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Randal Keith " Randy " Orton ( born April 1 , 1980 ) is an American professional wrestler and actor . He is currently signed to ___MASK49___ , where he performs on the SmackDown brand as a member of The Wyatt Family . ___MASK49___ Heat ( formerly known as Sunday Night Heat also known as Heat ) was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( ___MASK49___ ). Originally produced under the World Wrestling Federation banner ( WWF ), it aired on USA Network , MTV , and Spike TV in the United States , Channel 4 , Sky1 , & Sky Sports in the United Kingdom , and CTV Sportsnet in Canada . In professional wrestling , kayfabe is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as " real " or " true ," specifically the portrayal of competition , rivalries , and relationships between participants as being genuine and not of a staged or pre - determined nature of any kind . Kayfabe has also evolved to become a code word of sorts for maintaining this " reality " within the direct or indirect presence of the general public . Though the staged nature of professional wrestling had been a frequent topic of conversation among the media and public since at least the latter years of the early 20th century , the professional wrestling industry did not formally acknowledge this until changes in the business during the 1980s professional wrestling boom prompted attitudes within the business to change . In 1989 , World Wrestling Federation owner ___MASK69___ testified before the New Jersey state senate that wrestling was staged . Long sanctioned by New Jersey and other states as an athletic exhibition for regulation and taxation purposes , McMahon sought to eliminate oversight , and hence taxation , on the WWF ' s house shows and pay - per - view events held within the state . World Wrestling Entertainment , Inc . ( d / b / a ___MASK49___ ) is an American publicly traded , privately controlled entertainment company that deals primarily in professional wrestling , with major revenue sources also coming from film , music , video games , product licensing , and direct product sales . ___MASK82___ ( originally an initialism of Music Television ) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks ( a division of Viacom ) and headquartered in New York ___MASK58___ . Launched on August 1 , 1981 , the channel originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as " video jockeys " ( VJs ). In its early years , ___MASK82___ ' s main target demographic was young adults , but today it is primarily towards teenagers , high school students and college students . ___MASK82___ has toned down its music video programming significantly in recent years , and its programming now consists mainly of original reality , comedy and drama programming and some off - network syndicated programs and films , with limited music video programming in off - peak time periods . It has received criticism towards this change of focus , both by certain segments of its audience and musicians . ___MASK82___ ' s influence on its audience , including issues involving censorship and social activism , has also been a subject of debate for several years . ___MASK59___ is a British public - service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982 . Although largely commercially self - funded , it is ultimately publicly owned ; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority ( IBA ), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation , a public corporation of the Department for Culture , Media & Sport , which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993 . With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010 , ___MASK59___ became a UK - wide TV channel for the first time . WGN America is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Tribune Broadcasting . The channel ( short for World ' s Greatest Newspaper ) is one of several flagship properties owned by Chicago , Illinois - based corporate parent Tribune Media , which also owns the channel ' s former parent television station during its existence as a superstation , WGN - TV ( channel 9 ), regional cable news channel Chicagoland Television ( CLTV ) and radio station WGN ( 720 AM ). Professional wrestling is a dramatized athletic performance inspired by competitive combat sports . Taking the form of live events held by touring promotions , it is a unique style of combat based on a combination of adopted styles , which include classical wrestling , catch wrestling and various forms of martial arts , as well as an innovative style based on grappling ( holds / throws ), striking , and aerialism . Various forms of weaponry are sometimes used . The content  including match outcomes  is choreographed and the combative actions and reactions are performed to appear violent without injuring the wrestlers . Before the 1980s , these facts were kept highly secret , after which they were openly declared . By and large , the true nature of the content is ignored by the performing promotion in official media in order to sustain and promote the willing suspension of disbelief for the audience by maintaining an aura of verisimilitude . Fan communications by individual wrestlers and promotions through outside media ( i . e ., interviews ) will often directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the spectacle , making the predetermined nature of the sport something of an open secret . The presentation of scripted events as legitimate is known as " kayfabe ". Paul Michael Levesque ( born July 27 , 1969 ), better known by his ring name Triple H ( an abbreviation of his former ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley ), is an American business executive and occasional professional wrestler . Levesque is the Executive Vice President of Talent , Live Events and Creative for ___MASK49___ , as well as being the founder and senior producer of NXT and the creator of the NXT television series . He is a member by marriage of the McMahon family , which maintains majority ownership of ___MASK49___ . Richard Morgan Fliehr ( born February 25 , 1949 ), better known as Ric Flair , is an American professional wrestling manager and retired professional wrestler signed to ___MASK49___ under its Legends program . Chicago ( or ), officially the ___MASK58___ of Chicago , is the third - most populous ___MASK58___ in the United States , and the fifth - most populous ___MASK58___ in North America . With over 2 . 7 million residents , it is the most populous ___MASK58___ in the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States , and the county seat of Cook County . The Chicago metropolitan area , often referred to as Chicagoland , has nearly 10 million people and is the third - largest in the U . S . ___MASK49___ Superstars is a professional wrestling television program produced by ___MASK49___ that originally aired on WGN America in the United States and is broadcast on the ___MASK49___ Network . It debuted on April 16 , 2009 and ended its domestic broadcasting on April 7 , 2011 . After the final domestic TV broadcast the show moved to an internet broadcast format while maintaining a traditional television broadcast in international markets . The show features mid - to - low card ___MASK49___ superstars and divas , in a format similar to the former show ___MASK49___ Heat which served the same purpose . `` Enhancement talent '' bouts also happen often . Big names such as John Cena , Randy Orton and Triple H appeared on the show at its beginning . The ___MASK49___ Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for professional wrestling personalities maintained by ___MASK49___ . It was announced on the March 22 , 1993 episode of " Monday Night Raw " where André the Giant , who had died nearly two months prior , was announced as the sole inductee . The 1994 and 1995 ceremonies were held in conjunction with the annual King of the Ring pay - per - view events . In 1996 , the ceremony was held with the Survivor Series event , for the first time in front of a paying audience as well as the wrestlers , after which , the Hall of Fame went on hiatus . John Felix Anthony Cena Jr . ( born April 23 , 1977 ) is an American professional wrestler , rapper , actor , and reality television show host signed to ___MASK49___ . He is assigned to the SmackDown brand , where he is the current ___MASK49___ Champion in his record - setting thirteenth reign , and record - tying sixteenth world championship reign , an accomplishment only previously achieved by ___MASK49___ Hall of Famer Ric Flair . The McMahon family are an Irish - American family , prominent in the fields of business , professional wrestling , and politics . They are best known as the owners / promoters of the world ' s most prominent professional wrestling company ___MASK49___ , formerly known as the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ), the World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF ), and the Capitol Wrestling Corporation ( CWC ). The company ' s primary business is professional wrestling , but it has expanded into a subscription based network , home video production , movie production company , and an E - commerce company .