The Original WWE Guy: Before Lesnar and Lashley, there was self-promoter Daniel Puder

Daniel Puder, in pausing a conversation with MMAjunkie.com about his transition from professional wrestling to mixed-martial-arts and its aftermath in a group that followed him, displayed Lesson No. 1 in marketing learned from WWE: Females.

“Hey, girls!” Puder said through the crowd at the L.A. Convention Center on Saturday afternoon during the Los Angeles Fitness Expo. “Say hi to this guy interviewing me.”

For Puder, “The Original WWE Guy” to find success during MMA’s recent explosion, it’s another day at the office, as MMAjunkie.com’s Kyle Nagel reports.


Daniel Puder, in pausing a conversation with MMAjunkie.com about his transition from professional wrestling to mixed-martial-arts and its aftermath in a group that followed him, displayed Lesson No. 1 in marketing learned from WWE: Females.

“Hey, girls!” Puder said through the crowd at the L.A. Convention Center on Saturday afternoon during the Los Angeles Fitness Expo. “Say hi to this guy interviewing me.”

For Puder, “The Original WWE Guy” to find success during MMA’s recent explosion, it’s another day at the office, as MMAjunkie.com’s Kyle Nagel reports.