With WrestleMania 40 quickly approaching, so too is the one-year anniversary of WWE formally turning into part of the TKO banner, a chance some assumed would open the door for wrestlers and UFC fighters to co-exist and possibly even cohabitate in a complete new wrestling world.
Thus far, that hasn’t occurred, as outdoors of the occasional cross-promotional alternative and an MMA Guidelines match between Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler at SummerSlam, the 2 promotions have remained as they have been earlier than, minus, in fact, all the adjustments on the WWE aspect of issues that ought to reshape the promotion properly into the longer term.
And but, there are a couple of wrestlers who would like to cross by that proverbial forbidden door, following within the footsteps of CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, and Rousey, together with Julius Creed, who broke into skilled wrestling after an unbelievable run in faculty wrestling as a member of the Duke Blue Devils. Discussing his potential need to get into the octagon in an interview with Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, the older Creed brother revealed his “no regrets” mindset and need to throw palms with anybody who desires some motion.
“I had this concept driving down final evening, ‘If I get a query on media day, I’ll spin it as anyone that works for TKO or Endeavor can get it.’ It has been a lifelong dream,” Julius Creed informed Fightful. “I take lots of delight in residing my life, to not sound cliche, however no regrets. In a means, I look again, and I am happy with the whole lot I did. In 2020, once I determined to return again and wrestle once more on the Olympic scene, my older brother stated, ‘Are you certain you wish to try this? It broke your coronary heart. It was just like the worst breakup you may undergo.’ I stated yeah, as a result of I can reside with that once more. I can reside with figuring out that I wasn’t ok on a given day. I do not suppose I can reside with out not figuring out. I wish to search the reality. That is a type of issues the place I am curious the place I fall. Possibly I will exit one time and take a combat after which go, ‘I do know the place I fall, and I do not wish to do that ever once more,’ or possibly it is one thing I really like. I wish to reside my life with no regrets.”
Whoa, a Creed crossover in UFC you say? Nicely, contemplating Julius is a 6-foot-3, 229-pound mountain of a person with a 108 – 39 collegiate wrestling file within the SEC, he is obtained all the instruments to achieve success. Nonetheless, to essentially decide to turning into a UFC fighter, one must get within the fitness center and put on the planet, which is likely to be simpler stated than performed, contemplating the schedule of a WWE wrestler. Would Julius be thinking about making that soar? Possibly sooner or later, however in all probability not anytime quickly.
Julius Creed is not trying to depart WWE any time quickly.
Discussing the potential of a mixture WWE/UFC occasion sooner or later, the place Julius Creed may theoretically work each a wrestling match and a UFC combat, the older Creed Brother questioned the thought of such an occasion and if he’d be prepared to make the soar any time quickly, as there are just too many actions he and Brutus have to perform on RAW.
“It appeared prefer it’s so far-fetched. My outing at AKA with Daniel Cormier, Luke Rockhold, Cain Velasquez, I spent a while in Oklahoma Metropolis with Rafael Lovato Jr. I am nonetheless in contact with lots of these guys. The plan on the time was all the time like, ‘You may all the time make a giant identify at WWE after which come over to combat after, however in the event you combat, you’ll be able to’t all the time soar over,’” Julius Creed famous.
“Now that each are actual potentialities and the whole lot is coming to mild. I keep in mind 2018, I took an image of Daniel Cormier, he had the UFC Mild Heavyweight Title and a WWE Title at his home. I took an image of them collectively and I stated, ‘selections.’ When the TKO merger obtained introduced, I reposted that once more. My life has type of come full circle, and it is possibly open doorways that I assumed have been closed, and possibly they’re open once more. I am tremendous captivated with what I am doing, I am excited to be on the WWE entrance. There’s a lot to perform on this world proper now. If I did jump over too quickly, I believe I might have regrets on this entrance.”
After undertaking just about the whole lot a tag staff may in NXT, the Creed Brothers formally made their debuts on RAW on November sixth, signing with the Purple Model alongside Ivy Nile. With some unbelievable upside and a need to carry predominant roster gold on their thoughts, it is protected to say there’s loads for Julius Creed to perform earlier than he begins searching for aspect quests to perform with TKO’s different model.
