-- Jesse "The Body" Ventura is officially back with WWE. The WWE Hall of Famer announced today that he has finally inked his Legends contract.
"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. Because 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 - pro wrestling."
-- A former wrestler, Ventura is best known for being the iconic "heel" color commentator in the 1980s who formed successful partnerships at the broadcast booth with Gorilla Monsoon and later Vince McMahon himself. Inducted into the 2004 Hall of Fame, Ventura butted heads with McMahon and later sued the company for not receiving royalties. Earlier this summer, Ventura attended WWE Raw when the show was in St. Paul and then hinted that he was close to signing a Legends deal. It has since been rumored that Ventura may reprise his role as color commentator on next month's Saturday Night's Main Event. Apart from that he also teased an interaction with his long time nemesis, Hulk Hogan:
I’ll just say this: there’s even more bigger and better stuff waiting to happen. Because I’ll finish like this: let’s remember one thing, I never did get my shot at Hogan, did I?"
