One of the stories burning up the internet right now was the incident between WWE star Undertaker and former UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar.
During a cageside interview with the Undertaker, the pro-wrestler eyeballed Lesnar after he stepped out of the octagon, asking the defeated champ “Wanna do it?” and explaining to the interviewer that it was something personal between the two.
CageSideSeats.com insists that it was part of a plan by Vince McMahon to get the two into the ring for the upcoming WrestleMania XXVII event.
Ariel Helwani should have known that something was up when top WWE star and member of Vince McMahon’s inner circle The Undertaker agreed to be interviewed by him at UFC 121 for AOL Fanhouse. Especially after the last WWE veteran to do such a cardinal sin, Jim Ross, ended up in Vince’s doghouse. So it should have come as little surprise to Ariel when The Undertaker made sure to catch Brock Lesnar’s eye as he left the cage, made a feeble attempt to goad him into a fight, which Brock ignored, and claimed that they have personal issues. Alarm bells should have been ringing in Ariel’s head that maybe The Undertaker, under instructions from his present employer Vince McMahon, was trying to publicly goad Lesnar into doing a WrestleMania match with him next year, just like John Cena did in 2009 with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Unsurprisingly, Dave Meltzer with his ties to the Brock Lesnar camp and his high up WWE sources, had the scoop on his post UFC 121 radio show:
Dave: Vince McMahon wants Undertaker and Brock at WrestleMania. I just can’t imagine um, I mean his contract with UFC wouldn’t allow it, so who knows…. Obviously the fact that Undertaker was there, you know, they obviously think that they got…. What I can tell you there is no deal for that match, but they do want that match and obviously Brock has been contacted and there you go. For the streak against the UFC title, but he lost the title.
It will be interesting to see what develops, if anything, once the dust settles and Lesner returns from his hunting trip in Canada. The UFC heavyweight isn’t hurting monetarily, so we doubt that there is much the WWE could offer Lesnar that could entice him back to the ring.
HT: CagesideSeats.com via BloodyElbow.com.