5 current top WWE Superstars who initially didn't want to become wrestlers

#4. WWE legend Randy Orton

Randy Orton is one of the greatest superstars in WWE history. The 14-time world champion joined Vince McMahon's company in 2001 and has been an active professional wrestler for more than two decades. However, being an in-ring performer was not Orton's first career option. Instead, it was his last.

Before becoming a WWE Superstar, The Viper enlisted with the United States Marines. Nevertheless, he received a bad conduct discharge in 1999. Later that same year, Orton began working at a gas station. He then started thinking about following in his father's footsteps and becoming a professional wrestler.

In an interview with the Kurt Angle Show, the 41-year-old revealed that wrestling was his last career option at the time after already exhausting all his other options.

"I came home one day, and I was like, 'Dad, I’m working mid-night at this gas station. I’m gonna be 20 next year, I wanna try and be a professional wrestler. I wanna give it a shot.' (...) I didn’t realise back then how much hard work some of these guys that I know now, consider close friends, how hard these guys have worked to get what they are. I just had to ask my dad to pick up the phone (...) They flew me up and were giving me a… it was like a $250 a week contract to start to train to become a professional wrestler. So it was really I exhausted all my options that I allowed myself to have at that point in life," he said.

Despite this, Orton has become a legend in the wrestling industry. He is currently active on Monday Night RAW.