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He’s also published several books, including 2008’s Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me, in which he theorizes what would happen if he ran for President. And Salisbury believed he had plenty of evidence to back up his theory.

He served until 2002 when he refused to run again.

Since retiring from the sport, though, Blackman has founded his own self-defense school, launched his own fighting system and created a line of clothing.

Multi-talented Dave Bautista had already established himself as a martial-arts maestro by the time he made his WCW debut in 2002.

Born Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, the Iranian wrestler has since proved on Twitter that he’s still very much a controversial figure too.

He also showcased his passion for the outdoors as the star of TV series Shawn Michaels’ MacMillan River Adventures. Steamboat serves as an ambassador for the organization, you see. Yet the Undertaker’s half-brother has made quite the career change since leaving the sport in 2016. Ted DiBiase Jr. initially followed in his father’s footsteps when he joined the WWE in the mid-’00s. 1 Jesse Ventura ...just another fake ... May 9, 2001 KMSP-9 Ventura's Military Record Questioned (The following is a Cursor.org transcription of a May 9, 2001 news broadcast on KMSP-TV, Minneapolis-St Paul.) But by this point, Jesse Ventura had achieved success in a very different field. His most high-profile role has so far been as Eric Roberts’ sidekick, Dan Paine, in The Expendables franchise. None more so than in 2006 when he allegedly claimed, at a wake for fallen Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor, that the U.S. military “deserved to lose a few guys.” A nearby Chris Kyle, according to his best-selling book American Sniper, then punched Ventura for his show of disrespect. And he fancies his chances, too. Ventura's Military Record Questioned (The following is a Cursor.org transcription of a May 9, 2001 news broadcast on KMSP-TV, Minneapolis-St Paul.) So what’s next for Ventura? Ventura has long held that Kyle’s claim that he insulted deceased Navy SEALs (which led to the alleged fight) ruined the ex-governor’s reputation in the military and veterans’ community. Born Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, the Iranian wrestler has since proved on Twitter that he’s still very much a controversial figure too.

And his attempt to get clean was later documented in the 2015 movie The Resurrection of Jake the Snake. Indeed, in 1998 Ventura decided to run for Governor of Minnesota as a Reform Party nominee.

He wrote on Facebook in 2012, “I have always opposed the war in Iraq, but I have never spoken or wished any ill will towards the soldiers.

He participated in two WrestleManias. However, Ventura vehemently denied that an altercation with Kyle had ever taken place. Born in south Minneapolis "by the Lake Street" bridge, he attended the Coope…

Known by his surname, Bill Goldberg became one of the biggest WCW stars of the 1990s – winning the Triple Crown in the process.