Topics: Wrestlemania, Boxing, big show, Wrestling, WWE, Floyd Mayweather. Did Conor McGregor really “carry” the McGregor vs Mayweather fight? Mayweather's initial strategy of "you can't hurt me if you can't catch me" worked for a while, but just like the proverbial tortoise and the hare, The World's Largest Athlete won that race in the end. During the build up to the fight, reactions had been mixed, with some wrestling fans not entirely sold on Mayweather getting involved in their world and boxing fans wondering why the biggest draw in their sport was putting himself in such unnecessary danger. The fight itself will be overanalyzed so much before it happens that inevitably many who purchase the fight on PPV will go into the bout thinking McGregor has a real chance to beat Mayweather at Mayweather’s own game. So, on 30th March, 2008, in front of an announced crowd of 74,635 at Orlando's Citrus Dome, Floyd Mayweather, the greatest boxer of the modern era, went one-on-one (plus his entourage) with a seven foot giant. Shane came out and told Big Show that it wasn't supposed to go that way, because Show was going to break kayfabe and go after Mayweather. To set up their match, they met in the ring at No Way Out the month prior. Please click the “Report” button below if the video on this page is not working properly.

"My Bank Account Won't Change", Looking For That Bag: Man Tries To Get Into An Altercation With Floyd Mayweather! WWE legend the Big Show reveals ALL to SunSport about one of the most shocking moments in wrestling history. For other inquiries, Contact Us.

This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. If Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin aren’t jealous of Mayweather stealing their upcoming mega fight’s thunder, they sure need to take a course in rhetoric. The WWE went so far to promote the bout that they allowed Mayweather to throw combination punches at the 7-foot, 400-pound Big Show during the preceding PPV to break his nose (Wight had to kneel down on his knees for it to happen). The Big Show - real name Paul Wright - went to extreme lengths to build an angle. THE Big Show has revealed how one of the most shocking incidents in WWE history came to be – the night when boxing legend Floyd Mayweather legitimately shattered his nose with a devastating combo.

Don't break your fist or hurt yourself. Yes. Floyd Mayweather Vs. Did Mayweather do it in the "most professional way possible?" Boxers should recognize this glaringly obvious fact. "I'd spent a whole year messing around the ring boxing, so I knew he knew how to break my nose without shoving it through the back of my head. Not even Muhammad Ali possessed such a perfect combination of both elements.

In the end, Mayweather ensured his undefeated streak extended into the scripted sporting world, putting Show down for the count with a brass knuckles assisted blow to the jaw. There, the diminutive Mayweather took on Paul Wight, aka the Big Show, in what boiled down to the classic David vs. Goliath archetype.

He revealed that the …

"So Floyd gets in the ring after I've done the deal with Rey and I get down on one knee and all of a sudden these punches hit me and it wasn't until I watched it back that I realised just how many times he hit me. The $5.85 million generated in ticket sales was also a Citrus Bowl record. Perhaps Mayweather’s view on boxing as a sideshow was solidified when he headlined Wrestlemania 24 in 2008. Speaking to SunSport in London, Big Show revealed that it went perfectly... after he coaxed the undefeated boxer to bust his nose open. Editor/publisher Michael Woods became addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the fearsome Mike Tyson. 50 Cent did not show up or Fat Joe. And that’s what this promotion will aim to do as well: get people emotionally invested.

Armed Robbers Go Live To Celebrate, Until The Police Show Up! ORLANDO, Fla. -- At WrestleMania XXIV, Floyd Mayweather put his "money" where his mouth was, running his professional record to 40-0 with a shocking knockout of the 7-foot, 441-pound Big Show. “If you break my nose, we will be able to get people emotionally invested,” Wight told the Sun last year about the planned stunt. Well, the several million dollars that Vince McMahon deposited into Mayweather's bank account probably answers that last question. But you need to break it. The WBC welterweight champion tried to fight back with a sleeper, but when Big Show dropped him once again, Mayweather's entourage decided enough was enough.

He told Mayweather to break his own nose to create buzz that night.

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