UFC vs WWE

RockemSockem · 12-06-2006, 07:33 AM

Kurt Angle is more than an entertainment wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal. With a broken neck. He has also been training MMA sinse his move to TNA.

Bomber · 12-06-2006, 11:10 AM

This thread is titled UFC vs WWe, so this article is sort of on topic. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...=552&zoneid=13

Not real? Who'da known?

Gooner · 12-06-2006, 11:17 AM

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This thread is titled UFC vs WWe, so this article is sort of on topic. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...=552&zoneid=13

Not real? Who'da known?

Crashsti · 12-06-2006, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Bomber

This thread is titled UFC vs WWe, so this article is sort of on topic. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...=552&zoneid=13

Not real? Who'da known?

Vince is insane, for him its no longer about the money its about market domination, even though his product and what the UFC sells are completely differant. i can see why he'd be upset though, the UFC is a real sport and will eventually get coverage on all the major sports networks, papers and everywhere else. those are places the WWE will never see its name.

2Shae · 12-06-2006, 03:03 PM

i dont know why Vince is pissed off. I guess its because now Vince has no Wrestling Competition. The UFC is The Big Competiton. And UFC Appears to Be Winning in terms of PPV Buyrates. i think the TV Ratings need to go up a bit more though

angryjonny · 12-06-2006, 06:58 PM

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Vince is insane, for him its no longer about the money its about market domination, even though his product and what the UFC sells are completely differant. i can see why he'd be upset though, the UFC is a real sport and will eventually get coverage on all the major sports networks, papers and everywhere else. those are places the WWE will never see its name.

Sorry man but you're wrong on that one. ESPNews brought John Cena in studio one time. Carrying his belt and all.

duke09 · 12-06-2006, 11:39 PM

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Sorry man but you're wrong on that one. ESPNews brought John Cena in studio one time. Carrying his belt and all.

i think that the results of wrestmania 3 were listed on my local news station here in canada back in the day.

anyhow, vince is crazy, crazier like a fox!!

StratTone · 12-07-2006, 09:38 AM

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I hope that the UFC knows the diffrence between getting exposure for its self compared to making a joke out of its self/MMA. Not trying to insult any "Pro" Wrestling fans but the idea of having a MMA fighter take on a cartoon character from WWE or who ever is laughable.
I don't watch it.. but if they are trying to mention UFC style fights in there scripts then it just showes the directors have taken notice of the popularity of MMA and maybe trying to keep the wavering fans focused on them.

I agree!! WWF (that is what it is) is just and adult soap opera. MMA is a real sport and to even engage in fack wrestling is a joke.

subgenius · 12-07-2006, 11:42 AM

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I agree!! WWF (that is what it is) is just and adult soap opera. MMA is a real sport and to even engage in fack wrestling is a joke.

That is funny considering how quite a number of MMA fighters have already engaged in pro-wrestling: Ken Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Sylvester Turkay, Daniel Puder, and on and on. TUF1 followed RAW on Spike TV and gathered a huge number of fans as a result. Now, with RAW on USA, TUF1-4 seasons have slowly lost their edge in ratings. A consistent slide down from a once lofty 3.0 down to numbers below 1.0. TNA does not hit the level of ratings that the WWE hits.

RAW hits ratings like 3.6 to 4.1, and has been dominating Monday Night Football for over a decade. So much so, that ABC dumped MNF off onto ESPN where it will never see ratings like it once did on ABC. TNA hits rating in the range of .8 to .9 and TUF4 is only slightly higher with ratings that never seem to get above 2.0 and have falled down to lower than TNA.

Heatwaves · 12-14-2006, 04:54 PM

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Why wouldnt it ever happen?

It would never happen because it could severely damage the UFC. For one, just having someone in the UFC fight a pro-wrestler (even one with Angle's credentials) would kill their credibility. And two, if Angle was to actually win it would (in theory) set the tone that the UFC is inferior to pro-wrestling. The WWE or other pro-wrestling organizations would PR-blitz the hell out of that vicotry. The UFC has spent a lot of time and money to legitimize their business as a sport, not a spectacle. A pro-wrestler bout would immediately cancel all that hard work and revert it back into spectacle.

Lastly, it won't happen because Angle is a play-acting vagina and not a real fighter.

Heatwaves · 12-14-2006, 05:07 PM

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He has also been training MMA sinse his move to TNA.

He's probably also been playing golf too, but I don't expect him on the PGA tour anytime soon either.

Bomber · 12-14-2006, 05:10 PM

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He's probably also been playing golf too, but I don't expect him on the PGA tour anytime soon either.

BWA-HA-HAA!!!

Heatwaves · 12-14-2006, 05:12 PM

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That is funny considering how quite a number of MMA fighters have already engaged in pro-wrestling: Ken Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Sylvester Turkay, Daniel Puder, and on and on.

All for $$$$$$$. And correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't those fighters engage in play wrestling because of MMA losing streaks? If, because of your loses, the UFC is only going to give you $ per fight why not play-fight for $$$?

eduardo87s · 12-14-2006, 05:44 PM

i would love to see kurt angle fighting against an MMA fighter, but why kurt angle would do that, he doesnt need to, he does pretty well there
Also he might be an amazing wrestler but wrestling its just a part of MMA

RockemSockem · 12-14-2006, 05:53 PM

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He's probably also been playing golf too, but I don't expect him on the PGA tour anytime soon either.

I never said anything about him being good. Just saying he's far from an "entertainment wrestler"