Browns legend Bernie Kosar gets physically involved in pro wrestling match, attacks former NFL DT

The beloved stories around the Cleveland Browns franchise have dried up since The Return. Not all of them, RB Nick Chubb’s quiet greatness, OT Joe Thomas’ Hall of Fame career, and DE Myles Garrett breaking the single-season sack record have joined the long history of Browns stories that must be told. While the great QB Otto Graham and RB Jim Brown are a huge part of Cleveland’s past, QB Bernie Kosar represents the more recent history of success and excitement.

Kosar had recently been dealing with a number of medical issues , but was stepping into the professional wrestling world for the first time at a TNA event in Cleveland. Not only did Kosar attend the event, walking Cleveland’s own Nic Nemeth (formerly known as Dolph Ziggler in WWE) to the ring, but he got involved in the action a few times: . @BernieKosarQB is not backing down from @AJFrancis410 !

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com/FzKwEc2pF8 — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 12, 2026 AJ Francis, the wrestling in green shown confronting Kosar, actually played in the NFL with nine regular-season games under his belt as a defensive tackle for three teams between 2015 and 2017. That explains Francis getting into a three-point stance with the idea of rushing the quarterback, in this case, Kosar: . @KCwrestles is BACK!