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Former WWE Champ Discusses Cain Velasquez’ Pro-Wrestling Debut

Cain Velasquez is now a professional wrestler. The former UFC heavyweight champion signed with the AAA lucha libre promotion last month. He will be part of the promotion’s annual Triplemania event this August. Recently, professional wrestling legend and former WWE star Alberto Del Rio spoke to MMA Junkie to give his thoughts on Velasquez in […]

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Cain Velasquez is now a professional wrestler. The former UFC heavyweight champion signed with the AAA lucha libre promotion last month. He will be part of the promotion’s annual Triplemania event this August.

Recently, professional wrestling legend and former WWE star Alberto Del Rio spoke to MMA Junkie to give his thoughts on Velasquez in professional wrestling. Del Rio admitted that Velasquez certainly has the athletic pedigree to succeed inside of the ring:

“Velasquez has all the athletic credentials,” Del Rio said. “Wrestling is more difficult than people know, and it’s hard physically, but Cain has the athletic pedigree to do the job in the ring.”

A Different Style

Del Rio then discussed what it takes to be a star in professional wrestling. In mixed martial arts (MMA), your performance inside of the cage might be enough to make people want to tune in to see you fight. However, in the world of wrestling, athletes must have charisma to really thrive in the industry:

“In mixed martial arts, the promoters like to sell fights with big personalities, Del Rio said. “But you can become a star simply by winning all your fights and being impressive in the cage and becoming a champion and make the fans want to see your fights that way. …

“But in wrestling, you have to have a charisma that connects with the audience in a different way. The promoter can have you go out and lose every single night, but if the audience believes in your character and your personality, you can still become a star anyway.”

Del Rio isn’t sure how Velasquez is going to connect with the professional wrestling audience, but one thing is for sure, he has a great respect for the business as he heads into the venture, which should play into his favor:

“He respects wrestling,” Del Rio said. “He has the right attitude, he is sincere in wanting to learn. Whether that will translate, we don’t know, but he’s doing and saying all the right things.”

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Former WWE Champ Alberto Del Rio Comments On Cain Velasquez’s Potential In Wrestling

Last month, former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez signed on with lucha libre promotion AAA as an in-ring talent. Velasquez will be appearing at the promotion’s annual mega-event Triplemania XXVII. The show goes down the Arena Ciudad de M…

Last month, former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez signed on with lucha libre promotion AAA as an in-ring talent. Velasquez will be appearing at the promotion’s annual mega-event Triplemania XXVII. The show goes down the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico on August 3. Recently, former WWE Champion, lucha libre legend, and ex-PRIDE […]

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Ronda Rousey Reportedly Taking Time Off WWE To Start Family

It looks like Ronda Rousey and her husband, former UFC heavyweight, Travis Browne will be starting a family. ESPN reports that sources close to Rousey confirm “The Rowdy One” is taking time off WWE to try and get pregnant. Rousey fueled the rumors with an Instagram photo of herself and Browne, which she captioned “#impregnationvacation’: […]

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It looks like Ronda Rousey and her husband, former UFC heavyweight, Travis Browne will be starting a family.

ESPN reports that sources close to Rousey confirm “The Rowdy One” is taking time off WWE to try and get pregnant. Rousey fueled the rumors with an Instagram photo of herself and Browne, which she captioned “#impregnationvacation’:

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Rousey comes off a WrestleMania 35 loss to Becky Lynch, where she dropped her RAW Women’s Championship in a Triple Threat main event involving Charlotte Flair, who also lost her SmackDown Live Women’s Title in the match. It was the first-ever women’s match in history to main event a WrestleMania.

Now, Rousey will be sidelined for several months with an injured hand. She’ll be using that time off to start the next chapter of her life. Back in a January interview with ESPN, Rousey admitted that she has aspirations to start a family soon:

“I’ve not kept it a secret that I would definitely want to start a family,” Rousey said. “But how do you go about doing that? I love this way more than I thought that I would. So do you just keep going until you just happen to get pregnant?

“Or should you stop and go try and get pregnant? Or is going and trying to get pregnant putting yourself on the spot and then you’re less likely to get pregnant? I’ve never had a baby before, I don’t know these kinds of things. It would be kind of cool to just keep acting and then one day, ‘Hey, surprise twist, I’m pregnant.’

“That would be fun. There’s a lot of things up in the air. A lot of decisions that we’ve gotta make as a family. I’m trying to figure it out as I go along.”

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Ronda Rousey Reportedly Taking a Break from WWE to Start a Family

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has become one of the biggest superstars in WWE since making her transition from the Octagon to the squared circle but it appears her new career will be put on hiatus. On Monday, Rousey dropped a me…

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has become one of the biggest superstars in WWE since making her transition from the Octagon to the squared circle but it appears her new career will be put on hiatus. On Monday, Rousey dropped a message on Instagram sharing a kiss with her husband, UFC heavyweight Travis […]

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Ronda Rousey Loses WWE Title At WrestleMania 35

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey competed for the WWE RAW and Smackdown Women’s Championships in the main event of tonight’s (Sun., April 7, 2019) from the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Rousey was the RAW champ heading into WrestleMania. Facing fan favorite Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in a winner-takes-all Triple […]

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Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey competed for the WWE RAW and Smackdown Women’s Championships in the main event of tonight’s (Sun., April 7, 2019) from the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Rousey was the RAW champ heading into WrestleMania. Facing fan favorite Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in a winner-takes-all Triple Threat match, Rousey was rumored to be leaving the WWE after the match. That would most likely only take place if she lost.

Rousey came out smoking with her striking, nailing both women. But when she tried to lock on an armbar on Flair hanging from the ropes, she was drop-kicked to the ground by Lynch:

Rousey fought back with a flying cross body on both women:

But Lynch got Rousey in her own move, an armbar, when they were locked up against the post:

Lynch eventually won both titles by reversing a Rousey slam and pinning her shoulders to the mat. It was Rousey’s first pinfall loss in WWE:

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Video: Brock Lesnar Loses WWE Title, Paving Way For UFC Return

Brock Lesnar has been rumored to return to the UFC since Daniel Cormier beat Stipe Miocic at last July’s UFC 226. What just happened at tonight’s (Sun., April 7, 2019) WrestleMania 35 from East Rutherford, New Jersey, may open the path for that to finally happen. Lesnar lost his WWE Universal Title to Seth Rollins […]

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Brock Lesnar has been rumored to return to the UFC since Daniel Cormier beat Stipe Miocic at last July’s UFC 226.

What just happened at tonight’s (Sun., April 7, 2019) WrestleMania 35 from East Rutherford, New Jersey, may open the path for that to finally happen. Lesnar lost his WWE Universal Title to Seth Rollins in their awaited match. It started out well for Lesnar when he scored his signature F5 before the match had even started (via WWE):

He also took Rollins to the infamous ‘Suplex City’:

Lesnar capped it off by tossing Rollins out of the ring:

But when Lesnar lined Rollins up for another F5 to finish the match, he was reversed. Rollins hit Lesnar with a low blow while the ref was distracted to score his signature curb stomp:

Rollins celebrated with a new title of ‘The Beast Slayer’:

All that was scripted, of course, and it could mean Lesnar is leaving WWE for another run in the UFC. There are some hurdles to cross before that actually happens, but this was the biggest one on the surface.

Cormier is looking for one last huge payday before he rides into the sunset. Lesnar is that fight, even if it doesn’t make sense in terms of rankings or legitimacy.






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