Floyd Mayweather Jr. commented on his Wrestlemania XXIV experience in an
interview with Arash Markazi of Sports Illustrated's website. The undefeated WBC
Welterweight Champion was victorious in his match against The Big Show with
the help of a few chairshots and a pair of "brass knuckles."
Five hours prior to the fight, Mayweather walked down the
neon-lit 175 -foot entranceway to the ring alongside WWE owner Vince McMahon and
his business manager Leonard Ellerbe, going over everything from his entrance to
the ebb-and-flow of the match.
"My ultimate goal is to entertain the fans and entertain the
people," said Mayweather. "A lot of people on the outside say that wrestling is
not this and its not that, but believe me, wrestling is real. They're not just
entertainers, they're athletes. There are hard slaps and hard
punches."
As McMahon strolled around the ring, doing a Muhammad Ali-like
shuffle and then raising his arms in the air, Mayweather laughed and followed
suit, raising his arms to the empty stadium after throwing a few jabs as McMahon
knelt before him with a headset, talking to the production
crew.
"We always have this magical curtain backstage," said McMahon,
who has taken a hands-on approach to Mayweather's stint with the WWE, talking to
him and Ellerbe on a near daily basis leading up to WrestleMania. "A lot of
athletes want to be on the show but you never want to cross the line but we've
wanted to do something with Floyd for sometime and he's always waned to do
something with us."
While Mayweather and McMahon talked through Mayweather's match,
WWE champion Randy Orton, John Cena and Triple H went through the motions of
their three-man match, tumbling around the ring in street clothes before they
figured out exactly how they would finish the show. While Orton, Cena and Triple
H were supposed to headline the show, Mayweather and Wight were featured on
every billboard, commercial and promotional item about the event, which was just
fine by them.
"I think he respects what we do and I respect what he does," said
Orton. "He's a tough guy. I wouldn't want to fight him. I wouldn't want to box
him. I think he's good for the wrestling industry."
Initially Mayweather's wrestling debut was supposed to be a mixed
tag-team match with Wight to face Oscar De La Hoya and Rey Mysterio. When De La
Hoya turned down the offer and Mysterio got injured, an audible was called and
Mayweather and Wight had the stage to themselves.
"When you mention Oscar De Lay Hoya, you're mentioning an
ordinary fighter," said Mayweather. "When you mention Floyd Mayweather, you're
mentioning an entertainer. A guy who's not scared to go out there and take a
chance and take a risk and go out the box, that's what it's about. Certain NFL
players and NBA players are labeled as just that, when you look at me, I'm
labeled as an entertainer."
Maywather didn't close the door on returning to wrestling in the
near future after establishing himself as a bona-fide villain and extending his
unbeaten record into pro wresting.
"This could be another branch to my career; I really don't know
what the future holds," said Mayweather. "Before I got involvedwith the WWE, I
thought this stuff was easy but no, it's hard work. There's a lot of hard work
that goes into this. I saw The Undertaker walk around with an ice pack on his
back and Shawn Michaels walk around with an ice pack on his knees. This
stuff is crazy. It's not as easy as you think. Who
knows? It's possible I could be here to stay."
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