Welcome to an all-new Joe's 411: B/R Pro-Wrestling News, the June 28 edition. As always, there is a lot of news to get to, so let's get started.
Big Show update
As many probably know by now, the Big Show (Paul Wight) is in a lawsuit with SoBe Entertainment. SoBe claims they bought a $1 million house for White, plus $84,000 a month on Wight's promise that it could manage him as he trained to become a pro boxer.
As we know, the boxing career didn't turn out well for Wight. Therefore, the issue came up between SoBe and Wight.
He also failed to tell SoBe that he owed the IRS $450,000. Now the IRS has filed a lien on the house, according to Sobe.
This is what started the whole issue, if the IRS didn't come into play, then it is possible SoBe would not be doing much.
SoBe demands $2 million from Wight and his wife. I don't know what the wife has to do with this, but they want $4 million total.
So Wight has to pay both the $450,000 to the IRS and if they lose the suit to SoBe, they have to pay $4 million to them. It will probably be reduced on SoBe's end though, especially because the government would want Wight to pay the IRS first.
To be fair to Wight, the court would reduce the lawsuit filed by SoBe most likely to half or more from what SoBe is asking.
Show is a part of the WWE, and SoBe was not happy when he signed back with them. The WWE will not be involved in this, because it is a personal issue with Wight.
However, there is a possibility they will let him go if the lawsuit continues according to reports. Wight gets paid a little over half a million dollars from the WWE annually, so he needs to keep his job with the WWE if he wants to pay for the lawsuits.
This is the main reason why Show will not be a Champion in the WWE, so don't expect him to even be US or Tag Team Champion. He may be in some main event caliber feuds, like he was with John Cena, but that is about it for him.
However, the WWE is gradually taking him off of TV as we have seen. This is only a rumor for now on the WWE parting ways with Show. But, I report everything, so keep in mind that Show could be let go.
Bobby Lashley's TNA Future
If you managed to see the Bobby Lashley vs. Bob Sapp fight last night, you saw Lashley win by submission. He actually made Sapp tap twice, the first time the ref didn't see it. However, the next time the ref obviously did and ended the fight.
Lashley's MMA record is now 4-0; people believed that Lashley had to prove himself, and a win over Sapp would do that.
Lashley does not want to be a pro wrestler for a long time, he wants to be a Mixed Martial Artist. The reason he went to TNA in the first place was because he wanted help promoting fights and what not.
Dixie Carter told Lashley that she wanted him to do work with her program, and she would promote the fights Lashley was in if he did so.
This would be good for Lashley's career, because he would start to get big name fights if the promoters realize they are going to get sold-out arenas and PPV buys from him.
So of course Lashley was on board. This is no MMA guy trying to get into wrestling like we have seen in the past with Frank Trigg and others. Lashley is a former pro wrestler, who worked for the WWE in the past as we all know.
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