5 WWE Superstars You Didn't Know Competed At WrestleMania
Number 5 – The ECW Originals: Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman
Did you know that Tommy Dreamer competed at WrestleMania? Or how about Sabu, or even The
Sandman? On the 1st April 2007 at WrestleMania 23, when it was hair vs. hair, Rob Van Dam
teamed up with The ECW Originals, as they were dubbed, in an eight-man tag team match
against The New Breed, consisting of Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorn, Marcus Cor Von and Matt
Striker. The match was finally sealed after the referee was distracted which allowed Ariel
to hand over a steel chair to Matt Striker to use as an advantage. However, Van Dam performed
one of his finishing moves to Striker, a Van Daminator which is essentially a spinning
heel kick to a steel chair held in front of the face of his opponent, which in this case
was Striker. Van Dam then proceeded onto executing his main finishing move on Striker, a Five-Star
Frog Splash, and then pinned him to win the match for The ECW Originals.
Number 4 – The Boogeyman
A feud between The Boogeyman and Booker T and his wife, Sharmell, culminated in a 2
on 1 handicap match at WrestleMania 22. Both Booker T and Sharmell were terrified to compete
against The Boogeyman which was incredibly hilarious to watch. The match ended very quickly,
in under 4 minutes in fact, as The Boogeyman tore his left bicep in a house show prior
to his WrestleMania match. During the match, The Boogeyman kissed Booker T’s wife, Sharmell
whilst having a mouthful of worms and then executed a BoogeyBomb, a two-handed falling
chokebomb in other words, on Booker T, pinning him 1, 2, 3 and scoring a victory over the
two.
Number 3 – Funaki
Funaki competed at WrestleMania on not one occasion but two! His first WrestleMania was
at WrestleMania 16 in 2000 in a 15-minute hardcore battle royal for the Hardcore Championship.
During the match Funaki pinned Viscera after he was knocked down from a diving shoulder
block from Bradshaw. However, Funaki was then pinned and subsequently eliminated by Rodney.
Hardcore Holly went onto winning that match and the Hardcore Championship. Funaki’s
second WrestleMania moment was in 2004 at Wrestlemania XX where he participated in a
Cruiserweight Open for the Cruiserweight Championship in a gauntlet-styled match. As one wrestler
lost, another one would enter. Funaki was eliminated from the match by pinfall to Jamie
Noble in a WrestleMania record time of just 8 seconds!
Number 2 – Michael Cole
On the 3rd April 2011 Michael Cole saw his first WrestleMania match against fellow commentator,
Jerry “The King” Lawler with special guest referee, Stone Cold Steve Austin. The match
started off with The King trying to get Cole out of his “Cole Mine” box and once he
did, he started commencing the beat down on Cole. Michael Cole was accompanied by Jack
Swagger during the match who was at ringside and Swagger tried to help Cole when Lawler
was in control, however, Swagger was met by a Stone Cold Stunner from The Rattlesnake.
Eventually Lawler forced Cole to tap out from an ankle lock while Stone Cold mocked him
and The King and The Rattlesnake enjoyed a cold beer together once the match ended. However,
the general manager of RAW reverted the decision in an email read by Josh Matthews because
Stone Cold was a biased referee. As a result, Michael Cole won the match by disqualification.
Yep… Michael Cole actually won his match… I’m pretty much done here!
Number 1 – Nunzio
Who remembers Nunzio or does Little Guido sound familiar? Similar to that of Funaki,
Nunzio participated in the Cruiserweight open for the Cruiserweight Championship at WrestleMania
XX in 2004. He entered in after Funaki’s elimination, however, he was later eliminated
by Jamie Noble after Noble performed a senton flip on Nunzio from the top rope outside the
ring. Nunzio was counted out of the match as he was unable to return to the ring by
the referee’s count of 10.
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