(31 May 2014, 4:07 pm)marxistafozzski wrote I remember Ken Shamrock, seem to remember he is a genuine hard man who could stretch you anyway he liked, a style of wrestling that goes back to the likes of Stu Hart, Verne Gagne and Dory Funk Sr and obviously the pure shoot wrestlers...

Don't know why I never got round to taking in MMA as I like very physical fighting and Submission Wrestling...I always tended to like wrestlers with an amateur background e.g. Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle and always liked good Submission Wrestlers I.e. Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit...

I think 'Taker has adopted an MMA style, I seen an interview with him years ago and he said if he was quite a few years younger and had MMA been big then, he would have gone into MMA...I don't know how old 'Taker is now, but I bet at even at his age he would be a tough bastard to fight legitimately

Ken Shamorck started off as pro-wrestler before switching to MMA in the early 90's. He got his break with Pancrase in Japan, ended up in UFC around 1994/5. He returned to pro-wrestling in 1997 signing with the WWF. Incidentally, Bret Hart trained him for his return to pro-wrestling linking him to the Harts. He returned to MMA after WWF/E but he mostly used as an 'attraction' rather than a top fighter. He got a few wins but time had taken it's toll by then.

Kurt Angle has reportedly turned down numerous offers to participate in MMA fights in the past. Being an ex-Olympic Gold Medallist at the 1996 Atlanta games you'd have thought he'd be up for it. However, despite interviews claiming he could do this/that to this guy or that guy, he's never made the jump. His ego is probably is the key factor to why he hasn't jumped at the chance to back up his words. A loss would shatter his own illusion that he could take anyone and win. He's quite mad you know!

The Undertaker incorporates the Gogopalta submission into his moveset - a triangle-type chokehold which he calls either the 'TCB' or 'Hell's Gate'. It looks quite awkward in my opinion but you may disagree. Calloway has stated in interviews that if MMA was around before he took up wrestling in the 1980s, he's probably be doing that.



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If Chris Benoit did MMA he'd murder anyone he faced!

Sorry. Couldn't resist!

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