10 Unsuccessful athletes that took their talent to the WWE

Lex Luger

#6 Lex Luger

The man who was tipped to become WWE’s biggest star in the early 90s, only to fade away into the bowels of mediocrity and obscurity, wouldn’t have even become a professional wrestler, if it wasn’t for an injury!

To put things into context, Lex played as an offensive guard for Penn State and University of Miami. However, the future United States Champion had a hard time staying out of trouble, and was kicked out of the team. Luger then decided to join the Canadian Football League, playing for the Montreal Alouettes, before being picked up by the Green Bay Packers.

Unfortunately, Lex picked up a groin injury during the training camp, and never played for the Packers. Instead, he had to spend an entire season on the team’s injured reserve list, and was released before ever taking the field for the team. Luger was later signed by USFL’s Tampa Bay Bandits, Memphis Showboats and Jacksonville Bulls, but it was fairly obvious that Luger’s opportunity to make it big in football was long gone.

Lex then met Bob Roop, and immediately decided to make the jump to professional wrestling.