5 UFC stars who could follow Ronda Rousey to WWE

#5 Conor McGregor

A Conor McGregor appearance could bolster a future WrestleMania card

Okay, so the likelihood of a full-time move to WWE for McGregor – the UFC’s biggest ever star and arguably the biggest star in all of combat sports right now – is pretty low. After all, WWE simply wouldn’t be able to pay him the kind of money he can command right now following his mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather, and at his size – 5’9” and just 155lbs – it’d be a hard sell to put him against some of the giants on WWE’s roster. Simply put, a full-time move wouldn’t work.

But a one-shot deal at a show like WrestleMania? Why not? It’d be the kind of move that could draw more eyeballs to WrestleMania than the show has seen since Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson first returned to the squared circle to face John Cena in 2012 and obviously it wouldn’t be without precedent, as Mayweather himself fought at WrestleMania 24 in 2008, and other boxing superstars like Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali also played a part at WrestleMania in the past too.

Would McGregor do it? I think he probably would – he’s a big fan of pro-wrestling, as he’s stolen his promo style from Ric Flair and even copied Vince McMahon’s comical strutting walk. Even if it weren’t a full wrestling match and he were just acting as a guest referee or enforcer, the Irishman would probably jump at the chance to take part in the wrestling calendar’s biggest show. If McGregor’s time in UFC is as limited as some suspect, then a guest shot at WrestleMania 35 in 2019 wouldn’t be a shock at all.