Mayweather rewarded 20 million???

[OStigers2000]

I just read that the WWE is giving boxer Mayweather a 20 million dollar one deal match to take on the big show. I'm sorry but to me, that's kind of a slap in the face to all the wrestlers who go balls out, go constantly on the road, and pretty much get nothing. But the almighty Mayweather comes in and is rewarded 20 million for one match. I think that's absurd money to waist bringing in a boxer to get ratings for WM. McMahon could have put that money to good use by helping the talent he has, and giving them what they have put in the business. Your thoughts?

[Cage917r]

I agree that the 20 million dollar payday awaiting Pretty Boy Floyd at Mania' is rediculous. I mean last year they paid Trump 5 million and that went to charity and that storyline worked and payed off big time. The thing was that storyline featured actual wrestlers wrestling each other and Stone Cold. I thought this was going to be a good mini-fued after the great tension and pop generated at No Way Out, but last week's Raw left me wanting more. The fact is Boxing is basically irrelevent now, as UFC has taken over its fan base. Sure it will get a few more people to watch and buy Mania', but it is definetely not worth the 20 million.

[Y 2 Jake]

It depends. Last years Mania was the biggest of all time. Why? It wasn't for the stacked card that's for sure. It was probably down to the battle of the billionaires. So If somebody llike Trump can make a PPV sell, then somebody like Mayweather should. Well WWE hope so anyway.

[C-Bizkit]

Originally Posted by OStigers2000

I just read that the WWE is giving boxer Mayweather a 20 million dollar one deal match to take on the big show. I'm sorry but to me, that's kind of a slap in the face to all the wrestlers who go balls out, go constantly on the road, and pretty much get nothing. But the almighty Mayweather comes in and is rewarded 20 million for one match. I think that's absurd money to waist bringing in a boxer to get ratings for WM. McMahon could have put that money to good use by helping the talent he has, and giving them what they have put in the business. Your thoughts?

i'm gonna have to agree with you on this one 100%. it's like a big @$$ choke slam on the big show being that he had an annual salary of one million dollars previously. all the wrestlers work their butts off days on end for there pay-cut. and all it takes is a big name in another sport to come in and take a 20 million dollar check for one match at wrestlemania!!!!!!!! this to me is a bunch of bull$#!+. that's probably a combined annual income of the top 7 paid wrestlers in wwe. anyways, that just turns me off to that whole match at wrestlemania. this is just my opinion, and i'm stickin' to it.

[mr1sparkle]

no matter how popular this guy is. 20 million dollar is not a mayweahter price at all, tottally a slap across all the hard working wrestler and wwe could really use this money for talent scouting, better writer or atleast use it on hogan or somebody atleast they are worth to watch in the wrestling world

[Frank the Frowner]

Believe me, if the WWE was going to spend $20 million to bring in a talent, they'd try to get The Rock to not only induct Peter Maivia and his father, but they'd also try to get him to wrestle a match. If Vince gave him that much, I'm pretty sure he'd wrestle in a heartbeat, no matter how much he's trying to distance himself.

WWE is probably just trying to work the fans and the media. If Mayweather was really making $20 million from this angle, it's a safe bet he would have been on Raw tonight. Either way, bringing him in was a great move. The media is slowly picking up on this, which is great for their exposure. Hopefully it keeps going.

Even if they did bring him in for $20 million, they'd need about 370,000 buys to break even. They'll easily do that.

I have to believe that the $20 mil figure is a work. No way they paid him that much. They released the number at their press conference as a way to build hype, hoping mainstream media will pick the story up. Maybe WWE will twist the story and say if he beats the Big Show he earns $20 mil or something like that. Mayweather is not worth that much money on a wrestling ppv. Vince isn't going to pay him that much because he's in the business to make $ himself, plus the boys in the locker room would be pissed.

[Slyfox696]

I don't know if the $20 million dollars is a work number or not, but he is what I DO know.

Last year, with Trumps appearance, Wrestlemania generated 230,000 more buys than 2006's WM 22 (1,188,000 to 958,000). If you multiply that 230,000 by $54.95 (which is this year's Wrestlemania price), then that's an additional $12.6 million dollars. However, you have to figure that part of those buys are going to be coming in at the HD price, so that'll raise the price, PLUS, boxing has much more of a crossover appeal into wrestling than Donald Trump, meaning potential more PPV buys, and more converted fans.

I don't know if the $20 million dollars is accurate (and I suspect it's not), but even if it is, $7 million dollar loss is a drop in the hat to a company that generated $485.7 million in revenue in 2007, especially for the exposure and possible additional fans the WWE will get for Mayweather.

[Taker316]

Well i for one cant see him makin 20 million just for that 1 match. I mean like stated above all the wrestlers would be absolutely pissed at that, and i can't see Vince paying him or anyone for that matter 20 million to make 1 match appearence.

Also, like someone said above it could all be a work to get more publicity and if that's the case then seems to me its workin pretty damn good. So far i've seen on msn.com, yahoo, many of them websites an article along the line of *Boxer gets $20 million to wrestle at wrestlemania*. So whatever they're doing it seems like its working.

[Slim Pickns]

Originally Posted by OStigers2000

I just read that the WWE is giving boxer Mayweather a 20 million dollar one deal match to take on the big show. I'm sorry but to me, that's kind of a slap in the face to all the wrestlers who go balls out, go constantly on the road, and pretty much get nothing. But the almighty Mayweather comes in and is rewarded 20 million for one match. I think that's absurd money to waist bringing in a boxer to get ratings for WM. McMahon could have put that money to good use by helping the talent he has, and giving them what they have put in the business. Your thoughts?

Actually its not. No one in the WWE has proven that they can draw as much as Mayweather. His fight with the Golden Boy produced some of the biggest PPV numbers ever. With boxing being all about the main event and nothing about the undercard, you can give most of that credit to the undefeated champion of the world. This is a risk, because they angle with Show could flop, but if you're gonna take a risk you might as well take it on the biggest current draw in the world.