Make-A-wish is sending 31 kids & their families to New Orleans for WrestleMania XXX. The WWE has planned a weekend chocked-full of activities guaranteed to amaze the loyal fans.
The Wish kids & their families will attend WrestleMania XXX & WrestleMania Axxess, meet WWE Superstars & Divas including a private autograph session & be inducted into the Circle of Champions at a luncheon with a surprise WWE Superstar at Audubon Aquarium.
The WWE has contacted several huge names from the past for cameo appearances at WrestleMania XXX. Some of those contacted were – The Rock, Ric Flair, Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Roddy Piper & Jim Ross.
The impression given is that The Rock will appear on the show in some form, but whether it’s live or taped isn’t known. People in WWE say The Rock will be on the show in some form.
WWE has also pitched some ideas to Steve Austin about appearing on the show. Austin has decided to make the trip to New Orleans, so that could be an indication that he’s accepted one of the ideas.
Source: WrestlingInc.com & Wrestling Observer Newsletter:
Sting has been added to this weekends WrestleCon event in New Orleans which is where WrestleMania XXX is taking place. The people representing Sting in regards to his WrestleCon appearance were saying he was not scheduled for either WrestleMania XXX or RAW the next night & that the WrestleCon people were paying for a round-trip ticket with Sting going back home after the convention.
As I noted before there is talk that Sting will have a match against The Undertaker next year at WrestleMania 31 & that the match might be announced at WrestleMania XXX or on RAW the next night.
Two weeks from tonight and it will be Wrestlemania XXX and DTRTWrestling.com is going into full-court press mode from now until Mania is in the books for another year. Yes that’s a March Madness reference right here in the middle of talking about The Super Bowl of Professional Wrestling (or Sports Entertainment for those who aren’t old school and prefer to toe the “company” line).
Here is how we plan to show that we are up to the task of taking this site to the next level and being the organization where you can get print coverage, right here on the flagship of the DTRTWrestling.com brand AND online radio coverage at DTRTWrestling.com Radio on Blog Talk Radio.
The following will take place on the radio portion of our organization. You can listen to these shows live or in archive immediately following the live broadcast.
Raw Post-Show – Monday 3/24 at 11:30 eastern; 10:30 central; and 8:30 pacific. A quick 30 minute recap of tomorrow’s Raw.
Raw Post-Show – Monday 3/31 at 11:30 eastern; 10:30 central; and 8:30 pacific. A longer recap as we take a look at the final Raw before Mania. Should be plenty on the agenda that night.
SmackDown Live Coverage – Friday April 4th at 8 eastern; 7 central; and 5 pacific. We will be doing a radio version of live blogging/tweeting for the very first time. Being the last show prior to the 30th anniversary of Wrestlemania, no telling what will happen, and yes we will carry it live (well, live when it’s broadcast).
WWE Hall of Fame Coverage – Live; Saturday April 5th beginnig at 9 eastern; 8 central; and 6 pacific.
Wrestlemania XXX Pre-Show – Sunday April 6th. That is right, we are going right up against The WWE Network and their pre-show. Why you might ask, well as many of you know – not everyone is paying the $9.95 a month and getting the awesome programming, so we want to provide an alternative, and that’s what we will do.
Finally a quick look at the DTRTWrestling.com staff and the different things you can expect from each of us.
John Bass – John does an awesome job with the Raw preview and recap each week. He has also been on top of many announcements and breaking news.
Vanessa V – Vanessa live tweets each week during Raw, does the weekly Total Divas report and is our featured MMA correspondent. She recently got her feet wet with by doing her first live interview with MMA star Shayna Baszler . She will be a big part of the radio broadcast team from now through Wrestlemania XXX.
Trevor is the heart and soul of DTRTWrestling.com. One of the two co-founders of this product, he constantly stays in touch with breaking news, the nuts and bolts of managing an online production, amazing work with audio and graphics, and the list goes on and on.
Ed Boston is the other co-founder of DTRTWrestling.com. He will be the “captain” of our radio team and will continue to share his personal insights all the way up through Wrestlemania XXX.
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Hulk Hogan tweeted that he needs to be ready to get involved at WrestleMania XXX if things get out of hand. Check out his tweet below.
Road Dogg is legitimately suffering from a back injury. There has been talk of doing The New Age Outlaws VS The Usos for the WWE Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania XXX. Source: PwInsider Elite via WrestlingInc.com
The news that was leaked and then later confirmed by the WWE, that Hulk Hogan will be making his WWE return this week has had the mainstream media abuzz. In my opinion, this is rightfully so.
In my mind, Hogan and his 24 inch pythons always belonged along side Vince McMahon and in the WWE. I remember when he moved to WCW, and it just never felt right to me – and it wasn’t just the heel turn that make me feel that way.
I was a huge WCW mark back then, and bringing the “Immortal” one into the Turner camp should have been amazing – and for many it was. For me however, it just never felt right. Hogan belonged in orange and yellow and not black and white.
Even more recently when the Hulkster was with TNA, my gut always felt that he was out of place. I mean Hogan helped put WWE a step above everyone else. Who could ever forget the night Hogan did the impossible and body slammed Andre the Giant?
When they started referring to the business as being sports entertainment, Hogan fit the definition perfectly. Why else would Fox News, CNN, TMZ, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and several others be covering the news of Hogan’s WWE return? It’s huge entertainment news.
Some things in life just need to happen. Many professional ball players sign a 1 day contract and retire with the team where they made their fame and spent most of their career. To me, this is what Vince and Hulk are doing here.
Doing it just before Wrestlemania 30, the Super Bowl of our business is a classy, and not to mention potentially hugely profitable, decision by all parties
And that is good for THE business and the fans.
According to Wrestling Observer Newsletter the reason Sting has not signed a deal yet with WWE is because WWE is dragging their feet. WWE officials are in no hurry to get Sting signed for a match at WrestleMania XXX, but word is that Sting was hoping for a match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXX.
Sting lives in the Dallas area & he is willing to work out a match in private at Taker’s gym, over & over to get it right, which is what Taker’s opponents have done for the past several years. That is a big reason the matches have gone over so well. There is some concern that if Brock Lesnar gets the match against Taker at WrestleMania XXX, Lesnar may not be willing to spend the several extra days working with Taker to get the entire match worked out because of he makes big money for a limited amount of work & only has a certain amount of dates on his contract.
PWInsider confirms that The Undertaker is scheduled to make his return to WWE TV at the February 24th RAW in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
WWE is calling for his return to help kickoff the launch of the WWE Network & to start his WrestleMania XXX storyline.
Source: PWInsider:
While CM Punk VS Triple H was planned for WrestleMania XXX, word is now that Triple H will be facing Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXX due to CM Punk’s departure.
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