Fight Promoters Behaving Badly: Vince McMahon, Dana White and Calvin Ayre

The past week or so we have witnessed the apparent meltdown of three fight promoters - the most highly publicized being Professional Wrestling's Vince McMahon.  MMA juggernauts Dana White, President of the UFC, and Calvin Ayre, Founder of Bodog Fight, have also had a war of words in recent days.

Vince McMahon's faked death has been among the most trafficked pieces on the Gambling911.com/Sports911.com website all week long. 

Last Monday, news came out on various Pro Wrestling websites that WWE promoter Vince McMahon had been killed in a car bombing, but the use of FBI spokespersons and mention of the local Times Leader newspaper (the explosion occurred in Wilkes Barre, PA), has made this story "silly" in the eyes of many Wrestling fans since the Times Leader in particular verified that the WWE had to get special permission to set off the explosion, which they also confirmed was pre-taped.

The Wrestling Observer is reporting that due to the recent death of "Sensational" Sherri Martel, World Wrestling Entertainment officials are discussing possibly ending the "Death of Mr McMahon" as quickly as possible.

The Vince McMahon piece has remained the most read story on Gambling911.com all week long.

Another popular story appearing Sunday is the now public dispute between UFC President Dana White and Bodog Fight founder Calvin Ayre.  White can't even say Ayre's name during a recent interview while Ayre this week has rubbed it in White's face that he has "more money" and "more women" at his disposal.  There is no disputing that all three men: McMahon, White and Ayre, have big enough egos to power 10,000 hot air balloons. 

US Open Golf coverage has enjoyed successful traffic throughout these past four days, though more so Thursday than during Saturday or the early portion of Sunday.  Tony Soprano is Dead? and other Sopranos related betting coverage has enjoyed huge traffic throughout the past week as well.

---

Also See Gambling911.com What's Hot:

Sopranos Rules the Roost for Gambling911 Traffic - June 11, 2007
Sopranos, Ron Paul, Alberto Gonzalez and A-Rod Top The Charts - June 5, 2007
Gambling911.com What's Hot - June 3, 2007
A-Rod, She-Males and Ron Paul...Oh My - June 1, 2007

---

Jordan Bach, Gambling911.com

Originally published June 17, 2007 1:14 pm ET