Two Michigan athletes could be on their way to finding success on professional wrestling's biggest stage.
World Wrestling Entertainment announced Monday its adding 15 student-athletes from 14 universities to the company's "Next in Line" name, image and likeness program. Michigan State football and basketball's Maliq Carr and Central Michigan women's basketball's Mikala Hall are among them, and will be officially unveiled alongside the rest of the class at the NIL Summit at the College Football Hall of Fame on June 13 in Atlanta.
Aimed to recruit and develop talent, WWE's NIL program launched in December 2021 and has signed 31 full-time college athletes since then, with 25 active athletes currently in the program.