History Main / ProWrestlingEpisode

* "That Wrestling Show" of the first season of ''That70sShow''. Featuring guest appearances by the Hardy Bros. (Matt's the guy with the shaggy hair and you can see Jeff in the background with blond hair backstage) and TheRock playing as his father, Rocky Johnson.

* DarkwingDuck visits the arena for a charity wrestling event, reassured that wrestling is not 'real' by himself and Gosalyn (Launchpad still believed in [[kayfabe]] at that point). He is, of course, mauled while Launchpad has to help save him.

* ''TheATeam'': The 1985 episode "Body Slam" starred HulkHogan in a plot that made heavy use of Hogan's wrestling career (including footage from a 1984 match vs. Greg "the Hammer" Valentine, presented as legit), and featured several WWF faces as un-billed extras in a scene where they fight off that episode's villains. In the segment featuring the Hogan-Valentine match, the ending is altered to show the bad guys entering the arena to confront and assassinate Hogan (don't worry, they're stopped in time).

* The ''{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "Fake" has Dr. Scratchansniff takes the Warners to a wrestling event. The sibs are embarrassed to be there, partially because the match is fake. Scratchansniff, frustrated with trying to reasoning with them, yells that wrestling isn't fake. All anyone else heard was "Fake!" and one of the wrestlers dragged him into the ring where they beat him to a pulp. Only then does Yakko admit that wrestling may not be fake.

* "WTF", an episode of ''SouthPark'', has the kids get really into wrestling after seeing {{Edge}} and JohnCena. They don't really care about ''wrestling'' so much as for ChewingTheScenery and {{pathos}}.

* "Wrestling is Awesome", an episode of ''SouthPark'', has the kids get really into wrestling after seeing {{Edge}} and JohnCena. They don't really care about ''wrestling'' so much as for ChewingTheScenery and {{bathos}}.

* The episode "The Blind Bandit" from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Has so many blatant Pro Wrestling tropes and referenes, (a championship belt, an EvilForeigner {{Heel}}, an Earthbender [[DwayneJohnson named the Boulder]] [[ThirdPersonPerson who speaks in the third person]] and is voiced by [[MickFoley a semi-retiered pro wrestler]]) that it might as well count as this.

* ''TheATeam'': The 1985 episode "Body Slam" starred HulkHogan in a plot that made heavy use of Hogan's wrestling career (including footage from a 1984 match vs. Greg "the Hammer" Valentine, presented as legit), and featured several WWF faces as un-billed extras in a scene where they fight off that episode's villains. In the segment featuring the Hogan-Valentine match, the ending is altered to show the bad guys entering the arena to confront and assassinate Hogan (don't worry, they're stopped in time).

* ''HulkHogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling!'' (CBS, 1985). 'Nuff said.

* ''BoyMeetsWorld'' has "The thrilla in Philla" where class bully Frankie's father is pro-wrestler Vader. The episode starts as a collegiate wrestling rivalry between Corey and class-bully Joey. Until Vader shows up and he Joey and Frankie team up against Corey. Eric, Mr. Feeney and Mr. Turner come to his aid and get Vader to back off. Vader than say the next time he'll take on Feeney in a Texas Death Match.

* ''{{Charmed}}'' had an episode involving not a show but a professional wrestling training program. The witches were challenged to take on [[{{WCW}} Booker T and Scot Steiner]] in order to get...[[ExcusePlot something]].

* The main cast goes to see a Professional Wrestling event on ''ThatSeventiesShow'' which features modern wrestlers like The Rock playing older ones like Rocky Johnson. "Wrestling is Fake" is mentioned (though it wasn't common knowledge in the time period, Red is said to have wrestled himself in the past).

* ''LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': In the 1979 episode "The King is Dead", the sport's early carny origins are exposed, although in the climactic scene the champion wrestler in this episode — an aging athlete suffering from heart failure — defeats a loudmouthed challenger using his own, legit athletic skills (putting the arrogant challenger in a legit bearhug and refusing to let go until the mouthy youngster passes out); he dies shortly after winning the match. The champion wrestler's manager, played by Ray Walston (of ''MyFavoriteMartian'' fame) is named "Jimmy Hart" ... the real name of a young musician who would become one of the best-known WWF personalities in the 1980s and 1990s.

* ''TheATeam'': The 1985 episode "Body Slam" starred Hulk Hogan in a plot that made heavy use of Hogan's wrestling career (including footage from a 1984 match vs. Greg "the Hammer" Valentine, presented as legit), and featured several WWF faces as un-billed extras in a scene where they fight off that episode's villains. In the segment featuring the Hogan-Valentine match, the ending is altered to show the bad guys entering the arena to confront and assassinate Hogan (don't worry, they're stopped in time).

* "Wrestling is Awesome", an episode of ''SouthPark'', has the kids get really into wrestling after seeing Edge and John Cena. They don't really care about ''wrestling'' so much as for ChewingTheScenery and {{bathos}}.

* ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling!'' (CBS, 1985). 'Nuff said.

* The [[PixarShorts Cars Toon]] ''Monster Truck Mater'', where [[{{Cars}} Mater]] actually tells Lightning McQueen that he was originally a monster truck named Tormentor who was able to take down other monster trucks like [[BadHumorTruck Ice Screamer]], [[TankGoodness Captain Collision]], [[DreadlockRasta Rastacarian]], [[DeadlyDoctor Doctor Feelbad]], and [[{{Oireland}} Paddy O'Concrete]] all by himself, but during the final showdown against the champion, Doctor Frankenwagon and his Monster, he had to rely on his teammate Frightning McMean to defeat both Frankenwagon and the Monster.

* KimPossible does this in "Pain King vs. Cleopatra".

* {{WesternAnimation/Ben10}} gives us "Ready to Rumble" where Ben enters a mutant wrestling competition as Four Arms to win the prize money to get Gwen a new laptop. [[spoiler: Ben won but gave up the money to those who truly needed it. But that's okay, it turns out the laptop was never broken]].

* WesternAnimation/Ben10 gives us "Ready to Rumble" where Ben enters a mutant wrestling competition as Four Arms to win the prize money to get Gwen a new laptop. [[spoiler: Ben won but gave up the money to those who truly needed it. But that's okay, it turns out the laptop was never broken]].

* ''{{Angel}}'' has the VampireDetective visit a lucha libre event with a retired wrestler who is so disgusted with the shows he never sits through the whole thing. The show in fact regularly holds tributes to the guy as Angel witnesses but he never stays long enough to see them honor him.

* ''Charmed'' had an episode involving not a show but a professional wrestling training program. The witches were challenged to take on [[{{WCW}} Booker T and Scot Steiner]] in order to get...[[ExcusePlot something]].

* The [[PixarShorts Cars Toon]] ''Monster Truck Mater'', where [[{{Cars}} Mater]] actually tells Lightning McQueen that he was originally a monster truck named Tormentor who was able to take down other monster trucks like [[BadHumorTruck Ice Screamer]], [[TankGoodness Captain Collision]], [[DreadlockRasta Rastacarian]], [[DeadlyDoctor Doctor Feelbad]], and [[{{Oireland}} Paddy O'Concrete]] all be himself, but during the final showdown against the champion, Doctor Frankenwagon and his Monster, he had to rely on his teammate Frightning McMean to defeat both Frankenwagon and the Monster.

A ProWrestlingEpisode [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is just that]] an episode that takes place at a ProfessionalWrestling match or event. It is expected for this type of episode to appear on live action pro wrestling shows or fictional works whose premise revolves around pro wrestling. This becomes more unique on a work that does not interact (or even mention) with wrestling prior to the episode.

If the latter does occur expect a series regular, FakeGuestStar or character who is a wrestling fan to get involved a match somehow. There is also a good chance that someone will hint, if not say that wrestling is fake, unless [[ProWrestlingIsReal it's real]]. [[AvertedTrope Usually averted]] with Indian leg wrestling, Greco-Roman, Sumo, Yağlı Güreş (Turkish oil wrestling) and Olympic / Collegiate wrestling, because of those examples [[RealLife actually being real]].

Pretty much a stock [[LiveActionTVTropes Live Action TV Trope]].

* ''Xena Warrior Princess'' has at least two. One visited event and one Xena stages herself.

* ''Angel'' has the VampireDetective visit a lucha libre event with a retired wrestler who is so disgusted with the shows he never sits through the whole thing. The show in fact regularly holds tributes to the guy as Angel witnesses but he never stays long enough to see them honor him.

* ''Quantum Leap'' had a wrestling episode but as every episode has a different premise, it was probably inevitable.

* ''Married... With Children'' had two. Both featured a Bundy from the main cast getting manhandled by wrestlers at the show. One did it for money and the other got himself booked on accident. One of Wrestlers was said to be pegs cousin and was played by King Kong Bundy.
* On the ''HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' TV show, [[BretHart Bret and]] OwenHart come to the Szalinski's hometown and get hurt accidentally by Diane and Chief [=McKenna=]. They ask Wayne and the chief to wrestle in their place because wrestling promoters "aren't very understanding" on why a match can't take place. Not only did they beat their opponents (due to Wayne's [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman strength enhancing suit]] and a abrupt redition of "Pop goes the weasel) but it turns out the opponents were escaped convicts.
* On ''The Jeff Foxworthy Show'' the episode "Wrestling Opera" had him take his son to a night of pro wrestling to avoid a class trip to the opera. RandySavage and Eric Bischoff guest star.
* In the short-lived TV show ''The Mullets'' the Mullet brothers get tickets to "Wrestlemania" (but as shown it's clearly just a WWE House Show, not actually {{Wrestlemania}}). They give them to their mom, the former Mrs. Mullet, who is thrilled. Her new husband, not so much. The Dudley Boys appeared [[AsHimself as themselves]].

* ''LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': In the 1979 episode "The King is Dead," the sport's early carny origins are exposed, although in the climatic scene the champion wrestler in this episode — an aging athlete suffering from heart failure — defeats a loudmouthed challenger using his own, legit athletic skills (putting the arrogant challenger in a legit bearhug and refusing to let go until the mouthy youngster passes out); he dies shortly after winning the match. The champion wrestler's manager, played by Ray Walston (of ''MyFavoriteMartian'' fame) is named "Jimmy Hart" ... the real name of a young musician who would become one of the best-known WWF personalities in the 1980s and 1990s.

* ''TheSimpsons Wrestling'' can be seen this way. Even though the show itself has referenced wrestling several times before and after the game's creation (including having BretHart by Mr. Burns' house), there is no full episode devoted to wrestling.

* The {{Animaniacs}} episode "Fake" has Dr. Scratchansniff takes the Warners to a wrestling event. The sibs are embarrassed to be there, partially because the match is fake. Scratchansniff, frustrated with trying to reasoning with them, yells that wrestling isn't fake. All anyone else heard was "Fake!" and one of the wrestlers dragged him into the ring where they beat him to a pulp. Only then does Yakko admit that wrestling may not be fake.

* "Wrestling is Awesome" an episode of ''SouthPark'', has the kids get really into wrestling after seeing Edge and John Cena. They don't really care about ''wrestling'' so much as for ChewingTheScenery and {{Bathos}}.
* This shows up twice in {{Scooby Doo}}; first in the {{A Pup Named Scooby Doo}} episode "Wrestle Maniacs" and in the {{Whats New Scooby Doo}} episode also called "Wrestle Maniacs".
* The ''DialMForMonkey'' short "Rasslor" had a powerful alien challenging the heroes of Earth to wrestle him. If they all failed, the Earth would be destroyed. The tournament was depicted as a series of ProfessionalWrestling matches, and Rasslor was voiced by professional wrestler "Macho Man" RandySavage.
* ''TheRenAndStimpyShow'', "Mad Dog Hoek".

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward]]'' Pro Wrestling has become a legit sport. However, being from the past, Raphael is unaware of this and treats it like its all a show, at least until he gets his shell kicked by a disgruntled wrestler, Tripple Threat, who becomes a reoccurring villain.
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* ''TheRugrats'' episode "Wrestling Grandpa", being mostly from the babies' POV, has this trope in spades.

* Bugs Bunny stumbled upon a professional wrestling event at least once.

''TheRenAndStimpyShow'', "Mad Dog Hoek".