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WWE Offers Kanye $10M to Get Into Ring

West would have to do some 'light wrestling,' sources say

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(Newser) – World Wrestling Entertainment has offered Kanye West nearly $10 million to step into the ring, sources tells MediaTakeOut.com. The rapper, swamped by a wave of disastrous publicity following his award-show interruption of country star Taylor Swift, would be on the hook for some “light wrestling” in three events under the proposal from WWE chief Vince McMahon.

Kanye West and Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 13, 2009.
Kanye West and Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo)
Kanye West.
Kanye West.   (AP Photo)
World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon.
World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon.   (AP Photo)
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lonewolf17
Sep 21, 09 10:34 PM CDT
This is actually a really savy business move... Reply
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Collusive
Sep 21, 09 11:11 PM CDT
jblitz you're so racist yourself it makes my teeth hurt.
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DJM420
Sep 21, 09 11:56 PM CDT
@lonewolf... for who? maybe mcmahon, but ruining her night THEN looking like a buffoon playing a fake game? really? maybe oprah, but not WWE and @collusive... get some anbesol, cause that fool isn't changing...
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lonewolf17
Sep 22, 09 3:08 AM CDT
It's stupid for Kanye -- but for the WWE its perfect
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ryderbackside
Sep 21, 09 10:51 PM CDT
I'd want to see him get suplexed! And not because he's black, because he's already such a cartoonish 'villian' type of character, he'd fit right in on WWF! Reply
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