Edward Ferrara was born on November 22,1966 and is an American retired professional wrestler, writer and agent for the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, often co-working alongside Vince Russo.
23 Facts About Ed Ferrara
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Ed Ferrara is most known for, in WCW, portraying the character "Oklahoma", a mockery of WWF's commentator Jim Ross, and was the heaviest WCW Cruiserweight Champion, although he was forced to vacate the title for exceeding the 220 lb weight limit.
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Ed Ferrara began his work in television production and writing, contributing to shows such as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show and Weird Science on the USA Network.
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Ed Ferrara was a wrestler in Slammers Wrestling Federation known as Bruce Beaudine.
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Ed Ferrara was most recently working on the creative team for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Ed Ferrara graduated from Drew University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in theater arts and English.
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Between 1994 and 1996, Ed Ferrara was trained and wrestled in the California-based independent promotion - Slammers Wrestling Federation.
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Ed Ferrara worked under the ring name of Bruce Beaudine and on April 11,1996 he won the SWF heavyweight championship.
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In 1998, Ed Ferrara was writing for television shows on the USA Network.
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Ed Ferrara matched the credentials required for the job including previous experience in wrestling and working in television production.
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Ed Ferrara secured an interview with Vince McMahon and began working with the WWF at the King of the Ring in 1998 during the Attitude Era.
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Ed Ferrara immediately clicked with his writing partner Vince Russo.
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Ed Ferrara appeared on an episode of Sunday Night Heat on March 14,1999 when Tiger Ali Singh called out a fan.
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Ed Ferrara had previously done an impersonation of Ross in the WWF during an angle with Tiger Ali Singh where he was called from the audience as a fan and did his Ross impression.
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Russo refused to work in the booking committee as he felt he was "jobbed out" by the backstage politics of the company whilst Ed Ferrara decided he would stay on as he had just relocated his entire family to Atlanta and so felt compelled to continue his work as a writer.
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Ed Ferrara did voiceovers that played over the intercom when non-English speaking La Parka was doing interviews, often getting La Parka in trouble with his opponents with the comments he created over the intercom.
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From June to August 2002, Ed Ferrara did color commentary on the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling weekly pay-per-views alongside Mike Tenay and Don West when the company started.
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At the time when the company was cutting costs due to lack of financial backing, Ed Ferrara chose to leave after being told that he would not be receiving a paycheck on a regular basis and that he would only be paid when the company was able to make that money back.
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Ed Ferrara returned to the TNA creative team as of the September 20,2009, TNA pay-per-view event No Surrender, being paired with Vince Russo .
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On June 30,2010, it was reported that Ed Ferrara was no longer working for TNA.
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Ed Ferrara spent most of the subsequent years teaching at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois.
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In July 2013, Ed Ferrara obtained his Masters of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast program.
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In 2014, Ed Ferrara was a regular host on Major League Wrestling Radio.