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Conor McGregor/WWE Thread

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  • #62
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,765 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    J. Marston wrote: »
    Vs Roman?

    https://twitter.com/WWERomanReigns/status/762301317939245057

    That'd be the drugs Roman.


  • #63
    BMMachine
    Site Banned Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭BMMachine


    To Roman:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STYDAb_iCjg


  • #64
    DM_7
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,108 Mod ✭✭✭✭DM_7


    Conor getting that much of a reaction is really putting him over.


  • #65
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Conor looking for a gig as The Marnie 6 before his showdown with The Marnie 3/4/5 at a WM in the future.


    I'd say (just my guess) he want's to try acting before he eventually ends up in a WWE ring so why not get a working relationship going early with WWE films.

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHuBXx2lO3oAdzAqRVzn0DOn_mhFt-0FTladN_ZjrHlsUYBTMT

    Couldn't help but giggle reading your message and picturing Miz lining up opposite Sean Connery :D

    Junkie did a piece on the most interesting reactions. I thought Flair was amusing, since that is the gimmick.

    http://mmajunkie.com/?p=205957


  • #66
    jaykhunter
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    Couple more responding to Conor. Great pub for Conor & WWE

    https://twitter.com/The305MVP/status/762272472884387844

    https://twitter.com/SashaBanksWWE/status/762309407615188992


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  • #67
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,270 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Just as well Vince has come round to wrestlers being allowed to show there tattoo's or Conor would have to wear some god ugly jumpsuit to hide that god ugly chest tattoo he has if he was ever to step into a WWE ring.


  • #68
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,714 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


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    Flair wins this one.


  • #69
    Pentecost
    Registered Users Posts: 3,836 ✭✭✭Pentecost


    UFC fighter Luke Sanders wisely defending his girlfriend's colleagues here

    http://twitter.com/coolhandmma/status/762393456324980737


  • #70
    Tssk
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭Tssk


    Mmafighting.com posited that the amount of wrestler responses could hint at this all being organised beforehand with summerslam coming a day after Mac's next fight.


  • #71
    Frank O. Pinion
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭Frank O. Pinion


    If all these WWE wrestlers are so tough, and are so badass at fighting for real (like they're implying), why aren't they in UFC making way more money for way less appearances? Besides all the steroids, of course.


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  • #72
    JeffKenna
    Registered Users Posts: 4,507 ✭✭✭JeffKenna


    Tssk wrote: »
    Mmafighting.com posited that the amount of wrestler responses could hint at this all being organised beforehand with summerslam coming a day after Mac's next fight.

    I would have thought this is playing the long game for Wrestlemania?


  • #73
    johnnyryan89
    Registered Users Posts: 8,714 ✭✭✭johnnyryan89


    Frank O. Pinion wrote: »
    If all these WWE wrestlers are so tough, and are so badass at fighting for real (like they're implying), why aren't they in UFC making way more money for way less appearances? Besides all the steroids, of course.


    The only ones I've seen so far commenting on it are Reigns, Big E and Sasha Banks who wouldn't make anywhere near what they are making in WWE when you consider they are big merchandise sellers and Kurt Angle is like 50 and UFC wasn't as mainstream when he got into wrestling especially when you consider someone like Ken Shamrock who was in UFC was also in WWE with Angle.


  • #74
    ERG89
    Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Frank O. Pinion wrote: »
    If all these WWE wrestlers are so tough, and are so badass at fighting for real (like they're implying), why aren't they in UFC making way more money for way less appearances? Besides all the steroids, of course.

    I think the average wrestler makes more than the average fighter tbh, top of the card is a different story mind. I'm confused, are the steroids in wwe or ufc cause it's both from what I can see otherwise testing wouldn't need to happen :o


  • #75
    leggo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    Yeah look up fighter pay, it's a big deal. Not to mention most of the guys grew up wanting to be wrestlers rather than MMA fighters.

    Wait, ****, am I involved now?! Noooo, it's all promo! Good chance there was a meeting behind the scenes where both McGregor and WWE agreed this. He has/had a similar deal in place with Mayweather.


  • #76
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Certainly a possibility it's a work but anyone floating the idea that all the WWE performers who tweeted in response to him are playing along are off base here. if there were a deal, Vince and Paul would be playing it very close to the vest. Half the roster talks to Meltzer, Keller, Johnson, Alvarez etc so no way it wouldn't have leaked.


  • #77
    Frank O. Pinion
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭Frank O. Pinion


    johnnyryan89 wrote: »
    The only ones I've seen so far commenting on it are Reigns, Big E and Sasha Banks
    Plus, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Drew Galloway, Sheamus, Curtis Axel, Titus O'Neil, MVP, and Kevin Owens. I'm sure some of them could make more money in MMA, if they could actually fight for real.
    ERG89 wrote:
    I think the average wrestler makes more than the average fighter tbh
    On the road most of the year, paying for hotels, restaurants vs home meals, etc. Actual net pay I would think is much higher for decent fighters in UFC.
    ERG89 wrote:
    I'm confused, are the steroids in wwe or ufc cause it's both from what I can see otherwise testing wouldn't need to happen redface.png
    Oh, it's in both. Whose testing is better though, UFC's or WWE's "Wellness Policy"?
    leggo wrote:
    Not to mention most of the guys grew up wanting to be wrestlers rather than MMA fighters.
    Should stick to scripted promos then, rather than trash talk with real fighters.


  • #78
    leggo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    Frank O. Pinion wrote: »
    Should stick to scripted promos then, rather than trash talk with real fighters.

    :pac: you don't really see what's happening here, do you?

    On Saturday 20th August, UFC are hosting the fight between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz.

    On Sunday 21st August, WWE present the SummerSlam pay-per view.

    Both take place within the entertainment industry and both succeed or fail not based on who wins or loses a real or scripted fight, but by how many people pay to see them. The easiest way of courting the most amount of free publicity for these events is to say something controversial so that the media talks about you in front of millions of people, getting conversations like this going on social media and in message boards and across watercoolers around the world. People talk about McGregor and WWE's comments, then they invariably get around to discussing UFC 202 and SummerSlam in doing so, and the nature of these discussions taking place everywhere makes everything involved appear at the height of cultural relevance and, thus, 'must-see' and therefore the hope for the people involved is that that converts into eyeballs and money for their upcoming events.

    None of these people care about who'd win in a fight. They are doing the same thing Stone Cold Steve Austin and CM Punk did when they went all "I'd bash you" while promoting the latest WWE game. It's promotion, marketing, and it's working really well.


  • #79
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Adding to what Leggo said, Connor McGregor said something controversial, and he delivered with a good old fashioned, hook, line, sinker..

    Self promotion/hyping 101 really.


  • #80
    Bandana boy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭Bandana boy


    Conors smack talk though does not really work when he is a midget
    I have never had a more serious fight in my life than with my brother over the Macho Man/Stretch Armstrong toy in the late 80s and I would probably batter Conor as I would have about 8 stone on him. Never mind the athletes in the WWE


  • #81
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,850 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Bandana boy wrote: »
    I would probably batter Conor as I would have about 8 stone on him.
    Bwa-hahahahaha! Good one! :D


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  • #82
    leggo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    If you wanna talk about this as a hypothetical scenario, 'just for fun', Conor would likely beat the crap out of anyone in WWE without any kind of formal training. For a start, they wouldn't be able to hit or grab him as some of the elite in MMA aren't even able to do so. Secondly they'd have no chin and would likely get knocked out with one punch considering he has KO power, and if his punches didn't do the trick, a flying Capoeira kick to the jaw would knock anyone silly.

    Weight classes mean nothing if you're not dealing with two professional fighters of relatively equal training and qualifications. McGregor is a PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER. His job in life is to knock people the **** out. He knocked out one of MMA's best ever fighters (Jose Aldo) with a counter punch while walking backwards. So while weight difference matters in, say, McGregor/Diaz as Diaz fights at a heavier weight class than Conor is used to and is used to withstanding the blows of professional fighters much heavier than him, it doesn't when it comes to you and I, or WWE fighters without any kind of fighting background. We've never felt anything like Conor's power, aren't conditioned or prepared to deal with basic fighting techniques like circling (meaning Conor would be able to put us exactly where he wants us before doing what he wanted to us) and wouldn't even be able to land a blow. It'd be a massacre.


  • #83
    savemejebus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭savemejebus


    leggo wrote: »
    It'd be a massacre.

    Gawd, remember Butterbean vs Bart Gunn?


  • #84
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭Monokne


    leggo wrote: »
    If you wanna talk about this as a hypothetical scenario, 'just for fun', Conor would likely beat the crap out of anyone in WWE without any kind of formal training. For a start, they wouldn't be able to hit or grab him as some of the elite in MMA aren't even able to do so. Secondly they'd have no chin and would likely get knocked out with one punch considering he has KO power, and if his punches didn't do the trick, a flying Capoeira kick to the jaw would knock anyone silly.

    Weight classes mean nothing if you're not dealing with two professional fighters of relatively equal training and qualifications. McGregor is a PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER. His job in life is to knock people the **** out. He knocked out one of MMA's best ever fighters (Jose Aldo) with a counter punch while walking backwards. So while weight difference matters in, say, McGregor/Diaz as Diaz fights at a heavier weight class than Conor is used to and is used to withstanding the blows of professional fighters much heavier than him, it doesn't when it comes to you and I, or WWE fighters without any kind of fighting background. We've never felt anything like Conor's power, aren't conditioned or prepared to deal with basic fighting techniques like circling (meaning Conor would be able to put us exactly where he wants us before doing what he wanted to us) and wouldn't even be able to land a blow. It'd be a massacre.

    There's some truth in much of what you've written, but the notion that an MMA Fighter has a better chin than anyone else doesn't bear scrutiny. You can't train yourself to absorb a punch to the jaw. That's why some guys in MMA can take a licking and keep going and some fold easy. It's genetics.

    Conor would be favoured in a scrap against most guys in WWE, but a wrestler like Ziggler or Gable would have a good shot at nullifying him, and he certainly isn't knocking 250 pound guys unconscious the way he knocked out guys like Aldo, Poirier, Siver etc out. Those guys are walking around at 160 pounds. Plus bigger guys with even the slightest skill like Lesnar, Jordan, Hager, Angle are taking him to the woodshed.


  • #85
    Chain Smoker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Chain Smoker


    Dolph is too far gone, Angle is way too far gone, hager from size advantage alone would probably kill him with some training.



    In general though, a guy as immersed in mma training as migratory would kill most wrestlers. There'd always be some really obvious weakness to exploit


  • #86
    ceegee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,230 ✭✭✭ceegee


    Bandana boy wrote: »
    Conors smack talk though does not really work when he is a midget
    I have never had a more serious fight in my life than with my brother over the Macho Man/Stretch Armstrong toy in the late 80s and I would probably batter Conor as I would have about 8 stone on him. Never mind the athletes in the WWE

    You're 20 stone with no fight training? You'd be gassed within 30 seconds of a fight against him and beaten in another 10.


  • #87
    jaykhunter
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    ceegee wrote: »
    You're 20 stone with no fight training? You'd be gassed within 30 seconds of a fight against him and beaten in another 10.

    Shhhh! I wanna see how this pans out!
    Chain Smoker wrote: »
    Dolph is too far gone, Angle is way too far gone, hager from size advantage alone would probably kill him with some training.

    Absolutely, if it were a decade ago (actually 20 for angle) and trained for MMA they'd be up to the task; but not after many years of a brutal road schedule and taking bumps, ESPECIALLY Dolph and Angle, who won't stop punishing their bodies.

    Tuna Meltz said it was a not a work (but it could develop into one), it seems extremely likely Conor's just trolling for attention given UFC is on right before SummerSlam and cross-over's the name of the game atm. Everybody wins really, even wrestlers getting their 15 minutes jumping on this.

    MOD EDIT: I've split this into it's own thread


  • #88
    Reebrock
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭Reebrock


    Wrestlers are so thin skinned. That's all this episode has reinforced.


  • #89
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 45,535 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Can't believe how this has upset so many wrestlers. It seems McGregor is a better worker than most of the roster (though at least Jericho's response was funny). The fact he gave props to Hunter, Vince and Rock should have been a pretty big clue to the workings of his mind.

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



  • #90
    Bandana boy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭Bandana boy


    ceegee wrote: »
    You're 20 stone with no fight training? You'd be gassed within 30 seconds of a fight against him and beaten in another 10.

    Not quite 20 stone but also 40 years old !

    Clothesline from hell and a rikishi big bum in the corner would sort him out , I regularly lift my 4 year old nephew up over my head and they look the same size


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  • #91
    ceegee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,230 ✭✭✭ceegee


    Bandana boy wrote: »
    Not quite 20 stone but also 40 years old !

    Clothesline from hell and a rikishi big bum in the corner would sort him out , I regularly lift my 4 year old nephew up over my head and they look the same size

    A 5ft 9in 4 year old... might have the next Andre on your hands.

    Have to laugh at all this midget talk, funniest was Taz having a go at him being short on his podcast til he found out they were the same height. lol.

    Mark Hunt is only 1 inch taller than McGregor, didnt hear anyone call him a midget when he took a juiced up Lesnar to a points decision


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