Tyson Fury has revealed his whole family advised him not to go ahead with his WWE debut.
The former heavyweight world champion will take on Braun Strowman at Crown Jewell in Saudi Arabia next Thursday.
He will make his maiden wrestling appearance just six weeks after suffering a nasty cut during his win over Otto Wallin.
Fury acknowledges there is a risk the cut could re-open and put his February rematch with world champion Deontay Wilder at risk.
But he insisted no-one could convince him not to accept the WWE's offer, not even promoter Frank Warren.
"I wanted it to be a big surprise," he told ESPN . "[Frank] was mad, quite p***** to be fair.
"He said to me, 'I think this is a really bad idea, you could get injured. Braun Strowman is a massive guy. What happens if the cut reopens? What happens if you get injured shoulders or legs or whatever?’
"I said, 'What happens if I go out the front door and get run over by a bus in the morning?'
“If we lived our lives on ‘what if’ we would never do anything in our lives.
“I think you've got to take the bull by the horns and get on with it and enjoy it because, like I say, these are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.
"It's been a fantastic thing for me, but Frank, along with my management team, trainer, father, brothers; everyrone was like, 'Concentrate on your job, you're not a showman, you're not a movie star.
"But I was like, 'Try telling me that'."
Meanwhile, WWE legend Triple H has been impressed with the way Fury has taken to the sport.
"Part of my job, my biggest job, is to recruit athletes, globally," he told ESPN.
"So, I'm looking at athletes from all over the world, from every sport Olympics, NFL, soccer, it doesn't matter.
"I'm looking for the best athletes in the world, but when they're showmen like Tyson Fury is, it makes that job so easy and I can tell you that, from him coming down to our Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, he has taken to this like a fish in water.
"His footwork, his mannerisms, everything is there. The athleticism of what he does, as a combat athlete, is there, and then some. Plus, is there a better showman on the planet than Tyson Fury? He was custom made to do this.
"So, he's been on the radar for us a long time as a performer. We had the right time come up, we reached out to him, he had some time, some down-time, and was looking forward to doing it. He was a big fan, and it just worked out perfectly. Some things happen for a reason."