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Longtime Announcer Believes WWE Is In Contact With Conor McGregor

Legendary WWE announcer Jim Ross believes that the world’s leading pro wrestling promotion will soon be in contact with UFC champion and superstar Conor McGregor, and would be surprised if they weren’t already in talks. McGregor is clearly the biggest star that the UFC ever produced, and the WWE has a tradition of bringing in […]

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Legendary WWE announcer Jim Ross believes that the world’s leading pro wrestling promotion will soon be in contact with UFC champion and superstar Conor McGregor, and would be surprised if they weren’t already in talks.

McGregor is clearly the biggest star that the UFC ever produced, and the WWE has a tradition of bringing in actors and athletes into the wrestling ring for Wrestlemania. Floyd Mayweather and Ronda Rousey are just a few names who have made the crossover to pro wrestling.

JR was adamant about McGregor’s inclusion into one of WWE’s biggest yearly events and gave his thoughts on the idea during an interview with Submission Radio:

“Look, I don’t have this concrete information or source telling me all that good stuff, I would be very surprised if the two parties on some level haven’t had some kind of communication. It may be lawyer to lawyer, probably that more than anything, but just to feel out interest. Conor is another global star and Conor will sell wrestling tickets, because for a one-off, for a one-time deal he’ll sell tickets to see how he’s going to do.”

“Different generation, different time,” he said. “The thing about the theory that you mentioned there of Conor coming in and making a big payday and leaving, well, while he’s getting to that payday and at that payday he’s generating revenue for the company, and the talent share in the revenues on the discretionary payroll. So, all Conor is gonna do is cook bigger pies for the wrestlers to get a bigger slice.”

McGregor has in the past shown reverence to WWE President Vince McMahon, and even engaged in a Twitter battle with WWE wrestler Seamus after McGregor made comments regarding the veracity of pro wrestling, or lack thereof.

The UFC lightweight champion has remained rather quiet about his next move following his 10th round TKO loss to Mayweather in his boxing debut in August.

No word yet from Dana White on whether the UFC would allow McGregor to participate in a WWE event, but Rousey was permitted to do so while she was champion, so the possibility is very real.

Would you care to see McGregor in the WWE for Wrestlemania? Or should he just return to the UFC to defend his belt?

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Ronda Rousey Appears At Recent WWE Tapings

It looks like Ronda Rousey could potentially be returning to the ring, although not for a MMA fight. According to a report from Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting, Rousey appeared at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) tapings at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, last Thursday and Friday to support her longtime friend and training partner, […]

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It looks like Ronda Rousey could potentially be returning to the ring, although not for a MMA fight.

According to a report from Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting, Rousey appeared at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) tapings at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, last Thursday and Friday to support her longtime friend and training partner, former UFC bantamweight Shayna Baszler.

Things started out calm enough in Thursday evening according to the report, as Baszler won her opening-round match in the Mae Young Classic, a 32-woman tournament. But from that point, the fostering of a feud began, as Rousey sat ringside with Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir, the other two members of “Rowdy” and Baszler’s oft-publicized “Four Horsewomen” group.

Of course, the group name stems from the ultra-popular “Four Horsemen” stable of the 1980s consisting of legendary champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and several other members. Rousey and her stablemates used their version, but apparently never trademarked it, as WWE soon marketed a stable of women wrestlers including Flair’s daughter Charlotte Flair, whose real name is Ashley Fliehr, Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Becky Lynch as their own version of the “Four Horsewomen.”

So although Rousey and her “Four Horsewomen” group’s role was unclear, it became clear after Baszler won her second-round tournament match over Mia Kim with a MMA-inspired choke and flaunted a four-finger “Four Horsewomen” taunt directed at Flair, Lynch, and Bayley (Banks was in Australia working on a promotional tour for WWE). Both groups of women got into a bit of a smack-talking match, although it remains to be seen just how far this angle will proceed.

Meltzer said a WWE official called it, “foreshadowing in essence, just in case.”

The bit will reportedly not air until this September, but Rousey’s love of and history with pro-wrestling has been well documented. During the height of her popularity, she appeared alongside mega-famous actor and former WWE champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to mix it up with WWE executives and personalities Triple H and Stephanie McMahon at 2015’s WrestleMania, and the WWE has made no effort to hide their infatuation with Rousey, who herself is a longtime professional wrestling fanatic.

The Vince McMahon-owned pro-wrestling juggernaut reportedly wanted Rousey to wrestle Stephanie McMahon at WrestleMania in 2016, something that never came to fruition after she lost her long-held UFC title in a shocking knockout loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in November 2015. Now that Rousey appears to be done with the UFC for the time being, an opportunity for her to appear in her beloved pro-wrestling, where she would engage in scripted physical activity rather than get punched by the most dangerous 135-pound female fighters on the planet, could be an obvious choice for her next career move post-UFC.

Baszler has been involved with pro-wrestling for quite some time, having trained with several of the WWE’s female wrestlers during the time following her retirement from MMA, and has supposedly been seeking employment with the WWE for quite some time. She was also trained in both pro-wrestling in addition to catch wrestling by former UFC champion Josh Barnett.

Although it was thought that she had not been signed to the promotion, Baszler has now been booked to be one of the performers at the forefront of the Mae Young Classic, where she will wrestle Japan’s Kaire Sane in the finals on September 12, a date during which the storyline involving Rousey is expected to continue.

So nothing is set, but it appears Rousey’s next trip to a ring could potentially be in the WWE. Do you like that direction for her career, or would it better to give MMA and the UFC one last shot?

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Brock Lesnar’s UFC Return Could Send Ronda Rousey To Wrestlemania

After the recent announcement that former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar would be making his return to the Octagon at July 9’s blockbuster UFC 200 from Las Vegas, Nevada, many had wondered what was in it for the WWE. After all, Lesnar is still under contract with the professional wrestling organization so why would Vince McMahon

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After the recent announcement that former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar would be making his return to the Octagon at July 9’s blockbuster UFC 200 from Las Vegas, Nevada, many had wondered what was in it for the WWE.

After all, Lesnar is still under contract with the professional wrestling organization so why would Vince McMahon let one of his biggest stars go off and compete in the UFC?

Lesnar made it seem as if McMahon was simply allowing him to follow his dreams, but perhaps the WWE is also hoping to use the deal as leverage in luring in some UFC stars to participate in WWE events in the near future.

For example, it was recently reported that rising star and women’s strawweight contender Paige VanZant could potentially appear at ‘SummerSlam’ later this summer.

According to Forbes, that’s not all the WWE is hoping for, however.

Aside from some added promotion to ‘SummerSlam’, which Lesnar will also compete at, the WWE is hoping to have former UFC bantamweight champion and mega star “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey participate at the highly-anticipated Wrestlemania 33 in Orlando, Florida.

Rousey actually appeared in the ring at Wrestlemania 31 in a segment, but the WWE is now hoping to book her for a legitimate wrestling match as opposed to just an appearance.

Rousey hasn’t competed in the Octagon since shockingly surrendering her title in brutal fashion to Holly Holm at November 2015’s UFC 193 from Melbourne, Australia.

Her return to MMA has been discussed, rumored, and pushed back time and time again, and there is no official date as of now.

Will we see the former champion next in the Octagon or the WWE ring?

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