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9 actors you didn't know were wrestlers: photos
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Before playing Bane in "Batman & Robin," Jeep Swenson competed in both World Class Championship Wrestling and WCW.
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Tyler Mane arrived in WCW in 1989 as Nitron.% n! @) B! W! f7 Q z
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; Y. H6 y( g: {7 U3 qIn the early '90s, Mane became Vinnie Vegas's associate, Big Sky.
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! A) l+ F H3 E% H- o* B8 r6 g5 Z# YMane really turned heads with his turns as Sabretooth in “X-Men” and as the new Michael Myers in the “Halloween” remake and its subsequent sequel.
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Woody Strode was a barrier-breaking African-American wrestler who was one of the first black players in the NFL. He also had memorable roles in films like "Spartacus" and "The Ten Commandments."
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Lenny "The Bull" Montana is well-known as Luca Brasi from "The Godfather," but he was also an accomplished pro wrestler.5 c9 q3 _2 r1 P% N5 h! d& v
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0 q2 v) z Q1 Z- n$ W3 _Tor Johnson, also known as The Super Swedish Angel, became a B-movie icon and starred in flicks like "Plan 9 from Outer Space."+ K. D& n0 K/ {
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+ p1 j9 o, N* J: oDoes the face of wrestler Tosh Togo ring any bells?
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' `$ b( H8 K. \3 ~& o! g; BYou might recognize him as Harold Sakata, the man who played hat-tossing Bond henchman Oddjob in "Goldfinger."/ \; k' c; ^ Y$ e. M
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Milton Reid, who wrestled as Mighty Chang, was nearly cast as Oddjob. He had a long acting career in movies like "Swiss Family Robinson," "The Return of the Pink Panther" and Bond flicks "Dr. No" and "The Spy Who Loved Me."9 R1 U) ~. E- Y
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9 v) y' V' H } F- CAny longtime wrestling fan that gets a kick out of squared circle camp loves the 1989 cult classic “No Holds Barred” starring Hulk Hogan and Tom "Tiny" Lister as Zeus.
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Lister also acted in movies like "The Fifth Element," "Jackie Brown" and "Friday."
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That year, Lister joined WWE as the same Human Wrecking Machine he played in the motion picture.
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Zeus wrestled at SummerSlam and Survivor Series, landed in the PWI 500 and later appeared in WCW.
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7 n% l B# ]/ r; ~6 `+ [: pAlex Karras, who you might know as Mongo from "Blazing Saddles," was also a football player for the Detroit Lions and battled Dick the Bruiser in the ring.
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Karras' big role was as sitcom dad George Papadopolis in "Webster." |
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