February 25, 2008 Observer Newsletter: Floyd Mayweather punches out Big Show at No Way Out, WWE shops around SmackDown
Floyd Mayweather Jr. was the surprise celebrity who will appear at Wrestlemania this year after shooting an angle where he appeared to break the nose and bloody up the face of Big Show at No Way Out on 2/17 in Las Vegas.
Although Show appeared on television with his nose taped up, and a slow motion replay of the punches show Mayweather Jr. really connected with them, and an elbow cracked the nose, we’re told by a company source that the angle went exactly as rehearsed and scripted the night before and that Show didn’t suffer a broken nose.
The card is shaping up as Randy Orton vs. John Cena vs. HHH for the WWE title, Edge vs. Undertaker for the world title, an eight-man Money In the Bank ladder match (Mr. Kennedy, Shelton Benjamin and Jeff Hardy in, and likely for guys like Chris Jericho and perhaps MVP and Matt Hardy if the latter two aren’t wrestling each other), a Ric Flair match (possibly Shawn Michaels), Mayweather vs. Show, and likely something with Fit Finlay vs. JBL, perhaps a tag with Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. JBL & Vince McMahon.
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