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Cain is able but will a slew of others be

  • Writer: Sean Covington
    Sean Covington
  • Mar 31, 2019
  • 2 min read

After a devastating loss to Francis “one note” Ngannou, Cain Velsaques has reemerged with new purpose and in a new career?

At this year’s Triplemania press conference, Cain announced his pro wrestling debut. The former UFC heavyweight champion is signed or match at Triplemania for AAA where he will face one of three opponents; Texano, Psycho Clown or Pentagon Jr. Pentagon Jr also offered to be in a tag team with Cain. I personally, would like see him go up against psycho Clown. Cain donned a Lucha mask of his own during the faceoff but I’m not sure whether he would wrestle as a heel or a face; I am partial to El rudos.

Last June Cain trained in WWE’s performance center for a bit and I knew something big would come out of that short moment in time. No reason for people to got to the performance center to train unless they got a bit of the wrestling bug. Cain has deafeated Brock Lesnar in the octagon and has been a huge wrestling fan along with his close Daniel Cormier for years. Velasquez is considered one of the UFC’s greatest heavyweight champions of all time so there is a on f ort that message with him; story that can told in the ring. Cain is on record saying that WWE is fake so I guess his match with mayor Kane won’t be taking place at Wrestlemania this year but there’s always next year!

Dave Meltzer speculated on Cain’s contract but I won’t get into that because it’s probably super wrong. Whether it’s a one show deal or an eight year deal, Cain Velasquez stepping into the circle is a very big deal. This opens the door for more prominent MMA figures to crossover into the sport of pro wrestling. Frank Mir is supposedly making his pro wrestling debut in April and so many other have had conversations about lacing up their boots. The question is who will be next; Conor? The Diaz brothers? Daniel Cormier? Who knows? The most important thing is that the jump is being made from sport to sport a lot more these days and it is a welcomed change by most sports communities (MMA fans lose their minds about people crossing over for some reason). If Cain is successful which he is almost sure to be given his extensive background in wrestling and MMA, it could have the way for other top talent to make an in-ring debut somewhere down the line in their professional careers.

As for Cain his journey begins on August 3, 2019, at Arena Ciudad in Mexico City.

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