8 Wrestlers Who Did Better Things In Retirement

If you were going to pick one man from the Attitude era to impart his knowledge to the next generation of promising superstars, you probably wouldn't have plumped for Albert. The A-Train, whilst competent, was neither the period's most popular nor proficient grappler, even if he did enjoy moderate success under and largely thanks to the tutelage of the eye-catching Trish Stratus.

Though Bloom unquestionably seasoned his work during a late career break in Japan, you'd never have known it from the way WWE repackaged him as the reductive Lord Tensai on his return to the company in 2012. Two years later, having made the natural decline into the dancing big guy gimmick, Bloom called time on his in-ring work, and settled into a comfortable teaching position in the Performance Center.

When NXT Head Trainer Bill DeMott resigned following allegations about misconduct, Bloom was suddenly given a field promotion, his interim role swapped for the dean's office. It's not disrespectful to say he's accomplished more in his six years overseeing the training school than he ever did in his career. Under Bloom, Winter Park's field of buds have been able to do so, free from fear, as the brand has developed first into an indie finishing school and then a mainstream product competing for ratings supremacy every Wednesday night. Obviously this hasn't all been Albert's work, but he's had a pretty sizeable hand in the transformation.