Saturday, November 1, 2008

WWE now interested in Kimbo Slice?

I had hoped yesterday would be the last time I mentioned Kimbo Slice on this page but I was wrong. Earlier today, I read an article on MMAScoops.com that reported Slice's name had recently come up in World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] meetings and some talks about using Slice in some type of role as WWE management are aware of Slice's current status.

To quote Charlie Brown....."Good grief!" Can's Slice just go away and be happy he had his fifteen minutes of fame impersonating a Mixed Martial Arts [MMA] fighter? I cannot figure out why Slice has gotten so much attention for just beating up people in his backyard and fighting a bunch of nobody's and has-beens in MMA before getting KTFO by an "Ultimate Fighter" alum in 14-seconds.

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why WWE would want Slice when his stock has fallen worse than the stock market following his loss to Seth Petruzelli. I could understand why WWE wanted Floyd Mayweather last year for Wrestlemania 24 since Mayweather was and still is a big-time name and garnered a bunch of attention for the event. If WWE thinks they can catch lighting in a bottle for a third time like they did with Mayweather and Mike Tyson at Wrestlemania 14, Slice is NOT the person they should bring in, unless they want low buy-rates.

For the sake of argument, let's say WWE does decide to bring Slice in for Wrestlemania 25, what could they do with him? One idea could see Slice taking on the Undertaker since Undertaker, who is a big MMA fans, has been trying hard the last several years to look like a shoot fighter and while a match against the "King of Web Brawlers" wouldn't be the best way to show off his love for MMA, it would be a marque match for the event.

Of course, there is an alternative option, which would be for WWE to hire Bart Gunn back from Japan for one night and have him meet Slice in a "Who got knocked out worst?" match referring to Slice's knockout loss to Petruzelli and Gunn's loss to Butterbean at Wrestlemania 15.

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