Big Floyd Mayweather/WWE Update Inside, WWE In Canada Bombs

Anthony sent in the following: It was announced last night on Friday Night Fights on ESPN2 that Floyd Mayweather will be guest hosting WWE Raw on August 24th in Las Vegas. They played clips of Mayweather at WrestleMania XXIV where he punched Big Show.

According to F4WOnline.com, aside from the Smackdown/ECW tapings this past Tuesday in Edmonton, WWE's first time in Alberta since the Benoit deaths did not do very well. Dave Meltzer is reporting that RAW on August 10 in Calgary only drew 7,000 people, while events in Medicine Hat on August 9 and Red Deer on August 10 drew in the 1,000 range. A Smackdown event on August 8 in Regina drew 3,000 fans. The strongest attendance was for the Smackdown/ECW tapings on August 11 drawing 10,500.