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Two famed WWE wrestler have played Santa Claus in two unrelated Christmas movies , and only one of these was a decisive catastrophe . While Dwayne Johnson made the transition to movie stardom look easy , not every WWE wrestler who wanted to become a mainstream Hollywood doer has been so prosperous . For every John Cena and Dave Bautista , there are many asterisk like Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austinwho could n’t make the jump from the ring to the big covert . Part of what made this transition so heavily was wrestle ’s unusual cultural hoard in the ‘ 90s before the Attitude Era began in 1997 .
Wrestling was caught in an unenviable no Isle of Man ’s land between class - favorable entertainment and hard-core stunt work , propel many matman who want silver screen career to go after children ’s movies . While somewrestlers with great performing careersstarted in kid ’s pic , the notoriously saccharine genre was n’t a great fit for former WWE stars . This resulted in misjudged PG - rated comedies likeMr . Nannythat sanitized these personalities beyond identification . It was during this era that one famous wrestler played Santa Claus , and it was a little later that another WWE whizz get along importantly substantially with another , more subversive take on Saint Nick .
Hulk Hogan & Bill Goldberg Both Played Santa
The two former WWE stars turned their talents toward Christmas movies.
Hulk Hogan and Bill Goldberg play Santa Claus in 1996’sSanta with Musclesand 2005’sSanta ’s Slay , respectively , and the reception of these two movies was very different . Santa with Musclescame after Hogan had posited himself as a family - well-disposed lead man in the vein of Arnold Schwarzenegger in moving picture likeSuburban Commandoand3 Ninjas : High Noon at Mega Mountain . Santa with Muscleswas intended to be another strike for the matman - turn - thespian , butits disastrous failure ensured that one of WWE ’s most placeable faces was no longer seen as a profitable leading humans .
WhileSanta with Musclesis the worst Christmas movie ever made , Santa ’s Slayis nowhere nigh as bad . For a start , the R - rated horror clowning is a gleefully bad - taste involvement , with Bill Goldberg ’s Santa murdering XII of people and cackling maniacally in the process . This allowed Goldberg to be given into his heel role , while the pic ’s adults - only rating meant thatSanta ’s Slaycould adopt some of the tasteless comedy beats of the Attitude Era in its foul - mouthed script . It ’s amovie that could easily appeal to Goldberg ’s fans .
Hulk Hogan’s Santa Movie Was A Disaster
Santa with Muscles is an unfunny family comedy, and critics hated it.
Santa with Musclesis a house comedy so unfunny that it has been ranked among the worst pic of all clock time in the age since its release . It is not punishing to see why , as the movie failed in its attempt to make Hulk Hogan ’s millionaire Corinthian protagonist , Blake Thorn , sympathetic or redeemable . When Blake feel amnesia and begins to believe that he is Santa Claus , viewers have little reasonableness to root for the spoiled , self-important character . WhileSanta ’s Slayis akiller Santa motion-picture show , the horror - comedy at least has heroes the viewer can settle for .
The main mistake thatSanta With Musclesmade was roll Hulk Hogan as a expansive character . The WWE old stager ’s hammy acting would have been absolutely suited to the role of a villain in a kid ’s movie , much like Goldberg ’s trademark rasp was a perfect convulsion for the amoral antagonist ofSanta ’s Slay . Instead , by framing Hogan ’s uncaring Blake Thorn as a in secret sweet antihero who needed to learn the true meaning of Christmas , Santa with Musclesdeprived itself of a killer villain andasked too much of Hogan ’s broad , enceinte - than - life acting style .
Santa with Musclesis cyclosis for liberal with ads on Tubi .
Goldberg’s Santa’s Slay Outdid Hogan’s Flop
The 2005 horror-comedy was better received than Hogan’s disastrous kid’s movie.
WhileSanta with Musclesis a sorely saccharine minor ’s pic , Santa ’s Slayis a gory , darkly funny repugnance cinema . However , the latter movie also had another trick up its festive sleeve . Santa ’s Slayboasts a pretty impressive castincluding Emilie de Ravin , Rebeca Gayheart , and even a cameo from James Caan . In direct contrast , Santa with Musclesrelied heavily on Hulk Hogan pull in viewing audience , with Ed Begley Jr. and a young , pre - fame Mila Kunis being the only other notable face among the cast list .
That said , no amount of recastingSanta with Musclescould have salve the pic . What made it one ofHulk Hogan ’s worst movieswas its ill-conceived endeavour to marry wrestling ’s edgy appeal with harmless child ’s transportation . Santa ’s Slaywas a comparative succeeder becausethe horror movie tip into the worst excesses of 2000s wrestling , with toilet humor , moan - inducing jokes , a reliance on jejune profanity , and mess of bone - cracking vehemence . By stick around truthful to what viewers desire from a wrestle champion ’s Christmas movie , Bill Goldberg ’s Santa managed to conveniently beat Hogan ’s take on the fabulous human body .
Santa ’s Slayis usable to watch over on USA and Fubo .
