Outfielder Johnny Damon will be guest host this Monday night as part of WWE’s Monday Night Raw program. Damon’s last appearance as a Yankee also highlights a long storied history of legends who have dabbled in the world of wrestling.
March 31, 1985: Yankee great Billy Martin is guest ring announcer for the main event at the inaugural Wrestlemania.
April 2, 1989: Donned in a battered and torn bomber sweatshirt, The Brooklyn Brawler is unable to help his mentor Bobby “The Brain” Heenan defeat the Red Rooster.
October 11, 2003: Pedro Martinez steals a page from the Monday night wars and face plants bench coach Don Zimmer during Game 3 of the ALCS.
March 31, 2007: “Mr. Perfect” Curt Henning is inducted into the wrestling Hall of Fame by his good friend and Yankee horse-back rider Wade Boggs.
June 21, 2009: Newly acquired Yankee Curtis Granderson, formerly of the Detroit Tigers appears at TNA’s PPV event Slammiversary as guest belt holder.




