10 MORE 'Before They Were Famous' WWE Cameos You Won't Believe

5. Robert Roode (Police)

In interviews after his WWE hiring, Robert Roode noted how he'd once been advised to dye his hair blonde in order to get noticed in dark matches - a decade in TNA broadly served him better than that hot take as well as this maiden stint on SmackDown as a hired goon for Triple H.

Helping enforce a restraining order Triple H had put in place between The Undertaker and his wife Stephanie during the build-up to their WrestleMania X-Seven epic, Roode was just another rent-a-cop during the angle, but the rozzers had a surprisingly good record against 'The Deadman' in the weeks preceding the 'Show Of Shows'.

Undertaker got his revenge on the night itself by delivering an emphatic sh*tkicking to the 'King Of Kings', but generally accepted the terms of the order at the time. More than once, he was cajoled and cuffed by the bobbies, but few could have predicted that one of them would eventually go on to experience such 'Glorious' success in another gimmick rather than the Big Boss Man's.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett