UFC’s Dana White reveals what blows him away about WWE, despite not being a huge fan.
During a live stream with internet personality Adin Ross and Nina Drama, UFC President and CEO Dana White shared his thoughts about WWE. He pointed out how the company is part of the TKO family. Although he admitted that he isn’t a fan of the promotion, he is blown away by the company’s immense size, longevity, and success.
“It’s in my family. The WWE is in the TKO family. I’m not a big WWE fan, but I’ll tell you what blows me away is how fu**ing massive that business is, and how well it does, and how long they’ve been on top of their fu**ing game. I mean, I was a kid watching the WWE. So the fact that it’s gotten just bigger, and bigger, and bigger is very fu**ing impressive,” Dana White said.
Brock Lesnar says Dana White originally wanted ‘nothing to do with’ him
During his recent appearance on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast, current WWE Superstar and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar revealed that Dana White initially wanted nothing to do with him. He then revealed that the only way to get in touch with him was to approach him at a random event.
“Dana White wanted nothing to do with me,” Lesnar revealed. “No, no. He wouldn’t return my phone calls. Yeah, so, what happened was, I fought at the LA Colosseum for K-1 Dynamite. Then I wanted to get into the big leagues. And there was only one big league at the time, and it was the UFC. So, my team reached out and wanted to do something with the UFC.
“This is the stuff you have to do. I bought four nosebleed tickets to the MGM. Randy Couture was headlining against Gabriel Gonzaga for the heavyweight championship. I sat there in the stands through the entire event, and as soon as Randy won that fight, I scaled the security and ran to the octagon and grabbed Dana. I introduced myself. I said, ‘I’m Brock Lesnar.’ And we went to the back, and he says, ‘Well, listen, I’ll give you a shot.’
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