10 WWE Wrestlers Who Came From Other Sports

Many non-US fans watched WrestleMania 33's Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal wondering why the camera kept panning to an apparently-famous face at ringside. Explanation: the famous face was that of Rob Gronkowski, a tight end for the American Patriots, who was there supporting friend and fellow football player Mojo Rawley.

Mojo's career on the field didn't reach the same heights, but there was at least a brief time when WWE's hype bro - a college player of considerable repute - could say he was a part of the National Football League. He spent a year on the books of the Green Bay Packers and then the Arizona Cardinals before being cut after suffering an injury. That was in 2010 - two years before he began training for a career in the squared circle.