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Former UFC star Jorge Masvidal is open to working for WWE if the cash is true.
“If the shoe matches, put on it,” Masvidal informed Justin Barrasso of Sports activities Illustrated. “I am very busy, but when the compensation is smart, then let’s do it.”
Masvidal, who went 35-17 throughout his skilled MMA profession, retired from competitors after a defeat to Gilbert Burns on April 8.
His resume consists of profitable the UFC “BMF” Championship, recording the quickest knockout in UFC historical past (5 seconds), incomes 4 Efficiency of the Evening honors and preventing Kamaru Usman twice for the welterweight title.
Masvidal did make a quick cameo in All Elite Wrestling in Sept. 2021, notably hitting Chris Jericho with a flying knee.
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He is clearly open to the potential of maybe returning to the wrestling ring.
“If the WWE needs a savage like me, then signal me up,” Masvidal mentioned. “I will go over to WWE and cultivate these guys.”
He additionally added: “I like preventing. If I’m going to WWE, I will put a hurting on them each night time. I will torture them, make life f–king hell for all of them. Nobody over there can beat me.”
Masvidal has quite a bit on his plate proper now, although. He based and created the first-ever skilled bareknuckle MMA league in america (Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA), which is about to carry a present Sept. 8 that includes ex-UFC heavyweight champions Junior Dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum.
Nonetheless, Masvidal has confirmed to be some of the entertaining figures in fight sports activities, and his charisma can definitely translate if he will get a professional wrestling alternative down the highway.
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