"Jersey Shore" continues to have a hold on pro wrestling.
First it was Jenni "Jwoww" Farley and Angelina Pivarnick appearing on TNA Impact, and now Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is set to mix it up inside the ring on wrestling's grandest stage – WWE's WrestleMania.
An angle was shot on Monday night's episode of Raw that saw Snooki get physically in a post-match brawl with LayCool. It was then announced that "The Snookster" will team with John Morrison and Trish Stratus to take on Dolph Ziggler and LayCool at WrestleMania XXVII on April 3 in Atlanta's Georgia Dome.
The Wrestling Observer reported last week that a six person tag match was scheduled to take place at WrestleMania, but Kelly Kelly was listed on the babyface team instead of Snooki.
In my eyes, trading Kelly Kelly for Snooki in any situation – no pun intended – is a bad idea, but it's not hard to figure out why WWE is doing business with the MTV reality star.
Whether anyone likes it or not, there's no denying that Snooki is a mainstream celebrity (and she's more famous than fellow "Jersey Shore" stars Jwoww and Pivarnick). She's even on the cover of Rolling Stone for God's sake. Her participation at WrestleMania is going to get WWE a lot of publicity. In fact, it already has.
Personally, I've never watched an episode of "Jersey Shore" and find everyone on the show to be annoying, but I have to admit that the angle with Snooki on Raw was well done for what it was. The live crowd in St. Louis even marked out for Snooki.
As a wrestling fan, however, I think it's a travesty that Snooki is going to WrestleMania while every other Diva on the roster except for LayCool is likely going to be left off the card.
Oh well, I guess that's show biz.
Note: My thoughts on Raw will be posted later.
Snooki photo courtesy of WWE
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