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With Johnson releasing another blockbuster, Disney's Jungle Cruise, and John Cena and Dave Bautista both flying high, wrestlers have taken on the movies, and won, writes Sam Moore. The movie...
Aug 24, 2021 · With the likes of Dwayne “The “Rock” Johnson, Dave Bautista, and John Cena currently dominating our screens in movies like F9, Jungle Cruise, The Suicide Squad, and Bautista’s forthcoming Dune,...
How football helped transform Dwayne Johnson into Hollywood's biggest star. Once an aspiring NFL player, the Rock used his failures in football to change his life around and ultimately...
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- Andre the Giant. Andre the Giant's movie career may have been short-lived, but it's among the most memorable and impactful. Andre played the role of Fezzik in the 1987 fantasy classic, "The Princess Bride."
- Steve Austin. While it seems like low-hanging fruit to include a big name like Steve Austin on such a list, his extensive acting resume mandates it. The poster child of WWE's "Attitude Era" in the late '90s, Austin quietly put together a solid film acting portfolio.
- Batista. Dave Bautista has become a pillar for professional wrestlers-turned-actors thanks to the overwhelming amount of success he saw as Drax the Destroyer in Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise.
- John Cena. John Cena, one of the three most successful professional wrestlers currently in Hollywood, shunned a second career in acting for the longest time.
The wrestlers who are at the top of their game are better conditioned than almost any other professional athletes. They go year-round with no off-season, working in excess of 250 days a year. To be able to make it all look real and not hurt yourself or your opponent is an art.
Mar 12, 2021 · However, here are our ground rules. First, we're only including Johnson, Cena, and Bautista movies when those guys were still active wrestlers, not once they became full-time actors.
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Nov 29, 2019 · Wrestling helps athletes enhance their leverage, flexibility, quickness, power and balance in ways that directly translate to football. “Wrestling is still one of the reasons why I swivel my ...
