I meant...WOOOOO!
Posted on 01/28/2009 1:55:00 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB
Several years ago, Will Smith starred as legendary boxer Muhammad Ali in a movie. It was a movie. Play acting. Pretend. Smith didn’t actually get into a ring and box 12 rounds with Mike Tyson for real. Now Mickey Rourke is winning awards for his role as professional wrestler Randy the Ram in the acclaimed movie The Wrestler. That’s the difference between boxing and pro wrestling. Rourke has signed to wrestle WWE superstar Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 in Reliant Stadium on April 5. For real, or as real as pro wrestling can be. Rourke made the surprise announcement Sunday night on the red carpet before the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. He told Access Hollywood that he was pleased by the acceptance of The Wrestler by all the WWE wrestlers — except Jericho.
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I meant...WOOOOO!
“To be the man, you have the beat the man”.
I take it this match will be staged? Or does the Bluebird there get to wipe the floor with Mickey?
LAZARUS LONG
I add Numerology and Wrestling to the above.
In all seriousness, if WWE let Chris Jericho, Flair and Rourke run with a feud and give them some leeway this could be epic TV.
The problem is they will overscript it and it will be awful.
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