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He's just European. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Mega-huge wrestler The Big Show lied when he said he was leaving wrestling for boxing, according to a new lawsuit.

The suit claims the 7' tall, 500 pound behemoth cut a deal with SoBe Entertainment in 2007 to become a boxer. SoBe claims they paid Mr. Show $84,000 a month and fronted him an extra $1 mil for a house.

But SoBe was horrified when B.S. suddenly jettisoned his fighting plan and rejoined the WWE in 2008. To add insult to injury, Show's WWE comeback match was against a boxer -- Mr. Floyd Mayweather.

SoBe alleges Big Show conspired with the WWE to ace them out of its deal.

By the way, the Mayweather/Big Show match grossed the WWE $31,000,000, according to the suit.

It all started during Artie's guest appearance on the "Joe Buck Live" show on HBO last night -- but the war of words only escalated during the "overtime" segment, which takes place after the actual show and is only shown on the web.

During the webcast, Joe did his best to fight back against Artie's relentless barrage of insults -- and even managed to sneak in a few jabs of his own -- but it was clear Joe was wayyy out of his league as Artie did nothing short of brutally roast the host.

But that seems to be exactly what went down last night in Orlando during the NBA final game between the L.A. Lakers and the Orlando Magic.

We're told Chris came with a dude and Teyana Taylor (right, with Rihanna on 5/08), a singer who must have thought it was funny to dress up like Rihanna. Apparently Chris felt it was funny too.

So Chris got a laugh at the expense of the woman he's accused of beating.

We'll see if Chris is still laughing when they come face-to-face in court next Monday.

Rihanna's doppleganger is hella, ella mad at the AP and Yahoo for misidentifying her as RiRi at the Lakers/Magic game last night -- and now she's putting them on blast via her Twitter page.

Teyana Taylor -- who is one of Pharrell's singer protege's -- wrote:

"omgggggg if one more reporter say that im rihanna im gonna go crazzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ... I wish the AP would do a little research. since wen am i RIhanna ... yahoo and everybody else just did a biggg f***in s**t"

Right, because it's a huuuuge stretch to think someone with a RiRi mohawk, wearing RiRi hipster shades and sitting one person away from RiRi's old boyfriend Chris Brown could possibly be RiRi.

Is it just us or does the girl just two seats from Chris look just like RiRi?

We're guessing the guy giving Euro Greasy a leg massage at the Palms Place Hotel and Spa pool was a personal trainer, but we could easily find quite a few ladies who wouldn't mind doing the job ... for free.

Check out the message Shaquille O'Neal just posted on his Twitter page ... spelling errors and all:
Congratualtions kobe, u deserve it. You played great . Enjoy it my man enjoy it. And I know what yur sayin rt now "Shaq how my ass taste "

Obviously, this stems from Shaq's incredible rendition of "Kobe How My Ass Taste" -- a freestyle rap he dropped when Kobe and the Lake Show lost in the NBA Finals last year.

For the record -- that song ruled.

Sorry Mr. Greasy -- that stuff's permanent.

The new, improved Michael Phelps.

First Phelps steals Mark Spitz's record ... now the guy's stache! Low blow.

... especially the part where she tried to throw the former baseball star under the bus by telling us she's actually his "mistress!"

Hooking up with Paris always makes for a good story.

With Brown on one end of the court and RiRi on the other, they both watched intensely as the Lake Show came back from behind to upset the Magic in OT.

Side note: Rihanna made the celebrity highlight reel during the TV telecast. Brown -- not so much.

TMZ got these photos of Paris and Cristiano snuggling up at club MyHouse last night. A source close to Paris told us Ronaldo was staring at her all night before he finally went up to her. After he finally got the nerve to approach her, we're told he couldn't keep his hands off her and they eventually headed over to sister Nicky's house.

Our source said, "Paris is stoked to be with a real athlete -- unlike her ex, a low-paid minor league baseball player."

TMZ cameras caught Ronaldo and his 13-man entourage leaving club MyHouse last night -- hours after his current squad, Manchester United, accepted a world-record sized deal to sell him to Real Madrid.

It's unclear exactly how much Ronaldo will pocket from the deal -- but it's sure to buy a helluva lot of Ed Hardy.

Bonds also says he's gunning for a movie role that "pays a lot."