WWE star Baron Corbin recently spoke with Fightful on a number of topics including when he was done playing football, he either wanted to go to the UFC or the WWE.
Corbin said, “I know that in the early stages of Ultimate Fighter, I was looking at going and being on the one with Rashad Evans and all those guys, but I had a football scholarship, and I was going to college, so I couldn’t do that. When I was done playing football, I was asked at a table, I was sitting there with a guy who was a manager of a rock and roll band. He’s like, ‘What do you want to do if you’re done playing football?’ I was like, ‘Man, I think I am done. My passion is not there for it.’ He’s like, ‘Do you want to do UFC?’ I said, ‘I either want to do UFC or WWE.”
Corbin also spoke about how he has always been a massive WWE fan, which made his decision to go to the WWE that much easier.
“So I’ve always been a massive WWE fan.’ He’s like, ‘I have a connection with WWE. It’s Neil, the music guy. Let me put a call into him, go see if you’d like it.’ Because that was the thing, it was like, I’m either gonna try to fight in the octagon, or I’m gonna go to WWE, and I had the opportunity for WWE first, and then that’s where they’re at.”
Corbin mentioned his interest in fighting Jake Paul. He said, “I still get that itch, though. I still am like, man, ‘Should I go try to do like a new NAGA Ju-Jitsu Tournament? Should I try to fight in the Golden Gloves again, or should I try to fight Jake Paul? It’s one of those things.”
You can check out Baron Corbin’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
