query: Axl Rose has vocal ability.

pos: Axl Rose W. Axl Rose ( born William Bruce Rose Jr. ; raised as William Bruce Bailey ; February 6 , 1962 ) is an American singer , songwriter , record producer and musician . He is the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Guns N ' Roses , and has also been the band 's sole constant member since its inception in 1985 . In addition to Guns N ' Roses , he is also the current lead singer of AC/DC since 2016 . Due to his powerful and wide vocal range and energetic live performances , Rose has been named one of the greatest singers of all time by various media outlets , including Rolling Stone and NME .   Born and raised in Lafayette , Indiana , Rose moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s , where he became active in the local hard rock scene and joined several bands , including Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns . In 1985 , he co-founded Guns N ' Roses , with whom he had great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s . Their first album , Appetite for Destruction ( 1987 ) , has sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide , and is one of the best-selling debut albums of all time in the U.S. with 18 million units sold . Its full-length follow-ups , the twin albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II ( 1991 ) , were also widely successful ; they respectively debuted at No. 2 and No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and have sold a combined 35 million copies worldwide .   After 1994 , following the conclusion of their two-and-a-half-year Use Your Illusion Tour , Rose disappeared from public life for several years , while the band disintegrated due to personal and musical differences . As its sole remaining original member , he was able to continue working under the Guns N ' Roses banner because he had legally obtained the band name . In 2001 , he resurfaced with a new line-up of Guns N ' Roses at Rock in Rio 3 , and subsequently played periodic concert tours to promote the long-delayed Chinese Democracy ( 2008 ) , which undersold the music industry 's commercial expectations despite positive reviews upon its release . In 2012 , Rose was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N ' Roses , though he declined to attend the event and requested exclusion from the Hall . In 2016 , Rose partially reunited the ` classic ' lineup of Guns N ' Roses and has since toured the world as part of the Not In This Lifetime ... Tour .

neg: Odetta Odetta Holmes ( December 31 , 1930 -- December 2 , 2008 ) , known as Odetta , was an American singer , actress , guitarist , songwriter , and a civil and human rights activist , often referred to as `` The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement '' . Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music , blues , jazz , and spirituals . An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s , she influenced many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time , including Bob Dylan , Joan Baez , Mavis Staples , and Janis Joplin . Time magazine included her song `` Take This Hammer '' on its list of the 100 Greatest Popular Songs , stating that `` Rosa Parks was her No. 1 fan , and Martin Luther King Jr. called her the queen of American folk music . ''

neg: Rose, My Rocket-Brain! `` Rose , My Rocket-Brain ! '' is a 2004 single by the band Stereolab for the tour of the album Margerine Eclipse . It was available as a 7 '' vinyl and 3 '' CD . The back of the CD sleeve lists the first two songs , `` Rose , My Rocket-Brain ! ( Rose , le cerveau électronique de ma fusée ! ) '' and `` Banana Monster ne répond plus '' the wrong way round .   Unlike other tour singles which were largely instrumental , `` Rose , My Rocket-Brain ! '' has a full lyric . The song questions the validity of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and represents a return to the more directly political nature of the group 's early material .

neg: Dead Horse (song) `` Dead Horse '' is a song by American rock band Guns N ' Roses . It appears on their 1991 release , Use Your Illusion I . The composition starts out with an acoustic section , which features a guitar riff written by lead vocalist Axl Rose . Following the sound of a nutcracker , the electric guitars soon come in for the heavier section which dominates the song . After the final climactic chorus , the opening section is reprised for another bar . The song ends with an audio effect featuring the song being fast-forwarded .   The song was never released as a single but was issued to radio stations in 1993 as a 5 '' CD radio promo . A music video made in 1993 , directed by Louis Marciano , first appeared on the VHS only release entitled Garden of Eden : Strictly Limited Edition and later on the Welcome to the Videos compilation in 1998 .

neg: Country Music Association The Country Music Association ( CMA ) was founded in 1958 in Nashville , Tennessee . It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre . The objectives of the organization are to guide and enhance the development of Country Music throughout the world ; to demonstrate it as a viable medium to advertisers , consumers , and media ; and to provide a unity of purpose for the Country Music industry . However the CMA may be best known to most country music fans for its annual Country Music Association Awards broadcast live on network television each fall ( usually October or November ) .   Initially , CMA 's Board of Directors included nine directors and five officers . Wesley Rose , president of Acuff-Rose Publishing , Inc. , served as CMA 's first chairman of the board . Broadcasting entrepreneur and executive Connie B. Gay was the founding president .   Originally there were nine individual membership categories . The current 15 categories represent all facets of the music industry . Organizational memberships are also available . CMA membership is composed of those persons or organizations that are involved in Country Music , directly and substantially .   The first CMA Awards ceremony was held in 1967 in Nashville . Sonny James and Bobbie Gentry hosted the event , which was not televised . The winner of the first `` Entertainer of the Year '' award was singer Eddy Arnold . `` Male Vocalist of the Year '' went to Jack Greene and `` Female Vocalist of the Year '' to Loretta Lynn .   In 1968 , Roy Rogers and Dale Evans hosted the awards , which were presented at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville . ( The ceremony was filmed and televised on NBC a few weeks later . ) The first live telecast of the show was in 1969 .   Annual awards are given in the following twelve categories : Entertainer of the Year , Male Vocalist , Female Vocalist , New Artist of the Year ( formerly the Horizon Award ) , Vocal Group , Vocal Duo , Single , Album , Song , Music Event , Music Video , and Musician .   The CMA also gives a `` CMA Broadcast Award '' to country-formatted radio stations each year . Broadcast Awards are segmented based on market size , major market ( Arbitron Ranking 1 -- 25 ) , large market ( Arbitron Ranking 26 -- 50 ) , medium market ( Arbitron Ranking 51 -- 100 ) , and small market ( All other Markets ) . A single station can not win the award in consecutive years .   In honor of the association 's 50th anniversary , MCA Nashville released a song called `` Forever Country '' .

neg: Grammy Award for Best New Artist The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959 . Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out , for records released in the previous year . The award was not presented in 1967 . The official guidelines are as follows : `` For a new artist who releases , during the Eligibility Year , the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist . '' Note that this is not necessarily the first album released by an artist .   It is sometimes asserted , with varying degrees of sincerity , that winning the award is a curse , as several award winners ( particularly from the late 1970s and early 1980s ) were never able to duplicate the success they experienced in their debut year . This viewpoint was expressed by former Starland Vocal Band member Taffy Danoff in a 2002 interview for VH1 's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders : `` We got two of the five Grammys -- one was Best New Artist . So that was basically the kiss of death and I feel sorry for everyone who 's gotten it since . ''   The category is also notable for being the only one of its kind in which a Grammy Award was vacated . This occurred in 1990 after it was revealed winners Milli Vanilli did not contribute their own vocals on their debut album . The award was revoked , but was not handed out to another artist .   Of the 54 awards presented in the category since its inception , the honor has been presented to 25 solo female artists , 18 duos or groups , and 11 solo male artists . Between 1997 and 2003 , all the winners were solo female artists . Also , from 1993 to 2005 , no winner was a solo male artist . In 2006 , John Legend broke this trend , which started with Marc Cohn in 1992 . Only four artists have won both Best New Artist and Album of the Year in the same year : Bob Newhart in 1961 , Christopher Cross in 1981 , Lauryn Hill in 1999 and Norah Jones in 2003 .   Of all the winners , only three have been country artists . In 1997 , LeAnn Rimes became the first country artist to win the award . She was followed by Carrie Underwood in 2007 and Zac Brown Band in 2010 . Additionally , 2017 marked the first time that two country artists were nominated in this category in the same year .   1984 marked the first time that all of the nominees were from outside of the United States ( Winner Culture Club , Eurythmics , and Musical Youth were from England , Big Country was from Scotland , and Men Without Hats were from Canada ) .

neg: Rose's Pawn Shop Rose 's Pawn Shop is an Americana , rock , folk and bluegrass band from Los Angeles , California . Their debut album The Arsonist was released in May 2006 . The band tours several times each year throughout the United States but has recently put a hold on touring to record a new album coming 2013 .   On their new album Gravity Well , the fiercely independent young quintet known as Rose 's Pawn Shop deliver a rousing , honest set that demonstrates exactly why this multi-talented , multi-instrumental L.A.-based fivesome has quickly risen from humble D.I.Y. origins to national notoriety , winning a fiercely loyal fan base in the process .   The 12 new tunes that comprise Gravity Well -- produced by Ted Hutt , renowned for his work with the likes of the Dropkick Murphys , Gaslight Anthem and the Old Crow Medicine Show -- make it clear why Rose 's Pawn Shop has earned such a fervent following . The band 's catchy , anthemic songcraft channels the raw emotional power of America 's folk , country and bluegrass traditions and puts them through a modern filter , creating timelessly resonant music .   Frontman Paul Givant 's heartfelt , engaging songwriting surveys such time-honored subjects as heartache , loss , regret and redemption , echoing centuries of musical tradition while still sounding wholly contemporary . Despite the lyrics ' often-dark subject matter , the music is consistently uplifting , thanks to the musicians ' infectious instrumental interplay and soaring three - and four-part harmonies . The ensemble makes innovative use of banjo , fiddle , mandolin and upright bass , while maintaining an edgy swagger .   `` I think that this music exists on two different levels , '' notes singer , guitarist and main songwriter Givant , adding , `` The songs are passionate and emotional , and sometimes sad and heartbreaking . But at the same time , the energy of the music makes you want to get up and dance and release all of that pent-up energy . ''   Rose 's Pawn Shop 's musical and emotional depth is apparent on such lyrically and melodically compelling new tunes as `` What Were You Waiting For ? , '' `` Staring At the Door '' and `` On the Brink , '' which merge equal amounts of country twang and punk adrenaline . Meanwhile , gentler numbers like `` Go Get Gone , '' `` Stay All Night '' and the cinematic title track explore more introspective territory , and a memorable reading of the Dock Boggs standard `` Country Blues '' affirms the group 's instinctive understanding of its vintage influences .   Growing up in the 1990s , Paul Givant absorbed a wide array of music , yet he was drawn most deeply to traditional folk and bluegrass , and inspired by the music 's ability to illuminate the tragedies and triumphs of everyday life . The influence of those genres loomed large when Givant began writing songs himself .   Through various mutual friendships , chance meetings and some help from Craigslist , Givant eventually connected with kindred musical spirits John Kraus , Tim Weed , Stephen Andrews and Christian Hogan , whose musical expertise , instrumental versatility and organic rapport were ideally suited to Givant 's expansive musical vision .   `` The original intent , '' Givant explains , `` was to be kind of a bluegrass version of the Pogues , fusing bluegrass instrumentation and energy with rock and punk . That 's what our first album was like : gritty , high-energy and passionate , with a lot of instrumental virtuosity . But over time , we 've evolved to be more song-focused . I think we 've retained that original energy , but now we 're more focused on crafting our arrangements so the song can shine though . ''   The nascent combo got its name after Rose , Givant 's ex-girlfriend and former bandmate , stole the band 's equipment from their rehearsal space and scattered their gear amongst various pawn shops throughout North Hollywood . Fortunately , the musicians were able to recover their gear , and soon forged a formidable musical chemistry that manifested itself in their highly charged live shows , and on their 2010 release Dancing on the Gallows .   Rose 's Pawn Shop 's lineup solidified and began touring intensively in time to support Dancing on the Gallows , accumulating such landmarks as month-long residencies at New York 's Parkside Lounge and L.A. 's Redwood Bar , busking in New Orleans ' fabled Jackson Square , live radio sessions on such prestigious stations as KEXP in Seattle and WMBR in Boston , well-received appearances at various prestigious music festivals , and a slot opening for Jack White 's Raconteurs , at White 's invitation , at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles .   Dancing on the Gallows spent several weeks on CMJ 's influential album chart , while receiving extensive national and international airplay on college , AAA , country and alternative radio formats . Meanwhile , the band 's diligent roadwork -- which has taken them across North America several times , along with visits to the U.K. and Ireland -- has allowed Rose 's Pawn Shop to continue winning fans and friends across the nation and around the world .   `` Our travels have had a big influence on our evolution , '' Givant states . `` Meeting other bands and meeting people from all over the world at our shows has had a big influence on our songwriting , and opened us up to new musical traditions . Seeing the world in general and being away from home for long periods of time has influenced many of our songs . It 's matured us , as people and as a band . ''   Rose 's Pawn Shop 's ongoing musical journey yields considerable musical rewards on Gravity Well , making it clear that the band 's creative horizons are unlimited .   `` We 've always been about the music and the songs , and the expression of the human experience through music , '' says Givant . `` But we 've matured as musicians over time , and I think that that 's been reflected in the music . We 've learned that we do n't all have to play crazy at all times , and we 've learned to pick our moments to shine and deliver the songs in the most clear , concise and passionate way possible . ''

neg: Melissa Etheridge Melissa Lou Etheridge ( born May 29 , 1961 ) is an American singer-songwriter , guitarist , and activist . Her self-titled debut album Melissa Etheridge was released in 1988 and became an underground success . The album peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 , and its lead single , `` Bring Me Some Water '' , garnered Etheridge her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance , Female . In 1993 , Etheridge won her first Grammy award for her single `` Ai n't It Heavy '' from her third album , Never Enough . Later that year , she released what would become her mainstream breakthrough album , Yes I Am . Its tracks `` I 'm the Only One '' and `` Come to My Window '' both reached the top 30 in the United States , and the latter earned Etheridge her second Grammy award . Yes I Am peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 , and spent 138 weeks on the chart , earning a RIAA certification of 6x Platinum , her largest to date .   In October 2004 , Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer , and underwent surgery and chemotherapy . At the 2005 Grammy Awards , she made a return to the stage and , although bald from chemotherapy , performed a tribute to Janis Joplin with the song `` Piece of My Heart '' . Etheridge 's performance was widely lauded , with India.Arie writing `` I Am Not My Hair '' about Etheridge . Later that year , Etheridge released her first compilation album , Greatest Hits : The Road Less Traveled . The album was a success , peaking at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 , and going Gold almost immediately . Her latest studio album is This Is M.E. .   Etheridge is known for her mixture of `` confessional lyrics , pop-based folk-rock , and raspy , smoky vocals . '' She has also been a gay and lesbian activist since her public coming out in January 1993 . She has received fifteen Grammy Award nominations throughout her career , winning two , in 1993 and 1995 , respectively . In 2007 , she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for `` I Need to Wake Up '' from the film An Inconvenient Truth . In September 2011 , Etheridge received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

neg: True (Avicii album) True is the debut studio album by Swedish DJ Avicii . It was released on 13 September 2013 through PRMD Music , Lava Records and Sony Music Entertainment 's Columbia Records . True features collaborations with Nile Rodgers and Adam Lambert , Audra Mae , Salem Al Fakir , Aloe Blacc and Mike Einziger Avicii said that sonically , the album would move away from his electronic dance and house music sound on previous records , by incorporating elements of other genres such as country music . True was preceded by the release of the Blacc-assisted and Aileen Marie Quinn-written `` Wake Me Up ! '' that featured a Marantz Enhanced Digital Stereo audio track and topped several charts around the world , and `` You Make Me '' , which features vocals from Swedish artist Salem Al Fakir .   The album has been commercially successful , peaking within the top ten of at least ten countries . True debuted at number two in the United Kingdom during September 2013 , and has subsequently re-peaked at number two in February 2014 . On 24 March 2014 , Avicii released a remixed version of the album , titled True ( Avicii by Avicii ) .   A 2-disc edition , comprising the standard 10-track `` True '' alongside the remix album was released featuring a brand new cover , in June 2014 .

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neg: Squillo Squillo is a technical term for the resonant , trumpet-like sound in the voices of opera singers . It is also commonly called `` singer 's formant '' , `` ring '' , `` ping '' , `` core '' , and other terms . Squillo enables an essentially lyric tone to be heard over thick orchestrations , e.g. in late Verdi , Puccini and Strauss operas . Achieving a proper amount of squillo in any performing context is imperative : too much and the tone veers towards the shrill ; too little and the purpose of the squillo can not be achieved .   Squillo is easily recognizable by a distinctive brilliant , ringing quality in the timbre of the voice . This perception is caused by the presence of a peak in the 2 - 5 kHz frequency range , to which the human ear is particularly sensitive . The amplification of these particular harmonics is believed to be a result of a narrowing of the Aryepiglottic fold just above the larynx . Voices with naturally acquired squillo , i.e. having naturally strong higher formants , are especially prized in opera because they allow a singer to maintain certain lyric qualities e.g. limpid high notes , and consistency of tone throughout the range etc. even in dramatic singing . Voices with squillo are also easier to record .   Uses of the squillo includes :  projecting a small timbre e.g. Alfredo Kraus , Juan Diego Flórez  underscoring a dramatically important passage e.g. No , non voglio morir in Sola , perduta abbandonata from Puccini 's Manon Lescaut  singing through a thickly textured orchestration , e.g. the final bars of Libera me from Verdi 's Requiem , in which a soprano has to compete against a tutti orchestra and full chorus  supporting a pianissimo note floated over an orchestra ( which also demands a secure breath control ) e.g. Montserrat Caballé  supporting a long trill  simulating a scream without compromising the timbre , especially in a verismic opera ; however it is not unheard that a bona fide scream be used in operatic setting , e.g. Tosca 's final jump in Tosca  giving an impression of ` youth ' to an aged voice , mainly via a cultivation of the head register , ref . Section IX Meine Gesangskunst , by Lilli Lehmann ; best exemplified vocally by Mirella Freni   Famous singers who personify this technique include Leontyne Price , Mariella Devia , Renata Tebaldi , Giuseppe di Stefano , Jussi Björling and Luciano Pavarotti . Certain dramatic singers may also employ squillo as opposed to volume over the course of a performance , for example Birgit Nilsson .   Squillo may also refer , in current Italian :  when the grammatical gender is masculine ( uno squillo ) word for `` ring '' ( as in `` telephone ring '' ) , currently a slang term for missed call  to form a verb a word `` squillare '' which means `` to ring '' or `` to blare ''

neg: The Rosebuds The Rosebuds are an indie rock band from Raleigh , North Carolina , United States . ( Not to be confused with the vocal group of the same name who recorded for George Goldner 's Gee Records in the 1950s . ) Its current members are Ivan Howard ( vocals/guitar/drums / bass/keyboards/programming ) and Kelly Crisp ( vocals/keyboard/drums / guitar/accordion ) . Billy Alphin had played drums on the album The Rosebuds Make Out , Wes Phillips played drums on the E.P. `` Unwind '' , Lee Waters played drums on the record Birds Make Good Neighbors , and Matt McCaughan played the drums on Night of the Furies , Life Like and Loud Planes Fly Low . Rob Lackey was behind the drum kit during the taping of The Rosebuds Live at the Cats Cradle , a charity only recording sold at cytunes.org to help fight for the prevention of cancer , as well as on the track `` Second Birds of Paradise '' on `` Loud Planes Fly Low . ''   Howard and Crisp met while in college in Wilmington , North Carolina , where they formed the Rosebuds and enlisting original drummer Jonathan Bass . Afterward , they moved to nearby Raleigh and joined with drummer Billy Alphin of the band Ashley Stove . Merge Records discovered their demo in early 2003 and released The Rosebuds Make Out as a full-length debut album that October .   Following that recording , Alphin left the group and was replaced by Jonathan Bass for their 2003 touring schedule . The Rosebuds Unwind , an EP with six songs , was released in April 2005 , followed by Birds Make Good Neighbors in September . The Rosebuds are now joined by Logan Matheny and Matt McCaughan , and Rob Lackey on drums for shows and tours . Their third album , Night of the Furies , was released in April 2007 . A fourth full-length , Life Like , was released in Oct. 2008 .   In 2007 , The Rosebuds covered the Pixies ' `` Break My Body '' for the American Laundromat Records compilation `` Dig for Fire - a tribute to PIXIES '' . Bands OK Go , They Might Be Giants , and British Sea Power also contributed to the project .   In 2008 , the band again covered a song for American Laundromat Records . This time it was The Cure 's `` The Walk '' for Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure . The Wedding Present , Dean & Britta , The Brunettes , and The Submarines also contributed to the project . Lead singer Ivan Howard joined GAYNGS , a super-group , to record and tour in 2010 . The Rosebuds released their fifth full-length record , `` Loud Planes Fly Low '' on Merge on June 7 , 2011 . Their 2011 summer tour lineup included Logan Matheny from Roman Candle on drums and Daniel Hart on violin . Support for the first half of the tour was Other Lives , followed by dates with Bon Iver . In 2012 the band returned with two self released albums ; '' Christmas Tree Island '' , an album of 13 original Christmas songs , and `` Love Deluxe - The Rosebuds perform Sade '' . A song by song re-recording of Sade 's masterpiece `` Love Deluxe '' in honor of its 20th anniversary . A tour to support `` Love Deluxe '' took place in September 2013 and featured Brian Weeks on guitar , Matt Douglas on sax , Jonathon Yu on synths , Mark Paulson on bass and Rob Lackey on drums .   In August 2014 , the band released their latest album , Sand + Silence , on the Western Vinyl label .

neg: Solitary Rose `` Solitary Rose '' is a song by German recording artist Jeanette . It was written by her along with AJ Junior and Carl Falk , and produced by the latter for her seventh studio album Undress to the Beat ( 2009 ) . Released as the album 's third and final single in German-speaking Europe in October 2009 , the ballad reached the top twenty of the Austrian and German Singles Charts , becoming the album 's highest-charting single in Austria and Switzerland . Highly promoted on Sat .1 telenovela Anna und die Liebe , in which Jeanette starred from 2008 until 2012 , it marks her last single as solo artist to date .

neg: List of instrumental number ones on the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is a record chart compiled on behalf of the British record industry . Since 1997 , the chart has been compiled by the Official Charts Company ( formerly The Official UK Charts Company and the Chart Information Network ) and until 2005 ( when digital downloads were included in the chart compilation ) , the chart was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets . The UK Singles Chart originated in 1952 , when New Musical Express ( NME ) published the first chart of singles sales . The positions of all songs are based on week-end sale totals , from Sunday to Saturday , but pre-1987 the charts were released on a Tuesday because of the need for manual calculation .   Since inception there have been nearly 1,200 number ones ; of these , instrumental tracks ( i.e. those without any lyrics ) have topped the chart on 25 occasions for a total of 83 weeks . The Shadows have had the most instrumental number ones , with five between 1960 and 1963 . Three other artists have had more than one instrumental number one : Eddie Calvert ( in 1954 and 1955 ) , Winifred Atwell ( in 1954 and 1956 ) and Russ Conway ( both in 1959 ) . Calvert 's track `` O Mein Papa '' stayed at the top of the charts for nine weeks , longer than any other instrumental single . The single `` Cherry Pink ( and Apple Blossom White ) '' has been an instrumental number one for two different artists ( Calvert and Perez Prado ) in 1955 . To date , Martin Garrix is the most recent artist to have an instrumental number one , with `` Animals '' in November 2013 .

neg: Johnny Kreis Johnny Kreiss is an American rock drummer who was the drummer of Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin 's pre-Guns N ' Roses band Hollywood Rose .

neg: Rose Batiste Rose Batiste is an American rhythm and blues singer from 1960s Detroit , Michigan . Her best known tracks were `` I Miss My Baby '' written by Richard Parker as `` D. Peoples '' , and `` Hit And Run '' . In 1970 , Ian Levine brought records from the U.S. to England , including Rose Batiste 's `` Hit and Run '' . Batiste was filmed performing at the Blackpool Mecca for the video collection The Strange World of Northern Soul by Ian Levine . She drew a following after being rediscovered in England during the Northern Soul movement .   Batiste was originally signed to Thelma Records , owned by Berry Gordy 's first wife . Don Davis produced her debut single `` I Ca n't Leave You '' . Her second single , `` That 's What He Told Me '' b/w `` Holding Hands , '' was released on Ed Wingate 's Ric-Tic Records label in 1965 . Bob Hamilton co-wrote both sides with Joanne Bratton-Jackson . Batiste also recorded with Golden World Records in 1966 , singing `` Sweetheart Darling '' , written by Al and Bob Hamilton , Joe Hunter , and Richard Morris , with `` That 's What He Told Me '' also on the album . In 1970 she began working as a typist for Motown Records ( the company that had bought out Ric-Tic several years prior ) , and ended up recording some stuff there as well , none of which has yet seen release .

neg: The Use of Ashes The Use Of Ashes was the fourth album made by American psychedelic folk group Pearls Before Swine , and the second on Reprise Records after their move from ESP-Disk .   After recording the album These Things Too , the other original founding members of Pearls Before Swine had all left , and leader Tom Rapp and his then wife Elisabeth moved to her home country of the Netherlands ( travelling on the maiden voyage of the QE2 liner ) to live for several months near Utrecht . Most of the songs on The Use Of Ashes were written there . They were recorded back in Nashville in March 1970 , with some of the city 's top session musicians , many of whom formed the basis of the band Area Code 615 .   Many of Rapp 's admirers regard this , and particularly the first side of the original LP ( tracks 1 through 5 ) , as the finest and most consistent of all his albums .   The opening track , `` The Jeweler '' , with its refrain of `` He knows the use of ashes / He worships God with ashes '' , came to him when he saw his wife cleaning a piece of jewelry with a paste made from ashes , and is generally regarded as one of his finest and most poetic songs . A version was later recorded by This Mortal Coil . The next track , `` From the Movie of the Same Name '' is largely instrumental , featuring David Briggs ' harpsichord and , like all the tracks , is beautifully and sensitively arranged . `` Rocket Man '' is based on the Ray Bradbury story `` The Rocket Man '' ( in his book `` The Illustrated Man '' ) about an astronaut and father burning up in space , but also draws on Rapp 's difficult relationship with his own father and the fact that , in his teens , he lived near Cape Canaveral in Florida . The song itself inspired Bernie Taupin 's lyrics on Elton John 's hit of the same title . Another highlight , `` Song About A Rose '' , again shows Rapp 's ability to convey metaphysical thoughts within an artfully arranged song , with the lyrics `` And even God can only guess why or where or when or if the answers all belong / And you and I we sing our song about a rose / Or perhaps the shadow of a rose '' .   A different texture is provided by the jazzy `` Tell Me Why , '' shimmering with vibraphone beneath Rapp 's whimsical lines .   The song `` Riegal '' was inspired by reading a newspaper article on the wartime sinking of a prison ship , the MS Rigel , when up to 4,000 prisoners drowned . Later histories suggest the number may have been out by 1,000 odd souls , but the sinking remains one of the worst maritime disasters ever and the song is an evocation of the perils of going down to the sea in ships . Rapp does not apportion blame , indeed the lyric gives credit to the German , but probably not Nazi , captain who apparently saved many lives by grounding his ship . Rapp 's juxtaposition of stark imagery reveals that while Pearls Before Swine might not have continued the more bombastic direction set about on their earlier protest songs `` Uncle John '' or `` Drop Out , '' they maintained social and political relevance . The final track , `` When The War Began '' , contains an equally potent message on the futility of war .   Additional material from the Nashville sessions was released on the next Pearls Before Swine album , City of Gold .   The sleeve design shows a late 15th century French or Flemish tapestry , `` The Hunt of the Unicorn : vi , The unicorn is brought to the castle '' , from the Metropolitan Museum of Art . It shows three huntsmen bringing down a unicorn with spears and swords . The sleeve continued the group 's approach of using classic art on their album covers , started with their debut album One Nation Underground .   A single , `` The Jeweler '' / `` Rocket Man '' ( Reprise 0949 ) , was issued from the album .   In 2003 The Use Of Ashes was finally issued on compact disc as part of the Jewels Were the Stars compendium , anthologizing Pearls Before Swine 's Reprise Records output . It was again reissued , with These Things Too '' , as a two-on-one CD by Floating World Records in 2011 .   A Dutch group formed in 1988 out of the rock band Mekanik Commando took the name `` The Use Of Ashes '' , inspired directly by the Pearls Before Swine album .

neg: I Love You (Axwell and Ingrosso song) `` I Love You '' is a song by Swedish dance music duo Axwell Λ Ingrosso featuring American rapper Kid Ink . The song also features uncredited vocals from Madison Love , who is also one of the co-writers of the song . The song was released on 10 February 2017 .

neg: Not in This Lifetime... Tour The Not in This Lifetime ... tour is an ongoing series of concerts by hard rock band Guns N ' Roses , featuring classic lineup members Axl Rose , Slash and Duff McKagan , marking the first time since the Use Your Illusion Tour in 1993 that the three performed together .   After the previous tour in 2014 , guitarists DJ Ashba & Ron `` Bumblefoot '' Thal , bassist Tommy Stinson and keyboardist Chris Pitman left Guns N ' Roses , leaving the band with several open spots . Former members Slash and McKagan rejoined the band and Melissa Reese joined as keyboardist . The group embarked on the world tour that spanned several continents , with 118 shows performed or scheduled so far . The group welcomed former drummer Steven Adler to the stage for several shows as a guest spot , the first time he had played with the group since 1990 . The tour was a financial success and has grossed over $ 230 million to date , and was the highest earning per-show concert tour of 2016 , and the fourth highest grossing .

neg: Axtone Records Axtone Records is a Swedish record label , founded in 2005 by Swedish DJ and record producer Axwell . It originally began in 2005 as an imprint to release Axwell 's own material , however in recent years has expanded and signed many producers .

neg: Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir Based in Arcata , California , USA , the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir is a community-based interfaith group of adult vocalists who share a love of Black gospel music . The non-profit AIGC consists of about 80 members who regularly perform at local community events such as Martin Kuther King Jr. celebrations , festivals , churches , baseball games , and the county jail . The choir also presents its own concerts each year : a Harvest Concert in the late fall , Holiday Concerts in early December , and a Prayer Breakfast in early May .   The choir released CDs in 2005 and 2013 . In 2014 the choir produced a DVD called `` Rejoicing in Song . '' This captured a concert recorded live at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts in Eureka , California in May 2013 together with award-winning blues and gospel singer Earl Thomas . Choir members explain what the choir is about in a Kickstarter video .   AIGC has performed with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and hosts gospel singing workshops in the Arcata/Eureka area .   Auditions open to any interested singers are held every September and January .


query: John Cena is incapable of having a WWE career.

pos: John Cena John Felix Anthony Cena Jr. ( -LSB- ˈsiːnə -RSB- born April 23 , 1977 ) is an American professional wrestler , rapper , actor , and reality television show host . He is signed to WWE , where he performs on the SmackDown brand . Cena started his professional wrestling career in 1999 with Ultimate Pro Wrestling ( UPW ) and won the UPW Heavyweight Championship the following year . Cena signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , later renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment , or simply WWE ) in 2001 , debuting on the WWE main roster in 2002 .   From a generic character in 2002 , Cena morphed into a rapper for the time period of 2002 -- 2004 , which earned him fame within the audience on SmackDown ! . Cena later transitioned to his current character , which he describes as a `` goody-two shoes Superman '' . However , Cena has been labeled as the `` most polarizing professional wrestler ever '' as his character has many supporters and many detractors , according to Jim Ross of Fox Sports , who also noted that Cena has been WWE 's franchise player for a long-time . In 2012 , IGN described Cena as WWE 's franchise player since 2005 and WWE credited Cena as being the `` face of WWE '' in 2015 since 2004 . Industry veterans John Layfield , Paul Heyman , and Kurt Angle have called Cena the greatest WWE star of all time .   Throughout his WWE career , Cena has won 25 championships , with 16 reigns as a world champion ( 13 times as WWE Champion and three times as WWE 's World Heavyweight Champion ) , an accomplishment only previously achieved by WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair . He is also a five-time United States Champion , and four-time world tag team champion ( two World Tag Team and two WWE Tag Team ) . Furthermore , he is a Money in the Bank ladder match winner ( 2012 ) , a two-time Royal Rumble winner ( 2008 , 2013 ) , and a three-time Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner ( 2009 , 2010 , 2012 ) . Cena has the fourth-highest number of combined days as WWE Champion , behind Bruno Sammartino , Bob Backlund , and Hulk Hogan . He has also headlined WWE 's flagship event , WrestleMania , on five different occasions ( WrestleManias 22 , 23 , XXVII , XXVIII , and 29 ) over the course of his career , as well as many others pay-per-view events . As of 2016 , John Cena is WWE 's highest-paid wrestler .   Outside of wrestling , Cena has released the rap album You Ca n't See Me , which debuted at No. 15 on the US Billboard 200 chart , and starred in the feature films The Marine ( 2006 ) , 12 Rounds ( 2009 ) , Legendary ( 2010 ) , The Reunion ( 2011 ) , Trainwreck ( 2015 ) , and Sisters ( 2015 ) . Cena has also made appearances on television shows including Manhunt , Deal or No Deal , MADtv , Saturday Night Live , Punk 'd , Psych , and Parks and Recreation . He was also a contestant on Fast Cars and Superstars : The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race , where he made it to the final round before being eliminated , placing third in the overall competition . Cena is also the host of American Grit on Fox . Cena is involved in numerous philanthropic causes ; most notably with the Make-A-Wish Foundation . He has granted the most wishes in Make-A-Wish history .

neg: Verne Gagne Laverne Clarence `` Verne '' Gagne ( -LSB- ɡænjeɪ -RSB- February 26 , 1926 -- April 27 , 2015 ) was an American professional wrestler , football player , wrestling trainer , and wrestling promoter . He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) , the predominant promotion throughout the Midwest and Manitoba for many years . He remained in this position until 1991 , when the company folded .   Gagne was a 16-time World Heavyweight Champion , having held the AWA World Heavyweight Championship ten times , the World Heavyweight Championship ( Omaha version ) five times , and the IWA World Heavyweight Championship once . He holds the record for the longest combined reign as a world champion and is third ( behind Bruno Sammartino and Lou Thesz ) for the longest single world title reign . He is one of only six men inducted into each of the WWE , WCW and Professional Wrestling halls of fame .

neg: ECW One Night Stand (2006) ECW One Night Stand ( 2006 ) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It was held on June 11 , 2006 , at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York , New York .   The main event was John Cena versus Rob Van Dam for the WWE Championship , which Van Dam won by pinfall after performing a Five Star Frog Splash following interference from Edge . The predominant match on the undercard was Rey Mysterio versus Sabu for the World Heavyweight Championship , which ended in a no contest after Sabu executed a Triple Jump DDT on Mysterio through a table on to the floor rendering both men kayfabe unable to wrestle , as a result , Mysterio retained the title . Another match on the undercard was Edge , Mick Foley , and Lita versus Terry Funk , Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty in a Hardcore Intergender match .

neg: Chavo Guerrero Jr. Salvador `` Chavo '' Guerrero IV ( born October 20 , 1970 ) also known as Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. , is a third generation Mexican American professional wrestler , actor and member of the Guerrero wrestling family . He has also worked with World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment ( WWF/E ) , World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) .   As a singles wrestler , he is a one-time ECW Champion in WWE , and a six-time WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Champion . He has also achieved success in tag team wrestling , being a five-time world tag team champion -- winning the WWE Tag Team Championship twice with Eddie Guerrero as Los Guerreros , the WCW World Tag Team Championship once with Corporal Cajun as the Misfits in Action , and the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice with Hernandez . Between WCW , WWE , and TNA , Guerrero has held a dozen total championships .

neg: Dolph Ziggler Nicholas Theodore Nemeth ( born July 27 , 1980 ) , best known by the ring name Dolph Ziggler , is an American professional wrestler , actor , and occasional stand-up comedian . He is signed to WWE on the SmackDown brand .   Nemeth signed a development contract with WWE in 2004 , and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) . He was brought up to the Raw brand in 2005 as Kerwin White 's sidekick . He was , however , sent back to OVW shortly afterwards , where he joined The Spirit Squad as Nicky . They debuted on Raw in January 2006 , and won the World Tag Team Championship once before returning to OVW that November . In September 2007 , Nemeth was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) , where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice , with Brad Allen and later Gavin Spears .   Nemeth returned to the WWE main roster under his current ring name in September 2008 . Since then , Ziggler has held WWE 's World Heavyweight Championship twice , the Intercontinental Championship five times , the United States Championship once , and was the 2012 Money in the Bank winner . He has also been the sole survivor of two Survivor Series elimination matches at the 2012 and 2014 events .

neg: Face (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling , a face ( babyface ) is a heroic or a `` good guy '' wrestler , booked ( scripted ) by the promotion with the aim of being cheered by fans . Faces , traditionally , wrestle within the rules and avoid cheating ( in contrast to the heels who use illegal moves and call in additional wrestlers to do their work for them ) while behaving positively towards the referee and the audience .   Such characters are also referred to as blue-eyes in British wrestling , and técnicos in lucha libre . The face character is portrayed as a hero relative to the heel wrestlers , who are analogous to villains . Not everything a face wrestler does must be heroic : faces need only to be cheered by the audience to be effective characters . The vast majority of wrestling storylines involving faces place a face against a heel , although more elaborate set-ups ( such as two faces being manipulated by a nefarious outside party into fighting ) often happen as well .   In the world of lucha libre wrestling , they 're generally known for using moves requiring technical skill , particularly aerial maneuvers , and wearing outfits using bright colors with positive associations ( such as solid white ) . This is contrasted with the villainous rudos that are generally known for being brawlers , using physical moves that emphasize brute strength and/or size while often having outfits akin to demons or other nasty characters .

neg: Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be Bret `` Hit Man '' Hart : The Best There Is , The Best There Was , The Best There Ever Will Be also known as The Bret Hart Story : The Best There Is , The Best There Was , The Best There Ever Will Be is a best selling DVD documentary film released as part of a three-DVD set on November 15 , 2005 , by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . The documentary chronicles the career of popular WWE wrestler Bret Hart . Hart collaborated with WWE to make the documentary , contributing hours of interview content to the film . This collaboration marked the first time Hart had worked in an on camera capacity with WWE since the Montreal Screwjob , which was Hart 's last in-ring appearance with the company until his return on January 4 , 2010 . The documentary chronicles Bret Hart 's wrestling career , from how he broke into the business as a member of the Hart family to his run in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . Highlights of matches from his days in his father 's Stampede Wrestling promotion , as well as his time in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) and WCW are shown while insight is provided from Hart about what went on behind the scenes .   This is the second documentary about Bret Hart , the first being Hitman Hart : Wrestling with Shadows ( which was produced with cooperation by the WWF , but not released by WWF/E Home Video ) which chronicles Hart 's last days wrestling in the WWF and talks about his relationship with his brother Owen .

neg: List of WWE United States Champions The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested in the American promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand . It was originally known as the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and began as a regional championship created by and defended in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling , run by Jim Crockett , Jr. . Harley Race became the inaugural champion on the title 's introduction on January 1 , 1975 . Turner Broadcasting bought the company in November 1988 and renamed it World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) after its primary television program .   In March 2001 , the then-WWF bought selected assets of WCW . This resulted in the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship becoming a championship for the WWF , who referred to it as the WCW United States Championship . At Survivor Series in November 2001 , the WCW United States and WWF Intercontental Championships were unified , resulting in the United States Championship being deactivated . In July 2003 , the title was reactivated as the WWE United States Championship . As a result of the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up , it is exclusively contested on the SmackDown brand .   The championship is contested in professional wrestling matches , in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition . Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name , while others used their real name . As of , , the current champion is Kevin Owens , who is in his second reign .   Overall , there have been 83 different champions . Ric Flair holds the record for having the most reigns at six , while John Cena holds the record for most reigns under the WWE banner at five . Lex Luger holds the record for longest reign , with his third reign lasting a total of 523 days , while Dean Ambrose holds the longest reign under the WWE banner , at 351 days ( overall the third longest in the title 's history ) . Only two men , Lex Luger and Rick Rude , have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year ( 365 days ) or more .

neg: Monday Night Wars The Monday Night War ( s ) is the common term describing the period of mainstream televised American professional wrestling from September 4 , 1995 , to March 26 , 2001 . During this time , the World Wrestling Federation 's ( WWF , now WWE ) Monday Night Raw went head-to-head with World Championship Wrestling 's ( WCW ) Monday Nitro in a battle for Nielsen ratings each week .   The ratings war was part of a larger overall struggle between the two companies , originating in personal animosity between WWF owner Vince McMahon and then-owner of WCW , Ted Turner . The rivalry between the companies steadily escalated throughout the 1990s to include the use of cutthroat tactics and the defections of employees between the two companies . Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) , while not a party to the ratings battle , was also involved as a tertiary player . Throughout the wars , the WWF and WCW would both adopt different concepts and narrative techniques innovated by ECW ; meanwhile , both companies would establish both formal and informal partnerships with the company , with ECW performers either appearing on WWF and WCW shows while still under contract , or outright leaving ECW to work for one of the other two federations .   While WCW was the dominant federation for much of the mid-1990s , a variety of factors coalesced to turn the tide in the WWF 's favor at the end of the decade , including a radical rebranding of their formerly family friendly product to highly sexualized and violent shows geared towards older teens and adults . WCW ultimately ran into financial difficulties as a result of the amount of money they had promised wrestlers during a hiring binge in the early and middle part of the decade , which had been aimed at acquiring large portions of the WWF 's talent roster . Despite efforts to salvage the federation , it was ultimately sold to Vince McMahon , ending the Monday Night Wars .   In retrospect , wrestling commentators have come to see the era of the Monday Night Wars as a golden age of wrestling , with the feud between the two companies bringing out their best quality product both in terms of creativity and the performances of their wrestlers . Many have come to regard the end of the wars -- and , in particular , the subsequent WWE storyline regarding the acquisition of WCW -- as marking a severe decline in the quality of modern wrestling programming . Notably , as of 2017 , no other company has ever emerged as a viable competitor to WWE since the acquisition of WCW , and WWE itself has never again enjoyed the same level of mainstream success that it did during the Wars .

neg: Brian Kendrick Brian David Kendrick ( born May 29 , 1979 ) is an American professional wrestler and promoter , currently signed to WWE , performing on the Raw brand , in the Cruiserweight division under the ring name The Brian Kendrick .   Kendrick is also known for his appearances with New Japan Pro Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name , as well as his appearances with Pro Wrestling Zero1 as Leonardo Spanky and on the independent circuit as Spanky . Championships held by Kendrick over the course of his career include the NWA/UPW/Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight Championship , NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship , TNA X Division Championship , World Tag Team Championship , WWE Tag Team Championship , WWE Cruiserweight Championship , ICW Tag Team Championship and Zero-One United States Openweight Championship .   Kendrick currently owns and operates his own promotion , called Brian Kendrick 's Wrestling Pro Wrestling .

neg: Samoa Joe Nuufolau Joel `` Joe '' Seanoa ( born March 17 , 1979 ) , better known by his ring name Samoa Joe , is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE and performing on the Raw brand . He was previously best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) and Ring of Honor ( ROH ) .   Joe established himself in ROH from the promotion 's beginning in 2002 , holding the ROH World Championship for a record 21 months from May 2003 to December 2004 . Upon joining TNA in June 2005 , he embarked on an 19-month-long undefeated streak , and went on to hold the TNA World Heavyweight Championship once , the TNA X Division Championship five times , the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice , and the TNA Television Championship once ; completing the TNA Triple Crown and the TNA Grand Slam .   He also wrestled internationally and on the independent circuit for various promotions , winning several titles , including the GHC Tag Team Championship with Magnus in Pro Wrestling Noah , and he was an inaugural NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion with Keiji Sakoda in Pro Wrestling Zero1 . He left TNA in February 2015 , briefly competing again in ROH and the independent circuit .   Joe officially debuted in WWE 's developmental territory NXT in May 2015 , and signed a full-time contract with the company in June ; he went on to become the first ever two-time NXT Champion .

neg: WrestleMania 33 WrestleMania 33 was the thirty-third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by WWE . In addition to standard PPV outlets , it was broadcast simultaneously on the WWE Network . It took place on April 2 , 2017 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando , Florida . WrestleMania 33 was a joint-promotion event for the Raw and SmackDown brands , the first since WrestleMania XXVII in 2011 as the brand split ended that year , but was reintroduced in July 2016 .   Thirteen matches were contested at the event , including three on the pre-show . For the first time since WrestleMania 29 in 2013 , two world championships were contested : Raw 's Universal Championship and SmackDown 's WWE Championship ; it marked the first time that the Universal Championship , SmackDown Women 's Championship , and new Cruiserweight Championship were defended at WrestleMania . In the main event , Roman Reigns defeated The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match , giving Undertaker his second loss at WrestleMania . It was Undertaker 's unannounced retirement match , ending his 27-year in-ring career in the WWE .   In addition , Brock Lesnar defeated Goldberg to become the new Universal Champion and Randy Orton defeated Bray Wyatt to win his ninth WWE Championship . The event also marked the surprise return of The Hardy Boyz , who won the Raw Tag Team Championship . It was also the first WrestleMania to be on the air past midnight Eastern time .   WWE claimed an attendance of 75,245 for WrestleMania 33 . This number has been disputed , as The A.V. Club wrote that it was `` almost certainly a fake number '' as WWE `` has had a reputation for wildly inflating the attendance figure -- as Vince McMahon once said on an investor 's call , the fake number is for entertainment purposes '' , while wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer described it as `` a total worked number even more than usual '' .

neg: Stone Cold Steve Austin Steve Austin ( born Steven James Anderson on December 18 , 1964 , later Steven James Williams ) , better known by the ring name `` Stone Cold '' Steve Austin , is an American actor , media personality , producer , and retired professional wrestler who is signed to a Legends contract with WWE . Veteran pro wrestling journalist Wade Keller remarked that Austin is `` in every conversation for the greatest wrestling act of all time '' , as well as for `` the most profitable and the most influential '' .   He enjoyed a successful mid card career as `` Stunning '' Steve Austin in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and a stint as a main event performer in Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) during the early and mid 1990s , before signing with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) in 1995 as The Ringmaster . Rebranded `` Stone Cold '' Steve Austin the following year , he gained significant mainstream popularity as a disrespectful , beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied the establishment and his boss , company chairman Vince McMahon . This persona of Austin 's became the `` poster boy '' of the Attitude Era , a boom period in WWF business in the latter 1990s and early 2000s . He also devised the long-standing `` What ? '' chant in pro wrestling . Several prominent industry figures , including McMahon , have declared Austin to be the biggest star in WWF/E history , while stressing that he surpassed the popularity of Hulk Hogan .   Austin held 19 championships throughout his wrestling career ; he is a six-time WWF Champion , a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion , and a four-time WWF Tag Team Champion , thus making him the fifth Triple Crown Champion in WWE history , while also being a two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion , a two-time WCW World Television Champion , a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion , and a one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion in WCW . He was also the winner of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament , as well as the 1997 , 1998 , and 2001 Royal Rumbles , making him the only three-time winner of the event . Furthermore , he was awarded the unsanctioned Million Dollar Championship by Ted DiBiase .   Austin has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF , including three WrestleManias ( XIV , XV , and X-Seven ) . He was forced to retire from in-ring competition in 2003 due to a series of knee injuries and a serious neck injury . Throughout the rest of 2003 and 2004 , he was featured as the Co-General Manager and `` Sheriff '' of Raw . Since 2005 , he has continued to make occasional appearances , and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009 by Vince McMahon . In 2011 , Austin returned to WWE to host the reboot of the reality series Tough Enough .

neg: WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007) The WWE Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship originally used in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and later , World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment ( WWF/WWE ) . It was challenged by cruiserweights at a maximum weight of 225lbs . Following the acquisition of WCW by the then-WWF in 2001 , it became a WWF ( and later , WWE ) championship and replaced the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship . During the first WWE brand extension , it was the only title to be exclusive to the SmackDown ! brand during its entire tenure .   The championship was created in WCW in 1996 , with Shinjiro Otani as the inaugural champion . However , following WCW 's purchase , the WWF/E considered the title to be a continuation of the earlier WCW Light Heavyweight Championship , which had been created in 1991 with Brian Pillman as the inaugural champion . The Cruiserweight Championship was retired in 2007 with Hornswoggle as its final holder .   A new WWE Cruiserweight Championship was created in 2016 , and although both championships share the same name , the new championship does not carry the lineage of the original . The new WWE Cruiserweight Championship also has a different weight limit of 205lbs ( 93kg )

neg: Armageddon (2006) Armageddon ( 2006 ) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) and presented by Activision 's Call of Duty 3 , which took place on December 17 , 2006 , at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond , Virginia . The event starred wrestlers from the SmackDown ! brand .   The main event was a tag team match , in which the team of Batista and John Cena defeated the team of King Booker and Finlay . Two featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard , including The Undertaker versus Mr. Kennedy , in a match where the objective was to place an opponent in a hearse located on the entrance stage and drive them out of the arena , which Undertaker won . The other match was an Inferno match featuring wrestlers attempting to set the opponent on fire with flames surrounding the ring . Kane defeated Montel Vontavious Porter .   The event grossed over $ 423,500 in ticket sales from an attendance of 8,200 . Canadian Online Explorer 's professional wrestling section rated the WWE Tag Team Championship match a nine out of ten stars , the highest match rating . The event was released on DVD on January 16 , 2007 by Sony Music Entertainment . The DVD reached second on Billboard 's DVD Sales Chart for recreational sports during the week of February 18 , 2007 , and it dropped to the tenth spot the following week .

neg: Blackjack Lanza John `` Jack '' Lanza ( born October 14 , 1935 ) is an American retired professional wrestler , better known by his ring name , Blackjack Lanza . Lanza was one-half of the tag team The Blackjacks with Blackjack Mulligan in the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) and World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF ) . He is currently a producer in WWE . He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 .

neg: You Can't See Me You Ca n't See Me is the debut studio album by WWE 's wrestler John Cena and his cousin , Tha Trademarc , billed together as John Cena & Tha Trademarc . It was released on May 10 , 2005 , by WWE Music Group and Columbia Records . The album features sole guest appearances from Esoteric and Bumpy Knuckles , who featured on several songs throughout the album . The album production was handled by James McEwan and Todd Spadafore , with the duo serving as the executive producers on the album . The album 's cover art is based on Cena 's customized WWE Championship belt , while the title comes from his popular catchphrase coined on WWE television . The album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 charts , with over 40,000 copies sold in the first week of its release . In the United Kingdom , the album peaked at number 103 on the UK Albums Chart , and has since became a certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , selling 1,346,000 units , as of October 8 , 2010 .

neg: No Way Out (2008) No Way Out ( 2008 ) was the tenth annual No Way Out professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on February 17 , 2008 , at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas , Nevada . It starred wrestlers from the Raw , SmackDown , and ECW brands .   The main match on the Raw brand was an Elimination Chamber match to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XXIV . Triple H won the match after last eliminating Jeff Hardy . The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was Edge versus Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship , in which Edge won after spearing Mysterio in mid-air . The primary match on the ECW brand was Chavo Guerrero versus CM Punk for the ECW Championship . Guerrero won the match and retained the title after pinning Punk following a frog splash . The predominant match on the Raw brand was Randy Orton versus John Cena for the WWE Championship , which Cena won after Orton disqualified himself . The featured match on the undercard was an Elimination Chamber match to determine the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXIV .   Presented by THQ 's Frontlines : Fuel of War , the event had 329,000 buys , up on the No Way Out 2007 figure of 218,000 buys .

neg: Davey Boy Smith David `` Davey Boy '' Smith ( 27 November 1962 -- 18 May 2002 ) was a British professional wrestler . Born in Golborne , Lancashire , Smith is best known for his appearances in the United States with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name and under the ring name The British Bulldog .   He was trained by Ted Betley in Winwick , England before relocating to Calgary , Alberta , Canada to further his training under Stu Hart . While training with Hart , Smith met Stu and Helen Hart 's youngest daughter Diana , whom he married in 1984 . One of their two children , Harry , is also a professional wrestler .   Smith won titles within the WWF in three decades , from the 1980s to the 2000s . Never a world champion , Smith nevertheless headlined multiple pay-per-view events in the WWF and WCW , in which he challenged for the WWF - and WCW World Heavyweight championships . He defeated Bret Hart for the WWF Intercontinental Championship in the main event of SummerSlam 1992 at London 's original Wembley Stadium ; he also has the distinction of being the inaugural and longest reigning WWF European Champion in a total of 206 days , and to have held the title on the sole occasion where a match for that championship headlined a pay-per-view event , at One Night Only in 1997 . Prior to finding singles success , Smith achieved stardom as one half of The British Bulldogs tag team , alongside the Dynamite Kid .

neg: Royal Rumble (2014) Royal Rumble ( 2014 ) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by WWE and presented by Jackson Hewitt which took place on January 26 , 2014 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . It was the twenty-seventh annual Royal Rumble , the first to be held in the city of Pittsburgh and the first WWE pay-per-view in 2014 .   The event featured four professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match , two of which were for championships . The main event was the Royal Rumble match , a battle royal in which wrestlers enter the ring at regular intervals . Batista won by last eliminating Roman Reigns to become a two-time Royal Rumble winner . Elsewhere on the event 's card , Randy Orton successfully defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against John Cena , Bray Wyatt defeated Daniel Bryan , and Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show . On the event 's pre-show , The New Age Outlaws defeated Goldust and Cody Rhodes to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions .   The event is known for the overwhelmingly negative crowd response during the Orton-Cena title match , as well as towards the end of ( and after ) the Royal Rumble match , when the fans booed the Rumble winner Batista and repeatedly chanted for Daniel Bryan ( who had competed earlier in the night and was not involved in the main event ) . Fans worldwide ( including retired wrestler Mick Foley ) voiced their displeasure over social media , and the event was covered by many major news outlets as one of the worst Royal Rumble pay-per-views . However , the bout between Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt was highly praised by fans and critics . The event also marked the final wrestling appearance of CM Punk , who walked out on WWE the next day despite still being under contract and subsequently signed a contract to compete in the UFC .   The event received 467,000 buys , down 8.8 % from the 512,000 buys for the previous year 's event .

neg: El Gran Luchadore El Gran Luchadore is the name of a masked Mexican professional wrestling character in World Wrestling Entertainment , seen on its SmackDown ! brand in 2004 . El Gran Luchadore ( loosely translated from Spanish to `` The Great Fighter/Wrestler , '' `` Luchadore '' is also an incorrect spelling , luchador is the correct spelling ) was mainly used as a jobber gimmick to put over other wrestlers .   The first WWE wrestler to wrestle as the El Gran Luchadore was Paul London on April 22 , 2004 in a squash match against John Bradshaw Layfield ( JBL ) , Paul Heyman convinced Bradshaw to accept a match with the `` Mexican Heavyweight Champion '' after hearing that El Gran Luchadore punked out Bradshaw at an airport .   Next up was Shannon Moore on July 8 , 2004 , billed as the `` champion of Mexico '' , would face WWE Champion JBL in a champion vs. champion match ( no titles on the line ) . A second squash match for JBL took an unexpected turn when El Gran Luchadore pulled a switcharoo with Eddie Guerrero ( in El Gran 's costume ) who came back fighting . When JBL finally clued that it was Guerrero , he ran away from the ring getting counted out in the process , allowing El Gran Luchadore to pick up his first victory .   The next appearance of El Gran Luchadore was on July 15 , 2004 edition of SmackDown ! . During a Steel Cage match between Guerrero and JBL which saw both men sat on top of the Cage , exchanging punches until El Gran Luchadore ran down and climbed into the cage . This El Gran Luchadore held Eddie Guerrero 's leg , allowing Bradshaw to climb down the side of the cage to win . After the match El Gran Luchadore tried to get out of the locked door , but then decided to climb out the way he came in . Eddie Guerrero got to his feet and climbed up the cage struggling to get him back into the cage . Luchadore was able to get away , but in the struggle Guerrero pulled the mask off of him , revealing him to be the supposedly injured Kurt Angle .