MichaelXavier 0 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 To celebrate Hulk Hogan's return to WWE, I think it's worth noting that TNA is another venture that he didn't exactly pull off, like acting. I'm still shocked that people consider Hogan a "wrestler-actor" like The Rock considering the only 2 movies that Hogan appeared in that were actually successful he played a wrestler. I totally buy why he made #1 on this list: http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-10-pro-wrestlers-whose-acting-careers-bombed.php However, the rest of the names are debatable I think. What do you guys think? I'm not sure why someone like Austin isn't on this list, but then again Austin's direct-to-dvd movies probably do the exact business the makers expect, which is why he keeps making them. Just looking for some other people's thoughts. Link to post Share on other sites
jstout 2,822 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Austin gets a lifetime pass after "The Condemned." Such an awesomely "WTF?" movie. Link to post Share on other sites
Hooker 239 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I wouldn't even consider Hogan's stuff unsuccessful. As with the same reasoning on Austin, Hogan had a bunch of them, meaning some of them made money. He also had a backdoor pilot that got picked up with Thunder in Paradise. It's weird how people judge success in show business. I was watching Paul F. Tompkins' video podcast a while back (it's not great; just naming my source) with Bob Odenkirk, and Odenkirk was talking about how, after being one of the stars in Breaking Bad, people would talk to him like he was just about to find success, when in reality his career basically started as a success writing for Saturday Night Live in the 80s. By that token, John Cena's movie career could also be said to be a success. The Marine even made a profit! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Josh Mann 2,076 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 It saddens me that people wouldn't consider Mr. Show a success. Link to post Share on other sites
Zero 210 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Most of the guys on that list have something in common, they were all just put in WWE Films. Didn't Miz's Christmas Bounty movie do pretty great ratings? Link to post Share on other sites
Tromatagon 9,091 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 You guys really suck at spotting spam 5 Link to post Share on other sites
John Austin 267 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Holy crap, I didn't know Knucklehead was THAT much of a bomb. Link to post Share on other sites
Go2Sleep 1,487 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The highlight for me was learning that John Cena appeared in Ready to Rumble. Link to post Share on other sites
twiztor 1,255 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The highlight for me was learning that John Cena appeared in Ready to Rumble. same here. now i have get to watch that movie again to see him. Link to post Share on other sites
sydneybrown 2,358 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 It saddens me that people wouldn't consider Mr. Show a success. Most people don't even know Mr. Show existed. Which is fine, because most people don't deserve Mr. Show. Link to post Share on other sites
RonL21 553 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I don't care what they say, Suburban Commando was one of my favorite movies as a kid. A couple years ago it went on rotation through all the HBOs and i watched it nearly every time. Link to post Share on other sites
kafkonia 942 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 It saddens me that people wouldn't consider Mr. Show a success. Shit, I didn't even know Odenkirk was in Breaking Bad, Mr. Show's the only thing I know him from. Link to post Share on other sites
kafkonia 942 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 It's hard to judge, because nowadays nobody really tries to build a movie around a pro wrestler except WWE Studios. How do you judge if someone's acting career bombed if all they do is straight-to-DVD c-list material and generic muscle-man bit parts like Kurt Angle? Outside of Ready to Rumble and The Real Reason Men Commit Crimes, has Sting done any film work? Does that count as a bomb? If Guardians of the Galaxy doesn't live up to box office hype, has Batista's career bombed? The Man With the Iron Fists didn't exactly set the world on fire. Randy Orton got dropped from a freakin' WWE film -- that's at least worthy of a semi-bomb. Triple H was in Blade 3 but all he's gotten since then is WWE Studios work, IIRC. Christian's in Shoot'em Up and Edge is in a Highlander film, but I don't think either of them has a speaking part - but Christian has some straight-to-DVD work and Edge is a recurring character on Haven and had a couple of spots on Sanctuary. Link to post Share on other sites
GuerrillaMonsoon 3,298 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Sting did Shutterspeed in 1999....EXCLUSIVE TO TURNER! Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 34,093 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Randy Orton got dropped from a freakin' WWE film -- that's at least worthy of a semi-bomb. To be fair - that was more the WWE being stupid and casting him in that roll to begin with and not thinking there would be backlash. Link to post Share on other sites
T.Rex-n-effeckx 58 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Did not realize the degree to which WWE movies have failed. Who's your Caddy with the late Chase Tatum didn't do that well, but nowhere near the loss of The Chaperone. www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=whosyourcaddy.htm Link to post Share on other sites
ivpvideos 385 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Most of the WWE Films had a theatre release of one weekend in a very select markets before going to DVD. The box office doesn't mean anything. Link to post Share on other sites
Antacular 402 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 WWE Studios/films/whatever has been bleeding money for several years, factoring in DVD sales as well as "box office." Link to post Share on other sites
piranesi 15,917 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 This seems like a good place to let people know, they are doing two of Hogan's movies on upcoming live "How did this get made" podcasts. If you're in L.A. you can go watch them live, if you're not you can listen to them in a few weeks like nerds. I am literally going bonkers masturbating right now...like next-level bananas. Link to post Share on other sites
Antacular 402 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I hope they do The Accused next, it's like my favorite rom-com ever. Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan 6,096 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 It saddens me that people wouldn't consider Mr. Show a success. Most people don't even know Mr. Show existed. Which is fine, because most people don't deserve Mr. Show. The fact I got to watch the show back in the 90's for the first 3.5 seasons(got rid of HBO after that point for whatever reason) of the show kind of shocks me that I was not only aware, but actively watched it as a teen. Shaped a lot of my taste in humor later on compared to the early 90s SNL stuff a lot of people my age liked more. Link to post Share on other sites
bobholly138 457 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Jericho has that Albino Farm film to his credit. Owned it for years but still haven't watched it. Plus was Roadhouse a big hit at the box office? If so Terry Funk has that to his credit. Link to post Share on other sites
Casey 8,535 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Rob Van Dam probably has the worst. Or Bret Hart. Link to post Share on other sites
Swift 1,300 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 The highlight for me was learning that John Cena appeared in Ready to Rumble. same here. now i have get to watch that movie again to see him. No need... Link to post Share on other sites
Tromatagon 9,091 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 If you're in LA the HDTGM shit is sold out sorry bros Link to post Share on other sites
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