Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett Returning To Pro Wrestling On New Year's Eve
by Josh Nason on Dec 24, 2011 3:30 PM EST
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While his DREAM date with Brett Rogers was canceled due to a visa issue, Tim Sylvia has found work on New Year's Eve after all as he's been booked for a pro wrestling match with Jerome Le Banner, reported by Heavy MMA.
The bout will be part of the Inoki Genome Federation's contribution to the DREAM show, which features a mix of legitimate MMA bouts and pro wrestling matches featuring current MMA fighters. The card will be aired stateside on HDNet.
Fedor Emelianenko faces Satoshi Ishii in the main event with Hayato Sakurai vs. Ryo Chonan and Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka on the undercard. Josh Barnett returns to wrestling action against Hideki Suzuki on the 17-match card as he awaits the official announcement of his Strikeforce Grand Prix Final bout against Daniel Cormier.
The former UFC Heavyweight Champion Sylvia (30-7) is on a two-fight win streak and has victories in six of his last seven MMA fights. He made his wrestling debut against Barnett for the IGF in late-2010, while Le Banner is a former pro kickboxer who has competed six times in MMA. He also stepped into the ring against Barnett in wrestling action earlier this month and defeated the former UFC Heavyweight Champion by "knockout".
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I'm so glad HDNet is airing the entire card
I rarely get the chance to watch it but I very much enjoy Japanese pro wrestling.
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at least Sylvia gets to work a worked match cause Rogers failed
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by ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on Dec 24, 2011 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
Tim Sylvia doing Pro Wrestlign that could be soo good in a bad way
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Why don’t you come out to Iowa and meet him? I bet he could make you shit your pants. I’ll take pictures, it will be fun.
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by ANance on Dec 24, 2011 6:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Santa forgout about you this year?
by taptomyarmbar on Dec 25, 2011 4:10 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
*forgot
damn you new phone!!
by taptomyarmbar on Dec 25, 2011 4:13 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I’m kinda surprised Tim doesn’t ask Vince McMahon for a job. No matter how well he performs he probably won’t make it back to the UFC and Vince loves big guys.
by The so-called Beautiful on Dec 24, 2011 4:54 PM EST reply actions
Tgis
Lord knows he could make so money at it. Big Bossman v.2.0?
by El_Ee_Oh on Dec 24, 2011 4:59 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
The WWE doesn't just give jobs to any guy who wants them
Tim has barely any wrestling experience(and what he does have in in Japan, totally different style), he’s over 40, out of shape and not enough of a star to be a draw. He might be able to get a job with TNA or on the regional circuit but I doubt the WWE has any interest in him.
Yea, that was a math fail on my part
But still, 35 isn’t exactly young.
He's a big creepy looking guy.
You don’t think the WWE marketing machine could build him up? Not to mention he’s a former world heavyweight champion.
by El_Ee_Oh on Dec 24, 2011 7:01 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Theoretically, yes
But why bother when there are younger guys out there who have more experience, are just as big, in better shape and willing to work for a whole lot less? If Tim were the current heavyweight champ, that would be one thing but he was champ almost five years ago and frankly, he wasn’t a very popular champion. Matter of fact, he might be the least popular champion.
Also Vince McMahon has a fetish for huge guys who are ripped up and muscle heads. I doubt he’ll have any interest in a fat Tim Sylvia.
by discoandherpes on Dec 24, 2011 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
Vince has a fetish for big in any sense of the word. Sure, he prefers roided out monsters like Batista, but he also pushed Yokozuna and the Great Khali to the moon. Not to mention his love for people who will get him even one second of outside exposure.
by The so-called Beautiful on Dec 24, 2011 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not a fan of Big Tim
so don’t take it as that. all I’m saying that its not completely impossible for him to become a talent in WWE or TNA. Not a superstar, just a mid roster talent. Freak fodder, if you will. He could tag team with Ken Shamrock!
by El_Ee_Oh on Dec 24, 2011 9:40 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
This is worse for the sport than anything said on Twitter
Period.
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I think mixing them is probably the worse thing for the sport too.
Why not mix with a good Japanese boxing card, some tai kwan do, any other real friggin’ martial art!!
No instead interspersed through real fighting (on a card with a former p4p king) we’re going to have fake fighting… wow
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there's no explaining the Japanese.
by El_Ee_Oh on Dec 25, 2011 6:03 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
If it was happening in the UFC, sure
I could buy the “bad for the sport” argument. But this is happening in Japan. One, the Japan enjoy this sort of thing. Pro wrestling and MMA have been closely intertwined in Japan for years now, it’s a normal thing there. Two, only the most hardcore MMA fans here in America will know about it and they are able to tell the difference between a wrestling match and a real fight.
The sport will be fine.
Def could see Big Tim doing WWF/WWE
Vince does love him some big wrestlers. Tim’s strong UFC background would be great outside exposure for the WWE. How they market Tim would all depend on whether or not Tim was any good on the microphone.
by JAYGK95 on Dec 25, 2011 2:06 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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