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This week, we peek behind the curtain again and update our list of the real names of wrestlers. Yes, kids, this is an act, and these tumblers need other identities to either sell the gimmick or protect their families.

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For example, did you know that Rey Mysterio Jr. is really a gent named Oscar Guttierrez? Or Mark Callaway is your friendly neighborhood Undertaker?

We'll keep it simple: today and yesterday. So here it is, Professor Wrestling's Real Names List, 2005 Edition:

Today:
Dave Batista: Dave Bautista
Terry Gene Bollea: Hollywood Hulk Hogan
Mark Callaway: Undertaker
Carlos Colon Jr.: Carlito Cool
Adam Copeland: Edge
Daniel Covell: Christopher Daniels
Nick Dinsmore: Eugene
Amy Dumas: Lita
Page Falkenburg: Diamond Dallas Page
Richard Morgan Fliehr: The Nature Boy Ric Flair
Nelson Frazier: Viscera
Terry Gerin: Rhyno
Nora Greenwald: Molly Holly
Peter Gruner: Billy Kidman
Michael S. Hickenbottom: Shawn Michaels
Robert Howard: Hardcore Holly
Booker Huffman: Booker T
Matt Hyson: Spike Dudley
Chris Irvine: Chris Jericho
Glen Jacobs: Kane
Allen Jones: A.J. Styles
John Layfield: JBL
Jean-Paul LeVesque: Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Scott Levy: Raven
Mark Mangus: Muhammad Hassan
Darren Matthews: William Regal
Chris Mordetsky: Chris Masters
Sean Morley: Val Venis
Jason Reso: Christian
Dustin Runells: Dustin Rhodes
Virgil Runnels: Dusty Rhodes
Al Sarven: Al Snow
James Stone: Nunzio
Rob Szatkowski: Rob Van Dam
Travis Tomko: Tyson Tomko
Sean Waltman: X-Pac
Paul Wight: The Big Show
Steve Williams: Stone Cold Steve Austin

Yesterday:
Kerry Adkisson: The Texas Tornado, Kerry Von Erich
Tom Billington: The Dynamite Kid
Richard Blood: Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat
Steve Borden: Sting
Adolpho Bresciano: Dino Bravo
Chris Chavis: Tatanka
Eldridge Wayne Coleman: Superstar Billy Graham
Barry Darsow: Repo Man
William DeMott: Hugh Morrus
Lillian Ellison: The Fabulous Moolah
Sidney Ray Eudy: Sid Vicious
Roy Wayne Ferris: The Honky Tonk Man
Keith Franke: Adrian Adonis
Frank Goodish: Bruiser Brody
George Gray: The One-Man Gang
Jim Harris: Kamala, The Ugandan Giant
Raymond Louis Heenan: Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan
Michael Hegstrand: Road Warrior Hawk
James Janos: Jesse 'The Body' Ventura
Joe Laurinaitis: Road Warrior Animal
Edward Leslie: Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake
Reggie Lisowski: The Crusher
Marty Lunde: Arn Anderson
Robert Marella: Gorilla Monsoon
Troy Martin: Shane Douglas
Edward McDaniel: Chief Wahoo McDaniel
John Minton: Big John Studd
William Moody: Paul Bearer
James Myers: George 'The Animal' Steele
Chris Pallies: King Kong Bundy
James Parris: Ivan Koloff
Josip Peruzovic: Nikolai Volkoff Larry Pfohl: Lex Luger
Randy Poffo: Randy 'Macho Man' Savage
Jim Raschke: Baron Von Raschke
James Reiher: Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka
Sylvester Ritter: The Junkyard Dog
Al Rogowski: Ole Anderson
Joe Scarpa: Chief Jay Strongbow
Scott Simpson: Nikita Koloff
Aurelian Smith Jr: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
Rod Toombs: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
Kozrow Vaziri: The Iron Sheik
Larry Whistler: Larry Zbyszko
John Wisinski Jr.: Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine
John Wisinski Sr.: Johnny Valentine

That's it! Class dismissed. Next week, my picks for the TNA pay-per-view "Hard Justice." Now scat!

(Professor Wrestling is a masked employee of Internet Broadcasting Systems. At home, his real name is "Hey." As in "Hey, give me some money." Or, "Hey, take out the trash.")