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You don't have to like professional wrestling to like watching awkward videos.
On April 3, AT&T Stadium will host what is expected to be the most attended WrestleMania in history. The annual event is kind of like the Super Bowl of sports entertainment and, like the NFL's version, myriad celebrities, musicians, athletes and pop culture personalities have made appearances at the larger-than-life spectacle since its first installment in 1985. Naturally, some of them were gleefully willing to make spectacles of themselves as well.
It's a challenge to find videos of the Pay-Per-View event online, especially when it comes to earlier moments in its near-32-year history. We've tried to find full videos, and the WWE has a compilation with snippets of some of the harder-to-find deep cuts. So keep in mind, the following aren't necessarily the all-time best celebrity shenanigans in WrestleMania history. But they're fun, funny and a good primer for what surprises might be in store on April 3.
Donald Trump makes America bald again
The current GOP presidential front-runner has a long, fascinating history with the WWE. Trump Plaza casino hosted WrestleManias IV and V in 1988 and 1989, and he was even inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013. But it was in 2007 when the then-Apprentice star took part in an absolute train wreck of a hilarious, bizarre melee called "The Battle of the Billionaires."
During the mid-aughts, Trump started a "feud" with WWE owner Vince McMahon (which, unlike his many current feuds was, we're guessing, mostly fake). Trump began appearing on WWE episodes and dropping money from the rafters upon fans. It all culminated with a body slam and a "Hair vs. Hair" match with a sadistic ending, but it wasn't The Donald's maligned mane that was shaved bald.
Regis Philbin gets measured for a body bag
Philbin was there from the beginning, playing guest host at WrestleMania I in 1985. But the beloved daytime talk show and game show host also provided commentary for WrestleMania VII in 1991. Puns aplenty, he interviewed stars like the Undertaker and Paul Bearer, who take "staying in character" to the next level.
The Rock teaches Pee-Wee Herman a lesson on 'being a man'
Wrestling fans might seem like a strange audience when it comes to promoting a Broadway musical, but that's just who Paul Reubens courted back in 2010, with several WWE appearances in character as Pee-Wee Herman. He guest-hosted an episode of Monday Night Raw, which included a manic bit where the Big Show, dressed as a very, very big version of Pee-Wee, tossed The Miz and Alex Riley out of the ring on Reubens' behalf.
But it was a comment during a WrestleMania XVII news conference that caused the most chaos, when Pee-Wee mentioned his favorite WWE personality was John Cena.
Rowdy Ronda beats on the boss's daughter
Like father, like daughter: Vince McMahon's progeny and WWE chief brand officer Stephanie McMahon often steps out of the c-suite and into the squared circle, and she loves playing a heel. At last year's WrestleMania XXXI, she helped the company ride the wave of the then-undefeated UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey's superstardom by, um, trying to slap her.
It was cheesy, silly and poorly acted, but no one could deny that the WWE hype machine knows exactly what it's doing. (Here's a much better, full version of the video.)
What's going to happen this year?
While there has yet to be a formal announcement, chances are good that actor Stephen Amell might step again into the ring against Stardust, the son of the late WWE legend Dusty Rhodes, with whom Amell has maintained a long-term social media feud. What's the beef? Well, Amell's a lifelong WWE fan; he reportedly attended WrestleMania VI when he was 8 years-old, and he wound up taking that passion to the mat when he fought Stardust at SummerSlam last August.
It's but speculation at this point, but a recent confrontation at Dallas Comic Con suggests there may be more fireworks ahead for the Arrow star.