to a legends contract. Ellering spent most of his wrestling career managing the Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk), working with them from 1983 to 1990 and again on occasion between 1992 and 1997. In addition to being their on screen manager he actually handled the team's affairs outside the ring as well, including contract negotiations and travel arrangements. Ellering and the Road Warriors were inducted into both the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011. Five years later, in June 2016, he returned to the ring at NXT TakeOver: The End as the manager of The Authors of Pain, a heel tag team making their debut. Ellering has been labeled as one of the greatest wrestling managers of all time. Prior to becoming a manager he was a professional wrestler, but due to injuries retired in 1983 to become a full-time manager, only wrestling on special occasions. In the late 1990s he was involved in a storyline where he actually turned on the Road Warriors and managed Disciples of Apocalypse as they fought the Road Warriors. After retiring from full-time activity in wrestling, he raced in the Iditarod and John Beargrease Dog Sled Race.

Acting credits

WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House poster
4.7

Fully Loaded features a huge tag team main event when Stone Cold Steve Austin & The Undertaker take on Mankind & Kane with the WWE World Tag Team Titles on the line. Ken Shamrock competes with Owen Hart in a Dungeon Match. The Rock faces Triple H in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Mark Henry takes on Vader. Terry Funk and more!

WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

1998

WrestleMania XL Sunday poster
8.3

The Undisputed WWE Universal Championship will be on the line when Roman Reigns defends his title against the winner of the 2024 Royal Rumble, Cody Rhodes. The Scottish Warrior Drew McIntyre will finally get his chance to win a world title in front of the masses as he faces World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins at The Showcase of the Immortals. Plus a big tag team match on night 1 where Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins will go head to head with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns in a match with huge WrestleMania implications. Bayley is hellbent on seizing the WWE Women's Champion when she goes to war against her former ally IYO SKY at WrestleMania. 'Mami' Rhea Ripley defends her Women's World Title against 'The Man' Becky Lynch in what should be a legendary championship fight and many more.

WrestleMania XL Sunday

2024

GCW at The Omni (December '83) poster
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GCW December 4, 1983 from The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia

GCW at The Omni (December '83)

1983

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament poster
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The second Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held over two nights, April 10 and 11, 1987. The tournament included 24 tag teams.

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1987

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro poster
7.6

Now it can be told. In 1995, two wrestling companies squared off on Monday night television to compete head to head in an unprecedented confrontation. On one side, Vince McMahon, the promoter who created WWE and made the industry what it is today. On the other, WCW, owned by media giant Ted Turner, and run by an ambitious man named Eric Bischoff. This is the whole story, by those who created it, lived it, and survived it.

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

2004

WCW Starrcade 1989 poster
6.9

Starrcade '89 features round-robin Iron Man and Iron Team Tournaments. Participants include Ric Flair, Sting, The Road Warriors, Lex Luger, The Great Muta, and many more NWA Superstars from around the world.

WCW Starrcade 1989

1989

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament poster
10.0

The first Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held on April 19, 1986. The tournament featured 24 tag teams.

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1986

No artwork available
NR

Live from The Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland

NWA Live: March 18, 1989

1989

WWE SummerSlam 1992 poster
8.1

SummerSlam (1992) was the fifth annual SummerSlam. It took place on August 29, 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, England but was aired in the United States on August 31. The pay-per-view featured two main event matches. In the first, The Ultimate Warrior challenged Randy Savage for the WWF Championship. The Warrior won the match by count-out but did not win the title. In the other main event, The "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith pinned Bret Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship. The WWF Tag Team Championship was also defended, as The Natural Disasters retained the championship belts in their match against the Beverly Brothers. One of the heavily promoted matches on the undercard was between Shawn Michaels and Rick Martel. The match, which had a special stipulation that the wrestlers could not hit each other in the face, ended in a double count-out. The WWF considers the crowd to be the third largest live audience ever to attend a WWF/E event, with 80,355 in attendance.

WWE SummerSlam 1992

1992

WWE WrestleMania VIII poster
8.1

WWE WrestleMania VIII was the eighth annual WrestleMania. It took place on April 5, 1992 at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The only WrestleMania officially recognized by WWE.com to have featured more than one headlining match, its card included two equally-promoted main events. In the first, WWF Champion Ric Flair defended his title against Randy Savage, and in the second, Hulk Hogan faced Sid Justice. As a consequence of the double main event, WrestleMania VIII carried two taglines: "The Macho/Flair Affair!" and "Friendship Torn Apart!" Notable matches on the undercard included WWF Intercontinental Champion Roddy Piper defending against Bret Hart, and WWF Tag Team Champions Money Inc. defending against The Natural Disasters.

WWE WrestleMania VIII

1992

NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout poster
4.0

WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout took place on February 6, 1990 at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas. There were 3,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.5 rating on TBS. This was the show that set up the WCW WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing pay-per-view event.

NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout

1990

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling poster
9.3

For the first time ever, WWE presents the Legends of Mid-South Wrestling. One of the 1980’s hottest territories, Mid-South garnered national attention for its revolutionary storytelling and bruising, athletic matches orchestrated by no-nonsense promoter, “COWBOY” BILL WATTS. Now, the legends and Hall of Famers who cut their teeth in Mid-South share their tales of the fabled proving ground as we deliver OVER 20 classic confrontations from legends Ted DiBiase, Andre The Giant, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Sting, Muhammad Ali, and many more…

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

2013

NWA Starrcade 1987 poster
5.9

Ric Flair battles Ron Garvin for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a Steel Cage Match. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defend the NWA Tag Team Championship against The Road Warriors. The Rock 'N' Roll Express face The Midnight Express. Dusty Rhodes battles Lex Luger in a Steel Cage for the United States Championship.

NWA Starrcade 1987

1987

NWA Bunkhouse Stampede poster
6.0

Nikita Koloff defends the NWA Television Championship against Bobby Eaton. Larry Zbyszko challenges Barry Windham for the UWF Western States Championship. Ric Flair defends the NWA World Championship against Road Warrior Hawk. Nine superstars, including Dusty Rhodes, Arn Anderson, and Lex Luger compete in a Steel Cage Bunkhouse Stampede Match.

NWA Bunkhouse Stampede

1988

NWA Starrcade 1988 poster
7.0

The Fantastics defend the United States Tag Team Championship against Kevin Sullivan & Steve Williams. Jim Cornette leads the Midnight Express against Paul E. Dangerously's Original Midnight Express. Ric Flair defends the NWA World Championship against Lex Luger. The Road Warriors defend the NWA Tag Team Championship against Sting & Dusty Rhodes.

NWA Starrcade 1988

1988

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89 poster
7.0

Clash of the Champions VIII took place on September 12, 1989 at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, South Carolina. There were 2,600 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.7 rating on TBS. This show was used to build the first ever Halloween Havoc PPV on October 28.

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89

1989

No artwork available
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February 24, 1985 at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey

PWUSA Star Wars

1985

NWA The Great American Bash 1989 poster
8.1

Ric Flair defends the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Terry Funk. The Road Warriors, Midnight Express, and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams join forces to take on The Fabulous Freebirds and Samoan Swat Team in a War Games Cage Match. Lex Luger defends the United States Championship against Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Plus, Sting and more.

NWA The Great American Bash 1989

1989

WWE Breakdown: In Your House poster
7.0

Kane, The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin slug it out in a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship in the main event. Bradshaw takes on Big Van Vader in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. The Rock, Ken Shamrock, and Mankind square off in a Steel Cage Triple Threat Match to determine the No. 1 Contender for the WWE Championship. D-Generation X and much more!

WWE Breakdown: In Your House

1998

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash poster
10.0

One of sports-entertainment's most patriotic traditions, The Great American Bash brought excitement to fans of the NWA and WCW for over a decade. It featured legends like Sting, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, the New World Order (nWo), the Road Warriors and more, competing for pride, honor and championship gold. This red, white and blue extravaganza always delivered the fireworks.

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

2014

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III poster
8.4

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III is an professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.The event is produced by WWE for its NXT brand and streamed live on the WWE Network.

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III

2017

No artwork available
7.0

The third and final Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held over two nights, April 22 and 23, 1988. Scheduled to feature 24 teams, the tournament included a few changes to the original lineup.

The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1988

WCW WrestleWar 1989 poster
7.0

Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat face off for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The Road Warriors battle The Varsity Club with the NWA Tag Team Championship up for grabs. Sting faces The Iron Sheik. Michael Hayes battles Lex Luger for the United States Championship. Plus, The Great Muta, Rick Steiner, and more.

WCW WrestleWar 1989

1989

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989 poster
6.8

Ric Flair & Sting join forces against the Great Muta & Terry Funk in the Thunderdome Cage Match with Bruno Sammartino serving as the special guest referee. The Road Warriors face The Skyscrapers. Doom faces The Steiner Brothers. Lex Luger defends the United States Championship against Brian Pillman. Plus, The Fabulous Freebirds and much more.

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989

1989