WWE Considered Signing Tim Tebow After He Was Cut by Patriots
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Over the course of a lengthy athletic life, former Florida and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has dabbled in football, baseball, and the sport of television.
On Tuesday's episode of The Pat McAfee Show, WWE president Nick Khan revealed that Tebow nearly added a fourth discipline to his repertoire—professional wrestling. It happened in 2013, in the aftermath of Tebow's failed summer stint with the New England Patriots.
"Paul Levesque, the King of Kings, Triple H, he's the one who introduced me to WWE," Khan said. "Paul had called me—unsolicited call, and this is when Tim Tebow had just gotten cut by the Patriots."
Levesque introduced himself to Khan and pitched the then-agent on an idea.
"He said, 'What do you think of Tim Tebow against The Big Show at (WrestleMania XXX)?"
Tebow, Khan, Levesque and then-WWE CEO Vince McMahon discussed the prospect in a secret meeting in Anaheim.
"Ultimately it didn't happen, but Triple H and I remained in touch," Khan said.
Tim Tebow, the wrestler. What could have been.
