10 Wrestlers Who Flirted With Other Careers (And Then Came Back)

Before becoming a professional wrestler, Lex Luger was a relatively successful football player in the CFL and the United States Football League. But during his career as a wrestler, Lex took a spell out to try his hand at bodybuilding.

For those who think that the first incarnation of the XFL was the first offshoot company of Vince McMahon's to tank and collapse in on itself, you're not aware of the World Bodybuilding Federation. The WBF was McMahon's way of getting tight in the pants over the bodybuilding world, and Lex Luger was signed to the promotion as a co-host, a star attraction, and was even given Bobby Heenan as his pseudo manager.

Sadly for Lex, a motorcycle accident put him on the shelf for a spell and the WBF had actually gone out of business by the time he was ready to return to action.

With Luger already having been WCW World Heavyweight Champion, it didn't take a genius to switch Lex from the WBF to the WWF. And upon doing so, the 'Narcissist was born and Lex Luger was well and truly back in the pro wrestling game.