6 celebrities who should be in the WWE Hall of Fame

#5. Tom "Tiny" Lister - aka Zeus

"Tiny" Lister, Jr. as Zeus in No Holds Barred

Let me see if I can, for those of you too young to remember the 1980s, name some of the film roles that Thomas "Tiny" Lister, Jr. made famous.

He was Deebo in the Friday films. He was the President of the United Federation of Planets in The Fifth Element. He was the convict who (spoilers) threw the Joker's bomb out of the ferry in The Dark Knight. If those roles and the photo I posted up above don't jog your memory, I don't know what to tell you.

In 1989, Lister played the role of "Zeus" in the Hulk Hogan film No Holds Barred. But, he did more than that. As part of a cross-promotion with the film, the then-WWF brought him in, as his film character (he was the villain, clearly) to feud with Hogan in real life. Later on in the years, Lister popped back up during Hogan's pre-nWo WCW days, taking him on as "Z-Gangsta."

Lister is actually a pretty darn good actor - personally, he's one of my favorite parts of The Fifth Element - but his role in WWE history is actually pretty important.

SImply put, No Holds Barred was WWE's first foray into making movies - years before they founded WWE Studios. The movie was also the first time that WWE had gone the cross-media route - something they've continued since then.

Also, Lister was a part of a SummerSlam main event. Drew Carrey is in the Hall and he was in the Royal Rumble for, like, ten minutes.

Put Zeus in the damn Hall, you cowards.