It appears that the antics of Colby Covington has caught the eye of WWE, or at least that’s what the former interim welterweight champion says; Speaking to Submission Radio, Covington stated that Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar have both been impressed with his performances as of late and said he would be “perfect for pro wrestling”:
“Oh man, it was really good. Yeah, I got to speak at length with Paul Heyman a couple of months ago, like two months ago, three months ago when WWE was here for Monday Night Raw. They were in Miami at American Airlines arena and I went backstage, got to chat with him a little bit, saw Brock Lesnar, he gave me a pound. [He] was like, ‘keep it up man, love what you’re doing champ.’ Yeah, and Paul was just giving me some tips, man, and this and that. And he was like, ‘man, you’re perfect for pro wrestling. I love what you’re doing and keep up the hard work, you know, the power of the promo is real.”
It wouldn’t be the first time the “Super Villain” of the UFC made his transition to professional wrestling as he appeared on Impact in 2017 in the corner of his former MMA teammate, Bobby Lashley. He said that because of Lashley, WWE is scouting him.
“We got a good connection over there, because my teammate Bobby Lashley and his agent, who’s also my agent, Dan Lambert. Mr. Dan Lambert, who owns American Top Team, he keeps in touch with him, and [WWE] definitely know who I am and see what I’m doing, and most of them, even like Paul Heyman was like, ‘man, Colby, you’re doing pro wrestling better than pro wrestling’s doing it. So, we’ve got some connections over there, we’re talking.”
Covington is reportedly the next challenger for Kamaru Usman, though the match-up has yet to be confirmed or official.