Did Mayweather make 20 MILLION for the WWE ****?

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Which sounds just about right BIGP....

And the number was confirmed via WWE stock market reports. Paying Mayweather 20 million would have made almost every penny the WWE made for wrestlemania go to Mayweather. CNN and Sports Illustrated did no research. They went by what Mayweather told them. Keep in mind that Mayweather financial figures are lurking around because the IRS is after him for back tax for the year 2007. Mayweather's earnings are listed on there and almost all of his money was from boxing with a few million coming from endorsements and the WWE gig.

[boxasmash]

I heard and read it was $20,000,000 from certain websites and that, cant remember what but some people say it is bull**** so I don't know, whether its there opinion or true fact.



Well at the end of the day, if you was certain that it wasn't $20,000,000 and that then why did you make a thread about it? Was you unsure and wanted people to just reassure you or did you just make the thread for no apparent reason to talk stabs?

Just wondering...

because i wanted intelligiant answers to proove my point in my debate with horus.

looks like i got 20 of them to only 1 dumbie.

[Titing Kabayo]

Yes, 20 mil = biente mil

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=dm-floyd032708&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

$20 million: The alleged amount of money Mayweather is supposed to be getting for his appearance. Not real. The most money anyone has ever earned for a one-time pro wrestling appearance was Mike Tyson at WrestleMania in 1998, which was good for about $3.5 million. Even though pro wrestling was more popular in America then, WrestleMania itself is a bigger money show now, partially because WWE’s popularity has expanded outside North America. But the Tyson of 1998 had more drawing power than the Mayweather of 2008. Wrestling sources indicate Mayweather is getting a $2 million flat fee, plus a percentage that should put him in Tyson’s range.


$34-42 million: The very real amount of money WWE will gross from the event, combining their percentage of the worldwide pay-per-view, the live gate, merchandise sold at the event and the subsequent DVD release that comes out a month later. The event will top 1 million buys, and the company’s goal is to break its all-time record of 1.25 million worldwide buys set for a similar event last year, in which Donald Trump put his hair at stake against WWE owner Vince McMahon, the latter of whom was shaved bald. After the cable companies get their share, WWE’s take should be anywhere from $22.5 million to $29 million.

With the exception of the proposed De La Hoya vs. Mayweather match in September, this should be the biggest pay-per-view event of any kind in 2008, and if it beats last year, will become the largest non-boxing pay-per-view event in history. The expected crowd of more than 70,000 fans will pay $6 million or so in ticket sales, setting a North American pro wrestling record. Merchandise accounts for another $1.5 million. The event DVD should gross the company more than $4 million and could easily top $5 million.

The vast majority of that money was drawn on the name WrestleMania, the 24th incarnation of an annual tradition, not because of the publicity Mayweather is bringing to the event. This is actually the first WrestleMania in over a decade not to sell out well in advance, and live tickets have moved relatively slowly, maybe around 1,000 per week, since Mayweather was announced. His value as a pay-per-view attraction is a wild card.

[PlasticFlamingo]

we all know that was the quoted figure (cough bull ****), Horus in the chat is telling me i'm an idiot because I said that was rubbish. He tried to use sports illustrated amoung other media outlets as a source.

So did mayweather make 20M for 20 minutes of acting? think that all the "wrestlers" don't make half of that in a whole year.

Everything in the WWE is fake, they call this BS "selling an angle", if Mayweather had really won 20 mil, he wouldn't be in debt and would have stayed wrestling so he can avoid fighting some real opponent.

[Dan...]

LOL @ Horus.

[Horus]

how can you proove it either way? i don't even know how much winky made the 2nd fight. this all came from me saying mayweather didn't deserve 60-40 split against Winky in 2005 when winky was coming off 2 mosley wins and a trinidad win.

do you want to bet or not... dont turn into chicken **** now..
I know how much Winky made in his with Mosley.

and I know the same way we find out what fighters make by their camps, and and the writers, and the broadcasters

how else do we know what any fighter makes?

We know because they tell us and writers write it.
When have you ever seen a Fighters contract in which it showed how they were paid.
-HOW ABOUT NEVER! because you dont see it.

How do we know that Pacquiao got 12 Million for the hatton fight.
we know because the Pacquiao camp told us and writers wrote about it.

How do we know that Mosley made 2 million for the Margarito fight.
we know because the Mosley camp told us and writers wrote about it.

Everything we know about what fighters make,
we know because either the fighters and camps tell us and writers write about it.

Now you explain to me, how else do we find out this information?



Now do you want to bet or not..

Winky fought shane in 2004 btw.

[Spacey1991]

It could have been exaggerated to help hype up the event and make more PPV buys I guess... I don't know.

[boxasmash]

lol!
$20 million: The alleged amount of money Mayweather is supposed to be getting for his appearance. Not real. The most money anyone has ever earned for a one-time pro wrestling appearance was Mike Tyson at WrestleMania in 1998, which was good for about $3.5 million. Even though pro wrestling was more popular in America then, WrestleMania itself is a bigger money show now, partially because WWE’s popularity has expanded outside North America. But the Tyson of 1998 had more drawing power than the Mayweather of 2008. Wrestling sources indicate Mayweather is getting a $2 million flat fee, plus a percentage that should put him in Tyson’s range.

Horus

[Spacey1991]

because i wanted intelligiant answers to proove my point in my debate with horus.

looks like i got 20 of them to only 1 dumbie.

Well not being funny... but the guys said just no (besides BPP) and Horus at least backed up what he said with some websites that could be facts... not saying its true or not and I don't defend Horus ever but you can't call him a dumbie for trying to back up his answers.

If the dumbie **** was at me... then that's ****** cause I didn't say that he did or didn't make that amount.