Celebrities You Forgot Appeared During WWE’s Attitude Era

The 1990s were a difficult time not only for wrestling, but also for the celebrity world. The entire world of pop culture seemed to embrace the darker and edgier superstars and celebrities instead of the saccharine and neon-encrusted, fun-loving pop stars of the '80s. WWE had just entered the Attitude Era and were trying to find ways to gain exposure in their war against WCW.

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The best way, of course, was to get Mike Tyson as a special guest enforcer at WrestleMania 14. This moment was instantly immortalized and was instrumental in baptizing the Austin era. However, there were still a number of random celebrities who got into the ring that you might not remember.

An affair with the president gets you a spot at WrestleMania

• Flowers made the Clinton allegations during his 1992 presidential campaign.
• In Clinton's 2004 autobiography, he admitted that he had testified under oath that the affair actually happened – once.
• Flowers was the guest ring announcer for Ken Shamrock Vs. The Stone

Ginnifer Flowers became famous because she was a small town model and had a major affair with Bill Clinton. The tryst allegedly took place over a period of twelve years. She would end up making a guest appearance at WrestleMania 14 not once, but twice. First she got to interview The Rock. But that was just the pre-taped segment before The Rock's IC title match with Ken Shamrock. For the actual match, she was accompanied to the ring by old Double J Jeff Jarrett himself.

Miller Lite Catfight Girls leave a pockmark at a great WrestleMania

Beautiful women spicing up WrestleMania

• To date, WrestleMania 19 was the only WrestleMania to take place in Seattle.
• Fans generally consider the event to be one of the best WrestleManias of all time.
• Nearly 55,000 fans flocked to SafeCo Field for the event.

As Al Bundy once proclaimed, pretty women make men want to buy beer. To take advantage of this, pretty women would certainly attract wrestling fans to watch the show. But if they aren't great workers and aren't there to be decent servants, then please stop taking TV time away from the games.

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That's what the Miller Lite Catfight Girls did and did at WrestleMania 19 of all times. Note to WWE (and all promotions for that matter): We all know where to see hot women. We turn on wrestling to watch wrestling: no gorgeous ladies dancing around.

Butterbean's infamous WrestleMania cameo

The day Bart Gunn's WWE career died

• The Brawl For All was reportedly intended to be a vehicle for Dr. Death Steve Williams.
• This all ended when Bart Gunn knocked him out.
• Some fans believe he was fed to Butterbean as punishment.

The Brawl For All tournament is widely derided as one of the worst ideas in WWE history. Designed by Vince Russo to silence JBL, the tournament was designed for WWE Superstars to find out who the real toughest man in WWE was. Therefore, sending a group of untrained boxing wrestlers into a boxing-style MMA tournament wasn't the best idea. Bart Gunn surprisingly won the whole thing (except for his partners Billy Gunn and Bob Holly, both of whom knew how tough Bart was), and he was fed to Butterbean as the winner's prize. But when Bombastic Bart fell unconscious in less than 40 seconds, any chance of a big attack was undermined just as much as it was with Bart.

Ben Stiller learns that comedy and wrestling don't mix

Stiller broke a cardinal rule and angered Double J

• Growing up in Memphis, Jeff Jarrett knew all too well about the power of celebrity in wrestling.
• Jarrett has feuded with Stiller as well as Z-listers like Beetlejuice and even Golden Globe winner Paul Walter Hauser.
• AEW's Kris Statlander paid homage to Stiller's character and movie Zoolander with her all-out gear.

When the WWE and Ben Stiller were cross-promoting Mystery Men, Stiller and his friends came to Raw. They were part of GTV and Stiller was filmed telling all about Miss Debra and her puppies. Jeff Jarrett, Debra's client at the time, didn't like that. In retaliation, Jarrett attacked the Comedian and imprisoned him in the Figure Four. Luckily he was saved by D'Lo Brown.

Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on SmackDown in 1999

The long-time wrestling fan made his first appearance during the Attitude Era

• Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a lifelong wrestling fan, since the time of Bruno Sammartino.
• His appearance on SmackDown was his first ever for the WWE.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger helped Triple H perform at WrestleMania 31.

Thanks to a decades-long bodybuilding career, The Austrian Oak was friends with several wrestlers – like Andre the Giant and Bruno Sammartino – before ever stepping foot in a WWE ring. When he joined SmackDown in 1999, he was welcomed with open arms and even received a replica of the WWE Championship belt.

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Reigning WWE Champion Triple H wasn't a fan at the time, he tried to face the Terminator but was clotheslined for his troubles.

Joe C is cursing WWE up a storm

Kid Rock's hype man was a huge WWE fan

• Kid Rock met Joe C when he was still a fan coming to local shows in Detroit.
• Of course, everyone who met the little hype man mistook him for a child.
• He died in 2000 as a result of celiac disease.

Kid Rock's run into the WWE Celebrity Hall of Fame began during the Attitude Era. Although he was always a fan, his hype man, little Joe C, was a WWE megafan. He showed up in WWE not only to verbally duel Edge and Christian, but to even cost them the tag team titles (to be fair, they deserved it – the idiots confused him with Mini Me). Gerald Brisco also thought he was a child and was shocked when he drank with the APA. This all led to Kid Rock playing American Bad Ass live on Raw.

Motley Crue's comeback came to Raw

The Crue helped usher in a new WWE Superstar

• Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee was once married to WrestleMania 11 celebrity Pamela Anderson.
• Crue performed the songs Bitter Pill and Wild Side on Raw.
• Vince Russo wanted Test to be part of DX, but Shawn and HHH vehemently refused.

Despite being one of the “hair metal bands” of the 1980s, party hard rockers Motley Crue also appeared on Raw during the Attitude Era. They came to the start of their greatest hits tour and played a few songs. It was also a unique debut to introduce a new WWE wrestler, as Test was present to act as the band's bodyguard before announcer Road Dogg told him to shut up as the microphones were actually working.

Jenna Jameson brings her unique “talents” to the WWE

The hottest name in adult entertainment introduced The Big Valbowski

• Old school guys like Bruce Prichard didn't like the Val Venis gimmick – it was too restrictive.
• Jenna Jameson also managed the Dudley Boyz for a few matches in ECW.
• The vignettes were actually filmed at Prichard's home – he hilariously recalls the story on his podcast.

In a “only during the Attitude Era” gimmick, Sean Morley was cast as Val Venis – a retired adult film actor. When the vignettes began promoting him to the WWE, the creative team decided to bring in Jenna Jameson, who was the medium's biggest crossover star at the time. She was even part of ECW for a short time. If you knew who she was, they would have made these vignettes a little better. If not, maybe you would ask your friends who she was.

Will Sasso doesn't know when to stop

Imitation is not always the best form of flattery

• Stone Cold began singing “What” after leaving a What promo on Christian’s voicemail as a joke for his friend.
• Will Sasso is one of the few celebrities to have made guest appearances on both WWE and WCW shows.
• He is also the only one who can take on the two bitter rivals Bret Hart and Stone Cold.

For several years, MadTV was the Attitude Era equivalent of Saturday Night Live. One of the show's top stars was Will Sasso. A huge wrestling fan, he mixed it up with Bret Hart in WCW and Stone Cold in WWE.

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Sasso thought it would be a good idea to pull on a rattlesnake's tail. He would do a good impression of Stone Cold, which earned the ire of the Texas Rattlesnake, who delivered a stunner to the funny man.

Drew Carey had a hilarious interaction with Kane

• Drew Carey came to WWE to promote his own PPV special, Improv All Stars.
• His partnership with WWE began when Triple H made a guest appearance on The Drew Carey Show.
• His brief appearances were enough to get him into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame.

To this day, wrestling fans remain confused and upset by certain celebrity appearances. But Drew Carey takes the cake. Although Triple H was a guest on The Drew Carey Show, the comedian's appearance at the 2001 Royal Rumble was a head-scratcher – he showed up to leer at Trish Stratus and then entered the Rumble (because Vince somehow convinced Drew to enter). ). in the game). He popped up briefly before Kane sent him over the top rope.