Former German international goalkeeper Tim Wiese make his WWE debut on Saturday night, in one of the most sensational career changes by a professional sportsman.
Wiese, who only retired from professional football this year, when Bundesliga club Hoffenheim decided not to renew his contract in January, stepped into the ring for the first time just 10 months later.
But he is not the first ex-footballer to leave the game for slightly strange second career. Sportsmail brings you the top 10...
VIDEOS Scroll down to watch Cantona's acting and Pinto's rapping
Tim Wiese with (l-r) TV presenter Sonja Kraus and wrestlers Summer Rae and Alicia Fox in Frankfurt
Wiese enters the ring for the first time during WWE Live 2014 in Frankfurt, sportstimesdaily.com just months after quitting football
Wiese lines up for Germany in a 2012 friendly with Toni Kroos Sami Khedira, Andre Schuerrle and Mesut Ozil
Eric Cantona - Actor
Footballers going into acting isn't exactly unheard of - who can forget Vinnie Jones' performance in Mean Machine?
But no-one can quite compare to 'The King'.
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