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FRONTRUNNER FOR 2016 WWE HALL OF FAME, A NEW FILM FOR BATISTA, DYNAMITE KID TO APPEAR WITH HULK HOGAN IN UK, TAZ AND MORE

Several weeks ago, WWE management celebrated Michael Hayes' 20th anniversary of working for the company. Since then, there's been a lot of talk internally that Hayes and The Fabulous Freebirds will finally be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in Dallas in 2016. Obviously, nothing official will be announced for months, but I've heard from a lot of people it's pretty much considered a lock.

WWE's George A. Barrios, will participate in a presentation at the Stifel 2015 Consumer Conference in New York City on Thursday 9/17.

It's been a really good week for Dave Bautista. He was just announced for a new Bruce Willis film and now the former WWE star turned actor has picked up another film "Bushwick" in which Bautista will be the lead. The plot of the film: 20-year-old Lucy (Jane Levy) and war veteran Stupe (Dave Bautista) during a domestic crisis as Texas tries to secede from the United States. NYC is being used as a negotiation tool. Lucy and Stupe meet during a military invasion of Brooklyn and together decide to cross the treacherous five blocks of Bushwick — littered with looters, local militias, the invading forces and one crazy cousin — in order to get home and be reunited with Lucy’s grandmother." There are five or six Bautista films currently in the pipeline for future release, including the next James Bond film "Spectre." Thanks to Paul Jordan.

Taz is in NYC today speaking on behalf of CBS Radio at the IAB Podcast Upfront presentation alongside actor Michael Rappaport, comedian Judy Gold and Elliot Wilson of Rap Radar fame.

Speaking of Taz, he announced this week that I'll be appearing every Tuesday morning on his new Radio.com morning drive show "The Taz Show" talking wrestling news. I'm very thankful for the invitation and look forward to doing the show. Jim Ross and Mike Tenay will also have weekly segments on The Taz Show, which debuts this Monday 9/14.

Hulk Hogan is doing an "Evening with Hulk Hogan & Friends" on 11/14 in Sheffield, England at The Sheffield Arena with Jimmy Hart, Outback Jack, Lanny Poffo, Bushwhacker Luke Williams, Fred "Tugboat" Ottman and The Dynamite Kid (!) appearing. For Kid, it would be his first public appearance in years at a wrestling event. For more details, click here.

Finn Martin, who edited the great Powerslam Magazine has now published an Ebook "Pro Wrestling: The Powerslam Years" which you can check out at this link. Martin's always had top flight publications and I suspect this will be the same.

Bob Backlund will be signing his autobiography on 9/27 at 2 PM at Bookends in Ridgewood, NJ. The Backlund book is awesome, by the way.

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