{"id":13728,"date":"2024-10-18T13:58:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T13:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=13728"},"modified":"2024-10-18T13:58:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T13:58:52","slug":"ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Champion Tom Aspinall Makes Surprise Cameo with Cody Rhodes and Gunther at WWE Live Event in Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made a surprise appearance at a WWE live event in Manchester, England, on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Tom Aspinall Makes In-Ring WWE Appearance<\/h2>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:226\">The unexpected cameo saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/tom-aspinall-next-fight\/\">Aspinall<\/a> share the ring with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Gunther, who are set to face off in a champion vs champion match at WWE\u2019s Crown Jewel event on November 2.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:230\">Rhodes welcomed Aspinall to the ring, who received a huge pop from the Manchester crowd, before Gunther would interrupt and make his way down to the ring.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE CHAMPIONS are in Manchester! <\/p>\n<p>Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall almost gave these UK fans a preview of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWECrownJewel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWECrownJewel<\/a>! \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9qXHA6fYhb\">pic.twitter.com\/9qXHA6fYhb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1846716752626876431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:230\">Gunther dropped the &#8220;heel&#8221; character work for the occasion and congratulated Aspinall on his success.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:230\">\u201cFrom one heavyweight champion to another, it\u2019s my pleasure to meet you and congratulations on the success,\u201d Gunther said before shaking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/ufc\/\">UFC<\/a> champion&#8217;s hand.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:230\">The &#8220;TKO 3&#8221; then posed for a photo, and the crowd erupted in cheers as the three champions stood together in the ring.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TKOGrp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TKOGrp<\/a> 3. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5oT2IXho2k\">pic.twitter.com\/5oT2IXho2k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GUNTHER (@Gunther_AUT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gunther_AUT\/status\/1846999763436048541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:230\">As Rhodes and Gunther shook hands, Aspinall suggested that they should settle their differences right there and then, rather than waiting for November 2nd, drawing another pop from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:158\">The appearance marked a unique crossover between the two major combat sports organisations, UFC and WWE, which are both owned by the same parent company, TKO.<\/p>\n<h2 data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:158\">Aspinall Confirms He Is Backup For Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic<\/h2>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:337\">Prior to the live event, Aspinall appeared on <em>The Ariel Helwani Show<\/em> to discuss his cameo and his upcoming UFC plans.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:337\">The interim heavyweight champion confirmed that he is the official backup fighter for the UFC 309 main event bout between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, meaning he is ready to step in if either fighter is unable to compete.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:210\">Aspinall&#8217;s appearance at the WWE live event was a memorable moment for fans of both UFC and WWE. It showcased the camaraderie between the two organisations and highlighted the crossover appeal of combat sports.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Tom Aspinall officially the backup for Jones vs Miocic | The Ariel Helwani Show\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WI0epUg0Fgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made a surprise appearance at a WWE live event in Manchester, England, on Wednesday. Tom Aspinall Makes In-Ring WWE Appearance The unexpected cameo saw Aspinall share the ring with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Gunther, who are set to face off in a champion vs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":13735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc","category-wwe"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.5 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC Star Tom Aspinall Makes Surprise Cameo at WWE Live Event<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made a surprise appearance at a WWE live event in Manchester, England, on Wednesday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC Star Tom Aspinall Makes Surprise Cameo at WWE Live Event\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made a surprise appearance at a WWE live event in Manchester, England, on Wednesday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportscasting UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-18T13:58:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/USATSI_18736654_168396541_lowres-1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James Lloyd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Jlloyd2000\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James Lloyd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/\",\"name\":\"UFC Star Tom Aspinall Makes Surprise Cameo at WWE Live Event\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/USATSI_18736654_168396541_lowres-1-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-18T13:58:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-18T13:58:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/b0994e16cd0a3f6f7496459c260d70a8\"},\"description\":\"UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made a surprise appearance at a WWE live event in Manchester, England, on Wednesday.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/USATSI_18736654_168396541_lowres-1-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/USATSI_18736654_168396541_lowres-1-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":\"2560\",\"height\":\"1703\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":\"1\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":\"2\",\"name\":\"UFC Champion Tom Aspinall Makes Surprise Cameo with Cody Rhodes and Gunther at WWE Live Event in Manchester\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/\",\"name\":\"Sportscasting UK\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":\"1\",\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/b0994e16cd0a3f6f7496459c260d70a8\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/author\/jameslloyd\/\",\"name\":\"James Lloyd\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/image0-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/image0-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"James Lloyd\"},\"description\":\"James is a sports writer specialising in football news, betting, and statistics. He also writes about various other sports, including tennis, boxing, and MMA. His work has been featured on multiple online sports platforms, including Sports Lens and Breaking The Lines. James holds a Master's degree in Sport &amp; Exercise Physiology and currently works as a Video Scout for 360 Scouting.\",\"sameAs\":[\"\",\"Jlloyd2000\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/james-lloyd-548086273\/\",\"\",\"\"],\"jobTitle\":\"\",\"email\":\"jameslloyd@sportscasting.com\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UFC Star Tom Aspinall Makes Surprise Cameo at WWE Live Event","description":"UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made a surprise appearance at a WWE live event in Manchester, England, on Wednesday.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"UFC Star Tom Aspinall Makes Surprise Cameo at WWE Live Event","og_description":"UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made a surprise appearance at a WWE live event in Manchester, England, on Wednesday.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/","og_site_name":"Sportscasting UK","article_published_time":"2024-10-18T13:58:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1703,"url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/USATSI_18736654_168396541_lowres-1-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"James Lloyd","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Jlloyd2000","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"James Lloyd","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/","name":"UFC Star Tom Aspinall Makes Surprise Cameo at WWE Live Event","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/USATSI_18736654_168396541_lowres-1-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-18T13:58:52+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-18T13:58:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/b0994e16cd0a3f6f7496459c260d70a8"},"description":"UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made a surprise appearance at a WWE live event in Manchester, England, on Wednesday.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/USATSI_18736654_168396541_lowres-1-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/USATSI_18736654_168396541_lowres-1-scaled.jpg","width":"2560","height":"1703"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ufc-tom-aspinall-makes-wwe-live-event-appearance-manchester\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":"1","name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":"2","name":"UFC Champion Tom Aspinall Makes Surprise Cameo with Cody Rhodes and Gunther at WWE Live Event in Manchester"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/","name":"Sportscasting UK","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":"1","valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/b0994e16cd0a3f6f7496459c260d70a8","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/author\/jameslloyd\/","name":"James Lloyd","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/image0-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/image0-96x96.jpg","caption":"James Lloyd"},"description":"James is a sports writer specialising in football news, betting, and statistics. He also writes about various other sports, including tennis, boxing, and MMA. His work has been featured on multiple online sports platforms, including Sports Lens and Breaking The Lines. James holds a Master's degree in Sport &amp; Exercise Physiology and currently works as a Video Scout for 360 Scouting.","sameAs":["","Jlloyd2000","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/james-lloyd-548086273\/","",""],"jobTitle":"","email":"jameslloyd@sportscasting.com"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13736,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13728\/revisions\/13736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}