WWE not interested in Sonnen…unless TNA is
Another place Sonnen could transition is to professional wrestling. Chael Sonnen was a guest on ‘Talk is Jericho’ podcast where he recalled a funny call from a WWE exec.
Chael Sonnen is banned from competing in professional MMA for two years, but could the former UFC star transition into a career in professional wrestling?
“I got a call about two days before I was suspended,” Sonnen said on the “Talk is Jericho” podcast. “A WWE exec calls me up, and he said, ‘We read what you’re going through, we’re not interested.’ So I’m thinking, ‘why did you call me?’ He said ‘If you were 24 years old, you’d be making a whole jackpot full of money … but we think [rival wrestling promotion] TNA is going to be calling you and if they do, we want back in the game.’ So I was like, OK, now at least I get we’re you’re coming from.”