King Of The Iron Ring: Pro Wrestlers & Their Game Of Thrones Counterparts

By Dominic DeAngelo

House Lannister

Seth Rollins as Jaime Lannister

You put “slayer” at the end of a noun and you’ll get yourself either Seth Rollins or Jaime Lannister. Rollins rolled into the main event picture initially by being a top heel when he harshly put a knife the backs of his Shield brethren. Lannister did the same with that kooky “Mad King,” but you can’t argue that Jaime had one of the most ultimate babyface turns in all of television history when he separated himself from his shamed sister Cersei. Rollins is not only the WWE Universal Champion, but he’s one of the top faces in the company at this juncture. Both have set themselves up quite nicely on that rugged road of redemption.

MJF as King Joffrey

What a smackable little prick that Joffrey was, eh? Zero to like about that little rich brat. Just a malicious, heartless, born on third base demon child he was.. It takes a lot heartless malice to wish harm to a youth, but HBO did a hell of a job of making that desire a tangible one. You know who else has a smackable face? MJF. Whether he’s flaunting his riches in AEW or MLW, there’s something wrong with you if you don’t have the urge to headbutt the Burberry off of that smug mug. Plus, you gotta believe MJF would put a crossbow right through your chest if he saw fit.

Sami Zayn as Tyrion Lannister

Smarts and wit is what has made Tyrion Lannister a survivor in the world of Westeros and even though his personality doesn’t always rub colleagues the right way, the Imp adapts. Sami Zayn sure does that wherever he’s gone in pro wrestling with said smarts and a sharp tongue.

Alexa Bliss as Cersei Lannister

The Goddess sure holds herself in high esteem and Cersei is all about that for herself. Self absorbed and spiteful, both ladies has found their path to power through unruly means. Bliss isn’t as well known for her in-ring action as she is her personality and the same can be said for Cersei who isn’t all about sword-wielding but finds her way to violence through manipulation and straight up dictation. Two ladies you don’t want to be on the bad side of.

Vince McMahon of Tywin Lannister

Tywin is an intimidator and alpha-male to a T, but is also cagey about how always make the Lannister name the primary focus and Vinny Mac does the exact same for the McMahon banner by making sure his son and daughter carry on the name for years to come.

Joey Ryan as Podrick

Not much of description is needed with this one. The “Tri”-Pod speaks for itself.

Batista as The Hound

Batista may be inked up like a Dothraki soldier, but his innate charisma says otherwise. The Hound is indeed an Animal from a literal sense, but their size and and dry delivery in zingers is also what makes him and our man Drax so endearing to fans.

Brock Lesnar as The Mountain

This just be can’t shaken any other way. Just an unstoppable, scary force has Lesnar been throughout his entire combat sports career and The Mountain just straight up scary kills opponents via brute force skull crushing that scars viewers for days on end (I couldn’t shake that Viper visual for a rock solid month after I saw it go down. One of the most upsetting moments in dramatic television – don’t @ me).

Elias as Ed Sheeran

What exactly does WWE stand for again? “Winter With Elias” or “Walk With Ed”? Either way, there is one certainty to this comparison and that’s only one of these talents are wanted to be seen on screen and it’s in the shape of a Drifter.

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Dominic DeAngelo
Dominic DeAngelo

Dominic started at WrestleZone in April of 2018.

He is a book reviewer for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, loves Penguins hockey, Pirates baseball and the lowly New York Jets.

Dominic also hosts a weekly Pittsburgh comedy podcast with his brother called The Keystone Cast and runs a Pittsburgh-based sports & pop culture blog called The Keystone Statement.

He lived in Philadelphia for five years before setting up shop back in Pittsburgh.

Feel free to rip him on Twitter @DominicDeAngelo.

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