Dana White weighs in on UFC and WWE crossover.
On September 12, the merger between WWE and UFC to form TKO became complete. The two companies will operate as separate entities, but there will be some synergy in how parent company Endeavor handles things.
Speaking to ESPN, UFC senior executive vice president and chief operating officer Lawrence Epstein said, "Where we want to get is where every UFC fan is a WWE fan and every WWE fan is a UFC fan."
UFC CEO Dana White was asked as his DWCS press conference about the quote and if he agreed.
"Lawrence, I love you, one of the dumbest statements of all time. I don't know why he said that. I don't even know what to say to that. No. There is no...there is some crossover. Some people like WWE, some people like UFC, some people like both. I don't think there is ever going to be a day where we turn every UFC fan to a WWE fan or every WWE...what's beautiful about the synergy between these two fanbases is they are very completely opposite. There is very little crossover. Maybe he was misquoted, I hope that was the case because I could not disagree with him more," said Dana.
Epstein also said UFC and WWE holding major events on the same weekend in one city and the two promotions going to tourism authorities and selling them on paying for the UFC and WWE as a package deal coming to their jurisdiction is a possibility.
Fans can find Khan's comments on WWE and UFC crossover by clicking here.
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