“Hosting” a professional wrestling event is not the world’s most appealing resume bullet point, but if you’re Floyd Mayweather, it’s probably irrelevant: in an effort to appeal to that demographic to hype his Sept. 19 bout with Juan Manuel Marquez, Mayweather
will be appearing on the WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” program tonight on the USA Network. And considering he has that fight in four weeks, it’s unlikely he’ll be taking any steel chairs to his face.
If you find yourself lost in the narrative, consider that Aaron Glazer, a writer for the Examiner dot.com site, wrote, “Randy Orton has been bullying Guest Hosts for weeks, even going so far as to attack Freddy Prinze, Jr.” Things are clearly coming to a head.
Not an unwise move for Mayweather, who would categorically love to chair a “victory” for boxing in a head-to-head revenue comparison on the 19th. It’s also a feat that’s not likely to be duplicated by the UFC, which has long held a slightly hypocritical attitude toward Vince McMahon’s theatrics. Despite
Brock Lesnar’s success, they’ve been lukewarm to fellow WWE star
Bobby Lashley and his credible amateur wrestling background. They also allegedly didn’t want Kurt Angle to appear on TNA Wrestling if he had signed with the UFC.
Boxers and other celebrities -- “Raw” has apparently been doing this guest-hosting thing for weeks now -- can seemingly get away with it, but MMA still has a complex about even flirting with impropriety. Why a martial artist would feel out of place on that kind of broadcast and Mayweather appears right at home is a curious thing.
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