Celebrity wrestling fans

[Chris B]

Stretching the definition of 'celebrity' straight away, but Dominic Cummings referencing WWE and kayfabe was one of those weird things when you remember that some famous/infamous people are big wrestling fans.

I am also entertained that there's a non-zero chance that Cummings has been on this board and is aware of the 'All Tories Are Cunts' thread.

But... what other famous people are wrestling fans? I can't find it, but I remember Alan Moore mentioning watching Wrestlemania at least once in an interview.

[Merzbow]

Kev Webster, a ukff fav.

There's been a whole bunch that went to PWG shows haven't there? It seems like for such a small cult company they'd get big names buying tickets.

[Chris B]

I think that was actually taken when Finn visited the Coronation St set, rather than him being a fan.

[Keith Houchen]

Jaret Ray Reddick of Bowling For Soup has a line on the opening track of his country album called “Way More Country” that contains the lyric 

Ya didn't grow up in a small town, you don't drive a truck
And If you do it's probably a Tesla
You don't drink Miller Lite, pegged you for a champagne guy
Bet you can't name one 80's wrestler

In his early days, his stage name was Jaret Von Erich as well. 

[Supremo]

Amy Winehouse being a Figure Four Weekly subscriber will always be the maddest one.

The tried to make me go to rehab but first I needed to read the scoops about Kurt Angle joining TNA.

[Tommy!]

23 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

Jaret Ray Reddick of Bowling For Soup has a line on the opening track of his country album called “Way More Country” that contains the lyric 

Ya didn't grow up in a small town, you don't drive a truck
And If you do it's probably a Tesla
You don't drink Miller Lite, pegged you for a champagne guy
Bet you can't name one 80's wrestler

In his early days, his stage name was Jaret Von Erich as well. 

They had a song about Alexsa Bliss too, didn't they?

It was shit.

[SaitoRyo]

2 minutes ago, Supremo said:

Amy Winehouse being a Figure Four Weekly subscriber will always be the maddest one.

The tried to make me go to rehab but first I needed to read the scoops about Kurt Angle joining TNA.

WWE figure connoisseur, too.

[Keith Houchen]

8 minutes ago, Tommy! said:

They had a song about Alexsa Bliss too, didn't they?

It was shit.

They did, and it was. 

[RedRooster]

Gillian Jacobs of Community/Love/Invincible fame was a PWG fan, and specifically spoke about how much she enjoyed El Generico, Kevin Steen and (ugh) Chris Hero back before they joined NXT. 

[DavidB6937]

Probably my favourite recent one:

Sure he did something Andre the Giant related years back too.

[LaGoosh]

Werner Herzog mentioned Wrestlemania as a key part of the American experience. 

Frank Sabotka from The Wire is a huge fan.

[tiger_rick]

Ed Gamble mentions quite a bit on Off Menu that he's been to a show or is wearing a T-Shirt. I think he's done some training too.

[Keith Houchen]

4 minutes ago, LaGoosh said:

Frank Sabotka from The Wire is a huge fan.

And was in the same season that Kozlov played a heavy!

[SaitoRyo]

26 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said:

Sure he did something Andre the Giant related years back too.

This?

 

[SuperBacon]

The lads.

Westside Gunn, rapper from the group Griselda, is a MASSIVE fan of wrestling. He doesn't have many songs or albums where it's not referenced heavily. He even has an EP with Conway called Hall & Nash.

I'm sure I read that Demi Lovato is a huge fan as well.