5 WWE Superstars who almost quit wrestling

#1 Roderick Strong

A 17-year veteran, Roderick Strong is one of the most experienced Superstars in WWE’s system who is yet to make his main-roster debut. The Undisputed Era member spent 13 years in Ring of Honor, starting in 2003, but he almost quit wrestling before he got the call from Gabe Sapolsky to attend a tryout with the company.

The former NXT Tag Team champion said on Edge & Christian’s Pod of Awesomeness (quotes via Fightful):

“For me, the craziest part of that is that there’s a buddy of mine that I was helping teach wrestling to and I told him, 'Ah man, I just don’t really know. I think by the end of 2003, if I don’t make it to Ring of Honor, I think I’m just going to quit' … and legit, 20 minutes later, I got a call from Gabe Sapolsky saying, 'Hey, can you make this date?' I was like, 'Yup', and it was my tryout and I was like, 'Sure, yeah, let's go.' Little did I know, 13 years later I’d still be working there. It’s crazy.”