UFC legend Nate Diaz has surprisingly suggested he might join WWE after meeting Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
Diaz got a fourth-round submission victory over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 in September before announcing his intention to leave the UFC after 15 years with the fighting promotion.
Many believe the first man to beat Conor McGregor inside the Octagon is lined up as a potential opponent for Jake Paul, if he is able to get past former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva on 29 october.
Diaz, 37, was also called out by four-weight boxing champion Adrien Broner, who was once touted as Floyd Mayweather’s heir but struggled to live up to the hype.
However, Diaz recently took to social media to claim the only man he wants to fight is Dwyane ‘The Rock’ Johnson and suggested he would retire if a fight with the legend and Hollywood actor WWE could not take place.
Now he’s taken a step closer to making that match a real possibility after meeting Triple H – real name Paul Levesque – who has been running WWE as creative director since Vince McMahon retired earlier this year.
McMahon also named his daughter, Stephanie, and Nick Khan co-CEO after leaving the company he had led since 1982.
On Monday, it looks like the new WWE bosses clashed with the sport’s most wanted free agent. They snapped a photo together before Diaz uploaded it to Instagram with the caption, “We’ll see what happens next.”
It seems unlikely to be a chance meeting considering that WWE has been bringing UFC stars to their promotion over the past few years.
Most notably, former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey moved to WWE after losing back-to-back MMA bouts and retiring from the sport.
Last weekend, former two-weight UFC champion Daniel Cormier took part in the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event as a special guest referee for a match between Seth Rollins and the UFC veteran. Matt Riddle.
Maybe Diaz will be the next UFC legend in WWE.