20 awesome fan art of WWE Superstars and the inspiration behind them

#2 Wrestlemania III in the MCU

A mash-up of classic confrontation

The world changed on March 29, 1987. On that day, the largest indoor crowd in history gathered to witness the primal battle for dominance between the two biggest titans of the wrestling world. Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant was the wrestling equivalent of King Kong vs. Godzilla, Jordan vs. Byrd, and the Beatles vs Elvis.

If you've never had the pleasure, you can check out this classic confrontation in the video below.

In the illustration above, the artist blends our main event heroes with their super-powered counterparts in the Marvel Universe. Hulk has never looked more hulkish, and Andre seems a true storybook monster in this fan art by Axel Medellin.

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#1 Macho Man Averts the Apocalypse

Macho Man and Jesus "The Jewish Carpenter" Christ

Recently, a group of Christian activists claimed the Rapture would happen on September 23, 2017. Obviously, this dark fate did not befall the world, and a midnight on September 24, memes based on the above illustration popped up all over social media. Captions ranged from "Apocalypse postponed! Oh YEAH!" to the more eloquent, "And let it be known to every creature on Earth, Macho Man died so we may live."

This work of fan art is a mashup of a public domain Jesus image by an unknown source and Macho Man's image from the WWE All Stars video game. Without a shadow of a doubt, WWE fan art has penetrated the mainstream culture and shows no sign of diminishing in relevance.

There you have it, twenty amazing works of WWE fan art!