When Pop Culture Enters the Ring
At Little Cult, we spend a lot of time making great clothes. They’re soft, they wash well, they last. That’s the serious part.
The designs? Not so serious.
This is Little Cult x Champions — fourteen pop culture icons reimagined as wrestlers. A mash-up nobody asked for. A crossover with absolutely no chance of going viral. Which of course meant we had to do it.
Because kids love ridiculous ideas. For every dumb mash-up they come up with, we’ll go one louder. If it sounds insane, it’s probably in this range. If it makes you roll your eyes, we’re already printing it.
Why Wrestling?
Because wrestling is already ridiculous.
It’s theatre in spandex. People yelling into microphones, ripping shirts off, flexing, pretending to hit each other while the crowd screams along. Kids understand it instantly. Parents remember it. And we thought: sure, let’s add Barbie, Harry Potter and Messi into that chaos.
Rules of the Roster
We tried a few ideas that bombed. Pure cartoon characters just looked flat. So we set some rules.
Every Champion has to be a real person, or played by a real actor. That way the parody has a face you know. They have to be instantly recognisable to kids. They need quirks we can turn into costumes, gimmicks, and dumb belt icons. And they all need finishing moves that sound like they were named at 2am after too much sugar.
That’s how we ended up with this line-up. Some names kids already love from shows and films — Wednesday, Barbie, Harry Potter, Moana, Eleven, Jack Sparrow, the Wicked Witches. Some that kids can’t escape right now — Taylor Swift, Messi, Ronaldo, MrBeast, Zendaya. Plus Pedro Pascal in spandex and the Wrexham owners as a dragon tag team. Fourteen Champions no one needed, now in one collection.
Meet the Champions
The Undertween
inspired by Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
She doesn’t talk, doesn’t smile, doesn’t care. Black singlet, white collar, skull belt. Her finisher is the Sarcasm Slam — sidestep, sigh, braid flick, pin. You didn’t want Wednesday as a wrestler. Neither did she. Which is exactly why she’s here.
Plastic Fantastic
inspired by Margot Robbie as Barbie
From Malibu to the mat. Pink glitter singlet, feather boa, diamond belt, ponytail so big it should have its own postcode. Her finisher is The Malibu Drop. She poses, she preens, then she flattens you. Plastic, fantastic, and completely unnecessary.
High Tide
inspired by Auliʻi Cravalho as Moana
She conquered the ocean, now she conquers turnbuckles. Blue singlet, seashell belt, tribal waves all over. Finisher: The Tsunami Takedown. Because what Moana really needed was a top-rope splash.
The Wizard
inspired by Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
The scar, the glasses, the cape. And now, a singlet. Belt has a cartoon lightning bolt. Finisher: The Expelliarmus Elbow. Yes, we know it’s dumb. Yes, we did it anyway.
Captain Jacked
inspired by Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
A drunk pirate staggers into a ring with a rum bottle and somehow leaves champion. Finisher: The Rum Punch. Is it wrestling? Is it theatre? Is it karaoke night? Who cares.
The Tele-Kid
inspired by Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven
Neon singlet, buzzcut, fake nosebleed. She points, you fall. Finisher: The Mind Breaker. Stranger Things fans will nod. Everyone else will just ask why this exists.
Wicked Witches
inspired by Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba & Ariana Grande as Glinda
One’s green, one’s pink. One broods, one sparkles. Together they hit the Defy Gravity Slam. Broadway purists, look away now.
Mr. Stretch
inspired by Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards
Pedro Pascal in spandex. Blue singlet warped with “4” logos. Infinity belt. Finisher: The Stretch Lock. This one’s less Marvel, more mid-life crisis.
The Heartbreaker
inspired by Taylor Swift
Silver singlet, rhinestone cape, broken-heart belt. Finisher: The Break-Up Ballad. Swifties will scream. Dads will sigh. That’s balance.
Leo Mysterio
inspired by Lionel Messi
Short, stocky, Argentina-blue singlet, golden boot belt. Finisher: The Nutmeg Knockout. Messi never asked for this. Your kid did.
SIU
inspired by Cristiano Ronaldo
White and gold singlet, cape, smug grin, trophy belt. Finisher: The Airborne Ego. He yells “Siu” every five minutes. Even in cartoon form, he can’t help himself.
Half A Billion Dollar Man
inspired by MrBeast
Tuxedo-style singlet covered in dollar signs. Cash belt. Finisher: The Giveaway Guillotine. It’s basically the Million Dollar Man rebooted for YouTube kids. And yes, it’s ridiculous.
High Flyer
inspired by Zendaya
Purple singlet, winged boots, spotlight belt. Always mid-air. Finisher: The Stunt Double. Because Zendaya wasn’t busy enough.
The Dragons
inspired by Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney as Wrexham owners
One in red, one in green. Dragon scales, dragon claws, dragon belts. They hold a football, wave a scarf, hit The Dragon’s Breath. From football owners to tag team champs. Why not.
The Style
Every design is built the same way. Big vinyl-toy heads, small wrestler bodies, bold flat colours, chunky outlines, dumb belt icons. No logos, no text. Just high-quality shirts with low-quality ideas.
The Bell Has Rung
That’s Season 1. Fourteen mash-ups that make no sense. A moody goth. A drunk pirate. A YouTuber in a money jacket. Two Hollywood owners breathing fire.
For kids, it’s obvious. For parents, it’s a smirk, a shake of the head, maybe a muttered “why would anyone do this?”That’s exactly the point.
We’ll never say it works. We’ll just say it’s ridiculous. And that’s enough.
The bell has rung. Who’s your Champion?
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