Brock Lesnar, The Rock, Roman Reigns: Former WWE Champion’s forgotten careers in NFL

Brock Lesnar, The Rock, Roman Reigns and several other WWE Superstars also tested their game in the world of American Football with the NFL.

WWE often looks to bring in athletes from other worlds, with many of the current WWE roster being former boxers, gymnasts and mixed martial artists.

Another sport in which former WWE Superstars tend to come from is the NFL, with many of WWE’s premier athletes starting out their careers by playing American Football.

WWE decided to show off some of its former footballers last night, ahead of the Super Bowl LVI being the Bengals and the Rams.

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First up is Roman Reigns, with the reigning Universal Champion signing with the Minnesota Vikings in May 2007 after going undrafted in that year’s NFL draft.

Unfortunately, Reigns was diagnosed with leukaemia after undergoing his physical exam, and was released by the Vikings later that month.

Reigns then signed for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but was released after just one week. The following year, he signed for the Edmonton Eskimos in the CFL, before retiring that year.

Reigns’ WrestleMania 38 opponent, former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar, tried his hands at the NFL in between his two stints with WWE.

Brock Lesnar left WWE in 2004 after WrestleMania XX to pursue a career in the NFL, despite not playing football during his college days.

Lesnar trained with the Minnesota Vikings in June 2004, signing with them the following month, playing several preseason games for the team.

However, the former WWE Champion was released by the Vikings in August, rejecting an invitation from the team to play as a representative in the NFL Europa.

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