8 Pro Football Players who became WWE Superstars

#1 The Rock

Can you smell that?

From being “The People’s Champion”, to being a Hollywood A-lister, The Rock has done it all. He’s enjoyed immense success in the WWE, which gave rise to his name and his other talents. Even today fans expect him to make one-off appearances which draw a huge pop from the crowd.

The Rock was a defensive end at the University of Miami which led him to the Canadian Football League where he played for the Calgary Stampeders. Later on, The Rock decided it was time to hang up his football boots and put on his wrestling boots to follow the career of his father and grandfather.