He talks a lot, its perfect for WWE

he would probably make more money there too

Yeah, it seems like he's been influenced by pro wrestling. He passed the (very tough) training at the WCW power plant, but then put things on hold and didn't end up wrestling for them because they got bought out by Vince.

MMA in general partially comes from shoot wrestling,guys like Barnett still to this day have pro wrestling as part of their base skills.