Ilona Maher Amy Sussman/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment After her turn on Dancing With the Stars last year, Ilona Maher doesn't seem to be done with Hollywood just yet. The rugby star and Olympic bronze medalist recently revealed to BBC Sport that she's "been approached before by the WWE," adding that if she joined the wrestling entertainment company, her ring name would be "Maher-vellous." "I don't know if I would [go into wrestling]. I should think about it, there is great money in it," she Maher continued, noting she also has her eyes on the "acting space." Related Stories TV WWE's Premium Live Events Are Leaving Peacock for ESPN Earlier Than Expected Movies Halloween Horror Nights: Inside 'Fallout,' 'Terrifier,' 'Five Nights at Freddy's,' 'Friday the 13th' and More Scare Houses "I think a Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, John Cena progression, I would love to do that," she explained. "It would be exciting to see my body type on the screen. I'll start off small, probably like a hot assassin or something, let's not get too crazy. I'm not going to be in a rom-com just yet." Maher first rose to fame while competing for Team USA during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, using her social media platform to advocate for women of all shapes and sizes. She later competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, taking home a bronze medal, before competing on season 33 of Dancing With the Stars with her partner Alan Bersten. They came in second place. "I'm always just trying to stress that you're so much more than the stereotypes that sometimes people put you in," she told The Hollywood Reporter last year. "I've always just found it as an athlete, as a female athlete, whatever sport I have played or whatnot... I was always told you gotta be this and this and this and I was like, well, I don't feel that way or I'm not that way, but I still love this sport. I love who I am." A docuseries on the rugby sensation is also being developed by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine, Ross Greenburg Productions and Range Sports. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Star Wars: The Clone Wars Hollywood Flashback: Won Two Emmys, 'Star Wars: Clone Wars' Did Invasion Humanity Faces Its Biggest Fight Yet in 'Invasion' - Here's When to Stream the Sci-Fi Series' Third Season Online Paradise Julianne Nicholson on How Her 'Paradise' Co-Stars Reacted to Seeing Her Play Dance Mom on 'Hacks' Lioness 'Lioness' Stunt Coordinator on Which Season 2 Stunts "Took Years Off My Life" tom hanks These 3 Actors Are Up Against Barack Obama and David Attenborough for a Best Narrator Emmy Severance 'Severance' Composer Theodore Shapiro on How He Invented the Show's Familiar Theme for Season 2's Twisty Plotlines Star Wars: The Clone Wars Hollywood Flashback: Won Two Emmys, 'Star Wars: Clone Wars' Did Invasion Humanity Faces Its Biggest Fight Yet in 'Invasion' - Here's When to Stream the Sci-Fi Series' Third Season Online Paradise Julianne Nicholson on How Her 'Paradise' Co-Stars Reacted to Seeing Her Play Dance Mom on 'Hacks' Lioness 'Lioness' Stunt Coordinator on Which Season 2 Stunts "Took Years Off My Life" tom hanks These 3 Actors Are Up Against Barack Obama and David Attenborough for a Best Narrator Emmy Severance 'Severance' Composer Theodore Shapiro on How He Invented the Show's Familiar Theme for Season 2's Twisty Plotlines