Films Featuring Wrestlers !
Submitted by Rushmore on Sun, 08/01/2004 - 07:54
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- Muppets from Space (Hulk Hogan)
- 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain(Hogan)
- McCinsey's Island (Hulk Hogan)
- Assault on Devil's Island (Hulk Hogan)
- Santa with Muscles (Hulk Hogan)
- The Secret Agent Club (Hulk Hogan)
- Suburban Commando (Hulk Hogan)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Hulk Hogan)
- Mister Nanny (Hulk Hogan)
- Rocky 3 (Hulk Hogan)
- No Holds Barred (Hulk Hogan)
- Paradise Alley (Terry Funk)
- Over the Top (Terry Funk)
- Escape from New York (Ox Baker)
- Be Cool (The Rock)
- Waterboy (Big Show)
- Jingle All the Way(Big Show)
- Reggie's Prayer (Big Show)
- Walking Tall (The Rock)
- RunDown / Wellcome to the jungle (The Rock)
- Johnny Bravo (The Rock)
- The Mummy Retruns (The Rock)
- Scorpion King (The Rock)
- Spy Hunter (FILMING)(The Rock)
- The Master of Disguise (Jesse Ventura)
- Joe Somebody (Jesse Ventura)
- 20/20 Vision (Jesse Ventura)
- Batman & Robin (Jesse Ventura)
- Predator (Jesse Ventura)
- They Live (Rowdy Roddy Piper)
- Hell comes to Frogtown (Rowdy Roddy Piper)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (Kevin Nash)
- Ed Wood (George 'The Animal' Steele)
- Terminal Rush (Roddy Piper)
- Back in Action (Roddy Piper)
- JungleGround (Roddy Piper)
- Trading Mom (Andre The Giant)
- Princess Bride, The (Andre The Giant)
- Spider-Man (Randy Savage)
- Blade 3 (FILMING!) (Triple H)
- Beyond The Mat (Foley,Jake Roberts,The Bird Man, And Many More-WRESTLING MOVIE)
- Ready 2 Rumble (Bill Goldberg)
- Plan 9 from Outer Space! (Tor Johnson)
- Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (The Undertaker)
- The Marine (John Cena)
- Eye Scream Man (Kane)
- Blood Moon (Mister Zakowski)
- Superfights 3 (Mister Zakowski)
- Universal Soldier (2) (Goldberg)
Don't forget André the Giant who was in a few films, most notable in The Princess Bride. Also, Rowdy Roddy Piper has been in a ton of low-grade films, including John Carpenter's They Live. And even Macho Man Randy Savage who had a career moment in his bit part in Spiderman. Or are you intentionally avoiding movies in which wrestlers are featured in the role of wrestler (i.e. No Holds Barred)?
no probelm, cant believe i forgot! :) ill add both of your suggestions
Don't forget that bitch-child of a movie, Ready 2 Rumble, featuring many WCW stars at the time. Goldberg was also in Universal Soldier I think, I never saw it.
no probelm, cant believe i forgot! :) ill add both of your suggestions
Don't forget Tor Johnson from Plan 9 from Outer Space!
Thx! i will add him
Nice list of wrestlers in movies. A few more that you don't have listed, The Undertaker was in a Bollywood film called Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996) the english title is Players of the Game. John Cena is currently filming a movie called The Marine (2005). The Big Show was in McCinsey's Island (1998), The Waterboy (1998), Jingle All the Way (1996) and Reggie's Prayer (1996)
cheers! are you a wrestling fan then?
I don't usually catch it anymore, but I like to know what's going on. I enjoy it, but I'd never tell anyone. A guilty pleasure, I guess. Funny thing is I played the games before I started watching it.
Yeah, I like wrestling.
i just got the new smackdwon game today, do you have it? i think its good so far, haven't played it for too long though. but it looks good so far
No, I don't have it but it looks good from what I've seen.
where's the best of movie of them all... They Live... with rowdy roddy piper
lol though i haven't seen it..sounds funny.
it is... specially the epilogue
hmmm, I didn't know about this list when I made mine about pro-wrestling matches in movies... now you may want to add Rob van Dam's movies to this here list of yours... Mister Zakowski starred in, at least, Blood Moon and Superfights 3, both very low-quality exploitation martial arts/fight movies. Goldberg also appears in a sequel to Universal Soldier. Three more with Hogan: Rocky 3, No Holds Barred and Mister Nanny. You can also add Terry Funk's movies: Paradise Alley and Over the Top, both Stallonne flicks as you know. Jules Dassin's 1950 film noir starred Stanislaus Zbysko, a massive rulebreaker star from the 30's&40's... Ox Baker, superstar of the 70's appears in Carpenter's Escape from New York. Hell comes to Frogtown is stupid but it stars Roddy Piper. The Rock has a part in the recently released Be Cool. And of course you can also investigate in the 60's and 70's mexican movies starring El santo, Blue Demon and others. it's a great list you've got going here, I hope I could help a little.
thx for the suggestions. how long you been into wrestling?
personally lately i've lost touch with whats new in wrestling. i watchedd non stop from dec2000 - late2004 but i have really lost touch with it now. i heard that wrestlemania 21 was pretty good. the last PPV i saw was summerslam2004 where randy won the title, it was one of the best PPVs i've seen. though in my view the best ever PPV is wrestlemania 17 (Rock Vs Austin / HHH Vs Undertaker / TLC 2)
wanna talk wrestling ?
I have been watching WWF/WWE on TV from 1987 until 1993 then WCW on TV from 96 to 99... own about 250 videotapes/DVDs covering periods from 1984 up to today. I have been reading and suscribing to wrestling magazines since 1990. The 100-page essay I wrote at the end of my university studies in journalism/media here in Brussels was about the WWF-WCW war of the 90's and how it changed the semiological aspects of pro-wrestling in the US and its cultural impact on american society.
Ah I can be such a showoff sometimes :p
So what was your question again ?
wow. very impressive. nice. i can't say i have a collection anywhere near that but i did once buy all the old wwf magazines form 1990 - 1996 :) and again from 2000 - 2005
The four classics: 'Mania, Series, 'Slam and Rumble, usually deliver great matches... but I have personal favorites, St Valentine's Day Massacre (February 14th 99) with the first official Austin-McMahon bout in the cage with the crazy ending you know The Giant Paul Wight bursting through the canvas in the finish of the bout, and some of the silliest things they did at the top of the attitude era (hardcore matches, Bluedust, Gangrel spitting liters of blood, Chyna pinning Triple H and Rock vs. Foley ending on a massive screw-job) and Backlash 2000 for its stellar undercard (Essa Rios vs. Guerrero, Malenko vs. Scotty Taylor and Benoit vs. Jericho)
Mister Zakowski is Rob Van Dam, you got that didn't you ?
lol no had no idea. :-) one of my favourite matches is Mankind vs Shawn Micheals at mindgames. very solid - back and fourth match, highly recommended.
well, whether you liked his attitude or not in character as well as off (his backstage manoeuverings have been well documented enough) the fact remains that Michaels was one of the great wrestlers of the 90's regarding both the sport and the entertainment facets of the art of wrestling.
And that is why you can see his name here
very very good list, cool. i'm gonna go check it out more now
Here's a few more to help this list grow.
Jesse Ventura
Major League II (1994)
Demolition Man (1993)
Ricochet (1991)
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1991)
No Holds Barred (1989)
Thunderground (1989)
The Running Man (1987)
Predator (1987)
Steve Austin
The Condemned (2006)
The Longest Yard (2005)
Triple H
Jornada del muerte (2007)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Jeff Jarrett
Life with Mikey (1993)
The Undertaker
Suburban Commando (1991)
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996)
X-Pac
Crossing the Bridge (1992)
Chyna
Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy (2005)
Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
Kane
See No Evil (2005) (Working Title was Eye Scream Man)
Al Snow
They're Just My Friends (2006)
The Still Life (2005)
Rudy (1993)
Shane McMahon
Rollerball (2002)
Ken Shamrock
Virtuosity (1995)
Champions (1998)
Scarecrow Gone Wild (2004)
Brian Adams (Crush)
Tuff Luk Klub (1997)
Aaron Aguilera (Jesus)
Slammed (2001)
Bob Backlund
In the Land of Merry Misfits (2005)
Tor Johnson
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Night of the Ghouls (1959)
The Unearthly (1957)
Journey to Freedom (1957)
The Black Sleep (1956)
Carousel (1956)
Bride of the Monster (1955)
Houdini (1953)
Lady in the Iron Mask (1952)
The San Francisco Story (1952)
Dear Brat (1951)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Alias the Champ (1949)
Behind Locked Doors (1948)
State of the Union (1948)
Road to Rio (1947)
Sudan (1945)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
Ghost Catchers (1944)
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
Swing Out the Blues (1943)
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Under Two Flags (1936)
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
Kid Millions (1934)
Registered Nurse (1934)
George 'The Animal' Steele
South of Heaven (2006)
Florida City (2003)
Blowfish (1997)
The Wrestler (1974) is a wrestling movie in which all of the wrestlers are played by actual professional wrestlers including Ric Flair, 'Superstar' Billy Graham, Larry 'The Ax' Hennig, Dusty Rhodes and many more.
Thank you. I will be sure to add these soon. thank you for you contribution.