Celebrities and athletes you didn't know appeared at WrestleMania

WWE’s WrestleMania is the biggest spectacle successful sports and it has lone gotten bigger arsenic the company’s scope has grown exorbitantly implicit the past 2 decades.

Saturday nighttime volition beryllium the commencement of WrestleMania 41 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas with sold-out crowds expected to flock the location of the Las Vegas Raiders some nights. Not to notation the metropolis itself turning to a haven of pro wrestling passim the full week starring up to the event.

If there’s 1 happening fans tin stake on, it’s that celebrities and celebrated athletes of each kinds volition beryllium successful municipality for the event. "Monday Night Raw’s" archetypal occurrence connected Netflix successful January was a bully denotation of who volition beryllium astatine WrestleMania arsenic Travis Scott, Vanessa Hudgens, Macaulay Culkin and Danielle Fishel were conscionable immoderate of the celebrities who appeared successful the crowd.

Sports fans who don’t usually travel pro wrestling whitethorn not cognize that WrestleMania has featured celebrities and athletes since the event’s inception successful 1985.

Read beneath for a database of celebrities you whitethorn not person known participated astatine WrestleMania.

Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper performs astatine the Hard Rock Event Center successful Hollywood, Florida, July 24, 2018. (Ron Elkman/USA Today Network)

Cyndi Lauper was having each the amusive successful the 1980s, and she ingrained herself successful the pro wrestling satellite aft her deed opus "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" debuted successful 1983. She appeared astatine the precise archetypal WrestleMania arsenic Wendi Richter’s manager. Richter went connected to decision Leilani Kai for the then-World Wrestling Federation Women’s Championship.

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali trains connected the dense container astatine the 5th Street Gym successful Miami Beach during his grooming for his satellite heavyweight rubric bout. (Larry Spitzer/The Courier-Journal-USA Today Sports)

Muhammad Ali was a atrocious antheral during the tallness of his boxing vocation and adjacent made an interaction connected pro wrestling. He got into a confrontation with Gorilla Monsoon successful 1976 and past reappeared for WrestleMania I arsenic a peculiar impermanent referee for Hulk Hogan’s tag-team lucifer with Mr. T against Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper. Hogan and Mr. T won the match, helping catapult pro wrestling to caller heights.

William Perry

Chicago Bears antiaircraft tackle William Perry connected the tract against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XX astatine the Superdome successful New Orleans, Jan. 26, 1986. (Manny Rubio-USA Today Sports)

NFL players person a past of making appearances astatine WrestleMania. William "The Refrigerator" Perry was astatine WrestleMania 2 successful Chicago and took portion successful the WWF vs. NFL Battle Royal. He was among the past NFL players eliminated successful the competition, which was won by Andre the Giants. Jimbo Covert, Ernie Holmes, Harvey Martin, Bill Fralic and Russ Francis besides participated connected the NFL’s side.

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper sings with Sixwire during Christmas Pudding, the yearly payment for his Solid Rock Teen Centers astatine the Celebrity Theatre. (IMAGN)

Alice Cooper rocked the Pontiac Silverdome successful Detroit for WrestleMania III arsenic helium escorted Jake "The Snake" Roberts to the ringing for his lucifer against The Honky Tonk Man. The Honky Tonk Man won the match, but it was the commencement of Roberts gaining favour with fans.

Lawrence Taylor

Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants warms up for Super Bowl XXV against the Buffalo Bills connected Jan. 27, 1991, astatine Tampa Stadium successful Florida. (Focus connected Sport/Getty Images)

New York Giants fable Lawrence Taylor had a large relation successful WrestleMania than conscionable participating successful a conflict royal. He went 1-on-1 successful the main lawsuit of WrestleMania XI successful 1995, going head-to-head against Bam Bam Bigelow. Taylor was praised for his show arsenic helium defeated Bigelow.

Regis Philbin

Regis Philbin made an quality to motion his caller publication successful 2011. (IMAGN)

Regis Philbin served arsenic a impermanent commentator astatine WrestleMania VII with precocious "Jeopardy" big arsenic the in-ring announcer for the main event. Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter to triumph the WWF Championship.

Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson speaks onstage during the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Boxing lucifer Arlington property league astatine Texas Live! connected May 16, 2024, successful Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images for Netflix)

Mike Tyson was the baddest antheral connected the satellite successful the 1990s and his personage took him done a storyline involving "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels successful 1998. Tyson had been partnered with Michaels and Paul "Triple H" Levesque successful the D-Generation X stable. He was named arsenic the peculiar enforcer for Austin and Michaels’ lucifer astatine WrestleMania XIV. He ended up turning connected Michaels and helping Austin triumph the WWF Championship.

Donald Trump

Donald Trump gets the assemblage pumped up anterior to the commencement of the WrestleMania 23 astatine Detroit's Ford Field successful Michigan connected April 1, 2007. (Leon Halip/WireImage)

Before helium was president, Donald Trump had a immense storyline successful WWE that tied into his popularity from "The Apprentice." He was successful the Battle of the Billionaires astatine WrestleMania 23 against Vince McMahon and backed Bobby Lashley successful a lucifer against McMahon’s rival Umaga. If Lashley mislaid the match, McMahon would person had to shave Trump’s hairsbreadth and vice versa. Lashley won and Trump helped Steve Austin shave McMahon’s hair. Trump is simply a WWE Hall of Famer.

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg, the Miz and Shane McMahon during Wrestlemania astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected April 2, 2023. (Joe Camporeale-USA Today Sports)

The legendary West Coast rapper has appeared astatine aggregate WrestleMania events during his career. He was the maestro of ceremonies for WrestleMania XXIV for a tag-team lucifer betwixt Maria and Ashley Massaro and Beth Phoenix and Melina. He accompanied Sasha Banks to the ringing for WrestleMania 32 and was thrust into an impromptu lucifer against The Miz astatine WrestleMania 39.

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian was astatine WrestleMania XXIV. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian was the hostess for WrestleMania XXIV successful 2008 arsenic her popularity successful popular civilization soared.

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi publication signing astatine Bookends successful New Jersey. (Richard Formicola/USA Today Network)

Reality TV prima Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi took the satellite by tempest arsenic 1 of the cardinal members of the deed amusement "Jersey Shore." She competed astatine WrestleMania XXVII successful 2011 arsenic portion of a mixed six-person tag-team match. The squad of "Snooki," John Morrison and Trish Stratus defeated Dolph Ziggler, Michelle McCool and Layla.

Rob Gronkowski

Rob Gronkowski of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers pursuing the crippled against the Colts astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected Nov. 28, 2021, successful Indianapolis. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

New England Patriots fable Rob Gronkowski made an quality astatine WrestleMania 33 successful 2017 to assistance his person Mojo Rawley triumph the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. He was the big of WrestleMania 36 successful 2020 and won the WWE 24/7 Championship.

Johnny Knoxville

Johnny Knoxville enters the ringing during the Royal Rumble lucifer astatine The Dome astatine America's Center successful St. Louis, Missouri, Jan. 29, 2022. (Joe Camporeale-USA Today Sports)

Comedian Johnny Knoxville had a rivalry with Sami Zayn successful 2022, and it culminated successful a lucifer astatine WrestleMania 38. He defeated Zayn successful an Anything Goes Match with the assistance of the "Jackass" crew.