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Entertainment and sports are considered to be a young man’s/woman’s game. The latter demands a lot of physical work and extraordinary athleticism. Wrestlers dedicate their bodies for love of the game to earn money and fame.
They also go into retirement or semi-retirement due to several reasons. Some of them choose acting as a career option like The Rock or Batista. Few of them stay in the fitness industry and become physical trainers like Diamond Dallas Page or Torrie Wilson. Other former wrestlers have become commentator or TV producer like Booker T and Road Dogg respectively.
We have discussed six wrestlers who took up jobs you would not believe, post their retirement from the world of wrestling.
#6 Mideon - Chef
Before being a wrestler, Dennis Knight was a football player. He joined WCW in the early 1990s and WWE in 1996. Known as Phineas I in the tag team of The Godwinns, he joined the Ministry of Darkness as Mideon.
Soon, he realized this was not his calling. He left the world of wrestling and became a chef. Knight is now a businessman and owns a catering company, Dennis Knight Catering in the Tampa area.
#5 Adam Bomb - Actor
Bryan Clark was a huge figure, 6’6” tall and weighing 290 lbs - a perfect wrestler fitting the taste of Vince McMahon. He was burdened with a gimmick called Adam Bomb when he joined WWE in 1993. Bomb had a red tongue and green contact lenses and was projected as someone who escaped the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster in Harrisburg, PA.
He retired in 2003 due to injuries and soon turned his attention to Hollywood. He emerged as an actor in the film Axeman 2: Overkill as the title character.
#4 Santino Marella – TV Analyst
The Canadian-born Santino Marella plied his trade in the indies and even tried his hand in MMA before joining WWE in 2005. The Wrestling Observer awarded him as having the best wrestling gimmick in 2007 and 2008. He won the US title once, the Intercontinental title twice, and was a one-time tag team champion.
Marella suffered neck injury and was forced to retire from wrestling and joined MMA as a trainer. He also served as a judo instructor. Later, Marella was hired as an analyst in Sportsnet 360 Aftermath.
#3 Spike Dudley – Financial Planner
Spike Dudley was a regular in ECW and everyone's favorite little man in wrestling history. His three-quarters facelock bulldog maneuver was one of the best finishers in wrestling. He won the European, Cruiserweight, Hardcore, and Tag Team Championships during his time in WWE. Later, Dudley moved to TNA where he fought some matches.
Currently, he works as a financial planner with MassMutual, helping people with taxes, college, and retirement. Dudley also helps current and former wrestlers in financial planning to help ease their transition from ring to other careers. In his leisure time, he wrestles on the indie circuit with his former ECW counterparts.
#2 Monty Brown – Personal Trainer
Monty Brown was a known athlete before he entered the wrestling circuit. He played in Super Bowl XXVIII for the Buffalo Bills. Brown joined New England to live closer to WWE’s headquarters in Connecticut. Once he retired from the NFL, he joined TNA where he fought for a few years. He joined WWE in 2006 as “The Alpha Male” Marcus Cor Von.
His stint in wrestling was uneventful, so he retired early to become a personal trainer. Brown started working in his hometown in Michigan where he trains budding bodybuilders and wrestlers. He follows the budding wrestlers quite closely on WWE.
#1 The Patriot – Car Salesman
The Patriot had the best All-American gimmick before Kurt Angle came into the scene. He wrestled Kevin Hart for the World Heavyweight Championship. He retired from professional wrestling due to his torn triceps. Post his retirement, The Patriot admitted he used steroids in his 10-year long career and even during his college football days.
He relocated to South Carolina and started working as a car salesman for a Nissan dealer. He has also launched an e-commerce website to sell customized memorabilia from The Patriot.
