"Monday Night Raw" airs its 1000th episode tonight!
To celebrate the show's milestone episode, toofab and Snakkle.com are going back in time when wrestling's biggest stars were still wannabes working on their moves.
WWE impresario Vince McMahon hasn't changed that much in 50 years -- even his hair is still the same!
Here he is as a senior at Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia in 1964. In 1982, he bought his dad's company and transformed professional wrestling into a global phenomenon.
See more photos of wrestlers before they were stars on Snakkle.com
Before he became the muscle-flexing, eyebrow-raising, larger-than-life personality known as "The Rock," Dwayne Johnson was a high school student with aspirations of playing football in the big leagues.
Check out his yearbook mug from Freedom High School circa 1990. Dwayne would end up playing ball at the University of Miami before become a 16-time WWF/WWE champion and action movie star.
See more photos of wrestlers before they were stars on Snakkle.com
He may be the mascara-wearing, menacing Undertaker today, but Mark Calaway was all smiles (well sorta) for his senior class photo at Waltrip High in Houston circa 1983. At 6'10", we're sure he towered over the underclassmen who had yet to hit their growth spurts.
See more photos of wrestlers before they were stars on Snakkle.com
Recognize this clean shaven teen? It's Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan!
Here he is as a junior at T.R. Robinson High in Tampa, Florida circa 1970 -- well before the tanner, handlebar moustache, and thousands of hours in the gym and ring.
Hogan, along with Vince McMahon, helped transform wrestling into the phenomenon it is today.
To see even more wrestlers before they were famous -- including Kurt Angle, Jesse Ventura, John Cena, Randy Orton and more, visit Snakkle.com here or click on the "Launch Gallery" below!
As an added bonus, check out this montage of celebrities who have guest hosted "Monday Night Raw!"
