{"id":49789,"date":"2019-07-03T10:15:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=49789"},"modified":"2019-07-05T11:56:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:56:13","slug":"if-wrestlers-played-other-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/07\/03\/if-wrestlers-played-other-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"If Wrestlers Played Other Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now, we know what you\u2019re thinking, and yes, wrestlers have played other sports. There\u2019s The Rock with his college football career, CM Punk and his on\/off love affair with MMA<\/a>, and, of course, Macho Man Randy Savage and his early life spent in Minor League Baseball. That\u2019s all well and good, but what we\u2019re talking about today is the sports we\u2019d like to see wrestlers play for the pure fun of it. We don\u2019t necessarily want to see them win at the sport or even play well; we only want to have our laughs, that\u2019s all. Poker, table tennis, even snooker; these are the sports that we\u2019d love to see our favorite wrestlers playing.<\/p>\n

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The Undertaker \u2013 Snooker <\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s quiet, he\u2019s moody, and he\u2019s got a death stare that would put anyone off their game. Yes, The Undertaker would look like a grim opponent at the snooker table. We know, snooker is a boring old game at the best of times, but how great would it be to watch the man mountain that is The Undertaker try to deftly stroke the cue ball without putting it right through the cloth on the table. Or breaking it altogether.<\/p>\n

Would he have the patience to sit there while his opponent took a decade or so to take a shot? Possibly not, but then anyone who tried to play him would be seriously intimidated by that stare and look to get their time at the table over and done with as quickly as possible. Now, all we need is a commentator that speaks above a whisper, and snooker might become interesting.<\/p>\n

Hulk Hogan \u2013 Poker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Look at that poker face!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the most important aspects of poker psychology<\/a> is to learn to be a great loser, and we have to say, there are few wrestlers that fit this bill. John Cena would be the obvious exception to the rule, but where\u2019s the fun in that. He\u2019d be far too calm at the poker table for anything fun to happen. In fact, he\u2019d be so cool, calm and collected that he\u2019d probably win.<\/p>\n

Nope, we\u2019re going for one of the sorest losers of all time, Hulk Hogan. The man who Chris Hemsworth will supposedly play in a biopic<\/a> would be the worst poker player ever. He could never handle being on the wrong end of a decision, and we\u2019d love to see him flip a poker table at the World Series of Poker. Imagine he loses and takes the chair he\u2019s sitting on to smash the table and send poker chips flying. It would be nothing short of incredible TV viewing. Can someone please<\/em> make it happen?<\/p>\n

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Big Show \u2013 Table Tennis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right as you may have guessed, we\u2019re going for total comedic value in each of these suggestions. It\u2019s between badminton and table tennis for the Big Show, but the badminton court is too big, and the racket way too big. So, table tennis wins.<\/p>\n

Now, if you\u2019ve ever met the man himself or seen him up close, you\u2019ll know that the Big Show has hands the size of Thanksgiving turkeys. Imagine for a second, if you will, those huge hands trying to grasp a flimsy little paddle while trying to hit a ball flying at the speed of light. It\u2019s enough to bring a smile to even Vince McMahon\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

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Stone Cold Steve Austin \u2013 Chess <\/strong><\/p>\n

The man with a lot to say for himself has recently heard he\u2019s getting his own chat show, and we can\u2019t wait to watch. But you know what else we\u2019d watch: Stone Cold at a chess board with Garry Kasparov. He\u2019s one of the greatest chess players of all time in case you were wondering.<\/p>\n

Anyway, we all know Austin is a smart guy, but patience is not one of his strengths. And watching him try to keep his temper under lock and key would be as hilarious as watching Hulk try to keep that poker face. He might have the smarts to play but waiting for his opponent to move would drive him crazy. Now, chess boxing<\/a>, on the other hand, might be more his style.<\/p>\n

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The Rock \u2013 Figure Skating<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But could he do it on ice?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This one is another one where we couldn\u2019t decide between two sports. The choices were ballroom dancing and figure skating but considering that all those \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d shows prove that anyone can dance, we thought we\u2019d give The Rock a bit of a challenge. Put The Rock on a dance floor, and he\u2019d probably ace it. Ice, though, is an entirely different ball game.<\/p>\n

Ah, how good would he look in one of those one-piece outfits with tassels and sequins? It would be like taking a trip back to the WWF in the early \u201880s. The Rock is, of course, a multitalented guy, but can he dance on ice? We think not. It would be great to see him try something and fail once. You know what though? He\u2019d probably nail it to make us all look stupid.<\/p>\n

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Any Wrestler \u2013 Dodgeball <\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is one sport that wrestlers would be either amazing or terrible at playing. If Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn taught us anything, it\u2019s that dodgeball takes agility, speed and a throwing arm that would make Tom Brady jealous. Agility and power are simple enough, but speed could be the kicker for some wrestlers.<\/p>\n

We like to think that most of our favorite wrestlers would be pretty darn good at dodgeball. We can imagine our dream team. Is there room for a hybrid dodgeball\/Royal Rumble? Now, that would be the stuff of dreams.<\/p>\n

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So, have we missed any obvious ones? Paige playing tennis or perhaps Triple H doing a spot of Olympic walking? While we had a little fun here, wrestlers are trained athletes, so the chances are they\u2019d probably do quite well at anything you throw their way. Except for the Hulk and poker, though. That\u2019s never going to work out. Or could it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now, we know what you\u2019re thinking, and yes, wrestlers have played other sports. There\u2019s The Rock with his college football career, CM Punk and his on\/off love affair with MMA, and, of course, Macho Man Randy Savage and his early life spent in Minor League Baseball. That\u2019s all well and good, but what we\u2019re talking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1675,"featured_media":49790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[629,587,550,297,47],"class_list":["post-49789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-universe","tag-stone-cold-steve-austin","tag-hulk-hogan","tag-the-rock","tag-the-undertaker","tag-wwe"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1675"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}