7 Stars Who Became Too Big For WWE

Being a WWE star is great, but these people were able to make it on their own too.

The wrestling business is great for the people in it, but it's not easy. The schedule is grueling, the travel never really stops and you sometime forget what "home" is because you're almost never there. As much as some people love being in the wrestling business, they also try to get out of it too. In some cases, when they try to get out of it they become very successful and reach a point in their lives where they really don't need WWE anymore. Those are the people we're going to look at today. There aren't that many people that became so successful doing something else that they became too big for WWE, but those that are have become household names for one reason or another. It's not easy for wrestlers to make it in movies or other forms of entertainment. When you're a wrestler you are typecast as that and people aren't open to the idea of them doing something else. Some people have opened doors, though. Perhaps a guy like CM Punk might be on a list like this one day, but for now he hasn't moved on to the next career phase of his life. We don't know if he's going to be successful without WWE or if he's just content in this retirement of his. Here's a look at seven WWE stars who became too big for the company that helped make them famous.
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