Professional wrestlers are quiet different from the normal people. The real fact is that they never wrestle in real inside the ring. They just act in the way the script is written just to sell their spectators a version of reality by their correct storyline. Also, they are just actors like other celebrities giving facial expressions and also slapping their opponent's strong face. But when we see them performing outside the ring i.e in movies, we get impressed by their effort as we think they just wrestlers who don't even know the 'a' of acting. Well, I say this is very much false. Here is a list of top ten movies which include professional wrestlers in them.
10. Triple H - Blade : Trinity
Triple H's bad guy vampire's role in Blade's final part takes the tenth spot. Performing as Jarko Grimwood who gets tangled up with Ryan Reynolds for some reason, his appearance made it a smashing success. His role was so good that he was among the least annoying thing about the movie.
9. Goldberg - Universal Soldier : The Return
Next is Bill Goldberg, who is very famous among the spectators watching wrestling. In 1999, he worked in Universal Soldiers : The Return, with Jean-Claude Van Damme in that movie and his role suited his personality. And who wouldn't want to see Goldberg vs Van Damme. Surely everyone would love it.
8. The Big Show - The Water Boy
The Big Show who was first marketed in the WCW as 'Andre The Giant's son'. Although these two men had no similar DNA's but they did a few things in common like they both had the tendency to choke life out of the people and also the prime view of what things are behind the tall cupboards. The Big Show's role in 'The Waterboy' was a pretty small role in which he is featured as a professional wrestler and also a hero to Adam Sandler's nominal role.
7. Hulk Hogan - Rocky 3
Although doing a side-role act, Hulk Hogan is one of the first wrestler to feature in a movie which was 'Rocky 3'. But, the audience quiet didn't get through his acting skills as his role in the movie was just to wrestle against Sylvester Stallone. Hulk played the role of 'Thunderlips' in this movie who is given money to compete with Rocky in an exhibition match.
6. Jerry "The King" Lawler - Man on The Moon
Who would have ever thought that a wrestler can do act in a historical context movie. Jerry "The King" Lawler who worked in 'Man on the Moon' was just a never expected role done by a wrestler and even proved that wrestlers can act as well. The thing which impressed many was that Jerry was a fifteen-years older than his role in the movie and he just never ever gave a thought to the audience about his age. It was like he has just came from a time machine. His acting was even understated.
5. Roddy Piper - They Live
Roddy Piper takes the fifth spot in our list of top ten movies which include pro wrestlers. His work in 'They Live' suited his persona and the movie even features five minute knockdown brawl that seems to be more painful than a steel cage match in wrestling.
4. Grotge "The Animal" Steele - Ed Wood
You can call it a coincidence as George "The Animal" Steele who entered into the film industry later just when Ed Wood cast him in his Z grade horror movies. It is a weird movie and if you haven't seen it, make sure that you see it. It is like you have missed a Johnny Depp movie.
3. Jessy "The Body" Ventura - Predator
Jessy Ventura's role in one of the best action movies ever which is 'Predator' who liked by many people as he was a big machine gunner and the role undoubtedly very much suited his persona. He with his team are sent on a mission in jungle and suddenly they find an usual thing hunting and eating them brutally.
2. Deayne "The Rock" Johnson - The Rundown
Next on this list is the most electrifying man in sports entertainment - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Earlier, after he left the world of sports entertainment, he got involved in many movies and got enough contracts to be known among big stars in the Hollywood. After his first action movie - 'The Scorpion King', which was a disaster, he then came back strong in 'The Rundown' in which he (a common man) works for just money and along with Sean Scott gave a big blockbuster.
1. Andre The Giant - The Princess Bride
At the top spot is a giant whom people say it as 'Andre The Giant'. With his iconic performance in 'The Princess Bride', people got to know his funnier side. As his earlier roles in horror movies scared many people. Even his sweeter side is shown in the movie.
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