Adam Sandler clearly gets a kick out of working alongside pro wrestlers, and never misses a chance to cast one in movies he directs or writes. A lifelong fan of the industry, Sandler has created roles for The Big Show in The Waterboy, Tommy 'Zeus' Lister in Little Nicky, and Kevin Nash, Steve Austin and Bill Goldberg in The Longest Yard. In addition to creating parts for the men and women he watches on TV, the actor also seems to like slipping wrestling references into his films. In 1999's Big Daddy, Chief Jay Strongbow's Sleeper Hold is applied, for example. It's accurate to say that Sandler loves wrestling a lot, so much so that he even attended Wrestlemania 21 in 2005. In 1999, he even appeared on an episode of Smackdown to promote Little Nicky, and was clearly having a ball inside the ring. Adam Sandler is evidence that even the most successful actors in the world have their own hobbies, and it's clear to see that Sandler is one man who would stick up for pro wrestling.
