MORE ON PLANNED CELEBRITY CROSSOVER FOR WRESTLEMANIA 24
By
Mike Johnson on 2008-02-18 10:46:40
Last night's angle with Big Show and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. at the No Way Out PPV was designed to be the start of building towards Mayweather taking part in Wrestlemania 24 in Orlando on 3/30.
While Show vs. Mayweather in a wrestler vs. boxer match was what they appeared to be building towards, Mayweather will actually be taking part in a tag match at the PPV. The original plan (before Rey Mysterio tore his biceps) was for Rey to team with Mayweather against Big Show and a partner.
While Mysterio has talked of trying to gut it out through Mania, there's no word as to what his status will be going forward.
If you can believe this, one rumor making the rounds within the WWE locker room is that the company is making overtures towards Oscar de La Hoya to get involved with the match as a Wrestlemania tag partner for Show. The thing that makes the rumor questionable is that it was just announced that de La Hoya will be fighting this coming May. One would think he would be busy training for that fight by the time Wrestlemania comes around.
On an interesting note, de La Hoya is a huge wrestling fan and is also the owner of The Ring and Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazines.
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