10 Wrestlers Who Appeared In Genre Fare

10. Rob Van Dam - The X-Files

Rob Van Dam didn't exactly have a lot to do in The X-Files season seven episode Fight Club - but he was pretty active in the background of the episode, which centred on the idea that everyone in the world has a double, a doppelganger of sorts, and that when they come together, the results are... explosive, to say the least.

The backdrop for this concept was the world of professional wrestling, which is where Van Dam came in. Van Dam played the unnamed opponent of Tex Cobb's Burt, a down on his luck wrestler looking to score one last shot at the big time (if that sounds an awful lot like the plot of The Wrestler, which came far after this episode from 2000, you're right, but the similarities end there). 

Burt, of course, turned out to have a doppelganger, as did his sometimes girlfriend and good luck charm, Betty - both of whom Burt found himself involved with. Anytime they came together, sparks would fly, literally, leading to explosions and other calamities.

As the series goes, this episode was actually probably its low point, but that's not that fault of Van Dam, who at least gets to list one of the most iconic sci-fi/paranormal shows of all time on his resume.