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Rays and wrestling doubleheader at Tropicana Field May 18

Posted: May 11th 2007 By: mikeiles

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- It will be "Legends of Wrestling" Night at Tropicana Field when the Devil Rays host the Florida Marlins at 6:40 p.m. on Friday, May 18.

The Rays will be bringing in a dozen former World Wrestling Entertainment stars and all will be making appearances before, during and after the game.

Following the game, there will be three matches on the field featuring:
? King Haku vs. Tatanka
? Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
? The Return of The Nasty Boys vs. Rick Steiner and The Cuban Assassin

Prior to the game all wrestlers including legends Bret "The Hitman" Hart, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart and B. Brian Blair will be signing autographs from 5:10 p.m. to 6:10 p.m.

In addition, the first 7,500 fans will receive a Sting 'em Rays foam hand and one lucky fan will receive Wrestlemania XXIV tickets, being held on March 30, 2008 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL.

Tickets to the game are available at the Tropicana Field Box Office, on-line via www.DevilRays.com, www.RaysBeisbol.com, all Ticketmaster outlets and via Ticketmaster phonecharge at (727) 898-RAYS and (813) 282-RAYS.

WRESTLER BIO INFORMATION
Bret "The Hitman" Hart
? WWE Hall of Fame member (2006)
? 5-Time WWE Heavyweight Champion, 2-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, 2-Time WWE Tag Team Champion
? 1st appearance since WWE Hall of Fame induction in 2006

"Nasty Boys" Brian Knobs & Jerry Sags
? The return of the legendary WWE tag team the Nasty Boys (First time in 7 years)
? Former WWE tag team champions and 3 time WCW world tag team champions
? Wrestling legends from Tampa Bay

"Mean" Gene Okerlund
? WWE Hall of Fame member (2006)
? Emcee of "Legends of Wrestling Night"
? Resides in Sarasota

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
? WWE Hall of Fame member (2004)
? WWE Intercontinental and Tag Team champion
? Master of the "Figure Four Leg Lock"

Rick Steiner the "Dog-Faced Gremlin"
? 2-Time WWE Tag Team Champion and 6-Time WCW Tag Team Champion as part of the tag team The Steiner Brothers
? Former amateur wrestler at the University of Michigan

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
? WWE Tag Team Champion with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine as part of the Dream Team

King Haku
? WWE Tag Team Champion
? WCW Hardcore Champion

Tatanka
? Native American wrestler
? Former WWE Smackdown Superstar

Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
? Member of The Original Hart Foundation with Bret "The Hitman" Hart
? 2-Time WWE Tag Team Champion

B. Brian Blair
? Former WWE Superstar as part of the tag team the Killer Bees
? Hillsborough County Commissioner

The Cuban Assassin
? Former WCW and WWE wrestler
? Accompanied to the ring by his manager Fantasy