Perhaps you may have heard: Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather are going to have a boxing match. They’re about to embark on a world tour to hype the event that experts say will be a complete sh*t show, and the week after SummerSlam, Mayweather will embarrass McGregor for 12 rounds. But no one involved cares, because everyone in the world is going to watch this fight, and Conor and Floyd stand to make possibly hundreds of millions of dollars.
But WWE has known about the undeniable star power of McGregor and has been trying to court him for some time, dating back to when Conor called wrestlers and wrestling fans a bunch of idiot nerds. Good times. You can imagine that a Conor appearance would bring much more of a ratings boost for WWE than, say, LaVar Ball and his kin, but regardless, everyone on WWE’s side wants it to happen.
The latest person to say Conor would be a perfect fit in WWE is fellow Irishman Finn Bálor. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Bálor elaborated:
“I think he’s a natural fit, to be honest with you. He’s a natural showman, he’s an incredible athlete, probably one of the best athletes on the planet. I think given the opportunity to come to the WWE, I think he would thrive.
“I think he’ll just waltz out with his ‘Billion dollar strut’ -– very similar like Vince McMahon -– and probably lay some people out. I know Enzo Amore has been mentioning Conor a lot, is that a potential feud going forward? Who knows?”
Oh my god, a match between McGregor and Amore? I mean, Conor would be giving up like eight inches and 40 pounds, but that would still be pretty wonderful. Way to fantasy book, Finn. You’ve got a bright future on internet comment sections. You can watch the full video of the Bálor interview below.
