My name is Damien Drain and I am a fan of both WWE/Pro Wrestling and a fan of UFC/MMA. This is an opinion piece on the recent comments of the infamous and “The Notorious” Conor McGregor’s comments at the UFC 202 Media Conference Call.
UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor recently made some comments when asked about the WWE and if he would continue the cross-promotion between the WWE and the UFC after Brock Lesnar had fought at UFC 200 and defeated Mark Hunt. Conor ended up saying “I have thought about it, for the most part, I think these WWE guys are P****** to be honest. They’re messed up P****** if you ask me. Fair play to Brock, he got in and fought, but at the end of the day he was juiced up to the eyeballs, how can I respect that?”. Of course there was some backlash by some wrestling fans.
My opinion on this is that its two sides of each coin. First if this is what Conor believes then I’m not going to fault him for it if he’s not a fan. Maybe he did not need to be so blunt and it did sound like too me maybe I was wrong but Conor did sound a little annoyed at the question because he was there to sell UFC 202. I really think he just wanted to talk about UFC 202 and the fight with Nate Diaz which I am really looking forward to on August 20th.
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On the other hand Brock did open himself and the WWE up to criticism and people taking shots at them when Brock flunked not one but two USADA drug tests. WWE in the last two months to be fair has had 2 of their top stars flunk drug tests. Granted Roman’s was the actual WWE wellness policy while Brock’s was USADA and not the wellness policy, but a drug test is a drug test no matter who’s testing you. The WWE has also shown in those 2 cases questionable punishments for violations. Roman still kept his spot at Battleground because when they suspended him they still allowed them to do the Shield Triple Threat. I loved the Shield Triple Threat Match at Battleground but Roman should have been removed from the match for flunking the test and then Brock who is a part timer does not get suspended for flunking the two tests because part-timers are exempt from the wellness policy. Brock’s got WWE basically by the balls so he can do whatever the hell he wants and get away with it but both cases made WWE look really bad especially Brock’s considering he beat Mark Hunt at UFC 200 in the first and only WWE contracted wrestler vs UFC contracted fighter ever.
As a fan I am not offended by what Conor said because he at least had the balls to take a shot at Brock and the comments were I felt fair game. When you’re Conor McGregor making boat-loads of money and bringing the UFC its biggest total gates and PPV buys in the last year. He’s brought in GREAT PPV numbers from 825,000 at UFC 189, 1,200,000 for UFC 194 and 1,500,000 for UFC 196 and considering he is one of my favorites in the UFC he can say whatever the hell you want. I also thought the comments were just more funny than anything considering he did praise Triple H, The McMahon’s and The Rock for being “Dons”.
So really to wrap this up it is what it is Conor was asked a question and he answered bluntly . I can’t wait for UFC 202 should be another great fight with Conor and Nate I’m personally not offended. Share your thoughts in the comment section below and be on the look out for my Part 8 of my fantasy booking WWF 2001: WWF vs WCW Part 8 Survivor Series “The Poison Is Here”
Lol @ Triple H being a “Don.” ??
Seems like a lot of WWE stars were offended