| Howard Finkel | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Howard Finkel The Fink |
| Born | June 7, 1950 |
| Debut | 1975 |
Howard Finkel (born June 7, 1950) is a professional wrestling ring announcer. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff A ring announcer is a paid in-ring (and sometimes on-camera employee for a Boxing, Professional wrestling, or Mixed martial arts event or promotion Hired in 1975 by Vincent J. McMahon's World Wide Wrestling Federation, "The Fink" was one of the first people brought in to the Vince McMahon's nascent World Wrestling Federation and is widely credited as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s first and longest lasting employee. Vincent James McMahon, better known as Vince McMahon Sr ( July 6, 1914 – May 24, 1984) was a U Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24 1945 popularly known by his Ring name Mr World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet,
Finkel, a native of Newark, New Jersey, began announcing wrestling shows at Madison Square Garden in 1975. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. By 1980, he was made lead ring announcer for the WWF's biggest events. Across two decades, Finkel's distinctive voice was one of the trademarks of WWF programming. His signature call was his announcement of a new champion following a change in titles, in which he would place increased emphasis while stretching out the word "New" in order to draw the greatest reaction from the capacity crowd.
Finkel has occasionally taken part in gimmick matches, including feuds with wrestling manager Harvey Wippleman and current "RAW" announcer Lilian Garcia. Bruno Lauer (born October 27, 1965) better known by his Ring name Harvey Wippleman, is a Professional wrestling manager This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is Lilian Annette García (born August 19 1966 is an American Singer and Ring announcer. He actually was trained as a professional wrestler. Finkel was also involved in a feud between X-Pac and Jeff Jarrett after Jarrett shaved the already near-bald Finkel's head. Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13 1972) is an American professional wrestler. Jeffrey "Jeff" Leonard Jarrett (born April 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. This culminated in a Hair vs. Hair match at SummerSlam 1998 with Howard Finkel in the corner of X-Pac. Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing SummerSlam (1998 was the eleventh annual SummerSlam Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation X-Pac won the match and Finkel assisted him in cutting Jarrett's hair. On an edition of RAW, Finkel fought Lilian Garcia for the ring announcing title of RAW. During this match, Stacy Keibler and Trish Stratus ran into the ring and stripped him to his underwear. Stacy Keibler (born October 14 1979 is an American actress and former professional wrestler and valet for World Championship Wrestling Patricia Anne Stratigias (born December 18 1975 strætɨˈdʒiːəs better known as Trish Stratus, is a former fitness model, former professional wrestler
Finkel currently does behind-the-scenes work for WWE's various companies, including doing interviews for various WWE. com programs and being WWE's chief statistician. Statisticians work with theoretical and applied Statistics in both the private and public sectors He is known for his precise knowledge of dates and records. Such odd trivia as this is usually referred to from people in the business as a "Finkel Fact".
Although Finkel's current television appearances are sporadic (appearing only at major pay-per-view special events and the occasional episode of RAW or SmackDown!), he remains the only WWF/E performer to appear on-screen at every single WrestleMania event. This article is about the WrestleMania PPV series in general for the first WrestleMania itself see WrestleMania (1985. In fact, Finkel suggested the pay-per-view name "WrestleMania," which Vince McMahon immediately accepted. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event
He has been known to come into events like house shows, to different entrance themes. A house show is a short Professional wrestling show run by a major promotion (such as WWE or TNA) that is not televised or taped Currently he uses Welcome to the Jungle by Guns 'n' Roses. " Welcome to the Jungle " is the first track from Guns N' Roses ' debut album Appetite for Destruction, and also on their Greatest Hits album Guns N' Roses is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985
Also, recently, he is used as the person who speaks in the opening intro for The Dirt Sheet. John Randall Hennigan (born October 3 1979 better known by his Ring name John Morrison, is an American Professional wrestler.