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7 Unexpected Celebrities Who Are Obsessed With Pro Wrestling

No, professional wrestling isn’t just for kids.

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Professional wrestling often gets glossed over and called a “cheesy” form on entertainment, viewed as a medium for children. However, that’s a common misconception. In fact, nowadays, there’s a large amount of fans that are adults. Whether they’ve stayed fans their entire lives or found it through social media, or streaming deals like WWE on Netflix or AEW on HBO Max, the demographics don’t lie.

There are also many celebrities you would never think of that are wrestling fans. Continue reading to find out some of the most shocking names.

Margot Robbie is one of the biggest names in Hollywood but before she was known for playing Harley Quinn in the DCU, she grew up a wrestling fan. In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Robbie detailed her fandom and how it followed her into adulthood.

“As a late teen, early 20s, I had a boyfriend who was obsessed with John Cena. So much so, that he dressed as John Cena for his 21st birthday and had a cardboard cut-out of John Cena in his bedroom,” Robbie said. “So I slept in a room, for two years, with a life-size cardboard cut-out of John Cena in the room.

Sometimes I’d wake up in the middle of the night and then I was like ‘(gasps), Oh, it’s just John Cena. It’s okay.’” I remember thinking, if........

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