10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 2 Facts
3. Jesse Ventura Left WWE Briefly Following The Show
In an attempt to garner better living wages and benefits in the wrestling world, Ventura had quietly spoken to his peers about the idea of unionizing. As Ventura would tell it, there was plenty of support for the idea until word got to McMahon himself, and many job-scared wrestlers scurried away from a potential union. Ventura, at an impasse with McMahon (one of many), temporarily exited WWE following the show, and headed for Hollywood.
With a focus on acting, Ventura was able to join the Screen Actors Guild, which provides him with health and retirement benefits, as long as he keeps his dues paid. "The Body" returned to the WWE fold later in 1986 (reportedly at the request of NBC, who relished having him on Saturday Night's Main Event), and no longer pursued a union in wrestling.
His reasoning: he got his benefits, and if the wrestlers were too scared to fight for themselves, that's not his problem.