List of celebrities involved with WrestleMania
Celebrities -- Actors
Table:
Celebrity

Appearance

Role

Refs

Steve Allen

WrestleMania VI

Interviewer

[4][5]

Pamela Anderson

WrestleMania XI

Valet of Diesel (Kevin Nash) in his WWF Championship match against Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom)

[6][7]

Robert Conrad

WrestleMania 2

Guest referee at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles

[8][9]

Cathy Lee Crosby

WrestleMania 2

Guest commentator at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois

[8][9]

Jennie Garth

WrestleMania X

Guest time keeper

[10][11]

Susan St. James

WrestleMania 2

Guest commentator at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York

[8][9]

Marla Maples

WrestleMania VII

Guest time keeper

[2][12]

Jenny McCarthy

WrestleMania XI

Valet of Shawn Michaels in his WWF Championship match against Diesel

[2][6]

Cassandra Peterson as Elvira

WrestleMania 2

Guest commentator at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles

[8][9]

Regis Philbin

WrestleMania VII

Interviewer, Guest commentator

[2][12]

Freddie Prinze Jr.

WrestleMania XXVI

Raven Symoné

WrestleMania XXIV

Promoted the Make-A-Wish Foundation in an in-ring segment

[13][14]

Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman

WrestleMania XXVII

Appeared in a backstage segment

[13][14]

Burt Reynolds

WrestleMania X

Guest ring announcer for the main event

[10][11]

Joan Rivers

WrestleMania 2

Guest ring announcer at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York

[8][9]

Mickey Rourke

WrestleMania XXV

Involved in an altercation with Chris Jericho

[15]

Rick Schroder

WrestleMania 2

Guest time keeper at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles

[8][9]

Arnold Schwarzenegger

WrestleMania 31

Appeared in video intro for Triple H's match vs. Sting

Rhonda Shear

WrestleMania X

Guest time keeper

[10][11]

Mr. T

WrestleMania I

Wrestled in a tag team match with Hulk Hogan against Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) and Paul Orndorff

[16][17]

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Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen ( December 26 , 1921 - October 30 , 2000 ) was an American television personality , radio personality , musician , composer , actor , comedian , writer , and advocate of scientific skepticism . In 1954 , he achieved national fame as the co-creator and first host of The Tonight Show , which was the first late night television talk show . Though he got his start in radio , Allen is best known for his extensive network television career . He gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey 's Talent Scouts . After he hosted The Tonight Show , he went on to host numerous game and variety shows , including his own The Steve Allen Show , I 've Got a Secret , and The New Steve Allen Show . He was a regular panel member on CBS 's What 's My Line ? , and from 1977 until 1981 wrote , produced , and hosted the award-winning public broadcasting show Meeting of Minds , a series of historical dramas presented in a talk format . Allen was a pianist and a prolific composer . By his own estimate , he wrote more than 8,500 songs , some of which were recorded by numerous leading singers . Working as a lyricist , Allen won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition . He also wrote more than 50 books , including novels , children 's books , and books of opinions , including his final book , Vulgarians at the Gate : Trash TV and Raunch Radio ( 2001 ) . In 1996 Allen was presented with the Martin Gardner Lifetime Achievement Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ( CSICOP ) . He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Hollywood theater named in his honor .
WrestleMania VI was the sixth WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) and the first to be held outside of the United States . It took place on April 1 , 1990 , at the SkyDome in Toronto , Ontario , Canada , with an announced attendance of 67,678 - then a record for the Skydome . Aside from its record-breaking attendance , the event is arguably best remembered for The Ultimate Challenge - the main event match which saw Hulk Hogan ( WWF World Heavyweight Champion ) vs . The Ultimate Warrior ( WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion ) , in which both championship titles were on the line . On February 3 , 1990 , a week after Hogan and Warrior crossed paths in the 1990 Royal Rumble match , Hogan put forth The Ultimate Challenge to Warrior , and had to know whether Hulkamania or the power of Warrior was the strongest force in the WWF . On February 10 , the match was officially announced as the main event of WrestleMania VI by then WWF President Jack Tunney . On February 24 , Tunney announced that both the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship would be on the line for the first time ever during the match . At WrestleMania VI , Warrior won his sole WWF World Heavyweight Championship . At WrestleMania VI , Brutus Beefcake was the first person to pin Mr . Perfect in a televised match , thus ending Perfect 's lengthy undefeated streak on television .
Pamela Denise Anderson ( born July 1 , 1967 ) is a Canadian-American actress , model and animal rights activist . Anderson is best known for her appearances in Playboy magazine and for her work on the television series Home Improvement , Baywatch , and V.I.P . She initially rose to fame after being selected as the February 1990 Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine . Anderson went on to frequent appearances on the magazine 's cover , holding the record of the most Playboy covers by any person . She became known to a wider audience in 1991 , appearing as a recurring character , Lisa , on the award-winning ABC comedy series Home Improvement for its first two seasons . She received international recognition for her starring role as C. J. Parker in the action-drama television series Baywatch , further cementing her status as a sex symbol . Anderson has appeared in films such as Raw Justice ( 1994 ) , Barb Wire ( 1996 ) , and Blonde and Blonder ( 2008 ) . She was inducted into Canada 's Walk of Fame in 2006 . Anderson is a prominent activist for the animal rights movement and has conducted campaigns condemning the commercial fur industry and promoting veganism through the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) .
WrestleMania XI was the 11th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event , produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford , Connecticut on April 2 , 1995 . The main event was a match between NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor , who faced Bam Bam Bigelow as the result of an argument that took place between the two at the 1995 Royal Rumble . Taylor won the match , which led to Bigelow being kicked out of Ted DiBiase 's Million Dollar Corporation . Shawn Michaels faced WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel in a title match but was unable to win the championship . Jeff Jarrett retained his WWF Intercontinental Championship against Razor Ramon . Owen Hart and his mystery partner , Yokozuna , challenged The Smoking Gunns for the WWF Tag Team Championship and won the title belts . The match between Taylor and Bigelow brought the WWF mainstream press coverage . The reactions to the match were mixed ; some people thought that Taylor performed surprisingly well for a non-wrestler . Others thought that the WWF pushing a football player to defeat a wrestler made professional wrestling look bad . Reviews of the event as a whole have also been mixed , and the event has been called both the worst WrestleMania of all time and the event that saved the WWF .
In professional wrestling , a manager is a supporting character paired with a wrestler ( or wrestlers ) for a variety of reasons . A physically attractive woman accompanying , or seconding , a male wrestler to a match is sometimes referred to as a valet . Performers who assume this role may be non-wrestlers , occasional wrestlers , older wrestlers who have retired or are nearing retirement , or new wrestlers who are breaking into the business ( or a specific company ) and need experience in front of the crowds . The wrestler who is paired with a manager may be referred to as his or her charge , client , or ward . A professional wrestling manager has nothing to do with their real-world counterpart or with a promotion 's road agent .
Kevin Scott Nash ( born July 9 , 1959 ) is a retired American professional wrestler , best known for his tenures with World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . He has wrestled under several ring names , but is best known for his work under his real name in WCW , as well as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) and as Diesel in the WWF . In 1994 while in the WWF , Nash ( then known as Diesel ) won the WWF World , Intercontinental and Tag Team Championships ( the WWF Triple Crown ) and at that year 's Slammy Awards won the MVP ( now Superstar of the Year ) and ( with Shawn Michaels ) Best Tag Team ( now Tag Team of the Year ) awards . Between WWE , WCW and TNA , Nash has won a total of 21 championships , including being a five-time world champion ( four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and one-time WWF Champion ) and a 12-time world tag team champion between the three promotions . Nash 's 358-day WWF Championship reign is the longest of the 1990s . During his time in WCW , Nash became the first wrestler to defeat Goldberg and in the process ended his undefeated streak of 173-0 at Starrcade in 1998 . Following a college basketball career for the University of Tennessee , Nash played professionally for German Bundesliga squad Gießen 46ers for a short time , until a knee injury ended his career . Nash was a member of The Kliq , an influential backstage group that included Shawn Michaels , Triple H , Scott Hall and Sean Waltman . He is also one of the three founding members of the New World Order ( nWo ) , along with Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall . Nash was inducted individually into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2015 , and he will be inducted for the second time in 2020 as a member of the New World Order alongside Hogan , Hall , and Waltman .
The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE , currently defended on their Raw brand . It is one of three world titles in WWE , alongside the WWE Universal Championship on SmackDown and the NXT Championship on NXT . The current champion is Brock Lesnar , who is in his fifth reign . The original world championship of the promotion , it was established by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF ) on April 25 , 1963 as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship , after the promotion seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) . The inaugural champion was Buddy Rogers . Since its inception , the title has undergone many name changes due to company name changes and title unifications . It is the oldest championship currently active in the WWE , and is presented as being the promotion 's most prestigious title , with many matches for the title having headlined pay-per-view events - including WWE 's flagship event WrestleMania . In professional wrestling in general , it is considered by many to be one of the most prestigious championships of all time . From its inception until 2001 , it was promoted as WWE 's sole primary championship . An additional world title , the WCW Championship , was added after the then-World Wrestling Federation 's purchase of World Championship Wrestling in early 2001 . The titles were later unified as the Undisputed Championship . After the first brand split in 2002 and the promotion becoming the WWE , the championship became exclusive to SmackDown , and the World Heavyweight Championship was created for Raw .
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom ( born July 22 , 1965 ) , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels , is an American retired professional wrestler , actor , and television presenter . Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers in history , he is known by the nicknames Heartbreak Kid and Mr. WrestleMania . Michaels wrestled consistently for WWE , formerly the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , from 1988 until a back injury forced his first retirement in 1998 . He performed in non-wrestling roles for the next two years and returned to the ring for a match in his own Texas Wrestling Academy ( TWA ) in 2000 . Michaels resumed his wrestling career with WWE in 2002 and retired ceremoniously in 2010 , before being assigned as a trainer in 2016 . He returned for a final match in 2018 . In the WWF/WWE , Michaels headlined pay-per-view events between 1989 and 2018 , closing the company 's flagship annual event , WrestleMania , five times . He was the co-founder and original leader of the successful stable , D-Generation X. Michaels also wrestled in the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) , where he founded The Midnight Rockers with Marty Jannetty in 1985 . After winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship twice , the team continued to the WWF as The Rockers and had a high-profile breakup in January 1992 . Within the year , Michaels twice challenged for the WWF Championship and won his first Intercontinental Championship , heralding his arrival as one of the industry 's premier singles stars . Michaels is a four-time world champion , having held the WWF Championship three times and WWE 's World Heavyweight Championship once . He is also a two-time Royal Rumble winner ( and the first man to win the match as the number one entrant ) , the first WWF Grand Slam Champion and the fourth WWF Triple Crown Champion , as well as a two time WWE Hall of Fame ( 2011 as singles wrestler and 2019 as part of D-Generation X ) .
Robert Conrad ( born Conrad Robert Falk ; March 1 , 1935 - February 8 , 2020 ) was an American film and television actor , singer , and stuntman . He is best known for his role in the 1965-1969 television series The Wild Wild West , playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West . He portrayed World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep ( later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron ) . In addition to acting , he was a singer , and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad . He hosted a weekly two-hour national radio show ( The PM Show with Robert Conrad ) on CRN Digital Talk Radio beginning in 2008 .
WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) . [ a ] The event took place on Monday , April 7 , 1986 , making it the only WrestleMania that was not held on the traditional Sunday . The events took place at three separate venues : the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale , New York ; the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont , Illinois ; and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles , California . Each venue had its own card . The main event at Uniondale , New York , was a boxing match pitting Mr. T against Roddy Piper . At Chicago , there was a 20-man battle royal involving WWF wrestlers and NFL football players . The main event , at Los Angeles , featured WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defending his title against King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match . Matches on the respective undercards saw Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Macho Man Randy Savage defending his title against George Steele , and Tag Team Champions The Dream Team ( Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake ) losing their titles against The British Bulldogs ( Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid ) .
In professional wrestling , a referee is an authority figure present in or near the ring during matches . The referee 's on-stage ( kayfabe ) purpose is similar to that of referees in combats such as boxing or mixed martial arts , that is , as an arbiter of the rules and the person charged with rendering decisions . In reality , the referee is , like the wrestlers , a participant in executing a match in accordance with its script including its pre-determined outcome , and is responsible for controlling the flow of the match and for relaying information or instructions from backstage officials to the wrestlers . Like wrestlers , referees are also responsible for maintaining kayfabe , and must render decisions in accordance with the promotion 's kayfabe rules .
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was a multi-purpose arena at Exposition Park , in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles . It was located next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and just south of the campus of the University of Southern California , which managed and operated both venues under a master lease agreement with the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission . The arena was demolished in 2016 and replaced with Banc of California Stadium , home of Major League Soccer 's Los Angeles FC which opened in 2018 .
Cathy Lee Crosby ( born December 2 , 1944 ) sometimes referred to as just Cathy Crosby is an American actress and former professional tennis player . She achieved TV and film success in the 1980s and was a co-host of the television series That 's Incredible !
In sports broadcasting , a sports commentator ( also known as sports announcer , sportscaster or play-by-play announcer ) gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time , usually during a live broadcast , traditionally delivered in the historical present tense . Radio was the first medium for sports broadcasts , and radio commentators must describe all aspects of the action to listeners who can not see it for themselves . In the case of televised sports coverage , commentators are usually presented as a voiceover , with images of the contest shown on viewers ' screens and sounds of the action and spectators heard in the background . Television commentators are rarely shown on screen during an event , though some networks choose to feature their announcers on camera either before or after the contest or briefly during breaks in the action .
Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Rosemont , Illinois , United States . It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and Interstate 90 , adjacent to the city limits of Chicago and O'Hare International Airport . The facility opened in 1980 as the Rosemont Horizon and seats 17,500 for basketball and 16,692 for ice hockey . The arena is home to the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League ( AHL ) and has served as the home arena for a number of other professional and collegiate teams , most notably the DePaul Blue Demons from 1980 through 2017 .
Rosemont is a village in Cook County , Illinois , United States . Located immediately northwest of Chicago , as of the 2010 census it had a population of 4,202 . The village was incorporated in 1956 , though it had been settled long before that . While Rosemont 's land area and population are relatively small among municipalities in the Chicago Metropolitan Area , the village is a major center for commercial activity in the region and is a key component of the Golden Corridor . Due to its proximity to several interstates , O'Hare International Airport , and downtown Chicago , it has emerged as a significant edge city and entertainment district , with corporate facilities , millions of square feet of office space , nearly 50 restaurants , 15 hotels , the 840,000-square-foot ( 78,000 m2 ) Donald E. Stephens Convention Center ( home to conventions and trade shows ) , the 16,000+ seat Allstate Arena ( home to the Chicago Wolves , Chicago Sky , DePaul Blue Demons until 2017 , and concerts and other live entertainment events ) , the 4,000+ seat Rosemont Theatre , the 130-store Fashion Outlets of Chicago , the Rosemont Stadium ( home to an outdoor collegiate-level baseball stadium and 140,000 sq ft indoor sports dome ) , and the entertainment complex Parkway Bank Park , which features restaurants , entertainment and a large common area used for summer concerts and ice skating in the winter . Rosemont is near Rivers Casino in Des Plaines and additional hotels , offices , restaurants , and corporate facilities in the adjacent O'Hare neighborhood of Chicago and nearby suburban communities such as Des Plaines and Schiller Park . The residential sections of Rosemont are a gated community , as a result of the 1995 decision by residents to enclose the residential portions of the village ( roughly half the area of the village ) , thereby restricting access to locals .
Jennifer Eve Garth ( born April 3 , 1972 ) is an American actress . She is known for starring as Kelly Taylor throughout the Beverly Hills , 90210 franchise ( 1990-2000 ) and Val Tyler on the sitcom What I Like About You ( 2002-06 ) . In 2012 , she starred in her own reality show , Jennie Garth : A Little Bit Country on CMT .
WrestleMania X was the 10th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) . It took place at Madison Square Garden in New York , New York on March 20 , 1994 . The central focus of the pay-per-view was the WWF World Heavyweight Championship , which was defended in two matches . Lex Luger challenged champion Yokozuna first but was disqualified for pushing the referee . Bret Hart faced Yokozuna later in the evening and won the championship by pinning Yokozuna . This led to a lengthy worked feud between Bret and his brother Owen , who had defeated Bret in the opening match of the pay-per-view . Several other major feuds were also highlighted at this event . Razor Ramon defeated Shawn Michaels in a Ladder match to resolve an angle in which the two had argued over the rightful holder of the WWF Intercontinental Championship . Bam Bam Bigelow gained revenge against Doink the Clown , with whom he had been feuding , by teaming with Luna Vachon to defeat Doink and his partner Dink . Randy Savage also settled his feud with Crush by defeating him in a Falls Count Anywhere match . WrestleMania X was the first edition of the event not to include Hulk Hogan , who had been seen as the public face of the WWF ; following Hogan 's 1993 departure , that role had shifted to Bret Hart . The card also marked Randy Savage 's last televised match for the company .
Susan Saint James ( born Susan Jane Miller ; August 14 , 1946 ) is an American actress and activist , most widely known for her work in television during the 1960s , 1970s and 1980s , especially the detective series McMillan & Wife ( 1971-1976 ) and the sitcom Kate & Allie ( 1984-1989 ) .
The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ( commonly known as the Nassau Coliseum or The Coliseum ) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale , New York , east of New York City . The Coliseum is approximately 7 miles ( 11 km ) east of the eastern limits of the Borough of Queens of New York City , and is located next to the Meadowbrook Parkway . It is branded as NYCB Live : Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for naming rights reasons . Opened in 1972 , the Coliseum occupies 63 acres ( 25 ha ) of Mitchel Field , a former Army airfield , later an Air Force base . The facility is located in the Town of Hempstead , within the Uniondale 11553 ZIP code . The Coliseum is used for sporting events , concerts , large exhibitions and shows as well as trade shows - 44,000 square feet ( 4,100 m2 ) at the main arena , 60,000 at the Expo Center . In 2015 , the arena was temporarily closed for a major renovation which was completed in April 2017 . The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) played at the Coliseum from 1972 to 2015 before moving to Brooklyn 's Barclays Center . After the move proved to be commercially unsuccessful , the team began splitting its home schedule between Barclays and the renovated Coliseum in 2018 , and will do so until at least 2021 after the completion of its new Belmont Park Arena . It was the former home of the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association ( ABA ) and National Basketball Association ( which now plays at Barclays as the Brooklyn Nets ) from 1972 to 1977 . In 2017 , the venue became the new home of the Brooklyn Nets ' NBA G League team , the Long Island Nets .
Uniondale is a hamlet and census-designated place ( CDP ) , as well as a suburb in Nassau County , New York , United States , on Long Island , in the Town of Hempstead . The ZIP Code is 11553 . The population was 24,759 at the 2010 United States Census . Uniondale is home to Hofstra University 's north campus .
Marla Ann Maples ( born October 27 , 1963 ) is an American actress and television personality . Maples was the second wife of Donald Trump . They married in 1993 and divorced in 1999 , and had one child together , Tiffany Trump .
WrestleMania VII was the seventh annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) . It took place on March 24 , 1991 , at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles , California . The main event saw Hulk Hogan defeat Sgt . Slaughter for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship as part of a controversial storyline in which Sgt . Slaughter portrayed an Iraqi sympathizer during the United States ' involvement in the Gulf War . Significant events on the undercard included The Undertaker 's WrestleMania debut and the beginning of his renowned winning streak , a retirement match between Randy Savage and The Ultimate Warrior leading to the former 's reuniting with estranged love Miss Elizabeth , as well as the final televised match of the original Hart Foundation , after which Bret Hart became primarily a singles wrestler .
Jennifer Ann McCarthy ( born November 1 , 1972 ) is an American actress , model , television host , satellite radio broadcaster , author , screenwriter , and anti-vaccine activist . She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year . McCarthy then had a television and film acting career , starting as a co-host on the MTV game show Singled Out , then some eponymous sitcoms , as well as films such as BASEketball , Diamonds , Scream 3 , and Santa Baby . She is a former co-host of the ABC talk show The View . She is currently a judge on the FOX musical competition show The Masked Singer . McCarthy has written books about parenting and has promoted research into environmental causes and alternative medical treatments for autism . She has promoted the disproven idea that vaccines cause autism , and she believes that chelation therapy , a dangerous quack cure helped cure her son of autism . McCarthy 's views have been considered dangerous , reckless , and uninformed . McCarthy has been described as the nation 's most prominent purveyor of anti-vaxxer ideology and the face of the anti-vaxx movement . Although she disputes the anti-vaccine label and has said she prefers the term pro-safe-vaccine-schedule , this self-description has been met with strong criticism .
Cassandra Peterson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira , Mistress of the Dark . She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ-TV wearing a revealing , black , gothic , cleavage-enhancing gown as host of Elvira 's Movie Macabre , a weekly horror movie presentation .
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin ( /ˈriːdʒɪs ˈfɪlbɪn/ ; born August 25 , 1931 ) is an American media personality , actor , and singer , known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s . After graduating from the University of Notre Dame , he served in the Navy and got his television start serving as a page for the Tonight Show in the 1950s . Philbin gained his first network TV exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop 's sidekick on The Joey Bishop Show . Sometimes called ( alternatively attributed to James Brown ) the hardest working man in show business , Philbin holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera . His trademarks include his excited manner , his New York accent , his wit , and his irreverent ad-libs . Philbin is most widely known as the host of the New York City-based nationally syndicated talk show Live ! with Regis and Kathie Lee starting in 1988 , which became Live ! with Regis and Kelly starting in 2001 , and continued on with former football player Michael Strahan after Philbin 's departure in 2011 . Philbin debuted and hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , Million Dollar Password , and the first season of America 's Got Talent .
Frederick James Prinze Jr. ( born March 8 , 1976 ) is an American actor . He has starred in films such as I Know What You Did Last Summer ( 1997 ) , I Still Know What You Did Last Summer ( 1998 ) , She 's All That ( 1999 ) , Summer Catch ( 2001 ) , Scooby-Doo ( 2002 ) , and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2 : Monsters Unleashed ( 2004 ) . Prinze has also had recurring and starring roles in television shows , including Friends ( 2002 ) , Boston Legal ( 2004 ) , Freddie ( 2005-06 ) and 24 ( 2010 ) , and voiced Kanan Jarrus in the Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels .
WrestleMania XXVI was the 26th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , which took place on March 28 , 2010 , at the University of Phoenix Stadium in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale , Arizona . This was the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania XI with a non-title match as a main event , the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Arizona and the third to be held in an open-air venue , after WrestleMania IX and WrestleMania XXIV . WrestleMania XXVI was a joint-promotion event , with performers both from the Raw and SmackDown brands . The event 's card consisted of eight matches , including three main matches . The first of these matches saw World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho defeat the 2010 Royal Rumble winner Edge to retain the title . The second was a singles match for the WWE Championship that saw John Cena defeat Batista to win the championship . The final match of the night was a no disqualification , no countout match , in which The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels to improve his undefeated WrestleMania streak to 18-0 . Per the pre-match stipulation , Michaels was forced to retire . The undercard also included a No Holds Barred match between Bret Hart and Mr. McMahon and the sixth annual Money in the Bank ladder match . Tickets for the event commenced sale to the public on November 7 , 2009 . WrestleMania XXVI generated approximately 885,000 PPV buys , grossing US $ 49 million in revenue . With an attendance of 72,219 , the event grossed $ 5.8 million in ticket sales , making the event the highest grossing and attended entertainment event held at the University of Phoenix Stadium .
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman ( /sɪˈmoʊn/ ; born December 10 , 1985 ) , also known mononymously as Raven , is an American actress , singer , songwriter , and producer . She began her career as a child actress , appearing as Olivia Kendall on The Cosby Show ( 1989-1992 ) and Nicole Lee on Hangin ' with Mr. Cooper ( 1993-1997 ) . As a teenager , she starred as Raven Baxter on the Disney Channel television series That 's So Raven ( 2003-2007 ) , for which she was nominated for numerous accolades . Since 2017 , Raven-Symoné has reprised her role as Raven Baxter on Raven 's Home , for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children 's Programming . Her film credits include Dr. Dolittle ( 1998 ) , Dr. Dolittle 2 ( 2001 ) , College Road Trip ( 2008 ) , and successful television films , including Zenon : Girl of the 21st Century ( 1999 ) , The Cheetah Girls ( 2003 ) , its sequel Cheetah Girls 2 ( 2006 ) , For One Night ( 2006 ) , and Revenge of the Bridesmaids ( 2010 ) . In music , Raven-Symoné released her debut studio album at the age of seven , Here 's to New Dreams ( 1993 ) , which saw the moderate commercial success of the single That 's What Little Girls Are Made Of . Her subsequent studio albums , Undeniable ( 1999 ) , This Is My Time ( 2004 ) , and Raven-Symoné ( 2008 ) saw some commercial success on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States . She also contributed vocals to several soundtracks from her Disney projects , including The Cheetah Girls ( 2003 ) , That 's So Raven ( 2004 ) , That 's So Raven Too ! ( 2006 ) , and The Cheetah Girls 2 ( 2006 ) , several of which were certified platinum and gold . Raven-Symoné has also lent her voice to the animated series Kim Possible for the character Monique , and films such as Tinker Bell ( 2008 ) . She was also a co-host of the ABC daytime talk show The View from 2015 to 2016 . VH1 ranked her at number nine on their 100 Greatest Kid Stars Of All Time list in 2012 .
WrestleMania XXIV was the 24th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . The event took place on March 30 , 2008 , at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando , Florida and was the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Florida . WrestleMania XXIV was the second WrestleMania to be held outdoors , with the first being WrestleMania IX , held in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas , Nevada . Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled for the event , which featured a supercard , a scheduling of more than one main event . The first of these matches was a singles match from the ECW brand , in which Kane defeated ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero to win the ECW title . The second was a Triple threat match from the Raw brand , in which WWE Champion Randy Orton defeated challengers Triple H and John Cena to retain the championship . In the final match of the event , The Undertaker defeated SmackDown 's World Heavyweight Champion Edge to win the title . From the six scheduled bouts on the undercard , three received more promotion than the others . In a No Disqualification match , boxing champion Floyd Money Mayweather defeated Big Show . The other featured undercard matches saw CM Punk win an inter-promotional Money in the Bank ladder match and a retirement match in which Shawn Michaels defeated Ric Flair , leading to Flair 's departure from the WWE and a period of retirement from active wrestling . Tickets for the event commenced sale to the public on November 3 , 2007 . WWE and the City of Orlando hosted festivities that spanned a five-day period within the central Florida region .
The Make-A-Wish is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) nonprofit organization founded in the United States that creates life-changing wishes for minors with a critical illness who have reached the age of 2½ and are younger than 18 at the time of referral . Potential wish kids , medical professionals , parents , legal guardians and family members with detailed knowledge of the minor 's current medical condition can initiate the referral process . The national headquarters and founding chapter of the Make-A-Wish is in Phoenix . The organization grants wishes through its 60 chapters located throughout the United States . Make-A-Wish also operates in 45 other countries around the world through 38 other affiliate offices .
Paul Reubens ( /ˈruːbənz/ ; né Rubenfeld ; born August 27 , 1952 ) is an American actor , writer , film producer , game show host , and comedian , best known for his character Pee-wee Herman . Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s , and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor . In 1982 , Reubens began appearing in a show about a character he had been developing for years . The show called The Pee-wee Herman Show , ran for five sold-out months , and HBO produced a successful special about it . Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and , for the next decade , Reubens was completely committed to his character , doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee . His feature film , Pee-wee 's Big Adventure ( 1985 ) , directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton , was a financial and critical success , and soon developed into a cult film . Its sequel , Big Top Pee-wee ( 1988 ) , was less successful . Between 1986 and 1990 , Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the CBS Saturday-morning children 's program Pee-wee 's Playhouse . Thereafter , Reubens decided to take a sabbatical from Pee-wee . In July 1991 , Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure in an adult theater in Sarasota , Florida . The arrest set off a chain reaction of national media attention that changed the general public 's view of Reubens and Pee-wee . The arrest postponed Reubens ' involvement in major projects until 1999 , when he appeared in several big-budget projects including Mystery Men and Blow , and Reubens started giving interviews as himself rather than as Pee-wee .
Pee-wee Herman is a comic fictional character created and portrayed by American comedian Paul Reubens . He is best known for his two television series and film series during the 1980s . The childlike Pee-wee Herman character developed as a stage act that quickly led to an HBO special in 1981 . As the stage performance gained further popularity , Reubens took the character to motion picture with Pee-wee 's Big Adventure in 1985 , toning down the adult innuendo for the appeal of children . This paved the way for Pee-wee 's Playhouse , an Emmy Award-winning children 's series that ran on CBS from 1986 to 1991 . Another film , Big Top Pee-wee , was released in 1988 , and after a lengthy hiatus , a third film , Pee-wee 's Big Holiday , was released by Netflix in 2016 . Due to negative media attention following a scandal in 1991 , Reubens decided to shelve his alter ego during the 1990s , then gradually resurrected it during the following decade . It was at that time that Reubens addressed plans to write a new Pee-wee film , Pee-wee 's Playhouse : The Movie . In June 2007 , Reubens appeared as Pee-wee Herman for the first time since 1992 at Spike TV 's Guys ' Choice Awards .
WrestleMania XXVII was the 27th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on April 3 , 2011 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta , Georgia . The event was the first WrestleMania in the state of Georgia and the second to be held in Southeastern United States , following WrestleMania XXIV . WrestleMania XXVII was a joint-promotion event , with performers from both the Raw and SmackDown brands . The event 's card consisted of eight matches , including three main matches . In the first , Edge defeated Alberto Del Rio to retain the World Heavyweight Championship in what turned out to be Edge 's final televised match before his retirement one week later due to cervical spinal stenosis in his neck . The second saw The Undertaker defeating Triple H in a No Holds Barred match to extend his undefeated WrestleMania streak to 19-0 . The third saw The Miz defeating John Cena to retain the WWE Championship . This is the only WrestleMania ever where no championships changed hands ; three championships were defended at the event and all three were retained . Tickets for the event commenced sale to the public on November 13 , 2010 . According to WWE 's second-quarter earnings report , WrestleMania XXVII generated 1,059,000 PPV buys , up roughly 30% domestically and 15% internationally from the previous year . The event grossed US $ 6.6 million in revenue with 71,617 in attendance , making it the third highest grossing event in WWE behind WrestleMania XXV and the next years event WrestleMania XXVIII .
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. ( February 11 , 1936 - September 6 , 2018 ) was an American actor , director , and producer . He first rose to prominence when he starred in several different television series such as Gunsmoke ( 1962-1965 ) , Hawk ( 1966 ) , and Dan August ( 1970-1971 ) . Although Reynolds had leading roles in such films as Navajo Joe ( 1966 ) , his breakthrough role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance ( 1972 ) . Reynolds played the leading role in a number of subsequent box office hits , such as The Longest Yard ( 1974 ) , Smokey and the Bandit ( 1977 ) , Semi-Tough ( 1977 ) , The End ( 1978 ) , Hooper ( 1978 ) , Starting Over ( 1979 ) , Smokey and the Bandit II ( 1980 ) , The Cannonball Run ( 1981 ) , Sharky 's Machine ( 1981 ) , The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ( 1982 ) , and Cannonball Run II ( 1984 ) . Reynolds was voted the world 's number one box office star for five consecutive years ( from 1978 to 1982 ) in the annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll , a record he shares with Bing Crosby . After a number of box office failures , Reynolds returned to television , starring in the sitcom Evening Shade ( 1990-1994 ) . He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Boogie Nights ( 1997 ) .
A ring announcer is an in-ring ( and sometimes on-camera ) employee or contractor for a boxing , professional wrestling or mixed martial arts event or promotion , who introduces the competitors to the audience . In boxing and mixed martial arts bouts , introductions occur after both fighters have entered the ring or cage . Along with each fighter 's name , the announcer typically also announces their height , weight , town , nickname , win/loss record and any current or past titles the fighter has won . In MMA , the fighting discipline is usually announced . In professional wrestling , wrestlers are similarly introduced , though usually before or as they come to the ring . In-ring introductions are sometimes used for title matches or other major bouts , to add a big fight feel . The ring announcer often states the rules of the match . In boxing and MMA , this is usually limited to the number of scheduled rounds and the length of each round . In professional wrestling , the variations are much more numerous and so the announcer may have to explain significantly more to the audience . When an MMA or boxing bout concludes , the ring announcer announces the winner , time of finish and method . If the fight lasts all scheduled rounds , the announcer will read the fight judges ' scorecard totals , before announcing a unanimous , majority , or split decision victory for one of the fighters , or a draw . This is typically done from inside the ring or cage .
In sports , a card lists the matches taking place in a title match combat-sport event . Cards include a main event match and the undercard listing the rest of the matches . The undercard may be divided into a midcard and a lower card , according to the perceived importance of the matches . Promoters schedule matches to occur in ascending order of importance .
Joan Alexandra Molinsky ( June 8 , 1933 - September 4 , 2014 ) , known professionally as Joan Rivers , was an American comedian , actress , writer , producer , and television host . She was noted for her often controversial comedic persona - heavily self-deprecating and sharply acerbic , especially towards celebrities and politicians . Rivers rose to prominence in 1965 as a guest on The Tonight Show . Hosted by her mentor , Johnny Carson , the show established Rivers ' comedic style . In 1986 , with her own rival program , The Late Show with Joan Rivers , Rivers became the first woman to host a late night network television talk show . She subsequently hosted The Joan Rivers Show ( 1989-1993 ) , winning a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host . From the mid-1990s , she became known for her comedic red carpet awards show celebrity interviews , and in 2009 , she was the Celebrity Apprentice Winner . Rivers co-hosted the E ! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police from 2010 to 2014 and starred in the reality series Joan & Melissa : Joan Knows Best ? ( 2011-2014 ) with daughter Melissa Rivers . She was the subject of the documentary Joan Rivers : A Piece of Work ( 2010 ) . In addition to marketing a line of jewelry and apparel on the QVC shopping channel , Rivers authored 12 best-selling books and three LP comedy albums under her own name : Mr. Phyllis And Other Funny Stories ( Warner Bros 1965 ) , The Next To Last Joan Rivers Album ( Buddah 1969 ) , and What Becomes A Semi-Legend Most ?
Philip Andre Mickey Rourke Jr. ( /rʊərk/ ; born September 16 , 1952 ) , is an American actor , screenwriter , and former boxer , who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama , action , and thriller films . During the 1980s , Rourke starred in the comedy-drama Diner ( 1982 ) , the drama Rumble Fish ( 1983 ) , the crime-black-comedy film The Pope of Greenwich Village ( 1984 ) , and the erotic drama 9½ Weeks ( 1986 ) . He received critical praise for his work in the Charles Bukowski biopic Barfly and the horror mystery Angel Heart ( both 1987 ) . In 1991 , Rourke teamed up with Don Johnson and Tom Sizemore in the cult classic action film Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man ; also in 1991 , Rourke - who trained as a boxer in his early years - left acting and became a professional boxer for a time . After retiring from boxing in 1994 , Rourke returned to acting and had supporting roles in several films , including the drama The Rainmaker ( 1997 ) , the comedy-drama Buffalo '66 ( 1998 ) , the thriller-remake of Get Carter ( 2000 ) , the mystery film The Pledge ( 2001 ) , the crime-dark-comedy-drama Spun ( 2002 ) , the action film Once Upon a Time in Mexico ( 2003 ) and the action thriller Man on Fire ( 2004 ) , playing the role of a corrupt lawyer . In 2005 , Rourke made his comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role in the neo-noir action thriller Sin City , for which he won awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association , the Irish Film and Television Awards , and the Online Film Critics Society . In the 2008 film The Wrestler , Rourke portrayed a past-his-prime wrestler ; for his work in the film , Rourke received a 2009 Golden Globe award , a BAFTA award , and an Academy Award nomination . Since then , Rourke has appeared in several commercially successful films , including the 2010 films Iron Man 2 and The Expendables , and the 2011 film Immortals .
WrestleMania XXV ( also marketed as The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania ) was the 25th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on April 5 , 2009 , at Reliant Stadium in Houston , Texas . The event featured talent from all three WWE brands : Raw , SmackDown , and ECW . It was the second WrestleMania to be held in Houston , with the first being WrestleMania X-Seven at the Reliant Astrodome , which was held in 2001 . Eight matches were held on the event 's card , which featured a supercard , a scheduling of more than one main bout . The first of these matches saw The Undertaker defeat Shawn Michaels . The second was a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship , which saw John Cena defeat the champion , Edge , and the third participant in the match , The Big Show , to win the championship . The final match of the night was a singles match for the WWE Championship that featured the champion , Triple H , defeating Randy Orton to retain the title . Featured matches on the undercard included Jeff Hardy versus Matt Hardy in an Extreme Rules match , Chris Jericho versus the team of Roddy Piper , Ricky Steamboat and Jimmy Snuka , and the annual Money in the Bank ladder match . Tickets for the event commenced sale to the public on November 8 , 2008 . For the third consecutive year , WrestleMania broke the record for the highest-grossing pay-per-view in WWE history , grossing US $ 6.9 million in ticket sales , which included fans from all 50 U.S. states , 24 countries , and seven Canadian provinces . WrestleMania XXV generated approximately 960,000 pay-per-view buys , grossing $ 21.0 million in revenue .
Christopher Keith Irvine ( born November 9 , 1970 ) , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho , is an American-born Canadian professional wrestler , musician , podcaster , author , actor , and entrepreneur , currently signed to both All Elite Wrestling ( AEW ) , where he is the inaugural and current AEW World Champion and New Japan Pro-Wrestling ( NJPW ) . In professional wrestling , he is best known for appearances in WWE between 1999 and 2018 . Noted for his over-the-top , rock star persona , Jericho has been named by journalists and industry colleagues as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time . During the 1990s , Jericho performed for the American organizations Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , as well as for international promotions in countries such as Canada , Japan , and Mexico . In 2001 , he became the first Undisputed WWF Champion , and thus the final holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship ( then referred to as the World Championship ) , having won and unified the WWF and World titles by defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock on the same night . Jericho headlined multiple pay-per-view ( PPV ) events during his time with the WWF/WWE , including WrestleMania X8 and the inaugural TLC and Elimination Chamber shows . Among other accolades within the WWF/WWE , Jericho has won the Undisputed WWF Championship once , the WCW/World Championship twice , the World Heavyweight Championship three times , and the WWE Intercontinental Championship a record nine times . Jericho is the ninth Triple Crown Champion , as well as the fourth Grand Slam Champion in history . In addition , he was the 2008 Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner and ( along with Big Show as Jeri-Show ) won the 2009 Tag Team of the Year Slammy Award - making him the only winner of both Superstar and Tag Team of the Year . Between AEW , WWE , WCW , ECW , and NJPW , Jericho has held 34 total championships ( including seven World Championships and 10 Intercontinental Championships ) and was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2010 . In 1999 , Jericho became lead vocalist of heavy metal band Fozzy , who released their eponymous debut album the following year . The group 's early work is composed largely of cover versions , although they have focused primarily on original material from third album All That Remains ( 2005 ) onward .
Richard Bartlett Schroder ( born April 13 , 1970 ) is an American actor and film director . As a child actor , billed as Ricky Schroder , Schroder debuted in the film The Champ ( 1979 ) , going on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons . He has continued acting as an adult , usually billed as Rick Schroder , notably as Newt on the western miniseries Lonesome Dove ( 1989 ) and in the crime-drama series NYPD Blue .
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( /ˈʃvɑːrtsnɛɡər/ ; [ a ] German : [ ˈaʁnɔlt ˈʃvaʁtsn̩ˌʔɛɡɐ ] ; born July 30 , 1947 ) is an Austrian-American actor , filmmaker , businessman , author , and former professional bodybuilder and politician . He served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011 . As of 2020 , he is the most recent Republican governor of California . Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at the age of 15 . He won the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest seven times , remaining a prominent presence in bodybuilding and writing many books and articles on the sport . The Arnold Sports Festival , considered the second most important professional bodybuilding event in recent years , is named after him . He is widely considered to be one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time , as well as the sport 's most charismatic ambassador . Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon . His breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian in 1982 , a box-office hit that resulted in a sequel . In 1984 , he appeared in the title role of James Cameron 's critically and commercially successful science fiction action film The Terminator . He subsequently played a similar Terminator character in most of the franchise 's later installments , Terminator 2 : Judgment Day ( 1991 ) , Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines ( 2003 ) , Terminator Genisys ( 2015 ) , and Terminator : Dark Fate ( 2019 ) . He has appeared in a number of other successful films , such as Commando ( 1985 ) , The Running Man ( 1987 ) , Predator ( 1987 ) , Twins ( 1988 ) , Total Recall ( 1990 ) , Kindergarten Cop ( 1990 ) , and True Lies ( 1994 ) .
WrestleMania 31 was the 31st annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE . It took place on March 29 , 2015 , at Levi 's Stadium in Santa Clara , California . Nine matches were contested at the event , with two being shown on the Kickoff pre-show . In the main event , Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract as the scheduled match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns was in progress , and won the resulting impromptu triple threat match to capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship . On the undercard , The Undertaker ( in his first match since the previous year 's event ) defeated Bray Wyatt and John Cena defeated Rusev to win the WWE United States Championship . The event was also notable for Sting 's debut match in WWE and only WrestleMania match , in which he was defeated by Triple H. The event received highly positive reviews from fans and critics alike ; some critics called it one of the best ever WrestleMania events . WWE reported that the show was the highest grossing WWE event ever , drawing a revenue of $ 12.6 million . The company also claimed an attendance figure of 76,976 .
Rhonda Honey Shear ( born November 12 , 1954 ) is an American television personality , comedian , actress , and entrepreneur . She is best known for her role as a host of the USA Network 's weekend B-movie show , USA Up All Night , in the 1990s . In 2001 , she started an intimate apparel business that was marketed on Home Shopping Network , with one of her most successful products being the Ahh Bra in 2010 . She is a regular participant in Tampa Bay 's annual Fashion Week events .
Mr. T ( born Lawrence Tureaud ; May 21 , 1952 ) is an American actor , bodyguard , television personality , and retired professional wrestler , known for his roles as B . A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team and as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III . Mr. T is known for his distinctive hairstyle inspired by Mandinka warriors in West Africa , his gold jewelry , and his tough-guy image . In 2006 , he starred in I Pity the Fool , a reality show shown on TV Land ; the title of the show comes from the famous catchphrase used by his character , Clubber Lang .
WrestleMania ( sequentially known as WrestleMania I ) was the inaugural WrestleMania and inaugural professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event ( only in selected areas ) , produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) . It took place on March 31 , 1985 , at Madison Square Garden in New York City . The attendance for the event was 19,121 . The event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television , making it the largest pay-per-view showing of a wrestling event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time . The show consisted of nine professional wrestling matches . In the main event , Hulk Hogan and Mr. T defeated Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper . Also , Wendi Richter ( accompanied by manager Cyndi Lauper ) defeated Leilani Kai to win the WWF Women 's Championship , and Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik defeated The U.S. Express ( Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham ) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship . Celebrity guests included former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali as referee , baseball player/manager Billy Martin as ring announcer , and musician-actor Liberace as timekeeper .
Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers . A tag team may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition , but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name and identity . In most team matches , only one competitor per team is allowed in the ring at a time . This status as the active or legal wrestler may be transferred by physical contact , most commonly a palm-to-palm tag which resembles a high five . The team-based match has been a mainstay of professional wrestling since the mid-twentieth century , and most promotions have sanctioned a championship division for tag teams .
Terry Gene Bollea ( /bəˈleɪə/ , born August 11 , 1953 ) , better known by his ring name as Hulk Hogan , is an American retired professional wrestler , actor , television personality , entrepreneur , and musician . According to IGN , Hogan is the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 1980s . Hogan began his professional wrestling career in 1977 , but gained worldwide recognition after signing for World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) in 1983 . There , his persona as a heroic all-American helped usher in the 1980s professional wrestling boom , where he headlined the first nine editions of WWF 's flagship annual event , WrestleMania . During his initial run , Hogan also won the WWF Championship five times , with his first reign holding the record for the second-longest in company history . Additionally , he is the first wrestler to win consecutive Royal Rumble matches , winning in 1990 and 1991 . In 1994 , he departed the WWF to sign for rival promotion World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . Hogan subsequently won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship six times , and also holds the record for the longest reign in company history . In 1996 , he adopted the villainous persona of Hollywood Hulk Hogan , leading the popular New World Order ( NWO ) stable . As a result , he became a major figure during the Monday Night Wars , another boom of mainstream professional wrestling . Hogan also headlined WCW 's annual flagship event Starrcade three times , including the most profitable WCW pay-per-view ever at the event 's 1997 edition . Aside from those promotions , Hogan also performed for the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) , New Japan Pro-Wrestling ( NJPW ) , and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) .
Roderick George Roddy Toombs ( April 17 , 1954 - July 31 , 2015 ) , better known by his ring name Rowdy Roddy Piper , was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor . In professional wrestling , Piper was best known to international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) between 1984 and 2000 . Although he was Canadian , because of his Scottish heritage he was falsely billed as coming from Glasgow and was known for his signature kilt and bagpipe entrance music . Piper earned the nicknames Rowdy and Hot Rod by displaying his trademark Scottish rage , spontaneity , and quick wit . According to The Daily Telegraph , he is considered by many to be the greatest 'heel ' ( or villain ) wrestler ever . One of wrestling 's most recognizable stars , Piper headlined numerous PPV events , including the WWF and WCW 's respective premier annual events , WrestleMania and Starrcade . He accumulated 34 championships and hosted the popular WWF/E interview segment Piper 's Pit , which facilitated numerous feuds . Piper 's biggest rival was Hulk Hogan : their mid-1980s feud - also involving Captain Lou Albano and singer Cyndi Lauper - is considered the beginning of Rock ' n ' Wrestling . [ citation needed ] In 2005 , Piper was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Ric Flair , who dubbed him the most gifted entertainer in the history of professional wrestling . Outside of wrestling , Piper acted in dozens of films and TV shows , most notably taking the lead role of John Nada in the 1988 cult classic They Live and a recurring role as a deranged professional wrestler called Da ' Maniac on the FX comedy series It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia . He 's also widely known for his role in Hell Comes to Frogtown as the character Sam Hell .
Paul Parlette Orndorff Jr. ( born October 29 , 1949 ) is an American former professional wrestler , best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) as Mr . Wonderful Paul Orndorff . Orndorff became a star in the 1980s WWF wrestling boom . Orndorff 's feud with Hulk Hogan in 1985-1986 is a highlight of his career . Orndorff departed the WWF for WCW in early 1988 . After retiring , Orndorff worked as a professional wrestling trainer . In 2011 , Orndorff was diagnosed with cancer , but went through treatment and was declared cancer free by the end of 2011 . Orndorff started wrestling in 1976 after playing for one year in the World Football League and initially worked for a number of wrestling promotions in the southern states of the United States such as Mid-Southern Wrestling , Southeast Championship Wrestling , Mid-South Wrestling and Georgia Championship Wrestling . In 1983 , he made his debut for the WWF , portraying a narcissistic bad guy and was part of the main event of the first-ever WrestleMania show . He would later team up with WWF 's top name , Hulk Hogan , leading to a storyline where Orndorff turned on Hogan and the two had a high-profile feud . Orndorff suffered an arm injury during the time and retired for a number of years before returning in 1990 , working primarily for WCW . In WCW he won several titles including the WCW World Television Championship as well as the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Paul Roma ( as a team called Pretty Wonderful ) .