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Personal Info

Birth date

1974-05-11 (51 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Also known as

Billy Kidman

Peter Gruner Jr.

Biography

Peter Alan Gruner, Jr. is an American professional wrestler and wrestling producer, better known by his ring name Billy Kidman. He is currently signed to WWE, where works as a producer. As a wrestler, Kidman is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s.  While in WCW, Kidman gained fame as a key member of several stables. In addition to being a member of Raven's Flock, he also was a member of the Filthy Animals and later The New Blood. As a member of these stables, Kidman participated in memorable feuds with top WCW names, including Hulk Hogan, Jeff Jarrett, and Rey Mysterio, Jr.. Kidman also found championship success while in WCW, where he became a three time Cruiserweight Champion, a two time World Tag Team Champion (once with Mysterio, Jr. and once with Konnan) and a one time (and the final) Cruiserweight Tag Team Champion with Mysterio, Jr.  Upon WCW's purchase by the World Wrestling Federation, Kidman became a member of the WCW/ECW Alliance. During his time in the WWF (later renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment), Kidman once again found success upon winning the Cruiserweight Championship an additional four times while the title was under the WCW banner and later the WWF/E banner, in addition to winning WWE's Tag Team Championship once with Paul London.

Filmography

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WCW Monday Nitro

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Overview:

WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly professional wrestling telecast produced by World Championship Wrestling, created by Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff. The show aired Monday nights on TNT, going head-to-head with the World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night Raw from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001. Production ceased shortly after WCW was purchased by the WWF. The debut of Nitro began the Monday Night Wars, a ratings battle between the WWF and WCW that lasted for almost six years and saw each company resort to cutthroat tactics to try to compete with the competition. In mid-1996, Nitro began to draw better ratings than Raw based on the strength of the nWo storyline, an anarchist wrestling stable that wanted to take over WCW. Nitro continued to beat Raw for 84 consecutive weeks, forcing WWE owner Vince McMahon to change the way he did business. As the nWo storyline grew stagnant, fan interest in the storyline waned, and Raw began to edge out Nitro in the ratings. The turning point for the organizations came during the January 4, 1999 broadcast of Nitro, during which lead commentator Tony Schiavone gave away the results of matches for that night's Raw broadcast. As Raw was taped and Nitro was live, Bischoff believed that knowing the outcome would dissuade viewers from watching the program. Excited by the prospect of seeing perennial WWF underdog Mick Foley win the WWF Championship, a large number of Nitro viewers changed channels to watch Raw, switching back to Nitro after Foley won the title. From that week forward, Raw beat Nitro in the ratings by a significant amount, and WCW was never able to regain the success it once had.

Acting

2020A Future WWE: The FCW Story as Billy Kidman

2015The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3 as Billy Kidman

2014WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1 as Billy Kidman

2012WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man as Billy Kidman

2011The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1 as Billy Kidman

2010Card Subject To Change as Billy Kidman

2006AWE Overload (7 Episodes) as Unknown

2004WWE Survivor Series 2004 as Billy Kidman

2004WWE No Mercy 2004 as Billy Kidman

2004WWE SummerSlam 2004 as Billy Kidman

2004WWE WrestleMania XX as Billy Kidman

2003WWE Vengeance 2003 as Billy Kidman

2003WWE No Way Out 2003 as Billy Kidman

2002WWE Survivor Series 2002 as Billy Kidman

2002WWE Rebellion 2002 as Billy Kidman

2002WWE Unforgiven 2002 as Billy Kidman

2002WWE Global Warning as Billy Kidman

2002WWE Vengeance 2002 as Billy Kidman

2002WWE Velocity (2 Episodes) as Billy Kidman

2002WWE Backlash 2002 as Billy Kidman

2001WWE Survivor Series 2001 as Billy Kidman

2001WWE No Mercy 2001 as Billy Kidman (Heat)

2001WWE InVasion as Billy Kidman

2001WCW Greed as Billy Kidman

2001WCW Sin as Billy Kidman

2000WCW Starrcade 2000 as Billy Kidman

2000WCW Mayhem 2000 as Billy Kidman

2000WCW Millennium Final as Billy Kidman

2000WCW Halloween Havoc 2000 as Billy Kidman

2000WCW Fall Brawl 2000 as Billy Kidman

2000WCW New Blood Rising as Billy Kidman

2000WCW The Great American Bash 2000 as Billy Kidman

2000WCW Slamboree 2000 as Billy Kidman

2000WCW Spring Stampede 2000 as Billy Kidman

2000Ready to Rumble as Billy Kidman

2000WCW Uncensored 2000 as Billy Kidman

2000WCW SuperBrawl 2000 as Billy Kidman

2000WCW Souled Out 2000 as Kidman

1999WCW Mayhem 1999 as Billy Kidman

1999WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 as Billy Kidman

1999WCW Fall Brawl 1999 as Billy Kidman

1999WCW Road Wild 1999 as Billy Kidman

1999WCW Slamboree 1999 as Billy Kidman

1999WWE SmackDown (35 Episodes) as Billy Kidman

1999WCW Spring Stampede 1999 as Billy Kidman

1999WCW Uncensored 1999 as Billy Kidman

1999WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang! as Billy Kidman

1999WCW SuperBrawl IX as Billy Kidman

1999WCW Souled Out 1999 as Billy Kidman

1998WCW Starrcade 1998 as Billy Kidman

1998WCW World War 3 1998 as Billy Kidman

1998WCW Halloween Havoc 1998 as Billy Kidman

1998WCW Bash at the Beach '98 as Billy Kidman

1998WCW Slamboree 1998 as Billy Kidman

1998WCW Spring Stampede 1998 as Kidman (Ringside)

1998WCW Thunder (3, 8 Episode) as Billy Kidman, Kidman

1995WCW Monday Nitro (262 Episodes) as Unknown

1995WCW Main Event (29 Episodes) as Unknown