CM Punk: McGregor ‘worked’ WWE wrestlers
CM Punk: Conor McGregor ‘worked’ WWE wrestlers
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is having his way with combat sports.
When he troll tweeted that he was retiring, it shattered Kobe Bryant’s record. The highest paid man in boxing, or any sport, Floyd Mayweather Jr is relentlessly trying to drum up interest in a boxing match with Notorious. And now the Irishman has WWE pro wrestlers up in arms.
It began when McGregor explained he wasn’t interested in the WWE, as pro wrestlers couldn’t fight, and thus were basically irrelevant. He did make exceptions for owner Vince McMahon and wrestlers Stone Cold and The Rock, referring to them as “Dons.” A number of prominent pro wrestlers took umbrage at the comments, with several convoluted challenges to fight.
During a recent appearance on the Hot 97 radio station, former WWE champion Phil ‘CM Punk’ Brooks, who is transitioning to MMA, was not impressed with his former fellow pro wrestlers.
“The thing that shocked me the most about what Conor said was the number of people who work there who responded to him who should known better,” said Punk, as transcribed by Steven Rondina for B/R.
“They got worked. Come on. Ric Flair? Come on. Just stop. Just knock it off. … You can fight with the idiots on Twitter, but from an outside perspective, somebody looking at that can’t tell who the idiot is. Don’t respond.”
Punk also commented on McGregor’s rematch with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 on August 20, 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“I’m going to go with the numbers on this one,” said Punk. “As much as I love the fact that McGregor doesn’t back down from a challenge—with a full camp at 170, he doesn’t really have to cut a whole lot of weight…I think Diaz is going to win.”
Punk himself finally fights, vs. Mickey Gall, at UFC 203 on September 10, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic defends his title vs. Alistair Overeem in the main event, with Fabricio Werdum fighting Ben Rothwell in the co-main, possibly with a title shot going to the winner.
