Professional wrestling and WWE has inspired Conor McGregor’s rise to fame since the very beginning of his fighting career, and one legendary superstar believes that the Irishman could make the move to WWE sooner rather than later.
‘Will Conor McGregor end up in the WWE? I think it’s a no-brainer. It might not be this year or the year after that because there’s a lot of money that you got to spend to get him in there,’ said Chris Jericho to Sports Illustrated.
He’s already conquered MMA and been part of one of the biggest boxing matches of all time, so Jericho believes it will not take long for the Irish king of talkers to join Vince McMahon and company.
‘But a guy that yappy, who knows the concept of cutting a wrestling promo … I think Conor will definitely end up there, it’s just a matter of when he wants to.’
A return to UFC to defend his lightweight belt would provide more money than a WWE appearance or two, but might the two-time UFC champion fancy his chances of adding WWE gold to his already glistening list of accolades?
Although McGregor does not have the traditional physique of a wrestler, neither did Floyd Mayweather when he had a shockingly entertaining match with The Big Show at WrestleMania in 2008.
McGregor has consistently shown during his career that he is one of the best talkers in all of sport, and he would relish the chance to interact with the likes of Enzo Amore who has called him out in recent months.
.@TheNotoriousMMA , you talk s*** and Floyd is going to knock it out of you. And if he doesn’t, I will.
— Enzo Amore (@real1) June 16, 2017