5 Major stars you didn't know were close to signing with WWE

#1 Moose

Moose

There are many examples of wrestlers and WWE Superstars started their career as Football players and later became pro-wrestlers with the likes of Roman Reigns being a prime example. Quinn Ojinnaka is another such former American Football player who started his professional wrestling career in 2012. Before turning to this industry, he has played for teams like Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, and others.

During the early days of his training to become a professional wrestler, he attended the WWE training camps in 2012. Quinn joined Ring of Honor in 2014 and changed his ring name to Moose. After a couple of years, Moose left ROH and thus began the rumors of him coming to WWE.

Instead, he chose to join Impact Wrestling and made his debut for the promotion in July 2016. Throughout his stint with TNA/Impact Wrestling, Moose has been a two-time Impact Grand Champion and has competed against some of the top Superstars of the promotion including the likes of Eddie Edwards, EC3, Drew Galloway, and many others.

Recently, at Impact Wrestling's Rebellion brought back the old TNA World Heavyweight Championship title and declared himself the new champion after defeating Hernandez and Michael Elgin. It would be interesting to see where that storyline is headed!