Jesse Ventura signs WWE Legends contract: ‘I feel very good about it’

Jesse Ventura is officially back in the fold with WWE.

Nearly six months after revealing that he was in negotiations with the company, Ventura announced on Thursday that he has signed a WWE Legends contract. Ventura called it a full-circle moment with him returning to his roots.

“I thought it was time that maybe I tell everybody, indeed, hell has frozen over. Yes, hell has frozen over. I’m back in the WWE as a legend. I’ve gone through negotiations, we’ve reached agreements, and I feel very good about it,” Ventura said. “You know, I’m 73 years old now and my life has now gone full-circle. I got my first fame and fortune in the wrestling industry. I went on to do many, many other things above and beyond wrestling — or outside of wrestling — after I left it. And now maybe it’s only right that I come back to wrestling in the twilight of my life and finish off with what I always was.”

A former wrestler and iconic voice on commentary, Ventura was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004. He served as the governor of Minnesota from 1999-2003.

Ventura attended WWE Raw in St. Paul this summer while in the process of signing this Legends deal.

While making today’s announcement, Ventura teased that there are “bigger and better” things coming, joking that he has unfinished business in the ring with Hulk Hogan.

“I’ll just say this: there’s even more bigger and better stuff waiting to happen,” Ventura said. “Because I’ll finish like this — let’s remember one thing, I never did get my shot at Hogan, did I?”

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