Scrapped WrestleMania Plans for Conor McGregor Revealed

There’s no doubt that quite a few people think Conor McGregor was born to be a WWE Superstar and now it seems there were plans for him to have a match at WrestleMania in the past.

While speaking to Julian Dorey, Enzo Amore revealed that WWE once had a plan for him to start a storyline with Conor McGregor, but it never happened. He said that he was sent to the McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match by Vince McMahon himself. At that time, Enzo was the Cruiserweight Champion and part of a tag team with Big Cass, but they were about to split up.

When WWE was planning their next steps, Big Cass was told what he’d be doing, and Enzo was told he would stay Cruiserweight Champion and start talking trash about McGregor online. The idea was to create drama and possibly build toward a match at WrestleMania.

“I was doing McGregor, bro.I went to the Conor McGregor–Floyd Mayweather fight because Vince McMahon sent me there. Vince McMahon, bro! What I’m telling you is—I was the Cruiserweight Champion of the f****** world, bro. Vince made me tweet. He pulled me into a room.

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Big Cass is my eyewitness, thank God, because people probably wouldn’t even f****** believe me otherwise. Me and Big Cass were breaking up, right? We’re a tag team breaking up, and they pull him into a room to tell him what he’s doing. Then Vince tells me what I’m doing. He goes, ‘You’re going to be the Cruiserweight Champion, and I want you tweeting at Conor McGregor, picking a fight. We want McGregor for f****** WrestleMania.’”

Enzo explained that he was supposed to become a heel who talks a lot but runs away when it’s time to fight, something that would fit well if he went up against someone like McGregor. In the end, the plan was dropped and never made it to TV.

“I go, ‘Oh, you want McGregor?’ Me vs. McGregor—because I’m becoming a bad guy heel, but not just any heel. I’m becoming the mouth-running heel who talks a big game and runs away. You get it? But it never happened.”

Conor McGregor is definitely no stranger to engaging in online feuds with WWE Superstars, notably having a heated exchange with Roman Reigns’ Special Counsel, Paul Heyman, earlier last year. Following their exchanges, Heyman issued a warning to Conor McGregor. Conor McGregor even called out Roman Reigns for a match at WWE SummerSlam back in 2023.

Many fans still dream of seeing Conor McGregor in a WWE match. Enzo Amore’s story shows that WWE once thought about making that happen, maybe even at WrestleMania. It didn’t work out, but it shows they were interested. No one knows if McGregor will ever wrestle in WWE, but if he does, it would be a big deal and fans would be very excited.

Do you think Conor McGregor would have thrived as a WWE Superstar, or was it better the match never happened? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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