Many professional wrestlers' athletic careers began in other sports.
A number of former football players, including former Maryland defensive lineman Dean Muhtadi (now WWE's "Mojo Rawley"), have made the jump. Former amateur wrestlers, combat fighters, weightlifters and bodybuilders have made the transition, as well as some basketball players.
But current Major League Wrestling (MLW) talent and Baltimore native Kaci Lennox has come to the pro wrestling world from a less traditional background. Lennox, whose real name is Meagan Venable, actually played three years of tennis at Mervo before beginning her pro wrestling training.
