Posed shortly after winning the inaugural Diva Search .

By 2008, the landscape had changed. WWE launched its "PG Era" to attract family-friendly advertisers and secure the return of The Rock and John Cena for a broader audience. Playboy magazine, meanwhile, was suffering a massive decline due to free online adult content.

A: Yes, but not nude. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was featured in a 2002 issue as a "Playboy Interview," and John Cena appeared in a non-nude "Funny or Die" style sketch for the magazine's website in 2016, but never the main pictorial.

The first active Diva to pose; her April issue was one of the highest-selling in the magazine's history.

Would it work today? Absolutely not. But for better or worse, those glossy pages are a permanent part of wrestling history.

The connection between Playboy Magazine and WWE is a complex and multifaceted one, reflecting deeper cultural trends and desires. From the wrestlers who have appeared in the magazine to the crossover events and storylines that have blurred the lines between the two worlds, the intersection of sex and sports continues to fascinate and intrigue.

A: The back issues are collector’s items. WWE no longer sells them on their official shop. You can find scanned copies on secondary archive sites, but the official partnership ended in 2009.

WWE shifted toward family-friendly programming to attract broader advertisers and younger audiences.