UFC Star Contemplates WWE Career After Retirement
A current UFC star has claimed that they are open to joining WWE after retirement.
Michael Chandler currently competes in the Lightweight division, where he is in a slump, having lost five of his last six matches.
Chandler is also not new to the WWE surroundings, as he attended the February 19, 2024, taping of RAW. He was also featured in a segment where he called out Conor McGregor.
During a recent appearance on Chris Van Vliet’s Insight, the 39-year-old discussed how his promo on the red brand came to be.
They knew [the promo] was gonna happen, because I wanted to ask for permission. Once again, going back to I’m not going to show up to WWE and make it about me.
So I asked, I forget who I was sitting with. But they asked, and it went up to Nick [Khan], went up the flagpole to Nick, to be like, ‘Hey, we’re going to introduce Chandler.’ But I was like, ‘Well, hey, why don’t you just give me the microphone?’ And they were like, ‘You want the microphone?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I want the microphone.’ And they were like, ‘Hold on.’
Everyone’s got the ear pieces, one of the production people wound it up the flag pole to Nick, and Nick’s like, ‘Yeah, give him the microphone.’ But then they did say, ‘Hey, make sure you do not rip the rip the microphone out of her hand, they will freaking be mad at you if you do that.’ I’m like, ‘Okay, I’ll take it.’
But it was a little bit of a passionate grab. But it wasn’t like, ‘Give me that thing!’ Then it was…it was during the time, obviously, they the UFC was just in Anaheim the night before. And yeah, it was during the time where we were kind of still working on when am I going to fight Conor and all that stuff?
And, yeah, just ripped a promo, jumped up on the seats. And then, like, afterwards I’m off camera, and then Pat McAfee is, like, ‘Michael Chandler just ripped his shirt off because I ripped my shirt off,’ and I was just flexing in there, and the whole crowd is going crazy. It had like, freaking 60 million views in like, 24 hours. It was cool, it was fun.
Michael Chandler Discusses Potential WWE Future
Michael Chandler further explained that he loved entertaining people, something that WWE does day in and day out.
That’s my environment, man. I love entertaining people. I love to be around people and just say, it’s kind of weird, because I don’t love being the center of attention, but when it’s time and that, lights come on and it’s my moment.
And I think that’s why I’ve been known as one of the most, if not the most entertaining fighters in the UFC because I care about the wins and losses, but I also care about fulfilling my passion and what I’m doing.
It’s like the Man in the Arena, man like, fail if you’re going to fail, fail while daring greatly, and you’re out there, and I’m living my passion, and I love God created me for hand-to-hand combat, in the wrestling mats, maybe in the WWE ring after fighting, but right now in the UFC. [H/T: Fightful]
Michael Chandler will next face Chad Mendes at Real American Freestyle 3.
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