Dana White: Indie wrestlers should come to Power Slap and make ‘a sh**load of money’
UFC boss Dana White is hoping to recruit indie wrestlers into his Power Slap league.
Power Slap is a promotion that White launched in 2022 after seeing slap-fighting videos on social media. The controversial organization airs its events on YouTube, and White is hoping that we’ll see some aspiring pro wrestlers crossover to slap fighting.
“For instance, there’s a bunch of people out there that want to get into the AEW or the WWE, right? And these guys will f*cking jump off a ladder onto a table full of tacks for $50 a night,” White told the Cutler Cast. “You can come into Power Slap and make a sh*tload of money, you know what I mean?
“And these guys are all tough guys, big guys. So we’re looking at these guys that wanted to be professional wrestlers, and a lot of other athletes around the world that didn’t become professional athletes to come into Power Slap.”
White said money isn’t a problem for Power Slap. A bigger issue has been finding a steady flow of talented fighters since, unlike when the UFC started, there isn’t an existing pool of talent.
“Any big guys out there, if you are a bodybuilder, or you’re trying to be a pro wrestler, or any of that sh*t, whatever your dream is, you can literally come into this and make some real money,” White said.
White has a relationship with WWE due to WWE and UFC both being under the TKO Sports umbrella. He is also friends with AEW founder Tony Khan.
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