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UFC legend Ken Shamrock has detailed the stigma he faced when he transitioned into a pro-wrestling career following his first UFC stint. Shamrock was one of the stars of the first ever UFC card back in 1993. Then 29-years-old and billed as a shootfight…
UFC legend Ken Shamrock has detailed the stigma he faced when he transitioned into a pro-wrestling career following his first UFC stint. Shamrock was one of the stars of the first ever UFC card back in 1993. Then 29-years-old and billed as a shootfighting specialist, Shamrock submitted Patrick Smith in the quarter finals of the…
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Conor McGregor ruffled a lot of feathers following his post-fight UFC 264 antics but add another UFC legend to the list of people who don’t appear to be bothered. McGregor and Poirier shared the Octagon a third time in the main event of UFC 264. …
Conor McGregor ruffled a lot of feathers following his post-fight UFC 264 antics but add another UFC legend to the list of people who don’t appear to be bothered. McGregor and Poirier shared the Octagon a third time in the main event of UFC 264. The two were vying to settle the score. McGregor won […]
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MMA legend Ken Shamrock has revealed he owned ‘The Rock’ nickname before professional wrestler turned Hollywood movie star Dwayne Johnson took it on. During an appearance on Casual Conversations with The Wrestling Classic, Shamrock revealed he gave the WWE and Johnson permission to use ‘The Rock’ name. “Anything that had to do with the cage or […]
MMA legend Ken Shamrock has revealed he owned ‘The Rock’ nickname before professional wrestler turned Hollywood movie star Dwayne Johnson took it on.
During an appearance on Casual Conversations with The Wrestling Classic, Shamrock revealed he gave the WWE and Johnson permission to use ‘The Rock’ name.
“Anything that had to do with the cage or Lion’s Den, they had to go through my approval, because I owned all that. I have [it] in my contract, I own that. In fact, funny story is that The Rock, he was known as Rocky. [They] had to have my permission to use the name The Rock because I owned Ken ‘The Rock’ Shamrock. That’s what I was known as when I was first fighting in the UFC. They called me Ken ‘The Rock’ Shamrock so I had that carved out too but anyways, so the cage, the Lion’s Den cage and all that stuff so it had to be something that had to be approved by me which I was fine doing, but a lot of the creativity that went into that I think had to do with a lot of the creative writers and the people at the WWF with the weapons and all that stuff but, I came up with the actual slang of the actual cage itself. Instead of just being a straight cage, I wanted to angle a little bit because that gave us a chance to actually work off that cage, because if it was straight up, you ain’t shooting him into the cage because it’s — you’re gonna get stuck in there, right? So by having an angle, you can run up on it, you do all kinds of gimmicky stuff on there so, there was a lot of creativity [that] went into that but I was a part of that creativity for sure.
Shamrock went on to reveal he never made any money from the name and was happy to stop using it once Johnson became a wrestling superstar.
“No [I didn’t make any money from ‘The Rock’ name]. You know what man? The Rock came up and started using it. Nobody even knew the issue at all. I didn’t because I was never kind of — I never liked that, right? Just like when they came up with the dolls that had the lion skin on it with the shorts on it, I owned that. They never asked me to do that, they didn’t ask to do that so therefore I own that, so I could’ve gotten all that too but you know what? I was fine with where I was at. It didn’t matter. So, and me and Rocky, we talked about it one time. He didn’t even know. He’s like, ‘Really!?’ I said, ‘Yeah. Don’t worry about it. No big deal.’ It’s like, ‘I’m not gonna do anything for that’ so it’s like, I’m known as The World’s Most Dangerous Man now.” (Transcribed by RingsideNews)
Do you think Ken Shamrock should’ve been compensated for allowing the WWE & Dwayne Johnson to use his name?
With Mike Tyson’s signing his recent training video off with “I’m back”, many began to speculate about whether or not the former youngest boxing heavyweight champion in history’ would be making a return to the ring. The potential comeback not only drew interest from the former boxer and bare-knuckle fighter John Fur and long-time rival […]
With Mike Tyson’s signing his recent training video off with “I’m back”, many began to speculate about whether or not the former youngest boxing heavyweight champion in history’ would be making a return to the ring. The potential comeback not only drew interest from the former boxer and bare-knuckle fighter John Fur and long-time rival Evander Holyfield but also former UFC and Bellator heavyweight Ken Shamrock.
In an interview with Fight Network, Shamrock was asked if Mike Tyson’s comeback speculation had influenced a potential Shamrock comeback to which Shamrock responded with “I’m always hungry to fight”. (H/T Bjpenn)
“That’s in my DNA. I love doing it, I’ve always loved doing it. At the same time I’ve also got to be smart too, and understand that it has to be something that makes sense if I’m going to get in the ring. I’m not going to fight some 27-year-old in his prime. It would be ridiculous for me to do that” Shamrock said.
“But if something made sense, I would do it, I love competing, I’ve always loved competing. Someone like Mike Tyson would be a perfect fight for me, because it’s something I love doing.”
“I love competing and I love competing against the best, so it’d be a perfect scenario for me.” With Shamrock being 56 years old and Tyson being 53, could this potential match-up be enough to draw the two out of an early retirement?
With the Mayweather v McGregor fight being such a huge success, it is hard to argue that the idea of ‘Iron Mike’ Tyson vs Ken Shamrock wouldn’t attract fans of both sports, especially with both heavyweights finishing their careers with losses offering redemption to both.
Would a Mike Tyson and Ken Shamrock fight be one you’d like to see?
Ken Shamrock has weighed in on the UFC 244 main event stoppage. A lot has been made over the UFC 244 headliner between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz. Masvidal scored a third-round TKO victory via doctor’s stoppage. Many have argued whether or not …
Ken Shamrock has weighed in on the UFC 244 main event stoppage. A lot has been made over the UFC 244 headliner between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz. Masvidal scored a third-round TKO victory via doctor’s stoppage. Many have argued whether or not the cuts on Diaz’s eyebrow and below his right eye were severe […]
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UFC Hall of Famer and Valor founder Ken Shamrock has laid out the invitation for Jorge Masvidal to compete in bare knuckle action. Shamrock created a stir recently when he mocked the BMF title fight between Masvidal and Nate Diaz at UFC 244. He felt compared to what he and other UFC veterans had to […]
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UFC Hall of Famer and Valor founder Ken Shamrock has laid out the invitation for Jorge Masvidal to compete in bare knuckle action.
Shamrock created a stir recently when he mocked the BMF title fight between Masvidal and Nate Diaz at UFC 244. He felt compared to what he and other UFC veterans had to go through in the nineties, a BMF title meant next to nothing.
However, he meant no disrespect to either competitor as he expanded on those comments:
“I’m not taking anything from them, because all these guys would whip my butt right now,” Shamrock told MMA Fighting. “All I’m saying is compared to what we had to go through, getting kicked in the face, punched in the back of the head with no gloves, no rules, no time limit, four times in one night, yes, it’s funny.”
Shamrock doesn’t believe there’s a need for a belt to signify how much of a BMF someone is. He even proceeded to invite Masvidal to return to his bare knuckle roots by competing at Valor:
“I don’t think we need a belt to tell people there’s a ‘BMF’ – I don’t understand that,” Shamrock added. “Masvidal fought bare-knuckle. He did backyard brawls just like (Kimbo Slice).
“So I say if that’s the case, why doesn’t he try his hand at Valor? We’d love to find out how bad he is.”
Of course, Masvidal is contracted to the UFC so that is highly unlikely as of now. But maybe it’s an option for the future?
What do you think of Shamrock’s comments and invitation?
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