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Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

For those who haven't seen a video of their actual Wrestlemania match yet:

http://www.thepaparazzis.com/floyd-mayweather-vs-big-show-wrestlemania-video/

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

sorry, totally staged.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Mayweather

Mayweather appeared at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s No Way Out pay-per-view on February 17, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was involved in a storyline physical altercation with Big Show, after Mayweather jumped a security barricade and attacked him with a punching combination, in an attempt to help Rey Mysterio, whom Show threatened to chokeslam.[25] The attack resulted in Big Show receiving a broken nose, reportedly not part of the storyline. The following night on Raw, Big Show challenged Mayweather to a one on one match at WrestleMania XXIV, which Mayweather accepted. Mayweather defeated Big Show at WrestleMania XXIV by knockout, after hitting Big Show in the jaw with brass knuckles. [2]

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

Wow, that sucked. How much did he get paid for that?

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

yeah... after it happened they referred to it as a "troll" or something - some weird wrestling codeword for something that is 100% staged but is made to look like a totally random event.

ah wait, here it is "kayfabe".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe

yup. but don't let me saying "ha ha suckers" spoil your fun. it was pretty exciting to watch faux david meets faux goliath. the dudes probably went for beers afterwards.

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject:

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

It's show-biz, but a lot of the bumps are real - and those guys are mad enough to risk serious injury to put on an exciting show.

Even the fans take risks - over 30 were hurt by a malfunction in the $300,000 worth of pyrotechnics used to heighten the spectacle of the event.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-fireworks0108apr01,0,3014945.story

Of course, they weren't paid to risk getting hurt - so they'll need to be compensated after-the-fact by lawsuits.

They'll probably show WrestleMania 24 on Korean cable next week, but it's not quite as entertaining without the humorous, over-the-top commentary in English.