Wrestling Six Packs: NFL Guys I Want to See in WWE

He could do the Austin 3:16 promo in reverse!
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Jim Ross, ever on the human resources warpath, spoke with the National Football League Players' Association about jobs in WWE should their NFL career not go the way they plan it. Wrestling has been an alternate career path for football players for as long as both have existed. The two-"sport" superstars include, but aren't limited to, Bill Goldberg, Big E. Langston, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Ladd, Ron Simmons, Titus O'Neil, and Angelo Mosca. Obviously, the stars of the NFL aren't going to go to wrestling en masse, but that won't stop me from ruminating on which ones I'd most like to see end up as active WWE competitors some day.

1. Tim Tebow

If you want a guy who embodies the phrase "Controversy Creates Cash," it's Tebow, a man who made a career in the NFL despite being generally awful at his position. It helps when your daddy has so much influence with the movers and shakers of America. Anyway, if wrestling is going to move into an era where there are no more heels or faces, but just cults of personality, then who better than Tebow to lead his army of evangelical fans against everyone else who just wants to see him get his ass kicked on a regular basis? I'd be shocked if Vince McMahon hasn't already had his people make at least two phone calls a day to the Tebow residence to see if he wants to abandon football and come work for him.

2. Terrell Brown

Brown hasn't even played a down yet, but he's drawn immense interest because he might just be the biggest person ever to play in the NFL. He's 6'10" and a whopping 403 lbs. of humanity. Wrestling has always been kind to giants, and Big Show is getting up there in years. He might be a natural for the squared circle if he doesn't end up proving everyone who thinks he's too big (and thus too immobile) to play offensive line in today's pro football.

3. Chris Kluwe

The outspoken former punter for the Minnesota Vikings is one of the most gifted wordsmiths who has ever played a down of football. If WWE ever wanted to reverse field and actually have a dude play a babyface who's not only charismatic but a decent person, then they would work on getting Kluwe to get his ass in gear and start a wrestling career. If all else fails? He'd be an EXCELLENT foil for Tebow.

4. Bart Scott

He can already cut a promo. That's half the battle, man. No matter how good he ends up being in the ring, he'd be an instant draw because of his ability to get under people's skins and rile up crowds. He's what we like to call "a natural."

5. Terrence "Mount" Cody

Not gonna lie, I have an extreme bias towards fat guys in my wrestling. The closest thing we have in the mainstream is Kevin Steen, and he's not really a "fat guy" as much as he's just an awesome wrestler who happens to have my body type rather than Chris Masters'. Mount Cody is a righteous inheritor for such thrill-inducing fat-guy moves like the corner avalanche, the Banzai Drop, and the Death from Above splash. And if all else fails on his mic skills, maybe Vince can lure Nick Saban away from Alabama to be his mic man.

6. Michael Vick

Hey, he's already got a ring name that WWE can purchase for the right price. Who wouldn't want to see Ron Mexico take on Daniel Bryan on WWE PPV, especially if Bryan gets to stretch him six ways to Sunday?