{"id":24788,"date":"2016-07-05T23:25:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T04:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=24788"},"modified":"2016-07-05T23:25:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T04:25:32","slug":"video-ufc-hvt-fighter-says-wants-try-wwe-will-need-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/05\/video-ufc-hvt-fighter-says-wants-try-wwe-will-need-clearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; UFC Hvt. fighter says he wants to try WWE, but will need clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-843418417\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>UFC Hvt. fighter &#8220;Big Country&#8221; Roy Nelson revealed Tuesday that he would consider crossing over to WWE, pending a conversation with UFC president Dana White.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would love to go to WWE,&#8221; Nelson told the MMA media during an Open Workout promoting his next UFC fight Thursday night in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, I think in our contracts we&#8217;re not allowed to do that. 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