about Wiese's future at the club. His contract with Hoffenheim was mutually terminated on 21 January 2014, making him a free agent, after it was revealed that his body was in a bodybuilding style, unsuited to professional football. International Wiese earned his first international cap for Germany against England on 19 November 2008, when he came in as a substitute for René Adler at the beginning of the second half. Wiese was a squad member for Germany in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but was the only player not seeing any action as an understudy to Schalke 04 goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and was denied an appearance in the third-place playoff due to injury, enabling Bayern Munich veteran Hans-Jörg Butt to step in. Retirement Wiese announced his retirement from professional football on 17 September 2014, stating, "I am not a dreamer, but a realist and I assume that I have my best years behind me and I will no longer play as a professional." In March 2017, Wiese returned to football for a one-off match with German eighth-division side SSV Dillingen of the Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord. Dillingen lost the match 2–1 to TSV Haunsheim on 1 April 2017. Professional wrestling In September 2014, Wiese claimed he had been offered a development contract by WWE to join their NXT division. He appeared as a guest timekeeper at a WWE live event in Frankfurt. On 7 June 2016, it was reported that Wiese accepted Triple H's invitation to train at WWE's developmental facility, the WWE Performance Center. Wiese made his professional wrestling debut at a WWE live event in Munich on 3 November 2016, teaming with Sheamus and Cesaro to defeat The Shining Stars and Bo Dallas. Wiese left the WWE in 2017. Personal life Wiese has been married to his longtime spouse Grit Freiberg since 20 December 2010, and has a daughter. He completed his Realschulabschluss at a comprehensive school in Kürten. Career statistics Club International Honours Werder Bremen DFB-Pokal: 2008–09 DFL-Ligapokal: 2006 Germany FIFA World Cup third place: 2010 Individual Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2010 References External links Tim Wiese at werder.de Cage Match profile 1981 births Living people People from Bergisch Gladbach Sportspeople from Cologne (region) German footballers SC Fortuna Köln players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players SV Werder Bremen players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players Bundesliga players Germany under-21 international footballers Germany international footballers Association football goalkeepers 2010 FIFA