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Sherdog.com reports that MMA fighter Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal will be signing with both TNA and Bellator Fighting Championships in the near future. The former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion will likely be performing for both TNA and Bellator MMA. Lawal is currently recovering from knee surgery and a serious battle with staph infection.

Lawal had previously expressed interest in a career with WWE.

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Stealing Lashley's gimmick.

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Let's see TNA had that Douche bag Frank Trigg and Bobby Lashley. Both went no where so lets do it again! WASTE OF FUCKING TIME!

Is this Dixie's 89th suprise that she's been yapping about??

"We are going to revolutionize the wrestling buisness with.........some MMA guy who isn't good enough for UFC......SUPRISE!!"

what a dweeb, she is.

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or maybe its the storyline she'll do on Impact tonight I could spoil it but why spoil shit

spoiled shit......perfectly describes TNA

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Careful man you might hurt other people's feelings and we all know we can't do that.

Fuck'em in the ass with Dixie's cock.

This guy will be useless.....Since Pritchard took over, at the very least you can say that he has streamlined the roster. Every guy on the show has an apparent storyline, and has a "reason" to be there. Bringing in useless idiots will only be counter-productive.

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I dont see what's so absurd about it..This is gonna be fairly commonplace in coming years, MMA guys going into pro wrestling..MMA careers have a very limited shelf-life

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Frank Trigg worked a fake MMA fight with AJ Styles that was Booed out of the fucking building and the guy hasn't been on Television since, Bobby Lashley came and went because no one cared.

Though are the two major reasons as to why this won't work, besides that I've never heard the dude. He works for some half rate group, and why value does he offer to TNA? Is if Brock Lesnar like Fame? No, is it experience? No by no accounts I've seen he's never wrestled before which means he needs to be trained, and finally is it credibility? No he works for the TNA of MMA

But it's a waste of time. The newly signed MMA guy will be longing for the day that he can go back to MMA, and would jump at the first chance at a UFC contract. TNA should be cultivating the indy talent that actually want to be professional wrestlers.

But, it could be worse. They could just bring in a bunch of former college football players.

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Since he's signing with Bellator and TNA, this could be a spike deal...TNA may not have a choice here.

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Well, XT's reply, i will just dismiss since he doesnt watch TNA,yet whines like a little bitch about everything they do, therefore no need to respond.

PH, I take your point, but I dont think it hurts to give it a shot..I've followed his career a bit, he's been a lifelong wrestling fan and has some charisma..I dont see him being a potential UFC fighter anyways, quite honestly, (especially since he's currently suspended for roids).. ... He's actually had some pro-wrestling training, give him some more, let him work some OVW matches for a bit and see what develops.

Now, if theyre giving him a huge contract, then yeah I would say its pretty foolish, but I dont know if thats the case.

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There is so many problems with TNA right now including the roster, I mean they bring this guy in right? and knowing them they will hot shot his training and push him on Television as soon as possible and then who is he going to work with that can get him to know what the fuck he's doing? TNA doesn't have that Val Venis, Tito Santana, Al Snow like jobber to the Stars that can teach these guys what the fuck there doing.

I know its probably not hte best example cause of hte person but anyone remeber MVP prior to Wrestlemania 24 against Chris Benoit? He was pretty shitty and just a couple of months of working with Benoit he became a pretty damn decent worker and went to being a flop to a solid Midcard act. TNA doesn't have though guys and if this guy gets out there and works with an AJ styles guy he's dead in the Water

I was thinking that too, Spike picking up some of the tab for his contract

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Ultimate Beef what does watching TNA have to do with two wrestlers who haven't competed in TNA one 4 years and the other 2? and I asked a valid question what does he offer to TNA?

Shocking why answer a basic question because you can't!

I think Beef is right about more MMA guys going to wrestling. I think a lot of guys who might have pursued pro wrestling pursue MMA now instead when young. They all aren't going to make it, so might try out wrestling. Back in the day before NFL players made millions a lot of players who didnt't make it, got hurt or just got offered more money would go into wrestling. You don't have to make every former MMA fighter's gimmick an MMA guy.

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I wouldn't put it past Spike. Sounds like smart business to me...

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How?

I agree. And I also agree with Beef saying them MMA shelf-life is shorter. That may be playing a big factor in the next few years of the amount of MMA guys transferring over to wrestling.

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Because TNA is spike's #1 show right now, why not flip some of the bill for the contract and let your highest rated show put it back into the company. This is how business is done everyday. If Spike did pick up the contract, I think it's smart.

Let's remember, I don't know if they did or did not. I would just assume so with the guy signing with both company's, why not put the deal under one umbrella (Spike TV)

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Thats an important point too... Cant just bring everyone of the MMA guys in with their sole selling point being MMA..Especially the guys who arent HUGE names in MMA ...Just market them as guys with a legit badass background, and integrate them into the pro-wrestling style.

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I agree with both of you. In a lot of ways I think it's one of the only things that can save wrestling. It's popularity is only going to decrease as UFC's increases. So MMA fighters coming over will bring attention to wrestling.

That said, I don't know how well they will mix. Brock is the only guy that's been able to successfully transfer from one to the other. And he's a bad example because I'm pretty sure he's an alien that has mastered all Earth sports for a laugh.

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Well lets get this out of the way first Spike already gives TNA money for Wrestlers, and though Live Event Television Debacles that they just pulled the check out from. Secondly the conference call notes claims that this is a joint Bellwhatever and TNA effort not spike's.

Secondly okay why would wrestling fans watch MMA? Especially when you read any MMA reporter's opinion they rip Wrestling constantly. So if your TNA are you benefitting from MMA media ripping you apart as a joke and the guy you just signed to wrestle? and if your the MMA promotion are you benefitting from your media outlets attacking you for getting involved with Professional Wrestling?

Even though WWE Raw is probably one of the huge Reasons UFC on Spike TV actualy worked because someone was smart enough to take Ultimate Fighter and place it after Raw, that was like 10 years ago and both industries have changed. There is a reason why WWE and UFC didn't cross promote and why UFC didn't cross promote with TNA.

If wrestling fans were to follow that line of reasoning, they'd have to stop watching pretty much ANY legit sport, since Pro-Wrestling is viewed as being maybe a half-rung above amputee porn on the dignity ladder by most sports-media types..

The truth is , there is a Big crossover in the fanbases of MMA and Wrestling..UFC has been incorporating a lot of Pro-Wrestling showmanship in their presentations for yrs now..(heel promos, entrance themes pyro etc ) . Now, I will say there are more wrestling fans who like MMA than vice-versa, but its a pretty sizeable crossover nonetheless..

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