Comments on: Saturday media review

By: JThue

JThue — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:30:01 +0000

SYLVESTER TERKAY.

Also, Strikeforce show on Feb 10 is interesting, as it means they won’t begin hype for April(or perhaps it’ll be pushed back to May or June) until AFTER that event, by which time they’ll know if Frank Shamrock is ok to go post-Renzo.

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:29:29 +0000

They have been spending months building Umaga as a monster heel in WWE. There is zero chance that they are going to put him in a shoot fighting situation, nor would they ever do that with Undertaker or Batista under any circumstances, which further demonstrates that the author of the Tokyo Sports article has no idea what he’s talking about.

By: Zach Arnold

Zach Arnold — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:23:15 +0000

Josh – the Feb. date for SF has nothing to do with Baroni/Shamrock. That fight was set for HP Pavilion in April. The Feb. date for SF is purely a promotional decision based on whether or not to run in SJ in a smaller building or try a bigger building (like they did in Fresno) in another city.

By: JOSH

JOSH — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:51:48 +0000

I agree Showtime is already starting out badly but hey no worst than Strikeforce who is probably movign to a smaller venue because they couldnt force Shamrock to face Baroni.

By: The MMA Critic

The MMA Critic — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:33:47 +0000

There really isn’t anybody in the WWE that can compete at the current level of MMA. Sadly, the WWE is so out of touch with what the fans want, that they can’t see beyond their own nose… Well, except HHH, cause his nose is so big.

I wonder if Strikeforce moving to such a small arena is a sign of them being a “small” MMA company from now on. Without a TV deal, they can only be so big.

The Showtime MMA card is very weak. And if you check out Ticketmaster.com, the ticket sales are very poor. Not a good sign, especially considering that the IFL was able to have such a solid attendance so easily, and Showtime MMA is paying their fighters so much.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:17:04 +0000

I thought it was most hilarious they mentioned Batista as being a tough guy. He would get KILLED. I don’t care how big and strong he is, he would get killed. He is old, and he is totally injury prone. Hell, look at Ricardo Morais. He is bigger and stronger than Batista, and smaller guys have handled him very well.

By: JOSH

JOSH — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:12:33 +0000

Exactly my point, right now word is Umaga has little value to the WWE, so instead of jobbing him out why not just feed him to some PRIDE guys. Hell actually tghey signed Slyvester Terkay, I think he would be perfect to bein PRIDE (considering he has MMA background experienc ein K-1).

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:32:16 +0000

It’s not happening, or at least not with anyone that WWE has any interest in ever promoting as a pro wrestler.

By: Fightlinker.com

Fightlinker.com — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:57:37 +0000

A super heavyweight freakshow division with pro wrestlers duking it out would be pretty entertaining though. It’d barely be considered MMA, but I’d watch :-p

By: Zeppelin

Zeppelin — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:09:42 +0000

I swear I thought I read something where Sakakibara said he was looking for actual talented viable superheavyweight fighters not of the Akebono level of talent. If he thinks that WWE pro wrestlers are of higher skill, then he’s smoking some good stuff. Apparently he doesn’t remember how badly O’Haire got beat down and looked bad in the process. And that was from Butterbean, who isn’t even near the middle echelon in MMA. He also doesn’t remember that WWE tried to do something akin to shoot fighting with “Brawl for All”, where their winner, “Bart Gunn” got smashed and humiliated by Butterbean too.

Like everyone else is saying, its going to a be a stupid freakshow division. Pride loses credibility in the US with this and they are blind or plain desparate if they don’t see that or don’t want to see that.