Every Time Wrestling Appeared On The Simpsons Ranked
18. Gorgeous Grampa
In the best reference to Wrestling yet, Season 24 episode 'Gorgeous Grampa' was dedicated solely to the world of Pro Wrestling.
The episode told the story of when Grandpa Simpson used to compete on the local wrestling circuit as Glamorous Godfrey. Based on Gorgeous George, Godfrey was a heel wrestler in the 1950's who had a storied rivalry with Baby Face Palooka. Grampa was such a great heel he was ran out of town, causing him to retire. During the episode, Mr Burns, a fan of the Godfrey persona convinces Grampa to come out of retirement to have one final run. Sounds familiar, *Cough* Vince McMahon *Cough*.
Eventually recruiting Bart as a part of his act, Grampa again saw the error of his ways and ends the episode by turning face and adopting the persona of Honest Abe.
Grampa wasn't the only wrestling persona to appear in this episode...