Wow. Wrestlemania 25 news *possible spoilers*
 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28848680/



So,.....Ram Jam vs Jericho at Mania? Amazing if this becomes anything.

SICK.

Although, I'd rather have Van Dam vs Jericho

Oh come on. It's fun. It should be interesting either way.

Something like this is all about the build and the novelty of it. Personally I think it's the most interesting celebrity involvement in a while (if it becomes anything).

This movie is a big deal in pro wrestling and all of entertainment, so this is a nice coupe by Vince if true.

Jericho should get something good out of the promos and build too.

it can't hurt anything. it's wrestlemania. why not bring in some star power?

Jericho is the Ayatollah.

This might be the first time that WWE has had a celebrity for Wrestlemania that is currently making headlines instead of them usually bringing in a washed up celebrity/athlete (Trump, Mayweather, LT, etc.)

I hope he wears his Randy "The Ram" tights.

Exactly. It's a huge show too, so it's not like they're not going to bring the heat with the other matches.
I'm all for things like this at Wrestlemania. It's what made the event big. I love the big matches on the card, but I have no bones with something like this every year too.

It was interesting how the WWE's opinion of the film changed once it became a success.

Mike Tyson was a nice one too.

lol Vince

This will be the first time that a celeb might actual have a decentish match

You would think that Rouke had some level of training before the film and Jericho is the safest pair of hands going, so yeah, I’m forward to this one.

Would also be good to see a celeb that the fans don’t shit on

He trained at the Wild Samoan training facilty as highlighted in my Mickey Rourke's training thread in Wrestling Q&A forum, Dave Youell.

Throw Rourke into Money in the Bank and I'm all on board.

This is impossible. The Ram died on impact after a Ram Jam a couple months ago against the Ayatollah

Yea, plus the guy seems to have incredible dedication and competitiveness. Everything I've heard about him indicate that he's tough, down to earth, and when he sets himself to something goes all out.

I would imagine if they booked him for a match he'd actually care about hitting the ring/gym leading up to it and getting better and better.
Doesn't seem like he'd half ass it for a paycheck like most celebs that have been contracted.

Oh man, they could bring back The Cat as the Ayatollah and have him feud with Jericho and then get Mickey Rourke involved somehow.

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Also, have we yet taken into account that Mickey Rourke is out of his mind?

Fits right in

Bring in Kim Basinger to be his manager. Then they will have 9 and 1/2 weeks to prepare for WrestleMania.

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They broke every rule

Plus he actually hit a plancha in the film, from what I can tell.

Now that would be a fucking mark out moment!

Then we'll have to make it a No DQ match!

More stupid than amazing, Outsider.

LOL

The Ram vs The Undertaker...

But yeah, I am in agreement for the most part on this whole thing. If they're going to get a star this year then I guess they can't do much better than an Oscar nominated actor with wrestling training.

:shifty:

Holy shit. Little did we know, this fued has been brewing for years.

:lol:

How the hell is Donald Trump washed up? :wtf:

How could you NOT mention Pete Rose and/or Mike Tyson if you're going to bring up the subject of being washed up?

Yeah, Trump is just kind of one of those constant celebrities.

Method Actors.

They'd have to change Randy "The Ram" Robinson's name in order to prevent confusion with Randy Orton and Charles Robinson.

I think it's pretty obvious and hopeful that he'd just be Mickey Rourke.

It fits great with Jericho's character to find something about him portraying a pro-wrestler offensive, and him being jealous and disgusted with his comeback.
Jericho pretending to be sticking up for some righteous cause, while in reality just being an asshole makes perfect sense.
He can try to destroy Mickey Rourke on WWE tv and then Mickey decides to call him out and they fued til a mania match.

It'd even be nice to see Mickey training with Malenko or Piper or somebody in the lead up.

Honestly though... If they do this, I really think it should be a tag match. Less pressure on Mickey to put on a Wrestlemania calibur match and it could get some guys involved in Mania that may have not been apart of it. Like Swagger or someone could agree with Jericho's view and some Face could team with Mickey. Finlay and Mickey are pretty similar in ways so that could work.

Also, I don't really want to see a tag match but I do think it would be easier to pull off.

Hence, the use of "etc."

Mike Tyson was not washed up. Maybe as a boxer, yes. But he wasn't there for boxing. He was far from washed up as a public and cultural figure at that time. He was in his peak in terms of media consciousness still. He was a lightning rod in terms of news and attention, and it showed when they got him. It paid off big.

Tyson was bringing the attention to himself at that time by doing outrageous things such as getting arrested. Mickey Rourke is getting attention for actually accomplishing things and being nominated for all those awards.

Mickey Rourke & Triple H vs. Chris Jericho & JBL

Okay, and your point is?

Tyson bringing attention for those things is EXACTLY why he was a perfect fit for a Stone Cold vs DX Shawn Michaels main event.
It was the showcase of the new attitude era.

What kind of attention it was didn't matter, as it was legitimate attention and hype.

Well I considered him washed up. We'll agree to disagree.

Oh ok. From that perspective, I will have to agree.

WWE is gonna trademark everything Rourke does.

After RAW, it seems like they're building to Chris Jericho vs. Mickey Rourke w/Ric Flair, doesn't it? Can I just say how awesome the build-up to this will be? Rourke being an actor doing the best work of his career, Jericho probably being the best actor in the WWE and a fantastic promo man, and with Ric Flair there to back-up on the stick, how can the promos for this not be great?

For celebrity involvement, this will be pretty cool. It's not like Jericho has anything better to do for WrestleMania. What would be great, is if Rourke and Flair go through some of Jericho's greatest rivals to help prepare Rourke for the match: Dean Malenko, Shawn Michaels, etc. Jericho could also bring in Ernest Miller to be in his corner, just for entertainment's sake (he's got to have someone to cancel out Flair). With Flair likely being the guy to induct Stone Cold Steve Austin, and with Jericho constantly reminding people that he beat Austin and The Rock in the same night, I could easily see Austin giving Jericho the Stunner, allowing Rourke to get the pin over Jericho.

The funny thing is that Mickey Rourke would take this seriously. He would probably put on a fantastic match. The guy is known for these things. He was one of the hottest actors going when he decided to quit and become a professional boxer.

My idea for Wrestlemania without Mickey Rourke having to wrestle, and Jericho getting something better. Contains spoilers for the movie, The Wrestler:

Why does he want Jericho's ass?

BTW I downloaded the movie and assumed that he died in the last scene after jam ram.

I didn't really see it as him dying after the Ram Jam (that move name just SOUNDS gay, I'm sorry). That's too fucking over the top, in my eyes. I could see him dying that night in his van. Maybe in the locker room. maybe in his house the night before the next show a few years from now. In essence, it will be the business that will kill him, and he'll die alone.

Thanks for that.

I really wouldn't be suprised if Stone Cold was the referee for either this, or the Orton/Cena main event.

More than likely they're going to get him on the card with it being in Texas and it being his HOF weekend

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If Rourke wins the Oscar I wanna see Jericho push his Slammy for Wrestler of the Year as being a bigger accomplishment.

Nice

Mainstream building? Like real mainstream building?!?

This will most likely be the case. The only other scenario I see, is that there will be a brief segment where Austin will come and thank the fans, some heel will interrupt, and get stunned for his efforts.

It's the least likely of the three options, but I wouldn't consider it impossible for him to ref the potential HBM vs Taker match.
Considering it's a big match between two native Texans, in Texas, and they're 3 of the biggest WWF attitude stars.
It wouldn't be a bad fit.

I like that too, but I thinking there will be a ref bump in the match. Not saying it couldn't happen with SCSA, but I always think they play better when a regular ref takes them instead of a former wrestler.

Well if the ref bump is sweet chin music, it wouldn't be bad.

Then of course, you'd be guarunteed a stunner as retaliation. Even though you'd be guarunteed one post-match anyways.

SCM, then cover Taker, new ref, 1-2...NO!