Tom Brady is in talks with WWE: ‘Would not be a surprise’

Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady is accustomed to performing on the biggest stages, and he could potentially do so during one of the biggest annual events in professional wrestling.

Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer said Monday on the podcast he co-hosts that WWE is interested in having Brady play an unspecified role in WrestleMania 42, which will take place April 18-19 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The venue is the home of the Las Vegas Raiders, the team where Brady is a minority owner.

“From what I have been told, they are in negotiations for Tom Brady but there’s absolutely not a deal at this point for Tom Brady,” Meltzer said, via iHeartMedia’s Jason Hall. “So, it could happen. Obviously, (social media personality and WWE wrestler) Logan Paul and Tom Brady are working, everyone knows they’re working the angle.

“I think people have seen that coming in, but there could be something in some form at WrestleMania.”

This comes after Brady and Paul were exchanging words during events surrounding the Fanatics Flag Football Classic.

“It would not be a surprise, and what they did in the football game was clearly to build it, all the talk of Tom Brady cutting down pro wrestlers and all the wrestlers responding, that is all storyline,” Meltzer said. “That is not Tom Brady being a (bleep) and not respecting pro wrestling.”

Brady would not be the first person associated with the NFL to play a role in WrestleMania. Former Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor (Giants), William ‘The Refrigerator’ Perry (Chicago Bears) and Rob Gronkowski (New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers) all took part in the spectacle.

When WrestleMania 40 was held in Philadelphia in 2024, Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson and center Jason Kelce were also participants.

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