2. Luke Harper Believes He’ll Be WWE World Champion One Day, Addresses Conor McGregor’s Comments Towards Pro-Wrestlers
During a recent appearance on The Chad Dukes Wrestling Show, former Intercontinental Champion Luke Harper talked about not being included in the list of the top 10 hottest free agents, Conor McGregor’s comments towards Pro-Wrestlers & more. Below are the highlights:
On being snubbed in WWE’s 10 Hottest Free Agents Article:
“When you put a list of the ten hottest free agents available in today’s market, and I mean no offense to them, but when Cryme Tyme ranks above you, it really makes you question your career choices.”
So you don’t think Heath Slater should be the #1 free agent, that’s what I’m being told watching these television shows?
“Listen, I don’t want to talk about Heath Slater, he’s been beaten down by Rhyno and Jinder Mahal. So I don’t want to talk about that, but Cryme Tyme couldn’t be more irrelevant to today’s wrestling scene. So for them to rank above me, it’s a bit of a slap in the face.
I believe that I will be the WWE World Champion one day. I know that a lot of people say that, it’s easy to say, if I were to go away without accomplishing that task I would feel unfulfilled, to be completely honest… So for Cryme Tyme to rank above me, when I think that of myself, it becomes a bit of an issue inside my own brain.”
On Conor McGregor’s comments about wrestlers:
“I mean here’s the thing when he comes and works for WWE, can I call him a pussy? How does that work? Sure, he’s a smart businessman, he knows exactly what he needed to do to drum up a little interest, but my man blew his biggest payday known to man in MMA at UFC 200 and a professional wrestler had to come and pick up his scraps and save the show.
Business is business, but he doesn’t understand my world and fairly, I don’t understand his. So for what he said, he said something off the cuff at an interview, that I’ve probably done already today, maybe, we’ll find out in a couple days, he said what he had to say, absolutely fine, much respect, he said it off the cuff, but it’s very measured and he knows what he’s doing. At the same time as a man in our business, it’s offensive. You’re calling us all pussies. You’re saying line up and I’ll slap each one of you. I think Big E said it best, ‘How do you want us to line up, sir?’ How do you want us to line up so you can slap the sh*t out of us? You tell us.
He can do what he needs to do, but if he comes up to me and slaps me, then we’ll have a go. That’s the end of it.”
