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WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda's Friend Connects Mojo Rawley To Wrestling After Football Injury
BY JITU JANGIR
Former WWE wrestler Mojo Rawley's path to the ring wasn't a straight shot. After a short stint with the Arizona Cardinals, a calf injury sidelined him for 18 months. While Rawley initially aimed to return to football, his plans changed course. ## Thanks to a connection with the Gronkowski family, Rawley landed a tryout with WWE. He impressed and was offered a contract.## "... I had this opportunity to check out what was going on with WWE because the Gronowski brothers, they were always some of my best friends and their dad was college roommates with Mike Rotunda, who just actually got announced to enter the Hall of Fame. They made a phone call, we talked to Mike, he set up a little interview try-out kind of thing, and that was it," Rawley told the "Power Alphas Podcast."## "I got the offer [with WWE]. I left football to come to wrestling. Obviously, I spent my entire career trying to make it in football, and I finally got to that level, and I would have been compensated as such ... but I sat down, really evaluated things, long-term aspirations, and I was like 'You know what? I want to do this. I think this is going to be cool. I think this is something I could be good at. It's the first thing I ever wanted to do.'" Transcript from Wrestling Inc. ## ## Rawley debuted in NXT in 2013 and spent most of his WWE career in the tag team division and the 24/7 Championship scene. He was released by WWE in April 2021. ## Stay Tuned To Sacnilk...