Former NFL player Sabatino “Sabby” Piscitelli began his training today at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Piscitelli is the sixth confirmed developmental signing in recent days, along with other talents including Sunny Dhinsa, an amateur wrestler who had been training for the 2016 Olympic Games, Dustin Mueller, a bodybuilder from Chicago, Illinois, Josh Woods, a former collegiate amateur wrestler at the University of Centreal Florida with MMA experience, Zahra Schreiber, a professional model and tour manager from Saginaw, Michigan who trained at the House of Truth Wrestling School and Gionna Daddio, a Hooters model/waitress from New Jersey.
31-year-old Piscitelli, who is 6 foot 3 inches and weighs 225lbs last played in the NFL in 2011. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft and played for the Cleveland Browns in 2010 and the Kansas City Chiefs in 2011.