| WRESTLER | HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDED | COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ATTENDED | MAJOR | SPORTS PLAYED |
| Angel (former Baldie in ECW) | John Adams High School (Ozone Park, NY) | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | ||
| The Big Show | JUNIOR COLLEGE: Northern Oklahoma Junior College; UNIVERSITY: Wichita State University | Basketball | ||
| Booker T | Yates High School (Houston, TX) | |||
| Brock Lesnar | Minnesota State University | Amateur Wrestling | ||
| Chad Collyer | Manchester College (Indiana) | Bachelor of Science Degree | Amateur Wrestling (two-time NCAA National Finalist) | |
| Charlie Haas | Seton Hall University | Amateur Wrestling | ||
| Chris Kanyon | University of Buffalo | B.S. in Physical Therapy | Rugby | |
| Christian Cade | Arizona State University | Amateur Wrestling | ||
| Daffney a.k.a. Shannon Spruill | Norcross High School (Atlanta, Georgia) | Georgia State University | Degree in Film and Video Production; Double minor in Music and Acting | Worked as an All-Country goalkeeper at Norcross High; Participated in gymnastics as a young kid (first move she ever learned was a Huracanrana) |
| D'Lo Brown | Accounting | |||
| Dynamite D | Cal State Northridge University (CSNU) | Business Administration and Marketing | ||
| Eddie Guerrero | Jefferson High School (El Paso, TX) (graduated in 1985) | Received Amateur Wrestling Scholarship | ||
| Erik Watts | Louisville | |||
| Gangrel (a.k.a. Vampire Warrior | Deerfield Beach High School (South Florida) | |||
| Hydro/Jay Lethal | Keane State (had a 4.0 GPA average) | Star amateur wrestler in high school | ||
| Jasmin St. Claire | Schiller International University (London, England) for 1 year and then completed her studies at Columbia University in New York City, NY | |||
| Jerry "The King" Lawler | Memphis State University | |||
| Johnny Kashmere | Holy Cross High School (Burlington, NJ) | |||
| Johnny Webb | Santana High School | |||
| John Walters | Assumption College (Worcester, Massachussetts) | |||
| Josh Lazie | New York University | Film | ||
| Josh Prohibition | Kent State University (Ohio) | |||
| Julio Dinero | University of Maryland (calls his graduation the proudest moment of his life) | |||
| Matt Martel/Striker | Has a Graduate Degree in Educational Psychology | |||
| Monsta Mack | Fort Hamilton High School (Brooklyn, NY) | Played football in high school | ||
| Norman Smiley | Miami Beach Senior High School | |||
| Orlando Jordan | Boise State University | Amateur Wrestling | ||
| Paul Bearer | San Antonio College | Graduated on Dean's List; obtained degree in Mortuary Science and Funeral Director/Embalmer's Certification | ||
| Paul London | Westlake High School (Austin, TX) | Spent one semester at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA before transferring to University of Memphis, where he spent half a semester before dropping out of school for awhile and enrolling at Ivan Putski's wrestling training school; then enrolled in Southwest Texas State (now Texas State University), which he didn't stay at long and again dropped out to continue his wrestling career; AGAIN enrolled in college; did many of his college essays and such while in Japan for ZERO-ONE and sent them to the school via e-mail. | In High School: Basketball, Track, Wrestling | |
| Rey Misterio Jr. | Los Altos Elementary School, Montgomery Junior High School, Montgomery High School | |||
| Richard J. Criado | Penn State University | |||
| Rick Steiner | University of Michigan | |||
| Scott Steiner | University of Michigan | |||
| Shane Douglas | a high school in New Brighton, Beaver County (unsure of which state this was in) | Bethany College (West Virginia), Geneva College; Slippery Rock University | Graduated from Bethany in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in Politics and Public Policy; graduated from Geneva with a master's degree in Education; I heard a rumor that he apparently received a master's equivalency degree in Biological Science from Slipper Rock, but I'm not completely sure if this is true or not. | |
| Shelton Benjamin | Minnesote State University | Amateur Wrestling | ||
| Sonny Siaki | East Carolina University | Bachelor of Science in Health & Fitness | Received Football scholarship to ECU | |
| Spanky | North Thurston High School (Olympia, WA) | Didn't attend college | ||
| Tommy Dreamer | Iona College | |||
| Tony Jones | ArchBishop Riordan High School | San Francisco State University | ||
| Tony Mamaluke | Burnt Hills Boston Lake High School | |||
| Vampire Warrior (see "Gangrel") | ||||
| Zach Gowen | Churchill High School (Livonia, Michigan) (played basketball and wrestled) |