Former Interim UFC Welterweight Champion Colby Covington recently addressed possibly making his strategy to WWE. Covington officially retired from the UFC in May 2026. He’s slated to wrestle against Arman Tsarukyan on July 18 on the RAF 11 (Real American Freestyle) event.
During a recent interview with Brian Mazique, Covington stated that he’s training hard for his match against Tsarukyan. The previous UFC champion said,
“RAF is certainly somewhere I see myself ending my competitive profession at. Whether I entertain other fight offers and return to the UFC and get some big fights, those are still possibilities. You never know what the longer term holds and what tomorrow holds. All I can do is control what I can control today and that’s just my hard training and preparing for Arman Tsarukyan and you only never know where life will take me.”
Moreover, Colby Covington also opened up about the opportunity of joining WWE in the longer term. He revealed that he has had some calls with Triple H regarding the identical. Covington said,
“I’ve had some calls with Triple H and the WWE, in order that’s a possible possibility in the longer term as well. But I’m all in on RAF, I invested my hard-earned money that I earned fighting into RAF to get somewhat small equity percentage and I care concerning the future.”
Covington Reflects On The Challenges If He Jump Ships To WWE
Through the same podcast, Covington commented on the challenges he might face if he moves to WWE. The wrestler said,
“Truthfully I feel essentially the most difficult transition when I feel concerning the pro wrestler schedule… They’re on the road 320, 330 days a yr, they’re travelling to different countries. They got Monday Night RAW, Friday Night SmackDown, they got their pay-per-views. I mean, it’s a rigorous schedule.”
“Just to maintain sane during that point and keep your head in the sport and give you the chance to shoot a promo and undergo the moves of the match. It’s difficult. It’s a really hard workload and I’ve never had that style of workload.”
“I’m used to training for 8-10 weeks at a training camp, after which I am going to at least one fight and I make a ton of cash in a single night and that’s it. I can chill for a pair months of a yr, but wrestling it’s just back-to-back-to-back. So, I feel it’s just understanding the travel schedule and attempting to sustain with that.”
“I feel the mic skills, they’re similar. With the ability to shoot a promo is all the pieces. I learned that. I used to be on TNA Impact with my boy Bobby Lashley and he showed me what it takes to shoot promos and methods to do that and that. So, I feel like I could be very comfortable with that. “After which the wrestling, I’ve been wrestling my whole life. I do know methods to be an athlete. I do know methods to do in-ring wrestling. So I feel like I might pick that up very quick. But I feel the most important challenge would definitely be the travel schedule.”