Celebrities trying to Wrestle

Just recently in episode 56 of our show, we joked about Kevin “K-Fed” Federline appearing in a WWE Wrestling match as a “villain” and quickly being beat up by the much larger John Cena. Well, here are some pictures collected around the web of other celebrities moonlighting as pro wrestlers…

K-Fed getting bodyslammed by John Cena on WWE Raw (1/1/2007):

John Cena vs. K-Fed

Jay Leno and Diamond Dallas Page vs. Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff at the WCW Road Wild (8/8/1998):

Leno vs. Hogan

Dennis “Rodzilla” Rodman and Hollywood Hogan vs. Karl “the Mailman” Malone and Diamond Dallas Page at the WCW Bash at the Beach (7/12/1998):

Malone vs. Rodman

David Arquette won the WCW Title one night, for one night, on WCW Monday Nitro (4/25/2000):

David Arquette

Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff at WWF Wrestlemania I (3/31/1985):

Mr. T and Hulk Hogan

Lawrence Taylor vs. Bam Bam Bigelow at WWF Wrestlemania XI (4/2/1995):

Lawrence Taylor vs. Bam Bam Bigelow

Cyndi Lauper on the cover of WWF Magazine in 1985:

Cyndi Lauper WWF Magazine

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris played a teenage doctor in the family TV series Doogie Howser, M.D. On November 2, 2006, People published a statement from Harris in which he revealed his homosexuality to the public. He currently stars in the very funny sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

Andy Richter

Andy Richter
After serving as Conan O’Brien’s comedy sidekick for seven years, Andy Richter decided to leave Late Night with Conan O’Brien in 2000. Since then, he has starred in the TV shows Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Quintuplets, and Andy Barker P.I. and has played bit parts in various sitcoms and movies. Clearly, he made the right choice.

Update 2/15/11: In June 2009, Andy Richter went back to being Conan O’Brien’s sidekick, first on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and now on the TBS late-night talk show Conan.

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy
In 1967, Leonard Nimoy debuted his song “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” on the TV show Malibu U. A year later, the song was included on his album The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy, which also featured his versions of “If I Was A Carpenter ” and “Gentle on My Mind.”

“The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” music video: