WWE champ Bobby Lashley open to Brock Lesnar fight in MMA and wrestling ring ahead of WrestleMania 37
WWE champion Bobby Lashley has opened the door to facing Brock Lesnar in MMA and the wrestling ring ahead of WrestleMania 37.
Lashley, who is 15-2 in MMA and last fought in 2016, recently defeated The Miz on Monday Night RAW to win the WWE title.
He is not short of challengers, with Scot Drew McIntyre at the front of the queue.
But the American has welcomed a match with Lesnar on the grandest stage of them all.
Lashley, 44, told TMZ Sports: “Leading into WrestleMania’s everybody’s kinda been teasing the Brock name.
“He’s there also, nobody knows where he is, but if he surfaces he’s definitely someone to jump in there.
“I really don’t care who it is, I know the former champ Drew was on fire, so I could have a match with him and really take him out and show who’s boss.
“I think that would be really on the top of my list.”
Lesnar, 43, lost the WWE title against McIntyre, 35, at WrestleMania 36, filmed in March but aired in April.
It was his last in the ring, with his contact expiring in August, and the former UFC champion is yet to sign a new deal.
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Lesnar was linked with a move back to the cage, with UFC president Dana White publicly announcing his interest.
He debuted with the promotion in 2008 and won the title the same year.
Lesnar went on to retire in 2011 due to a battle with diverticulitis, and returned to the WWE a year later.
In 2016 he made a shock comeback to fight Mark Hunt at UFC 200, but his win was later overruled to a no-contest following failed pre and post-fight drug tests.
Lesnar was in talks for another return in 2019 to fight then-champ Daniel Cormier, but again he committed his future to the WWE.
Similarly, Lashley has focussed solely on pro wrestling since 2016, despite four wins in Bellator.
A super-fight between himself and Lesnar in MMA has been touted in the past.
Now Lashley has called on Lesnar’s advisor Paul Heyman to get the ball rolling for a match in the ring or cage and offered to put his WWE title on the line.
He said: “Well, I’ll tell you this; I woke up in the morning and did my cardio. I ate my breakfast, I’m doing some interviews, I gotta go workout after this.
“I’m gonna eat lunch – I can only control the things that I can control. I’m willing to fight, I’m willing to wrestle, I’m willing to do a 100m dash, I don’t care.
“I like those big matches, Brock is one of the biggest things across sports industry, across the sports world, across the board.
“So if I can have an opportunity to fight Brock or wrestle Brock or do anything against Brock I’m 100 per cent in.
“And I will be ready, that’s all I’ve gotta say about that.”
“To Paul Heyman, Paul call me. Before you guys always said I had nothing or no reason for him to come after me. Now I do.”