Following his pro-wrestling debut a few weeks ago, Cain Velasquez has quite the demand for his services inside of the squared circle.
Although he’s currently under contract with AAA, ESPN’s Marc Raimondi reports that the UFC star had an informal meeting with New Japan Pro Wrestling officials on Saturday night.
The promotion was in San Francisco for the second night of the Super J-Cup. Raimondi added that “several other wrestling promotions” have interest in Velasquez. He did not say which promotions are interested.
Raimondi wrote, “Cain Velasquez is at the New Japan Super J Cup show tonight in San Francisco. Sources said he’ll be having an informal meeting with NJPW officials. Velasquez is signed on for two more Lucha Libre AAA matches, but several other wrestling promotions have interest, per sources.”
The former UFC Heavyweight Champion teamed up with Cody Rhodes and Psycho Clown in a six-man tag team match against Texano Jr., Taurus, and a mystery partner at TripleMania.
The event went down on Saturday, August 3rd, 2019, at Arena Ciudad in Mexico City and aired on Twitch.
AAA holds two shows in the United States this year. He’ll be working the September 15th show at New York City’s Hulu Theatre and their October 13th show at Los Angeles’ Forum.
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