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The news that Minneapolis is trying to score Wrestlemania 33 received a lot of local media attention in Minnesota over the last several days, as you could imagine. Beyond Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Orlando have also expressed interest. After this winter, can we place Wrestlemania as far South as possible EVERY year please?
Paul Jordan sent the following....Variety spoke with WWE CFO George Barrios and Chief Marketing Officer Michelle L Wilson about the trials and tribulations of the network this last year. Nothing we really haven't heard before but there is talk of a balancing content between their television partners and the network as well as having to convince the boss by doing the free month promotion. You can find it by going here
If you love interviews, now is the time for you to subscribe to PWInsider's Elite section as we are in the middle of a nine day run (and counting) that will see, original interviews every day. Right now in the Elite section is a tremendous interview with Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase discussing next week's Tribute to Jim Cornette event, memories of Cornette, the importance of being a talker in that era, how his career might have fared if he started today, Randy Savage going into the WWE Hall of Fame, regrets that he didn't kill his issues with Ultimate Warrior last year, getting heat in Mid-South, pissing off little old ladies, the pressure of helping make Randy Savage's WWF championship reign, the night a fan climbed a steel cage to save Randy in MSG, traveling with Virgil, touring for All Japan, Bill Watts, how important Harley Race is to him personally, The St. Louis territory, being pushed for the NWA and WWF titles but never getting them, the one weekend he carried the WWF championship, whether he got the champions' share of the purse and much, much more that has gotten a ton of great response. You can sign up for Elite at this link.
DiBiase and a slew of others will be taking part in the Tribute to Jim Cornette event on 3/7 in Wilmington, NC presented by Masters of Ring Entertainment, which will feature live wrestling, a tribute to Cornette, Q&As and more. For details, visit www.MastersofRingEntertainment.com.
For those of you in Canada, Franck sent word that as a Videotron subscriber, he's now getting the WWE Network's linear channel in both standard and HD.
The 2015 Royal Rumble is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Rimah Fakih, the former Miss USA who competed in the last season of WWE Tough Enough on the USA Network, was announced for the new season of Dancing with the Stars.
Lemelson Capital, LLC, a private investment management firm sold nearly their entire WWE stake in the last several weeks. The organization had called for WWE to sell the company or replace Vince McMahon at the helm in recent months.
There is an online pre-sale for the 7/13 WWE Raw taping in Atlanta, GA using code WWEATL right now.
Mick Foley will be appearing as an outside the ring Enforcer for House of Glory's event in Jamaica, NY at the NY Arena tomorrow headlined by HOG champion Brian XL vs. Tommy Dreamer. Foley's one man show returns to Raleigh, NC at Goodnight's Comedy Club on Sunday evening.
The Iron Sheik will be Kingston, Ontario this weekend for a meet and greet and screening of the documentary on his life at this link.
Our friends at ProWrestlingTees.com have launched an official store for Kevin Nash with shirts dedicated to just about every era of his career.
WWE NXT has live events on Friday 2/27 in Jacksonville, FL and Saturday 2/28 in Tampa, FL.
Thomas Rude sent the following videos:
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2/23/15 Top 10 WWE RAW Moments
Big Show Wishes Floyd Mayweather Jr. A Happy Birthday
WWE Superstars & Divas Wish WWE Network A Happy Birthday
Arn Anderson & Michael "P.S." Hayes Discuss Their History With Sting
NXT Breakdown Featuring Alex Riley
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