10 Highest Grossing Movies Starring WWE Stars
7. Batman & Robin (1997) - $107,325,195
Featuring: Jeep Swenson
Robert Jeep Swensons most famous role is playing Bane in Batman & Robin in 1997, but he sadly wouldnt get to enjoy the success of the role as he died of heart failure in August of that year. And many wrestling fans arent aware that before he was Poison Ivys piece of muscle, he was a pro wrestler competing in World Class in the 1980s and then, briefly, WCW in the 90s.
Gary Hart managed Swenson in his brief run in Dallas in 1987 and 1988 where he feuded with the legendary Bruiser Brody. Swenson would go on to become a stuntman and even had a role in Hulk Hogans 1989 masterpiece, No Holds Barred as a pit fighter.
Jeep would make one last return to wrestling in 1996 at the Uncensored pay per-view where he teamed up with The Alliance To End Hulkamania to try and end Hulk Hogans career. He was part of the horrendous Doomsday Cage Match on the show but as you all know, Hulkamania survived.
While neither his wrestling career or his time in Hollywood ever got him to the level of success he would have wanted, he managed to headline a pay per-view, work in the Sportatorium against Brody, and be part of a blockbuster movie that is remembered (fondly or not) by Batman fans to this day.
Not a bad run at all.