With melodramatic plots and nonstop antics (think Rikishi running over Steve Austin with a car), the WWE is unique to any other sport. The WWE's uniqueness is also highlighted by the versatility of its sportsmen, who have participated vigorously in other activities outside the ring. From The Rock Dwayne Johnson's acting career to Chris Jericho's music career in heavy metal, plenty of the WWE's finest have proven their abilities to excel in other fields. Even more intriguing is that many WWE stars have excelled in other sports. Let's take a look at some of these stars who have displayed their athletic prowess outside of the ring.

10 Kurt Angle

The six-time World Championship holder was involved in wrestling for years before he starred in the WWE, however, it was a wrestling of a different kind. While attending Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Angle won several awards and went on to win the 1995 World Wrestling Championship freestyle category.

Kurt Angle continued to develop his wrestling talents and went on to compete in the 1996 Olympics, resulting in him taking home the gold medal. While his WWE career saw him put aside his Olympic success, he considered returning to compete in the 2012 Olympics before an injury saw his hopes in ruins.

9 Roman Reigns

A member of WWE's deadly trio, The Shield, Roman Reigns had an aptitude for football in his youth. Reigns played defensive line at Georgia Tech, making 108 tackles and 12 sacks during his time there.

He went on to sign with Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars, however, did not manage to make a breakthrough in the NFL, and signed for the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos soon after. After a year in the CFL, Reigns announced his retirement and went on to sign on with the WWE, where his prominent wrestling career began.

8 Bray Wyatt

Named after the former stable the Wyatt Family, Bray participated in high school wrestling, even making the Class 1A Florida state wrestling championships. Despite sustaining an ankle injury soon after, he went on to win the 2005 State Championships.

He also had a stint in football, where he played for the College of the Sequoias as an offensive guard and went on to play Division 1 football for Troy University. He eventually gave up football as he decided to pursue a career in wrestling.

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7 Dennis Rodman

Rodman is probably best known as a basketball Hall of Famer who previously played for the Pistons, Spurs, Bulls, Lakers, and Mavericks. He was also crowned Defensive Player of the Year twice and won five championships.

A lesser known fact about thecontroversial basketball icon is that he also spent a brief period appearing inside the WCW ring, where he partnered up with Hulk Hogan in his New World Order faction. He even took on fellow basketball star Karl Malone in WCW's Bash at the Beach.

Probably a highlight of his short wrestling career was hitting Diamond Dallas Page with a chair on WCWs Monday Night Nitro.

6 Mark Henry

The two-time WWE World Champion and former European Champion's history of being extraordinarily strong stretches back to well before his WWE days. Henry's weightlifting career began back in high school, where he managed to earn sixth place in the Junior World Championships. He also managed to break the state records for squat, bench press, deadlifts, along with four national junior records. He eventually went on to make appearances at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, and went on to win Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the 1995 Pan-American Games.

5 CM Punk

The Chicago-born superstar is known to be the longest reigning WWE Champion in the modern era, and has additionally won the World Heavyweight Championship twice, at the World Tag-Team Championship and at the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

In 2016, CM Punk looked to transfer his wrestling success to the octagon by joining the UFC.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned, and Punk lost his debut fight as well as his second bout against Mike Jackson at UFC 225. Things looked so bleak for Punk that UFC President Dana White implied that his UFC career has come to an end.

4 Tim Wiese

While better known as a former goalkeeper for the German national soccer team and German club Werder Bremen, Tim Wiese made his WWE debut in Frankfurt, Germany in 2016. While The Machine won his debut match, his wrestling career did not last long, as he made the decision to come out of soccer retirement, and then signed with the German minor league club, SSV Dillingen. He did say that his wrestling career was only put on hold, but there have been no signs as of yet of him returning to the ring.

3 Kevin Nash

The longest reigning WWF Champion of the '90s as well as the winner of 21 championships, Kevin Nash was a basketball player prior to his wrestling debut, and even played professionally during his time at the University of Tennessee, making 80 appearances on the court.

Unfortunately, his basketball career never took off and he eventually began his wrestling career in the early '90s, much to the future benefit of WWE fans. This turned out to be the best career choice, as Nash's unprecedented achievements in the ring paid off when he was inducted into the WWE's Hall of Fame Class of 2015.

2 Ronda Rousey

Still relatively new to WWE, Ronda Rousey made her in-ring debut at Wrestlemania 34, where she and Kurt Angle defeated Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a tag team match.

Before her WWE debut, Rousey was a mixed martial artist and Judoka who competed in the UFC and became its first Women's Bantamweight Champion, a title that she successfully defended six times. Even more impressive is that eight of her 12 wins happened in the first round due to submission via armbar. Unfortunately, she lost her Bantamweight title to Amanda Nunes in 2016. Despite this, she now faces new and exciting prospects in the WWE, having already won the RAW Women's Title.

1 Trish Stratus

The seven-time WWE Women's Championship winner received universal acclaim during her time in the ring, even being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2003. Before the start of her WWE career, Stratus was a fitness model, appearing on the cover of several issues of MuscleMag International. In addition to the above achievements, Stratus remained ambitious after her retirement from wrestling, opening her own yoga studio and releasing a DVD, Stratusphere Yoga, in which she teaches the workout regiment she used to maintain her physique throughout her esteemed wrestling career.