--- title: Macaulay Culkin May Take On Rusev At Wrestlemania 34 description: The movie star turned podcaster may be heading to the ring to take on the Bulgarian Brute canonical: https://time.com/5202981/macaulay-culkin-wrestlemania-rusev/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-16T17:43:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:26.878Z og:title: Macaulay Culkin Is Focusing on Podcasts and Wrestlemania Now og:description: The movie star turned podcaster may be heading to the ring, please keep up og:url: https://time.com/5202981/macaulay-culkin-wrestlemania-rusev/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf873103507b17ff6/6988b3867cdbac3e5dd56a2c/161220_grossing_homealone2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: 161220_Grossing_HomeAlone2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Macaulay Culkin Is Focusing on Podcasts and Wrestlemania Now twitter:description: The movie star turned podcaster may be heading to the ring, please keep up twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf873103507b17ff6/6988b3867cdbac3e5dd56a2c/161220_grossing_homealone2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Macaulay Culkin Is Mainly Focusing on Wrestlemania and Podcasting in 2018 > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 16, 2018 5:43 PM UTC  No. 4: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, the sequel to the classic Christmas movie, follows a young boy who is separated from his family at the holidays after boarding the wrong flight. The 1992 flick collected $173.6 million at the box office. No. 4: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, the sequel to the classic Christmas movie, follows a young boy who is separated from his family at the holidays after boarding the wrong flight. The 1992 flick collected $173.6 million at the box office. MovieStillsDB by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 16, 2018 5:43 PM UTC Wrestlemania 34 is fast approaching and some of the wrestling stars are looking for celebrities to take to the brawl. Former United States Champion Rusev, known for a long undefeated streak and a desire to “crush” his opponents, put out a call to fight a celebrity, any celebrity, and the celebrities answered. > [](https://twitter.com/RusevBUL/status/974044918766292994) Dwayne “[The Rock](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/15/from-wrestler-to-actor-and-back-the-rock-returns-to-the-wwe-for-wrestlemania/?iid=sr-link4)” Johnson, who knows a thing or two about life in the ring, [suggested](https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/974322523268562944) that his frequent co-star Kevin Hart should get in the ring with the so-called “Bulgarian Brute.” Stephen Amell, a.k.a. Green Arrow from _Arrow_, [happily stepped aside](https://twitter.com/StephenAmell/status/974056661319958528), and someone threw Mario Lopez’s [hat in the ring](https://twitter.com/NotThatTomGreen/status/974080671739207680), based on his days wrestling in _Saved by the Bell_. However, it was a different star that answered the so-called The Bulgarian Brute’s call to arms—Macaulay Culkin. > [](https://twitter.com/IncredibleCulk/status/974454750786695168) The [_Home Alone_ star](http://time.com/5124998/macaulay-culkin-reddit/?iid=sr-link2) and newly-minted [podcaster](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bunny-ears/id1333665531?mt=2) chimed in on Twitter to accept the challenge. While Twitter is only occasionally to be believed, [WWE seems to confirm](http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/article/rusev-celebrity-opponent-wrestlemania) the match. That means Culkin will face off against the wrestler in the ring against Rusev. No word on whether he’ll be able to bring in anything from [Kevin McAllister](http://time.com/5027509/you-may-never-see-home-alone-the-same-way-after-hearing-this-viral-theory/?iid=sr-link5)’s bag of tricks, though. > [](https://twitter.com/IncredibleCulk/status/974457345303445505) \[H/T [_Uproxx_](https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/rusev-macaulay-culkin-wrestlemania-match/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5202981/macaulay-culkin-wrestlemania-rusev/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5202981/macaulay-culkin-wrestlemania-rusev/"},"headline":"Macaulay Culkin Is Mainly Focusing on Wrestlemania and Podcasting in 2018","datePublished":"2018-03-16T17:43:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:26.878Z","description":"The movie star turned podcaster may be heading to the ring","url":"https://time.com/5202981/macaulay-culkin-wrestlemania-rusev/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf873103507b17ff6/6988b3867cdbac3e5dd56a2c/161220_grossing_homealone2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf873103507b17ff6/6988b3867cdbac3e5dd56a2c/161220_grossing_homealone2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"161220_Grossing_HomeAlone2","caption":"Home Alone 2","creditText":"MovieStillsDB","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5202981/macaulay-culkin-wrestlemania-rusev/","name":"Macaulay Culkin Is Mainly Focusing on Wrestlemania and Podcasting in 2018"}}]}] ```