It sounds like we haven’t seen the last of Cain Velasquez inside of a wrestling ring.
The former UFC Heavyweight Champion was the latest talent to be cut from the WWE despite only signing a lucrative contract with the company late last year. Unfortunately for Cain, an injury had slowed down his chances to truly make an impact within the company; however, based off of several recent reports, the 37-year-old may have made mistakes that led to him being released as well.
Velasquez has been quiet since being let go by the promotion but according to his Coach, the former MMA star won’t be going back to the UFC or any other MMA promotion, as Velasquez will continue to wrestle:
Of course, the natural speculation is that Velasquez could end up in All Elite Wrestling. Last year at TripleMania XXVII, the former UFC Heavyweight Champion worked a six-man tag team match alongside Cody Rhodes and Psycho Clown, and the AEW Executive Vice President had nothing but nice things to say about Velasquez:
"He's definitely somebody I am keeping an eye on," Rhodes said. "Cain was one of those athletes ... not even an athlete thing, it's almost a strange natural ability to pick up our industry. Man, he picked it up so, so quick and he wasn't doing mixed martial arts Cain Velasquez. He was trying to do true lucha, and he had worked with Psycho Clown … I was blown away by Cain Velasquez.
"I would love to bring that tandem and that tag back to All Elite Wrestling. I'm glad to hear he likes what we're doing, I like what he's done with AAA. I continue to monitor it. That might be something you see of a personal project for me if and when Cain would like to come play ball with us. I'd be down. There's something very special. The man was a former UFC heavyweight champ. He's a nice guy, represents a whole part of the world. Just a special, special human being. I think he'd be a great fit to our family."
Cain was indeed in talks with AEW before signing with WWE; however, it’s also possible that he ends up returning to AAA, which was the place where he got his wrestling start. Only time will tell where Cain Velasquez ends up.