Global icons Logan Paul and Johnny Knoxville are both set to compete in matches at the stupendous two-night WrestleMania, streaming LIVE on Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3, on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else.
Social media megastar Logan Paul will team up with The Miz to face Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio, with both explosive media personalities set to make their mark and perhaps employ sneaky tactics. Johnny Knoxville will look to make a “Jackass” out of Sami Zayn when the two bitter adversaries clash on WrestleMania Sunday.
Logan Paul and Johnny Knoxville are the latest in an epic list of global icons from across the broad spectrum of music genres, huge TV hits and Hollywood movies to have appeared at WrestleMania. Muhammad Ali, Liberace (our feature image) and Cyndi Lauper starred at the very first WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden, New York, on March 31, 1985, setting the standard for WrestleMania as the pinnacle of pop culture events, which continues today.
Here are 11 appearances at WrestleMania by entertainers who are household names around the world:
Bad Bunny
• WrestleMania XXXVII
• April 10, 2021
• Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
• The Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter teamed with Damian Priest to face The Miz and John Morrison, with the duo performing an Electric Chair Drop/Crossbody combination on The Miz to ultimately get the pin and win the match.
Grammy Award-winning musician, Bad Bunny, burst onto the WWE scene when he made his in-ring debut on the first night of WrestleMania 37. Teaming up with Damian Priest in a tag-team match against John Morrison and The Miz, his impressive moves led him straight to victory and arguably set the bar extremely high for other VIP visitors. At the end of the WrestleMania weekend, the artist threw in another surprise by announcing his 2022 world tour El Último Tour del Mundo. We’re sure The Archer of Infamy already bought his tickets.
Ozzy Osbourne
• WrestleMania II
• April 7, 1986
• Nassau Coliseum, New York
• The godfather of heavy metal music, ‘Prince of Darkness’ Ozzy Osbourne managed a team of his compatriots, the British Bulldogs, in their match against The Dream Team.
Pamela Anderson
• WrestleMania XI
• April 2, 1995
• Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
• Appeared as a guest valet for World Heavyweight Champion Diesel, who overcame Shawn Michaels in the title match.
Pamela Anderson switched the sands of Baywatch for the ropes of the ring when she escorted Diesel through the stadium to his match against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XI. Clearly a lucky charm, Anderson, accompanied by Jenny McCarthy, watched from the crowd as he pinned his opponent and seized victory. Diesel later invited both her and Jenny into the ring to raise his arms in the air which were proudly clutching his Title. The crowd went wild.
Burt Reynolds
• WrestleMania X
• March 20, 1994
• Madison Square Garden, New York
• Reynolds was the guest ring announcer for the main event that saw Bret Hart beat Yokozuna for the WWE Championship.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
• WrestleMania XXXI
• March 29, 2015
• Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California
• The “Austrian Oak” was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame the night before appearing as part of the Terminator Genisys-themed entrance by Triple H.
As a world-renowned athlete, film powerhouse and politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger has achieved the true American dream, but his ultimate achievement was made in WrestleMania 31 where he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. With a long history with WWE dating back to SmackDown in 1999, where he unleashed his rage on Triple H with a vicious punch, Schwarzenegger really did deserve this crowning moment.
Mr. T
• WrestleMania I & II
• March 31, 1985 (I), April 7, 1986 (II)
• Madison Square Garden, New York (I), Nassau Coliseum, New York (II)
• Starring in the first-ever WrestleMania, Mr T teamed with Hulk Hogan to defeat “Rowdy” Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff before squaring up with Piper the following year in a boxing match, co-judged by legendary jazz singer, Cab Calloway.
Rock and roll legend Ozzy Osbourne was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame just last year, where he accepted his honour via video link. Dating back to the early days of the ‘Rock & Wrestling’ era in the mid-1980s, he appeared at WrestleMania 2 where he accompanied the British Bulldogs to the ring for their World Tag Team Championship match against The Dream Team. He also performed live on an episode of Smackdown in 2007, before guest-hosting an episode of RAW in 2009.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
• WrestleMania XXIV
• March 30, 2008
• Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
• The undefeated boxing champion appeared in a No Disqualification Match against the Big Show, taking the win by knockout.
Kim Kardashian may have broken the internet in her time, but before meeting in a no holds barred clash at WrestleMania 24, Floyd Mayweather broke The Big Show’s nose during WWE No Way Out in 2008. Lucky for him, the WWE Superstar knew he’d be in safe hands with the professional boxer ahead of the brutal stunt. In an article with SPORTbible, he said, “I’d spent a whole year messing around the ring boxing, so I knew he knew how to break my nose without shoving it through the back of my head. It was a left hook, it was awesome”. In what became a historic WrestleMania match-up, Floyd Mayweather put his “money” where his mouth was, running his professional record to 40-0 with a shocking knockout of the 7-foot Big Show.
Mike Tyson
• WrestleMania XIV
• March 29, 1998
• Fleet Center, Boston, Massachusetts
• The “Baddest man on the planet” was the special ringside enforcer for the Stone Cold vs. Shawn Michaels WWE Championship main event. Tyson fooled everyone by pretending to be aligned with Michaels’ D-Generation X heading into the event, but in the end, he revealed his allegiance to Stone Cold when he counted the 1-2-3 and raised the Rattlesnake’s hand in victory.
One of boxing’s greatest and most intimidating champions, Mike Tyson, made his WWE debut serving as the special enforcer in the showdown between Shawn Michaels and the soon to return “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, causing a media circus to surround The Show of Shows in 1998. The Baddest Man on the Planet returned to WWE in 2010 as the guest host of RAW and later went head-to-head with Triple H and HBK to secure victory along with tag team partner Chris Jericho. As a true legend in WWE history, it’s no surprise he earned his place next to the greatest performers of all time in the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame. But the question is, will Tyson return to the ring to commemorate Stone Cold Steve Austin’s return to the ring after 19 years? There’s one way to find out…
Nicole Scherzinger
• WrestleMania XXV
• April 5, 2009
• Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
• Following in the footsteps of music legends like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and John Legend, the Pussycat Doll singer Nicole Scherzinger performed “America the Beautiful” to open the pop-culture extravaganza.
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania, Pussycat Dolls icon Nicole Scherzinger took to the ring to perform a special rendition of ‘America the Beautiful’ following in the footsteps of Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Ashanti and John Legend. Before making her debut at The Show of Shows in front of 70,000, the singer told WWE, “I met a Superstar today, and he came up to me after my soundcheck and he was so kind to me. He said, ‘I’ve been here for years. I’ve seen Aretha Franklin. I’ve seen them all. If you sing like that tonight, I’ve never heard anybody do it better. It was really amazing. And I believe his name was Ric Flair.”
Kim Kardashian
• WrestleMania XXIV
• March 30, 2008
• Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
• The reality TV star took over hostess duties for WrestleMania XXIV.
In one of the most unlikely celebrity appearances in WWE history, Kim Kardashian surprised WWE fans with her role as the Hostess of WrestleMania back in 2008. Switching Keeping Up with the Kardashians for WrestleMania 24, the reality Superstar hit our screens to introduce the Money in the Bank ladder match but was rudely interrupted by WWE Superstar Mr Kennedy who wanted to make it clear that he would win.
Run-DMC
• WrestleMania V
• April 2, 1989
• Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, New Jersey
• Run-DMC performed the WrestleMania rap, a song they created specifically for the event. One of the most influential groups in rap music history, Run-DMC were the first rap group to win a Grammy Award.
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