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Wrestling Celebrities STEPHEN AMELL Amell is a big wrestling fan beyond just wrestling in tag matches at SummerSlam in 2015 and in Ring of Honor. Не also competed at the multi-promotion event All In against Christopher Daniels. This experience got him involved in the Starz wrestling drama Heels. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities MACHINE GUN KELLY Не may not always be a fan favorite, but the music artist heard cheers when he got powerbombed off the stage by Kevin Owens on WWE Monday Night RAW in 2015. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities DAYS GRACE MIKE TYSON N N NO The world champion boxer got involved in WWE's promotion of Wrestlemania XIV in 1998, and came back into the wrestling world to help out Chris Jericho in 2021. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities JON STEWART Stewart got involved with WWE programming in 2015. First in an on-camera feud with Seth Rollins, and then actually costing John Cena the WWE Championship against Rollins at SummerSlam 2015. NEVER NO CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities SU NBW WORKING adidas ROSARIO DAWSON Dawson appeared on the September 15, 2021 episode of AEW Dynamite, to help her Go Big Show co-host Cody Rhodes attack Malakai Black. Saved by corporate synergy! W TNT TNT ESTLING A CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities com D S BEN STILLER Stiller was promoting his movie Mystery Men in 1999, and Jeff Jarrett gave his own review of the film by slapping Ben into a figure-four leg lock. Luckily for Stiller, D'Lo Brown showed up to save him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities MARIA MENOUNOS Menounos has been a wrestling fan for decades, and got into some matches herself! Her biggest showcase was in a tag team match at WrestleMania XXVIII. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities JOHNNY KNOXVILLE The comedy stuntman/actor wanted to get into wrestling before he got too old, so he participated in the 2022 WWE Royal Rumble and fought Sami Zayn at WrestleMania 38 with the rest of his Jackass crew. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities nn LAWRENCE TAYLOR The two-time SuperBowl champion and NFL MVP main evented Wrestlemania XI in a special match against Bam Bam Bigelow. It was his first and last wrestling match. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities ! LOGAN PAUL The YouTuber negotiated into wrestling shortly after his foray into boxing. His publicity team tried to get him as a good guy wrestler in a tag team match at WrestleMania 38. They failed, and he got heavily booed by the crowd. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities DREW CAREY To promote his improv comedy pay-per-view, Carey entered himself into the 2001 WWE Royal Rumble, eliminating himself from the match after the near-7-foot tall Kane entered the match. Who could blame him? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities MICKEY ROURKE A ESTLE Rourke was supposed to wrestle Chris Jericho to promote his movie The Wrestler, until his publicity team reportedly had him back out. Не did get physical with Jericho at WrestleMania 25- by clocking him in the face after his match. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities SHAQUILLE O'NEAL Shaq is no stranger to the squared circle, competing in the third André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal in WWE, and in a tag team match on AEW Dynamite. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities MR. T During the height of Hulkamania, Mr. T teamed up with Hulk Hogan for the very first Wrestlemania. Не also participated in an odd boxing match against veteran heel Rowdy Roddy Piper at Wrestlemania 2. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities HUGH JACKMAN On the September 19, 2011 episode of WWE Monday Night RAW, Jackman jacked Dolph Ziggler in the face to help his new friend Zack Ryder win the match. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities 7 24 BAD BUNNY The hip-hop star is a giant wrestling fan and scrapped it up in the ring, winning the WWE 24/7 Championship, competing at Wrestlemania 37, and participating in the 2022 Royal Rumble. RAYMOND JAMES STAT 2052 BADBUNNY MIAN FRIEST CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wrestling Celebrities WORLD CRAMPIONS DAVID ARQUETTE The Scream star was crowned WCW World Heavyweight Champion during the height of his fame. Не has kept the itch, and still wrestles in today various independent shows in the Los Angeles area. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Brock Lesnar has main- evented SummerSlam more than anyone. SUMMERSLAM SU SummerSlam 2022 will be the ninth time that Lesnar will be in the main event match at SummerSlam. His previous main event bouts included 2002, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The star of Arrow made his wrestling debut at SummerSlam. LAM SummerSlam 2015 Stephen Amell teamed up with Adrian Neville against Stardust and Wade Barrett at SummerSlam, but he didn't stop there. Не has since wrestled for Ring of Honor, and stars in the wrestling- based drama Heels on Starz. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Undertaker has Summer Slammed more than anyone. SummerSlam The Dead Man has competed in 16 SummerSlam events, more than any other wrestler. His record is ten wins, five losses, and one no-contest. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Stone Cold Steve Austin broke his neck and nearly became quadriplegic. SummerSlam 1997 During his match against Owen Hart, Austin took a botched tombstone piledriver and his head U got spiked, breaking his neck. Не could barely move, but won the match with an ugly roll-up pin. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SummerSlam 2004 Randy Orton became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion ever. Orton pinned Chris Benoit for the first of multiple world title reigns in his career. Не was only 24 years old. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The shortest main event was less than nine minutes long. SummerSlam 1994 The Undertaker faced the Undertaker (never change, pro wrestling) in a mirror match that lasted eight minutes and 57 seconds bell-to-bell (but if you were to watch it, you'd swear that it was longer than the Lord of the Rings trilogy). CRACKED.COM — Source

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SummerSlam 2000 SummerSlam featured the first TLC match. The very first Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (oh my!) match featured the Hardy Boyz, Edge & Christian, and the Dudley Boyz for the WWE Tag Team Championship. CRACKED.COM — Source

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John Cena has the worst SummerSlam record Respect W GNE UP TIME 20 YRS I U W SummerSlam JOHN C While Cena has been a multi-time champion in wrestling, he barely ever won anything at SummerSlam. In fact, he lost nine out of 14 matches! CRACKED.COM — Source

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WWE Intercontinental Champion vs. IWGP Intercontinental Champion. SummerSlam 2018 Newly-minted IWGP IC champion Chris Jericho called Vince McMahon and pitched himself versus WWE IC champion Seth Rollins for an interpromotional match. He's still waiting to hear back. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The longest SummerSlam main event was over 35 minutes. SummerSlam 2010 THERE SUS - 1951 The main event of SummerSlam 2010 was a 7-on-7 elimination tag team match featuring Team WWE VS. Team Nexus. The hot new Nexus faction lost, with many fans (and even wrestlers in the match itself) criticizing the finish. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SummerSlam 2012 Charlie Sheen was going to wrestle Daniel Bryan (but backed out). The actor was trading verbal barbs with Bryan on WWE TV leading up to SummerSlam, but ultimately he and WWE couldn't agree on money. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jon Stewart cost John Cena the WWE Championship. SummerSlam 2015 W Rapeel VEEZY As the special host, Stewart was at ringside for John Cena's WWE Championship bout against Seth Rollins and struck Cena with a steel chair. TIME 20 YRS U W JOHN CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lex Luger went on a bus tour to promote his main event match. ALL TO ACTION CAMPAIGN WF SummerSlam 1993 Luger was a new babyface with an All- American gimmick set to face the evil- Japanese-actually-Samoan Yokozuna for the WWE Championship, so he was put on a nationwide tour to rally support from the fans. Не didn't win the title, and his main event run ran out of gas. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The longest SummerSlam lasted over four hours. Hust Loyalty&e SummerSlam 2016 With nine matches on the main card and three matches in the pre-show, the entire event lasted four hours and one minute. That's too much summer being slammed. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There was a match for the custody of a child. SummerSlam 2005 Rey Mysterio fought for the rights to his son Dominik in a ladder match against the late great Eddie Guerrero. Today, Dominik is full-grown and teamed up with his dad to become the first father- son tag team champions in WWE. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The shortest SummerSlam match was eight seconds long. SummerSlam 2009 William Regal faced Christian for the ECW championship, and was attacked and pinned as he was trying to remove his robe. Shows you how much WWE cared about ECW at the time. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The British Bulldog couldn't remember his match with Bret Hart. SummerSlam 1992 During the main event bout, Bulldog was tired and couldn't recall the spots planned for his match against his brother-in-law. Hart would guide him to an Intercontinental Championship and to the match of the year. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SummerSlam 1998 Stone Cold got knocked out cold. no In his main event match against the Undertaker at Madison Square Garden, Steve Austin collided with the Dead Man's head and it knocked him out. When he came to, he asked the referee where he was and got the reply Damn, boy, you're in the Garden. CRACKED.COM — Source

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