Conor Mcgregor Trashes WWE

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Aug 7, 2016
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The WWE has a long and storied history with athletes who have been in the Olympics or in NCAA. However, the organization still gets flack from some for being "fake" or according to UFC's Connor Mcgregor pro wrestlers are "pussies". WWE and UFC have been cross promoting recently indirectly when WWE's Brock Lesnar appeared in UFC for a fight.

Four UFC women actually began the “Four Horsewomen” gimmick, which four WWE stars stole. Ronda Rousey appeared at WrestleMania 31. Brock Lesnar made his return to the UFC and the WWE promoted it for a week. Then, Conor McGregor, the UFC’s biggest name, was rumored to come to the WWE at one point.

It’s as if the UFC and WWE are working together, but unofficially. At least, that was the theory until McGregor spoke poorly about the WWE in the past few days. He called the wrestlers pu****s. Kurt Angle and Roman Reigns both responded to McGregor’s latest comments.

For those that haven’t seen the UFC champion’s exact comments, Fox Sports was the initial interview where he was asked if he would ever consider going to the WWE to wrestle.

“I haven’t really thought about it. For the most part, those WWE guys are (expletive). To be honest, they’re messed up (expletive) if you ask me. Fair play to Brock, he got in a fight but at the end of the day he’s juiced up to the (expletive) eyeballs so how can I respect that?”

When Conor McGregor said that, WWE fans immediately took the defense of the WWE superstars who put their bodies on the line every night to entertain the masses. While they’re working over 300 days a year, McGregor is fighting once every six months for a championship. Now, that’s not taking away credit for the UFC Featherweight champion. McGregor has worked very hard to attain what he has.

Kurt Angle's defense of his profession comes on the heels of him saying that Olympic wrestlers would crush WWE stars.

In actuality, there have been some legit fighters or at the very least very tough pro wrestlers in history. Who could forget Mankind aka Mick Foley's huge drop off the top of Hell In A Cell in 1998 where he lost a tooth and took thumbtacks to his body?

The injury list of Mick Foley alone is quite extensive.

• Six concussions from 1986 to 1998 • One broken jaw in 1986 • Two broken noses in 1993 • One broken cheekbone in 1998 • Lost four front teeth from 1989 to 1998 • Two-thirds of his ear ripped off in 1993 • A separated shoulder in 1990 • A fractured left shoulder in 1989 • A dislocated shoulder in 1998 • Second degree burn on his shoulder in 1995 • Second degree burns on his arm in 1995 • 54 stitches on his left arm in 1995 • A broken right wrist in 1989 • Bone chips in his right elbow in 1996 • Six broken ribs from 1991 to 1998 • A torn abdominal in 1992 • A torn ACL • A broken toe in 1991 • A total of over 300 stitches in his arms, head, eyebrows, hands, ears, shin, cheek and lip • Thousands of thumb tack holes

In Mcgregor's defense, some may think today's WWE superstars are not as tough as the stars of the past such as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin who continued a match after breaking his neck. The WWE which was known as WWF back then would have commercials expressing the athletic prowess of the superstars as you can see in the video below.

The current landscape of the WWE seems to be more corporate and trying to attain twitter trends and sponsors. Some believe it has created a watered down kid driven product that has taken away the grit and mature appeal the company had when stars like The Rock, Steve Austin, and The Undertaker ruled the ranks.

An argument may appear for even longer time fans who say the company turned the cartoon corner when guys like Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior led the roster. However, even then those stars seemed like they could rip the heads off the average human being. Who could forget the classic encounters Hulk Hogan had with Andre The Giant and Ultimate Warrior? An 80's star and former WWF World Champion The Iron Sheik has responded.

The 80's was a huge boom, but it also saw the death of a plethora of stars who lived a hard life on the road. It is that grueling schedule many fans use to defend the toughness of these guys, but it is no doubt that today's roster is not the same in that vein.

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