Maybe it was inevitable. Professional Wrestling is as much theater and performance art as it is an athletic contest. More really. A lot more. So why shouldn't an actor climb in the ring with a wrestler and have a smackdown?
That must be Mickey Rourke's thinking on the matter, because he just signed on to go up against WWE superstar Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 in Reliant Stadium. That's on April 5, so you've got a couple months to prepare.
Rourke's career has made an unexpected recovery in recent years. You might say he was almost down for the count but has risen from the mat. In 2005 he was brutally convincing as an avenging thug in Sin City, and last year he earned wide acclaim for his portrayal of Randy The Ram, a washed up pro-wrestler in (what else?) The Wrestler. Now he wants to try the wrestling gig for real. Or for whatever counts as real in the WWE. Should be worth a laugh.
But at 56, one hopes he has sense enough not to make it a permanent career change. He already looks like someone smashed his face into the corner turnbuckles one time too many.
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