The Miz: Brock Lesnar winning the UFC heavyweight title was an homage to the WWE
by Geno Mrosko on Nov 3, 2011 4:35 PM EDT
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As pro wrestling fans, we're certainly conditioned to expect the entertainers within the field to make outrageous claims. In an interview with FightHub.TV, which is dated because it wasn't released until today but actually happened before Night of Champions, The Miz claims Brock Lesnar winning the UFC heavyweight championship was an homage to the WWE:
"I enjoy MMA. I always think it's cool whenever a former WWE superstar goes into MMA and Brock Lesnar becomes the champion. That's an homage to the WWE. We are entertainment, that is what WWE does. MMA brings another side of entertainment but I feel like we're two different companies. Both are fantastic, both are great to watch."
I wonder what Lesnar would think of a statement like that.
Maybe it's just me but it's preposterous to think that Brock winning the UFC heavyweight championship is in any way an homage to his time in WWE. If he would have, say, suplexed Randy Couture or somehow figured out a way to execute the F-5 on him, that would have been an homage to WWE. Simply finding success in mixed martial arts (MMA) does not qualify such a statement.
It's also hilarious that Miz refers to MMA as "a different company," for obvious reasons.
Video of Miz's interview, where he also calls Manny Pacquiao the John Cena of boxing, is after the jump.
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I feel like we’re two different companie
Really? Is that what you think? Really?
"I want to feel Nick Diaz’ finger in me. To feel his load blow all over my face would make life complete for me – Then I’ll spit it back into BJ’s mouth and we can all have a sexy party"
by *Californication* on Nov 3, 2011 5:06 PM EDT reply actions
Exactly...
“Homage” is the wrong word here. I assume he means that Brock’s winning the title of a ‘real’ sport validates the athleticism of pro wrestlers, if nothing else.
I don't get how its a homage? Lesnar F-5'ing Couture would of been really cool and sad
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It's nice to hear Miz put over MMA, but he's so hilariously wrong with his remarks.
Pacquiao is nothing like John Cena. People love Pacquiao, and John Cena’s so hated that he got the smarkiest smarks in the country to cheer for Triple H like Hunter was Sammy Sosa in the seventh Penet game.
It’s also amazingly stupid that Miz is trying to play MMA and pro wrestling like they’re the same thing, but rather than take the non retard root of playing wrestling like it’s a sport, he tries to say that MMA is a form of “Sports Entertainment.”
I’m happy to read an interview by a WWE golden boy where they admit they like MMA, even if Miz’s golden boy status pretty much died after his disastrous WM XXVII match, but Miz really made himself look like a doofus in this. For once I’d like to see Miz give an interview where he didn’t sound like he memorized a script beforehand.
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