Wrestlers in TV Commercials
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James Fabiano <jfab...@eden.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>Recently, when I had absolutely nothing better to do, I began to
>think about all the TV commercials starring wrestlers that I have seen
>in my entire lifetime. (Yes, my life is THAT interesting!) Here's some
>of the ones I managed to remember........
>
>Anyone got any more to add to my list? Maybe some comments on the ones I
>listed?
>
Demolition did a Pizza Hut commercial once
Dusty Rhodes used to do commercials for local sponsors:
A Ford Dealer, Skoal Tabacco, Stanback Headache Powders
George Steele was in a magazine ad for some computer IBM I
think.
Hillbilly Festus and Samuel Kent used to do commericals
for Papa's Country Kitchen on Buford Hwy.
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: Anyone got any more to add to my list? Maybe some comments on the ones I
: listed?
Demolition (Eadie and Darsow) appeared in a commercial promoting
Pizza Hut's Nickelodean kids meal. The commercial was a part of a series
telling kids what to do if their parents wouldn't take them out to PH. In
this ad, the doorbell rings, kid opens the door, and Demolition do their
shtick (screaming, Darsow sticks out his tongue). Pretty funny.
Dusty Rhodes did a commercial for Mello Yello soda back in 1986 or
1987 that used to air on TBS ALL THE TIME.
Paul Orndorff appeared in a commercial for the Hulk Hogan
Children's WorkOut kit in 1986-1987. This, despite the fact that Orndorff
was feuding with Hogan at the time the ads aired. The commercials started
airing (at least where I lived) after the Orndorff heel turn.
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Travis Cook
> How about the Pizza hut commercial a few years ago with Demolition?
>
How about those Pizza Inn comercials that aired in Texas starring the Von
Erich brothers? I have one of these on tape, and the sound of them
singing ("For pizza out, it's Pizza Inn, yeah!") is enough to make Steve
McMicheal's dog start howling at the moon! Ya know...sometime's i really
do miss the old days of World Class!
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they fight over whether to eat it with a fork or a spoon.
RDeleon144
>Anyone got any more to add to my list? Maybe some comments on the ones I
>listed?
How about the Pizza hut commercial a few years ago with Demolition?
James Fabiano
think about all the TV commercials starring wrestlers that I have seen
in my entire lifetime. (Yes, my life is THAT interesting!) Here's some
of the ones I managed to remember........
1) Hulk Hogan in a Honey Nut Cheerios commercial: HH is about to kick the
Bee's ass, but the Bee tries the famous "tempt your tummy" finisher.
(Which is as predictable as the punch, punch, whip, big boot, legdrop
of doom sequence) Then the unthinkable happens: HOGAN FINALLY JOBS!!!
He eats the HNC's, and the Bee Wins! The Bee wins! The Bee wins!
2) Andre's commercial for Honeycomb cereal: The funny thing about this was
that they had to dub Andre's voice with a clearer, yet Andre-like voice,
something they should've done for.......
3) The Ultimate Warrior for Slim Jim: I don't care what anyone thinks; this was
the best SJ wrestler commercial, mostly because it was hilarious to see
UW butcher the English language.
4) Macho Man and Diesel's Slim Jim commercials.
5) All those Roos shoes (the sneakers with those pockets) ads with the WCW
wrestlers from 1990. There was Lex Luger, Sting (he KO's an inflatable shark
while surfing), Rick Steiner (he pisses on a fire hydrant or something),
and the Road Warriors (funny because they mentioned the word "Demolition"
in in)
6) Macho Man made a cameo in some Rubik's Cube commercial way back when.
7) Bam Bam Bigelow was in a Wendy's Kids' Meal commercial, where he let
some other wrestler headlock him, while the voice over sings, "Can't be
a queen, or Mr. Mean...Wendy's Kids' Meals are just for kids!"
8) King Kong Bundy for that computer whats-its-name.
Anyone got any more to add to my list? Maybe some comments on the ones I
listed?
James Fabiano, Misty #42030 <jfab...@eden.rutgers.edu>
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Roo's was a big sponsor of WCW for a while.
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Le Metropolitain
yelling "Fork" and "Spoon" at each other.
And the Vachon brothers were in a commercial for some chocolate bar.
Francesca
Steve Webber
Momma and Daddy was comin' along, lotta people depend on Stanback for
fast pain relief; it work then, and it work now." "I know about pain'
I can take it, and I can dish it out."
Rhodes also did a Mello Yello commercial a few years back.
I seem to remember the Von Erichs doing a Pizza Hut commercial.
ja...@fn1.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
: > There was also one for Campbell's chunky soup with Orndorff and Piper
: > yelling "Fork" and "Spoon" at each other.
: I think that Ventura was also in this one, playing the moderator between
: the two.
I saw a Weedex commercial where Yokozuna yells "BONZAI" and
proceeds to splash this poor single weed in the middle of a farmer's field.
TPFMIKE
In article <4a0icc$f...@ionews.io.org> Le Metropolitain wrote:
>Date: 5 Dec 1995 04:38:36 GMT
>From: lem...@io.org (Le Metropolitain)
>Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
>Subject: Wrestlers in TV Commercials
>
>There was also one for Campbell's chunky soup with Orndorff and Piper
>yelling "Fork" and "Spoon" at each other.
>
Shampoo
> There was also one for Campbell's chunky soup with Orndorff and Piper
> yelling "Fork" and "Spoon" at each other.
I think that Ventura was also in this one, playing the moderator between
the two.
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>think about all the TV commercials starring wrestlers that I have seen
>in my entire lifetime. (Yes, my life is THAT interesting!) Here's some
>of the ones I managed to remember........
[snip]
>Anyone got any more to add to my list? Maybe some comments on the ones I
>listed?
I doubt many people have seen it on this group, but Savage was in a couple
of ads for Bad Boy (local Toronto furniture/appliance chain) toward the end
of his WWF run.
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Mark Volzer
Dusty Rhodes did Mellow Yellow
Savage and Diesel have done Slim Jim
Will Wiehe
Dan Masterson
: Recently, when I had absolutely nothing better to do, I began to
: think about all the TV commercials starring wrestlers that I have seen
: in my entire lifetime. (Yes, my life is THAT interesting!) Here's some
: of the ones I managed to remember........
: 1) Hulk Hogan in a Honey Nut Cheerios commercial: HH is about to kick the
: Bee's ass, but the Bee tries the famous "tempt your tummy" finisher.
: (Which is as predictable as the punch, punch, whip, big boot, legdrop
: of doom sequence) Then the unthinkable happens: HOGAN FINALLY JOBS!!!
: He eats the HNC's, and the Bee Wins! The Bee wins! The Bee wins!
: 2) Andre's commercial for Honeycomb cereal: The funny thing about this was
: that they had to dub Andre's voice with a clearer, yet Andre-like voice,
: something they should've done for.......
: 3) The Ultimate Warrior for Slim Jim: I don't care what anyone thinks; this was
: the best SJ wrestler commercial, mostly because it was hilarious to see
: UW butcher the English language.
: 4) Macho Man and Diesel's Slim Jim commercials.
: 5) All those Roos shoes (the sneakers with those pockets) ads with the WCW
: wrestlers from 1990. There was Lex Luger, Sting (he KO's an inflatable shark
: while surfing), Rick Steiner (he pisses on a fire hydrant or something),
: and the Road Warriors (funny because they mentioned the word "Demolition"
: in in)
: 6) Macho Man made a cameo in some Rubik's Cube commercial way back when.
: 7) Bam Bam Bigelow was in a Wendy's Kids' Meal commercial, where he let
: some other wrestler headlock him, while the voice over sings, "Can't be
: a queen, or Mr. Mean...Wendy's Kids' Meals are just for kids!"
: 8) King Kong Bundy for that computer whats-its-name.
Big Van Vader (complete with jock strap mask) was in a commerical for Big Sur
Waterbeds. They dubbed his voice with a kids saying 'no way Jose!'. First
time I ever saw him.
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beach, he talked about "odiferous emminations". Too bad the stuff didn't
work, 'cause he still stinks.
Stan Stasiak did one for a haberdasher in Atlanta, with the tag line "If
they can fit me, they can fit anybody". Probably before you were born.
There was a watch commercial recently featuring 6 burly guys singing "This
little light of mine". Two of those boys looked suspiciously like the
Steiners.
Ric Flair did a campaign commercial for Reagan (or was it Bush?) in North
Carolina. Johnny Weaver campaigned for Jesse Helms <boo-hiss> with the
tagline "Let's re-elect Jesse, a dedicated Christian".
Paul Jones and Rick Steamboat did spots for the N.C. United Way.
Richard L. Humphreys
: Shampoo (sha...@nwu.edu) wrote:
: : > There was also one for Campbell's chunky soup with Orndorff and Piper
: : > yelling "Fork" and "Spoon" at each other.
: : I think that Ventura was also in this one, playing the moderator between
: : the two.
: I saw a Weedex commercial where Yokozuna yells "BONZAI" and
: proceeds to splash this poor single weed in the middle of a farmer's field.
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and Sting was in an add for Thunder In Paradise :)
Hawk and Animal were in a lot of stuff on tv
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Demolition in a Pizza Hut commercial.
Dustin Rhodes was in a commercial for a TV and Stereo place, (this may
have been a local commerical.)
Hogan in the Right Guard commercial.
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Jon Haverly
>: list?
> Paul Orndorff appeared in a commercial for the Hulk Hogan
>Children's WorkOut kit in 1986-1987. This, despite the fact that Orndorff
>was feuding with Hogan at the time the ads aired. The commercials started
>airing (at least where I lived) after the Orndorff heel turn.
I beleive Orndorff also appeard in another commercial. I can not remember
the product name. He was not in charcter and the ad was for some muscle-
relaxing liquid (Absorbene Jr (sp)). All I remember was Paul rubbing it
on his back and only part of his face being shown.
Anyone else remember this?
Jon
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Fabiano) wrote:
>Recently, when I had absolutely nothing better to do, I began to
>think about all the TV commercials starring wrestlers that I have seen
>in my entire lifetime. (Yes, my life is THAT interesting!) Here's some
>of the ones I managed to remember........
>3) The Ultimate Warrior for Slim Jim: I don't care what anyone thinks; this was
> the best SJ wrestler commercial, mostly because it was hilarious to see
> UW butcher the English language.
>
I've got to add a couple here - these are local commercials, so they
didn't get as big of viewerships as the regional/national ads, but
they're worth mentioning....
1. While Warrior was still wrestling in the WCCW as the "Dingo"
Warrior, he had some absolutely *hilarious* commercials for a local
Ford dealership. You think his interview spots are humorous now? Try
seeing him in some segments with a character called Joe Greed- some of
these spots were absoulutely surreal.
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> Hulk Hogan did playtex tampons with the adjustable wings.
Naw that was fake, too.
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umke...@cc.umanitoba.ca (Mark Allen Kellner) wrote:
>Hawk and Animal used to do ads for Zubaz sports wear.
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won when Malenko fell onto the mattress and fell asleep.
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>Dustin Rhodes was in a commercial for a TV and Stereo place, (this may
>have been a local commerical.)
Speaking of the Rhodeses:
Ol' Big Dusty himself starred in a Mello Yello commercial when they put
some NWA wrestlers' info on their cans in 1988.
Don't forget who the original Slim Jim spokesman was...
"Hey, nice! Antique?"
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: And the Vachon brothers were in a commercial for some chocolate bar.
If I'm not mistaken, it was the Vachons & Jos LeDuc in a commercial for
Oh Henry bars... kinda went like:
"What's the best part of an Oh Henry?"
"It's the peanuts!"
"It's the caramel!"
"It's the big chunk... of fu-u-u-u-udge!"
Hilarious... :)
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: There was also one for Campbell's chunky soup with Orndorff and Piper
: yelling "Fork" and "Spoon" at each other.
: And the Vachon brothers were in a commercial for some chocolate bar.
Oh yeah! That O Henry commercial!
"It's that big chunk, of fudge!" :)
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Cindy Lauper's video "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
She puts him in a hammerlock and pushes him against the wall.
Boy did he have a big gut.
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: In article <49v1cf$7...@er5.rutgers.edu>, jfab...@eden.rutgers.edu (James Fabiano) writes:
: >Recently, when I had absolutely nothing better to do, I began to
: >in my entire lifetime. (Yes, my life is THAT interesting!) Here's some
: >of the ones I managed to remember........
: >1) Hulk Hogan in a Honey Nut Cheerios commercial: HH is about to kick the
: > Bee's ass, but the Bee tries the famous "tempt your tummy" finisher.
: > (Which is as predictable as the punch, punch, whip, big boot, legdrop
: > of doom sequence) Then the unthinkable happens: HOGAN FINALLY JOBS!!!
: > He eats the HNC's, and the Bee Wins! The Bee wins! The Bee wins!
: >2) Andre's commercial for Honeycomb cereal: The funny thing about this was
: > that they had to dub Andre's voice with a clearer, yet Andre-like voice,
: > something they should've done for.......
: > the best SJ wrestler commercial, mostly because it was hilarious to see
: > UW butcher the English language.
: >4) Macho Man and Diesel's Slim Jim commercials.
: >5) All those Roos shoes (the sneakers with those pockets) ads with the WCW
: > wrestlers from 1990. There was Lex Luger, Sting (he KO's an inflatable shark
: > while surfing), Rick Steiner (he pisses on a fire hydrant or something),
: > and the Road Warriors (funny because they mentioned the word "Demolition"
: > in in)
: >
: >6) Macho Man made a cameo in some Rubik's Cube commercial way back when.
: >7) Bam Bam Bigelow was in a Wendy's Kids' Meal commercial, where he let
: > some other wrestler headlock him, while the voice over sings, "Can't be
: > a queen, or Mr. Mean...Wendy's Kids' Meals are just for kids!"
: >8) King Kong Bundy for that computer whats-its-name.
: >Anyone got any more to add to my list? Maybe some comments on the ones I
: >
: >James Fabiano, Misty #42030 <jfab...@eden.rutgers.edu>
: >"A DiSalvomaniac for life; the Original CPADPOI*"
: >
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: >* *
: >* "Tear it to the spike, digby nifty *
: >* treeeeeeeeee.......!" *
: >* - Ultimate Warrior on the *
: >* Slim Jim commercial *
: >* *
: >****************************************
: >
: >* - Clueless Putz And Damn Proud Of It
: George Steele did a computer commercial (Apple?) in the mid-80's... he said
: something like "it's so simple, even I can use it". Yes, I am serious...
: anybody got a tape of it?
: Steve
Here in Dallas back in the glorious days of World Class Championship
Wrestling, when he was still the Dingo Warrior, Helwig did some great
commercials for Westway Ford, where he would chase after Jim Westway in
full Capt. Schitzoid mode. They were pretty funny (much better than the
Diesel Slim Jim commercials)
Sean
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>Who could forget Dusty Rhodes did commercials for Stanback headache
>powder?
Also, Jesse "the Body" did a Miller Lite commercial a few years
ago and I believe the George the Animal commercial was for
Apple Computers.
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Bam Bam did an ad for Slim Jims too
Lex Luger, Tatanka, and Razor Ramon did ads for Icapro
Hulk Hogan used to be a walking ad for Roids heh :)
there were more but I couldn't remember them all
Judge27
called Lite-A-Mania. If I remember correctly, Vince McMahon, Jesse
Ventura, Gene Okerlund, Howard Finkel, and Superstar Billy Graham were
involved in some way, shape, or form.
James T. Jacobs
which I think is/was some kind of discount supermarket.
Dick: "I shop at One Stop, where I buy beer and chitlins by the case!"
The announcer would deliver his spiel, then Dick would growl, "ONE STOP!"
[And that is all the people need to know! - Baron Von Raschke]
jj
m.e. cawthorne
Ludvig Borga was a lumberjack in some non-alcoholic beer commercial.
Also he was a doorman in Van Dammes movie Lionheart.
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Mr. X
Here is a new one! When Superstar Billy Grahan had his "hip
operation", it was strange to see that commercial about a sneaker where
this wrestler was jumping from the top rope onto the camera POV.
That was Superstar Billy Graham. (circa 1988)
Also there were many promos for Lyle Alzado's TV show "Learning the
Ropes" which DID star The Road Warriors (I own the 3 second clip with
them).
Lex Luger was in an episode of Superboy and the promo for it ran on TBS
in 1988. I WISH I caught the show to own. DAMMIT!!!!!
shado1
Steven Speed
cereal commercial back in 1984/85. And Big Boss Man was in a WWF
wrestling buddy commercial. The four hoursman TB,AA,LL,RF and J.J.
dillon was in a vitamen commercial showing lockers.
My name is Steven Speed
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Evan Schlesinger
Mark Allen Kellner <umke...@cc.umanitoba.ca> wrote:
>Hawk and Animal used to do ads for Zubaz sports wear.
That would make sense since they own the company.
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>
> Here in Dallas back in the glorious days of World Class Championship
> Wrestling, when he was still the Dingo Warrior, Helwig did some great
> commercials for Westway Ford, where he would chase after Jim Westway in
> full Capt. Schitzoid mode. They were pretty funny (much better than the
> Diesel Slim Jim commercials)
That was a priceless commercial (I'm looking for it on tape). I also have the
Von Erich brothers (Kevin, Kerry & Mike) doing several commercials for Pizza
Inn, a local buffet chain.
Currently, there is a series of commercials (I've seen three), with five big
guys singing off-key Christmas carol parodies for Oshman's sporting goods.
I swear that the middle guy in the back row is Tony Halme, better known as
Ludwig Borga in the WWF a couple of years ago. He even sings in the accent
that he had as Borga. Since I don't know how large a chain Oshman's is, I don't
know if anyone else is getting to see these. I'll try to tape some of them,
because they are really funny.
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French-Canadian lumberjack, did an Oh Henry chocolate bar commercial a
few years ago in Quebec.
Commercial had him sitting on the end of a teeter-totter, the other end up in
the air, and somebody puts the bar on the other end and Jos goes up. He keeps
saying throughout, "It's the big chunk of fudge..."
Anyone remember that one?
WPD923
Robert E. Bellairs
Also, in Detroit a few years back, the late Dick the Bruiser did some
excellent commercials for a hard rock radio station. I also believe
he may have had is own program on that station. Anyway, the best of
those commercials started by showing some wimp disco dancing in a white
suit, when suddenly the Bruiser breaks through the paper backdrop, throws
the wimp dancer to the floor, and walks toward the camera, telling the
viewer about the "real music" played on the station. I certainly miss the
Bruiser now that he is dead - there will never be another voice like his.
R Bellairs
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Wes
How about that Hulk Hogan right gaurd add? The one where he is painting
on the beach.. I think thats the first time they used "anything else would
be uncivilized"
--Wes.
deklo...@cobra.uni.edu
singing "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine." I could of swore
one of those guys was Tony Atlas. Two of the other guys looked like ICW
wrestlers, I did not see the ICW very often so I can not remember their names,
has anyone else seen this commercial, was it indeed Tony Atlas?
BMartin960
cawthorne) writes:
>Ludvig Borga was a lumberjack in some non-alcoholic beer commercial.
>Also he was a doorman in Van Dammes movie Lionheart.
I think I saw him in a commercial for Oshman's singing sports related
Christmas carols with 4 or 5 other "tough guys".
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Lou Kipilman
There were a few local (Minneapolis) ads they showed snippets of on the
AWA show, for Nord automobile dealerships. The wrestler on the spots,
natch, was John Nord the Barbarian. He did some nasty moves on some guy
on one of the cars, like powerslam him through a windshield (hopefully
breakaway glass), suplex him, and piledrive him on the hood.
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: I beleive Orndorff also appeard in another commercial. I can not remember
: the product name. He was not in charcter and the ad was for some muscle-
: relaxing liquid (Absorbene Jr (sp)). All I remember was Paul rubbing it
: on his back and only part of his face being shown.
: Anyone else remember this?
Yup. It was Absorbine Jr. They had him rubbing the stuff in and then
resuming his "job" as Atlas, carrying the world on his shoulders. I first saw
it soon after his first face turn in the WWF after WrestleMania I.
Boardwalk7
Diesel, Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior (at one time or another) hawking
Slim Jim.
Bruno Sammartino in a commercial as a greeter in an Atlantic City casino.
Hulk Hogan with the Cheerios Bee for Honey Nut Cheerios.
George The Animal Steel for a line of computers.
Macho Man again in a commercial for Rubik's Revenge (a larger version of
Rubik's Cube).
Ric Flair in a promotion for TBS - he bodyslams somebody, then he makes
the signal for TBS (I forgot what the signal was), then goes WHooo.
Dave The Rave
>Currently, there is a series of commercials (I've seen three), with five big
>guys singing off-key Christmas carol parodies for Oshman's sporting goods.
>I swear that the middle guy in the back row is Tony Halme, better known as
>Ludwig Borga in the WWF a couple of years ago. He even sings in the accent
>that he had as Borga. Since I don't know how large a chain Oshman's is, I don't
>know if anyone else is getting to see these. I'll try to tape some of them,
>because they are really funny.
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Yep I caught that too
and I have those westway ford commercialS on tape yes there were more
than one
I remember won were UW was chasing Joe Greed up the side of a building
and another one were he had lifted Joe Greed over his head
there were more but it's been soo many years since i've seen those
Sgt Gerard Peeters
>
>3 more:
>
>Demolition in a Pizza Hut commercial.
>
>Dustin Rhodes was in a commercial for a TV and Stereo place, (this may
>have been a local commerical.)
>
>Hogan in the Right Guard commercial.
>
When I was stationed overseas, Mr Perfect himself was in a commercial
about the benefits of wearing seatbelts.
Thomas Earl Acuff
He was also in the commercial for the WWF Action Figures, with the Big
Boss Man I think.
Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig was in a commerical for a local Chevrolet Dealer,
although he didn't use the Mr. Perfect persona.
Also, the One Man Gang was in a commercial for a used car dealer in
Mississippi a few years back.
Thomas Acuff
Thomas Earl Acuff
I'm not sure if this counts, either, but I remember Mark Calloway (the one
true Undertaker) in an advertisement for a gym in Atlanta, I think. It was
before he took on the Undertaker persona, though.
Thomas Acuff
"What'll you think when I jam this remote up your bunghole sideways?"
Bulk Bogan
Moose Cholack, Angelo Poffo for Candor Electric (Chicago)
Dick the Bruiser, BoBo Brazil for some convenient store? in Chicago.
Bob Luce, a Chicagoland promoter, fo Ben's Auto.
Brian Burke
"Everybody's gotta have one."
In article <DJ2MA...@nntpa.cb.att.com> mr...@cbnews.cb.att.com
(mark.r.bureau) writes:>From: mr...@cbnews.cb.att.com (mark.r.bureau)
>Subject: Re: Wrestlers in TV Commercials
>Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 16:39:52 GMT
>In article <49v1cf$7...@er5.rutgers.edu>,
>James Fabiano <jfab...@eden.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>>Recently, when I had absolutely nothing better to do, I began to
>>think about all the TV commercials starring wrestlers that I have seen
>>in my entire lifetime. (Yes, my life is THAT interesting!) Here's some
>>of the ones I managed to remember........
>>
>>Anyone got any more to add to my list? Maybe some comments on the ones I
>>listed?
>>
> Demolition did a Pizza Hut commercial once
>
> Dusty Rhodes used to do commercials for local sponsors:
> A Ford Dealer, Skoal Tabacco, Stanback Headache Powders
>
> George Steele was in a magazine ad for some computer IBM I
> think.
>
> Hillbilly Festus and Samuel Kent used to do commericals
> for Papa's Country Kitchen on Buford Hwy.
>
>
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