Just read an interview with Ken Shamrock where he spoke about returning to WWE and later about his view on Lesnar in UFC and Dana White vs Vince. Here are some highlights.
On returning to WWE: Oh, definitely. Ive tried to reach out, but Ive been hitting some walls. Im not sure if my messages are getting through or not. In my career, if you follow my career and watched everything that Ive ever done from the time I was in high school to where Im at now, Ive always been able to reach the pinnacle."
"...I got into pro wrestling, Ive got tag team champion, Intercontinental champion, King of the Ring. There were several times where I wished I had got that opportunity, and probably should have had that opportunity, to at least challenge for the Heavyweight Championship belt. I never got that opportunity, and Im not sure why, but it is what it is. I will keep fighting to try and get that opportunity and close this thing up to be probably one of the only persons in sports history to go into several different organizations and become world champion in every one of them.
His take on Lesnar in UFC: People go, What about Brock Lesnar? Brock Lesnar was not a true MMA fighter. Brock Lesnar was basically eye candy for MMA. He came in there, he was big, he was strong, he won a few matches, he captured the title and then he was out. Not much of a career. He is a true pro wrestler and amateur wrestler, so I think its a lot easier making the transition from being an amateur wrestler and pro wrestler into MMA than it is being an MMA fighter into pro wrestling.
Dana White vs Vince McMahon: That would be awesome. The only thing is that this is what I know about Dana [White], and you can ask anyone, Dana always talks and talks and talks, but Ive never seen him do anything. I saw Vince talk, talk and talk, and he has done something, he has gotten into the ring, he has participated with the fighters and the wrestlers. I have not seen Dana White do that. Ive seen him call out Tito [Ortiz] like they were gonna fight, and it never happened. Ive never seen Dana interact with his business the way that Vince has. Vince has stepped in the ring against guys hes pissed off. Hey, you gotta give him credit for that. He stepped into the lions den, per say. He did step into the Lions Den one time!
Let me start off by saying I enjoyed Shamrock's run with WWE and was a big fan of his at that time but I'm not sure if he would make as much of an impact now if any at all.
When Shamrock first signed with WWE he was former UFC champion and the thing to remember is that during Shamrock's original run in UFC, the whole concept at that time was completely different than it is now. During that time the UFC had no weight classes, nearly no rules, was more of a tournament style competition where the best of one type of fighter would face the best of another type, and it was just gritty and brutal. Senator John McCain particularly had a problem with it calling it "Human cock-fighting" and tried getting it banned in the US.
So in essence, when you take a guy like Shamrock who fought in this type of environment, from a company with as much controversy as UFC had at that time and bring him to WWE, you have a recipe for success in my eyes. Shamrock had the name value of being one of the greatest fighters at that time was look at as a legit bad ass.
Currently, Shamrock is a UFC Hall of Famer and at nearly 50 years old he has done a lot and has many accomplishments to be proud of but I just cant see any way he could be seen as a legit draw in the current WWE landscape except in maybe a few specialty matches.
As far as his take on Lesnar, I have to say I partially agree because it was apparent after a huge start in WWE with numerous championships and accomplishments, his pure size and amateur wrestling background that Dana White was going to see to it that Lesnar be one of his top draws when he arrived in the UFC because by his third match he was fighting for the heavyweight championship. Lesnar just wasn't a good enough all-around fighter though and after winning the big one he slowly became exposed as fight after fight he would get dominated at little more each time until finally losing the title to Cain Velasquez.
I'm not going to touch on McMahon vs White because everyone knows Vince would whip that ass.
What do you think of the possibility of Ken Shamrock returning and his thoughts on Lesnar and McMahon vs White?
On returning to WWE: Oh, definitely. Ive tried to reach out, but Ive been hitting some walls. Im not sure if my messages are getting through or not. In my career, if you follow my career and watched everything that Ive ever done from the time I was in high school to where Im at now, Ive always been able to reach the pinnacle."
"...I got into pro wrestling, Ive got tag team champion, Intercontinental champion, King of the Ring. There were several times where I wished I had got that opportunity, and probably should have had that opportunity, to at least challenge for the Heavyweight Championship belt. I never got that opportunity, and Im not sure why, but it is what it is. I will keep fighting to try and get that opportunity and close this thing up to be probably one of the only persons in sports history to go into several different organizations and become world champion in every one of them.
His take on Lesnar in UFC: People go, What about Brock Lesnar? Brock Lesnar was not a true MMA fighter. Brock Lesnar was basically eye candy for MMA. He came in there, he was big, he was strong, he won a few matches, he captured the title and then he was out. Not much of a career. He is a true pro wrestler and amateur wrestler, so I think its a lot easier making the transition from being an amateur wrestler and pro wrestler into MMA than it is being an MMA fighter into pro wrestling.
Dana White vs Vince McMahon: That would be awesome. The only thing is that this is what I know about Dana [White], and you can ask anyone, Dana always talks and talks and talks, but Ive never seen him do anything. I saw Vince talk, talk and talk, and he has done something, he has gotten into the ring, he has participated with the fighters and the wrestlers. I have not seen Dana White do that. Ive seen him call out Tito [Ortiz] like they were gonna fight, and it never happened. Ive never seen Dana interact with his business the way that Vince has. Vince has stepped in the ring against guys hes pissed off. Hey, you gotta give him credit for that. He stepped into the lions den, per say. He did step into the Lions Den one time!
Let me start off by saying I enjoyed Shamrock's run with WWE and was a big fan of his at that time but I'm not sure if he would make as much of an impact now if any at all.
When Shamrock first signed with WWE he was former UFC champion and the thing to remember is that during Shamrock's original run in UFC, the whole concept at that time was completely different than it is now. During that time the UFC had no weight classes, nearly no rules, was more of a tournament style competition where the best of one type of fighter would face the best of another type, and it was just gritty and brutal. Senator John McCain particularly had a problem with it calling it "Human cock-fighting" and tried getting it banned in the US.
So in essence, when you take a guy like Shamrock who fought in this type of environment, from a company with as much controversy as UFC had at that time and bring him to WWE, you have a recipe for success in my eyes. Shamrock had the name value of being one of the greatest fighters at that time was look at as a legit bad ass.
Currently, Shamrock is a UFC Hall of Famer and at nearly 50 years old he has done a lot and has many accomplishments to be proud of but I just cant see any way he could be seen as a legit draw in the current WWE landscape except in maybe a few specialty matches.
As far as his take on Lesnar, I have to say I partially agree because it was apparent after a huge start in WWE with numerous championships and accomplishments, his pure size and amateur wrestling background that Dana White was going to see to it that Lesnar be one of his top draws when he arrived in the UFC because by his third match he was fighting for the heavyweight championship. Lesnar just wasn't a good enough all-around fighter though and after winning the big one he slowly became exposed as fight after fight he would get dominated at little more each time until finally losing the title to Cain Velasquez.
I'm not going to touch on McMahon vs White because everyone knows Vince would whip that ass.
What do you think of the possibility of Ken Shamrock returning and his thoughts on Lesnar and McMahon vs White?