Schaub insinuates Velasquez will be on PEDs in the WWE
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Brendan Schaub talks about Cain Velasquez’s transition into professional wrestling with the WWE.
Over the weekend, Cain Velasquez retired from mixed martial arts competition to pursue a career in professional wrestling. The former UFC heavyweight champion recently signed with the WWE to face Brock Lesnar for the company’s Crown Jewel event in Riyadh on October 31st.
During a recent episode of the Below the Belt podcast, former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub gave his take on Velasquez’s WWE transition. He first alluded to how every professional wrestler is on performance-enhancing drugs.
“I hate to do this, but WWE fans, every single one of your favorite wrestlers is on steroids,” Schaub said (transcript by MMA News). “If you’re gonna play ball, you gotta get dirty. And that’s just part of the game. Why wouldn’t you be? Who gives a f—k? Why wouldn’t you be?
“There’s no difference between what they’re doing and what Hollywood’s doing. If you get a call to be Batman, you better juice the f—k up and be Bruce Wayne. What are you doing? No one actually looks like Bruce Wayne.”
Schaub went on to insinuate that Velasquez can easily do the same, but more as a necessity.
“If you’re doing WWE, juice the f—k up,” he said. “Look like a superhero. You’re on the road 300 days a year, especially with Cain and his injuries, good for him. We’ll see what’s up because he’s never been like jacked. If he gets f—ing Nacho Libre and just f—ing shred city, that’d be so dope.
“But also him getting out of the USADA testing pool, no sh-t dude. If you wanna be a swimmer, you gotta get wet. If you wanna be a WWE wrestler, you gotta put needles in your ass.”
Apart from accusations from other fighters, Velasquez never had PED-related issues during his UFC career. He last saw action in February against Francis Ngannou, where he lost via first-round TKO.