YouTube star and internet remora Logan Paul returns to Wrestlemania this week. That’s not surprising.
The fact he can put together one hell of a match? That is.
There’s a longstanding tradition of celebrity involvement in WWE’s
“showcase of the immortals,” ranging across the near 40 years since the event’s inception. There’s always a handful of athletes, actors and miscellaneous riffraff hanging around the event, either in the crowd or in a temporary role for the company. But some go above and beyond audience cameos or guest ring announcer duties.
Wrestlemania has featured matches from NFL Hall of Famers, Grammy winning recording artists and, uh, Snooki from Jersey Shore. Some show up with their worker boots on. Others just show up.
There have been 14 matches including celebrities at Wrestlemania — in this case, official, advertised bouts between professional wrestlers and people who were famously not that. Ronda Rousey’s foray into the field and subsequent titles kept her from being included. Paul made the cut, though he’s a few matches away from being too much of a grappler to qualify.
Here’s how I ranked all 14, from the stupid (… sumo?) to the sublime.