Remember when Chris Jericho came on Larry King to get all pretend pissed that Mickey Rourke pretend called him out during his press tour for The Wrestler?  And then Mickey Rourke was going to pretend wrestle in Wrestlemania but pulled out?  Well last night, Rourke showed up at Wreslemania anyway, and jumped in the ring to pretend box Chris Jericho.  Said the announcers, “Rourke’s gotta remember, nobody’s gonna yell ‘cut’.”  It’s true, no one cares how bad your acting is at Wrestlemania.  Because the crowd are mouth-breathing dimwits, you see. Other than that, it was just your average, two guys with highlighted hair, one with a ponytail and leather vest, the other in a speedo and knee-high boots, pretend fighting each other kind of night. Reminds me of Thanksgiving, really.

I like this Mickey Rourke better.

[hat tip: CHUD]

Despite a semi-serious sounding announcement on the red carpet of the SAG Awards, reps for Mickey Rourke are now confirming that he will NOT be wrestling at Wrestlemania.

Paula Woods wrote in an e-mail that the Oscar-nominated actor “will not be participating in Wrestlemania. He is focusing entirely on his acting career.”

And here’s part of the story that I somehow missed the first time around:

Rourke had said he was going to toss Jericho “around the ring like tossed salad.” [Yahoo]

Unless you consider the double entendre, that’s a pretty poorly constructed threat.  I’m gonna tear you down like a torn-down building! Then I’m gonna squash you like a squashed… squash!  I’m assuming he meant it the other way, in which case fake wrestling sounds like it’s gotten a lot sexier since I last watched.

UPDATE If the CNN video below doesn’t work, I’ve attached the YouTube version after the jump.

Following Mickey Rourke’s probably kidding call out of Chris Jericho the other night, Larry King had both guys on his show, and you better believe words were exchanged.

JERICHO:  I think his performance is immaculate and he didn’t make any mistakes, but I think he did make a mistake on the red carpet of the SAG Awards when he mentioned Wrestlemania when he called me out, because if he got his wish, I think the ending of the Jericho-Rourke movie would not turn out so well.

ROURKE: [...] Perhaps I did put my foot in my mouth.  I got nothin but respect for him.  Would I wrestle him?  Well… if it was up to me… no.  Would I box him in a boxing ring or in a bare knuckle match?  Yeah.

JERICHO: I do respect what you did in the movie blah blah blah I don’t respect you.

And then it sort of goes on like that, Jericho acting pissed, Rourke trying to take the high road.  Jericho later added, “OOOH, BROTHER, YA DONE MESSED UP NOW! CUZ NOW I’M GONNA MESS YOU UP REEEEAL GOOD IN FAKE FIGHTIN’!  THAT’S RIGHT, I’M A GONNA PRETEND PIN THE HECK OUTTA YOU! OOOH YEEEAAHH! AND THEN I’M A GONNA HIGHLIGHT MY HAIR, AND TAKE SOME STEROIDS AND MURDER MY FAMILY!!!  ……What, too soon?

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