Conor McGregor attends his birthday celebration at Intrigue Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas. (Getty)
UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor has insulted the entire WWE roster, and they are now beginning to respond.
On Friday, McGregor said in a UFC conference call that he has no interest in professional wrestling.
“For the most part, those WWE guys are pussies, to be honest,” McGregor said. “They’re messed up pussies, if you ask me.”
After being criticized for his remarks, McGregor doubled down on Twitter, saying he would “slap the head off” the WWE superstars.
I didn’t mean no disrespect to the @wwe fans. What I meant to say was that I’d slap the head off your entire roster. And twice on Sunday’s.
Now, WWE employees are beginning to respond to McGregor’s comments, including Roman Reigns, Sasha Banks, Chris Jericho, and more.
I’ll stand aside…. Seeing as I’ve already beat you……@TheNotoriousMMA
@TheNotoriousMMA @WWE very funny little guy. Why don’t you get your head out of Dana White’s ass
Coming from a guy who built a career copying my persona, I expected the type of class we get from Ronda or Anderson.
According to Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer, many WWE performers are legitimately angry about what McGregor said, and this is not a work.
“It’s not a work,” Meltzer said. “I suppose Vince may try to turn it into a work like he did with Dwayne a few years ago. A lot of wrestlers are legit pissed. Conor is a guy who thinks he’s really smart, and he is, who got exposed a few months ago and I don’t mean as a fighter, but as a manipulator when he f’d up his own UFC 200 main event. He’s doing this for attention to build up his fight, and thinking he can work it into his own wrestling angle.”