With his recent confrontation with Logan Paul at the FanaticsFest, many fans believe Tom Brady is WWE-bound.
Brady had a lot of interaction with WWE figures at FanaticsFest, appearing on Cody Rhodes’ ‘What do you want to talk about’ podcast.
But the most noteworthy incident occurred when Brady slapped influencer and WWE star Logan Paul, which has many believing that TB12 is going to enter the squared circle.
Tom Brady and WWE parent company CEO share Las Vegas Raiders connection
According to TMZ, Tom Brady is indeed in talks with WWE officials over a possible appearance on their programming. Whether that involves him entering the ring as of now is unclear.
Some might be wondering where this is coming from. While Brady joked on Cody Rhodes’ podcast that he had been asking WWE President Nick Khan to come up with a storyline for him, his connection to the company goes even beyond that.
Brady is a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and serves as a limited partner. One of the other co-owners of the Raiders is none other than TKO CEO Ari Emmanuel.
TKO is the parent company of both WWE and UFC, and was formed in 2023 when then-WWE owner Vince McMahon forced a sale of the company to Endeavor just months after resigning.
Perhaps Emmanuel has leveraged Brady into making an appearance on WWE programming, amid low ticket sales and a general dissatisfaction within the fanbase.
Ari Emmanuel trying to land Tom Brady shows he hasn’t learned his lesson after Pat McAfee saga
Earlier this year, several WWE fans were irate when Pat McAfee, former SmackDown commentator and NFL star, was shoehorned into the storyline between Randy Orton and then-WWE champion Cody Rhodes.
The two stars were set to face off at WrestleMania 42, home of the Las Vegas Raiders. However, many fans felt that McAfee’s involvement was unnecessary, given Rhodes and Orton’s extensive history together.
It was reported on by several wrestling publications that Pat McAfee’s involvement was directly influenced by Ari Emmanuel, who had recently signed the former Indianapolis Colts punter.
This was even referenced by WWE stars like CM Punk and Cody Rhodes on RAW and SmackDown, although Emmanuel’s name was never directly mentioned and only alluded to.
Emmanuel reportedly wanted to make McAfee ‘the next (Sylvester) Stallone,’ and seemingly forced WWE to involve him in the storyline.
On top of that, WWE’s declining ticket sales (driven primarily by their exorbitant ticket pricing) led Emmanuel to believe an injection of star power was necessary.
If Emmanuel is trying to do the same with Tom Brady, it is clear that the former super agent has not learned his lesson.
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