According to the Wrestling Observer, WWE recently took a meeting with former UFC star turned wrestler Cain Velasquez, who made his in-ring debut at AAA’s August 3rd TripleMania XXVII pay per view in Mexico. Reports are that Velasquez will also be checking-in with the likes of NJPW and AEW, but no final decision has been made. He did have a work-out session at the WWE Performance Center back in 2018, but told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that he was interested in what AEW was doing. Velasquez also partnered with AEW superstar and VP Cody Rhodes at TripleMania, where his team picked up the victory. He’s still under contract with UFC.
Stay tuned.
There has been a slight update to this story: ESPN is confirming. See tweet below:
Cain Velasquez is in discussions with two prominent pro-wrestling promotions. The former UFC heavyweight champion and his team have been in touch recently with both WWE and AEW about a contract, sources confirmed with ESPN. Dave Meltzer first discussed… https://t.co/wz48RKdlWc
— Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) September 29, 2019
