Wayne Rooney Confirms Switch to WWE.

The Man Utd striker will cut short his contract at the Premier
League club to pursue a “dream” move into the world of
wrestling
Wayne Rooney has confirmed he will leave Manchester
United this summer to begin a career in WWE – with his
debut appearance to come at WrestleMania on Sunday.

The England international has been linked with an Old
Trafford exit for months, although it was expected he’d sign
a lucrative deal in the United States or China.
But, six weeks after ruling out a £52 million move to the
Chinese Super League, Rooney has ended any lingering
suspicions of an MLS switch with a shock decision to join
the world of wrestling.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to be a wrestler ever
since I was a kid,” the 31-year-old told WWE’s official
website. “I idolised The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin,
not Alan Shearer or David Seaman.
“The gaffer [Jose Mourinho] had talked about me following
Bastian [Schweinsteiger] to MLS, but it’s not very good, is
it? It wouldn’t be hard to score loads.

“I wanted a challenge instead and I think the WWE will be
that. All the lads in the dressing room have been great about
it.
“Zlatan [Ibrahimovic] has been telling me how he used to
suplex Lionel Messi and [Paul] Pogba’s created a special
version of The Dab as a finishing move for me, it’s brilliant.”

Following Man Utd’s Premier League fixture against West
Brom on Saturday, Rooney will hop on a flight to Orlando,
Florida for WrestleMania.
The forward, who became Man Utd’s all-time top goalscorer
earlier this year, was hesitant to spoil the surprise of exactly
what his cameo at the Orlando Citrus Bowl would entail.
“I can’t reveal what’s going to happen, I’m sworn to
secrecy,” Rooney teased. “I’m definitely going to get booed
though.
WWE wrestling
“But playing for England for 13 years has prepared me for
being jeered by tens of thousands of fans, and being a
villain to the general public.
“My flight back to Manchester isn’t until Tuesday too, so I’m
going to spend Monday at Disney World. I can’t wait.”

WrestleMania 33 won’t be Rooney’s wrestling debut. In
November 2015, Rooney went with his son, Kai, to the
Manchester Arena for a WWE Raw event and slapped British
star Wade Barrett at the side of the ring.
The moment was a culmination of a Twitter feud earlier in
the year in which the pair traded verbal blows and taunts
over who would win a fight – a prospect that could become
a reality in 2018.
Rooney will work with a special WWE performance coach
over the summer, adapting his body into a physique for
wrestling and practising the more acrobatic elements of the
sport.
“I would still like to play for England,” he added, “but if I had
to pick between appearing in Royal Rumble and playing for
Gareth Southgate, there’s only ever going to be one winner.”

Rooney isn’t the first footballer to swap football for
wrestling. Bundesliga goalkeeper Tim Wiese swapped
gloves, kit and boots for chairs, cages and smackdowns in
2014.
Six years after being part of Germany’s squad for World
Cup 2010, Wiese made his WWE bow last November in
Munich with a victory.
When Rooney was asked if any other Premier League stars
could follow him to WWE – a $1.5 billion entertainment
behemoth – he hinted his plans have turned some England
team-mates’ heads.
Man Utd considering Hysaj swoop
“Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy have had a bit of banter with
me about it, but Joe Hart is probably the most keen,” the
Man Utd and England captain said.
“He keeps saying he’d clothesline me and have me tapping
out in no time. I just tell him he can barely control his arms
in football, never mind wrestling, and that’s why Pep
[Guardiola] got rid of him.
“That usually shuts him up!”

Happy April Fool’s Day!
Source: Goal.com.

Lmao, sorry I also fell for this.