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Got the idea from Page2 on ESPN.Com

 

Who either has or do you think would excel athletically outside of the ring.

 

Ric Flair-great endurance in the ring, amateur wrestling background, and football player at Minnesota. Not this is Flair in his younger days.

 

Kurt Angle-collegiate, and gold medal amateur, likely excelled in numerous sports in high school.

 

Brock Lesnar-collegiate champion, great agility, quickness for a man his size. Know plans on holding a tryout for NFL teams.

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I remember Kurt Angle said in his book that Benoit could have been a world class amateur wrestler with the right training.

 

The Rock was a football player, wasn't he? He seems like the kinda guy who could do most sports well anyway.

Guest The Masked Avenger
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-Verne Gagne was a very successful amateur wrestler

-Bad News Allen/Brown was an Olympic Judo medalist (forget which medal)

-Angle, obviously

-I seem to recall that Benoit held some Canadian body building title?

-Mark Henry, while a shitty wrestler, is undoubtedly a great athlete

 

-TMA

Guest Stunt Granny
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Kevin Nash played basketball in high school. Can't beat that.

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I could be wrong, but isn't there a weightlifting lift named after RVD?

 

Also, Jorge "Giant" Gonzales was a basketball player, before getting knee injuries and Doug Williams was a judo champion in the UK

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The Iron Sheik, Ken Patera, Molly Holly, Shelton Benjiman, Charlie Haas, John Bradshaw Layfeild.

Guest DeathBecomesYou
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Molly Holly

I agree with that one, I remember reading that when she was younger, that Molly was a very good gymnast, plus her background in powerlifting, that's two sports she could've been succesful at.

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I know what someoen was mentioning about the RVD lift, but I'm not sure if it is a legitimate stat.

Coming from Van Dam's site.

 

As of today, the appropriately named Van Dam Lift is listed among the registered lifts open for all competitors to do at any USWA weightlifting meet. Recently, I set the national record by lifting a dumbell of 166.5 pounds. Any of you dumbells want to give it a try?[/quote
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Kevin Nash played basketball in high school. Can't beat that.

Kevin Nash played NCAA Division I basketball at the University of Tennessee

Guest Dynamite Kido
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Curt Hennig was supposedly a great athlete, I remember hearing that the fact that he was always good at several sports is the reason why the WWF gave him the Mr. Perfect gimmick.

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Kevin Nash played basketball in high school. Can't beat that.

Kevin Nash played NCAA Division I basketball at the University of Tennessee

He played high school at Trenton High School and then Southgate Thomas Aquinas in Michigan. He went to Trenton with my history teacher in high school and then my two youngest uncles played basketball there about a decade after Nash.

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-Jindrak played college basketball

Hell, not only that, Jindrak WAS Basket Case, the greatest wrestling basketball player gimmick WCW ever came up with.

Guest Astro
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Verne Gagne was a olympic level wrestler, and played pro football with the Packers briefly (tryout at least)

Guest MikeSC
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Bradshaw played college football

 

I believe Vader, Jim Nienhardt, and Lex Luger at least played high school football.

I thought Neidhart played with the Raiders --- or what that totally kayfabed?

 

JYD played for the Packers, didn't he?

-=Mike

Guest Dynamite Kido
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Luger was in that league that ran counter to the NFL (I can't remember)

USFL.

Guest Frank_Nabbit
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Luger played OG for the Packers as well

 

Bronko Nagurski wins hands down

 

World Champ at Wrestling, all pro in football (HOF?)

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