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* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] wrestler Gregory "Hurricane" Helms' love of the ''[[Green Lantern]]'' is well-documented (not the least of which by the Green Lantern Corps logo tattooed on his shoulder), and his total fanboy obsession was actually his gimmick for a short time after entering [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] (before the character jumped completely off the deep-end and became a campy [[Superhero]]). His website also features a piece of art by himself, showing The Hurricane delivering his [[Finishing Move]] to [[Captain Marvel]] as Black Adam looks on approvingly.
* A lot of WWE wrestlers are gamers. [[Cody Rhodes]] has the Triforce on his boots. He even admitted to playing ''Zelda'' every year.
** Specifically, he's admitted that every year he plays ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'' from start to finish ''without saving or quitting play.'' THAT defines a geek right there.
** He's also a huge comic book fan and has said his favorite characters are [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Archangel, Omega Red, Cyclops]] and the Inhumans. He has a cabinet of the Konami X-Men arcade game at his house, he once said he'd want Patriot from the ''[[Young Avengers]]'' as a member of Legacy, and that he'd want to wrestle [[Black Panther]] in a cage match. He also enjoyed the comparisons of him to [[Doctor Doom]] while masked.
* [[The Miz]] and [[John Morrison]] have talked about the new WWE games in detail with game sites like IGN.
**During his tenure on ''Dancing with the Stars'', Miz revealed that he's a fan of the [[Spice Girls]] and considered working with Melanie C an honor.
* Kofi Kingston told ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' that he wanted [[Punch-Out!!|a pink hoodie]]. He compares his style to characters from ''[[Tekken]]'' and ''[[Street Fighter]]''.
** Did anyone else just envision him as Dee Jay?
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* Montel Vontavious Porter, better known as MVP, based one of his early finishers off of an [[Tekken|Eddie Gordo]] move. It was named Malicious Intent.
* Wrestler George "The Animal" Steele has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master's Degree from Michigan State University.
* [[Dwayne Johnson]] is a big video game geek. So much so that his interview with Jon Stewart for ''[[The Daily Show]]'', ostensibly to promote the then-new ''[[Doom]]'' movie, eventually became the two of them just talking about the games instead. During [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e67slmggcQ an interview] about the movie, when the subject of the BFG came up, Dwayne insisted on calling it the "[[Big Freaking Gun|Big Fucking Gun]]" rather than the "Bio-Force Gun" (the name used in the movie).
* [[Mick Foley]] was an avid wrestling fan before getting his start professionally. Since semi-retiring he's gone on to become a novelist and voiced "The Boulder," an [[Affectionate Parody]] character of [[Dwayne Johnson]]'s iconic persona, "The Rock" on ''<nowiki>[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]</nowiki>''.
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s [[Chris Jericho]] is such a geek, he named his son [[Evil Dead|Ash]], sings for a metal band in a persona called Moongoose McQueen (named for Steve McQueen, of course), and has recorded with Dream Theater and [[Iron Maiden]].
** Rumor has it, he once met Rob Reiner and alienated him by geeking out about ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]''.
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ1HXCd7NSo Hello Lexington!]
** He also has a degree in journalism.
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s [[CM Punk]] is a big comic book fan and a bigger [[G.I. Joe]] fan, going so far as to have the Cobra logo tattooed on his arm.
** Everytime he comes out to the ring he pauses, hears an imaginary watch ring, and screams [[Fantastic Four|"It's Clobberin' Time!"]]
** He's also busted out the lines [[Star Wars|"I find your lack of faith disturbing"]] and [[Watchmen (comics)|I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!"]] during recent promos.
** More recently, in an interview, he was deliriously happy over the fact that his most recent WWE contract included a tour bus and driver, because it meant he would finally have time to play video games while on the road. He describes himself as a retrogamer, but is very eager to catch up to the modern day.
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]] has a bachelor's degree in English and is a very avid gamer and [https://web.archive.org/web/20090418000154/http://www.adventuresofcitizenx.com/ political blogger].
** He has also written some short science fiction and horror, and knows more about economics than many econ professors.
* [[TNA]]'s Chris Sabin (real name Josh Harter) is a big gamer and took his wrestling name from Sabin in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''. Considering that the [[The Spoony Experiment|MOTHERFUCKER SUPLEXED A TRAIN]]...
* Former WWE wrestler Scott Levy - best known as [[
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s Hornswoggle is a big fan of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' and [[Stealth Pun|it shows.]] He has tattoos of Animal, [[Statler and Waldorf]], Beaker, and Sweetums, has all the Muppet Show seasons on DVD and has watched them three times and has paid 250 dollars for a rare Muppets Monopoly board game.
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] wrestler [[John Cena]] has admitted to being an anime fan. His favorite anime movie? ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''! He's also a ''[[Command
* ''[[WWE Smackdown]]'' color man Matt Striker betrays his [[Anime]] geekdom with every nickname he bestows upon a wrestler. "[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Neon Genesis]]" Yoshi Tatsu, indeed. His commentary also has him proudly displaying his [[Comic Book]] geekery ("[[Avengers Assemble]], this is [[Secret Wars]]!"), not to mention that his vast knowledge of professional wrestling history is starting to reach ''[[Jim Ross|J.R]].-level'' [[Continuity Porn]]. And now he's revealed that he named his cats after the Midnight Express. Yup, geek.
* Independent wrestling promotion [[CHIKARA]] pretty much runs on this. Mike Quackenbush, their booker/head trainer/owner/wrestler/jack-of-all-trades is a diehard comic book and pop culture junkie and it shows. Much of the DVD covers are homages to famous comic book covers, their shows have titles that are references to They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads, Blackadder, and everything in between, and the booking itself basically patterns itself after continuity-heavy TV shows along the lines of ''[[Lost]]'' (which Quackenbush is also, unsurprisingly, a huge fan of).
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* TNA wrestler [[Samoa Joe]] based his finisher, the Muscle Buster, on the one used by [[Tekken]] character King ([[Older Than They Think|though the move was actually created as the Kinniku Buster]]. Then again, it was created for a [[Kinnikuman Nisei|manga character]], so it keeps a nerdy origin).
** Recently, he also sided against [[Roger Ebert]] in the "games as art" debate, proclaiming such games as ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' and ''[[Uncharted]] 2'' to indeed be art. He also called ''Uncharted 2'' "the best action flick I've seen all year".
* [[SHIMMER]] wrestler Leva Bates' wrestling attires consist of numerous different cosplays from various movie and comic franchises. Cosplays she has used for her attire have included [[Street Fighter|Chun Li]], [[Captain America (comics)]], [[The Punisher]], [[The Joker]], Robin, Harley Quinn, [[Indiana Jones]], [[Rocky (film)|Rocky]], [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Freddy Krueger]], [[Iron Man]], [[Dora the Explorer]], and [[Super Mario Bros.|Luigi]].
** The reason she became known as Blue Pants in [[NXT 3|NXT]] was wearing an outfit based on the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men's]] trainee uniform, which is yellow and blue. Enzo Amore referred to her as Blue Pants and the name stuck.
* LuFisto's main gimmick is being a [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]], her [[Red Baron]] is "Super Hardcore Anime".
* [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] trots out the cosplay for pay-per-view events (usually [[Wrestlemania]], but occasionally other shows), having dressed as [[The Flash]], [[Silver Surfer]], [[Spider-Man]], [[The Joker]], a Na'vi from [[Avatar (film)|Avatar]], as well as [[Captain America (comics)]].
* WWE NXT rookie [[Chick Busters|A.J. Lee]] is a huge fan of video games, anime and comic books. She regularly [[Twitter|tweets]] about her love of all of them, especially the X-Men (her favorite story is the Dark Phoenix Saga), she has a dog named after Kagome from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' and in a promo video there were clearly visible action figures of [[Final Fantasy X
** "[[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120224103806/http://vids.wwe.com/13858/wwecom-exclusive-kaitlyn-and-aj Nattie...]"
* [[SHIMMER]]'s resident banshee MsChif is the alter ego of one Rachael Collins, a sweet, horror movie and [[Black Metal]]-loving microbiologist.
* [[Mitsuharu Misawa]] was a big video game fan.
* [[The Big Show]] has said in an interview that when he goes home he "grabs an Ice Tea, goes to his room and plays Call of Duty, it's therapy for me.". He also has a tour bus with TV's and Xboxes hooked to them.
* [[Zack Ryder]] seems to collect a number of action figures (a Ghostbusters Peter Venkman figure makes at least one appearance in each episode of his Youtube [[Z True Long Island Story|webseries]], along with one of Dolph Ziggler), and likes Star Wars (so much so that he's made more than a few Star Wars references, and made out with someone dressed as Princess Leia. He's also dressed as Han Solo. Again, this has occurred in all of his webisodes )
* [[Christopher Daniels]] is a ''massive'' comic book fan, gamer, cosplayed Magneto for ComicCon and was made a [[Doctor Who]] [
* WWE Diva Nikki Bella has admitted to loving video games, listing ''Tony Hawk'', ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' as her favourites. Her sister Brie, [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|not so much]].
** The two ended up dressing up as the [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario Bros.]] during a Halloween battle royale.
* [[Beth Phoenix]] has been stated to be the most imposing diva in WWE history, against the likes of Kharma and [[Chyna]] that's saying something. She is also a huge fan of video games, horror films and [[The Simpsons]].
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