SNOOP DOGG - SNOOP DOGG CONSIDERS WRESTLING CAREER

Rapper SNOOP DOGG is considering a career in the wrestling ring after a WWE star tipped him as a tag-team partner. 'STONE COLD' STEVE AUSTIN is full of praise for the hip-hop legend - real name Calvin Broadus - and is urging him to ditch music and become a professional fighter. But despite conceding he loves the sport, and promoting WWE Monday Night Raw on TV commercials, Snoop Dogg is cautious about appearing in the ring. He tells MTV, "I don't know. I mean, 'cause I ain't really with getting hit on. I'm with being one of them cool managers that's like, 'Y'all slap me, I'm calling in all of my goons and we gonna tear this muthaf**ker up.' "I like it though, and my kids, they keep the spirit alive. Wrestling is something that you either love or hate. Ain't no in-betweens. And when you love it, you love everything about it. "I love the way that they have big intros now - when the guy comes out he's got a big song playing and he's coming down the ramp. It's exciting now, it's not like it used to be. It used to just be 'ding-ding-ding' and they get in there and get crackin."