MikeRaw
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Here's an interesting thought... With UFC and MMA in general becoming big, it provides an alternative for big guys. In the past, there's been huge guys in pro wrestling, and they've been succesful. But, as part of that, they had to do something that was fake. Now, I'm not saying that hate that. I can't read their minds. But with the likes of Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar currently in MMA, do you think more guys will decide that they'd rather do that? Alot of these big guys, or guys who would be considered heavyweights have trained in wrestling, and some of them even in other forms of fighting. So if they can actually fight, do you think some of these big guys will decide they want to follow in the footsteps of Lesnar or Lashley, and become stars in MMA, where they can do this stuff for real? And will guys coming up, who are massive, now decide (or at least alot of them) that they'd want to do real competition like MMA, instead of a staged event like wrestling?
So yeah, do you see a trend in the next 5-10 years of big guys coming up in MMA instead of Wrestling, and jumping ship to MMA?
Personally, I do. I think that so many of these guys are massive, and are obviously interested in physicality, or else they wouldn't be in wrestling. I think the reason alot of guys got in to wrestling is because even though they were actually trained in skills such as real, amateur wrestling, MMA was underground, seedy, and not popular when they were coming up, like 10 years ago, so they decided to do pro wrestling like WWE. But now that MMA is accepted as a legit sport, and is extremely popular, I think these big guys who train when they're younger, willnow decide to use their skills for real competition, now that they've seen that guys like Lesnar and Lashley can survive in it.
So yeah, do you see a trend in the next 5-10 years of big guys coming up in MMA instead of Wrestling, and jumping ship to MMA?
Personally, I do. I think that so many of these guys are massive, and are obviously interested in physicality, or else they wouldn't be in wrestling. I think the reason alot of guys got in to wrestling is because even though they were actually trained in skills such as real, amateur wrestling, MMA was underground, seedy, and not popular when they were coming up, like 10 years ago, so they decided to do pro wrestling like WWE. But now that MMA is accepted as a legit sport, and is extremely popular, I think these big guys who train when they're younger, willnow decide to use their skills for real competition, now that they've seen that guys like Lesnar and Lashley can survive in it.