This summer, the UFC heads back to Brazil in an attempt to set their all-time attendance record for Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen II. Scheduled to take place in June at the beautiful Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janei…
This summer, the UFC heads back to Brazil in an attempt to set their all-time attendance record for Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen II. Scheduled to take place in June at the beautiful Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro, the UFC hopes this Brazilian event will lead to future stadium shows.
As one of the most important events in the promotion’s history, they can draw several aspects from the WWE’s production of Wrestlemania to ensure that UFC 147 is one of the most memorable cards ever.
This Sunday the WWE is set to unleash Wrestlemania XXVIII, its premier show of the year.To the company’s credit, they’ve thrown together a stacked card with superstars like The Rock, John Cena, Triple H and The Undertaker to take center sta…
This Sunday the WWE is set to unleash Wrestlemania XXVIII, its premier show of the year.
To the company’s credit, they’ve thrown together a stacked card with superstars like The Rock, John Cena, Triple H and The Undertaker to take center stage.
Every year, the WWE puts on a huge show that is able to earn a ton of money in PPV buys and gain a ton of media interest, and this year seems to be no exception.
The headlining bout between The Rock and Cena has the potential to sell over a million PPVs by itself.
The UFC annually has out-performed the WWE in overall PPV numbers the last few years, but they have struggled to get an event to reach the heights of a Wrestlemania-like show.
But the UFC’s promotion team is extremely good at promoting each and every event they put on, and with the right amount of planning, time I think they could create an event that could gain as much fanfare as Wrestlemania does for the WWE.
Not only would an event of this caliber help the sport itself grow dramatically, but it would create a media circus that the UFC is generally unable to find.
It would take a huge fight card with at least two title fights and a few more high caliber bouts to make the card live up to its expectations, but the UFC has gone above and beyond before (UFC 100).
Barring any injuries, it could do the same thing on an annual basis and they could just throw a name to the event instead of going by the standard numbered event they have used for most of their cards.
If the UFC was able to throw rising superstars like Jon Jones and Georges St-Pierre on the card—even better.
And they could easily use the remainder of the main card to give guys like Rory MacDonald and Renan Barao the exposure they need to gain PPV buys for themselves when they reach the top level of the sport.
Obviously things like injuries and putting on a top level show each and every month will make this event a little harder for the UFC to create, because unlike the WWE, they can’t have the same guys fighting on every PPV card.
The UFC has always made sure to evolve as the sport grows, and a super event is a logical step in the progression of the sport.
Brock Lesnar’s UFC return after a year-long battle with the intestinal disease diverticulitis was one of the most highly anticipated moments of 2011. The UFC 141 battle between he and Alistair Overeem was essentially a No. 1 contenders’ bou…
Brock Lesnar’s UFC return after a year-long battle with the intestinal disease diverticulitis was one of the most highly anticipated moments of 2011. The UFC 141 battle between he and Alistair Overeem was essentially a No. 1 contenders’ bout with the winner likely being the next man to fight current heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos.
It didn’t last long, though, as Overeem battered Lesnar’s weakened body with kicks and knees before finally knocking him out less than halfway through the first round. With that, Lesnar announced his retirement from the sport in the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan.
So what’s next for the former NCAA and UFC champion?
Well, if you’ve been looking around on the Internet much since Friday night, you have probably seen the rumors that he will be returning to the WWE.
As crazy as that might sound on the surface, it actually makes quite a bit of sense for the WWE to bring in the former superstar. There is a potential program available with a man who he has quite a bit of history with. I’m talking, of course, about The Undertaker.
These two pro wrestling legends have feuded before on camera, but a famous video following Lesnar’s UFC 121 loss to Cain Velasquez in 2010 showed that there may be some legitimate bad blood between the two mammoth heavyweights.
The WWE has a great opportunity to promote a feud between Lesnar and The Undertaker in 2012. A question of real life bad blood has made countless storylines much more effective in the past, and when it has to do with two guys who legitimately could beat the snot out of one another, things just become that much more intriguing.
Only one match has been officially announced for WrestleMania XXVIII on April 1. The event, which will take place from Sun Life Stadium in Miami is set to be headlined by the much-anticipated legend-vs-legend bout between John Cena and The Rock.
However one thing that has become a WrestleMania tradition is the winning streak held by The Undertaker at the event, which currently stands at an unbelievable 19-0. As of right now, “The Dead Man” does not have a scheduled opponent for the event.
Needless to say, a semi-main event between Lesnar and The Undertaker could help make WrestleMania XXVIII an even more monumental event than it otherwise looks like it will be.
While it’s true that pro wrestling is still a strenuous activity, the training is quite a bit different. While performers are looking to hurt one another in MMA, pro wrestling is more of an art of working together to create the appearance that the performers are trying to hurt one another. As such, perhaps pro wrestling might be a better option for Brock’s health going forward, particularly if he doesn’t plan on making it a long-term return.
Lesnar has made it known that he wants to be more of a family man, but the WWE has been pretty good about making that possible for their “for hire” top-level superstars like The Rock in recent years. It is possible that Lesnar could have a very light schedule that would allow him to still be a Dad to his children and a husband to his wife, former WWE diva Rena “Sable” Mero-Lesnar.
If it is a possibility under the law, a return to the WWE does make sense. Will he do it? Time will tell. But certainly it’d be a big pay day for a small time investment.
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As everyone knows, Brock Lesnar got knocked out pretty fast in his comeback fight Friday night. In fact, it was like Brock wasn’t even fighting and instead it was a poorly trained clone. Almost immediately after his defeat Lesnar&nb…
As everyone knows, Brock Lesnar got knocked out pretty fast in his comeback fight Friday night. In fact, it was like Brock wasn’t even fighting and instead it was a poorly trained clone.
Almost immediately after his defeat Lesnar announced during the pay-per-view telecast that he was retiring, and as many of you have read, since then people have been anticipating his return to World Wrestling Entertainment.
I actually wrote an article yesterday as to why the company or fans don’t need him back (from a business not a personal standpoint).
However, this article isn’t about whether he should return; it’s about the recent remarks made by the first Undisputed Champion, Chris Jericho.
Odds are Jericho is just working people and trying to get everyone off his back in regards to who the mystery man that will be returning tomorrow night on Raw. Plus, it’s Chris Jericho, this is what he does!
However lets just imagine for a second that Jericho wasn’t trying to blow smoke and actually might believe Lesnar took a dive. Hypothetically of course.
Anything is possible.
Lesnar is by no means old, but he sure has had a few rough years with his health and he’s not the dominate fighter he once was, he had a decent run for someone who entered the sport much later in life than most do and maybe he realized that he just didn’t need or want to continue to train 6-10 months a year for one fight that he could possibly lose and be a laughing stock. Maybe he realized that he could make much more money for a months work while being almost universally cheered and still looked at like a monster.
If you haven’t understood what I’m getting at, I’m saying maybe Lesnar took a dive to actually go back to the one place he seemed to hate…..professional wrestling.
The last six months seem way too coincidental and I don’t believe in coincidences.
In June, CM Punk mentions Brock Lesnar during his shoot promo.
Lesnar then appeared in the new WWE 12 video game. This is the first time Lesnar had been associated with a WWE product in years.
Then during during a pre-fight press conference, Lesnar made some (in hindsight) interesting remarks where he said “Wrestling is fake” and “I am Brock Lesnar the UFC fighter.”
Just a few hours later he was Brock Lesnar the retired UFC fighter.
Now as I said, Jericho is probably just working everyone and he knew what he tweeted would go viral…and it did! But do you (the reader) think what he said has any merit to it? Do you think Brock took a dive so he could go make more money for one match then just disappear forever.
People will remember him much more as a dominate force if he goes back to WWE and destroys people compared to getting his butt kicked in UFC. No man likes to be remembered as someone who loses.
Update:
It appears that I need to clarify the subject of the article because apparently some people have been getting upset and taking the idea of this article to the extreme.
This was just a scenario I put together, I never said Jericho was right or that Lesnar took a dive, it was all a hypothetical situation in which I asked you (the reader) to chime in and ask whether you thought it was possible.
What I wrote here was not my personal opinions, it was just a topic to get people to throw out ideas and talk.
This Sunday the WWE is set to unleash Wrestlemania XXVIII, its premier show of the year.