{"id":360057,"date":"2025-12-21T16:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/360057\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:50:08","slug":"wnba-star-sophie-cunningham-teases-possible-wwe-future-af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/360057\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Teases Possible WWE Future Af…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sophie Cunningham may have another arena in mind once her basketball career with the WNBA<\/a> slows down\u2014and it involves a wrestling ring.<\/p>\n

On a recent episode of her Show Me Something<\/a> podcast, Cunningham revealed she\u2019s been approached about potentially stepping into the world of WWE<\/a>. While the idea isn\u2019t an immediate career pivot, she said it’s something she\u2019s seriously considered after she retires from the hardwood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up on that f***ing WWE, baby,\u201d Cunningham said during the conversation, recalling childhood memories of watching wrestling with her sister. \u201cMe and Lindsey used to wrestle all the time, and our parents would have to call it.\u201d <\/p>\n

She rattled off her early favorites\u2014Kane, Hulk Hogan, and later John Cena\u2014before revealing that the interest isn\u2019t one-sided. \u201cThey asked me to do it,\u201d she said. \u201cMaybe after I retire, or in the offseason\u2026 maybe us two will be the new WWE duo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her co-host, West Wilson, was less enthusiastic, admitting he never fully bought into wrestling as a kid, and revealing that he thought it was “fake,” even as he was growing up. <\/p>\n

Still, Cunningham\u2019s enthusiasm was unmistakable\u2014and not entirely surprising to fans who\u2019ve watched her play in the WNBA.<\/p>\n

Before becoming one of the WNBA\u2019s most visible personalities, Cunningham built a reputation as a relentless competitor. After a standout college career at the University of Missouri, she was drafted into the WNBA and spent several seasons with the Phoenix Mercury. <\/p>\n

Last offseason, she was traded to the Indiana Fever, where she quickly carved out a role as a physical, vocal presence in the backcourt.<\/p>\n

With the Fever, Cunningham became known as an on-court enforcer, often stepping in to protect rookie star Caitlin Clark. That edge\u2014combined with her confidence, trash talk, and willingness to embrace spectacle\u2014has helped her following explode beyond traditional basketball circles and could explain why the squared circle may be a perfect fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham may have another arena in mind once her basketball career with the WNBA slows down\u2014and it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-360057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}