5 WWE main event Superstars who almost joined the UFC

#2 Stone Cold

So near, yet so far

Austin was the biggest draw in pro wrestling’s greatest ever boom period and has earned millions of fans worldwide thanks to that. Quite honestly, however, with his intensity and athletic ability, it isn’t hard to imagine that he would have done equally well had he chosen to pursue MMA rather than pro wrestling.

Austin even goes as far as picking the UFC over WWE today, saying that watching fights gets him pumped up much more than watching pro wrestling. When he appeared on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Hour show a while back, he even detailed how he would need an MMA-style training camp to get back into shape for one more match in the WWE.

I know it’s a wee bit of conjecture, but it really isn’t a stretch to think that had the UFC been spewing dollars the way it does today, Austin – who’s been a lifelong fan of MMA by the way – would have definitely tried his hand at it.

And with his irrepressible charisma, who’s to say he wouldn’t have been a breakout star there too?