Reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya could be the latest fighter to make the transition to the world of professional wrestling, with ‘The Last Stylebender’ revealing that his childhood dream was always to become a ‘WWE superstar’.
Adesanya isn’t currently in talks with the WWE, but the 31-year-old does have some contacts from the Attitude Era and says a UFC-WWE-style crossover is ‘definitely a possibility’.
“I’ve never spoken to them about it directly but I speak to a few — well a couple of guys from the Attitude Era, my era,” Adesanya told BT Sport prior to his UFC 259 light heavyweight title fight against Blachowicz (h/t postwrestling.