Shaq weighs in on Mayweather nonsense

February 27th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

Hi, my name is Shaquille O’Neal. You may remember me from such films as “Kaazam”, “Blue Chips” and “Steel.” I think Floyd Mayweather is the best fighter in the world and the Big Show is big, but he likes to talk a lot. So I think Mayweather is going to win at Wrestlemania.

But also, none of this really matters, because the match will be predetermined because it’s PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING AND NOTHING ABOUT IT IS REAL. IT’S ALL STAGED! CAN’T YOU SEE THIS, PEOPLE!

(Sorry, I had to get that out. It’s cool if you like professional wrestling; it’s just hard not to see the stupid transparency in all this. Which I guess is what is to be celebrated about the “sport” in the first place. Also, I really liked Goldberg in middle school. I liked him a lot. Video via FanIQ.)

Note to Floyd Mayweather: Professional wrestling isn’t real

February 26th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

It is not hard to see why Floyd Mayweather is dipping his hand into the WWE: there is money to be made. His nickname is money. He likes money. One time he made it rain.  And if Mayweather “wrestles” the Big Show during an the upcoming March 30 Pay-Per-View WrestleMania XXIV event, he stands to make $20 million. (How does the WWE have this kind of money? I thought its only fans were 11-year-old kids.)

In any event, Mayweather at least acknowledged he’s in it for the money, but then went and jibber-jabbered about some other stuff. (Link via CSTB.)

“I run Vegas and I run L.A. and I will run the WWE,” he boasted.

Yes, in what is likely to be your only PPV WWE appearance ever.

At 5-foot-8, 150 pounds, Mayweather gives up big numbers to the bald Big Show, who stands 7-feet and weighs 430.

“I weigh three times as much as he does,” Big Show crowed. “It’s not fair, but I’m a businessman and I see an opportunity for business.”

Then he picked up the wooden podium and tossed it to the floor, where it splintered and the attached two mics lay like broken sticks. Clearly, Staples Center officials hadn’t expected the move.

MAN I WOULD BE SO SCARED IF I WAS MAYWEATHER.

Mayweather hopped onto a chair and exchanged glares with Big Show while WWE regulars Randy Orton, John Cena, Triple H and Edge looked on, witnessing a newcomer who clearly understands the theatrics of modern-day wrestling.

“WWE is the biggest it gets,” Mayweather said. “This is going to be an event like none other.”

Yes, you’re right: what is this NFL you speak of? Soccer? Bow down to the WWE.

The wrestling gig is another part of Ellerbee’s carefully crafted plan to expand Mayweather’s fan base.

“Either I’m going to be a genius with this or I’m the biggest idiot,” he said. “Boxers have such a short window of opportunity. He can’t become any bigger in boxing.”
Floyd Mayweather, left, faces off with Big Show at a news conference at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb 25, 2008. A $20 million payday awaits Mayweather, the undefeated WBC welterweight champion, when he takes on Big Show as part of WWE’s “WrestleMania XXIV” in Orlando, Fla. on March 30.

That’s why Ellerbee snagged Mayweather a spot on ABC’s reality hit “Dancing With the Stars.” Mayweather didn’t win the disco ball trophy, but he wasn’t the first one voted off, either.

“It crossed him over and took him into the households of many middle-aged Middle Americans and turned him into a mainstream superstar,” Ellerbee said. “Now when Floyd goes into the grocery store, the first thing 65-year-old ladies say is, `You’re Floyd from `Dancing With the Stars.”’

Oh, I get it: this is all about maximizing Mayweather’s brand. If boxing and everything else goes by the wayside, I suppose he always has his rap career to fall back on.