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Mickey Rourke To Follow Up Oscar-Nominated Triumph With WRESTLEMANIA 25 Appearance?
Beaks here...
Look, I haven't watched a televised professional wrestling event since the WWF unceremoniously retired Uncle Elmer (technically, the most skilled grappler the sport has ever seen), but you don't have to be a die-hard to appreciate the potential splendor of an Academy Award-winning actor parlaying his Oscar into a top-of-the-marquee showdown at Wrestlemania. If only Fredric March had been so forward-thinking...
There will be (probably already are) those who claim that Mickey Rourke has irreparably harmed his Best Actor campaign by revealing at Sunday's SAG Awards that he has accepted Vince McMahon's offer to get it on in the squared circle with former WWE Champion Chris Jehricho (see the video embedded below). While these people are entitled to their opinions, it is important to note that they are morons, and that I would like to body slam all of them.
First question: Would Rourke be appearing as Rourke or as Randy "The Ram" Robinson? Second question: Shouldn't an offer also be extended to the eventual Best Actress winner (especially since it looks like it'll be Anne Hathaway)? Finally: If Rourke wins and proceeds to trash-talk Jericho from the stage of the Kodak Theater, wouldn't that make up for THE DARK KNIGHT's Best Picture snub?
Of course it would. And if we could get Al Pacino throwing down with Lord Littlebrook...?
The 81st Academy Awards will be held on February 22nd. Wrestlemania 25 happens on April 5, 2009.
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Jamie Foxx released an album after "Ray", why shouldn't Mikey Rourke jump into the squared-circle!
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If you've got the world taking you seriously again after making movies with Van Damme and Dennis Rodman - for god sakes don't blow it by appearing and even PERFORMING at Wrestlemania. Even The Rock is smarter than that and there's no chance of him ever getting the accolades that Mickey's receiving right now.
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Im first third time this month, WOW.
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Insane. But brilliant.
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frak Anne Hathaway. Fraud.
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I bet Mickey will get more than $250,000 to wrestle Chris Jehricho. The Crimson Dynamo can't get that to take on Iron Man.
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At least the film would finally get an ending. I keed! I keed! I loved that film!
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Oh, well. Can't be any worse than David Arquette as WCW champ. That was one of the events in my life where I did a lot of growing up in one moment.
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Final proof for all the 11 year olds out there who still believe wrestling is a 'sport' that it is the domain of actors only, not sportsmen?
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You better watch out Big Show!
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Rourke pwns joo.
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..if Mickey Rourke had a heart attack while fighting Chris Jericho. That really would be life imitating art. Although I hope that doesn't happen of course. Rourke is the tits. :)
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This is his ticket to Oscar immortality. Be the sorest loser of all time and just go on a rampage. Bonus points for attacking the orchestra and then exiting the wrong way.
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14:32, 14:33, 14:34 ...
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But I'll tune in for this.
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Fine career choices Mr. Rourke. Keep it up!
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Rourke has been around a loooooong time. I get your countdown, its very funny. 15 minutes of fame. You're a twat.
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Oscar's snub of Bruce Springsteen's theme from the movie is proof enough Rourke will not win. That's why he'll take Vince's offer. It's interesting that Vince didn't like the movie until, apparently, Rourke won the Golden Globe.
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Who the fuck thought this was the right thing to do?!
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Mickey Rourke, well, he gotta eat.
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he wasnt there for sin city
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I haven't watched wrestling since Hulk left the WWF, but I might have to watch this.
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During those lean years I'm sure all those direct to DVD flicks didn't pay that much & he's not getting any younger. Plus, an oscar won't pay the bills a decade down the line.
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They offered Jim Carey the same deal when he played Andy Kaufman but he wouldn't do it. He did how ever make The Number23, which is a horrible film. Wrestling is good old fashioned theater with gladiators/actors. For every one person who hates it because of the "typical wrestling fan" that supports it,there are thousands who get it for what it is and enjoy it's escapism. I always crack up at my fellow geeks who trash wrestling fans for buying into something thats fake.The same people who could debate Star Wars/Lord of the Rings or DC/Marvel for hours on end hate how phoney wrestling is. God bless Mickey Rourke, the man has did his time and then some.
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That would truly be one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Especially if Tom Hanks comes out of nowhere and hits him with a chair.
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They mostly just have bottom feeders like ex 9020 cast members, K-Fed and Pam Anderson.
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Let those little bastards go at it!
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Comment deleted for spoiling the end of the film in the subject header. Let's not do that.
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Jan 26, 2009 7:14:55 PM CST
Sean Penn wins by a nose NOT mangled by boxing and botched surgu
by six demon bag
i wonder if he's getting paid more for this appearance than IM2
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I know Rourke trained hard, but he'd still need an experienced guy like Jericho to lead him through the match.
Assuming Rourke will let him go all out, Jericho's promo work should be awesome in the build up...plenty of talk about his failings in acting, boxing etc.
Then WHAMMO, Rourke knocks him on his ass and it's on. Hee hee hee, I'm giddy about this one. -
If you please..
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is Fuck the Academy awards
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Already saw it, little fucking cock-gobbler. Grow the fuck up you pathetic little child, go play with yourself to the sounds of your mother being fisted by a tramp!
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Just to be clear....that union jackass fucker.
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I want to thank you Mr. Rourke, for what yall done to yall bodies!! sobsobsob
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Now THAT would be the most-watched Oscar telecast in years. (And let's not even go there with Winslet vs Angelina).
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Boy were they household names after that. Look, if Mr. Rourke wants to do this because it's what he wants to do, then more power to him; but let's not disgrace ourselves by pretending this will appeal to anyone over 14.
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Those guys were too retarded for WWE and they're running their own fucking promotion now. I'm over 14, if I wasn't I'd be listening to ICP.
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I was a huge wrestling fan as a kid but havn't kept up with it in years so this would definitely get me to see it.I'm a big rourke fan and i hope he wins the oscar
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It's a shame you shit heads didn't come out of the movie feeling the same way.
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The broken dreams and broken bodies, the tiny crowds, the wasted lives. . . The stuff that dreams are made of.
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Isn't that directly contrary to the message the Wrestler conveys (that wrestlers are fame-crazed pieces of meat that are chewed up, spit out, and left to live out their remaining years as broken down husks)? Come to think of it, is it really in the WWE's best interest to publicize the movie?
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On Raw, why not Rourke
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Jan 26, 2009 9:03:17 PM CST
Rourke's Wrestlemania scenes for Lucasized Special Editions
by iamjack'suserid
If you've only seen The Wrestler the other way, you haven't seen it at all. Now, for it's DVD release, the wrestling movie of a lifetime returns in a way you've never seen before, and with a few new surprises. In 2009, George Lucas and Darren Aronofsky invite you to welcome back: Randy The Ram Robinson, Cassidy, Stephanie Robinson, Chris Jericho, the Ayatollah, Chewbacca, Jor-El, Admissions Desk Woman, Lenny, and Andre the Giant. Finally, the motion picture event the way it was meant to be experienced. The Wrestler - Special Edition. See it again...for the first time!
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Holy fuck, that was one of the singularly hammiest shittiests performances, in Doubt, onscreen in a lonnnnng time...well below anything Streep is capable of...Something is MAJORLY wrong with the awards this year...not just a BIT OFF..like FUCKED UP completely
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So much so it was distracting. But to be fair she also gave one of the best acceptance speeches in years. Her running down the aisle and flailing her arms was damn funny. Compare her indifference and humor with Winslet's melodrama at the Globes...I hate being embarrassed for other people.
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Maybe "class" is not the word to use.
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Jan 26, 2009 9:36:38 PM CST
I haven't watched wrestling since the Rowdy Rody Piper era!
by ganymede3010
But I'm definately going to watch this. Eventhough he's a tool, Vince McMahon is a fucking brilliant.
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Seriously. Too Much Plastic On That Pudem.
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Nice knowing you again Mickey. Those who don't learn from the past..etc...etc..
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Mania will have 50,000 plus not a tiny crowd. "Nice knowing you again Mickey. Those who don't learn from the past..etc...etc.. I can almost hear his career toilet flushing from here." Yeah like every one else who has appeared at Mania..OH WAIT! It hasn't effected their careers at all.
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Even if the money is low, you take Iron Man 2, and hope it continues your rebirth as an actor, and leads to a big payday and starring role down the road. Turning down Iron Man 2 (where the media would have the angle that Iron Man helped relaunch Downie's career, and now possibly Rourke's as well) was stupid. If Iron Man 2 makes 400 mil, with Rourke in it, that equals a pay day for him.
Agreeing to do this, is short-sighted. He may have been offered more money up front, but it will hurt him in his career. -
To see WrestleMania live on PPV, it'll cost you $50 in standard def, and probably close to $70 for HD PPV. Not something to just 'tune into' on a passive interest. I haven't ordered a WWE PPV since WrestleMania 20, which was five years ago. -NJM
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or all best actress nominees in a "oscar on a pole" ladder match.
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Burt Reynolds (WM 10) – ring announcer
Cathy Lee Crosby (WM 2) – commentary in Chicago
Elvira (WM 2) – commentary in L.A.
Jennie Garth (WM 10) - guest time keeper
Jenny McCarthy (WM 11) - in the corner of Diesel
Joan Rivers (WM 2) – ring announcer in NY
Jonathan Taylor Thomas (WM 11) – guest time keeper
Marla Maples (WM 7) – guest time keeper
Mr. T (WM 1 &2) - wrestler
Nicholas Turturo (WM 11) – interviewer & ring announcer
Pamela Anderson (WM 11) – in the corner of Diesel
Raven-Symoné (WM 24) - Make-a-Wish Foundation Circle of Champions
Regis Philbin (WM 7) - interviewer
Ricky Schroeder (WM 2) – time keeper in L.A.
Rhonda Shear (WM 10) – guest time keeper
Robert Conrad (WM 2) – guest referee
Steve Allen (WM 6) - interviewer
Susan St. James (WM 2) – commentary in N.Y. Ricky Schroeder, Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Jonathan Taylor Thomas. . .fine company indeed. Of course, they all had an excuse, in that they'd never demonstrated any acting talent. Rourke on the other hand is just being self-destructive with this one. -
even when I hate it.
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bra and panties match for the oscar. Ah screw it, let's make it a buck naked match!
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So, Mickey won't commit to Iron Man 2 because Marvel is lowballing his paycheck. But WWE is paying enough to make him say yes to Wrestlemania?
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Last year word was that Floyd Mayweather got $20 million. Of course nobody really buys that number. But still, odds are Mayweather got a lot more than $250,000 to show up and break the Big Show's face.
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Jan 27, 2009 12:47:42 AM CST
Marissa Tomei To Do A Nude Lapdance in Wrestlemania 25
by thelordofhell
Now THAT would be a great PPV event!!
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Let this man eat the fucking cake, OK! Winslet lovers confuse me.
She looks like a man in the face. A man who dives for clams. She has a unibrow. She plucks it, but it's there. That America Express Commercial she did ticks me off. She's so into herself. -
watch her stroke it, and pant and play a convincing hard to breath winner. Pressing her eyes shut when they annouced the winners. This bitch is one hell of an actress, and a award whore. I bet She'll fuck herself with the oscar if she wins it.
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They started putting the angle together on wwe raw tonight, it looks like were going to see a train wreck in april.
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And it's shows even more how OUT OF TOUCH the academy
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WWE killing Rourke's career is missing a beginning, middle and a end.
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http://tinyurl.com/bqdd5k
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IT'S GONNA BE A SLOBBERKNOCKER!!!!
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This could be good. IF Rourke can actually do the business in the ring, cos he wasn't that great in the movie.
Having him feud with Y2J is a very, very shrewd move by both parties, even if there's no match.
My question is this - how long ago did Rourke film it? Does he still have the build?
Much better idea than an ill fated "legends" match.
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Is there anything gayer than a fucking high five?
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would be followed by a short program with Chris Jericho? Way to take something beautiful & bake a shit pie. This is greed, & it's shameful.
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I agree. But I think the stupid high-five still comes in fourth behind Clay Aiken, UFC fight fans, emo haircuts, and guys...GUYS(!) spending on day long on their cellphones.
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Listen up jabronies. The Rourke says you can take your academy award... shine it up real nice...turn it sideways... and stick it straight up your candy ass!
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Sell out the way, good for you Mickey Rourke, ride this wave for all it's worth.
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Celebs are no stranger to the squared circle. A pre-govanator Arnold appeared on Smackdown about 10 years ago. Adam Sandler, Shaq, and Ben Stiller have all appeared on a WWE program over the years. I am happy that Vince McMahon thinks enough about Rourke and the movie to bring attention to it on this level. It's good for the film and good for the WWE. Funny enough adding Rourke makes the WWE look more serious and bring non wrestling fans to the WWE and maybe gives the film "The Wrestler" some attention on a bigger stage that the award circuit.
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one or two more pops in the head would cause permanent brain damage or even death? You have to wonder about what sloshing around in that skull of his...
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True - but they're putting him in the ring with a pro, the match will be laid out before-hand, and the crowd will be involved big-time... so there's no need for anything too impactful.
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I am a big fan of WWE, and I had originally heard that the WWE had a Ban on The Wrestler, as Mr. McMahon had disliked the movie. However this turn around in position is great.
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He won't be the first actor to do it that's for sure and it's just a bit of fun. All this talk about a bad career move is just stupid. You really think Rourke gives a fuck what people think? That's why he is cool and you are whiney little baby's!
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Not sure what your point is, however if you need to know I have no idea as that is not the type of music that I listen to, regardless I did a little research and his album released after Ray sold 1.98 million units and was certified 2x Platinum, so once again what was your point?
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Why can't someone cross over into other mediums I guess. Don't think he was digging at Jamie foxx if that's what your point is?
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and even then didn't see's gringos second post which did dig at jamie foxx. I take it back, Jimmy. Want me to hold gringo well you bitchslap him?
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Jan 27, 2009 11:08:38 AM CST
Idiot, pretentious film-school fanboys, you just don't get it...
by maverick68
Movies and actors serve but one purpose: to entertain. In the end, being an actor/writer/director is one of the least important jobs on the planet.
So what if Rourke goes to RassleMania and slams a chair across Vince McMahons head, it doesn't detract from the film he just made, it simply makes the hoity-toity assholes who've lavished praise upon him uncomfortable, so to that end, it's a great thing.
Actors/Musicians/Artists in the end are prostitutes, nothing more, paid to make happy distractions for the working men and women of the world who do important things. Enjoy your discomfort you pretentious pricks... -
... while everyone wants to get their jokes in, please consider the fact that this article has no "spoiler alerts," and that Rourke's movie is still in limted release (meaning that many people haven't yet gotten a chance to see it). Don't take this the wrong way... just know that your post can ruin the movie for others.
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I wear the required uniform..Yeah...tights.This has ass written all over it. Unless they get the Iron Sheik, Dusty Rhodes and resurrect Bruiser Brody, wrestling is ass. This has David Arquette holding the WWF belt asscapade all over it. And you know it...or you're twelve years old.
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... while I can appreciate your points, the fact remains that pro wrestling PPV appearances are generally reserved for non-wrestling stars to revive a stagnant career (William Shatner), benefit from a career that has already seen its best days (Pete Rose) or continue with a gimmick-ridden career (Dennis Rodman). Admittedly, some celebrity appearances--- such as Mr. T in Wrestlemania I--- were among the rare exceptions to this rule (though Muhammed Ali and Liberace may have, arguably, helped the rule). Those exceptions are still quite rare, though. Rourke has already revived his career with a confirmed level of legitimacy, so this would seem somewhat of an image risk. The only way to make this worth his time would be for him to somehow re-write the rules... and for something about the nature of his appearance to subsequently make such efforts a point of pride for other current film stars. When one considers McMahon's tendency to primarily leverage outside stars to better position his own talent (Mike Tyson, et all), the chances of that happening just aren't that great.
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scraggy beard, and decide to rap for a living.
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Perhaps Rourke WANTS to do this. The guy isn't exactly one of these new "cookie cutter" celebretards running around Hollywood. Perhaps he genuinely enjoys the idea of having fun at a big "sporting" event. Of course, this makes many folks uncomfortable because they lack the self-confidence to put aside their egos for some genuine low-brow fun...
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Thunderlips is here...in the flesh, bay-beh
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... yes, he clearly does. I think people are just wondering what's behind his desire. For all intents and purposes, he's already proven the "world" wrong. Heck, who knows; maybe this is method acting for some form of sequel--- or work dedicated to having an additional feature on the eventual DVD release. Actually, some behind-the-scenes footage would make a pretty good extra. At the same time, there's the potential for him to essentially turn "heel" on McMahon after getting involved with this. It should help the buy rate, whatever the case.
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maybe there is nothing behind the desire. Maybe he just wants to. You know, simple pleasures are necessary for highly-wound spirits.
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He professes to respecting wrestling. And you know his verbal duels with Jericho will rawk.
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If Mr T. can go to Wrestlemania why not Mikey! and Hulk Hogan was in Rocky III, its called synergy folks! Look at all the luminaries that have participate din WrestleMania! Liberace, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Cyndi Lauper, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Ice-T, Pam Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Donald Trump, Lawrence Taylor, Floyd Mayweather, Pete Rose, William Refrigerator Perry!
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Wrestlemania may be a big payday today, but accepting a smaller check to star in Marvel's biggest movie of 2010 is the smart thing for Rourke's career in the long run. This guy had lost his career and now has a second chance thanks to a quirky director who took a chance on him (the studio wanted Nicholas Cage as Randy the Ram). It's frustrating to see Mickey blow his second chance with bad choices.
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a long, long time ago, this seems like a perfectly rational move on his part. it is, of course, why no one takes him seriously anymore. because he's nuts. still love him though.
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He will piss it all a way again. That's what he does.
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I think he does want good acting roles, but I'd also imagine he wants to have some fun too.
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Gary Busey. Why? Cause he's fucking batshit insane and just as thrashed as Mickey but he didn't get the shit kicked out of himself in the amateur boxing circuit. Busey earned his thrashing through sheer batshit looney willpower alone.New to this crew: Bobsaget and Eric Roberts and possibly Steve Guttenberg? (all The Guttenberg has to do is fuck a tranny or drive a scooter through a mall dressed as Donald Duck wearing a strap-on while totally wasted on angel dust and he's in).
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People like him don't get a second chance.
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took up boxing because he felt that acting was not a job for a man. And that stemmed from abuse he suffered when he was young. His lifestyle and decisions have been built around his self doubts and image. Do you think someone goes from the extreme of being a Hollywood Star to having the snot beat out of you in the boxing ring, without there being some underlying reason?
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I thought Guttenberg was lined up in the third 3 Men and a Baby film, and the new Police Academy movie?
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so why not wrestle? Hopefully it won't turn as shameful as David Arquette's attempt back in wcw to promote Ready to Rumble..yikes! Beside's Rourke doesn't look like he can even feel his face so that'll help him out in the ring.
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...the shit grater to the other side by this point. Seriously, like Chuck Norris who is oblivious to the sheer cheese he represents, so is the neglected cheese of The Guttenberg.This guy is the box office equivalent of elevator music only not as believable as someone like Bill Pullman. And, unlike actually mental folks like Bobsaget or Eric Roberts, The Guttenberg is "normal" and completely unaware of the impossibly cheese he brings to anything. Which makes him a candidate for the Norris treatment if you ask me.Steve! Immediately! Get with the DEA and go on some raids with them. Get your own TV show...base it on that cheese you did with Jamie Gertz and bring back that totally neatO aussie accent! Fucker! Laserbeams!
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Jan 27, 2009 3:28:24 PM CST
Look, there's a reason Rourke's career & face look like they do!
by bob cryptonight
Brain damage on both accounts.
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Is it because he has nothing better to do? i thought Vince was firing everyone so he could keep his money. How mcuh will Rourke be getting for this one time appearance? I am certain he isnt doing it out of the goodness of his heart.
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He is, but that's not a second chance. Those franchises were ran into the ground - a second chance for me would be him doing something that didn't sound ass.
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Vince let Bret Hart go because they 'couldn't pay his wages' - and then hired Mike Tyson for Wrestlemania. He's a walking contradiction.
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I want to piledrive that interviewer on his annoying face.
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I think if Rourke wants to have some fun and make some coin by doing this, then by all means, he should run with it. I do think it odd that Vince would want to play into the popularity of The Wrestler since in my opinion "The Ram" represents all those wrestlers, Benoit, Guerrerro, Jake Roberts, Curt Hennig, Davey Boy Smith and on and on and on whom Vince has been blamed in part for treating poorly during their wrestling careers.
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...the guy is already trying to re-destroy his career. This is, quite possibly, the stupidest post-Oscar nomination move since Eddie Murphy followed up "Dream Girls" with "Norbert."
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Jan 27, 2009 7:08:26 PM CST
Rourke is getting great reviews in the Wrestler, but...
by leafar the lost
...it isn't generating $100,000,000 box office like Iron Man did. He all ready has the Iron Man 2 job. Wrestling in Wrestlemania 25 is a dream come true for Rourke. He actually became a professional wrestler in order to prepare for the movie, so it isn't shocking to me that he would want to do it. And lets not forget that pro wrestlers are actors, who should be part of the SAG.
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Oh I can just hear JR screaming about this sure fire slobberknocker already. Awesome.
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Will have the last laugh when he is at this event with his oscar in one hand, and his middle finger in the other!
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I saw a few episodes in the build-up to Wrestlemania last year and ended up staying up to watch the PPV overnight here in the UK. Fantastic entertainment! It all gets a bit boring following that, but with the build-up to the next Wrestlemania starting now, I'm going to have to start following it again - having Rourke take on Chris Jericho will be fucking fantastic. :)
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He went to a boxing match. This is about 12 years ago. Mickey boxed. Don't remember if he won or not. My brother wanted to get his signature. After his match Mickey and his entourage sat down to watch more boxing. My brother had his boxing program and appproached him. My brother simply walked up to him. At first his people started to block his path but Mickey waved them back. He signed my brothers program. My brother thanked him and gave him kudos for his boxing. Mickey thanked him. He has pictures of him also during the match.
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I saw the Larry King interview. What the hell was that? Mickey looked surprised and a little offended. I could tell Jericho was totally in character, though. What did Rourke say on the SAG Award red carpet that pissed off Jericho so much?
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NO! I wear the required uniform.Yeah, tights.I'm all for Rourke doing whatever he wants with his career (just don't OD or something dude) but wrestling has been ass for a long time now.I met a guy who wresteled in the amateur circuit but who had matches against quite a few of the early/mid 90's WWF stars. He said all matches were predetermined (duh) but yet many of the blows are real just not full power and all of the holds and body drops are very real.Wrestling isn't a real sport because the winner is pre-determined but these guys go through physical hell on so many levels that they are, unequivocally, athletes.
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