{"id":325771,"date":"2019-09-20T06:18:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T13:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325771"},"modified":"2019-09-20T06:18:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T13:18:33","slug":"chuck-liddell-interested-in-pro-wrestling-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chuck-liddell-interested-in-pro-wrestling-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Liddell interested in pro wrestling career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Liddell has seemingly closed the curtain on his mixed martial arts career, but that doesn&#8217;t mean his days as an entertainer are done.<\/p>\n<p>Liddell recently divulged that he has some interest in working as a professional wrestler, particularly in the WWE ring.<\/p>\n<p id=\"bdYvUW\">\u201cI used to hang out with Shane McMahon every once in a while, we would go out and party sometimes,\u201d Liddell told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comicbook.com\/wwe\/2019\/09\/12\/chuck-liddell-d-day-film-world-war-ii-ufc-retirement-joining-wwe\/\">ComicBook.com<\/a> \u201cAnd he said \u2018If you\u2019re ever seriously interested about coming over we should talk.\u2019 I love fighting and I love being in real fighting and I mean I got nothing against WWE. I wouldn\u2019t mind doing that now too. It\u2019s just acting, going out and doing the acting. Those guys do some pretty impressive things in the ring as far as&#8230; I mean it\u2019s all staged, but it\u2019s still you know, it\u2019s not easy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think you bring the fan base with you,&#8221; Liddell continued. &#8220;And then, if you can get out there and perform and do your [stuff], it&#8217;s a little more over the top. I mean you see a lot of that with the fighters nowadays in the UFC. Seems like they&#8217;re taking a cue from the WWE guys, some of them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You just get a little more over the top with the guys. Some things you&#8217;ve done before. You&#8217;ve faced-off with people, you&#8217;ve talked s\u2014 to guys. There&#8217;s a lot of going back and forth. 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