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Superstar Santas: WWE Superstars who have dressed as Kris Kringle
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In 1997, "Santa Claus" made a special appearance on Raw ..." U+ A( {9 d1 e
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... but soon revealed himself as none other than Vader!
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! W6 k1 G- w" yIn 1997, Christmas time was substituted for "Vader Time."
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8 e* p2 T3 L, w% ^"Santa Festus" and Jesse drew holiday cheers from the WWE Universe./ Q0 q- S1 k# w+ G5 _; y3 e; w0 ^( R
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A1 G) q* ^5 w) J9 ^"Santa Deuce" debuted on SmackDown, flanked by Cherry and Domino./ f9 y) y6 l% ~9 y7 u
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Reindeer were not required for "Santa Festus" to take flight./ D8 x. G% X: Y- F
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7 P! e+ Z0 }3 _1 ~. T"Santa Claas" made his way to the ring to battle Dolph Ziggler.
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( s/ r; I( E: {Clearly Ziggler wasn't a fan of "Santa Claas."
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At Tribute to the Troops 2005, "Evil Santa" wasn't very jolly.- P4 @- L7 A2 x; q
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"Good Santa" made his way to Iraq to confront "Evil Santa."( T) g" y6 d5 \8 H7 O) [- K
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"Evil Santa" had a few unkind words for "Good Santa."
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; s3 ^# W$ m) w. A" K"Good Santa" took down the "Evil Santa," who was actually JBL!
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5 w: w% k/ ^/ o6 yMick Foley revealed himself to be "Good Santa!"( W! D2 R3 o, t/ u1 @+ r$ j
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% @7 L8 d# u. i/ I"Sylvan Claus" thought Batista was on the naughty list ...
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# v6 \- E$ {* d) c... and didn't allow The Animal to back him into a corner.
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Eventually, Batista had enough of Sylvan Grenier's holiday antics.$ Z& m, b) c0 ?% b- O9 k
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Santa Claus was joined by two lovely helpers, The Bella Twins.. t2 E, f$ h" J+ I; b+ Y- m" d' U( @
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All Big Show wanted was his tag team partner, Chris Jericho, back on Raw.
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Big Show got his wish as Jericho revealed that he was posing as St. Nick!
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"Santa Tajiri" left "Santa Dudley" in a cloud of red mist.
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0 x1 T. C2 L$ @" } ? E8 tBubba Ray Dudley proved to be no match for a jolly Japanese Buzzsaw.
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"Santa Truth" rapped at WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009.; k/ P }7 ?& ]2 G v/ Y" i
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"Santa Truth" and the Diva helpers brought the U.S. Troops holiday cheer.% _0 j* k1 ?! G0 Q8 [
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! ?9 m! M' m7 d. u; p* q' b0 x& xIt's "Santino Claus!"
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"Santino Claus" took to the skies and delivered a special present., C0 h. N5 c6 o0 @* M; A, r/ R v
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Tribute to the Troops 2007 welcomed an injured Santa Claus.
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0 e4 }6 S3 V" t% d: q, K1 z( k. o1 iThe injured Papa Noel lectured Mr. McMahon on being naughty.
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7 O8 l8 N- M) [, x" ~1 `- rThe injured Santa, John Cena, left Mr. McMahon with an Attitude Adjustment.
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Mankind fought off a Santa-clad Mean Street Posse in a Boiler Room Brawl.8 M% K+ h& w. e# q
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Road Dogg and Billy Gunn followed up the Mean Street Posse's attack.# S+ M5 o, Q, N' o. h* x) d- g" L/ k
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' R: m: n( V$ N0 [. u& |5 UMankind was supposed to only battle the real Santa in this brawl ...+ B; n3 _; H( {) R) U: }. a1 H
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... but the boiler room was full of naughty imposters.
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Triple H revealed himself as the final Boiler Room Santa ...9 a3 h* G6 q: ?* x2 h* `$ ]3 y
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... and The Game earned the victory credited to Papa Noel.1 ]2 N, ~ d; g; Y( u( l% B; J$ u
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Ho-Ho-Ho, it's "Santa Time!"
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JTG showed off his best Kris Kringle with a "Yo-Yo-Yo!"
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Santa Claus made a special appearance on WCW Monday Nitro in 1998.4 }: X8 V. E) {, M" F: F0 }3 D. }
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. A! W9 Z, a2 x3 t1 _7 B# oOn WCW Nitro, Santa answered a challenge from Ernest "The Cat" Miller.
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St. Nick turned out to be Miller's rival, Perry Saturn.
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: m5 Q; U) |3 B- U! Z; x6 uSanta Claus was on hand at the first WWE Tribute to the Troops in 2003.
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0 t& ]9 k! ^2 O3 z"Stone Cold Santa" took down The Chairman with a Stunner!
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Xanta Claus hailed from the South Pole.
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As he escorted "St. Vito," Nunzio made for a very rude elf.8 q F3 d: S; V" O- T- n
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At Armageddon 2005, "Santa" would get a visit from the Boogeyman ...
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"The World's Largest Santa" made an appearance at WWE TLC 2010.
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"Santa Show" confronted a naughty and negative "Dashing" Cody Rhodes.- U8 Z Q7 c+ H6 V) N; K
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In 1989, Santa looked a lot like a weasel on Prime Time Wrestling.6 Y; S: U( ^; i# w) O# ?
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% Y) _3 q( f9 r* e8 i5 rBobby "The Brain" Heenan claimed that Santa Claus is "a sham."! e" e5 F& d5 y5 f; R
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"Rowdy" Roddy Piper took issue with Heenan's preposterous claims.
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