WWE Corridor of Famer ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin would like to see two of the UFC’s largest stars cross over into the world of sports activities leisure.
With WWE and the UFC merged underneath the TKO Group banner, the barrier between skilled wrestling and blended martial arts is thinning. That a lot was obvious on Monday night time when former Bellator MMA champion ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler confirmed up on RAW and cut a promo on Conor McGregor. Following the looks, rumors started circulating that the 2 fighters may find yourself concerned in some sort of feud culminating on the fortieth anniversary of WrestleMania, which simply so occurs to go down one week earlier than UFC 300.
Requested for his opinion on which UFC stars may doubtlessly cross over into the WWE, Perspective Period icon Steve Austin instantly had two names in thoughts.
“If I’m going proper now, I’m going Sean Strickland,” Austin stated in an interview with ESPN’s Marc Raimondi. “I like Sean Strickland. Boy, he stays economical within the Octagon. However what a promo!
“Then I am going Colby Covington. All of the trash speak speak, all of the athletic skill. Man by no means runs out of gasoline, he’s all the time in form. Talks a imply streak and may again it up. He’s very thrilling, he has that X issue that you simply all the time search for. He’s double powerful.”
Colby Covington would probably make an ideal addition to the WWE roster. In any case, he’s been perfecting his ‘Chaos’ persona for years in entrance of UFC followers. Strickland nevertheless, would probably current a PR nightmare for Triple H and Co. One thing the WWE definitely needs to keep away from as of late.
In fact, followers have already seen loads of stars crossover by means of the years. After profitable runs within the UFC, each Ronda Rousey and Matt Riddle moved to skilled wrestling and located additional fame. On the flip aspect, WWE Superstars Brock Lesnar and CM Punk determined to check their mettle contained in the Octagon after changing into two of professional wrestling’s largest names. Brock Lesnar went on to change into the UFC heavyweight champion, defeating Randy Couture at UFC 91. He would defend efficiently the title towards Frank Mir and Shane Carwin.
Punk, however, went 0-2 inside the Octagon, although his sophomore look towards Mike Jackson was finally overturned to a no-contest after Jackson examined optimistic for marijuana.
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