Last week Chael Sonnen claimed WWE offered him a $5 million dollar contract while he was still under contract to UFC.
Chael is notorious for being completely full of shit but it’s a funny claim nonetheless.
WWE sources have recently stated that the entire story is completely made up.
For entertainment purposes, you can humor yourself by reading a quote from Sonnen’s podcast below:
“I was offered $5 million [WWE head] Vince McMahon… Now, I was still under contract with the UFC and I never took this to Dana,” Sonnen said (props to CageWriter for the transcription). “I handled it on my own. I told them ‘No’ and that was the end of that. I never told Dana White this story, but here’s why I didn’t tell him. I knew if I called Dana and said, ‘I’ve got a $5 million offer from Vince McMahon,’ Dana would have matched it.”
Sonnen said that he didn’t contact UFC President Dana White and have him match WWE’s offer because he didn’t want to be seen as disloyal.
“I don’t think anyone would have had hard feelings but I didn’t see myself that way,” Sonnen said.
