Sorry Colby Covington, no one desires 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 might say most likely like two years,” Covington mentioned on his YouTube channel. “I wish to actually begin engaged on my in-ring wrestling and my crowd-pleasing skill within the subsequent yr or two.
“Perhaps I’ll go as much as Orlando and go to the WWE coaching heart. However I wish 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 skill to promote fights and speak his means into undeserved title alternatives would serve him nicely in WWE, there are many others who assume Covington could be in means over his head making an attempt to drag off his cringey trash-talk in entrance of 20,000 unforgiving professional wrestling followers.
“Colby’s promo are so dangerous idk if he can lower it within the WWE,” @MMAJOEYC wrote in response to Covington’s assertion. “I’m not tremendous acquainted however I doubt they offer you title pictures purely based mostly on if you happen to suck Trump’s dick publicly or not.”
“I believe we’re underestimating how arduous 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 don’t have any strengths in WWE,” TKO Discuss wrote. “No top. No weight. No persona. WWE would write him to lean into. Everyone knows he cant lower 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 struggle skid. The WWE Champions are are big males as compared. Cain Velasquez confirmed up for Brock and bodily appeared like a fan greater than a wrestler. Colby would fare far worse.
“They’d completely not enable him to say the shit he has mentioned prior to now. Perhaps a greaseball Supervisor however again- dude fumbles his phrases constantly. Would whip CM Punks ass in a struggle. Wouldn’t be capable of contact him in a wrestling ring, or come near chopping any sort of efficient promo.”
“He cant struggle anyhow possibly its higher for him,” @KOofTheDay quipped.
“He’s already washed, may as nicely 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 number 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 struggle, 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 struggle camp to prepare after supposedly coming straight off the sofa to struggle 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 struggle, 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 wish to be sure that I get a full coaching camp – so I’m at my finest, so folks can see the true Colby, and we’ll beat anyone on the planet after we get a full coaching camp.
“Each time the UFC can discover a good opponent, a giant title that makes the corporate enterprise, then we’ll get right into a 12-week coaching camp. Deliver all of them.”
