{"id":134453,"date":"2015-03-27T13:56:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T20:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=134453"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:42:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:42:11","slug":"phil-baroni-im-going-wrestlemania-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/phil-baroni-im-going-wrestlemania-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Vet Phil Baroni Signing WWE Deal &#8212; Headed To Wrestlemania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/phil-baroni-im-going-wrestlemania\/phil-baroni-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-134485\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phil-Baroni.jpeg\" alt=\"Phil Baroni\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-134485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phil-Baroni.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phil-Baroni-300x156.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phil-Baroni-585x305.jpeg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phil-Baroni-390x203.jpeg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The New York Bad Ass&#8221; Phil Baroni is headed to this weekend&#8217;s Wrestlemania 31 event in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n<p>The brash former Strikeforce title challenger claims to not only be attending the event but that he&#8217;s also signing a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Here is what Baroni had to say via his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philbaroni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official twitter account<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just got my flight and tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleMania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wrestlemania<\/a>. I&#39;m getting flown it to sign my contract and see what the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wwe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleMania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wrestlemania<\/a> are about<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; phil baroni (@philbaroni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philbaroni\/status\/581292077348052992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>BJPENN.com has confirmed with sources close to the WWE that Phil Baroni will in fact sign a developmental deal with the organization.<\/p>\n<p>No debut date for &#8220;The New York Bad Ass&#8221; has been given at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Wrestlemania 31 takes place this Sunday (March 29) live from Levi&#8217;s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for further updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The New York Bad Ass&#8221; Phil Baroni is headed to this weekend&#8217;s Wrestlemania 31 event in Santa Clara, California. 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