{"id":769449,"date":"2026-07-18T02:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769449\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T02:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:37:08","slug":"tom-brady-angling-for-yet-another-paycheck-moves-toward-a-wwe-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769449\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady, angling for yet another paycheck, moves toward a WWE match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As noted English poet William Michael Albert Broad once said, \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tuhMOh-14Ck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Too much is never enough<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American quarterback Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. lives that message, every day.<\/p>\n<p>Despite explaining his quest for \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/as-tom-brady-searches-for-balance-he-likely-wont-be-doing-more-for-the-raiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">balance<\/a>\u201d in April, Brady hasn\u2019t met a paycheck he won\u2019t cash. Most recently, he has been flirting with WWE.<\/p>\n<p>At Fanatics Fest on Thursday, Brady told WWE superstar Cody Rhodes that Brady wants to climb into the squared circle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to get an invite,\u201d Brady said, via Shakiel Mahjouri of CBS Sports. \u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for [WWE president] Nick Khan to come up with some storyline for me <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wwe\/news\/tom-brady-wwe-match-cody-rhodes-nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">to get in the mix<\/a>. I feel like I\u2019m retired from football, and I have an opportunity to go out there and still showcase that I\u2019m a little bit of an athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The storyline apparently was hatched quickly. On Friday, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WrestleOps\/status\/2078238051025686868?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brady slapped<\/a> WWE wrestler Logan Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready. The FOX analyst, Raiders limited partner, Birmingham City minority owner, apparel mogul, electric race boat team owner, Delta airlines strategic advisor, flag-football player, and pitchman who\u2019ll never say no to anyone who\u2019ll meet his price is going to be wrestling, too.<\/p>\n<p>So much for balance. <\/p>\n<p>Unless he meant balancing from the top rope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As noted English poet William Michael Albert Broad once said, \u201cToo much is never enough.\u201d American quarterback Thomas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-769449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}