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Has anyone heard of this?
Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. will bank $20 million for his March 30th appearance on Wrestlemania 24, WWE chief Vince McMahon said at a Monday press conference.
I remember Floyd coming up and this is what he always wanted. He's always been that little kid that just wanted attention. He knew he was great and wanted the world to know it. It sucks that he's not fighting Cotto, but hell if I got paid that much for a fake match, you bet your ass I wouldn't be fighting the Cotto's and Margarito's of the world.
BTW I'm incredibly amazed at the fact that cuppo or Dup don't already have a tread for this.
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 12, 2008 1:13 AM
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Floyd is a whore, he will do anything if "the price is right".
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 11:08 PM
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> Some guy at work said that he was showing
> off his money and some wrestler threw him
> out of the ring on his head.........vaudeville.
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> Now Andy Kaufman......there's a wrestler
> I can admire. Just to see him work a crowd
> is worth suffering through the rest
Agree. Too bad Andy died so young ~ 35.
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 10:58 PM
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Some guy at work said that he was showing
off his money and some wrestler threw him
out of the ring on his head.........vaudeville.
Now Andy Kaufman......there's a wrestler
I can admire. Just to see him work a crowd
is worth suffering through the rest
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 2:10 PM
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Was Floyd on Raw last night? I wasn't around to catch it and see what's been going on with that.
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 2:02 PM
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> > Never have I heard the two confusingly
> > intertwined....
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> > I don't know who you've been associating with
> man,
> > but that has to be one SIMPLE m'fer.
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> YOU need to get out more. The world is made up of
> f simple shits !
LOL..I wish I could dispute that, but I can't.
I do nothing but hit the gym and work, and I"m not even working anymore lol.
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 2:01 PM
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that's true jabbs.
Gluvs I used to watch Wrestling religiously. There's guest wreslters left and right, but it hardly ever draws anybody to the sport or whatever it is that the guest wrestler does. Fans of Wreslting love action, EVERY night in EVERY match there's something that they want to see. Boxing is totally different and most kids that love wrestling HATE boxing.
I don't see how it will help the sport at all.
It will help Floyd get more exposure, but at the same time him doing this things hurts the sport more b/c there are real fighters he could be fighting during this time.
What really helps the sport is good fights. You make good fights and there's no need to get outside help for the sport.
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 1:28 PM
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> > If this foray of Floyd's into the WWE can
> actually
> > draw new fans into the sport of boxing....great.
> But,
> > if it continues to blur the line between the
> two
> > entities....not good.
> > My blood runs cold when I hear people refer to
> boxing
> > as "wrestling".
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> > Edited by jabsRstiff at 03/11/2008 10:24 AM
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> Never have I heard the two confusingly
> intertwined....
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> I don't know who you've been associating with man,
> but that has to be one SIMPLE m'fer.
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YOU need to get out more. The world is made up of simple shits !
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 1:27 PM
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> If this foray of Floyd's into the WWE can actually
> draw new fans into the sport of boxing....great. But,
> if it continues to blur the line between the two
> entities....not good.
> My blood runs cold when I hear people refer to boxing
> as "wrestling".
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> Edited by jabsRstiff at 03/11/2008 10:24 AM
Never have I heard the two confusingly intertwined....
I don't know who you've been associating with man, but that has to be one SIMPLE m'fer.
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 1:23 PM
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If this foray of Floyd's into the WWE can actually draw new fans into the sport of boxing....great. But, if it continues to blur the line between the two entities....not good.
My blood runs cold when I hear people refer to boxing as "wrestling".
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 1:12 PM
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> I don't see how this is great for boxing, but Floyd
> looked like Mascarita Sagrada did while getting
> tossed by Torito.
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You don't understand how Floyd's exposure (through wrestling) WILL translate over to boxing....
You don't understand how many YOUTH watch wrestling....?
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 11, 2008 12:22 PM
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I don't see how this is great for boxing, but Floyd looked like Mascarita Sagrada did while getting tossed by Torito.
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 5, 2008 11:48 AM
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>
> But then maybe my memory sucks since I haven't
> watched it in about 20+ years?
Then you cannot possibly keep up with the conversation.
DJ I always liked Vader. Pretty cool character and a very good wrestler. One of my favorite characters was Phsyco Sid, but he's another guy that just didn't have enough wrestling abilities.
I always enjoyed watching Sabu, RVD, Mysterio etc.. guys that could do some sick moves. That's what really entertained me. Also the Mankind/Undertaker fights where classic. The choke slam the Undertaker did on Man kind from the top of th cage is probably the sickest move I ever saw. Fake? fake my ass!, I don't care if there was pillows underneath that ring I have no clue how Mankind got up from those beatings.
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 5, 2008 10:25 AM
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body I see what your saying and I agree.
Flair had some amature backround but not enouph to impact his ability in ring.
Vader is my all time favorite "big man" I still am amazed he only broken one guys back.
to Hatemonger. Is it scripted yes, are what they do in the ring scripted? no.
They dont go ok. here is how our match is guna go, move by move, that just happens.
Some pors have legit amature Backrounds. Lesner, Angle, Steiners, and Lashley are prime examples.
Also pro wrestlings wreslting ability is all about wrist locks, chain "wreslting" where they do a series of moves, submissions, slames, extc.
If you watch Bret Hart v HBK from WM 12 thier iron man match a good chunk of the first 15 min orso is mat work.
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Mar 1, 2008 5:56 AM
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> > Everyone here knows pro wrestling is fake
> right? Some
> > of you guys are arguin about wrestling ability?
> > Athletes missing glory days, over-sized fat guys
> and
> > roid freaks all of whom can't act makin alot of
> > money.
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> > I don't blame them and have no problem with
> someone
> > who is entertained, but to ask who is the
> better
> > wrestler?
> > Wouldn't you have to ask the script-writer?
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> > Who would Gatti be in a dream fight with?
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> > "Gatti v Carmen Basilio"
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> > by ibigtimefan1
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> > Re: If you were a Boxing Promoter what would you
> do?
> > Feb 12, 2008 10:45 PM (46 of 98)
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> Hate if you can't keep up with the convo don't joint
> it at all. Nobody here is thinking Wrestling is real,
> but if you watch it you can easily tell which
> Wrestlers have better Wrestling abilities.
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> Hulk, Goldbert etc.. those guys really couldn't
> wrestle. They had a good character, but as far as
> wrestling goes, their abilites where pretty poor.
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> RVD was the man back when I was watching Wrestling.
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> go back to using the Ric Flair chest chops that
> motivated Lewis to finish off Mike Tyson. "
I keep up just fine. You guys are talking about wrestling ability in a scripted "sport". Whether any of them can really wrestle or not isn't relevant. It's scripted dude! Alot probably did really wrestle in school or something but so what? They aren't really doin it now. Maybe some of the guys that "look" like they know are just more coordinated physically and have an easier time re-hearsing? It doesn't mean they have mastered the discipline.
But then maybe my memory sucks since I haven't watched it in about 20+ years?
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Re: If you were a Boxing Promoter what would you do?
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Re: Floyd getting 20 mill for Wrestling
Feb 29, 2008 4:30 PM
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> When i was younger my guys were Jimmy Super Fly Snooka, George the Animal Steel, Coco Beware, Junkyard Dog, Andre the Giant, the Iron Sheek, and Brutus the Barber Beefcake. Wrestling is a form of good theatrics, with storylines, and does require alot of practice and skill to perform alot of those moves properly. I havn't watched wrestling ever since; my teenage years, but overall, it's a good form of entertainment for some adults and kids.
Andre the Giant.
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