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Howard Finkel

Howard Finkel was an American professional wrestling ring announcer, best known for his appearances in WWE. He began working for Vincent J. McMahon's World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1975, and was a Madison Square Garden ring announcer since 1977. Finkel was WWE's longest-serving employee (40 years) and was widely regarded as the greatest ring announcer of all time. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.

Aliases
  • El Dopo
  • The Fink
  • Finkus Maximus
English
Filmography

WWE Raw

1993
as Howard Finkel

WWF Breakdown 1998

1998
as Howard Finkel

WWF Fully Loaded 1998

1998
as Howard Finkel

Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania

2014
as Howard Finkel

WWF No Mercy 2001

2001
as Howard Finkel

WWE Survivor Series 2004

2004
as Howard Finkel

WWE Armageddon 2002

2002
as Howard Finkel

WWE: Batista - I Walk Alone

2009
as Howard Finkel

WWF Backlash 1999

1999
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 2003

2003
as Howard Finkel

WWE WrestleMania 30

2014
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 1991

1991
as Howard Finkel

WWE: Living On A Razor's Edge - The Scott Hall Story

2016
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 1988

1988
as Howard Finkel

The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship

2016
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 1990

1990
as Howard Finkel

WWF SummerSlam 1998

1998
as Howard Finkel

WWF No Mercy 2000

2000
as Howard Finkel

WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin

2008
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 2002

2002
as Howard Finkel

WWE Judgment Day 2003

2003
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 1989

1989
as Howard Finkel

WWE No Way Out 2003

2003
as Howard Finkel

WWE WrestleMania

1985
as Howard Finkel

WWF SummerSlam 2001

2001
as Howard Finkel

WWF Bashed in the USA

1993
as Howard Finkel

WWF No Mercy 1999

1999
as Howard Finkel

WWE: Shawn Michaels: My Journey

2010
as Howard Finkel

WWE Legends House

2014
as Himself

WWE SummerSlam 1996

1996
as Howard Finkel

WWF Armageddon 2000

2000
as Howard Finkel

WWF Backlash 2001

2001
as Howard Finkel

WWE: You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge

2012
as Howard Finkel

WWF SummerSlam 2000

2000
as Howard Finkel

WWF No Way Out 2002

2002
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 1997

1997
as Howard Finkel

WWF Invasion 2001

2001
as Howard Finkel

WWE Backlash 2020

2020
as Howard Finkel (Archive Recording)

WWF SummerSlam 1999

1999
as Howard Finkel

WWE: Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan

2010
as Howard Finkel

WWF Judgment Day: In Your House 1998

1998
as Howard Finkel

WWF Backlash 2002

2002
as Howard Finkel

WWE: Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman

2014
as Howard Finkel - Ring Announcer (archive footage)

WWF Armageddon 1999

1999
as Howard Finkel

WWE The Wrestling Classic 1985

1985
as Howard Finkel

WWF No Way Out 2001

2001
as Howard Finkel

WWF Over the Edge 1999

1999
as Howard Finkel

WWE Heat

1998

WWE: Raw 20th Anniversary Collection - The 20 Greatest Episodes Uncut & Unedited

2013
as Howard Finkel

WWE: It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story

2015
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 1994

1994
as Howard Finkel

WWF Fully Loaded 2000

2000
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 1992

1992
as Howard Finkel

WWF No Way Out 2000

2000
as Howard Finkel

WWF Judgment Day 2000

2000
as Howard Finkel

WWF Over the Edge 1998

1998
as Howard Finkel

The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior

2005
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 1993

1993
as Howard Finkel

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

2012
as Howard Finkel

WWE Backlash 2003

2003
as Howard Finkel

WWE WrestleMania 29

2013
as Howard Finkel

WWF Fully Loaded 1999

1999
as Howard Finkel

WWE In Your House: Rage in the Cage

1996
as Howard Finkel

WWF Judgment Day 2001

2001
as Howard Finkel

WWF No Way Out 1998

1998
as Howard Finkel

WWE: True Giants

2014
as Howard Finkel

No Holds Barred

1989
as Himself - Ring Announcer

WWE Judgment Day 2002

2002
as Howard Finkel

WWE No Mercy 2002

2002
as Howard Finkel

WWE SummerSlam 2004

2004
as Howard Finkel

Producer

Movie Andre the Giant 1985