Chael Sonnen says "I wanna buy the WWE."

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HUGE retirement plans for mega-rich UFC fighter Chael Sonnen -- he tells TMZ, he wants to buy the WWE when he quits fighting ... a company valued at half a BILLION dollars.

And Chael's rep insists he's not joking, telling us, "It is 100% Chael's intent to buy the WWE." In fact, the rep says Chael is already meeting with bigwig friends in the investment world to enact his takeover.

Bad news though -- a rep for the WWE tells us the company ain't for sale ... at least not yet ... so Chael better be prepared to put a sweet offer on the table.

The rep adds, "We are a publicly traded company, so [Chael is] more than welcome to purchase shares of WWE stock and become one of our valued shareholders.”

And that's the bottom line!

www.tmz.com/2013/05/05/chael-sonnen-buy-wwe-ufc-retire/

[dicecasden]

Is he the same MMA mook that got all whining about not being shown on TV?

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Hard to pay any attention to Chael anymore. Nothing he says has any credibility. I know he's just a guy that talks and tries to get attention, but when the attention is millions of eyeballs rolling it's pointless.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

May 5, 2013 3:49:17 GMT -5 dicecasden said:

Is he the same MMA mook that got all whining about not being shown on TV?

Nah, he's the MMA mook that's pretty much a real life whiny heel.

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

May 5, 2013 3:49:17 GMT -5 dicecasden said:

Is he the same MMA mook that got all whining about not being shown on TV?

No that was Mark Coleman.

But I wouldn't be surprised if Chael Sonnen tries to get into the WWE when his MMA career ends as his stock has fallen dramatically now that Jon Jones destroyed him with ease and that he can no longer talk his way into undeserved title shots.

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Its amazing how many people miss the fact that Chael is playing a heel and think his words are real. Almost like this isn't a wrestling forum.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

May 5, 2013 5:05:40 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

May 5, 2013 3:49:17 GMT -5 dicecasden said:

Is he the same MMA mook that got all whining about not being shown on TV?

No that was Mark Coleman.

But I wouldn't be surprised if Chael Sonnen tries to get into the WWE when his MMA career ends as his stock has fallen dramatically now that Jon Jones destroyed him with ease and that he can no longer talk his way into undeserved title shots.

I wouldn't mind. He's already pretty good on the mic, has an amateur wrestling background and is a fan. I mean, dude named his pizza parlour after the Mean Street Posse!

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

May 5, 2013 5:15:55 GMT -5 "Gentleman" AJ Powell said:

May 5, 2013 5:05:40 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

No that was Mark Coleman.

But I wouldn't be surprised if Chael Sonnen tries to get into the WWE when his MMA career ends as his stock has fallen dramatically now that Jon Jones destroyed him with ease and that he can no longer talk his way into undeserved title shots.

I wouldn't mind. He's already pretty good on the mic, has an amateur wrestling background and is a fan. I mean, dude named his pizza parlour after the Mean Street Posse!

Well it would make sense as the WWE would be the only place where he will be able to ever hold a championship belt

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

May 5, 2013 5:21:40 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

May 5, 2013 5:15:55 GMT -5 "Gentleman" AJ Powell said:

I wouldn't mind. He's already pretty good on the mic, has an amateur wrestling background and is a fan. I mean, dude named his pizza parlour after the Mean Street Posse!

Well it would make sense as the WWE will be the only place where he will be able to ever hold a championship belt

I dunno, pretty sure TNA would give him all the belts at once if they thought they'd get some publicity from it.

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

May 5, 2013 5:27:01 GMT -5 "Gentleman" AJ Powell said:

May 5, 2013 5:21:40 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

Well it would make sense as the WWE will be the only place where he will be able to ever hold a championship belt

I dunno, pretty sure TNA would give him all the belts at once if they thought they'd get some publicity from it.

Possibly that and a fatal fourway (or whatever the hell TNA would call it) title match between him and King Mo, AJ styles and Frank Trigg.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

May 5, 2013 5:27:01 GMT -5 "Gentleman" AJ Powell said:

May 5, 2013 5:21:40 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

Well it would make sense as the WWE will be the only place where he will be able to ever hold a championship belt

I dunno, pretty sure TNA would give him all the belts at once if they thought they'd get some publicity from it.

Nah, he'd get destroyed by that King Mo guy. So TNA and Spike could justify the push they gave him, and the amount of money. And so they could say Bellator > UFC.

[TK The Friendly Robot]

May 5, 2013 5:11:11 GMT -5 @franco said:

Its amazing how many people miss the fact that Chael is playing a heel and think his words are real. Almost like this isn't a wrestling forum.

It's amazing how quickly you seem to forget that UFC/MMA is presented completely as a shoot and none of us should have to work out if a guy in a "real" sport is playing a character. That would mean that we'd have to question everything every sportsman has ever said because hey they might just be playing a character in a "real" bloody sport for no reason!

I've always said MMA/UFC was worked but the fact is that they're supposed to just be real sportsmen, this would be like Rory McIlroy saying he wanted to buy Pepsi Co. when he retired and everyone jumping all over him because he acts a certain way. UFC fighters are supposed to be people, not characters.

[rnrk supports BLM]

May 5, 2013 5:40:02 GMT -5 TK The Friendly Robot said:

May 5, 2013 5:11:11 GMT -5 @franco said:

Its amazing how many people miss the fact that Chael is playing a heel and think his words are real. Almost like this isn't a wrestling forum.

It's amazing how quickly you seem to forget that UFC/MMA is presented completely as a shoot and none of us should have to work out if a guy in a "real" sport is playing a character. That would mean that we'd have to question everything every sportsman has ever said because hey they might just be playing a character in a "real" bloody sport for no reason!

I've always said MMA/UFC was worked but the fact is that they're supposed to just be real sportsmen, this would be like Rory McIlroy saying he wanted to buy Pepsi Co. when he retired and everyone jumping all over him because he acts a certain way. UFC fighters are supposed to be people, not characters.

A show's a show, and showmanship always gets you ahead. Whether or not the actual matches are scripted has nothing to do with that. Muhammad Ali was as much a character as a person (and patterned his persona after Gorgeous George, no less).

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

May 5, 2013 5:33:36 GMT -5 Jedi-El of Tomorrow said:

May 5, 2013 5:27:01 GMT -5 "Gentleman" AJ Powell said:

I dunno, pretty sure TNA would give him all the belts at once if they thought they'd get some publicity from it.

Nah, he'd get destroyed by that King Mo guy. So TNA and Spike could justify the push they gave him, and the amount of money. And so they could say Bellator > UFC.

I dunno, "The man who lost due to missing a backfist Vs the Man who lost to the wussiest backfist in history" doesn't sound like the greatest selling point ever.

[B'Cup x]

The thing I'm most shocked about is that the WWE is only worth 1/2 a billion. Thought it would be more than that x

[A damn road sign]

Chael Sonnen says a lot of things.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

May 5, 2013 5:40:02 GMT -5 TK The Friendly Robot said:

May 5, 2013 5:11:11 GMT -5 @franco said:

Its amazing how many people miss the fact that Chael is playing a heel and think his words are real. Almost like this isn't a wrestling forum.

It's amazing how quickly you seem to forget that UFC/MMA is presented completely as a shoot and none of us should have to work out if a guy in a "real" sport is playing a character. That would mean that we'd have to question everything every sportsman has ever said because hey they might just be playing a character in a "real" bloody sport for no reason!

I've always said MMA/UFC was worked but the fact is that they're supposed to just be real sportsmen, this would be like Rory McIlroy saying he wanted to buy Pepsi Co. when he retired and everyone jumping all over him because he acts a certain way. UFC fighters are supposed to be people, not characters.

So SHAQ wasn't a character? Muhammad Ali was the exact same person in front of a camera as he was at home? Mike Tyson was really planning on eating children? (That one might be a bad example)

Athletes have been creating public personas for years, to get upset over Chael's "Chael P." routine is silly, anyone who watched TUF this season could tell you that's not who he is.

[The Man They Call Asher]

Only on this forum could a man have a record of 27-13-1, be an extremely talented wrestler and not be considered credible.

C'mon, ya'll.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

May 5, 2013 7:43:48 GMT -5 The Man They Call Asher said:

Only on this forum could a man have a record of 27-13-1, be an extremely talented wrestler and not be considered credible.

C'mon, ya'll.

Quite. I think alot of the hate comes from the fact he was calling Anderson Silva, who everyone seems to love. Personally, I think Anderson's over rated and boring.

The thing that pissed me off most before the second match was people acting like Chael got his ass kicked first time. Way I remember it, Anderson got the living snot punched out of him and managed to get a lucky triangle armbar.

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May 5, 2013 5:11:11 GMT -5 @franco said:

Its amazing how many people miss the fact that Chael is playing a heel and think his words are real. Almost like this isn't a wrestling forum.

How is he going for heel heat by saying that he's going to buy the WWE? Everyone knows that it's not getting sold for a long time if ever, so ultimately it becomes some guy talking just to hear himself talk.