Author: Ed Boston
Raw Recap: April 1 2013
John Cena came to the ring & said that it is no secret that him & The Rock don’t like each other but he repects The Rock. Cena said Rock is the greatest WWE Champion of all time. Cena said at WrestleMania The Great One will fall. Cena said Rock’s time is up & his time is now. Cena talked about the new championship belt Rock revealed after he won the championship. Cena said at WrestleMania he will get absolute redemption& dominate The Rock & Rock will lose the title made for him in his first title defense of that new title. Cena said The People’s era will remain & the WWE Universe will remain but the mighty Rock will experience failure. Cena said The Rock will have to deal with the fact that the title belt designed for The Rock will be defended by him. Cena said hewont replace the title & that he will keep it as a symbol that he is better than The Rock. Cena said this Sunday he will shock the world & the Champ is here.
3MB vs Randy Orton, Sheamus & Big Show: Orton, Sheamus & Big Show got the win. After the match The shield came out & spoke from the stands. They said they’re going to leave Orton, Sheamus & Big Show flat on their backs wondering where it went wrong. They said congrats on convincing yourselves that you’re a team & all on the same page. The Shield said that Orton, Sheamus & Big Show are not a team & that justice never lies & that they know the truth that they are not really a team. The shield said when we beat you at WrestleMania the whole world will believe in The Shield.
Footage from earlier of Zeb Colter & Jack Swagger. Colter said our country is broken just like Ricardo Rodriguez’s ankle. Swagger said The People have become weak & it is time to stand up & say no more.Swagger said at WrestleMania real change is coming & Alberto Del Rio will witness it first hand as a real American stands over him as the new World Champ & if The People don’t that then they don’t deserve to be real Americans. Swagger said welcome to Jack Swagger’s America, We The People.
Backstage Matt Striker asked Alberto Del Rio for his comments on what Swagger just said. Del Rio said Swagger has the freedom of speech & can say whatever he wants but if he doesn’t like what he says he has the opportunity to do something about it at WrestleMania. Del Rio called said he doesn’t know why Zeb Colter challenged him tonight. Del Rio called Colter a big fat pinata with a mustache that he is going to break.
Daniel Bryan vs Dolph Ziggler: Toward the end of the match AJ skipped around the ring & around Kane to distract him. Big E Langston clotheslined Kane. Bryan kicked Langston from through the ropes knocking Langston to down. Ziggler rolled up Bryan for the win. After the match Langston attacked Bryan. Kane unloaded on Ziggler & Langston with some punches. Kane grabbed Langston by the throat but Langston overpowered Kane by removing Kane’s hands from around his throat & picked up Kane & slammed him to the mat.
HBK Shawn Michaels came to the ring & said you didn’t think you could have WrestleMania without Mr. WrestleMania did you. HBK talked about the Triple H & Brock Lesnar match. HBK said he has concerns & some question. Triple H interrupted & came to the ring. Triple H said he knows what he is doing. HBK said I don’t think you do. Triple H said it’s the same situation HBK was in. HBK said said their situation couldn’t be more different. HBK said his opponent respected him & Triple H & Lesnar have no respect for each other. HBK said Lesnar does this for money & to hurt people. HBK said he realized that he didn’t love his job as much as Triple H does. HBK said Triple H has poured everthing of himself into this job & that this job has become his life. HBK said Triple H didn’t put his career on the line at WretleMania, he put his life on the line. Triple H said you can’t talk him out it. HBK said he didn’t come here to talk him out of it. He said he came here to tell Triple H to kick Lesnar’s ass & that he will be in his corner to watch him do it. Lesnar & Paul Heyman came out. Heyman said Lesnar is going to beat Triple H into retirement Sunday. Heyman said Triple h is going to have to learn to live with disappointment.Heyman said HBK & Triple H fight from their emotions. He said Triple H should have just walked away but this time he wont be able to walk away. He said Triple H has never been man enough to beat Lesnar. He said Triple H is going to commit professional suicide.
Wade Barrett vs Zack Ryder: The Miz did commentary during the match. Barrett got the win.
Vickie Guerrero & Brad Maddox in her office, Santino Marella came in & said he saw Mr. McMahon get out of his limo & that McMahon was very angy at Vickie & Maddox. Santino said he usually fire’s people when he is that mad. Santino left then came back in & said April Fools. Vickie whispered in Maddox’s ear & told Santino to got to the ring because she has a match for him.
Santino Marella vs Mark Henry: Henry got the win. After the match Ryback came to the ring. Henry said he knows that Ryback is mad that he didn’t break his bench press record but that don’t give him the right to come down here & threaten him. Henry brought up their no contact clause before WrestleMania. Henry said only one thing is going to happen tonight & that is smile. Henry smiled & laughed. Ryback picked up Santino & used him to knock Henry out of the ring. Ryback said that he didn’t touch him. Ryback tossed Santino over the ropes onto Henry knocking Henry down. Ryback told Henry “I didn’t touch you stupid”. Ryback started a “feed me more” chant.
Backstage Matt Striker asked CM Punk about disrespecting the memory of Paul Bearer. Punk said a better question is do I give a damn if I’m disrespecting the memory of Paul bearer. Punk said he trying to get in The Undertaker’s head. Punk sadi he will do whatever it takes to beat Undertaker. Punk said he promises at end of this years WrestleMania, evertime somebody thinks about WrestleMania they’re going to think about CM Punk.
Zeb Colter vs Alberto Del Rio: Swagger stalked Ricardo Rodriguez on the outside of the ring. Colter took a crutch from Rodriguez. Swagger attacked Rodriguez & a while Del Rio was distracted Colter hit Del Rio with the crutch. Del Rio won by DQ. After the match Swagger & Colter beat down Del Rio with Rodriguez’s crutches.
The Rock came to the ring & said the connection between The Rock & The People is why he is standing here in the ring right now. Rock said the match with Cena isn’t about redemption it is about the will of ThePeople. Rock said the will of The People is for The Rock to curb stomp Cena’s monkey ass all over WrestleMania. “Finally The Rock has come back to Washington D.C.” Rock said Sunday Cena’s time will be never. Rock said the only way Cena get’s this torch(referring to the Championship belt) is if The Rock sticks it up Cena’s candy ass. Rock said Cena will be facing a connection of The Rock & The Millions & Millions. Rock said Cena can’t deny the will of The People & beat The Rock, “if you smell what The Rock…… is Cooking.”
Chris Jericho vs Antonio Cesaro: Fandango came out during the match. Fandango had some cards with numbers on them & he would hold up a number judging Jericho’s wrestling moves. Jericho kicked Fandango fro through the ropes when Fandango turned his back to the ring. Jericho got the win by submission with the Walls of Jericho. After the match Fandango attacked Jericho. The fans chanted you can’t wrestle at Fandango.
Funkadactyls(Cameron & Naomi) vs The Bella Twins: The Bella Twins got the win.
The Undertake came to the ring. Undertaker said CM Punks historic title reign lasted well over 400 days but the pain waiting on Punk at WrestleMania is going to last an eternity. Undertaker said Punk rember it was you who made it personal & for that you will suffer. Undertaker said that defeating Punk at WrestleMania is no longer good enough, the disrespect Punk showed for Paul Bearer will cause Punk to pay the ultimate price. Undertaker said in his current state of mind the streak may come to an end Sunday but Punk will never live to talk about it. The light go dim & the druid’s music is played & some druid’s with torches come out & line the isle. Undertaker is taken back about it. Then we here Paul Bearer’s voice with the famous “Oooh, Yes! Paul Heyman is dressed like Paul Bearer with the urn. Undertaker walks toward the stage. Undertaker looked at the druids & started fighting them & CM Punk disgiused as a druid attacked Undertaker from behind. Punk kept saying “I did this to you” while hitting Undertaker with the urn. Punk dumped the ashes from the urn all over The Undertaker.
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Read The Official WrestleMania 29 Press Release
WRESTLEMANIA® TAKES OVER NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
STAMFORD, Conn., April 1, 2013 – Fans from all 50 states and more than 30 countries will converge on the New York/New Jersey region for a week-long lineup of festivities in celebration of WrestleMania 29, taking place this Sunday, April 7 live on pay-per-view at 7 PM ET from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. WWE® will take over New York and New Jersey beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, April 2 with the following events:
Empire State Building Lighting Photo Op – Tuesday, April 2, New York, NY
WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Alberto del Rio, and his personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, will pose for photos on the Empire State Building’s world-famous 86th floor Observatory. On Sunday, April 7, the exterior lights of the Empire State Building, above the 72nd floor, will be lit in the WrestleMania logo colors of blue and yellow, starting at sunset through 2 AM ET the next day in honor of WrestleMania 29 which airs live on pay-per-view at 7 PM ET from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
Military Meet & Greet – Wednesday, April 3, Lexington Avenue Armory
WWE will hold a meet and greet reception for NY National Guard First Responders to 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy. WWE Superstars and Divas will participate in the event, sign autographs and take photos.
Children’s Hospital Visits – Wednesday, April 3
WWE Superstars, along with Elvis Duran, from Z-100’s Elvis Duran show, will visit St. Mary’s Hospital in Bayside. Also on Wednesday April 3, WWE Superstars and Divas will visit with patients at New York Presbyterian, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in New York City. On the other side of the Hudson River, WWE will visit children at Hackensack University Medical Center’s Don Imus Building and Goryeb Children’s Hospital at Morristown Medical Center.
WrestleMania 29 Press Conference – Thursday, April 4, Radio City Music Hall
Days before Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson defends the WWE Championship against John Cena at WrestleMania 29, the two celebrated icons will come face-to-face at Radio City Music Hall. The WrestleMania headliners will be joined by the biggest names in WWE to offer a preview of this year’s event. The press conference will also be streamed live on wwe.com, YouTube and Facebook.
Superstars for Sandy Relief – Thursday, April 4, Cipriani Wall Street
Entertainment powerhouse Sean “Diddy” Combs will co-host a Superstars for Sandy Relief (#STARS4SANDY) party with WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon and special guest Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at Cipriani Wall Street. On March 25, WWE kicked off the largest ever global online auction to benefit Hurricane Sandy Relief efforts in New York and New Jersey at Charitybuzz.com/WWE. The auction features unique, once-in-a-lifetime experiences with WWE Superstars and other international sports and entertainment celebrities. During the Superstars for Sandy Relief party, a live auction will be led by sportscaster Joe Buck, where more incredible experiences will be made available for bidding. All proceeds will go to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund.
Be a STAR Anti-Bullying Rallies – Thursday, April 4 and Friday April, 5
Be a STAR (Show Tolerance and Respect) was co-founded by The Creative Coalition and WWE in April 2011. WWE and The Creative Coalition will host anti-bullying rallies at New York and New Jersey schools. WWE will visit I.S. 51 Edwin Markham in Staten Island and Elliott School in Newark, NJ to deliver anti-bullying messages to more than 500 students. Also for the first time ever, WWE will host a Be a STAR rally at WrestleMania Axxess on Friday, April 5 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. Students from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Manhattan and New Jersey will participate in the rally and attend WrestleMania Axxess.
WrestleMania Axxess – Thursday, April 4 – Sunday, April 7, IZOD Center
Get ready for a brand-new WWE fan experience when WrestleMania Axxess (#AXXESS) takes over IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J., from Thursday, April 4, to Sunday, April 7. This will be the first time in its history Axxess will be held inside an arena, giving fans the opportunity to see the full RAW stage on display during the event. This year, the WWE Universe will get unprecedented access to meet their favorite WWE Superstars, Divas and Legends, with more matches than ever before and interactive activities all throughout the arena.
NYSE Closing Bell – Friday, April 5 – New York, NY
WWE Superstar John Cena will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange in recognition of WrestleMania 29 which airs live on pay-per-view from MetLife Stadium on Sunday, April 7 at 7PM ET. John Cena will be accompanied by executives from Susan G. Komen for the Cure and breast cancer survivors. Under Cena’s leadership, WWE worked to help raise $1 million dollars for breast cancer research and create awareness about the importance of early detection during breast cancer awareness month this past October.
WrestleMania Reading Challenge – Friday April, 5 and Saturday, April 6
On Friday, April 5, WWE, Pearson Foundation and We Give Books will host a reading celebration with students at Thomas G. Connors Elementary School in Hoboken, NJ. In addition to the reading celebration, the school will be the recipient of a book grant from the Pearson Foundation. As part of the WrestleMania Reading Challenge, a new digital reading platform was created this year in partnership with We Give Books. More than 25,000 students participated, reading over 110,000 books.
The eighth annual WrestleMania Reading Challenge Finals will take place on Saturday, April 6 in the Aronow Theater at City College in New York City. More than 1,000 libraries from across the United States and Canada participated in this year’s WrestleMania Reading Challenge through the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association. Eighteen finalists will compete to win ringside seats to WrestleMania at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, April 7 at 7 PM ET.
Make-A-Wish Pizza Party – Saturday, April 6, Liberty Science Center
WWE Superstars John Cena, Santino Marella and R-Truth will host this year’s annual Make-A-Wish pizza party for more than 40 wish kids and their families from the United States, Belgium and Australia. As part of its 30-year partnership with Make-A-Wish, WWE is also hosting the wish children and their families at WrestleMania 29. This year’s pizza party will also help launch Make-A-Wish’s World Wish Day campaign to raise airline tickets, a critical wish resource, through cash and airline mile contributions during the month of April.
WWE 2013 Hall of Fame Ceremony, Saturday, April 6, Madison Square Garden
A capacity crowd will fill Madison Square Garden for the 2013 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (#WWEHOF). WWE Superstars and global celebrities will pay tribute to icons of the past including Bruno Sammartino, who will be inducted by Arnold Schwarzenegger; Bob Backlund, who will be inducted by Maria Menounos, Donald Trump, Mick Foley, Trish Stratus and Booker T.
Empire State Building Lighting, Sunday, April 7, New York, NY
In celebration of WrestleMania 29, the exterior lights of the Empire State Building, above the 72nd floor, will be lit in the WrestleMania logo colors of blue and yellow, starting at sunset through 2:00 AM ET the next day.
WrestleMania 29, Sunday, April 7, MetLife Stadium
More than 75,000 fans are expected to converge on MetLife Stadium for WrestleMania 29 (#WRESTLEMANIA). This year’s pop-culture extravaganza, which can be seen live on pay-per-view at 7 PM ET in more than 100 countries and 20 languages, will feature the highly anticipated re-match between The Rock and John Cena for the WWE Championship. The pay-per-view is available through cable, satellite or telco providers and on Xbox consoles and Samsung Smart TVs, inside “Xbox Live” and the Samsung “Smart Hub” respectively.
WrestleMania 29 Countdown begins on DTRT News Radio Network TODAY @ 5:00pm EST
Join us on our parent broadcast DTRT News Radio online at BlogTalkRadio today at 5:00pm eastern / 4:00pm central as we begin our week of countdown to WrestleMania 29. Full schedule and where to tune in throughout the week to be announced.
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What role will Pee-Wee Herman have at Wrestlemania 29?
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Pee-wee Herman revealed that he would be at WrestleMania 29 on Sunday. He tweeted:
“ONE WEEK FROM RIGHT NOW: WRESTLEMANIA 29!!! See you there!!!!! @WrestleMania @WWE @MLStadium
Final Raw before Wrestlemania 29 live tonight from Washington D.C
The final WWE RAW before WrestleMania 29 will take place tonight from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. All big names will be in attendance tonight including The Rock, The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, Triple H and others.
No matches have been announced for tonight but The Shield vs. John Cena, Ryback and Sheamus is being advertised locally.
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to those who celebrate it and enjoy it’s meaning. One week and counting until WrestleMania 29
More NXT wrestlers to join WWE roster after Wrestlemania
We’ve gotten reports that WWE officials are getting ready to call up at least 2 stars from NXT after WrestleMania 29.
