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Ric Flair with Mickey Rourke at WrestleMania 25. At the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards, actor Mickey Rourke, who gained critical acclaim at the time for his role in the film The Wrestler, had announced he would be competing at WrestleMania, specifically targeting Chris Jericho. [44]
In early 2009, Rourke developed a small feud with WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, as part of a storyline. The storyline climaxed at WrestleMania XXV , when Rourke knocked out Jericho with a left hook after Jericho won his match against Jimmy Snuka , Ricky Steamboat , and Roddy Piper , with Ric Flair in their corner.
This involved the heel Chris Jericho criticizing legendary retired wrestlers such as Ric Flair, who he felt were embarrassing themselves, as well as Mickey Rourke for his portrayal in The Wrestler. At the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards , Rourke announced he would be competing at WrestleMania 25 , specifically targeting Jericho. [ 26 ]
WrestleMania X8 was the last WrestleMania to be produced under the WWF name, and featured Triple H defeating Chris Jericho to win the Undisputed WWF Championship. Austin, The Rock, and The Undertaker defeated Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair respectively, all of whom had rejoined the company after their stints with WCW.
Mickey Rourke: WrestleMania 25: Involved in an altercation with Chris Jericho [17] Rick Schroder: WrestleMania 2: ... Involved in a pillow fight with WWE Divas, ...
Mickey Rourke. This is a filmography of Mickey Rourke.This list includes information about films starring Mickey Rourke, notes, awards, his television works, trivia, highest-grossing films, critical acclaim of Rourke's films, shows in which he appeared, and roles he turned down among other things.
Piers Morgan interviewed Mickey Rourke back in 2022 (YoutUBE) When Morgan pushed the actor on what this was, a stony-faced Rourke, after another lengthy pause, quietly replied: “Read my mind.”
After the release of the film, The Wrestler, and the film's actor Mickey Rourke backing out of a challenge that he had earlier issued to Chris Jericho to a match at WrestleMania 25, Jericho started targeting WWE's legends and Hall of Famers by insulting and beating them over many weeks on Raw.