Posted May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667451 Eduard Carpentier transitioned from being an Olympic gymnast to a pro wrestler. Gymnastics to pro wrestling is a road not often traveled. What are some other unusual paths taken by guys who became wrestlers or otherwise involved in the game?
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667458 Inoki was a track-and-field athlete; he probably would have never wrestled had Rikidozan not recruited him. I can't think of too many similar athletes transitioning to wrestling.
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667460 The first one I thought of was Sam Sheppard, the physician who was convicted of murdering his wife and was the basis for The Fugitive. Even though he was later acquitted, he had trouble returning to medicine. He married George Strickland's daughter, and Strickland trained Sheppard and booked him as "The Killer" to capitalize on his notoriety. He wrestled a few dozen matches in the early 70s until his death. Famously, he invented the mandible claw using his knowledge of anatomy.
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667462 Ricki Starr was a ballet dancer Jerry Lawler got in through his drawing ability.
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667469 Sooo, was the story about Afa and Sika true in San Francisco? (Them always charging the ring, so they began training them to be wrestlers because they feared them so much). In Southwest, Terry Daniels answered Adrian Adonis' open challenge and fought him to a draw. They began training him after his impressive showing. Terry Garvin was a hair stylist in Nashville that would cut the boys hair. Dundee ended up training him.
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667472 DDP was the first guy I thought of. Really odd to think of where he was, getting in the game late and then becoming a star. I almost want to say Dario Cueto, but that's just good casting.
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667493 In more recent times, Enzo Amore get signed to WWE, without any prior experience, based on a video audition tape that Triple H's personal trainer gave to Hunter.
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667525 Kevin Nash was a bouncer at a strip club Joanie Laurer was selling beepers when HHH and Shawn Michaels met her
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667539 DDP first tried wrestling in like 1979 though, but only had a few matches. Then he took several years off in the night club business before getting back in with managing and commentating. Then he tried working again and took off.
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667542 Vince Russo. Video store owner to WWF head writer within a couple of years.
May 7, 201510 yr comment_5667545 Vince Russo. Video store owner to WWF head writer within a couple of years. You can probably add Bischoff in this as well (how quick he rose)
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