Rick Rockwell Fight Sports Examiner
January 13th, 2011 3:22 pm ETIt's common knowledge that the WWE is all about its brand of "Sports Entertainment". And the latest buzz is probably more in line with the entertainment aspect of business rather than the sports side of things.
According to SBNation, Dave Meltzer is reporting that Vince McMahon, owner of the WWE, is still claiming that Brock Lesnar will be the Undertaker's opponent at this year's WrestleMania.
"Vince today was saying Undertaker's Mania opponent is Lesnar. Not making this up. I can't say 100%, but can say 99.5% that Vince has offered Dana plenty of money as part of this deal. That was always the idea of what they needed to do to get the deal. Maybe part of the deal is Dana is sworn to secrecy till it happened, remember how many times he denied Tito was hurt and Liddell was fighting Franklin. Maybe Dana turned him down. It's not like Vince has the money and would spend it on this show that will make Dana do something he doesn't want to. But I'm pretty sure that offer was made many months ago." Meltzer
It's hard to truly know whether or not Vince is genuine in his comments because he is a "showman" first and an honest man a distant second. But, if Meltzer is reporting this then there has to be some merit to these reports/rumors.
I think it would be huge for Brock Lesnar to return to the WWE and face The Undertaker at WrestleMania. In fact, it would draw a huge PPV ratings and plenty of attention to Lesnar especially his upcoming appearance on TUF 13.
I think this could be a win-win scenario for all parties involved and I'm sure the UFC would make plenty of money. It would draw more heat for Lesnar in the MMA world which is a good thing especially after his devastating loss to Cain Velasquez. It would be huge for wrestling fans and an appropriate way to send both the Undertaker and Lesnar off into retirement.
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so sweet nice
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