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Star Trek and Wrestling

The Surprising Connections Between Star Trek and Wrestling

Today, we look at current and former superstars who boldly went where no other wrestler had been before.

Tom Magee

After Tom Magee left wrestling, he began a short-acting career, usually playing henchmen and muscle guys in B-movies. 

It was in the 1991 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called “The Devil’s Due” where he made his appearance in the final frontier.

Despite having a somewhat lackluster wrestling career, Lister would have quite an awesome one on film with movie credits that put most A-lister movie stars to shame!

“Tiny” Tommy Lister Jr.

The Tiny one played a Klingon called Klaang in the first story of the two-part series premiere of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise.

Paul Wight AKA Big Show

Another first for Star Trek also came from Enterprise, courtesy of the artist formally known as Big Show, Paul Wight.

You may think the only time you’d see a Star Trek and Wrestling crossover is in the autograph line of a comic convention. However– from The Rock and Cody Rhodes to many unexpected others– the stars, both super and trek, have crossed many times over the years!

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