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Celebrity Wrestling All Fun Until Dustin Diamond Gets Hurt, And Then It's Fucking Hilarious
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 4:20 AM on June 7, 2008
It's either the best or worst idea in the history of television, but it's no doubt the most contradictory: Set for CMT this fall, Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling features competitors vying for some kind of reality-show supremacy in the wrasslin' arts, whose tactics they'll apparently learn from judges like Hogan and coaches including former pro stars Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake and Brian Knobbs. But then we had a look at the participants, and really, we wonder if CMT even has to buy insurance for this show:
Danny Bonaduce, Dennis Rodman and Dustin "Screech" Diamond are heading into the ring to compete in CMT's upcoming reality series Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling.
Also on board are Todd Bridges (Diff'rent Strokes), super-heavyweight boxer ButterBean, Trishelle Cannatella (The Real World), Erin Murphy (Tabitha Stephens on Bewitched), Frank Stallone, '80s pop star Tiffany and Playboy playmate Nikki Ziering.
We're not planning to watch it anyway, but we'd just like to say: If this experiment doesn't end with a Darwinist death-match between ButterBean and the notorious amateur pugilist Diamond, then it wasn't worth doing in the first place. Place your bets now.
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Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens
Posted 5:09 AM 7/6/08
Is dustin Diamonds wrestling name gonna be "Dirty Sanchez"??????
Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens
Leviticus_71
Posted 5:09 AM 7/6/08
Where's Koko B. Ware? Hacksaw Jim Duggan? Captain Lou Albino? Demolition? I want more of the wrestling stars from my youth to don spandex and teach "celebrities" how to take a punch.
Leviticus_71
Magnakai Haaskivi
Posted 5:06 AM 7/6/08
Amanda Lucas feels slighted.
Magnakai Haaskivi
harshmellow
Posted 5:04 AM 7/6/08
BUTTERBEAN!! I haven't thought about Butterbean in years! Tabitha from Bewitched? Huh?
harshmellow
CourageousCoward
Posted 5:00 AM 7/6/08
So...uh...is Dwayne Johnson eligible?
CourageousCoward
TurdBlossom
Posted 4:54 AM 7/6/08
What???? Tanya Harding couldn't clear her "schedule"??
TurdBlossom
Losin_it
Posted 4:51 AM 7/6/08
Personally, I feel it's unlikely that when the ancient Greeks invented to sport of wrestling, they ever envisioned Trishelle giving Tiffany a forearm smash.
Losin_it
CourageousCoward
Posted 5:23 AM 7/6/08
@Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens: No, that'll just be his "signature move."
CourageousCoward
SanFranBetsu
Posted 6:01 AM 7/6/08
@Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens: EWWWWW!
SanFranBetsu
kookla
Posted 5:59 AM 7/6/08
Whatever helps Hogan pay off his lawyers, I suppose.
kookla
Hart88
Posted 5:53 AM 7/6/08
If Celebrity Fit Club has taught us anything, it's that Screech won't bother to show up.
Hart88
NoWireHangers
Posted 5:45 AM 7/6/08
How many more reality shows until they cut to the chase and cast Celebrity Russian Roulette?
NoWireHangers
Whiteboyfunfark
Posted 8:02 AM 7/6/08
@CourageousCoward: Uh, it already is...
Whiteboyfunfark
rtisovec
Posted 8:49 AM 7/6/08
@Leviticus_71:
Capt. Lou Albino, he's the white guy, right?
rtisovec
wackiland
Posted 3:29 PM 7/6/08
@Leviticus_71:
Hacksaw is still out there! He shows up every month or so, 2 x 4 in hand...
wackiland
TheQuestion
Posted 3:02 AM 10/6/08
@NoWireHangers: Now, see, THAT'S a show I'd watch, especially if Screech and Trashelle (no, that's INTENTIONALLY spelled that way) are in it!
TheQuestion