10 WWE Wrestlers Who Came From Other Sports
8. Roman Reigns - Football
The fact that wrestling was essentially Roman Reigns' fall-back career after things didn't work out in football probably doesn't do his popularity among WWE fans many favours. The 32-year-old spent a season playing in the Canadian Football League for the Edmonton Eskimos in 2008, after failing to attract any interest south of the border in the annual NFL draft.
When he called it quits, Reigns soon after turned his attention to a career inside the squared circle - and, to be fair, coming from a family of professional wrestlers that includes The Rock and Yokozuna, you can't really say his heart's not in it.
The Big Dog wasn't a resounding success in football, but he's more than made up for it since joining WWE (whether you damn well like it or not).