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Celebrities have always been around for the biggest moments in wrestling history. From Muhammad Ali appearing at the inaugural WrestleMania, to David Arquette helping lead to the downfall of WCW by winning the World Heavyweight Championship, the wrestling world has always clashed with popular culture. Celebrities who have also had great contributions to storylines are pretty much unforgettable.
Mike Tyson, for example, helped usher in the entire Attitude Era by inserting himself into the feud between Shawn Michaels and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. With way too many appearances to count, this list will examine ten forgotten times a celebrity made a guest appearance at a wrestling show or event.
10 Chris Rock
Multiple videos of Chris Rock squaring off against Will Smith in WWE 2K have circulated online. In reality, Chris Rock has made an appearance in the ring already. At NWA-TNA PPV #16, Rock stepped into the ring and said TNA had the best wrestling in the world. TNA was later featured in Rock’s 2003 film Head of State. The appearance was random and therefore often forgotten.
9 Kim Kardashian
In 2008, Kim Kardashian was years away from her relationship with Kris Humphries which made headlines and her relationship with Kanye West which made headlines and her relationship with Pete Davidson which made headlines. The future billionaire was the hostess for WrestleMania 24. Her appearance was lackluster and Kim seemed way out of her element at the event.
8 Alice Cooper
WrestleMania 3 will always be remembered for the slam Hulk Hogan gave Andre The Giant. Earlier in the show, before Hogan retained his WWE Championship, music icon Alice Cooper appeared and did a segment with Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Although Cooper was not a huge fan of wrestlers before his appearance he has said that he gained a ton of respect for the craft after being backstage at one of the biggest events in WWE history.
7 James Brown
Ernest “The Cat” Miller was not a great wrestler, but he was always interesting. In 1999, Miller began dancing like James Brown to celebrate his victories. Not a single WCW fan thought he was being remotely serious when he said he knew the man he was impersonating, the “Godfather of Soul” himself, James Brown. At SuperBrawl 2000, one of the biggest celebrity payoffs in wrestling history happened when James Brown showed up and danced with “The Cat.”
6 Adam Sandler
When the WWE does a big show in La La Land (Los Angeles) there is usually never a shortage of famous wrestling fans in attendance. When WrestleMania takes place in Los Angeles, the biggest names in Hollywood show up to the event. At WrestleMania 21 there were many big names in attendance like Macaulay Culkin and Lance Bass. Adam Sandler was also in attendance sitting next to fellow SNL alum, Rob Schneider.
5 Toby Keith
TNA was once an extremely southern wrestling show. How southern? The first weekly pay-per-view event featured a performance from Toby Keith. The country performed his hit song “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue.” Jeff Jarrett, one of the founders of TNA rudely interrupted Keith during his performance.
It turned out to be an angle as not only did Kieth perform at the event, he entered the championship battle royal and eliminated Jarrett from contention for the company’s first NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship.
4 Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman is one of few celebrities that injured a wrestling superstar during their guest appearance. Jackman appeared on an episode of Raw, mostly to promote his movie Real Steel. Jackman also helped push Zack Ryder during his appearance.
After he and Dolph Ziggler got into an argument, Jackman grabbed a Zack Ryder sign and gave him a match against Ziggler. Ryder would win the match and Hugh Jackman really punched Ziggler in the face (after Dolph asked him to) giving him a hairline jaw fracture.
3 Raven-Symoné
By 2008, Raven-Symoné was one of the biggest names in television. She was a few years removed from her hit show That’s So Raven and two Cheetah Girls movies. Symoné appeared at WrestleMania 24 to announce the WWE’s involvement in the Make-A-Wish Foundation. She was there representing the Foundation, which felt random since she had no association with WWE and wasn’t even associated with the Make-A-Wish Foundation worldwide at the same level as John Cena or other WWE superstars.
2 JWoww & Angelina
TNA had a few associations with MTV’s hit reality show “Jersey Shore.” First, Becky Bayless performed as a Snookie parody named “Cookie” on the program. Robbie E (Robert Stone) parodied the men on the show next to Cookie.
TNA ended up bringing two stars from the hit show to confront both parody wrestlers. JWoww & Angelina both made a guest appearance on an episode of Impact that was very forgettable. JWoww confronted Cookie, while Angelina sided with her since she was known to be a heel on Jersey Shore.
1 Paul Walker
Paul Walker was one of the most beloved actors of his generation. Two years before his tragic passing, he made a brief appearance on WWE television. Walker and The Rock costarred in the Fast and Furious franchise together and Walker wished the WWE superstar a happy birthday shortly after the release of their film Fast 5. In the heartfelt video segment, Walker also waved his hand in his face as a nod to John Cena.
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