Former German goalie Tim Wiese scores on WWE debut as 'The Machine'

Former German goalkeeper star Tim Wiese reacts after the WWE World Wrestling Entertainment SixManTagTeamMatch at the Olympic Hall in Munich southern Germany on Thursday PicAFPFormer Germany goalkeeper Tim Wieses professional wrestling life got off to a winning start after he won his first match in the WWEWiese and his partners Cesaro and Sheamus beat the team of The Shining Stars and Bo Dallas in a tagteam matchThe 34yearold who retired from the sport of football three years ago after winning six caps for Germany and making their 2010 World Cup squadWiese now known as The Machine played for Werder Bremen Kaiserslautern and Hoffenheim put on 40kgs 88lbs of muscle to start his career as a professional wrestlerWiese standing 193m 6ft 4in and weighing around 130kgs 20st 6lbs won his maiden World Wrestling Entertainment WWE bout at Munichs OlympiahalleThat was great but tonight was just the start a warm up match against kids Now I want men Wiese vowed after his successful entry into what he calls the Champions League of wrestlingFormer German goalkeeper star Tim Wiese reacts during the WWE World Wrestling Entertainment SixManTagTeamMatch at the Olympic Hall in Munich southern Germany on Thursday PicAFPAn intensive schedule of weighttraining sessions in Florida and a diet including a kilo of meat per day enabled him to bulk up and he cut an imposing figure as he entered the ring to fight alongside established WWE stars Cesaro and Sheamus in a sixman tag team match against the likes of Taylor Michael Rotunda aka Bo DallasA Big Splash bellyflop finishing manoeuvre later and he had helped his team land a tenminute bout with a pinfall The atmosphere in the ring was something else totally different from in a stadium Really close up and an incredible noise the like of which Ive never experienced before Wiese told AFP sports subsidiary SIDI take my hat off to him that was a great debut one of the best Ive seen said Swiss Cesaro afterwardsWWE vice president and general manager Europa Stefan Kasenmueller dubbed Wieses opening gambit extraordinary He turned in a super showing Kasenmueller saidEven so for the time being Wiese has no further bouts officially plannedAsked if he was looking to carve out a career as a solo fighter the former shotstopper would only say Im ready for anything They just need to call me and The Machine is thereWiese turned his back on the Bundesliga in 2013 after 269 appearances in Germanys top flight for Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim for whom he made the last of his total of 269 Bundesliga appearances in January 2013 after a fallout with club bossesInterestingly Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker was in attendance as Wiese made his WWE debut Mertesacker who was Wieses teammate for both Germany and Bremen was keen to cheer his pal onMertesacker posted on Twitter Stay loyal to your former teammates