Daniel Cormier Reveals Who Approached Him About Being Fight Pit Referee At WWE Extreme Rules

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Daniel Cormier has revealed who approached him about being the Fight Pit referee at WWE Extreme Rules.

Over the weekend, it was announced that UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier would serve as the special guest referee for the Fight Pit Match at WWE Extreme Rules on Saturday, October 8.

Speaking with ESPN MMA’s Marc Raimondi, Cormier revealed that it was Seth Rollins who initially reached out to him about appearing at Extreme Rules.

He said:

“So it wasn’t really from the people in charge. It was Seth Rollins, he texted me goes, ‘Real life-fighting in the fight pit and we may be in the market for a special guest referee, would you have any interest in it? ‘So I said, Yeah, I’d be interested in doing it. I think that it’s fun. I think that what you guys have done has been a pleasure to watch. I think it’s gonna be intense, I think that I can add to the story,’ because the reality is all you’re trying to do is add to the story, right? These guys that are professionals, they’re gonna make magic as they have done on so many occasions. So hopefully, I can add a little bit to what they’re doing in there. I said I’d be interested and put them in contact with my agent and then it just so happens that his wife and I shared the same agent. So it worked,”

Cormier continued on to reveal that he reached out to Dana White about the appearance, saying:

“I called Dana right away. He was like, ‘Dude, you in the WWE? How could I say no?’ He was like ‘I would never say no to you in the WWE. I know how much you enjoyed it.’ I enjoyed it. So yeah, they were all for it, man. UFC is all excited. I mean, honestly, and gave me permission to say UFC, you know, so I know that we don’t say different organizations. I will say UFC every time I’m out there,”

As previously mentioned, Jimmy Smith also addressed Daniel Cormier’s WWE debut and future with the company.

For the full lineup for the Extreme Rules event, click here.

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