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I wrestled Bill on a Monday Nitro in Milwaukee with Green Bay Packers players surrounding the ring. And it's still paying dividends to this day. Goldberg's undefeated streak, on that stage on the worldwide scale, will never be duplicated. Bill Goldbergįootball credentials: Atlanta Falcons, NT, 1992-94. Here are my top 10 wrestlers who played pro football, many of whom I was in the ring with myself: 1. So you won't find superstars such as Vader, The Rock or Brock Lesnar on my list. A lot of guys participated in NFL, USFL and CFL training camps who never made those leagues for various reasons. The rules ESPN gave me are these: Only guys who took snaps in professional games could be included. What other sport could give you a guy as big and rugged as Ron Simmons and a highflier such as Brian Pillman? It produces guys with speed, power and agility as well as guys of various sizes. I've been fortunate enough during my Hall of Fame in-ring career to come across a number of great athletes, but football obviously lends itself to the ring. Wrestling long has attracted great athletes from other sports, and I can tell you it is as popular in NFL locker rooms as football is in wrestling locker rooms.

I'm the third generation of my family in the wrestling business, and I've been a football fan ever since I can remember. Haha! Damn right I know wrestling and I know football. We want you to give us your top 10 pro wrestlers of all time who played professional football." "Double J, no one knows the wrestling business like you do, and we know you're a huge football fan. Ha-HA!ĮSPN reached out to me on the eve of WWE's SummerSlam and with NFL training camps in full swing to ask me about two of my favorite subjects: wrestling and football. That's J-E-double F, J-A-double R-E-double T, world's greatest singer, world's greatest wrestler and, today, world's greatest pro football writer.

Jeff Jarrett is a WWE Hall of Famer and third-generation wrestling promoter whom ESPN approached in the run-up to WWE SummerSlam on Saturday for his thoughts on pro football players who had success crossing over into pro wrestling. NFL, WWE, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons, Los Angeles Chargers, Chicago Bears WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett ranks the top 10 wrestlers who played pro football: Roman Reigns, Goldberg and more You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser