March 30, 2008: At WrestleMania XXIV in Orlando, boxer Floyd Mayweather knocked out wrestler The Big Show eleven minutes into the bout.
Big Show dominated the majority of the match, despite frequent interference by Mayweather's ringside entourage. At the end, Mayweather hit Show with several steel chair shots, bringing the 7-foot wrestler to his knees. Mayweather then knocked Show out with a straight punch laced with brass knuckles.
Their feud began at WWE's pay-per-view No Way Out the previous month, where Big Show taunted Mayweather, who sat in the audience. Mayweather stormed the ring and broke Show's nose with some fast punches. Big Show challenged Mayweather to a WrestleMania match shortly thereafter.
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Floyd Mayweather WrestleMania News
- ESPN.com Video: Mayweather Knocks Out The Big Show (Time: 1:26)
- Topix: Floyd Mayweather WrestleMania
- Google News: Floyd Mayweather WrestleMania
- WWE.com: Show-n up (March 30, 2008)
- Floyd Mayweather showed the world at WrestleMania why he is a six-time champion in five different boxing weight classes.
- SI.com: So 'Money' (March 30, 2008)
- The absurdity of the match, however, was probably best captured early on when Mayweather dangled on Wight's back and brought him down with a chokehold before Wight recovered and took out most of Mayweather's entourage.
- The Sweet Science: Money Mania! Mayweather Gets WWE KO Win (March 30, 2008)
- Floyd "Money" Mayweather is still undefeated, in the realm of pugilism, and pro wrestling, as he dropped "The Big Show" with some makeshift brass knuckles and scored a KO win a Wrestlemania 24 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida on Sunday night.
- The Grand Rapids Press: Mayweather knocks out Big Show at WrestleMania (March 30, 2008)
- [Mayweather] wrapped the brass knuckles around his right hand and landed one punch, prompting a 10-count victory before before a crowd of 74,635, which produced a WWE-record live gate of $5.85 million.
- Orlando Sentinel blog: Mayweather Beats Big Show at Wrestlemania (March 30, 2008)
- SI.com: Mayweather goes from WBC to WWE (February 25, 2008)
- WWE.com: Showtime in Vegas (February 17, 2008)
- National Ledger: Floyd Mayweather Joins WWE for Wrestlemania (February 18, 2008)
- TransWorldNews: Floyd Mayweather to Compete at WrestleMania 24 (February 18, 2008)
- YouTube Video: Floyd Mayweather Breaks Big Show's Nose at WWE (Time: 4:54)
