Standing at 7ft 1in, The Great Khali towered over his opponents. Not only was he a destructive
force as his name suggested but his intimidating presence was enough to instil fear in his
opponents. We’re of course forgetting about The Punjabi Playboy phase… Khali’s gigantic
size landed him a few roles in Hollywood movies; four of them, in fact, and two Bollywood movies.
The first one being the 2005 film, “The Longest Yard”, where he had very little
to say. Also, in that film were WWE superstars Goldberg, Kevin Nash and “Stone Cold”
Steve Austin. Khali continues to appear in the odd movie and TV show but let’s hope
that his Hollywood career doesn’t end up like his WWE one.
This one may surprise you but “Mr Monday Night” Rob Van Dam has acted in a few Hollywood
movies. Due to his background in mixed martial arts, RVD has appeared in a few low-budget
martial arts films including “Bloodmoon” and “Black Mask 2”. He has also starred
in some rather forgettable films, such as the “Wrong Side of Town” and “3-Headed
Shark Attack”. While his acting wasn’t great by any means, what was great, was seeing
RVD again at WWE RAW Reunion. Either it was a pleasant surprise or he was so high he lost
his way from the next Impact Wrestling venue.
The 14-time world champion, Triple H is known by a lot of names: “The Game”, “The
Cerebral Assassin”, “The King of Kings” and “Jarko Grimwood”? That was the name
of the big and brutal vampire character he played in the 2004 film, “Blade: Trinity”.
During his fight scene with Hannibal King (played by Ryan Reynolds), Triple H does a
few wrestling moves that we’re used to seeing him do including a powerslam as well as his
signature facebreaker knee smash. I guess you could say he fought Deadpool. Triple H
was praised by the film’s producers, who were impressed with his performance but the
same can’t be said about his other movies produced by WWE Studios: “Inside Out”
and “The Chaperone”.
This is one you certainly wouldn’t expect but The Undertaker made his acting debut back
in 1991 when he appeared in the film, “Suburban Commando”, which starred fellow WWE wrestler,
Hulk Hogan as the main protagonist. In the film, The Undertaker plays the role of a mean
intergalactic bounty hunter… well sort of… and battles with The Hulkster. As you can
see, the film was bad… Goldberg bad. This was the only film The Undertaker himself appeared
in and probably for the best as a WWE ring is where The Phenom truly belongs.
Who would have thought “The Big Dog” Roman Reigns would find himself on the big-screen
when he starred as one of The Rock’s brothers in the 2019 Fast and Furious spin-off film,
“Hobbs & Shaw”. During the filming process, Reigns got a little too into his role and
ended up accidentally “knocking out” a cameraman with a club. Come to think of it,
it was probably the cameraman who pushed the metal scaffolding onto Roman as revenge. Now
that Reigns has experienced the bright lights of Hollywood, it seems like he’s hungry
for more. Could we see “The Big Dog” appear in more movies to come? Roman Reigns is certainly
all for it.