10 WWE Superstars Who Ended Up With Surprising Jobs After Wrestling

3. Shawn Stasiak - Chiropractor

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The former Meat and Planet Stasiak had one of the stranger second generation careers in wrestling, with his father Stan winning the old WWWF Championship as a transitional holder in the 1970s creating a slightly false legacy.

Neither pressure or prestige, 'The Man' only really left memories for the people who saw him at the time, but when the son failed to get over even enough to take the temporary role of the father, he was deemed something of a missed opportunity.

Through runs in WWE and WCW between 1998 and 2002, Stasiak always at least looked great and clearly took care of himself despite the rigours of the road. He managed to harness those skills into a second life as a chiropractor, as revealed on his personal website and in a long and detailed "where are they now?" profile piece by WWE.com. As somebody always super-committed to taking some incredibly silly bumps, it's nice to think he's the perfect person to know how to deal with it.

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