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HEATH SLATER

WWE ROOKIE

Height: 6 foot 2
Weight: 230 pounds
From: Pineville, West VirginiaAssociates: Christian
WWE Debut: Feb. 23, 2010

Ask Heath Slater who the most talented competitor on the NXT roster is and he won’t hesitate to say himself. Describing himself as a “rock band without the instruments,” this young stud from West Virginia may walk and talk with unabashed arrogance, but he has the talent in the ring to back up his big mouth. This raw ability and endless confidence has brought Slater success in smaller promotions across the country and will serve him well in WWE NXT.

CHRISTIAN

WWE PRO

Height: 6 foot 2
Weight: 235 pounds
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Career Highlights: ECW Champion, Intercontinental Champion; World Tag Team Champion; Light Heavyweight Champion; Hardcore Champion; European Champion

Christian is smug, extremely confident and believes his very presence is a gift to sports-entertainment fans everywhere. Truth be told, he is a nine-time World Tag Team Champion and three-time Intercontinental Champion — and he won a championship in his very first WWE match. The date was Oct. 18, 1998 at the Judgment Day pay-per-view, where this long-haired, black-clad member of the faction known as the Brood beat Taka Michinoku for the Light Heavyweight Championship.

After a few years away from WWE, Christian returned during the Feb. 10, 2009 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, declaring his mission to ascend to the top of the Land of the Extreme. He accomplished that mission by becoming ECW Champion.