Update on The Rock, WWE Credited with Mayweather Pay-Per-View Success

Posted by Marc Middleton on Sunday, September 27th, 2009

- In an Associated Press piece on the million purchase buyrate for Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, HBO Sports’ Ross Greenburg credits WWE for raising Mayweather’s profile and sparking the big buyrate.

““You have to give some credit to Juan Manuel Marquez’s Hispanic fan base, but beyond that, Floyd Mayweather has established himself as a star in the sport. All his work with ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and the WWE and (HBO reality show) ‘24/7′ has established an image that Floyd projects and that people are interested in,” said Greenburg.

With a million buys, the boxing match handily outdrew UFC 103 in the head-to-head matchup last weekend.

- It would appear that Dwayne Johnson is looking to be credited as “The Rock” again. After dropping the moniker a few years ago, the former WWE Champion Johnson is being billed as ‘Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’ in the trailer for the new animated film Planet 51.

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9 Responses to Update on The Rock, WWE Credited with Mayweather Pay-Per-View Success:

  1. The Truth

    Date: Sep 27, 2009 at 11:03 PM

    lol .

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  2. damkat

    Date: Sep 27, 2009 at 11:46 PM

    What’s your name????
    It doesn’t matter what your name is???

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  3. Russ

    Date: Sep 28, 2009 at 12:47 AM

    gee i wonder why the change of heart there Dwayne?whats a matter Hollywood aint throwing u anything good without it huh? or is it because without it ur NOTHING??? if it wasnt for that name & WWE u wouldnt anything..its also because Nobody knows who the hell u are without it… gee just goes to show u nobody gives a damn about u & his stupid movies…u havent done any Good movies i liked or cared about since u did The Mummy Returns & Scorpion King ironically thats when u were still The Rock & in WWE!!!

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  4. Russ

    Date: Sep 28, 2009 at 12:48 AM

    gee i wonder why the change of heart there Dwayne?whats a matter Hollywood aint throwing u anything good without it huh? or is it because without it ur NOTHING??? if it wasnt for that name & WWE u wouldnt be anything..its also because Nobody knows who the hell u are without it… gee just goes to show u nobody gives a damn about u & his stupid movies…u havent done any Good movies i liked or cared about since u did The Mummy Returns & Scorpion King ironically thats when u were still The Rock & in WWE!!!

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  5. Shawn

    Date: Sep 28, 2009 at 11:44 AM

    FINALLY! the Rock has come back…

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  6. miz

    Date: Sep 28, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    Russ, know your role and shut your mouth you jabroni, why you crying as if the rock was your dad and owes you so much, without the rock there would have been no wwe, the rock was in his prime in the attitude era and made the wwe BIG!! he’s moved on now and you should too, so stop being such a baby!!

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  7. luckysalt

    Date: Sep 28, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    Imagine the WWE with The Rock back again. Full Time.

    I really hope he comes back for at least a fued with Cena at some point, they could actually use that fued to finally turn Cena heel

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  8. Canadian Bacon

    Date: Sep 28, 2009 at 2:35 PM

    @lucky salt: no.

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  9. chris

    Date: Sep 28, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    Wish the rock would come back..

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