8 Big Name MMA Fighters Who Tried Out Pro Wrestling

7. Rampage Jackson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2je6ONeTH2E As mentioned, Rampage Jackson signed on with TNA in 2013 as well, getting into Kurt Angle's face initially and feuding with Aces and Eights. In an odd bit of booking, it was Rampage who originally brought Ortiz into the TNA storyline, recruiting him to replace Angle in a match against Aces and Eights. That set Ortiz up to "betray" Jackson in the aforementioned hammer incident. Really, though. Come on. You expect a guy you're fighting in a match on PPV a couple months later in an MMA fight not to betray you? The most gullible wrestling mark would see that one coming. Unlike Ortiz, Jackson actually managed to get into a match in TNA, in a 5-man tag match on August 22nd, 2013. However Jackson was announced as "removed from programming" to prep for his Bellator PPV fight, which would fall apart due to Tito's neck injury. He hasn't been seen in TNA since, but unlike Tito Ortiz, his profile remains on the Impact Wrestling website. He does have the perfect wrestling persona, with the chains and the wolf howl - so maybe he can still make a wrestling run work.