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Sunday
05Apr2009

Mickey Rourke Gets in the Ring at Wrestlemania

DateSunday, April 5, 2009 at 11:44PM
After the Academy Awards, the talk of Mickey Rourke appearing at Wrestlemania XXV intensified. Rourke, an Oscar nominee for The Wrestler, was linked to the event during awards season, but because it would've been bad PR for a guy on his way back up to step into the ring, Rourke and his handlers said the Wrestlemania thing wouldn't happen.

But the Oscars were in February, giving the WWE more than a month to promote Rourke's appearance, even if he wasn't going to wrestle. Instead, Chris Jericho fought three guys who were in the business beginning nearly 40 years ago - Roddy Piper, Superfly Snuka, and Ricky Steamboat. The storyline was that Rourke's performance inspired the old dogs to wrestle for the love of it, while Jericho maintained that the world had passed them by.

Jericho won the match, according to WWE.com, but Rourke was baited into the ring by Jericho afterwards, and the pictures tell the rest of the story.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

as fake as that it is, it's still awesome

Monday, April 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterZack Solomon

Great show! Rourke, awesome as always, makes everything interesting! Love everything he does. America loves him!!

Monday, April 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRossanapie

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