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NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal appeared on Inside The NBA today and talked about entering the third annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32 to confront Big Show.
Shaq said it was a fun experience and called it amazing. He thanked the McMahon family and said when WWE called him, he had to accept the offer.
Shaq also said a match with Big Show “is going down” next year in Orlando for WrestleMania 33.
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As seen on last night’s WWE RAW, Lilian Garcia started to announce Zack Ryder’s first WWE Intercontinental Title defense before the match was set up with The Miz. It was noted on Wrestling Observer Radio and by fans in attendance that while Lilian was jumping the gun on the announcement, a WWE production worker banged on the apron to get her to stop. This led to Lilian going over and getting into it with the worker. Apparently the two had a pretty heated exchange at ringside.
Last night on RAW some NXT talents made their RAW debut. Apollo Crews defeated Tyler Breeze. Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner Baron Corbin faced Dolph Ziggler in a match that ended in a double count out. Enzo & Cass came out and insulted The Dudley Boyz. They invited The Dudley’s into the ring for a fight. Dudley’s came down and climbed up on the apron but then decided against it. Enzo & Cass called them SAWFT!
It was announced that The Vaudevillains will be on this week’s SmackDown.
WWE NXT talents Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady and Carmella are expected to be moving to WWE’s main roster soon. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that Apollo Crews is also rumored to move from NXT to WWE’s main roster soon.
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It looks like Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella are ready to start a family after Brie finished up with WWE at WrestleMania 32 in Dallas. Bryan posted the following on Twitter and Instagram after Team Total Divas defeated Team BAD and Blonde on the WrestleMania 32 Kickoff pre-show:
So proud of this woman! My wife, my rock and the love of my life… Not only did she do a great job tonight, but she’s poured her heart into wrestling for the last 8+ years. I am truly the luckiest man alive to be with her… Now let’s work on that baby making! 🙂
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NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal was a surprise entrant in the third annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32. Shaq talks to Renee Young in the video below and says he’s wanted Big Show for years. Shaq says if Vince McMahon is listening, he wants a match with Big before he retires. Shaq says he and Big Show got teamed up on but hopefully they can come back to Dallas and have a match.
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WWE announced last night that they set a new attendance record of 101,763 fans at AT&T Stadium for WrestleMania 32. This beats out the previous WWE attendance record of 93,173 at WrestleMania 3.
WWE actually had under 100,000 fans in the building but they still set a new record. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE had over 93,000 fans but under 94,000, according to venue officials.
WWE also announced that WrestleMania 32 in Dallas became the highest grossing live event in company history with $17.3 million grossed.
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Soon-to-be WWE Hall of Famer Sting appeared on Good Day Fox 4 this morning, and dropped some interesting information.
Sting said that as of now he hasn’t decided if he’s retiring or not, but said that he doesn’t want to until he gets his match with The Undertaker.
“It’s just talk, that’s all it is. Everybody is talking except for me. TMZ and a lot of people are saying that. I’m undecided. I have a dream match that I want with the Undertaker. If I have my way, it’s going to happen,” Sting said.
When asked by the host why the match was so important to him, Sting said that the fans brought it on.
“It started with the fans. I was always the WCW guy and he was always the WWE guy. Now I’m the WWE guy, and it’s merged and wrestling fans have always wanted to see that,” he said.
Sting suffered a severe neck injury during his WWE Night Of Champions match with Seth Rollins last year, and hasn’t wrestled since.
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Former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode, who left the company in March, has been spotted at the WWE hotel in Dallas, Texas.
This is especially interesting as Roode was not booked for any of the many signings or indie events during WrestleMania 32 week.
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During today’s media call with Triple H to promote NXT TakeOver: Dallas, he announced seven names for WWE’s upcoming Global Cruiserweight series.
Zack Sabre Jr. (PWG Champion), Rich Swann (NXT) Tommaso Ciampa (NXT, PWG), Noam Dar (Europe), Johnny Gargano (special deal with NXT), Ho Ho Lun (Japan), and Akira Tozawa (Dragon Gate) are the confirmed names thus far. There are also qualifying matches set to determine entrants.
The WWE Global Cruiserweight Series will take place this summer.
