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| 11 | [[quoteright:285:[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/316_4.jpg]]]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:285: [-I used to wonder what friendship could be\ |
| 13 | Until you tried to body-slam me...-]]] |
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| 15 | A Pro Wrestling Episode [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is just that]]: an episode that takes place at a ProfessionalWrestling match or event. It is expected for this type of episode to appear on live action pro wrestling shows or fictional works whose premise revolves around pro wrestling. This becomes more distinct on a work that does not interact with (or even mention) wrestling before the episode. |
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| 17 | If the latter does occur, expect a series regular, FakeGuestStar or character who is a wrestling fan to get involved in a match somehow. There is also a good chance that someone will hint, if not say outright, that wrestling is fake, unless [[ProWrestlingIsReal it's real]]. [[AvertedTrope Usually averted]] with Indian leg wrestling, Greco-Roman, Sumo, Yağlı Güreş (Turkish oil wrestling) and Olympic/collegiate wrestling, because of those examples [[RealLife actually are real]]. |
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| 19 | Compare with BoxingEpisode. |
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| 23 | !!Examples: |
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| 27 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 28 | * The ''Literature/DirtyPair'' have run into this a couple times (not surprising since they were inspired by a real-life {{tag team}}). One OVA has them investigated drug-use by fighters, with Kei entering the ring. A TV episode has them competing with an in-universe tag team to track down a shaggy-cat. |
| 29 | * Episode 3 of ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' season 2. The gang participates in another festival at the Satsukitane shrine, but the theme this year is professional wrestling. With a ten million yen prize, Tomoki debuts as Mask Du Pants. Using ecchi wrestling holds and finishing moves, Tomoki advances easily through the tournament, and battles the Angeloids in a tag team elimination match. The finals pit him against Mikako in an electrified steel cage match. He gets the advantage until another masked wrestler, implied to be Sohara, interferes and delivers a devastating backbreaker on him. Afterwards, Mikako awards the prize to Tomoki, but he must fight for the World Title against Judas, who was the shooting range man from the previous year. |
| 30 | * Chapter 32 of the ''Manga/KitsuneNoYomeiri'' manga sees [[{{Tanuki}} Kanon]] recruited, by a former JapaneseDelinquent trying to go straight, to team up for a pro-wrestling tag match. Before the match the pair are told that they are [[ThrowingTheFight supposed to lose]] but after the ex-delinquent is poisoned by their opponents and her place secretly taken by [[AsianFoxSpirit Kyouka]], Kanon uses her [[SuperStrength full power]] to easily wins the match and expose the opposition's cheating. |
| 31 | * ''Manga/MissMachiko'' had a few episodes centering around either pro-wrestling, school centered Olympic wrestling, or sumo wrestling. Naturally Kenta often use DefeatByModesty tactics while wrestling women (two are school matches and one is a professional event). He does it to Machiko once. Later, he wrestles a blonde wrestler who doesn't seem to care much, averting this trope. |
| 32 | * ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows''. The 7th target, the student teacher, is a huge wrestling fan. Keima meets her at a wrestling event as part of the "conquest". |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 36 | * ''Animation/MotuPatlu'': In "FWWE Fight", Motu participates in a wrestling match and takes on several strong wrestlers so that he can win 100,000 rupees' worth of samosas. |
| 37 | * ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'': |
| 38 | ** The first episode, titled "Sumo Momo", is about Samosa going with his friends to a wrestling match featuring Sumo Momo, his favorite professional wrestler. On their way to the match, Samosa makes up an entire story about how he once took down ''two'' Sumo Momos, which Dhokla and Jalebi immediately realize is fake but not Vada; when they make it to the arena, Samosa is surprised to hear the announcer say ''he's'' the challenger who's going up against Sumo Momo, who is directly provoked by Vada's cheering for Samosa into taking on the scared challenger. Sumo Momo then proceeds to clobber Samosa in multiple unique ways for ''93 rounds in a row'' [[spoiler:which is followed by him giving Samosa just enough of an injury to give the tip on his head a slight crack... a move that makes him so furious that he gives the wrestler a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and is able to win the match]]. |
| 39 | ** A later episode called "Moong Fu Samosa" follows up on the events of "Sumo Momo", this time with Samosa being challenged to a fight by Sumo Momo's friend Judo Momo. Samosa trains in a [[FantasticFightingStyle fictional martial art]] called "moong fu" to prepare and takes on the wrestler in the same arena as in "Sumo Momo". |
| 40 | [[/folder]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 43 | * The Thing from the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' had issues dealing with his entry in a super-powered wrestling federation in both the FF series and his own self-titled series. This federation is called "Unlimited Wrestling Federation" and he is an undefeated champion. |
| 44 | * One ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'' story had Mickey investigate a traveling group of wrestlers for thefts happening in the towns they visited, finding both confirmation that the matches are scripted... And discovering that [[ProWrestlingIsReal the wrestlers also have legitimate fighting skills]]. The bit about the skills is made clearer when the culprit, a rather skinny cruiserweight, is unmasked and [[UnderestimatingBadassery a dozen cops try and arrest him expecting no resistance]] only for him to [[OneManArmy kick their collective asses]] until the other wrestlers ([[GenreSavvy that Mickey had in the next room just in case]]) join the frame. |
| 45 | * In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Issue #29, we learn [[CoolTeacher Cheerilee's]] twin sister Cherry Blossom is a pro wrestler when the heroes attend an event. When Cherry Blossom gets injured, they talk Cheerilee into taking over for her while she recovers. Rarity eventually joins her as her tag team partner. Before this, Cheerilee had issues with her sister and thought wrestling was barbaric, but then she learned that the wrestlers are good friends outside of {{Kayfabe}} and that Cherry Blossom does it to cheer up children. |
| 46 | * Issue #18 of ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'' (DC Comics, Oct. 2001) dealt with a monster caterpillar with a wrestling get-up. Blossom and Buttercup have to wrap it up in adhesive tape (Bubbles was too busy protecting a butterfly from getting its wings wet), which in turn transforms the caterpillar into a monster wrestling butterfly. Blossom and Buttercup get their clock cleaned by the winged beast--Bubbles runs away from home after the scorn heaped upon her for not participating earlier. |
| 47 | * The ''ComicBook/SonicX'' comic book features several issues revolving around [[BigBad Dr. Eggman's]] MaskedLuchador persona "El Gran Gordo". Being [[MadScientist Dr. Eggman]] and all, he cheats using his advanced technology, and Sonic tries to unmask him in a match--until he sees Chris Thorndyke, who idolizes both Sonic and El Gran Gordo, crying. In the end, Sonic [[{{Jobber}} loses to Eggman]] to preserve {{Kayfabe}} for Chris. While Eggman invented El Gran Gordo for EngineeredHeroics, he slowly [[BecomingTheMask begins to enjoy his heroic persona]] and even [[HeelFaceTurn wins a match clean]]. |
| 48 | * ComicBook/SpiderMan's origin story involves him in the ring with Crusher Hogan. |
| 49 | * An issue of Archie's ''Comicbook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures'' series featured the turtles traveling to another dimension where Ace Duck wrestles Leatherhead in a huge arena. They are quickly selected to participate. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 53 | * ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' treated Recoome as a BoisterousBruiser professional wrestler, and turned the Vegeta vs Recoome fight into "Namekimania 2011". Along with intro music, wrestling themed moves, and "commentary" from Jeice and Burter. |
| 54 | * ''Fanfic/ASecondChance'', with its serialized nature, has two examples, both featuring [[MaskedLuchador Lunatic Lynn]]. |
| 55 | ** [[FirstLove While struggling to deal with her first crush]], Lynn tries to distract herself by challenging [[LoveInterest Ryan]] to a friendly wrestling match and gives him his own, skeleton-themed persona, called Ravage Ryan. It starts off well enough, until Lynn’s feelings bubble up again, making her snap in frustration and beat the snot out of him, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone before running off]]. Ryan follows her and they talk things out, leading to both admitting their feeling for each other, then going back to finish their match, with the winner being left ambiguous. Ryan deems it their first date. |
| 56 | ** The sibling duel arc starts off with Lynn issuing the first challenge (a wrestling match), and despite being urged by her teammates to pick Lola (for an easy win), [[HonorBeforeReason Lynn chooses Lori after being called a coward by the latter]]. [[GirlyGirl Lori]] is given a pink, flower-themed mask and names herself [[UnfortunateNames Chica Grande]] (thinking it means “big sister”), [[YouAreFat allowing Lynn to taunt her about it]]. Despite Lori being older and stronger, Lynn’s experience allows her to defeat and humiliate her opponent, thus earning her team their first victory. |
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| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Film -- Animation]] |
| 61 | * Warner Bros. loved the idea of using classic Hanna-Barbera characters and having them meet present-day WWE stars: |
| 62 | ** First, in March 2014, [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang]] travel to a WWE training camp, where they need to [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWrestlemaniaMystery solve a mystery involving a "ghost bear"]]. They get to meet such WWE stars as John Cena and ''Wrestling/TripleH''. |
| 63 | ** Second, in March 2015, [[Franchise/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]] gets [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstonesStoneAgeSmackDown involved]] with the "[[IdenticalGrandson ancestors]]" of several present-day WWE stars, including [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cenastone]], The [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Boulder Twins]], and [[Wrestling/CMPunk CM Punkrock]]. |
| 64 | ** Third, in August 2016, Scooby-Doo got to meet several more WWE stars, including Vince and ''Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon'', ''Wrestling/DustyRhodes'', and ''Wrestling/TheUndertaker'' as they [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWWECurseOfTheSpeedDemon participate in an offroad rally race]] against a "speed demon" named Inferno (It was actually Triple H in disguise!!!!). |
| 65 | ** Finally, in March 2017, ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', far in the future (which is "when" they exist, of course), discover an unfrozen caveman. It's actually "The ''Wrestling/BigShow''"!!! He quickly "takes over" Orbit City, and [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsonsAndWWERoboWrestlemania the Jetsons have to travel back to the past to recruit several present-day wrestlers]], including ''Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}'', ''Wrestling/RomanReigns'', and ''Wrestling/AliciaFox'' to fight Big Show....... in the future!!! |
| 66 | --->'''''Wrestling/VinceMcMahon'':''' (upon hearing Astro talk) Would you believe [[CallBack this isn't the first time]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWrestlemaniaMystery I've met]] [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo a talking dog?]] |
| 67 | [[/folder]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 70 | * ''Film/TheThreeStooges'': In the short ''Film/GripsGruntsAndGroans'', Curly is forced to impersonate a champion wrestler named Bustoff after accidentally incapacitating him. |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 74 | * In the original book ''Literature/ForrestGump'', Forrest has a short wrestling career as "The Idiot" and wrestles wearing a diaper. Lieutenant Dan (as his manager) complains that he should be "The Spaceman" using the fact that he had previously been an astronaut; but the promoter says that they already have a Spaceman, and besides no-one would believe it. |
| 75 | * The ''Literature/HardyBoys Casefiles'' had a book, ''[[http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/network/casefiles.php?book_id=051 Choke Hold]]'' that took place at a wrestling event. |
| 76 | * In ''Literature/MythOMania'' Book V, ''Literature/StopThatBullTheseus'', Hades founds an Underworld Wrestling Federation, and accompanies Theseus to four unscripted wrestling matches -- three against murderous bullies terrorizing the Trozen-Athens Road, and one against the Minotaur. All five of those mortals earn UWF contracts. |
| 77 | [[/folder]] |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 80 | * ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'': Superman foils the schemes of the VillainOfTheWeek, who is out to cripple all the wrestlers in town whose contracts he doesn't own. |
| 81 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'' has the VampireDetective visit a lucha libre event with a retired wrestler who is so disgusted with the shows he never sits through the whole thing. The show in fact regularly holds tributes to the guy as Angel witnesses but he never stays long enough to see them honor him. The rest of the plot is more of a homage to Wrestling/ElSanto and his film career (spent fighting gangsters, robots, vampires and other monsters). |
| 82 | * ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' has a BoxingEpisode that turns into a Wrestling Episode. Captain Peacock is challenged to a boxing match, but has to back out, so Mr. Humphries takes his place in a wrestling match instead. The episode guest-stars British Wrestling legend Jackie "Mr. TV" Pallo. |
| 83 | * ''Series/TheATeam'': The 1985 episode "[[Recap/TheATeamS4E7BodySlam Body Slam]]" starred Wrestling/HulkHogan in a plot that made heavy use of Hogan's wrestling career (including footage from a 1984 match vs. [[Wrestling/GregValentine Greg "the Hammer" Valentine]], presented as legit), and featured several WWF faces as un-billed extras in a scene where they fight off that episode's villains. In the segment featuring the Hogan-Valentine match, the ending is altered to show the bad guys entering the arena to confront and assassinate Hogan (don't worry, they're stopped in time). |
| 84 | * The episode, "Bash at the Beach" of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}''. Another Website/{{WrestleCrap}} inductee. Go [[Trivia/KevinSullivan here for more information.]] It's too stupid to type out again. |
| 85 | * ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' has at least a couple. ''The Rass'lin' Clampetts'' features the family trying to curb [[NeverMessWithGranny Granny]]'s aggression by having her watch pro wrestling on television. However, Granny gets so angry watching a baby face "Rebecca of Donnybrook Farm" get cheated and beat up that she goes to storms off to the show to do something about it. Interestingly, pro wrestling is portrayed as a city activity the country folk are new to. |
| 86 | * ''Series/TheBionicWoman'' episode ''In This Corner'' sees her attempt to track down a missing OSI agent lead her to join a pro wrestling fed with a [[TheSavageIndian Savage Indian]] gimmick. |
| 87 | * ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'': Hoss accidentally hurts the wrestler in a travelling carnival and takes over the gig while the wrestler recuperates. |
| 88 | * ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' has "The thrilla in Philla" where class bully Frankie's father is pro-wrestler Wrestling/{{Vader}}. The episode starts as a collegiate wrestling rivalry between Corey and class-bully Joey. Until Vader shows up and he Joey and Frankie team up against Corey. Eric, Mr. Feeney and Mr. Turner come to his aid and get Vader to back off. Vader than say the next time he'll take on Feeney in a Texas Death Match. |
| 89 | * ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' had an episode involving not a show but a professional wrestling training program. The witches were challenged to take on Wrestling/BookerT and Wrestling/ScottSteiner in order to get...[[ExcusePlot something]]. The best wrestling was in a cameo by Buff Bagwell. |
| 90 | * ''Series/ColdCase'': In "One Fall", the team reopens the case of a dock worker who was moonlighting as an indy-circuit wrestler until he was shot dead in 1986. |
| 91 | * ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In "Mascara", one of Ray's former students is murdered and the investigation plunges the team into the mysterious world of Mexican wrestling. |
| 92 | * ''Series/TheDailyShow'' has had occasional appearances by The Hardcore Legend himself, Wrestling/MickFoley, usually identified as the Daily Show's "Senior Asskicker". |
| 93 | * ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'': at the end of an episode which is about the new song/dance craze The Twizzle (a combination of the Twist and the Sizzle), Sally comes in with a new version: the Twazzle, a combination of the Twizzle and wrestling. Done by [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]]. |
| 94 | * An episode of ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' featured the main cast getting professional wrestler The Disciplinarian (Wrestling/TripleH) to sponsor their microbrewed beer. It only improves their sales after Disciplinarian quits drinking and claims this beer "kicked his ass". |
| 95 | * In the ''Series/FamilyMatters'' episode "Psycho Twins", Urkel and Carl take over for his former classmate and his tag team partner after they drink a potent soporific called "Snooze Juice" that Urkel carelessly left. Carl and Urkel (under the name the Psycho Twins hence the title) were facing real pro-wrestlers, Wrestling/TheBushwhackers, who offered to go easy on them. When Urkel revealed to them that Carl was a cop, the Bushwhackers (who hate cops) attacked them legitimately and started a fan-riot. Afterwards Carl and Urkel were heavily bandaged up. This has been inducted into Website/{{WrestleCrap}}. |
| 96 | * ''Series/{{Friends}}'': "TOW the Ultimate Fighting Championship." |
| 97 | * The ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' episode "Silence of the Slams" is a luchador episode, with a {{Jobber}} who gets a MaskOfPower made of [[GenuineHumanHide the flayed face]] of a Wesen (with the magic ritual bringing out the GameFace), and finds that WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity. The take is that wrestling is ''usually'' faked, but if a guy going off-script gets the crowd's approval, the management will roll with it. |
| 98 | * On the ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' TV show, [[Wrestling/BretHart Bret and]] Wrestling/OwenHart come to the Szalinskis' hometown and get hurt accidentally by Diane and Chief [=McKenna=]. They ask Wayne and the chief to wrestle in their place because wrestling promoters "aren't very understanding" on why a match can't take place. Not only did they beat their opponents (due to Wayne's [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman strength-enhancing suit]] and an abrupt redition of "Pop Goes the Weasel") but it turns out the opponents were escaped convicts. Particularly notable in that at the time Bret and Owen were wrestling for Arch-Rival Promotions WCW and WWF respectively. They were in the mist of the Wrestling/MondayNightWars and didn't want the wrestlers fraternizing in any kind of way. |
| 99 | * On ''Series/TheJeffFoxworthyShow'', the episode "Wrestling Opera" had Jeff take his son to a night of pro wrestling to avoid a class trip to the opera. Wrestling/RandySavage and Wrestling/{{WCW}} boss Wrestling/EricBischoff guest star. |
| 100 | * The ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' episode "Lizard Scales and Wrestling Tales" sees the titular character accidentally get into the ring after Luke comes under the [[spoiler:(sadly mistaken)]] impression that a female wrestler is his MissingMom. |
| 101 | * The show ''Series/{{Learning the Ropes}}'' is about Robert Randall, a teacher, vice principal and father of two who moonlights as a pro wrestler named the "Masked Maniac". Several [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] wrestlers, including Wrestling/RicFlair often guest star. |
| 102 | * In the ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episode "Lucha de Apuestas", Mona accidentally sends Koanane the Kaupe, a wolflike creature from Myth/PacificMythology, to sixties Mexico, where he becomes a MaskedLuchador under the name El Lobo, and becomes immensely popular through the simple tactic of just winning all the time. The team has to get history back on track by convincing El Curo (a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed El Santo) to reclaim his title. |
| 103 | * ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': In the 1979 episode "The King is Dead", the sport's early carny origins are exposed, although in the climactic scene the champion wrestler in this episode — an aging athlete suffering from heart failure — defeats a loudmouthed challenger using his own, legit athletic skills (putting the arrogant challenger in a legit bearhug and refusing to let go until the mouthy youngster passes out); he dies shortly after winning the match. The champion wrestler's manager, played by Ray Walston (of ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian'' fame) is named ''[[HilariousInHindsight Jimmy Hart]]'' ... the real name of [[Wrestling/JimmyHart a young musician who would become one of the best-known WWF personalities in the 1980s and 1990s.]] |
| 104 | * In ''Series/MamasFamily'' episode "Mama Mania", Naomi fills in for the TagTeam partner of a former classmate of hers named Dee Dee, Naomi agrees when Dee Dee says she'd do all the wrestling. When Thelma accidentally knocks out Dee Dee, Thelma fights in her place. Thelma and Naomi win becoming Tag Team champions. The fact that the opponents were DumbMuscle helped. |
| 105 | * ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' had two. |
| 106 | ** Both featured a Bundy from the main cast getting manhandled by wrestlers at the show. One did it for money and the other got himself booked by accident. One of the wrestlers was said to be Peg's cousin and was played by Wrestling/KingKongBundy. |
| 107 | ** King Kong Bundy made an appearance as himself. The Bundys and their neighbors the Rhoades (Steve and Marcy) were ''named'' for King Kong Bundy and Wrestling/DustyRhodes. This was something of a parody of ''Series/GrowingPains'', where the main family, the Seavers, and their neighbors, the Koosmans, were named for [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball New York Mets baseball players Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman]]. |
| 108 | * A ''Creator/MontyPython'' special for Austrian TV (which is also on the Live At City Center album) features a wrestling match of Colin "Bomber" Harris vs. himself. |
| 109 | * In the short-lived Creator/{{UPN}} show ''Series/TheMullets'', the Mullet brothers get tickets to "Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}}" (but as shown, it's clearly just a WWE House Show, not actually ''Wrestlemania''. They give the tickets to their mom, the former Mrs. Mullet, who is thrilled. Her new husband, not so much. The Dudley Boys appeared [[AsHimself as themselves]]. |
| 110 | * The ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "Crabtree Mania" has Constable Crabtree investigating a murder at a 1900s local wrestling stable, and being shocked to discover that the sport may in fact be faked. He ends up in the ring with a wrestler who is ''not'' faking, and only makes it out when his girlfriend hands him a folding chair... |
| 111 | * ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' episode "B.L.O.W." centers around the titular wrestling promotion (a parody of Wrestling/{{GLOW}}) whom Joy's [[SitComArchNemesis arch nemesis]] discovered to be half sister wrestles for as a baby {{face}}. Well, the promotion and the fact Joy is going to court and needs all the sympathetic family members she can find. Unfortunately her sympathetic sister isn't sympathetic to Joy. |
| 112 | * ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfRobinHood'': In "Ringside Murder", Robin and his band go to a charity wrestling match, where they meet his old friend Theo, who is now the local sheriff. As Little John, "the Celtic Crusader", is winning his bout against "Gargantua", Lord Burnley a noble is assassinated by a crossbow bolt, and the culprit appears to be Friar Tuck, who has just been given a crossbow that he has accidentally shot. Robin must investigate what happened, and prove Tuck's innocence, by identifying the real culprit. |
| 113 | * Bull from ''Series/NightCourt'' ends up getting a job as a wrestler for a very short time. Unlike most examples it actually pretty much poked kayfabe in the eye. Notable scenes include 'You came this close to hitting me!' with a wrestler holding his hands half a metre apart, and later a wrestler going through an actual script wondering why Bull's match isn't going the way it should. |
| 114 | * ''Series/NightMan'' once went to a Wrestling/{{WCW}} event because one of his friends was an avid fan of new wrestler, the "Golden Boy". |
| 115 | * The show ''Series/{{Nikki}}'' stared Nikki Cox (of ''Series/UnhappilyEverAfter'' fame) as Las Vegas showgirl living in Las Vegas with her husband, a professional wrestler. Suffice to say several episode were Pro Wrestling Episodes. |
| 116 | * ''Series/QuantumLeap'' had a wrestling episode but as every episode has a different premise, it was probably inevitable. |
| 117 | * ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' has two: "The Omaha Tiger," in which the guys investigate a series of suspicious deaths at a wrestling arena, and "The Golden Angel," in which a wrestler is shot in the arm while training, requiring Starsky to go undercover as a wrestler. |
| 118 | * The ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside'' episode "Basher Malone". A popular wrestler is contacted by a sleazy manager type who offers his services. When he refuses, the manager reveals himself to be an agent of Hell, and forces the wrestler to face a hulking demon in a two out of three falls match, with his soul forfeit if he loses. The opponent demon [[EmotionEater gets stronger and heavier from negative feelings like pride and anger]], giving him the advantage. |
| 119 | * The main cast goes to see a Professional Wrestling event on ''Series/That70sShow'' which features modern wrestlers like [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] playing his own father, Rocky Johnson ([[Wrestling/MattHardy the]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Hardys]] had roles too). "Wrestling is Fake" is mentioned (though it wasn't common knowledge in the time period, Red is said to have wrestled himself in the past). |
| 120 | * ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' has a few of these. Bonus points that some of those wrestlers are played by real-life wrestlers. |
| 121 | ** Season 6's "Crusader" details the titular wrestler. [[AlliterativeName Cody Conway]] (played by [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]]), coping with a life-threatening aneurysm should he ever try to wrestle again, all the while trying to mend his relationship with his son (played by Creator/ClayJeter) and ex-wife (played by Creator/LindaPurl), who both need Ranger protection from her mob boss BadBoss after she witnesses him commit a murder. [[spoiler:The aneurysm nearly kills him when he tries to wrestle again, but he luckily pulls through.]] |
| 122 | ** "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS8E09FightOrDie Fight or Die]]" in Season 8 is mixed with mixed martial arts and has Walker, Gage and Trivette [[PrisonEpisode going undercover as inmates (the former two Rangers) and a guard (Trivette) in a corrupt Arkansas prison]] where its guards and a corrupt promoter are in charge of an underground prize-fighting racket where the inmates have to fight for their lives. [[Wrestling/RandySavage Randy "Macho Man" Savage]] plays one of the inmates in this episode. |
| 123 | ** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E4TheAvengingAngel The Avenging Angel]]" centers on the Rangers trying to build a case against the CEO of [[MegaCorp Broadcorp Industries]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Frank Scanlon]], for the murder of the titular wrestler (who was an old friend of Trivette's on the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Dallas Cowboys]]) and multiple counts of extortion, while, at the same time, protecting said wrestler's manager, Eddie Ryan (played by Creator/ErnestBorgnine), fellow wrestlers [[AndYourLittleDogToo and their families]] from any harm he has planned for them. Sydney and Gage go undercover as Eddie's new wrestlers to do just that, with their cover being a tag-team wrestling duo known as the Fox and the Fury, respectively. |
| 124 | * ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' has at least two: one visited event and one Xena stages herself. |
| 125 | * ''Series/ZekeAndLuther'' get themselves involved in a professional wrestling show. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 129 | * Mitchie-M's "Seraphim on the Ring" acts as this for his discography as well as for Crypton Future Media. Music/HatsuneMiku and Kagamine Rin are the Cutie Angels, a tag-team babyface pair. The song and music video cover their championship match against a heel team played by Megurine Luka and MEIKO, while Len is a referee and KAITO is an overly enthusiastic commentator. |
| 130 | * Music/TheWonderYears' video for "Melrose Diner" makes the [[BreakupSong song]] about an underdog {{emo}} {{Face}} wrestler called The Lone Wolf who loses the title after his vampy ring girlfriend leaves him for his [[{{heel}} evil opponent Kraagh]]. The rest of the video shows a series of matches against gimmicky wrestlers, until The Lone Wolf is able to activate his secret power-up ability, the Wolf Cry, through the support of a new GirlNextDoor from the audience. |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 134 | * One set of missions in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' has the [[PlayerCharacter Eagle Bearer]] escort a wrestler to compete in the Olympics. Unsurprisingly, events conspire to force the Eagle Bearer to take his place. |
| 135 | * ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' had the Nexomania! event, a set of skins based around a realm where everything is themed around Mexican wrestling. |
| 136 | * Chapter 3 in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', while not wrestling, is set in the Glitz Pit, a stadium with a similar atmosphere, sense of showmanship, and spectator behavior. |
| 137 | * One of the endgame story missions in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' sees the Boss and Angel de la Muerte double-team the DragonAscendant Killbane in an over-the-top wrestling match aptly titled "Murder Brawl", complete with live commentary, ridiculous weapons, and massacring mooks with a chainsaw. The whole episode is justified in that Killbane's entire gang is composed of evil {{Masked Luchador}}s, so his power base can only be destroyed if he is defeated in a wrestling match by another pro wrestler (the original plan was for Angel to do this, but Killbane disables him, leaving it up to the Boss alone). |
| 138 | * ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsWrestling'' can be seen this way, considering it involves Monty Burns holding a wrestling tournament and several Springfield residents take part in it. |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 142 | * The second case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' somehow manages to combine this with a {{Wutai}} town and Yokai plot: [[spoiler: the mayor of Tenma village is secretly a masked wrestler, and the killer took advantage of that to impersonate him during a ploy to steal a sacred treasure]]. |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 146 | * The WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE183YesWrestling yes, wrestling]]" has Strong Bad discussing his brief pro-wrestling career and the many silly gimmicks he adapted, such as "Il Cartographer" and "the Sanctum of Spiky Shoulder Pads". |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 150 | * ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': |
| 151 | ** There was a pro wrestling arc during Volume 1, in which Izzy, her friends, and several amateur professional wrestlers had a tournament for the ownership of an incredibly rare VHS tape containing footage of a legendarily violent wrestling match. |
| 152 | ** The "I Don't Wanna Wait" arc from volume 7 includes a B-plot in which Calixta, who'd joined the school's pro wrestling team earlier in the volume, got Cricket and Orion's help coming up with a wrestling persona so she could surprise Max with it. She ends up making her debut during the Ocean Festival as a {{Heel}} named "The Maiden in the Iron Mask". |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 156 | * ''WebVideo/EasyAllies'': The Betting Special episodes. |
| 157 | * ''WebVideo/Sorry2023'': "We Became Pro Wrestlers", with [[LetsPlay/{{Slimecicle}} Charlie]] as Chunk Slimgo, the AllAmericanFace, fighting against Tommy as Tom Frogson, the British ForeignWrestlingHeel from the North (even though they likely filmed in the UK), with Ranboo and Phil as their respective coaches. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 161 | * Not quite ''pro'' wrestling, but the ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' episode "Wrestlemania" centers around Jen -- having been recently promoted to assistant manager of her sports store -- accidentally ordering a massive shipment of wrestling equipment they don't normally sell. Hijinks ensue involving her friends setting up an impromptu wrestling ring and exhibition in the mall to move product, with [[AttentionWhore Jonesy]] finding success in drawing crowds as as "The Stud". |
| 162 | * ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': "Mr. Fabulous" sees Theodore entered into a pro wrestling match to earn some money. His opponent is called Ivan the Terrible and is initially mistaken for a scrawny guy (courtesy of an incompletely hung poster). The real Ivan is [[TheBrute a hulking brute]] and HilarityEnsues when it's time for the match. |
| 163 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' episode "Ring Around the Dragon" Jake has to rescue a giant boy who is caught up in the King Extreme Wrestling League ("K.E.W.L."), Jake himself become a wrestler in his dragon from known as Dragonfire. |
| 164 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "Fake" has Dr. Scratchansniff takes the Warners to a wrestling event. The sibs are embarrassed to be there, partially because the match is fake. Scratchansniff, frustrated with trying to reasoning with them, yells that wrestling isn't fake. All anyone else heard was "Fake!" and one of the wrestlers dragged him into the ring where they beat him to a pulp. Only then does Yakko admit that wrestling may not be fake. |
| 165 | * The ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' episode "Brawl-For-All". To pay off collateral damage, Joey and AP host a charity wrestling match against a retired wrestling champion who soon shows that he hasn't lost his fighting spirit and puts up quite a fight for the superhero duo, thanks to his [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry Hulk-like abilities]]. [[spoiler: At the end, it's revealed AP and their foe had staged the entire battle, true to pro wrestling.]] |
| 166 | * The episode "The Blind Bandit" from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has the Gaang check out an underground earthbending tournament in hopes of finding Aang someone to teach him the art. The tournament, "Earth Rumble VI", is a blatant AffectionateParody of pro wrestling with a championship belt, a ForeignWrestlingHeel named Fire Nation Man, and an earthbender [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson named The Boulder]] [[ThirdPersonPerson who speaks in the third person]] and is even voiced by [[Wrestling/MickFoley a semi-retired pro wrestler]]. Half the plot has to do with the organizer and other "wrestlers" believing that the reigning champ (Toph) worked with Aang and threw a match so they could claim the prize money. |
| 167 | * ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' gives us "Ready to Rumble" where Ben enters a mutant wrestling competition as Four Arms to win the prize money to get Gwen a new laptop. [[spoiler:Ben won but gave up the money to those who truly needed it. But that's okay, it turns out the laptop was never broken]]. |
| 168 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': The episode "Crab-solutely Fabulous" sees the Belcher kids join a crustacean-themed wrestling show. |
| 169 | * ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': The episode "The Luchadora Tango Caper" sees Carmen go to Mexico to meet with a luchadora who might be her MissingMom. Notably, it averts ProWrestlingIsReal, as the luchadora in question notes that she's scripted to win the next fight and asks that Carmen not tell Zack so as not to ruin the magic for him (though the match goes OffTheRails when [[TheBrute Coach Brunt]] infiltrates the ring using another wrestler's mask). |
| 170 | * The [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Cars Toon]] ''Monster Truck Mater'', where [[Franchise/{{Cars}} Mater]] actually tells Lightning [=McQueen=] that he was originally a monster truck named Tormentor who was able to take down other monster trucks like [[BadHumorTruck Ice Screamer]], [[TankGoodness Captain Collision]], [[DreadlockRasta Rastacarian]], [[DeadlyDoctor Doctor Feelbad]], and [[{{Oireland}} Paddy O'Concrete]] all by himself, but during the final showdown against the champion, Doctor Frankenwagon and his Monster, he had to rely on his teammate Frightning [=McMean=] to defeat both Frankenwagon and the Monster. |
| 171 | * WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck visits the arena for a charity wrestling event, reassured that wrestling is not 'real' by himself and Gosalyn (Launchpad still believed in {{kayfabe}} at that point). He is, of course, mauled while Launchpad has to help save him. |
| 172 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark'': Protagonist Barney had been training in a demon gym in the hopes of being a Pro-wrestler after humiliation in his youth about signing up for the Greco-Roman sport. His coach the demon king Asmodeus (played by GCW star Effy) signed him up to compete in a Demon Wrestling Federation try out to see if he was ready to wrestle with superior demons, with Barney's tryout being against his Coach. Barney eventually feels comfortable enough to shed his dinosaur gimmick for a {{Heel}} human gimmick against his {{Face}} opponent but still loses while gaining the respect of his coach and many fans.%% |
| 173 | * The ''[[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dial M for Monkey]]'' short "Rasslor" had a powerful alien challenging the heroes of Earth to wrestle him. If they all failed, the Earth would be destroyed. In the end, though he beat everyone, Rasslor was so impressed by Monkey being able to continue to challenge him even after he beat him that he conceded defeat. Rasslor was voiced by professional wrestler "Macho Man" Wrestling/RandySavage. |
| 174 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': The episode "The Rumble for Ragnarok!" is about a wrestling match taking place in Valhalla, between the teams of Jormungandr the World-Eating Serpent and Scrooge [=McDuck=]. Amusingly, Jormungandr plays the role of the {{Face}} and Scrooge plays the {{Heel}} as the "Millionaire Miser". The match is [[ProWrestlingIsReal not scripted at all]] and has very high stakes, because Jormungandr's victory will [[ApocalypseHow bring Ragnarok and destroy Earth]] - which the Vikings of Valhalla see as a good thing, as everyone on Earth will die a glorious death. Apparently, in the universe of this show, mundane professional wrestling is an imitation of this old Viking custom. |
| 175 | * ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "Tag Yer Ed" has first Double D beat [[CompanionCube Plank]] in a singles match and then the Eds get [[SquashMatch completely dominated]] in a 3 on 3 tag team match against the Kanker Sisters (in some part because [[DumbMuscle Ed's]] mom said he [[WouldntHitAGirl can't hit girls]]). |
| 176 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' episode "Odd Jobs" has Timmy wishing his dad had a cooler job. One of which was as a Pro Wrestler named the "Pencil Pusher". |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had a robot battle episode that was a spoof on professional wrestling, with all the standard cliches including the ForeignWrestlingHeel robot opponent. Fry believes wrestling from his time was real and boxing is fake. |
| 178 | * ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'': One of Goof's friends is a chef who has a double life as a wrestler. He grew tired of it but was contract-bound to stay in the wrestling business until someone defeats him and wouldn't throw a fight. Once Pete realized this undefeated wrestler was the chef, he was sure wrestling was fake and tried to fight him. By luck (depending on your P.O.V.), Pete won and now was bound to keep fighting until someone defeats him. |
| 179 | * The final episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!]]'', "King Klong Vs. The Masked Marvel," had the bears entering Bananas the gorilla in a wrestling match offering a $500 prize to whoever defeats the Masked Marvel. Botch, the incompetent assistant to zookeeper Mr. Peevly, becomes the Masked Marvel when the real one comes down with measles. Bananas wins the fight but loses the money because there was no AnimalAthleteLoophole in this match. |
| 180 | * Among the first episodes of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' was when Jackie and Jade travel to Mexico where Jackie is placed into a wrestling match (technically lucha libre) against El Toro Fuerte, a wrestler who had won all of his matches, who soundly defeats him...this is Jackie Chan we are talking about. Throughout the episode, it is common knowledge with Jade and the Dark Hand enforcers that wrestling is fake, much to Paco (El Toro's biggest fan) disbelief. They turn out to be [[spoiler: correct when it is discovered that El Toro used the Ox Talisman, which gives one super strength, to win his wrestling matches]]. |
| 181 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': In the aptly-named episode "Jelly Wrestle Rumble!", Mayor Huckleberry Hound encounters his old wrestling idol, WesternAnimation/{{the Funky Phantom}}, and arranges a wrestling tournament for him. |
| 182 | * The ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' episode "The Masked Jackhammer" has Jimmy become the co-star of Miseryville's biggest titular wrestling star. HilarityEnsues. |
| 183 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In Episode 62, Mr. Cat sets up a wrestling match and goes up against Quack Quack. [[spoiler: He ''almost'' wins, but [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Eugly]] beats the tar out of him for hurting Quack Quack.]] |
| 184 | * ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' does this in "Pain King vs. Cleopatra", which not only had [[Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} Bill Goldberg]] and the late [[Wrestling/{{Test}} Andrew "Test" Martin]] as voices, but also served as the debut episode for Monique, Kim's best girl friend. |
| 185 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'': "Has-been Hero" has both Po and [[spoiler: Quan the Unkillable]] use pro wrestling moves, including a vertical suplex and the [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stone Cold Stunner]]. |
| 186 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': |
| 187 | ** WesternAnimation/PorkyPig became an unwitting grappler in 1936's "Porky the Wrestler". |
| 188 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/BunnyHugged'', WesternAnimation/BugsBunny was the mascot of wrestler Ravishing Ronald, but when he gets pummeled, Bugs steps into the ring as the Masked Terror. |
| 189 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "Can't Lynn Them All," Lynn becomes a pro-wrestler, and after a brief period as a Face, quickly finds herself becoming a Heel, which seems good at first, until she learns just how much the public dislikes her. |
| 190 | * WesternAnimation/MightyMouse and the Cow face off in the ring in "Still Oily After All These Years" (Bakshi series). Mighty Mouse's tag team partner is Gaston Le Crayon. |
| 191 | * ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' cartoon "Hotsy Footsy", in which Magoo wanders away from a dancing competition and into the wrestling arena next door and defeats the champion with his fancy footwork. |
| 192 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' had "Impeach Fuzz," in which the Mayor loses his job as Mayor of Townsville to Fuzzy Lumpkins. When Fuzzy puts on the Mayor's prized hat, the two fight it out in a wrestling ring. |
| 193 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' had "Smack Mania 6: Mongo Vs. Mama's Boy". Oscar is shooting a Proud Snacks commercial with his favorite wrestler Mongo. Mongo, however, gets sick after eating the snacks and can't defend his world heavyweight championship, demanding that Oscar fill in for him. Oscar, being the pathetic weakling he is, get thrashed in the ring and has to be saved by Suga Mama. From that point on, Oscar becomes the famous "Mama's Boy". Until Mongo returns to action that is. |
| 194 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Really Real Wrestling," Mordecai and Rigby were trying to get tickets to see a live pro wrestling event; Pops got the tickets, but Benson told them to watch Pops after Rigby accidentally injured him. The two [[spoiler: and Pops while injured]] sneaked out to go to the event, only for them to end up actually participating in the main event, [[spoiler: where Pops ended up winning [[NiceJobFixingItVillain because Four-Armageddon slammed his hip back into place]]]]. |
| 195 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', episode "Mad Dog Hoek". It mocked the notion of "wrestling is fake" by having Ren and Stimpy get absolutely clobbered until the other side's watch alarm goes off, at which point one says "Hey, buddy! It's time to throw the fight!", at which point they promptly drop to the mat, leaving the barely conscious Ren and Stimpy to be declared the winners. |
| 196 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Wrestling Grandpa", being mostly from the babies' POV, has this trope in spades. |
| 197 | * In addition to the direct-to-DVD animated movie ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWrestlemaniaMystery'' (see Film-Animation above), this shows up twice in ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': first in the ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' episode "Wrestle Maniacs" and later in the ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' episode also called "Wrestle Maniacs". |
| 198 | * Even though ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has referenced wrestling several times before (including having Wrestling/BretHart visit Mr. Burns' house), there was no full episode devoted to wrestling until "Gorgeous Grampa". Grampa Simpson confronts his past as Springfield's most reviled pro-wrestler, especially when Bart begins following in his footsteps. |
| 199 | * "WTF", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', has the kids get really into wrestling after seeing Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} and Wrestling/JohnCena. They don't really care about ''wrestling'' so much as for ChewingTheScenery and {{bathos}}. This is presented as better than the alternative, though -- at the end of the episode, a real fight breaks out between all the boys. This causes everyone in the stands to get up and leave, as the clumsy, unchoreographed brawl is idiotic and boring. |
| 200 | * The ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' episode "Pildriver" (Season 6, 1997). Although not taking place at a wrestling event, the episode was very wrestling-centric, mainly due to the fact that the episode guest-starred [[Wrestling/{{RandySavage}} "Macho Man" Randy Savage]] as Space Ghost's retired wrestler grandfather, Leonard Ghostal. |
| 201 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants:'' Krusty Krushers, which has Mr. Krabs entering [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick a wrestling match to defeat the two undefeated wrestlers in order to win money. However, the two don't do anything at all and let the wrestlers maul them in many ways for the sake of thinking they're playing pretend, though it comes in handy when they end up winning thanks to Patrick's iron bun. |
| 202 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': |
| 203 | ** In "Tiger Millionaire", Steven finds that Amethyst is involved in Beach City's local pro wrestling circuit as the notorious "Purple Puma" as a way to blow off steam. Steven gets in on the act, but takes his role as the eponymous {{Heel}} Tiger Millionaire too far when he snubs his lone fan Lars. |
| 204 | ** In "Tiger Philanthropist", Amethyst gives up wrestling because, thanks to recent CharacterDevelopment, she no longer needs it as an outlet for her frustration. Steven tries to retool his Tiger Millionaire persona as "Tiger Philanthropist" because of how much [[VitriolicBestBuds Lars]] enjoyed seeing him wrestle, but he finds [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks Lars doesn't like the direction Steven's taken his wrestling persona]]. |
| 205 | * The ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' episode "The Eye of Pinosca" has Rapanzel and Stalyan reluctantly forming a tag-team in GladiatorGames that are presented as very much a wrestling promotion (although the promoter appears to be a parody of Don King). |
| 206 | * In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward]]'', Pro Wrestling has become a legit sport. However, being from the past, Raphael is unaware of this and treats it like it's all a show, at least until he gets his shell kicked by a disgruntled wrestler, Tripple Threat, who becomes a recurring villain. |
| 207 | * The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "Oh Yeah!" is this with the Titans wanting to be over the top wrestlers. Robin is the [[TheDandy Deadly Dandy]], Beast Boy is the Wild Man, Starfire is [[NoIndoorVoice The Yeller]] and Raven is [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker The Grave Mistake]]. The conflict is Cyborg being fed up with their melodramatic {{Kayfabe}} compared to his knowledge of real, Greek wrestling. Eventually, he learns to appreciate the showmanship of pro wrestling while the other Titans learn to appreciate the disciplined technique of Greek wrestling. |
| 208 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' episode, "Ludwig Von Bone-Crusher" Tuddrussel becomes "The Law Man" and competes with various music composer turned wrestling stars in order to eventually get the chance to defeat Beethoven, the champion of Vienna's wrestling circuit. |
| 209 | * ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' has "The History of Wrestling", with special guest star Wrestling/RicFlair. |
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