Credit for the below news goes out to F4WOnline, WON, and other various sources.
– Dish Network has changed their tune and will now be carrying WWE’s WrestleMania XXX pay-per-view on channels 455 and 456 in HD and SD. They still say they will evaluate WWE pay-per-views on an event-to-event basis after WrestleMania.
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As noted, Hulk Hogan appeared on Huffington Post Live yesterday to promote WrestleMania XXX. Here are some highlights:
* He talked about how Triple H saw him at a Toys R Us charity event in New York City a few years ago. Triple H came up to him and asked, “When are you coming home?” Hogan didn’t think Vince McMahon wanted him back but Triple H told him that Vince wanted him home. Hogan noted that TNA public relations worker Mike Weber was standing next to him when Triple H made those comments.
* Hogan once again said “never say never” when it comes to working a match again but said he will never do a leg drop again. He talked about having fun in the ring with John Cena and The Wyatt Family last week.
* Hogan said he and The Ultimate Warrior don’t speak that much but he’s excited to see Warrior be inducted this year.
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– Early betting odds for WrestleMania XXX have Bray Wyatt going over John Cena, The Undertaker going over Brock Lesnar and Daniel Bryan going over Triple H. Odds also have the winner of Bryan vs. Triple H winning the WWE World Heavyweight Title match.
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Luxury Living NYC reports that Shane McMahon and his wife Marissa McMahon filed a legal complaint in the New York Supreme Court this past week against their building, Cobblestone Lofts at 28 Laight Street in New York City, the building’s managing agent and several yet-to-be identified design firms and construction groups.
The complaint asks that damages be determined at a trial but say the claim would be no less than $50 million plus interest. Shane filed the complaint because water leaks from various points in his penthouse, which the McMahons claim have caused the growth of “certain toxic, airborne contaminants” inside their living space. The contaminants reportedly gave the McMahons and their three young children severe respiratory ailments.
It has also caused a potential $5 million-plus loss in property value and over $130,000 in damage to furniture, clothing, artwork and appliances. Shane and his family have some personal possessions with them at their current rental home but most of their belongings are in storage facilities at a cost of $5,000 per month. They were forced to evacuate the property and are spending around $15,000 per month on a rental apartment. They won’t be able to return to their home until the problems are fixed. The home was purchased in 2001 for $3.9 million. They began residing there in 2002 but were forced to vacate in May 2012. Shane, his wife and their lawyer were not available for comment.
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– Jim Ross noted on Twitter that he may be doing a one-man show during SummerSlam weekend in Los Angeles this year.
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– As noted, the next WWE statue from Todd McFarlane’s will be on Randy Savage, paying tribute to his WrestleMania 5 appearance. WWE’s website has photos online at this link. Each figure stands 18 inches tall. It will be released this summer and is limited to 500 pieces with each one individually and sequentially numbered, and signed by McFarlane. Below is a photo of an unpainted statue:
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– It’s worth noting that the WWE Tag Team Title match for WrestleMania XXX still hasn’t been confirmed by WWE. It was acknowledged on RAW that Ryback and Curtis Axel earned a shot against The Usos for WrestleMania and it was mentioned that Jack Swagger and Cesaro have earned a title shot but The Real Americans were not confirmed by WrestleMania. We should get some kind of confirmation at tonight’s SmackDown tapings.
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– Many fans at last night’s RAW in Brooklyn were upset that Daniel Bryan did not appear. Besides being advertised for the dark main event, WWE said on last Friday’s SmackDown that Bryan would be on RAW and as late as the RAW Pre-show, he was still being advertised to appear. It’s worth noting that WWE’s website is not advertising Bryan for tonight’s SmackDown tapings from Boston.
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– The original Sin Cara was not happy yesterday when WWE tweeted photos of the Sin Cara character at the Scooby-Doo WrestleMania Mystery premiere in New York City. While the character is in the movie, it was the original Sin Cara’s voice used. Cara wrote “FRAUDE FRAUDE” on Twitter and sent the tweet to Stephanie McMahon, Vince McMahon and Triple H before deleting it.
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– Dolph Ziggler spoke with Toucher and Rich of the CBS affiliate in Boston this morning. Here are a few highlights:
Camaraderie in WWE:
“I think a long time ago it was guys only looking out for themselves, getting stabbed in the back and stepped over. Now it’s more of a group family trying to produce an amazing WWE show. That camaraderie is there. But when it comes to me, sometimes I travel with a small handful of people or by myself. And after a crazy show I’ll do an awesome workout in the gym, do a four hour drive somewhere and just wanna crash in silence and not wanna see anybody for a couple hours.”
An average day:
“If I didn’t have media this morning I’d be working out. We were in Brooklyn last night for sold out Monday Night Raw and we were done at 11:30pm. We were on the road by 12 and maybe got here at like 3, 4 o’ clock. I had a 6am wake up to do some media for a couple hours. I’ll maybe catch a one hour nap, probably not. I’ll get into work. We’re always there way ahead of time and have the whole day to prepare, find a gym, workout and we’ll be at the arena all night until Smackdown is over. It’s a very busy day one way or another. The schedule never ends. There’s no offseason. There’s no breaks. It’s great. It’s nonstop and it’s a little exhausting, but we are nonstop doing over 300 live events a year. We’re always reaching out to another country. We’re expanding globally everywhere. The fans keep coming out to support us so we add shows whenever we get a chance. That’s why we’re so busy. The outreach goes out to kids, families, grown ups. We have a great family show that we’re very proud of. It’s a little different than the era a few years ago. You can bring grandma and grandpa, so we’re able to keep constantly adding shows and every year we do a few more.”
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– Sunday’s episode of WWE Total Divas drew 1.28 million viewers for a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This is up from the season premiere.
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– As noted, last night’s RAW from Brooklyn was sold out. The place was so packed there were signs hanging backstage warning people not to ask for comp tickets as there were none available.
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– Bayley, Eden and Tyler Breeze will be doing the meet & greet before Saturday’s WWE NXT live event in Starke, Florida.
