Ben Stiller Responds to Kris Statlander's Zoolander Tribute at AEW All Out

09/05/2023 12:29 pm EDT

Professional wrestlers have been paying tribute to the greater pop culture world for decades. Luchadors like Rey Mysterio and Pentagon Jr. regularly don comic book-inspired ring gear, as either man have rocked characters like Wolverine, Joker, and Venom during their matches. Former WWE Women's Champions Alexa Bliss and Liv Morgan have woven elements of Harley Quinn into their attires. IWGP United Kingdom Champion Will Ospreay has long borrowed from the Assassin's Creed franchise for his in-ring uniform. While franchise-based characters are typically what wrestlers turn to, some squared circle competitors look outside the IP sandbox for gear-based homages.

Kris Statlander Rocks Zoolander-Inspired Gear

The AEW TBS Champion did her best blue steel at AEW All Out.

Kris Statlander paid tribute to Zoolander at this past weekend's pay-per-view, donning gear inspired by Ben Stiller's titular male model from the 2001 hit comedy.

Stiller responded to the tribute on Twitter shortly after.

Statlander went on to successfully defend her AEW TBS Championship against Ruby Soho, continuing her title reign that began this past May when she pinned the previously-undefeated Jade Cargill to capture the gold. Statlander's current run is quite the comeback story, as she has missed close to half her AEW tenure due to two separate leg injuries.

As of this writing, Statlander has nine successful AEW TBS Championship defenses to her name. She has beat the likes of Taya Valkyrie, Anna Jay, Lady Frost and Mercedes Martinez over the past three months. Statlander goes into this Wednesday's AEW Dynamite without a clear next challenger.

Full results for this past Sunday's AEW All Out can be seen below...

AEW All Out 2023 Results

• (Zero Hour) Over Budget Battle Royale: Hangman Page def. field
• (Zero Hour) Hikaru Shida, Willow Nightingale and Skye Blue def. Athena, Mercedes Martinez and Diamante 
• (Zero Hour) AEW World Trios Championships: The Acclaimed (c) def. Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh and Jay Lethal
• ROH World Tag Team Championships: MJF and Adam Cole (c) def. The Dark Order
• ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe (c) def. Shane Taylor
• AEW TNT Championship: Luchasaurus (c) def. Darby Allin
• Miro def. Powerhouse Hobbs
• AEW TBS Championship: Kris Statlander (c) def. Ruby Soho
• Strap Match: Bryan Danielson def. Ricky Starks
• Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta def. Eddie Kingston and Katsuyori Shibata
• Konosuke Takeshita def. Kenny Omega 
• Bullet Club Gold def. Young Bucks and FTR
• AEW International Championship: Jon Moxley def. Orange Cassidy (c)

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