During a recent interview with Aol, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross discussed the possibility of Rob Gronkowski making the transition over into professional wrestling. Gronk is set to play in Super Bowl LIII at the weekend for the New England Patriots, with some suggesting it could be his last game in football. If it is then WWE could be a viable option for him, given his athleticism as well as his past ties to the company. Gronk appeared at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando, helping his friend Mojo Rawley to win the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
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“If I was gambling, I’d gamble on that it’d happen. He’s had a lot of injuries. I don’t see him being a full-time guy, but I can see him, if he’s trained correctly and he’s promoted in a deliberate, effective way, that he could be very valuable.
“I think you’ll see as time goes on that because the money has gotten so much better – because of tv rights deals they’ve [the WWE] got a lot more capital to play with – they can afford to pay guys inflated salaries for less work.
“You’d need to ascertain what his commitment was for training, are you gonna take the business seriously and train as such so he’s protecting himself and his adversaries or is it just kind of a big joke?
“Does he have the look? Yeah. Is he athletic? Yeah. Those are obvious answers, but to get him trained and working hard and sore and see what his commitment is, you don’t know if he’s long-term or if he’s a one-off guy at Wrestlemania.”
