WWE trying to be UFC?

Underground
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I'm also a fan of the WWE, but I've been noticing quite some time, that they've been using a lot of MMA terms, for example, "Triangle", "Rear naked choke", "Mount" "armbar" "tapout" (which has always been used) and recently they've been using the "Ground N Pound" term a lot.

I'm wondering if they're ripping any of this off from MMA.

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ttt

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I see no problem as long as there not poking fun at MMA!

For example:Armbarf,Ground and hump,Oral leg scissor(triangle)

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A lot of the wrestlers are wearing vale tudo shorts as well, and some of them are wearing gloves. They're a bit behind the times though, they should be wearing board shorts.

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I noticed the Undertaker wears UFC gloves when he has matches.

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The Undertaker is a big UFC fan.

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I think you have this reversed.

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lol, it could work either way.

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Yeah, I read an interview on Boxinginsider.com, where Undertaker talks about how he's a big fan of MMA, especially the UFC and said he'd be interested in fighting.

Also stated in an interview that Randy Couture is the "baddest man ever"

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One of the extras on the UFC 42 DVD shows 'Taker backstage in the MFS locker room talking to Matt Hughes... Hughes says that if he was a wrestler, his finisher would be the flying armbar.

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shows how much the undertaker knows...not that much

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LOL Yeah I did notice Michael Coles slight change in wording it. Ortiz is a fan, or, was a fan of Sean O'Haire, but he's been released from the WWE.

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when i first saw the thread title i thought the wwe might of lost 95% of its PPV audience.

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that's okay that wwe is doing that because it's more exposure

unfortunately the crowd to which it caters sucks, but ah well

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seems like the crowd sucks at every event.

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"tapout" (which has always been used)

Wrestling never used "tapout" before the UFC.

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Well then I suppose that proves my point even more, I never really kept track of how long certain terms were being used, but it became obvious when they started talking about mounts, "pound and ground" and sure finding a lot more names for submissions.

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The UFC is what pro wrestling would look like if it wasn't worked. There's a lot of crossover. Many pro wrestling writers also cover MMA.

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Randy Couture IS the baddest man at LHW.

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Believe the cup, who was taker in the match with? do you remember?