Show vs. Shaq - lulz

From F4W Online

According to Alvarez, Meltzer and crew, the WWE is kicking around the idea of putting Shaquille O'Neal and the Big Show in a match as a blow-off to their hostilities on RAW two weeks ago. In the grand tradition of the stupidity of wrestling promoters, they want to give that away on free TV rather than put it on PPV. Nevermind the fact that even if the Cavs would allow Shaq to work a wrestling match that it'd be a bad idea to have your 7'3" monster do another high-profile job to a non-wrestler, but if you're going to do it, then spike a freaking buyrate with it. Make people pay money to see it. Who knows, maybe you could get more than the usual suspects to buy whatever minor PPV that's going to happen between SummerSlam and Survivor Series.

In an aside, I wonder what the thought process in Titan Towers is re: Show. I mean, I hope they're at least paying him well enough, because for a guy who should be built up as THE be-all, end-all for big wrestlers, he's the one that too often has to job to the Akebonos and Floyd Mayweathers of the world. I don't know if that's because that's what he wants, or whether he just grits his teeth and does it because management turns to him whenever a sideshow attraction comes along. Nevermind that he can't even seem to beat John Cena either. I mean... who can the Big Show beat in kayfabe? Midcarders it seems. Oh, and Undertaker, but he's out with an injury.

All that being said, Show is high-profile right now, appearing on both shows and is a part of one of the more effective main event tag team mash-ups in recent memory. I still get the feeling that he and Chris Jericho haven't completely gelled yet, but I like the direction. Again, for all the bitching and whining about card position, it's fairly easy to put someone back in the spotlight and book them credibly. They seem to be doing that with Show, but they have to follow through, and right now, that may mean keeping him away from Shaq. Since they won't do that though (and honestly, I don't know if I could blame Vince and Co. right now), I hope that they at least try and make a buck off it and put the fuckin' match on PPV.

ETA: UFC 101 set the PA combat sport record for gate with $3.55M and will probably make a shitload more in PPV buys... and the WWE wants to put a potential Shaq/Show match on free TV. This is why wrestling promoters are innately stupid.