10 WWE Celebrity Matches That Came So Close To Happening

9. Cardi B Vs. Carmella

Cardi B recently admitted to being a quiet wrestling fan on social media. After posting a video of her performing DJ Khaled’s ‘Wish Wish’, a fan commented how her location looked like ‘the GM office on WWE SmackDown! Live vs. RAW’ (it really did). Cardi replied, "I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal", following it up with "I used to watch wrestling, my favs are Booker T, Batista, Eddie, Triple H, Edge, Lita. Yes how can I forget the Undertaker and Kane’"

Carmella soon after posted a picture of her recently worn ring gear on SmackDown that was inspired by and a tribute to Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy album cover.

WWE grasped onto the mainstream attention this interaction brought, acknowledging the comments on WWE Now and teasing multiple times of Cardi B possibly tagging with Carmella at SummerSlam later that year.

WWE often tries at get celebrities, like Stephen Amell and Jon Stewart, at SummerSlam to give the show a mainstream push, so it makes sense they pursued Cardi B to step into the ring. She’s the most commanding chart-topping person in hip-hop in the world right now. Cardi B vs. The Princess of Staten Island, or the two teaming up, would have been money.

WWE reached out to Cardi’s representatives to make this a reality but they couldn’t make it materialize due to Cardi’s overabundance of commitments.