Former Port Vale and Burton Albion goalkeeper Stuart Tomlinson is leaving football after receiving an invitation to join the WWE.

28 year old Tomlinson who is a former body builder has around 80 apps for Port Vale. He joined
Burton Albion in 2012 and player 25 times for them before suffering a serious knee ligament injury last summer which forced him to retire. He is now headed to the WWE world. He used twitter to reveal his plans after getting a contract from NXT (WWE’s developmental subsidiary company). He tweeted: " Looking forward to a new job @WWE Swapping two posts and a net, with four posts & ropes- USA bound"