6 recently released WWE Superstars who have turned to acting

#2. Former WWE Superstar John Morrison

John Morrison first joined WWE in 2002 and spent nearly nine years in the company before leaving in 2011. Following his departure, the 42-year-old started pursuing an acting career.

Over the past decade, he has appeared in several movies and television shows, including Bullet Ride, Russel Maniac, and Space Command.

In an interview with The Sports Courier in 2013, the former ECW Champion disclosed that acting in action movies was one of his childhood dreams:

"Acting was something I'm interested in and I took some acting classes when I was younger. In high school I got into wrestling (...) then I realized a blend of performance and physicality was what I was interested in. And at the time, what I really wanted to do was action acting, the type of stuff that Jackie Chan did. He was my hero at the time. And I slowly realized that professional wrestling been closer to like what I wanted to do (...) It's been really fun to have the opportunity to do that and to do some of the action acting stuff that I've been wanting to do for really long," he said.

In 2019, Morrison returned to Vince McMahon's company. He spent another two years before WWE announced his release last November.

The former Intercontinental Champion will return to the ring next February to face El Hijo del Vikingo at Rey de Reyes in the main event for the AAA Mega Championship.

Meanwhile, Morrison recently participated in the television series Stellar People. Rumors have also suggested he will play a role in the upcoming movie The Chronicles of Rick Roll.

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