History OneOfUs / WrestlingWeenies

* Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} wrestler Leva Bates' wrestling attires consist of numerous different cosplays from various movie and comic franchises. Cosplays she has used for her attire have included [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun Li]], CaptainAmerica, ThePunisher, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, {{Robin}}, Harley Quinn, Franchise/IndianaJones, Film/{{Rocky}}, [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], IronMan, DoraTheExplorer, and [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]].

* A lot of WWE wrestlers are gamers. CodyRhodes has the Triforce on his boots. He even admitted to playing ''Zelda'' every year.

* TheMiz and JohnMorrison have talked about the new WWE games in detail with game sites like IGN.
* Kofi Kingston told ''NintendoPower'' that he wanted [[PunchOut a pink hoodie]]. He compares his style to characters from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' and ''StreetFighter''.

*** More recently, he debuted a pair of [[{{Batman}} Riddler]] trunks on Superstars (which he then went on to wear in the Royal Rumble, as well as the following Monday Night Raw), with the question marks all over, and his "Kofi-face" logo wearing the Riddler's hat and mask. He also mentioned in a recent WWE magazine interview that the one pair of trunks he had made that he has never worn was a Red and Black [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Harley Quinn]] one.

* DwayneJohnson is a big video game geek. So much so that his interview with Jon Stewart for ''Series/TheDailyShow'', ostensibly to promote the then-new ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' movie, eventually became the two of them just talking about the games instead. During [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e67slmggcQ an interview]] about the movie, when the subject of the BFG came up, Dwayne insisted on calling it the "BigFuckingGun" rather than the "Bio-Force Gun" (the name used in the movie).
** Also, while he was one of the biggest stars in wrestling history, once he left for the big lights of Hollywood, most people assumed that he never actually cared about wrestling and just saw it as a launching pad to stardom. Thanks to his Twitter account, it turns out that he's still very much a HUGE wrestling geek, and in addition to Wrestling/{{WWE}} he regularly watches both {{TNA}} and RingOfHonor. He's a big fan of current ROH World Champion Kevin Steen.
* MickFoley was an avid wrestling fan before getting his start professionally. Since semi-retiring he's gone on to become a novelist and voiced "The Boulder," an AffectionateParody character of DwayneJohnson's iconic persona, "The Rock" on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

* Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s ChrisJericho is such a geek, he named his son [[EvilDead Ash]], sings for a metal band in a persona called Moongoose [=McQueen=] (named for Steve [=McQueen=], of course), and has recorded with Dream Theater and Music/IronMaiden.
** Rumor has it, he once met Rob Reiner and alienated him by geeking out about ''ThisIsSpinalTap''.

* Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s CMPunk is a big comic book fan and a bigger GIJoe fan, going so far as to have the Cobra logo tattooed on his arm.

* {{TNA}}'s Chris Sabin (real name Josh Harter) is a big gamer and took his wrestling name from Sabin in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. Considering that the [[TheSpoonyExperiment MOTHERFUCKER SUPLEXED A TRAIN]]..

* Former WWE wrestler Scott Levy - best known as Wrestler/{{Raven}} - is a member of MENSA and a huge comic book fan. While in {{ECW}}, he often wrestled wearing T-shirts of comics from DC's VertigoComics imprint (usually ComicBook/TheSandman). He has also been spotted wearing a {{Daredevil}} shirt on occasion. He also co-wrote issue #14 of the ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'' limited series ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web''
* Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s Hornswoggle is a big fan of ''TheMuppetShow'' and [[StealthPun it shows.]] He has tattoos of Animal, StatlerAndWaldorf, Beaker, and Sweetums, has all the Muppet Show seasons on DVD and has watched them three times and has paid 250 dollars for a rare Muppets Monopoly board game.
* Wrestling/{{WWE}} wrestler JohnCena has admitted to being an anime fan. His favorite anime movie? ''FistOfTheNorthStar''! He's also a ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' fan.
* ''WWESmackdown'' color man Matt Striker betrays his {{anime}} geekdom with every nickname he bestows upon a wrestler. "[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis]]" Yoshi Tatsu, indeed. His commentary also has him proudly displaying his ComicBook geekery ("AvengersAssemble, this is SecretWars!"), not to mention that his vast knowledge of professional wrestling history is starting to reach ''[[Wrestling/JimRoss J.R]].-level'' ContinuityPorn. And now he's revealed that he named his cats after the Midnight Express. Yup, geek.
* Independent wrestling promotion Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} pretty much runs on this. Mike Quackenbush, their booker/head trainer/owner/wrestler/jack-of-all-trades is a diehard comic book and pop culture junkie and it shows. Much of the DVD covers are homages to famous comic book covers, their shows have titles that are references to They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads, Blackadder, and everything in between, and the booking itself basically patterns itself after continuity-heavy TV shows along the lines of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' (which Quackenbush is also, unsurprisingly, a huge fan of).
* [[BadAss A]][[EnsembleDarkhorse J]] [[AJStyles Styles]] of {{TNA}} is a gamer and a fan of JKRowling.
* TNA wrestler SamoaJoe based his finisher, the Muscle Buster, on the one used by VideoGame/{{Tekken}} character King ([[OlderThanTheyThink though the move was actually created as the Kinniku Buster]]. Then again, it was created for a [[KinnikumanNisei manga character]], so it keeps a nerdy origin).
** Recently, he also sided against RogerEbert in the "games as art" debate, proclaiming such games as ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and ''{{Uncharted}} 2'' to indeed be art. He also called ''Uncharted 2'' "the best action flick I've seen all year".
* {{SHIMMER}} wrestler Leva Bates' wrestling attires consist of numerous different cosplays from various movie and comic franchises. Cosplays she has used for her attire have included [[StreetFighter Chun Li]], CaptainAmerica, ThePunisher, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, {{Robin}}, Harley Quinn, Franchise/IndianaJones, Film/{{Rocky}}, [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], IronMan, DoraTheExplorer, and [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]].

* ReyMysterioJr trots out the cosplay for pay-per-view events (usually {{Wrestlemania}}, but occasionally other shows), having dressed as TheFlash, SilverSurfer, {{Spider-Man}}, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, a Na'vi from Film/{{Avatar}}, as well as CaptainAmerica.
* {{WWE NXT}} rookie [[ChickBusters A.J. Lee]] is a huge fan of video games, anime and comic books. She regularly [[{{Twitter}} tweets]] about her love of all of them, especially the X-Men (her favorite story is the Dark Phoenix Saga), she has a dog named after Kagome from ''Manga/InuYasha'' and in a promo video there were clearly visible action figures of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Yuna]] and [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Meryl Silverburgh]]. This carries over into her wrestling persona; she describes herself as a "geek goddess", and in a Halloween costume battle royal, she dressed as [[MortalKombat Kitana]] and actually attempted a fan lift.

* {{SHIMMER}}'s resident banshee [=MsChif=] is the alter ego of one Rachael Collins, a sweet, horror movie and BlackMetal-loving microbiologist.
* MitsuharuMisawa was a big video game fan.
* TheBigShow has said in an interview that when he goes home he "grabs an Ice Tea, goes to his room and plays Call of Duty, it's therapy for me.". He also has a tour bus with TV's and Xboxes hooked to them.
* BryanDanielson. Japanese wrestling fanboy, comic book nerd
* ZackRyder seems to collect a number of action figures (a Ghostbusters Peter Venkman figure makes at least one appearance in each episode of his Youtube [[ZTrueLongIslandStory webseries]], along with one of Dolph Ziggler), and likes Star Wars (so much so that he's made more than a few Star Wars references, and made out with someone dressed as Princess Leia. He's also dressed as Han Solo. Again, this has occurred in all of his webisodes )
* ChristopherDaniels is a ''massive'' comic book fan, gamer, cosplayed Magneto for [=ComicCon=] and was made a Series/DoctorWho [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=9923&pg=9 villain]].

** The two ended up dressing up as the [[SuperMarioBros Mario Bros.]] during a Halloween battle royale.
* BethPhoenix has been stated to be the most imposing diva in WWE history-- against the likes of Kharma and {{Chyna}}, that's saying something. She is also a huge fan of video games, horror films and TheSimpsons.

** Foley is also notable for talking about things in his life that wrestlers might think dilutes their tough image. For instance he loves the music of ToriAmos to a near religious degree, loves Christmas and so regularly goes to Santa's Village (an all year round Christmas themed amusement park), not to mention that he always talks about events in his life other than wrestling in his books. Since his first book, his books have been just as much about his family life as they have about his career.

* ''WWESmackdown'' color man Matt Striker betrays his {{anime}} geekdom with every nickname he bestows upon a wrestler. "[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis]]" Yoshi Tatsu, indeed. His commentary also has him proudly displaying his ComicBook geekery ("AvengersAssemble, this is SecretWars!"), not to mention that his vast knowledge of professional wrestling history is starting to reach ''[[JimRoss J.R]].-level'' ContinuityPorn. And now he's revealed that he named his cats after the Midnight Express. Yup, geek.
* Independent wrestling promotion {{CHIKARA}} pretty much runs on this. Mike Quackenbush, their booker/head trainer/owner/wrestler/jack-of-all-trades is a diehard comic book and pop culture junkie and it shows. Much of the DVD covers are homages to famous comic book covers, their shows have titles that are references to They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads, Blackadder, and everything in between, and the booking itself basically patterns itself after continuity-heavy TV shows along the lines of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' (which Quackenbush is also, unsurprisingly, a huge fan of).

* DwayneJohnson is a big video game geek. So much so that his interview with Jon Stewart for ''TheDailyShow'', ostensibly to promote the then-new ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' movie, eventually became the two of them just talking about the games instead. During [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e67slmggcQ an interview]] about the movie, when the subject of the BFG came up, Dwayne insisted on calling it the "BigFuckingGun" rather than the "Bio-Force Gun" (the name used in the movie).

* WWE NXT rookie [[ChickBusters A.J. Lee]] is a huge fan of video games, anime and comic books. She regularly [[{{Twitter}} tweets]] about her love of all of them, especially the X-Men (her favorite story is the Dark Phoenix Saga), she has a dog named after Kagome from ''Manga/InuYasha'' and in a promo video there were clearly visible action figures of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Yuna]] and [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Meryl Silverburgh]]. This carries over into her wrestling persona; she describes herself as a "geek goddess", and in a Halloween costume battle royal, she dressed as [[MortalKombat Kitana]] and actually attempted a fan lift.

** He's also busted out the lines [[StarWars "I find your lack of faith disturbing"]] and [[{{Watchmen}} "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!"]] during recent promos.

** Everytime he comes out to the ring he pauses, hears an imaginary watch ring, and screams [[FantasticFour "It's Clobberin' Time!"]]

* {{SHIMMER}} wrestler Leva Bates' wrestling attires consist of numerous different cosplays from various movie and comic franchises. Cosplays she has used for her attire have included [[StreetFighter Chun Li]], CaptainAmerica, ThePunisher, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, Robin, Harley Quinn, Franchise/IndianaJones, Film/{{Rocky}}, [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], IronMan, DoraTheExplorer, and [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]].

* Wrestling/{{WWE}} wrestler Gregory "Hurricane" Helms' love of the ''GreenLantern'' is well-documented (not the least of which by the Green Lantern Corps logo tattooed on his shoulder), and his total fanboy obsession was actually his gimmick for a short time after entering Wrestling/{{WWE}} (before the character jumped completely off the deep-end and became a campy SuperHero). His website also features a piece of art by himself, showing The Hurricane delivering his FinishingMove to CaptainMarvel as Black Adam looks on approvingly.

** It's also been told that he plays with action figures. He'll even let you play with him, but be warned: When he plays, he ''[[SeriousBusiness plays]]'', and you better take it serious and be able to keep up.

* {{SHIMMER}} wrestler Leva Bates' wrestling attires consist of numerous different cosplays from various movie and comic franchises. Cosplays she has used for her attire have included [[StreetFighter Chun Li]], CaptainAmerica, ThePunisher, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, Robin, Harley Quinn, IndianaJones, Film/{{Rocky}}, [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], IronMan, DoraTheExplorer, and [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]].

* {{WWE}} wrestler Gregory "Hurricane" Helms' love of the ''GreenLantern'' is well-documented (not the least of which by the Green Lantern Corps logo tattooed on his shoulder), and his total fanboy obsession was actually his gimmick for a short time after entering {{WWE}} (before the character jumped completely off the deep-end and became a campy SuperHero). His website also features a piece of art by himself, showing The Hurricane delivering his FinishingMove to CaptainMarvel as Black Adam looks on approvingly.

* Kofi Kingston told ''NintendoPower'' that he wanted [[PunchOut a pink hoodie]]. He compares his style to characters from ''{{Tekken}}'' and ''StreetFighter''.

*** More recently, he debuted a pair of [[{{Batman}} Riddler]] trunks on Superstars (which he then went on to wear in the Royal Rumble, as well as the following Monday Night Raw), with the question marks all over, and his "Kofi-face" logo wearing the Riddler's hat and mask. He also mentioned in a recent WWE magazine interview that the one pair of trunks he had made that he has never worn was a Red and Black [[TheJoker Harley Quinn]] one.
* Montel Vontavious Porter, better known as MVP, based one of his early finishers off of an [[{{Tekken}} Eddie Gordo]] move. It was named Malicious Intent.

** Also, while he was one of the biggest stars in wrestling history, once he left for the big lights of Hollywood, most people assumed that he never actually cared about wrestling and just saw it as a launching pad to stardom. Thanks to his Twitter account, it turns out that he's still very much a HUGE wrestling geek, and in addition to {{WWE}} he regularly watches both {{TNA}} and [[RingOfHonor Ring of Honor]]. He's a big fan of current ROH World Champion Kevin Steen.
* MickFoley was an avid wrestling fan before getting his start professionally. Since semi-retiring he's gone on to become a novelist and voiced "The Boulder," an AffectionateParody character of DwayneJohnson's iconic persona, "The Rock" on ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
* {{WWE}}'s ChrisJericho is such a geek, he named his son [[EvilDead Ash]], sings for a metal band in a persona called Moongoose [=McQueen=] (named for Steve [=McQueen=], of course), and has recorded with Dream Theater and Music/IronMaiden.

* {{WWE}}'s CMPunk is a big comic book fan and a bigger GIJoe fan, going so far as to have the Cobra logo tattooed on his arm.

* {{WWE}}'s Hornswoggle is a big fan of ''TheMuppetShow'' and [[StealthPun it shows.]] He has tattoos of Animal, StatlerAndWaldorf, Beaker, and Sweetums, has all the Muppet Show seasons on DVD and has watched them three times and has paid 250 dollars for a rare Muppets Monopoly board game.
* {{WWE}} wrestler JohnCena has admitted to being an anime fan. His favorite anime movie? ''FistOfTheNorthStar''! He's also a ''CommandAndConquer'' fan.
* ''WWESmackdown'' color man Matt Striker betrays his {{anime}} geekdom with every nickname he bestows upon a wrestler. "[[NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis]]" Yoshi Tatsu, indeed. His commentary also has him proudly displaying his ComicBook geekery ("AvengersAssemble, this is SecretWars!"), not to mention that his vast knowledge of professional wrestling history is starting to reach ''[[JimRoss J.R]].-level'' ContinuityPorn. And now he's revealed that he named his cats after the Midnight Express. Yup, geek.
* Independent wrestling promotion {{CHIKARA}} pretty much runs on this. Mike Quackenbush, their booker/head trainer/owner/wrestler/jack-of-all-trades is a diehard comic book and pop culture junkie and it shows. Much of the DVD covers are homages to famous comic book covers, their shows have titles that are references to They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads, Blackadder, and everything in between, and the booking itself basically patterns itself after continuity-heavy TV shows along the lines of ''{{Lost}}'' (which Quackenbush is also, unsurprisingly, a huge fan of).

* TNA wrestler SamoaJoe based his finisher, the Muscle Buster, on the one used by {{Tekken}} character King ([[OlderThanTheyThink though the move was actually created as the Kinniku Buster]]. Then again, it was created for a [[KinnikumanNisei manga character]], so it keeps a nerdy origin).
** Recently, he also sided against RogerEbert in the "games as art" debate, proclaiming such games as ''RedDeadRedemption'' and ''{{Uncharted}} 2'' to indeed be art. He also called ''Uncharted 2'' "the best action flick I've seen all year".
* {{SHIMMER}} wrestler Leva Bates' wrestling attires consist of numerous different cosplays from various movie and comic franchises. Cosplays she has used for her attire have included [[StreetFighter Chun Li]], CaptainAmerica, ThePunisher, TheJoker, Robin, Harley Quinn, IndianaJones, Film/{{Rocky}}, [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], IronMan, DoraTheExplorer, and [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]].

* ReyMysterioJr trots out the cosplay for pay-per-view events (usually {{Wrestlemania}}, but occasionally other shows), having dressed as TheFlash, SilverSurfer, {{Spider-Man}}, TheJoker, a Na'vi from Film/{{Avatar}}, as well as CaptainAmerica.
* WWE NXT rookie [[ChickBusters A.J. Lee]] is a huge fan of video games, anime and comic books. She regularly [[{{Twitter}} tweets]] about her love of all of them, especially the X-Men (her favorite story is the Dark Phoenix Saga), she has a dog named after Kagome from ''{{Inuyasha}}'' and in a promo video there were clearly visible action figures of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Yuna]] and [[MetalGearSolid Meryl Silverburgh]]. This carries over into her wrestling persona; she describes herself as a "geek goddess", and in a Halloween costume battle royal, she dressed as [[MortalKombat Kitana]] and actually attempted a fan lift.

* WWE Diva Nikki Bella has admitted to loving video games, listing ''Tony Hawk'', ''MortalKombat'' and ''DonkeyKong'' as her favourites. Her sister Brie, [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl not so much]].

* BethPhoenix has been stated to be the most imposing diva in WWE history, against the likes of Kharma and {{Chyna}} that's saying something. She is also a huge fan of video games, horror films and TheSimpsons.
* [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. Yes yes he was one of the biggest stars in wrestling history but once he left for the big lights of Hollywood most people assumed that he never actually cared about wrestling and just saw it as a launching pad to stardom. Thanks to his twitter account it turns out that he's still very much a HUGE wrestling geek and in addition to {{WWE}} he regularly watches both {{TNA}} and [[RingOfHonor Ring of Honor]]. He's a big fan of current ROH World Champion Kevin Steen.

** He's also busted out the lines [[StarWars "I find your lack of faith disturbing"]] and [[{{Watchmen}} I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!"]] during recent promos.

*** More recently, he debuted a pair of [[{{Batman}} Riddler]] trunks on Superstars(which he then went on to wear in the Royal Rumble, as well as the following Monday Night Raw), with the question marks all over, and his "Kofi-face" logo wearing the Riddler's hat and mask. He also mentioned in a recent WWE magazine interview that the one pair of trunks he had made that he has never worn, was a Red and Black [[TheJoker Harley Quinn]] one.

* {{TNA}}'s Chris Sabin (real name Josh Harter) is a big gamer and took his wrestling name from Sabin in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. Considering that the [[TheSpoonyExperiment MOTHERFUCKER SUPLEXED A TRAIN]]...

* Former WWE wrestler Scott Levy - best known as Wrestler/{{Raven}} - is a member of MENSA and a huge comic book fan. While in {{ECW}}, he often wrestled wearing T-shirts of comics from DC's VertigoComics imprint (usually TheSandman). He has also been spotted wearing a {{Daredevil}} shirt on occasion. He also co-wrote issue #14 of the ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'' limited series ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web''

** "[[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Your princess is in another castle]], [[http://vids.wwe.com/13858/wwecom-exclusive-kaitlyn-and-aj Nattie...]]"

* DwayneJohnson is a big video game geek. So much so that his interview with Jon Stewart for ''TheDailyShow'', ostensibly to promote the then-new ''{{Doom}}'' movie, eventually became the two of them just talking about the games instead. During [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e67slmggcQ an interview]] about the movie, when the subject of the BFG came up, Dwayne insisted on calling it the "[[BigFuckingGun Big Fucking Gun]]" rather than the "Bio-Force Gun" (the name used in the movie).
* MickFoley was an avid wrestling fan before getting his start professionally. Since semi-retiring he's gone on to become a novelist and voiced "The Boulder," an AffectionateParody character of DwayneJohnson's iconic persona, "The Rock" on ''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]''.

* Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s {{Wrestling/Kane}} has a bachelor's degree in English and is a very avid gamer and [[http://www.adventuresofcitizenx.com/ political blogger]].

* Former WWE wrestler Scott Levy - best known as {{Wrestler/Raven}} - is a member of MENSA and a huge comic book fan. While in {{ECW}}, he often wrestled wearing T-shirts of comics from DC's VertigoComics imprint (usually TheSandman). He has also been spotted wearing a {{Daredevil}} shirt on occasion. He also co-wrote issue #14 of the ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'' limited series ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web''

* {{Zack Ryder}} seems to collect a number of action figures (a Ghostbusters Peter Venkman figure makes at least one appearance in each episode of his Youtube [[{{Z True Long Island Story}} webseries]], along with one of Dolph Ziggler), and likes Star Wars (so much so that he's made more than a few Star Wars references, and made out with someone dressed as Princess Leia. He's also dressed as Han Solo. Again, this has occurred in all of his webisodes )

* A lot of WWE wrestlers are gamers. CodyRhodes has the [[TheLegendOfZelda Triforce]] on his boots. He even admitted to playing ''Zelda'' every year.
** Specifically, he's admitted that every year he plays ''A Link To The Past'' from start to finish ''without saving or quitting play.'' THAT defines a geek right there.

* {{WWE}}'s {{Wrestler/Kane}} has a bachelor's degree in English and is a very avid gamer and [[http://www.adventuresofcitizenx.com/ political blogger]].

** The two ended up dressing up as the Mario Bros. during a Halloween battle royale.

** He's also a huge comic book fan and has said his favorite characters are [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} Archangel, Omega Red, Cyclops]] and the Inhumans. He has a cabinet of the Konami X-Men arcade game at his house, he once said he'd want Patriot from the ''YoungAvengers'' as a member of Legacy, and that he'd want to wrestle BlackPanther in a cage match.

* {{SHIMMER}} wrestler Leva Bates' wrestling attires consist of numerous different cosplays from various movie and comic franchises. Cosplays she has used for her attire have included [[StreetFighter Chun Li]], CaptainAmerica, ThePunisher, TheJoker, Robin, Harley Quinn, IndianaJones, {{Rocky}}, [[NightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], IronMan, DoraTheExplorer, and [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]].