WWE Corridor of Famer ‘Stone Chilly’ Steve Austin would like to see two of the UFC’s greatest stars cross over into the world of sports activities leisure.
With WWE and the UFC merged beneath the TKO Group banner, the barrier between skilled wrestling and combined 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 minimize a promo on Conor McGregor. Following the looks, rumors started circulating that the 2 fighters may find yourself concerned in some kind 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 mentioned 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 discuss discuss, all of the athletic means. Man by no means runs out of gasoline, he’s at all times in form. Talks a imply streak and may again it up. He’s very thrilling, he has that X issue that you just at all times 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 actually needs to keep away from lately.
In fact, followers have already seen loads of stars crossover by way 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 facet, WWE Superstars Brock Lesnar and CM Punk determined to check their mettle contained in the Octagon after changing into two of professional wrestling’s greatest names. Brock Lesnar went on to develop into the UFC heavyweight champion, defeating Randy Couture at UFC 91. He would defend efficiently the title towards Frank Mir and Shane Carwin.
Punk, then again, went 0-2 contained in the Octagon, although his sophomore look towards Mike Jackson was in the end overturned to a no-contest after Jackson examined constructive for marijuana.
