Cain Velasquez says he has talked with Daniel Cormier about the both of them working a match in AAA Lucha Libre.
Cain Velasquez and Daniel Cormier, while known for their time in the UFC, have a great love and respect for professional wrestling. Both Velasquez and Cormier have participated in WWE events in the past with Velasquez actually getting an opportunity to become WWE Champion against Brock Lesnar in 2019.
Velasquez has also wrestled for AAA Lucha Libre in Mexico and during a recent appearance on Konnan’s K100 podcast, Velasquez revealed that he and Daniel Cormier have discussed participating in a match together for AAA. Velazquez did not specify whether he and Cormier discussed competing in a one-on-one match or a tag-team scenario.
Also, Velasquez spoke about enjoying the opportunity to share his wrestling exploits with his family, something he feels he was not able to do during his time as a UFC fighter.
“Daniel Cormier was actually at my house yesterday, him and Luke Rockhold came over. DC, we talked about doing a match as well — like doing something with me, him, AAA,” said Velasquez. “For me, man, it’s just good that I get to have like my family involved in it. You know, my kids get to watch it and they love it. They’re big fans of AAA and WWE. I’m just glad I get to bring my family into the sport that I’m doing now. With fighting, it wasn’t like that. I had to like kind of shelter them throughout that whole thing.”
Daniel Cormier was recently the referee during the Fight Pit Match between Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle at WWE Extreme Rules 2020. Konnan, the head of talent relations for AAA, said he would be excited to work with Cormier and Velasquez in AAA and also said he was surprised that Daniel Cormier did not get physical during his appearance inside the Fight Pit.
Cormier recently spoke about potentially facing Brock Lesnar in a WWE environment, saying that if it’s going to happen, it needs to happen soon and he’d need to be in better shape. Fans can read more here.
Cain Velasquez recently wrestled for AAA on their December 3 event in Tempe, Arizona.
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