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TONS OF WRESTLEMANIA 31 NEWS AND NOTES, AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2015-03-27 15:18:59

Add Linda McMahon and Dallas Page to the list of people visiting with WWE in the Bay Area for WrestleMania 31.

I am trying to get Jess McGrath to join us for the WrestleMania post game show. If you are on my Facebook page, please go there and make the request to get Jess to join us!

CNN has a story wondering if now is the time to buy WWE stock, given it’s WrestleMania season. It is currently up 23 cents for the day.

As a reminder, WWE will announce their subscriber numbers in a conference call on Monday. We will have full coverage of the call here on the site.

SFGate has a story covering yesterday’s Axxess, which you can read by clicking here.

Jeff sent this item. … I thought you may want to alert readers so there's no disappointment with last minute Wrestlemania watching expectations.  I just tried subscribing to WWE Network in time for Wrestlemania and ran into a roadblock -- despite WWE Network being accessible online, with the Canadian exclusivity agreement they have with Rogers, the Network is unavailable to subscribe to unless one first rents a Rogers digital box for an additional fee of $5 per month. My intent was to watch via mobile devices, but Rogers will not even let you subscribe without first renting one of their boxes.  Simple enough for a Rogers digital cable subscriber, but another hidden fee and logistical challenge for Canadians who have chosen to cut out cable all together in favour of non-traditional TV, eg. Netflix, etc.  Thought your Canadian viewers should be aware!

WWE posted the following tweet. San Francisco is such a great city.

Steven Fernandes reporting. … WWE have teamed up with Microsoft and Microsoft Band, and you can track the movements and fitness of Ryback and Dolph Ziggler through WrestleMania week at clicking http://www.wwe.com/inside/microsoft-bands-track-superstars.

Finn Balor posted a picture with Paul Heyman on his twitter, tweeting "Tempting.... @HeymanHustle”. You can see it by clicking here.

WWE.com has an interview with WWE set designer Jason Robinson, talking about how he comes up with the designs for the WrestleMania set each year. When asked about what to expect for this weekend, he said "Expect something different from us. The atmosphere being West Coast and daylight presented some very unique challenges for us to overcome. The structure itself isn’t really tied to a particular thing like the city or arena, but we have this really unique thing where we can’t hide anything. We have to be open, [because] everybody’s going to see everything. I can’t do the theater magic and hide the bad parts. So we’ve had to work really hard. Everything had to tie in and feel like it was part of the image and the structure. It’s a unique set, a unique way of lighting the ring because of the sun. You’ll see some different search lights around there, and from a lighting point of view and the set, we’ve had to deal with having full sun on the set because you can’t hide anything. You’ll see it’s a different set from us this year." You can read the piece by clicking here.

CBS Sports took a long look at the life of the late Andre The Giant. You can read it by clicking here.

The guys at Shining Wizard sent this. … The Shining Wizards Wrestling Podcast Presents Wrestling With Genius - A Tribute To Lanny Poffo: The Shining Wizards Wrestling Podcast, along with talent from across the wrestling spectrum, have come together to pay tribute to "The Genius" Leaping Lanny Poffo. With readings from his 1988 book "Wrestling with Rhyme" and original creations and stories, this presentation will hopefully give you an interesting look at the man and his creativity. For those not familiar with the book, it is a collection of poetry that Lanny wrote about the World Wrestling Federation and its wrestlers during the late 80s. The list of wrestling talent that participated in our tribute include Ethan Carter III, Brian Myers fka Curt Hawkins, PJ Black fka Justin Gabriel, The Blue Meanie, Steve Corino, Bill Apter, Dan Maff, Zach Gowen, Gregory Iron, and many more. This presentation also features stories of the Poffo family shared by Jeff Jarrett and an original poem paying tribute to Lanny by Rob Van Dam. This star-studded tribute is the perfect way to celebrate the career and the creativity of Lanny Poffo. You can listen to the tribute at our website by clicking here.

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