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MORE ON FLOYD MAYWEATHER'S WORKED INJURY, JEFF HARDY, AND THE HEYMAN HUSTLE |
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Written by Dan Bristow (wrestlingnewsdesk@gmail.com)
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
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9:39 PM EST
Floyd Mayweather Jr.is picked
up and thrown outside the ring by
Big Show after a
weigh-in at "Monday Night Raw" in Milwaukee last night.
Photo provided to media by
World Wrestling Entertainment.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. attended a Wrestlemania
Press Conference today in Chicago with his right elbow taped and vowed to come
back better than ever at Wrestlemania XXIV. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
reported on the press conference, which means newspapers and websites
around the world will pick up on the story.
The AP reported A subdued
Floyd Mayweather walked onto the stage with his right elbow wrapped on Tuesday,
but vowed he'll be ready for his 7-foot opponent when they meet again in WWE's
"WrestleMania XXIV." On "Monday Night RAW" wrestler Big Show pressed the
5-foot-8 Mayweather above his head and tossed the undefeated WBC Welterweight
champion out of the ring. Mayweather appeared to injure his elbow, but his
manager Leonard Ellerbe assured reporters at a news conference in Chicago that
the boxer wasn't seriously hurt. "What happened last night wasn't supposed to
happen," Ellerbe said. "That was a cowardly move on Big Show's part and trust
me, come the night of March the 30th, he's going to pay for that." The 150-pound
Mayweather, who will face the 441-pound wrestler at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando,
said he stayed up most of the night icing his tender elbow. "Last night was a
little wild," Mayweather said. "I hurt my elbow but only the strongest survive.
I will be back. In 19 days I'll come back better than ever." Big Show warned
that Monday's incident was just a hint of what Mayweather can expect. "I sent a
message to him last night," he said. "The actions that happened last night are
just the tip of the iceberg. This guy is 150 pounds. I can throw him wherever I
want to. I'll throw him out of the ring, I'll throw him into the rafters, I'll
throw him out of the Citrus Bowl." Mayweather said that he had a plan to make up
for the size disadvantage. "(I'll use) agility, movement and smarts," said
Mayweather, who will pocket $20 million for the event. "You can't hit what you
can't see. I'm extremely fast, smart, and intelligent." Triple H, who has
wrestled professionally for almost two decades, said that Mayweather's persona
makes for an easy transition to the WWE. "He's an incredible athlete," said
Triple H, who will also participate in "WrestleMania. "And he's almost
custom-made for what we do. If there's one thing that Floyd knows how to do it's
promote and showmanship." While Mayweather's personality might be a great fit
for wrestling, his verbal onslaught appears to have gotten under Big Show's
skin. "To shut him up, that would be awesome," Big Show said. "He runs his mouth
non-stop. It's like a water faucet with a handle broke. It just doesn't
stop."
Kevin Eck of THE BALTIMORE SUN
has posted an excellent story on Jeff Hardy's 60 Day Suspension due to
The Rainbow Haired Warrior's 2nd violation of the WWE Wellness Program. To read
the entire story, which is highly recommended, CLICK
HERE
Reporter Jerry Melnick states In
his most honest (and hysterical) interview to date, music performer - producer
Cisco Adler joked about the controversial nude pictures found of him in Paris
Hilton's storage locker ("I've never seen it - the locker that is"), his
relationship with Rod Stewart's daughter Kimberly, and predicted the winner of a
hypothetical fight between another former fiance, sex symbol Mischa Barton and
Laura Conrad. Cisco had a relationship with her, too. The
show also features NBA Legend Jason Kidd's ex-wife Joumana Kidd's parody of
Sarah Silverman's "I'm F!#$ing Matt Damon," which is really funny. To read the
entire story in the Ledger, CLICK HERE
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