Sorry Colby Covington, no person needs to see you in WWE.
Earlier this week, the three-time UFC title challenger revealed that he hopes to transition from the Octagon to the world of sports activities leisure within the subsequent 1-2 years.
“I’d say in all probability like two years,” Covington mentioned on his YouTube channel. “I need to actually begin engaged on my in-ring wrestling and my crowd-pleasing potential within the subsequent yr or two.
“Possibly I’ll go as much as Orlando and go to the WWE coaching heart. However I need to actually begin perfecting my craft within the WWE and the wrestling strikes, and hopefully I could make a transition within the subsequent yr or two.”
Whereas some have recommended that Covington’s potential to promote fights and speak his method into undeserved title alternatives would serve him properly in WWE, there are many others who assume Covington can be in method over his head making an attempt to tug off his cringey trash-talk in entrance of 20,000 unforgiving professional wrestling followers.
“Colby’s promo are so unhealthy idk if he can reduce it within the WWE,” @MMAJOEYC wrote in response to Covington’s assertion. “I’m not tremendous acquainted however I doubt they provide you title photographs purely based mostly on in case you suck Trump’s dick publicly or not.”
“I feel we’re underestimating how laborious it’s to chop promos in WWE and this man already struggles to ship pre-written traces at UFC press conferences,” ADC MMA added.
“Colby would haven’t any strengths in WWE,” TKO Discuss wrote. “No top. No weight. No persona. WWE would write him to lean into. Everyone knows he cant reduce promos [see: ‘takin’ lerds munch monies]. He doesn’t have a powerful fan base to hold him into rebranding. He’s coming off a two combat skid. The WWE Champions are are big males as compared. Cain Velasquez confirmed up for Brock and bodily regarded like a fan greater than a wrestler. Colby would fare far worse.
“They might completely not permit him to say the shit he has mentioned up to now. Possibly a greaseball Supervisor however again- dude fumbles his phrases persistently. Would whip CM Punks ass in a combat. Wouldn’t have the ability to contact him in a wrestling ring, or come near reducing any sort of efficient promo.”
“He cant combat anyhow possibly its higher for him,” @KOofTheDay quipped.
“He’s already washed, may as properly go now,” @WhatsALegKick wrote matter-of-factly.
Colby Covington Discusses UFC Return in 2025
Whereas Colby Covington’s transfer to WWE could also be nonetheless a couple of years off (if ever), ‘Chaos’ is able to get again to work and again contained in the Octagon.
Providing some perception into his subsequent combat, Covington claimed he’s able to get the ball rolling as soon as the UFC locks down an appropriate opponent, however he’ll desire a full 12-week combat camp to prepare after supposedly coming straight off the sofa to combat Joaquin Buckley in December.
“Hopefully I’ll be again in there within the subsequent three months,” Covington mentioned. “I desire a 12-week coaching camp. Coming off the final combat, I didn’t get a coaching camp. I didn’t practice in any respect. Simply confirmed up as a result of I’m an organization man, love this firm greater than something. So now, I simply actually need to make it possible for I get a full coaching camp – so I’m at my greatest, so individuals can see the actual Colby, and we’ll beat anyone on the earth after we get a full coaching camp.
“Every time the UFC can discover a good opponent, a giant identify that makes the corporate enterprise, then we’ll get right into a 12-week coaching camp. Deliver all of them.”
