Bonaduce, Screech, Rodman Ready for Smackdown
Wrestlemania this ain’t.
But CMT has rounded up the usual batch of semistarsDanny Bonaduce, Dennis Rodman and Dustin “Screech” Diamond, among themto go a-grappling in Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling.
Joined by reality-show stalwarts like Diff’rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, ’80s popster Tiffany, The Real World’s Trishelle Cannatella, Playmate Nikki Ziering, as well as Erin Murphy (Tabitha on Bewitched) and super heavyweight boxer Butterbean, the would-be wrestlers will receive tips from the Hulkster before competing in a series of elimination-style smackdown challenges.
Hogan, pro wrestling manager Jimmy Hart and former World Championship Wrestling president Eric Bischoff will do the judging. Former pro grapplers Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake and Brian Knobbs will help with the training.
The last contestant standing gets the title of Celebrity All-Star Wrestling Champion.
The eight-episode series, produced by Hogan, Bischoff and Wonder Years alum Jason Hervey, is currently filming in Los Angeles and expected to premiere on the cable channel this fall.
Here are the “stars” signed for Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Wrestling
What do you get when you mix Dustin Diamond, Danny Bonaduce, and Todd Bridges? Well, probably the worst references ever, but beyond that, you get the cast of the new CMT celebrity reality show Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling.
The three men will join other celebs such as Tiffany, Butterbean (?), Trishelle Canatella (from The Real World - God help us), Nikki Ziering, and Frank Stallone (Sylvester’s brother), who will try to out-wrestle each other. Actually, it won’t be all wrestling. They will also get points for trash talking and working the audience, just like in real wrestling!
The one part about this that makes me a bit sad is that Erin Murphy is going to participate too. She played Tabitha on Bewitched. Aw, come on Erin, do something better than this, please?
I don’t know what I was expecting. Of course people like this are going to sign up for a celebrity reality show. It’s not like Steve Carell or Tina Fey or Robert Redford would want to do it. But can’t we at least get some new C-level celebs in the mix for these shows?