{"id":447741,"date":"2022-05-17T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T01:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=447741"},"modified":"2022-05-17T18:57:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T01:57:51","slug":"alistair-overeem-to-make-pro-wrestling-debut-against-braun-strowman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alistair-overeem-to-make-pro-wrestling-debut-against-braun-strowman\/","title":{"rendered":"Alistair Overeem to make pro wrestling debut against Braun Strowman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Overeem will be turning to pro wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Overeem, the former Strikeforce and DREAM heavyweight champion, recently signed with Glory kickboxing but will now be having a pro wrestling match. Overeem is set to headline the first Wrestling Entertainment Series (WES) event in Nottingham, England on June 4. He is set to take on former WWE star Braun Strowman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlingentertainmentseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the promotion revealed on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is a surprise to see Overeem go into pro wrestling as he has said it was lame and something he didn&#8217;t like.<\/p>\n<p id=\"hZy3si\">\u201cThe thing is with that whole wrestling thing, I watched it when I was 8, 9, 10 years old,\u201d Overeem said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/8\/23\/22638641\/alistair-overeem-uses-homophobic-language-in-rant-on-cm-punk-brock-lesnar-and-pro-wrestling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>. \u201cHulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, huge fan of those guys. Honky Tonk Man. Great, funny. Andre The Giant. I stopped watching after that, so I\u2019m not watching since [1992, 1993, 1994]. And just recently, I started looking again on YouTube, and oh my God, this stuff is lame. It\u2019s just lame what these guys are doing. It\u2019s fake. It\u2019s lame. It\u2019s stupid. It\u2019s gay. It doesn\u2019t make any sense&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292649\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-292649 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alistair-Overeem-5.png\" alt=\"Alistair Overeem, UFC St. Petersburg, Walt Harris\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alistair-Overeem-5.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alistair-Overeem-5-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: UFC on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s lame,\u201d Overeem added. \u201cIt\u2019s not even a sport. It\u2019s just lame. It\u2019s bad acting. It\u2019s just lame. Sorry for all the fans of WWE, but I\u2019m just being honest. I\u2019m just giving my opinion. Free country, right? I think it\u2019s lame, and because I hadn\u2019t seen it for 20 years. I never watched Brock fight. I never watched CM Punk fight. I knew they were from WWE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alistair Overeem last fought back in February of 2021 as he suffered a TKO loss to Alexander Volkov. He <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bkfc-interested-in-junior-dos-santos-and-alistair-overeem-have-already-reached-out-to-their-teams\/\">was released from the UFC following the loss<\/a> despite winning his two fights prior as he TKO&#8217;d both Augusto Sakai and Walt Harris. In his career, he holds notable wins over Fabricio Werdum, Andrei Arlovski, Junior dos Santos, and Brock Lesnar among others.<\/p>\n<p>Are you surprised to see Alistair Overeem having a pro wrestling match?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Overeem will be turning to pro wrestling. Overeem, the former Strikeforce and DREAM heavyweight champion, recently signed with Glory kickboxing but will now be having a pro wrestling match. Overeem is set to headline the first Wrestling Entertainment Series (WES) event in Nottingham, England on June 4. 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