Reverse DVD Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 After reading that Rampage Jackson is set to appear on Raw in a few weeks as a guest host and MMA fighters such as Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn having runs in the pro wrestling business while former pro wrestlers like Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley trying to leave their mark on the MMA world, I started to think about some possibilities regarding fighters and wrestlers. This are simple questions: Which MMA fighter(s) could fit or do well in pro wrestling? OR Which pro wrestler(s) could hold their own in MMA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDavis Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Well if Kurt was a bit younger he could do ok in MMA. Maybe not the Brock amount of sucess but he would do ok. I think most MMA fighters who know a good amount of wrestling would do good. Ken and Dan mostly wrestled more MMA style stuff since that was how they were booked. I really dont see any wrestlers that would do amazing like Brock did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Comfort Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Fighters who could transition of wrestling: Krazy Horse Rampage Tito Mayhem Baroni Minowa Wes Sims Sapp Frank Shamrock Bas Kimo Trigg Coleman, Randleman, and Kerr have all wrestled professional wrestling matches. With a proper work ethic and training there's several wrestlers who could particpate in MMA and do ok, however I can't see anyone competing at a high enough where there at least fighting on at least a 2nd tier MMA card. Shelton Benjamin, being an All American in wrestling, would come the closest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PewPewPew Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Rampage would actually make an excellent killer heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 I don't have any specific thoughts on who could make that career change...but I do think that it's much harder for an MMA fighter to do what pro wrestlers do, than it is for a wrestler to become an MMA fighter. Fighting is a natural thing. You need to learn how to do it a lot more efficiently if you wish to do it professionally, but for an MMA fighter to become a pro wrestler, they need to adapt to the travel, have a personality, and be safe with themselves, and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion™ Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 I think Evan Bourne would be a good Lightweight Fighter But probably Angle or Morgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classlesscc Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Always thought Tito would make a good pro wrestler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin512 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I don't see any pro wrestlers currently that could be a high level fighter, but some might be able to make an above average career, the only one coming to mine is Shelton Benjamin because of his previous wrestling experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvf2 Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Minowa had a decent match with Necro, Sapp with Kensuke Sasaki. People should try and find these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGD Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 If Angle had gone into MMA instead of Pro Wrestling then he would probably have been one of the best in MMA's short history. His wrestling is phenomenal. An Olympic Gold is on another level to a National Wrestling Championship in the states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverse DVD Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 [quote name='LGD' date='03 June 2010 - 09:12 AM' timestamp='1275570745' post='7326690'] If Angle had gone into MMA instead of Pro Wrestling then he would probably have been one of the best in MMA's short history. His wrestling is phenomenal. An Olympic Gold is on another level to a National Wrestling Championship in the states. [/quote] I agree. Dan Henderson is a former Olympian himself and Kurt beat Randy Couture to make the cut for the US wrestling team for the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta so he has a really good wrestling game. If his neck wasn't as damaged as it is and if he gets a good boxing coach, he could have been a force in MMA. On other topic involving the discussion... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KrvlAUk-wY[/youtube] Mirko Cro Cop in HUSTLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young. Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Kurt Angle's wrestling is amazing, MMA would be his game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JourneyManProject Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Does no one remember Daniel Puder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The00Raven00Effect Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 [quote name='Reverse DVD' date='03 June 2010 - 11:58 AM' timestamp='1275580723' post='7326903'] [quote name='LGD' date='03 June 2010 - 09:12 AM' timestamp='1275570745' post='7326690'] If Angle had gone into MMA instead of Pro Wrestling then he would probably have been one of the best in MMA's short history. His wrestling is phenomenal. An Olympic Gold is on another level to a National Wrestling Championship in the states. [/quote] I agree. Dan Henderson is a former Olympian himself and Kurt beat Randy Couture to make the cut for the US wrestling team for the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta so he has a really good wrestling game. If his neck wasn't as damaged as it is and if he gets a good boxing coach, he could have been a force in MMA. On other topic involving the discussion... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KrvlAUk-wY[/youtube] Mirko Cro Cop in HUSTLE. [/quote] Cro Cop would be a sick monster type character. legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGD Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 [quote name='JourneyManProject' date='07 June 2010 - 08:21 AM' timestamp='1275895265' post='7333848'] Does no one remember Daniel Puder? [/quote] Yeah, what about him, I know he's an MMA fighter, he was undefeated last time I checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JourneyManProject Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 [quote name='LGD' date='07 June 2010 - 10:05 AM' timestamp='1275923130' post='7334246'] [quote name='JourneyManProject' date='07 June 2010 - 08:21 AM' timestamp='1275895265' post='7333848'] Does no one remember Daniel Puder? [/quote] Yeah, what about him, I know he's an MMA fighter, he was undefeated last time I checked. [/quote] And he was a wrestler and MMA fighter at the same time. Just though I'd remind people of another person that has done both like Shamrock. And I wish Mirko would wrestle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverse DVD Posted June 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 [quote name='The00Raven00Effect' date='07 June 2010 - 03:54 AM' timestamp='1275897283' post='7333865'] [quote name='Reverse DVD' date='03 June 2010 - 11:58 AM' timestamp='1275580723' post='7326903'] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KrvlAUk-wY[/youtube] Mirko Cro Cop in HUSTLE. [/quote] Cro Cop would be a sick monster type character. legit. [/quote] Cro Cop could be a good hitman kind of wrestler, but he looks like such a good guy that it could flaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunDMLee Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 For me the one of the MMA guys that could go into wrestling and i love is everyones best friend and Chute Boxe alumni Charles 'Krazy Horse' Bennett he has charisma to burn. As for wrestlers going into MMA then maybe someone like Vladimir Kozlov due to him being a Sambo champion and having some judo & kickboxing experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juria Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Hmm, MMA to Wrestling? I'm unfamiliar with the MMA area as a whole, so I can't really say. I mean heck, the last guy I remember being in both wrestlign and MMA, aside from those mentioned, was Tank Abbott. Now, Wrestling to MMA, Taker, if he were just a tad younger, Angle, Joe, Kozlov, and if I need a laugh, Big Show. Let's face it, no amount of attempted tackels or single-legs are gonna work if Show legit punches you in the face. No offence to the MMA guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Comfort Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 [quote]For me the one of the MMA guys that could go into wrestling and i love is everyones best friend and Chute Boxe alumni Charles 'Krazy Horse' Bennett he has charisma to burn.[/quote] Krazy Horse wasn't with Chute Box. In fact he was involved in a locker room brawl with them before and was choked out. [quote]Let's face it, no amount of attempted tackels or single-legs are gonna work if Show legit punches you in the face. No offence to the MMA guys. [/quote] Big Show may be strong, but he'd be far too slow. His size doesn't matter. Minowa *a natural middleweight who weighed in the fight probably around 205) put Hong-Man (who weighs around 220). A wrestler like Lesnar or Cain would have him on his ass anytime they wanted to take him down. I completely forgot about Swagger. Swagger is an All American wrestler. To those curious - Cain, Phil Davis, C.B. Dollaway, and Ryan Bader all competed in the 2006 NCAA Championships. Davis and Dollaway wee in the same division, as was Cain and Swagger. Also to those curious - Shelton Benjamin was a 2 time All American at heavyweight after graduating joined the team as an assistant to help coach Lesnar. Lesnar in turn was a 2 time All American and was a runner up (lost to Steven Neal who played football for the Patriots) and won the next year. Kurt Angle was a 3 time All American at heavyweight ('90, '91, '92), winning two and being the runner up in another. Sylvester Terkay competed in the '91 and '92 championships and being a runner-up to Angle in '92. Kevin Randleman competed in '91 and '92, winning in '92. Randy Couture competed in '90, '91, and '92. Couture was a runner-up in '92 losing to Mark Kerr in the finals. Surprisingly Couture and Kerr both competed in a weight division below Angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunDMLee Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 [quote name='Southern Comfort' date='08 June 2010 - 10:41 AM' timestamp='1275990084' post='7336570'] [quote]For me the one of the MMA guys that could go into wrestling and i love is everyones best friend and Chute Boxe alumni Charles 'Krazy Horse' Bennett he has charisma to burn.[/quote] Krazy Horse wasn't with Chute Box. In fact he was involved in a locker room brawl with them before and was choked out. [/quote] DUH!!!!!! Sarcasm my friend sarcasm And might i add it was very suspicious that he was choked out athough there is footage it is Shite Boxe footage and has been edited heavily in parts to make them look good it wouldnt do to have one of their camp look bad would it. Example one is when KH is sitting down then all of a sudden the camera cuts to him attacking Marcelo a little sus then example two KH is on top camera look at ground cuts back to KH being choked out VERY SUS. We only see the footage that make Shite Box look good. But anyways back on topic, Krazy Horse is pro wrestling all over all the drama charisma and pure clowning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attitude Adjusted Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Rampage Jackson could be a wrestler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Rampage would do good in pro wrestling, He is really entertaining and from the looks of it he can do a better spine buster than batista. kurt angle and shelton benjamin could do mma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3TeArZ Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 [quote name='.Joel' date='28 May 2010 - 03:09 PM' timestamp='1275077390' post='7316956'] Rampage would actually make an excellent killer heel. [/quote] Ya and i think Samoa JOe (Maybe, prob not) and i would like to see Bryan Danielson give it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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