14 WWE Stars Who Wanted To Fight In UFC

11. Daniel Puder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_12qn29WKA Speaking of Kurt Angle, there was a memorable incident with him on Smackdown 2004, when Tough Enough wrestler Daniel Puder put him in a legitimate kimura lock. It was part of a shoot wrestle segment, and Angle required the referee to count a shady pin on Puder, in order to stop the painful kimura. Puder went on to win Tough Enough and become a WWE superstar, but he didn't last long with the company, perhaps due to the heat he got with veterans over his conduct in the Angle segment. He had a brief MMA career before even signing with WWE, so he went back to that, in the hope of one day fighting for the UFC. But despite a 100% win record in eight minor league fights, Puder never got a call from Dana White. He retired from MMA in 2011.
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