10 Wrestlers You Didn't Know Were Bodybuilders

10. Hercules

Sound the trumpets, for the 'Mighty' Hercules is up first.

Ray Fernandez played the WWF's own Roman hero in the late-80s/early-90s, but he actually cut his teeth in bodybuilding first. Before launching his wrestling career in territories across Florida and Texas in 1981, Ray starred in several pictorials for various muscle magazines of the day.

Anyone who watched Herc go up against The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania IV might've spotted how much more cut Warrior was than him. That's likely down to Ray bulking up for wrestling and not dieting the same way he had in the bodybuilding world. Defined or not, he was still a big dude who's been largely forgotten by WWE.

Ray was also known for his 'Power & Glory' tag-team with Paul Roma before passing away in 2004. As well as posing for mag centrefolds, Herc also found the time to compete professionally in bodybuilding competitions. That all slowed down when he started wrestling.