WWE & NFL partnering up to garner new WWE Talent

[Crayo]

Dwayne Johnson unsuccessfully attempted to play pro football well before anyone smelled what “The Rock”was cooking in pro wrestling.

WWE is interested in trying to recreate that same show-business magic with NFL players passionate about the rough-and-tumble world of “sports entertainment.”

Jim Ross, a WWE announcer who now assists with the company’s talent-development program, is meeting Wednesday with NFL Players Association officials in Washington, D.C. Ross hopes to develop a working relationship that could lead to the NFLPA funneling players whose football aspirations have ended toward a WWE tryout.

“Everybody doesn’t make the 53-man roster,” Ross told co-host Jim Miller and me Tuesday night on SiriusXM NFL Radio.

“Some guys are going to be looking for work, and we’ve got some job openings. Maybe we can put the synergies of those two entities together and create something wonderful some day.”

Pro wrestling has a long history of athletes who have made a successful transition from other sports. Johnson, who was a defensive lineman at the University of Miami, had a brief stint in the Canadian Football League before following in the footsteps of his father, Rocky Johnson, by signing with WWE in the mid-1990s.


Other current WWE superstars with backgrounds from other sports include John Cena (college football), The Undertaker (college basketball) and Brock Lesnar (amateur wrestling).

WWE has made a significant investment in trying to develop younger talent that can follow in the footsteps of those legends. The company recently announced plans to build a 26,000 square-foot training center in Orlando, Fla., where its developmental program will be based.

 

[seabs]

Can't be a bad thing to look at them.

 

[Jeremy]

John Cena vs Tim Tebow at Wrestlemania 30. Make it happen Vince.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Football players are great athletes and this isn't a bad idea on paper. Just a matter of finding the right guys. Guys who are athletic and have the personality to be a wrestler, and not just huge guys that have the look.

 

[Danielson]

Sign up Jeremy Shockey. I'd love to see that dude in ring lol.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Sign up Jeremy Shockey. I'd love to see that dude in ring lol.

Haha good shout. Good look if he grows out his long blonde hair, tattoos and build. Good personality. Seems like a good fit. Plus he is all but out of the league at this point as well.

Do it, Vince

 

[Super Saiyan Goku]

I LIKE IF SEE BRETT FAVRE ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW! THAT WOULD BE EPIC!

 

[Aids Johnson]

I LIKE IF SEE BRETT FAVRE ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW! THAT WOULD BE EPIC!

Fuck Favre.

 

[Super Saiyan Goku]

Fuck Favre.

OH HELL NO! :gtfo: BRETT FAVRE IS THE BEST QB EVER!

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

OH HELL NO! :gtfo: BRETT FAVRE IS THE BEST QB EVER!

At throwing interceptions.

 

[Super Saiyan Goku]

At throwing interceptions.

BEST AT THROWING TD!

 

[Swift]

Rodgers > Favre

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Rodgers > Favre

 

[Danielson]

Fun Fact: Brett Favre's last pass as a packer was to Corey Webster, DB of the NY giants, in the NFC championship game, IN overtime to set up the game winning FG. HAIL FAVRE!

 

[Aids Johnson]

OH HELL NO! :gtfo: BRETT FAVRE IS THE BEST QB EVER!

Now go fuck yourself, you out of state band wagoner.