14 Athletes Who Appeared At The Super Bowl And WrestleMania
3. William The Refrigerator Perry
Super Bowl: XX WrestleMania: II, XXII With a larger than life persona, its no surprise that William The Refrigerator Perry was the most popular NFL player involved in the WrestleMania II battle royal. Two months after winning a Super Bowl ring, Perry would participate in the Mania match, eliminating Tony Atlas, and then pulling Big John Studd out after Studd had tossed him. But that wasnt the end of Perrys involvement at WrestleMania. The Fridge would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fames celebrity wing in 2006, like in large part due to the fact that WrestleMania XXII took place in Chicago (site of Mania II and where Perry played most of his career). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPA23WYohaQ That makes Perry the only man to appear at the Super Bowl and Mania and to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Currently.
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