5 former WWE Superstars you may not know served in the U.S military

#4. Former WWE Superstar Steve Cutler

Steve Culter joined WWE in 2014 after spending two years wrestling in different promotions. Seven years before becoming a WWE Superstar, Cutler was in the military.

"I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged after four years of active duty, from November 2007 to November 2011. I proudly served this country as a Machine Gunner/0331 Infantry with Second Battalion 8th Marines Weapons Company. I was stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C," he told WWE.com.

The 34-year-old served in Afghanistan. In his interview with WWE.com, he confessed that he loved being on the front line. He also described how it felt being in a combat zone.

"I served at a time when the war in Iraq was transitioning back to Afghanistan. My time in the service is everything that I wanted to get out of it. I loved being on the front line. I know it sounds crazy, but why serve this country and not want to fight? (...) I served (in Afghanistan) from May to November of 2009 and then again from January to August of 2011 (...) There were a lot of good times and a lot of bad times. There are some things I’m not ready to speak publicly about and other things that just shouldn’t be talked about. But we made the most of what we had and turned it into good," he added.

Cutler spent nearly seven years in WWE, where he became part of the Forgotten Sons stable. However, WWE released him from his contract last February. He then started competing on the independent circuit. The 34-year-old joined Impact Wrestling last June.