10 New Directions For WWE In 2024

9. UFC Crossover?

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No, nobody's suggesting that Roman Reigns steps into the Octagon for a worked shoot battle vs. Tom Aspinall, but some crossover between WWE and UFC is expected now they both operate under the same corporate umbrella. It'd be silly to expect TKO to keep both outfits completely separate forever.

Retired/legacy MMA fighters could feasibly throw hands on Raw, SmackDown or a big PLE, and smart money says cross-promotion for major WWE and UFC events will air on respective programming. That's just common sense, but older fans will get a chuckle out of seeing UFC's latest fight card being touted by Michael Cole before Otis comes out to do the caterpillar on some poor sap.

Think of this as similar to the bizarre visuals of seeing NFL announcers like Joe Buck pretend he knew anything about SmackDown when the blue brand first jumped to FOX. Pro wrestling may always be treated with muffled guffawing from mainstream media, but UFC will just have to toe the party line.

Ads for Raw could look rather interesting pre-UFC main events.

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