In most cases, you can't have your cake and eat it too. But when it comes to NIL Athletes who want to be WWE Entertainers and UFC fighters, they've got the chance to, thanks to the parent company of both WWE and UFC, TKO.
That's what Triple H recently told Andrew Shulz on The Flagrant. The Game namedropped various athletes who competed in both WWE and the UFC and saw success in both ventures.
It’s one of those things where it just depends on who is an entertainer. There is always a possibility. Brock Lesnar, Ronda [Rousey], there is always that possibility. We’re always wide open to it. I think there are also possibilities, as we are recruiting now D1 athletes coming out of colleges in our NIL program, there are people coming into us that want to do WWE style entertainment for a living but are like, ‘I’d dip my toe into the water of taking a shot at UFC if I could.’ Whether that is realistic or not, some of those guys have massive amateur backgrounds and have trained in that stuff, but are looking to do what we do, but would also throw their hat in that ring. I would say never say never on that," Triple H said.
There's never been a better time or opportunity for athletes who want to pursue dual-dreams of wrestling in WWE and fighting in the UFC.
Elsewhere during Triple H's interview with Shulz, he pontificated that bad guys in pro wrestling need to be justified. You can read those full comments by clicking here.
Triple H also recently spoke about his past relationship with CM Punk, and how bad communication played a part in their disagreements. You can read those comments here.
