Robocop’s Ludicrous Real-Life Professional Wrestling Debut Explained

At the end of the day, professional wrestling is meant to entertain, and that’s why so often fans have seen celebrities of all kinds appear in the ring. Specifically speaking of WCW, which closed its doors in 2001 after a lengthy ratings battle with the then-World Wrestling Federation, it does have some successes to its credit. The likes of Karl Malone, Dennis Rodman, and even Jay Leno popped up on WCW TV to great effect. However, there’s an example of a guest from the entertainment world who finds their WCW appearance potentially even more negatively remembered than RoboCop’s.

In 1998, New Line Cinema’s «Child’s Play» franchise was a hot commodity, and horror fans were looking forward to the release of the latest installment, «Bride of Chucky.» Given that WCW and New Line were owned by Time Warner, the powers that be saw crossover potential. In the lead-up to that year’s Halloween Havoc event, Rick Steiner was preparing for a match against his brother and former tag team partner, Scott. However, things got weird on an episode of «WCW Monday Night Nitro» when Chucky himself appeared on a screen to talk some smack to Rick. He argued with the possessed doll, creating one of the strangest and hokiest wrestling promo segments out there.

Seeing as Leatherface recently appeared on All Elite Wrestling’s weekly «Dynamite» show, and WWE prominently features names such as Logan Paul and Bad Bunny, it stands to reason that there’s no end in sight for head-scratching wrestling-pop culture crossovers.