10 Weirdest Wrestler Cameos In Movies

Known as The Protector and Warrior King in various territories, Tom-Yum-Goong landed on screen with a nasty crunch in 2006. Martial arts superstar Tony Jaa’s first post-Ong Bak introduction to the world, the film gave a slick, polished showcase for its star’s extraordinary stunt work and fighting prowess, despite being stuck with a plot as paper-thin as its predecessor. A stolen elephant? Really?

After brutalizing, beating, and bone-snapping his way through countless nameless henchmen, Jaa’s Sonny-Chiba-meets-Bruce-Lee bruiser faces off against a roaring, unspeaking wall of muscle who proves a rare adversary even he isn’t able to handle. Who is said towering terror?

Why, it’s only former WWA World Heavyweight Champion and Colossus of Boggo Road Nathan Jones! The hulking Aussie had a brief tenure in WWE, first as the Undertaker’s underutilised mentee, then eventually as a minor member of Lesnar’s Survivor Series team.

His role in To-Yum-Goong is part of a series of bizarrely similar cameos Jones did in the mid noughts, where he carved out a niche as a one-scene wonder who never spoke but appeared for brief fights, then vanished for the rest of the flick. Remember the random strongman spectacularly offed by Brad Pitt’s unflappable Achilles in 2004’s Troy?

Eventually, this odd gambit landed him the role of Rictus in Mad Max Fury Road, second-in-command to big bad Immortan Joe.