The most powerful sports league in the United States and the most impactful sports entertainment company in the world. The NFL and WWE have things in common which make them successful and even have “Exchanged” talent for years, with quadrilateral superstars as Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, John Cena and The Rock having proved the ferocity of American football.
In a constant quest to have the best talent available within its ranks, Vince McMahon’s company has turned to athletes from other disciplines in an effort to improve the show for the audience. Strength, dexterity, agility and endurance are qualities required in the NFL to stand out, as in a WWE, Which is why the synergy of these sports monsters has common names worthy of the Hall of Fame.
WWE fighters who played in the NFL
- Brock Lesnar: One of the top attractions in the history of sports entertainment and he also brought his talent to the UFC. In his school years, The beast the helmet was put on and its first stage with WWE finished in 2004 because it was tried in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings.
- The stone: The highest paid actor in the world played in the University of Miami as a defensive wing, for his dream of reaching professionalism he never crystallized. In financial failure, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather to train as a wrestler and the world of entertainment in the ring and on the big screen was never the same.
- Roman reigns: The head of the table is destined to be the next legend of the company, but before reaching the top level in WWE he was part of the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars as part of the defensive teams.
- John Cena: Life has taken him to Hollywood to star in successful films, but for a decade and a half he was the most well-known face of WWE on the planet. What few know is that La Marina came to be selected as All-American in NCAA Division III, In the center position on the team Springfield College and Massachusetts.
- Goldberg: The man with the Lance most devastating in history acquired brute force with American football because played in the NFL between 1992 and 1994 with Atlanta Falcons. And he “went back to the grills” for the film The longest courtyard alongside other fighters such as Kevin Nash, The Great Kahli and Stone Cold Steve Austin, starring Adam Sandler.
Among some of the active WWE superstars who went through the National Football League are: Mojo Rawley, Who was hired by the Green Bay Packers, then joined the Arizona Cardinals in 2010; Baron Corbin as an offensive lineman for the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals; Titus O’Neil, Whom an injury prevented him from playing for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but played in the Arena Football League.
NFL players who appeared in WWE
In this back-and-forth relationship, we’ve also seen American football stars get involved with wrestling. recently it was Rob Gronkowski as host of WrestleMania 36 and even held the Championship 24/7, though his seed was planted long before in the 33rd edition of the Showcase of the Immortals, when he got into the ring to attack Jinder Mahal.
Long before Gronkowski they were William Perry and Lawrence Taylor, One of the best and most feared defenders in history. The Refrigerator was at WrestleMania II within a Royal Battle and the second was measured in an official fight at Bam Bam Bigelow at WrestleMania XI.
In addition, we’ve seen other NFL stars show off their fanaticism for World Wrestling Entertainment, recalling Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews showing the then World Heavyweight Championship during its celebration by Super Bowl XLV.
NFL stadiums as the headquarters of WrestleMania
I WrestleMania is called the Super Bowl of Wrestling it’s because of the size of the event, the names that come together and the high demand for tickets to be present once a year as the gladiators make history between 12 strings.
The third edition of the Show WWE shows in 1987 she was the first to perform in a NFL stadium, Today Pontiac Silverdome of Detroit, Where more than 93 thousand people set an attendance record that was broken until 2016 in the Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium, With more than 101,000 fans.
Atlanta, New York, Phoenix, Miami and New Orleans are other cities with NFL franchises that have put their properties at the service of the maximum Extravaganza of sports entertainment and this 2021 it’s the turn of Tampa Bay, At the Raymond James Stadium of the Buccaneers champions, to host WrestleMania for the first time, in its 37th edition.
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