Some dreams are meant to have two chapters. For Brock Rechsteiner, football was supposed to be the first, with pro wrestling waiting on the other side. Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar and Dwayne Johnson had already walked that road, and as the son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner, Rechsteiner had a natural connection to it. But sometimes, the next chapter arrives before the first one even begins.

Before taking a single NFL snap, Rechsteiner’s wrestling dream now appears to have been pushed to the side. First, Rechsteiner went undrafted, only to get a lifeline when the New Orleans Saints showed interest. But that opportunity barely had time to settle before another setback arrived: he was suspended for the first six games of the season for violating the NFL-NFLPA performance-enhancing substances policy. And now, the latest twist has made the road even steeper.

“The Saints waive WR Brock Rechsteiner, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner,” according to reporter Nick Underhill on X.

And it’s not just the NFL. His college football career was underwhelming, too. Across several seasons, he didn’t see the field at all as a true freshman at Jacksonville State, but by the time he wrapped up his college run, he’d racked up 53 catches for 629 yards and seven touchdowns.

His best year came in 2025, when he set career highs with 36 receptions for 383 yards and five touchdowns, plus three carries for 17 yards and another score on the ground.

While nobody called his name during the 2026 NFL Draft, the Saints eventually chose to give him a chance. The player landed a tryout with New Orleans at rookie minicamp, and that was where he gave the Saints a reason to keep him around.

For a moment, it looked like Rechsteiner might have found his opening. He turned heads at the Saints’ rookie minicamp in the spring, then spent the summer doing everything he could to force his way onto the roster. His blocking became one of the biggest talking points at practice. Beyond the field, he had another advantage: Saints fans who grew up watching his legendary father quickly found themselves rooting for the son, too.

But training camp never fully backed up that strong start. Rechsteiner had a few flashes, including an August 3 practice where he got open deep downfield, only for quarterback Tyler Shough to spot him too late and send the pass out of bounds. The bigger issue was that nothing turned into preseason production.

Plus, let us not forget that in early August, the NFL suspended Rechsteiner for the first six games of the season for violating the league’s performance-enhancing substances policy. He was still allowed to practice and play during the preseason, but the suspension gave him even less room to make mistakes.

And he never did enough to recover. Reports later said Rechsteiner had not shown enough in camp to earn one of New Orleans’ 53 roster spots. By cutdown day, the Saints waived Scott Steiner’s son, ending a run that had started with enough promise to turn a minicamp tryout into an NFL contract.

And Rechsteiner was hardly the only one caught in the numbers game. New Orleans had to cut its roster from 91 players to 53, with fellow receivers Bub Means, Ronnie Bell and Jalen Cropper also waived. Running back Zamir White and veteran cornerbacks Isaac Yiadom and Michael Davis were among the other names shown the door as the Saints made their final calls before Week 1.

Now, Rechsteiner will have to look elsewhere if he wants to keep his NFL dream alive. But if football doesn’t pan out, he’s got a pretty notable backup plan waiting for him.

Brock Rechsteiner’s NFL suspension won’t derail his WWE plans

Wrestling is practically the family business. Beyond his father, his uncle Rick Steiner is also a WWE Hall of Famer, and his cousin Bronson Rechsteiner walked away from a short NFL career to become Bron Breakker in the ring.

And it turns out that’s exactly the plan for Rechsteiner too, once his football days are behind him. In an interview earlier this year, he opened up about conversations he’s had with Breakker on the subject.

“I work out with him all the time back home,” Rechsteiner said about Breakker. “I go fishing with him a lot, because he moved back to Georgia. And he really convinced me to, once I’m done playing football, he said play football as long as I can and once I’m done playing football, get into the wrestling business.”

There’s already a paper trail backing that plan up. Rechsteiner was offered a WWE NIL deal in January 2025, and by February, his brother Brandon confirmed that he had signed it.

According to Fightful Select, a source inside WWE said the company is genuinely excited about eventually bringing him on board, and his recent NFL suspension isn’t expected to change that. The same source reportedly put the chances of WWE signing him once his football career is over at “99.9 percent.”

The interest apparently goes back further than people might think, too. WWE officials have reportedly been keeping tabs on Rechsteiner since his college days.

And from what’s been reported, Rechsteiner has made it clear to WWE that when the time comes, he is interested in making that jump.