Daniel Cormier says he had ‘the time of his life’ at WWE Extreme Rules

Daniel Cormier says he had the time of his life at WWE Extreme Rules. 

After serving as special referee for the Fight Pit match between Matt Riddle and Seth Rollins on the show, Cormier spoke about his experience to ESPN MMA. 

“I was nervous,” Cormier said. “I started forgetting the match. I was, like, oh my goodness I forgot the end. So, I kept having to ask questions. I was so nervous but once I walked out there, it was so fun. The energy of the crowd is like second to none. I fought in front of bigger crowds than I was in front of last weekend but ultimately that’s – it’s a shoot, right? – I’m going to just fight, it is going to be what it is going to be. But to remember all the points of what you’re supposed to do in the match, dude, it was amazing.”

“Then I got fans heckling me. They calling me “Carl Winslow” in there. They were messing with me,” he continued. 

“They said, ‘DC, climb up the cage.’ I’m standing at the bottom like, I’m not going up there with these dudes. They were up there actually wrestling on that little ledge.”

“Then when Riddle jumped off the top I was like, man, I couldn’t believe that I was actually in that moment. And I don’t know how much you pay attention but then Bray Wyatt returned right after so we were like the closer to a massive moment.”

“But my favorite part was I got to essentially be Herb Dean.”

Cormier was asked if he has more respect for the WWE athletes after his performance at Extreme Rules. 

“Riddle and Rollins aren’t big guys but like some of these other guys, Drew McIntyre, Karrion Kross, all these guys that were performing earlier in the night, the things that they do at their size, it’s crazy, the amount of athleticism that these guys possess inside the wrestling ring.” 

“I had the time of my life,” Cormier continued. 

Cormier also says he spoke to WWE about working together again in the future. 

“They were talking to me about doing future things in the WWE and I go, ‘I’ll do things but I got to get in shape first. Like, give your boy some time to get some of this baggage of this luggage.'” 

“It was a good time and again, I’ve earned a new amount of respect for the performers inside the wrestling ring,” he continued.