World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon has been linked with a shock move to take full ownership of Premier League side Newcastle United in what would be one of the biggest shocks to world football ever seen.

McMahon is reported to be interested in purchasing the club from current owner Mike Ashley, and a bid could materialise in the not too distant future with the Londoner reportedly keen to sell the Magpies. But does that mean we’ll be seeing a Geordie edition of the showcase event Wrestlemania anytime soon? Well, yes. We very well could be.

British website www.winnersports.co.uk have claimed the billionaire has been “sniffing around” the club with a view to making a bid.

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They claim a Newcastle insider said: “Vince McMahon has been sniffing around the club and seems keen on pursuing his interest.

“He sees England as an untapped market for his wrestling empire. He has even indicated he could put on wrestling bouts at St James’s Park

“Obviously it is very early days but there is hope the fans may get what they want with Ashley leaving. Buying a club like Newcastle would throw him into the spotlight in England which is just what he is looking to do.”

Could a possible takeover result in the WWE stars making their Toon debut, and vice-versa the St James’ Park regulars entering the squared circle? Highly unlikely, but we’re sure a number of people would pay to see the Ameobi brothers team up with Alan Pardew to take on the Shield, not to mention names such as John Cena, Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan strutting their stuff in the famous Black and White strip.

With WWE’s flagship show Wrestlemania quickly approaching on April 6, McMahon could look to coincide his takeover with the global event.

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Newcastle: The latest match pictures 1/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Fabio da Silva looks on as Cardiff's defeat confirms their relegation out of the Premier League GETTY IMAGES 2/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Wilfried Zaha reflects after Cardiff are relegated GETTY IMAGES 3/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Loic Remy doubles Newcastle's lead GETTY IMAGES 4/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Newcastle fans hold up a banner during their final home game of the season GETTY IMAGES 5/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Mathieu Debuchy is tackled by Peter Whittingham GETTY IMAGES 6/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Newcastle players celebrate in a huddle after Shola Ameobi's opener GETTY IMAGES 7/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Shola Ameobi heads in for Newcastle GETTY IMAGES 8/60 Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0 Olivier Giroud climbs highest to head in his side’s third goal of the night PA 9/60 Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0 German midfielder Mesut Ozil, right, celebrates with Frenchman Olivier Giroud after scoring the second goal of the night Getty 10/60 Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0 French defender Laurent Koscielny celebrates after opening the scoring Getty 11/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Wilfried Bony celebrates with Marvin Emnes after scoring a penalty and giving Swansea a 2-1 victory in the final minutes GETTY IMAGES 12/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Wilfried Bony celebrates his goal with Jonathan de Guzman GETTY IMAGES 13/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Wilfried Bony rises to head home Swansea's equaliser GETTY IMAGES 14/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Shola Ameobi scores the opening goal for Newcastle GETTY IMAGES 15/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Referee Chris Foy receives treatment after being hit in the face with the ball, he would later be replaced by the fourth official GETTY IMAGES 16/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Referee Chris Foy is injured during the game after being hit in the face with the ball GETTY IMAGES 17/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Yoan Gouffran is chased by Angel Rangel GETTY IMAGES 18/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Wilfried Bony is tackled by Fabrizio Coloccini GETTY IMAGES 19/60 Stoke 1 Newcastle 0 Erik Pieters of Stoke City celebrates scoring the first goal 20/60 Stoke 1 Newcastle 0 Peter Crouch of Stoke City shows his frustrations after a missed opportunity 21/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Adnan Januzaj celebrates his goal and completing United's four goal rout GETTY IMAGES 22/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Shinji Kagawa and Juan Mata congratulate Javier Hernandez after the Mexican scores United's third GETTY IMAGES 23/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Juan Mata scores his second and gives United breathing room GETTY IMAGES 24/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Darren Fletcher wins the ball in a tackle with Dan Gosling GETTY IMAGES 25/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Juan Mata scores his first of the afternoon to put United one up GETTY IMAGES 26/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Patrice Evra and Fabrizio Coloccini battle for the ball GETTY IMAGES 27/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Jay Rodriguez scores his second of the afternoon to complete Southampton's rout GETTY IMAGES 28/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Rickie Lambert celebrates his goal GETTY IMAGES 29/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Rickie Lambert makes it two for the Saints GETTY IMAGES 30/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Jay Rodriguez puts Southampton ahead GETTY IMAGES 31/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Yoan Gouffran holds off Calum Chambers GETTY IMAGES 32/60 Newcastle 0 Everton 3 Ross Barkley silenced the Newcastle home fans after 22 minutes Getty Images 33/60 Newcastle 0 Everton 3 Tim Krul vents his anger at his Newcastle teammates after conceding the first goal Getty Images 34/60 Newcastle 0 Everton 3 Romelu Lukaku scores Everton's second goal Getty Images 35/60 Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 0 Damien Delaney reflects on Newcastle last minute winner GETTY IMAGES 36/60 Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 0 Papiss Cisse wheels away after his late winner GETTY IMAGES 37/60 Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 0 Papiss Cisse scores a last minute headed winner for Newcastle GETTY IMAGES 38/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Fulham players celebrate at full time GETTY IMAGES 39/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Tim Krul pleads with referee Howard Webb for a penalty late on GETTY IMAGES 40/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Ashkan Dejagah celebrates his winning goal GETTY IMAGES 41/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Fabricio Coloccini blocks a cross from Pajtim Kasami GETTY IMAGES 42/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Steve Sidwell tackles Cheick Tiote GETTY IMAGES 43/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Alan Pardew clashes heads with Hull midfielder David Meyler, which later leads to a £100,000 fine issued to the Magpies manager by his club Getty Images 44/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Alan Pardew is sent to the stands for headbutting a player 45/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Sissoko celebrates his second goal 46/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Curtis Davies pulls a goal back for Hull 47/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Loic Remy celebrates doubling Newcastle's lead 48/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Sissoko opens the scoring 49/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Tim Krul makes a good early save 50/60 Newcastle 1 Aston Villa 0 Loic Remy (left) wheels off in celebration after scoring the late winning goal GETTY IMAGES 51/60 Newcastle 1 Aston Villa 0 Loic Remy blasts the ball past Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan in the 92nd minute 52/60 Newcastle 1 Aston Villa 0 Newcastle's Loic Remy bursts down the wing against Aston Villa GETTY IMAGES 53/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 Emmanuel Adebayor scores for Spurs 54/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 Emmanuel Adebayor celebrates opening the scoring for Spurs Getty Images 55/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 Emmanuel Adebayor makes it 3-0 with his second of the night Getty Images 56/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 Newcastle keeper Tim Krul dives but fails to stop Nacer Chadli's fine effort Getty Images 57/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 The Newcastle players look shell-shocked after they concede a fourth Getty Images 58/60 Chelsea 3 Newcastle 0 Eden Hazard celebrates his hat-trick for Chelsea in the win over Newcastle GETTY IMAGES 59/60 Newcastle 0 Sunderland 3 Fabio Borini puts Sunderland ahead from the spot 60/60 Newcastle 0 Sunderland 3 Fabio Borini (2nd L) of Sunderland celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal 1/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Fabio da Silva looks on as Cardiff's defeat confirms their relegation out of the Premier League GETTY IMAGES 2/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Wilfried Zaha reflects after Cardiff are relegated GETTY IMAGES 3/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Loic Remy doubles Newcastle's lead GETTY IMAGES 4/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Newcastle fans hold up a banner during their final home game of the season GETTY IMAGES 5/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Mathieu Debuchy is tackled by Peter Whittingham GETTY IMAGES 6/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Newcastle players celebrate in a huddle after Shola Ameobi's opener GETTY IMAGES 7/60 Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0 Shola Ameobi heads in for Newcastle GETTY IMAGES 8/60 Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0 Olivier Giroud climbs highest to head in his side’s third goal of the night PA 9/60 Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0 German midfielder Mesut Ozil, right, celebrates with Frenchman Olivier Giroud after scoring the second goal of the night Getty 10/60 Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0 French defender Laurent Koscielny celebrates after opening the scoring Getty 11/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Wilfried Bony celebrates with Marvin Emnes after scoring a penalty and giving Swansea a 2-1 victory in the final minutes GETTY IMAGES 12/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Wilfried Bony celebrates his goal with Jonathan de Guzman GETTY IMAGES 13/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Wilfried Bony rises to head home Swansea's equaliser GETTY IMAGES 14/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Shola Ameobi scores the opening goal for Newcastle GETTY IMAGES 15/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Referee Chris Foy receives treatment after being hit in the face with the ball, he would later be replaced by the fourth official GETTY IMAGES 16/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Referee Chris Foy is injured during the game after being hit in the face with the ball GETTY IMAGES 17/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Yoan Gouffran is chased by Angel Rangel GETTY IMAGES 18/60 Newcastle 1 Swansea 2 Wilfried Bony is tackled by Fabrizio Coloccini GETTY IMAGES 19/60 Stoke 1 Newcastle 0 Erik Pieters of Stoke City celebrates scoring the first goal 20/60 Stoke 1 Newcastle 0 Peter Crouch of Stoke City shows his frustrations after a missed opportunity 21/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Adnan Januzaj celebrates his goal and completing United's four goal rout GETTY IMAGES 22/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Shinji Kagawa and Juan Mata congratulate Javier Hernandez after the Mexican scores United's third GETTY IMAGES 23/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Juan Mata scores his second and gives United breathing room GETTY IMAGES 24/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Darren Fletcher wins the ball in a tackle with Dan Gosling GETTY IMAGES 25/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Juan Mata scores his first of the afternoon to put United one up GETTY IMAGES 26/60 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 Patrice Evra and Fabrizio Coloccini battle for the ball GETTY IMAGES 27/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Jay Rodriguez scores his second of the afternoon to complete Southampton's rout GETTY IMAGES 28/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Rickie Lambert celebrates his goal GETTY IMAGES 29/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Rickie Lambert makes it two for the Saints GETTY IMAGES 30/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Jay Rodriguez puts Southampton ahead GETTY IMAGES 31/60 Southampton 4 Newcastle 0 Yoan Gouffran holds off Calum Chambers GETTY IMAGES 32/60 Newcastle 0 Everton 3 Ross Barkley silenced the Newcastle home fans after 22 minutes Getty Images 33/60 Newcastle 0 Everton 3 Tim Krul vents his anger at his Newcastle teammates after conceding the first goal Getty Images 34/60 Newcastle 0 Everton 3 Romelu Lukaku scores Everton's second goal Getty Images 35/60 Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 0 Damien Delaney reflects on Newcastle last minute winner GETTY IMAGES 36/60 Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 0 Papiss Cisse wheels away after his late winner GETTY IMAGES 37/60 Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 0 Papiss Cisse scores a last minute headed winner for Newcastle GETTY IMAGES 38/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Fulham players celebrate at full time GETTY IMAGES 39/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Tim Krul pleads with referee Howard Webb for a penalty late on GETTY IMAGES 40/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Ashkan Dejagah celebrates his winning goal GETTY IMAGES 41/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Fabricio Coloccini blocks a cross from Pajtim Kasami GETTY IMAGES 42/60 Fulham 1 Newcastle 0 Steve Sidwell tackles Cheick Tiote GETTY IMAGES 43/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Alan Pardew clashes heads with Hull midfielder David Meyler, which later leads to a £100,000 fine issued to the Magpies manager by his club Getty Images 44/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Alan Pardew is sent to the stands for headbutting a player 45/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Sissoko celebrates his second goal 46/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Curtis Davies pulls a goal back for Hull 47/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Loic Remy celebrates doubling Newcastle's lead 48/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Sissoko opens the scoring 49/60 Hull 1 Newcastle 4 Tim Krul makes a good early save 50/60 Newcastle 1 Aston Villa 0 Loic Remy (left) wheels off in celebration after scoring the late winning goal GETTY IMAGES 51/60 Newcastle 1 Aston Villa 0 Loic Remy blasts the ball past Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan in the 92nd minute 52/60 Newcastle 1 Aston Villa 0 Newcastle's Loic Remy bursts down the wing against Aston Villa GETTY IMAGES 53/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 Emmanuel Adebayor scores for Spurs 54/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 Emmanuel Adebayor celebrates opening the scoring for Spurs Getty Images 55/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 Emmanuel Adebayor makes it 3-0 with his second of the night Getty Images 56/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 Newcastle keeper Tim Krul dives but fails to stop Nacer Chadli's fine effort Getty Images 57/60 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4 The Newcastle players look shell-shocked after they concede a fourth Getty Images 58/60 Chelsea 3 Newcastle 0 Eden Hazard celebrates his hat-trick for Chelsea in the win over Newcastle GETTY IMAGES 59/60 Newcastle 0 Sunderland 3 Fabio Borini puts Sunderland ahead from the spot 60/60 Newcastle 0 Sunderland 3 Fabio Borini (2nd L) of Sunderland celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal

The potential ideas are endless, with a number of fans of both the club and WWE taking to social media to voice their favoured situations where both companies could cross. A Premier League Royal Rumble appears to be the firm favourite among fans (where the Ameobi brothers would obviously see their allegiance fall apart to start a feud the likes have never been seen) while a WWE All-Star XI is also a strongly-back idea to take on the best the English top-flight has to offer.

Of course, this is all speculation. But there’s no doubting that Mr McMahon (his famous stage name) could easily afford to purchase the club and rescue them from their recent slump into turmoil. His current worth according to Forbes if over £1bn, while Newcastle are valued by the same company at £168m.

One thing is for sure though. If the takeover happens, we want to see a returning Joe Kinnear v Ryback in next year’s Wrestlemania.

WWE have no official comment on the speculation at the time of writing.

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