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UPDATE ON THE WWE LOGO TRANSITION, WWE RUNNING A NEW MARKET THIS YEAR, ANOTHER GREAT ZIGGLER PROMO, ZEB REPLACING CESARO AND MORE

By Steven Fernandes on 2014-04-16 01:05:36

Dolph Ziggler cut another fiery promo last night prior to his match with Bad News Barrett that was good enough only for the WWE app. You can watch it by clicking here.

Zack Ryder's appearance on Travel Channel's 'Toy Hunter' will air tomorrow at 9 pm E. For more info, click here.

Chris Jericho's web series 'But I am Chris Jericho" won the Grand Jury prize at LAWebfest, one of the largest festivals featuring web series and content. You can check it out by clicking here.

Zeb Colter posted on his twitter that he is interviewing candidates to replace Cesaro and team with Jack Swagger.

For those wondering what he looks like now, Evan Bourne posted a selfie on his twitter. You can see it by clicking here.

WWE posted the entire video of their 'Wrestlemania 30 Business Partner Summit', held the day before WrestleMania 30 on their corporate website.

Some things that were mentioned during the presentation:

They plan to changeover to the new WWE logo, currently used for the WWE network, by August.

Obviously, they hope to announce new TV deals for the US, as well as for India.

One of their goals for this year is to refocus on international growth by deepening their local presence and producing localized content for various markets.

WWE Studios plan to release 8-10 movies this year.

One new market they will be holding a live event this year will be Malaysia.

The WWE Network will launch this spring on Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, and connected TV's and Blu-Ray DVD Players.

New Features for the Network will include:
- Highlight Markers so people can scroll to specific moments on a show.
- Will be more personalized. People can mark favorite content.
- Video Bookmarks
- Personalized Recommendations based on what people watch, like on Netflix.

With the WWE app, this summer they will be launching what they call Location-Based Services, using Beacons technology, for the Live WWE event experience, so people can get directions to the building, as well as merchandise deals, etc.

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