List of celebrities involved with TNA Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is a professional wrestling promotion founded in 2002. Since its inception TNA has had various celebrity involvement for their pay-per view events and Impact Wrestling (TNA Impact!) broadcast. One of the first celebrities to appear in TNA History was Toby Keith who appeared on the first ever TNA Weekly pay-per view event on June 19, 2002. In 2003, The TNA promotion was featured in the film Head of State where the main character Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock) makes an appearance for TNA Wrestling during his campaign tour for presidency.
Celebrities
| Celebrity | Profession | Appearance | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith, TobyToby Keith | Musician | NWA-TNA Weekly Pay-per view #1 | Performed "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" but was interrupted by Jeff Jarrett. He also entered the Gauntlet for the Gold main event. | |
| Rock, ChrisChris Rock | Actor | NWA-TNA Weekly Pay-per view | Filmed a scene for the movie Head of State. He also appeared on a live weekly pay-per view broadcast of TNA Wrestling. | [1] |
| Rose, ChrisChris Rose | Sports commentator | Best Damn Wrestling Event Period | Provided guest commentary and was featured in a segment with Roddy Piper. | [2] |
| Arnold, TomTom Arnold | Actor/Comedian | Best Damn Wrestling Event Period | Guest referee and was featured in a in-ring segment. | [3] |
| Rodman, DennisDennis Rodman | Professional Basketball player | TNA Impact! | Accompanied 3Live Kru to the ring for their match against Team Canada. | [4] |
| Urlacher, BrianBrian Urlacher | Professional Football player | NWA-TNA Weekly pay-per view | Was featured in a in-ring segment accepting a challenge from Johnny Fairplay. | [5] |
| Pierzynski, A. J.A. J. Pierzynski | Professional Baseball player | TNA Impact! TNA Turning Point (2005) TNA Against All Odds (2007) |
Had various appearances for TNA. | [6] |
| McMichael, SteveSteve McMichael | Professional Football player | TNA Bound For Glory IV | Special guest referee for the Monster's Ball match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. | [7] |
| Bonaduce, DannyDanny Bonaduce | Television personality/Comedian | TNA Lockdown (2009) | Wrestled Eric Young in a Six Sides of Steel cage match. | [8] |
| Morasca, JennaJenna Morasca | Television personality/Actress | TNA Impact! TNA Victory Road (2009) |
Wrestled Sharmell at Victory Road and was a member of The Main Event Mafia as Kevin Nash's Valet. | [9] |
| JWoww | Television personality | TNA Impact! | Was in an in-ring segment alongside The Beautiful People (Angelina Love, Velvet Sky & Lacey Von Erich) facing off against Cookie and Robbie E. | [10] |
| Ronnie Ortiz-Magro | Television personality | Impact Wrestling | Teamed with Eric Young in a tag team match against Robbie E and Rob Terry. | [11] |
| Shaquille O'Neal | Professional Basketball player | Impact Wrestling | Was a part of a backstage segment with Hulk Hogan speaking about the Aces & Eights. | [12] |
See also
References
- ↑ "Chris Rocks TNA movie shoot".
- ↑ "TNA & Best Damn Sports Show Period results".
- ↑ "TNA & Best Damn Sports Show Period results".
- ↑ "TNA News: Dennis Rodman, Jeff Hardy, Raven's absence [sic]".
- ↑ "TNA Congradulates Brian Urlacher of The Chicago Bears".
- ↑ "TNA Press Release: A. J. Pierzynski Appears For TNA".
- ↑ "TNA Bound For Glory IV results at the Sears Centre Arena".
- ↑ Caldwell, James (April 19, 2009). "CALDWELL'S TNA LOCKDOWN PPV REPORT 4/19: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of all-cage PPV – Sting vs. Foley". PWTorch. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ↑ "Sharmell comments on her critically panned match with TNA celebrity Jenna Morasca, says Booker T is the most decorated wrestler of all time".
- ↑ "Jwoww -- The Girl-on-Girl Beatdown".
- ↑ "Impact Wrestling Report 11/10: Sting grants Storm a rematch against Bobby Roode, plus Ronnie from Jersey Shore wrestles".
- ↑ "TNA News: Shaquille O'Neal's status for Impact Wrestling".
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