March 24, 2012
Another Set Back for Evan Bourne
From Evan Bourne's Twitter:
I hate throw out bad news but I must. I was in an accident Monday and mangled my foot. Sorry to delay the comeback, I'm down but not out!
Broken in 4 spots, dislocated in 5! Ouch! I wish I was back in the ring already.
Triple H Mentioned in the WWE Annual Report
CREATING SUPERSTARS
Supporting the expansion of our content, we maintained a heightened focus on the development of new talent. We centralized and expanded our recruiting, training and character development efforts under the leadership of Paul Levesque (also known as “Triple H”). Over the year, we held tryouts in Japan, Mexico, Australia and Europe, where we recruited new talent into our program. Our system brought promising talent to WWE, and formulated new characters, shaping our talent’s style and presence in a manner that significantly elevated their popular appeal. As we have indicated in the past, developing our talent adeptly enables us to introduce new products, take the fullest advantage of our distribution strengths, and exploit emerging markets.
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to The Undertaker (Mark Calaway)
March 24, 1965
Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter for the WWF(E) Heavyweight title.
March 24, 1991
Goldberg signs with the WWE. Goldberg had been inactive in wrestling after WCW went out of business.
March 24, 2003
March 23, 2012
Photo: Stephanie McMahon at the 2012 USO Metropolitan Awards Gala
Stephanie McMahon, Chief of Staff for the Army General Raymond Odierno, & The Bella Twins at the 2012 USO Metropolitan Awards Galaphoto credit: Mick Foley
WWE Studios President Discusses New Strategy with N.Y. Times
Coinciding with WrestleMania Season, the New York Times published a report on WWE Studios's new strategy under films division head Michael Luisi. The report presents an optimistic view that Studios business will turn around after WWE reported multi-million dollar losses in previous quarters, which was not referenced in the report. Luisi was interviewed on how Studios plans to reach beyond their fanbase to find non-WWE viewers for non-traditional movies.
“To some degree we’re under a microscope,” Luisi told the Times, “because people are scratching their heads a little bit and saying, ‘What exactly are they up to here?’ Luisi said later, “It’s a different perspective than perhaps we’ve had historically, which was: ‘We’ve got this great fan base. Let’s create content for that fan base.’”
Full List of Inductors for 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Though WWE has yet to announce who will be inducting the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame inductees, a strong source within the organization says the following plans are in place.
* Edge will be inducted by Christian
* Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, JJ Dillon, Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard) will be inducted by Dusty Rhodes
* Mike Tyson will be inducted by Shawn Michaels and Triple H
* Mil Mascaras will be inducted by Alberto Del Rio
* Ron Simmons will be inducted by John “Bradshaw” Layfield
* Yokozuna will be inducted by Jey & Jimmy Uso
Jerry “The King” Lawler will host the event.
source: wwe.com
WWE Acknowledges FCW wrestlers
WWE officially recognized their FCW developmental wrestlers on Twitter Thursday, introducing a list of Twitter accounts linking to select wrestlers. WWE typically does not acknowledge developmental wrestlers until they reach the main WWE roster, often-times with a different character. WWE tweeted, "We'd like to welcome the athletes of FCW to Twitter! See @WWE's official FCW Twitter list."
