Wrestling On Earth Logo
  • Wrestling On Air
  • Merch Table
  • Dirt Sheet History
  • Sexy Wrestler
  • ScoopZone
  • More Things
  • Tag Archives: Sabrina the Teenage Witch

    Life Lessons Learned from Wrestlers Guest Starring on Sitcoms

    From Vader to Rob Van Dam, The Rock to Billy Gunn, wrestlers have made some amazing guest appearances on sitcoms over the years – here are some of our favorites, along with the valuable life lessons you should take away from each one.

    Here to wallow in nostalgia with you are site regulars @typicalROHfan and @TomBlackett. Apologies for some of the video links being crappy quality or hosted on weird streaming sites, but YouTube has been ruthless in removing a lot of these historic moments from public consumption.

    Vader on Boy Meets World

    typicalROHfan:

    The loveable Cory Matthews joins the school wrestling team in hopes of creating a legacy. He defeats high Frankie Stecchino’s partner-in-bullying Joey ‘The Rat’ Epstein in a regulated match. This leads to an UN-sanctioned rematch after school hours as Griff (now known in 2013 as Ben Wyatt on Parks and Rec) books a show and promotes it.

    Griff gets celebrities Robert Goulet and Yasmine Bleeth to appear. Frankie and his dad, Vader, join Joey the Rat making it 3 vs. 1. As it looks bleak for Cory, Mr. Feeny appears and shuts down Vader to save Mr. Matthews. It’s revealed that Vader’s kayfabe real name was Leslie.

    Adam Scott/Ben Wyatt/School Hooligan Griff is such a joy in this episode. He represents every shady wrestling promoter except more savvy. The match itself was better worked than the main event of Wrestlemania 27.

    Tom:

    WE LOVE VADER. He’s honestly pretty incredible in all his Boy Meets World appearances and it’s amazing that they made him a recurring character. Between this and his appearance in ‘Fist of the North Star‘, the mid-90s truly was Vader time.

    Lesson learned: Cory vs. The Vader Family drew more fans than the average indie show. Continue reading →

    This entry was posted in More Things! and tagged Boy Meets World, City Guys, Kevin Nash, Mick Foley, Rob Van Dam, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Hardy Boyz, Vader on December 4, 2013 by Tom B.
  • Recent Posts

    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 73, 12/25/20 December 25, 2020
    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 72, 9/4/20 September 4, 2020
    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 71, 6/7/20 June 7, 2020
    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 70, 5/10/20 May 10, 2020
    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 69, 10/7/19 October 7, 2019
    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 68, 8/24/19 August 24, 2019
    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 67, 8/10/19 August 10, 2019
    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 66, 7/27/19 July 27, 2019
    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 65, 7/13/19 July 13, 2019
    • Wrestling On Air: Episode 64, 6/29/19 June 29, 2019

    Archives

    • December 2020
    • September 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • October 2019
    • August 2019
    • July 2019
    • June 2019
    • May 2019
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • January 2019
    • December 2018
    • November 2018
    • October 2018
    • September 2018
    • August 2018
    • July 2018
    • June 2018
    • May 2018
    • April 2018
    • March 2018
    • February 2018
    • January 2018
    • December 2017
    • November 2017
    • October 2017
    • September 2017
    • August 2017
    • July 2017
    • June 2017
    • May 2017
    • April 2017
    • March 2017
    • February 2017
    • January 2017
    • December 2016
    • November 2016
    • October 2016
    • September 2016
    • August 2016
    • July 2016
    • June 2016
    • May 2016
    • April 2016
    • March 2016
    • February 2016
    • January 2016
    • December 2015
    • November 2015
    • October 2015
    • September 2015
    • August 2015
    • July 2015
    • June 2015
    • May 2015
    • April 2015
    • March 2015
    • February 2015
    • January 2015
    • December 2014
    • November 2014
    • October 2014
    • September 2014
    • August 2014
    • July 2014
    • June 2014
    • May 2014
    • April 2014
    • March 2014
    • February 2014
    • January 2014
    • December 2013
    • November 2013
    • October 2013
    • September 2013
    • August 2013
    • July 2013
    • June 2013
  • Wrestling On Air
  • Merch Table
  • Dirt Sheet History
  • Sexy Wrestler
  • ScoopZone
  • More Things
© 2013 by WrestlingOnEarth.com | Powered by RPX