UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya recently sat down with BTSport for ‘What Went Down’ to talk about his rise in the UFC.
During the interview, Adesanya talked about hitting wrestling moves at the UFC 234 open-workout, and his relationship with WWE.
I mean, watching hours of Sunday night [Friday] Smackdown, Monday Night Raw, seeing the way the guys like The Rock, Stone Cold, Booker T, Shawn Michaels, countless names, The Hardy Boys, the way they just handle themselves as performers definitely influenced myself in the sense that […] Yeah, I mean, being able to claim your space and just being entertaining, own the stage, own the mic, own the moment, that’s something I learned along the way, but definitely the Attitude Era helped me in learning how to claim my own time
– Israel Adesanya via BTSport What Went Down
Israel also talked about pretending to be several wrestlers while wrestling his brothers as a child. Would you like to see Izzy in a WWE ring some day? You can watch the full interview below.
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