Widely considered as one of the greatest players in the history of American football, Lawrence
Taylor played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants between
1981 and 1993. But in April of 1995, he competed in his debut match in the main event of WrestleMania
11, against Bam Bam Bigelow, in a feud that was all started from a single push at the
1995 Royal Rumble. This then setup their infamous match at WrestleMania 11, which saw Lawrence
Taylor defeat Bam Bam Bigelow. The match itself was stiff and sloppy at times but for his
first ever wrestling match, Lawrence Taylor put on a pretty convincing performance.
After Bart Gunn shocked the world and won the Brawl for All shootfight tournament, he
was rewarded with a boxing match at WrestleMania 15 against world-renowned professional boxer,
kickboxer and MMA specialist Eric “Butterbean” Esch. Well… when I say “rewarded” it
was more of a “punishment” for beating the company’s desired winner “Dr Death”
Steve Williams. A professional boxer in his prime going up against a complete amateur…
It was a knockout waiting to happen… The boxing match lasted for just 34 seconds after
Butterbean hit Bart Gunn with a devastating knockout punch…
For those of you who don’t know who Snooki is, she was a break-out star in the MTV reality
show Jersey Shore. Snooki’s feisty attitude landed her a match on the big stage at WrestleMania
27, where she teamed up with Trish Stratus and John Morrison to take on LayCool and Dolph
Ziggler. The match did nothing to elevate the wrestlers’ careers, if anything they
made them worse especially Michelle McCool, as it was her who ate the pin from Snooki
from a rather weak looking Snooki splash. Her handspring back elbow on the other hand
was rather impressive to be fair!
Most famous for his appearances in Rocky III and The A-Team... And who could forget that
epic Snickers commercial… Mr T featured in the main event of the first ever WrestleMania,
where he teamed up with Hulk Hogan to fight Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. The main event
even featured special guest referee, Muhammad Ali and was a great example of a “face vs
heel” match which had the crowd at the edge of their seats at all times. Mr T would go
on to reignite his feud with Roddy Piper the following year at WrestleMania 2. The two
competed in a boxing match which ended in a DQ after Piper became frustrated and attacked
the referee as well as body slamming Mr T just over a minute into the fourth round.
The Big Show has competed in many celebrity bouts on the big stage such as his sumo match
against Akebono at WrestleMania 21. Two big sweaty dudes and plenty of arse for Vince
McMahon… He had a brief encounter with Shaquille O'Neal at WrestleMania 32… But his biggest
and most memorable bout was when he took on undefeated American boxer Floyd “Money”
Mayweather at WrestleMania 24. The finish of the match played out like the David vs
Goliath tale in which David slays The Giant but, in this case, it was Floyd Mayweather
who slayed The Big Show, thanks to a pair of brass knuckles.