Why haven't we seen more wrestlers in cartoons? [Archive]

Swiss Ultimate

09-20-2010, 12:51 PM

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Especially John Cena...wtf? What is going on?

VSG

09-20-2010, 12:53 PM

Conspiracy!

The Jayman

09-20-2010, 12:55 PM

they lost their way to Toon Town

Volare

09-20-2010, 12:58 PM

If Cena was a toon, I would love to see him no sell this.

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DLVH84

09-20-2010, 01:20 PM

If Cena was a toon, I would love to see him no sell this.

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Yes, that would be the greatest day!!!

Lock Jaw

09-20-2010, 01:42 PM

Swiss Ultimate

09-20-2010, 01:45 PM

I feel like those are exceptions to the rule.

Lock Jaw

09-20-2010, 01:53 PM

Fan Made, but pretty good:

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Xero

09-20-2010, 02:06 PM

Xero

09-20-2010, 02:17 PM

Sixx

09-20-2010, 02:18 PM

Fan Made, but pretty good:

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Seen that and gotta say the voices were done pretty fucking well. Wonder how they did it.

Swiss Ultimate

09-20-2010, 02:36 PM

I should be more clear...wrestlers with reoccurring roles on kid's cartoons.

Sgt Slaughter was a major character on GI Joe.

Next Big Thing

09-20-2010, 02:50 PM

I should be more clear...wrestlers with reoccurring roles on kid's cartoons.

Sgt Slaughter was a major character on GI Joe.

Hogan and friends was a kid cartoon that featured the likes of Hogan, Junkyard Dog, Piper, and I think Sheik. Sgt. Slaughter was a perfect fit to be in the GI Joes too.

During the mid to late 90's and into the early 2000s I don't think any wrestlers were good fits for children's cartoons. All the women were whoring themselves out in bra and panties matches. The top guys were all fucked up on pills and telling people to "suck it," drinking beer and flipping off the bird, talking about their favorite types of pie, putting people in coffins/ trying to sacrifice them or spray painting NWO on wrestler's backs.

As far as today... I don't think there are any children's cartoons left... plus would you really want to hear Randy Orton or Edge doing voice overs for a cartoon?

Destro 2.0

09-20-2010, 03:23 PM

I know its not a cartoon but the Undertaker was on Poltergiest the Legacy.

They are trying the comic book thing.

Rollermacka

09-20-2010, 03:28 PM

I know its not a cartoon but the Undertaker was on Poltergiest the Legacy.

They are trying the comic book thing.

Wasnt Meng on the Mortal Kombat tv series? Same thing right?

That episode needed more Tongan Death Grip. FATALITY!!!!

Destro 2.0

09-20-2010, 03:30 PM

Wasnt Meng on the Mortal Kombat tv series? Same thing right?

That episode needed more Tongan Death Grip. FATALITY!!!!

Meng should have been in Mortal Kombat the game a match against Goro would be fucking EPIC!!!! My money would be on Meng.

Emperor Smeat

09-20-2010, 03:32 PM

Wrestling isn't as massively popular or mainstream like it was in the 1980s to early 1990s where people who might not be wrestling fans knew who Hogan or Sgt. Slaughter were. Characters back then were "cartoony" so it was pretty easy to transition them into a cartoon character.

Closest since the Hogan era would be the Attitude Era with Stone Cold but it would be pretty hard using the PG-13/R-rated Stone Cold character in a children's cartoon. Probably doesn't help as much that Nickelodeon and Disney started to do more live-action shows and less cartoon shows by the late 1990s to early 2000s.

Purgatory

09-20-2010, 03:45 PM

This is why:

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Of course, they'd probably use wrestlers actual voices now....

I can't believe how bad this show was :nono:

Eklipse

09-20-2010, 04:35 PM

Simple......it isn't 1988.
Wrestling isnt as big with kids now as it was then.
Neither are Saturday Morning Cartoons.
Now they have Spongebob and iCarly...shit like that.

Joe Kerr

09-20-2010, 05:14 PM

Or comic books...i remember the Kane , Undertaker, and Mankind Comics in the late 90's

Lock Jaw

09-20-2010, 05:19 PM

There is a current comic book. The WWE Heroes comic book just finished its first storyline.

Going to be continued/spun-off into a miniseries about Undertaker and Rey Mysterio fighting Mexican Zombies or something.

SlickyTrickyDamon

09-21-2010, 03:16 AM

Sheik: You giving Roddy the Piper the ticket is fooking boolshed Judge! I put you in the Camel Clutch, make you huumble break your back and then I fuck your ass!!

Is it just me or is Roddy Piper voiced by Snidely Whiplash from Wacky Races?

Juan

09-21-2010, 03:39 AM

Lord-Of-Darkness

09-21-2010, 05:37 AM

djoutcry

09-22-2010, 07:07 PM

ClockShot

09-22-2010, 07:36 PM

Randy Savage as "Rasslor" in Dial M for Monkey.

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teamXtremist

09-22-2010, 07:38 PM

damn miss those late 80's cartoons

Tom Guycott

09-23-2010, 03:43 AM

Goldberg voiced Family Guy before, but not as himself.

Hogan did voicework in Robot Chicken a few times, twice as himself, including a bit about "Hogan's Heroes" (heh) which also included Piper as well. "Hey, hey, ya' f*ckin' Nazi!"

Sixx

09-23-2010, 04:10 AM

Goldberg voiced Family Guy before, but not as himself.

Hogan did voicework in Robot Chicken a few times, twice as himself, including a bit about "Hogan's Heroes" (heh) which also included Piper as well. "Hey, hey, ya' f*ckin' Nazi!"

The "Hogan's Heroes" bit was priceless.

Mjdiesel

09-26-2010, 01:16 AM

Also keep in mind too that cartoons nowadays are mostly anime or anime inspired. Not much room for WWE in those circles. They're too busy chronicling the adventures of flying furballs (im not being sarcastic btw).

DLVH84

09-26-2010, 01:19 AM

RASSLOR RULES ALL!!!

BizarroKing

09-26-2010, 08:44 AM

Also keep in mind too that cartoons nowadays are mostly anime or anime inspired. Not much room for WWE in those circles. They're too busy chronicling the adventures of flying furballs (im not being sarcastic btw).

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It's Offtopic I know, but really...
To keep it offtopic, could you actually imagine the WWE doing a anime with the superstars?

Kane Knight

09-26-2010, 11:56 PM

LOL. I just remembered that Mick Foley voiced a character parodying the Rock in Avatar.