Published 18:28 IST, September 8th 2020
Daniel Cormier expresses wish to fight WWE icon Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania
Daniel Cormier, who recently retired from UFC, said in an interview that he and Brock Lesnar have a history, which could be the hook of their WWE storyline.
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier recently sat down with Ariel Helwani where he called out Brock Lesnar to a match at WrestleMania. two were allegedly scheduled to fight in 2018 as y were involved in in a mir scuffle at UFC 226, moments after Daniel Cormier defeated Stipe Miocic and became heavyweight champion. However, fight never came to fruition as Brock Lesnar chose t to step out of MMA retirement and continued to work with WWE.
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Daniel Cormier, who recently retired from UFC, told ESPN's Ariel Helwani in an interview that he and Brock Lesnar have a history, which could be hook of ir WWE storyline. However, he made it clear that he needs at least a year to learn everything about pro-wrestling so that he can deliver a great debut performance. Later, he talked about a WrestleMania 37 debut but soon settled on fighting Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 38.
"I'm done, I want to wrestle with Brock in WWE, that's where I want to fight Brock. I want to fight him on his terms. You kw, two old guys in UFC Octagon going at it, 43-41-year-old guys seem fun, boy, me and Brock at WrestleMania that would be a good time," Cormier said in interview with Helwani.
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Vince McMahon, Triple H and ors want Daniel Cormier in WWE
Reports of WWE being interested in working with Daniel Cormier have been circulating for a very long time. A couple of weeks ago, while talking to TMZ, Triple H revealed that he already has a role decided for Daniel Cormier. Triple H said that he would love to see Daniel Cormier as a WWE commentator. Game stated that Daniel Cormier is doing a great ‘commentary job for UFC’ and he could do same in WWE. Later, Dave Meltzer claimed that WWE CEO Vince McMahon and FOX are also thinking of approaching UFC legend.
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Daniel Cormier’s last UFC fight was against Stipe Miocic, which he lost via unanimous decision. In process, Stipe Miocic also won trilogy – Cormier won first meeting (UFC 226), while Stipe Miocic won or two (UFC 241, UFC 252). Brock Lesnar, on or hand, last fought Mark Hunt in UFC in 2016. Beast won UFC bout, but result was later overturned to a -contest due to a failed banned substance test. Brock Lesnar’s last WWE appearance was at WrestleMania 36 where he lost his WWE Championship to Drew McIntyre. He did t make a WWE appearance after iconic event and his contract with promotion later expired. Brock Lesnar is w a free nt and could return to UFC if he chooses to.
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Im Source: AP
18:27 IST, September 8th 2020