“The Million Dollars Is to Stick It in Dana’s A*s”: UFC Legend Claims Vince McMahon Made Bold Attempt to Embarrass Dana White With Monday Night Raw Offer

People have often compared the popularity of WWE to that of the UFC. There were many superstars who have tried MMA and wrestling, most notably Brock Lesnar. However, there were a lot of trash-talers in UFC who gained the interest of the biggest wrestling promotion. WWE was once interested in Chael Sonnen and wanted to bring him in due to his immense showmanship. WWE has always tried to attract athletes from other sports to work with them on a wrestling show. Athletes like Shaquille O’Neal, Rob Gronkowski, Floyd Mayweather, and Mike Tyson are a few of the athletes who made a big impact during their appearances on a WWE show.

However, Vince McMahon once asked UFC legend Chael Sonnen to make an appearance on their longest weekly episodic television show, Monday Night RAW. Sonnen has been one of the poster boys for trash-talking in UFC’s history. His spontaneous verbal attacks made him of the fan favorites in Dana White‘s promotion.

WWE wanted Chael Sonnen to make an appearance with the UFC middleweight title

The WWE’s interest in Sonnen sparked after he fought Anderson Silva for the middleweight championship. The UFC legend recently made an appearance on the ‘MMA Hour’ with Ariel Helwani and opened up about WWE’s proposal to him. He said, “The last time I had any contact with them [WWE], I was 33 years old. They already thought I was too old.” 

Sonnen added that WWE asked him to bring the championship belt if he beat ‘The Spider’. But he couldn’t inform the UFC authorities. “I was just getting ready to fight Anderson Silva, and they said ‘If you beat Anderson, you show up on RAW with the belt we’ll give you a million dollars but you can’t tell Dana [White],” said ‘The America Gangster’.

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The UFC legend also mentioned that the million dollars he was offered were to “stick it” up to the UFC boss. He said, “The million dollars is to stick it in Dana’s a**.” Sonnen mentions that he would have beaten done what was asked of him by the WWE. But He didn’t understand how it would have affected Dana White. “I don’t know how Dana would have any kind of problem with that. I never understood that part.” Sonnen mentioned that WWE didn’t offer him any contract but would have paid him if he’d given them his word. It would have been more money than any UFC fighter got at that time.

It would have been an impressive sight to see if Sonnen had appeared on RAW with the UFC middleweight championship. He played the role of the ‘Bad Guy’ very well in the UFC. He even gained audiences for his fight in the promotion as a result of it. Chael Sonnen would have been a natural in WWE.

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