Monday, 7 March 2011

Rumor: Cris Cyborg considering a WWE contract?

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Tatame.com is reporting the Strikeforce Women's middleweight champion has been offered a deal from the "Dub-ya, Dub-ya E" and is apparently actually contemplating the offer.
Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos is negotiating with world’s biggest pro-wrestling company, WWE, sources close to the fighter told TATAME... Without fighting since June of 2010, Cyborg is getting tired of the lack of fights in the MMA organization, and this proposal would change her future in fighting – and get bigger paychecks. Two weeks ago, Cristiane and her husband, Strikeforce fighter Evangelista Santos, attended to a WWE event in California, and the managers of the event offered her a contract.
Intriguing at the least, but is this actually a possibility?
"Cyborg" has been out of action since June 2010, when she absolutely dismantled Jan Finney at Strikeforce: "Fedor vs. Werdum" to defend her title.
The San Jose boys have struggled to find her fights in the meanwhile, as no clear cut number one contender has emerged. So is she really considering defecting to the world of sports entertainment?
Not so fast, wrasslin' fans.


Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports is on the case and he is already shooting down the rumor. He brings word that Santos has a "champion's clause" in her contract; something Strikeforce implemented after losing Jake Shields to their top rival while he was the Men's middleweight champion.
So essentially, this could be simple posturing on the part of Team "Cyborg" as they are currently in negotiations with Strikeforce.
"We’re negotiating Cristiane’s contract," said Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker. "We hope to finalize something soon."
Coker, in Columbus, Ohio, for a Saturday-night Showtime event, indicated he first heard about it Thursday night and didn’t know if the Santos story was serious or just an attempt to leverage the current talks.
Smart negotiating ploy or silly rumor mongering? Is "Cyborg" poised to become the next Luna Vachon?

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