Mickey Rourke Will Not Wrestle Chris Jericho

Mickey Rourke went on Larry King Live last night to promote his movie The Wrestler. Earlier Rourke had said he would wrestle Chris Jericho in Arpil. Rourke’s actual words were:

"You [Chris Jericho] better get in shape because I’m coming after your a$$."

After Rourke faced a pissed off Jericho on Larry King Live, Rourke’s rep issued the following statement:

"Mickey was very honored to be asked, as he has the greatest respect for WWE. However, he will not be participating in WrestleMania. He is focusing entirely on his acting career."

Exactly as Jericho said. Rourke is an actor who played a wrestler. Let’s keep it that way, before someone gets hurt.

About the same time the news came out that Rourke had backed out of the wrestling match Evan Rachel Wood, who was seen making out with Rourke at a Screen Actors Guild Awards show after-party last weekend, issued this statement via Rolling Stone:

"I’m upset because I feel disrespected by the press and by Mr. Rourke. Just because I’m single doesn’t mean that you can take advantage of me. It’s unfair that the performances might suffer because of all of these distractions. I’m not attracted to him, he’s too old for me. Nothing ever happened and nothing ever will."

OUCH! We don’t believe her, but okay, whatever. Rourke is still more of a man than Marilyn Manson.