{"id":315148,"date":"2019-05-31T10:54:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T17:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=315148"},"modified":"2019-05-31T10:54:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T17:54:53","slug":"georges-st-pierre-says-he-has-been-approached-about-wwe-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/georges-st-pierre-says-he-has-been-approached-about-wwe-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Georges St-Pierre says he has been approached about WWE deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the sounds of it, former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre could be the next mixed martial arts star to make the jump to pro wrestling \u2014 although perhaps only on a one-off basis.<\/p>\n<p>St-Pierre claims WWE approached him at the ESPN awards, and that he directed them to contact his management. Based on his comments, it seems like some kind of deal could potentially be reached with the pro wrestling institution, although the Canadian legend clarified that he is not interested in a full-time wrestling career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a form of competition and I do not know if I\u2019m ready to go back into it,\u201d Georges St-Pierre told TVA sports in French (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sescoops.com\/wwe-reportedly-interested-in-georges-st-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEScoops<\/a>). \u201cIf I accept, it will be for a special event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019d want to sign a contract and do it every week and making it a living,\u201d he added. \u201cThey wanted to contact my agents, I gave them their number, but I don\u2019t want to switch to wrestling full time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIF | \u00abGSP\u00bb fait tomber son masque en entrevue \u00e0 TVA Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v2WnZn3D3A\">https:\/\/t.co\/v2WnZn3D3A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fr1FBIvL8Y\">pic.twitter.com\/Fr1FBIvL8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TVASports (@TVASports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVASports\/status\/1132833350287331328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Georges St-Pierre discusses his retirement from MMA:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In the same interview, Georges St-Pierre discussed his decision to retire from mixed martial arts, which followed a submission to defeat of Michael Bisping. As he&#8217;s suggested previously, it had a lot to do with the mental strains of fighting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy biggest fear was not the punches,\u201d he said. &#8220;Often, the damage to the head comes from how one trains. In my case, my biggest fear was the stress I was feeling. We know that it can cause cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his defeat of Bisping, St-Pierre claimed the UFC middleweight strap. Given that he previously held the UFC welterweight title, this made him one of just a few fighters in UFC history to capture titles in two divisions. The only others to accomplish this feat so far are Randy Couture, BJ Penn, Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier and Amanda Nunes. UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo will attempt to capture the bantamweight title in June. He would join this rarified air in victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 5\/31\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the sounds of it, former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre could be the next mixed martial arts star to make the jump to pro wrestling \u2014 although perhaps only on a one-off basis. St-Pierre claims WWE approached him at the ESPN awards, and that he directed them to contact his management. 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