Professional wrestling and celebrity crossovers have always gone hand in hand. The very first WrestleMania in 1985 relied on big names like Mr. T and Cyndi Lauper to help make the event a massive success.
If you were an ‘80s kid, you couldn’t just watch whatever you wanted when you wanted. You didn’t have the internet, let alone DVR. You might have cable, and by the end of the decade possibly some movies on VHS.