10 Unsuccessful athletes that took their talent to the WWE

The Rock in the CFL

#1 The Rock

The most electrifying man in sports entertainment is now one of the highest earning actors on the planet! When Dwayne Johnson decided to leave WWE over a decade and a half ago to give his acting career a legitimate shot, very few would’ve thought The Rock would achieve the success he did.

The Rock was made for professional wrestling. His charisma, mic skills and his personality saw him become one of the most intriguing characters in WWE. With Steve Austin, The Rock created a rivalry that would go on to define the Attitude Era. However, all that wouldn’t have been possible had ‘The Brahma Bull’ realized his dream of becoming a football player.

Rocky Johnson, Dwayne Johnson’s father never wanted his son to follow in his footsteps. Instead, he wanted him to play in the NFL. Johnson went to the University of Miami on scholarship, and played defensive tackle, and he found himself on the Miami Hurricanes’s national championship team in ’91.

However, a knee injury, and a spot on the Calgary Stampeders’s practice squad brought Johnson’s hopes crashing to the ground. And when he was cut from the team, Dwayne decided to give professional wrestling a shot. And we all know how that turned out!