WrestleMania of WWE is the biggest show in sports and has only grown as the company’s reach has grown exorbitantly in the last two decades.
On Saturday night it will be the beginning of Wrestlemania 41 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas with multitudes with exhausted tickets that are expected to go to the Las Vegas Raiders house the two nights. Not to mention that the city itself resorts to a wrestling paradise throughout the week prior to the event.
If there is something in which fans can bet, it is that celebrities and famous athletes of all kinds will be in the city for the event. The first episode of “Monday Night Raw” in Netflix in January was a good indication of who will be in Wrestlemania as Travis Scott, Vanessa Hudgens, Macaulay Culkin and Danielle Fishel were just some of the celebrities that appeared in the crowd.
Sports fans who generally do not follow Pro Wrestling may not know that Wrestlemania has presented celebrities and athletes since the beginning of the event in 1985.
Read below a list of celebrities that may not have participated in Wrestlemania.
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper is presented at the Hard Rock Event Center in Hollywood, Florida, on July 24, 2018. (Ron Network Ron Elkman/USA Today)
Cyndi Lauper was having fun in the 1980s, and was rooted in the world of wrestling after his successful song “Girls Just Want To Fun” debuted in 1983. He appeared in the first Wrestlemania as Wendi Richter’s manager. Richter defeated Leilani Kai for the then Women’s Championship of the world’s fighting federation.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali trains on the heavy stock market at the 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach during his training for his world heavyweight title combat. (Larry Spitzer/The Couer-Journal-USA Today Sports)
Muhammad Ali was a bad man during the heyday of his boxing career and even had an impact on the professional struggle. He got into a confrontation with the Gorilla Monzón in 1976 and then reappeared for Wrestlemania I as a special guest referee for the Hulk Hogan label team with Mr. T against Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper. Hogan and Mr. T won the game, helping Catapult Pro Wrestling to new heights.
William Perry
The defensive Tackle of the Chicago Bears, William Perry, in the field against the New England patriots during the Super Bowl XX in the Superdome in New Orleans, on January 26, 1986. (Manny Rubio-USA Today Sports)
NFL players have a story of making appearances in Wrestlemania. William “The Refrigerator” Perry was in Wrestlemania 2 in Chicago and participated in the WWF vs. Battle Royal Battle Royal. NFL It was among the last NFL players eliminated in the competition, which was won by Andre The Giants. Jimbo Cover, Ernie Holmes, Harvey Martin, Bill Fralic and Russ Francis also participated on the NFL side.
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper sings with Sixwire during the Christmas pudding, the annual benefit for its solid teenage rock centers at the Celebrity Theater. (IMAGN)
Alice Cooper shook the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit for Wrestlemania III while escorting Jake “The Snake” Roberts to the Ring for his match against Honky Tonk Man. The Hank Tonk Man won the game, but it was the beginning of Roberts winning favor with fans.
Lawrence Taylor
Lawrence Taylor, of the New York giants, is heated to the Super Bowl XXV against the Buffalo Bills on January 27, 1991 at the Tampa stadium in Florida. (Focus on Sport/Getty images)
The legend of New York Giants Lawrence Taylor had an important role in Wrestlemania that only participate in a real battle. It was 1 to 1 at the main event of Wrestlemania XI in 1995, facing Bam Bam Bigelow. Taylor was praised for his performance when he defeated Bigelow.
Regis Philbin
Regis Philbin made an appearance to sign his new book in 2011. (IMAGN)
Regis Philbin served as a guest commentator in Wrestlemania VII with the late host of “danger” as the ring announcer for the main event. Hulk Hogan defeated the sergeant. Matanza to win the wwf championship.
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson talks on stage during Jake Paul vs. Press Conference. Mike Tyson Boxing Match Arlington in Texas Live! On May 16, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images for Netflix)
Mike Tyson was the most bad man on the planet in the 1990s and his celebrity took him through a story that involved “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels in 1998. Tyson had associated with Michaels and Paul “Triple H” mild in the generation D of generation X. He was named as the special executor for the game of Austin and Michaels Wrestlemania XIV. He ended up turning in Michaels and helping Austin win the WWF championship.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump gets the crowd to pump before the start of WrestleMania 23 at the Detroit Ford Field in Michigan on April 1, 2007. (Leon Halip/Wiremage)
Before being president, Donald Trump had a great story in WWE that linked his popularity of the “apprentice.” He was in the battle of billionaires in Wrestlemania 23 against Vince McMahon and backed Bobby Lashley in a match against the McMahon Umaga competitor. If Lashley lost the game, McMahon would have had to shave Trump’s hair and vice versa. Lashley won and Trump helped Steve Austin shave McMahon’s hair. Trump is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame.
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg, Miz and Shane McMahon during Wrestlemania at the Sofi stadium in Inglewood, California, on April 2, 2023. (Joe Camporeale-USA Today Sports)
The legendary rapper on the west coast has appeared in multiple Wrestlemania events during his career. He was the master of the ceremonies of Wrestlemania XXIV for a match of the label team between María and Ashley Massaro and Beth Phoenix and Melina. He accompanied Sasha Banks to Ring for Wrestlemania 32 and was pushed to an impromptu party against the MIZ in Wrestlemania 39.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian was in Wrestlemania XXIV. (Amy Sussman/Getty images)
Kim Kardashian was the host of Wrestlemania XXIV in 2008, since her popularity in pop culture shot.
Nicole “Snoaki” Polizzi
Nicole “Snoaki” Polizzi Book signs in Bookends in New Jersey. (Richard Formicola/USA Today Network)
The reality show TV, Nicole “Snoaki” Polizzi, took the world as one of the key members of the successful “Jersey Shore” program. She competed in Wrestlemania XXVII in 2011 as part of a mixed six -people label team. The “Snoaki” team, John Morrison and Trish Stratus defeated Dolph Ziggler, Michelle McCool and Layla.
Rob Gronkowski
Rob Gronkowski of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after the game against the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium on November 28, 2021 in Indianapolis. (Michael Hickey/Getty images)
The legend of the New England patriots, Rob Gronkowski, made an appearance in Wrestlemania 33 in 2017 to help his friend Mojo Rawley win the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal. He was the host of Wrestlemania 36 in 2020 and won the WWE 24/7 championship.
Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville enters the ring during the Royal Rumble party at Dome At America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 29, 2022. (Joe Camporeale-USA Today Sports)
Comedian Johnny Knoxville had a rivalry with Sami Zayn in 2022, and culminated in a match in Wrestlemania 38. He defeated Zayn in a match of anything with the help of the “Jackass” team.
