It would seem normal for a pro wrestler to have martial arts or amateur wrestling background before they joined WWE. But it didn't happen so many times.
Eleven of them have been notorious fighters before they were wrestlers. Some mastered a martial art or mixed martial arts while some others were specialised in no hold barred fights or in amateur wrestling.
Let's take a look, in no particular order, to the few real fighters who joined and had success in WWE.
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