Father of Current and Former WWE Superstar Says He Will Be Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame

Carlos Colon, Sr. the father of former WWE star Carlito and current WWE star Primo Colon, told Primerahora.com that he will be inducted into the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame:

"Imagine, is the realization of a dream," Colon said. "It's the maximum (to) get there. As in other sports, like baseball and basketball, reaching the Hall of Fame is the greatest thing…"

Colon is also the Uncle of Orlando Colon, who wrestles in WWE as Epico, and is one half of the Los Matadores tag team along with Primo.

Colon has been promoting under the Capitol Sports Promotions/World Wrestling Council banner since 1973. He stated in the interview that he feared he would not get the call when they did not induct him while in New York last year, citing the large number of Puerto Ricans who live in the area.

Mick Foley Writes a Blog Post to WWE, Thanks Them for Last Night's RAW and More

After weeks of criticizing the WWE, Triple H & Vince McMahon, Mick Foley posted the following on his Facebook page:

Dear WWE,

Thank you.

If you knew from the begginning what a super hot heel a win at the Royal Rumble would make Dave Batista, then you were smarter than all of us.

If you didn't know, and were then forced to adap to a unique set of cirumstances that the backlash from the Rumble provided, then you adapted very well.

With one outstanding Raw, you've got me, and millions of fans around the world excited about the biggest showcase in our business, and I'm thrilled to be going.

When I expressed concern after the Rumble, you told me not to judge a book by its cover. I came darn close to just putting that book back on the shelf, but it now looks like the final few chapters are going to turn into a captivating page-turner.

Onn behalf of RAINN, which saw a HUGE jump in ‪#‎WrestlemaniaDreamVacation‬ raffle entries after last night's Raw, thank you for the difference you are allowing them to make in the lives of thousands of people through this raffle - 100% of which goes to RAINN, the largest ant-sexual assault group in the US. Even as I was voicing my displeasure with some of the shows, you were sending me HOF tickets, allowing WWE Superstars and Divas to participate, and asking how you could help to make my raffle better.

Thanks also for allowing me to speak my mind without any private or public reprimand. Yes, I'll admit that attending the Knicks game in my pajamas, while officially representing the company was a form of protest. Maybe not as blatant as smashing my TV, but a form of protest, nonetheless. But as my friend Brendon Burns, a brilliant comic from Australia, with an incredible mind for the wrestling business (who would love to write for you guys, by the way) put it - WWE's recent shows have actually helped create one of the most fascinating, influential characters we've seen in wrestling in years: the fans.

Newly excited fans can learn more about, and enter the ‪#‎WrestlemaniaDReamVacationRaffle‬ at http://www.rainn.org/wrestlemania-dream-vacation-raffle-2014

Sincerely,

Mick Foley

What a suck up...

Jim Ross Comments on Triple H & Stephanie McMahon's Performance on Raw

"HHH and Stephanie had a great night as Raw villains. They make it look easy and believable. Most of the best pro wrestling creative is natural, organic and not overthought. Draw me into a show biz scenario by simply being real and good at what one does."

Huge Daniel Bryan Match with Stipulation Added to WrestleMania XXX

It was announced on tonight's WWE RAW that Daniel Bryan will face Triple H at WrestleMania XXX. If Bryan wins the match, he gets added to the WWE World Heavyweight Title match, making it Bryan vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton in the main event of WrestleMania XXX.

Hulk Hogan's WrestleMania Announcement Is...

As announced by WrestleMania 30 host Hulk Hogan, the first-ever Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal will take place at the "Showcase of the Immortals", featuring 30 Superstars vying to win the Andre The Giant Memorial Trophy!
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Awesome!!

Linda McMahon to Induct the Ultimate Warrior into the WWE HOF

The Ultimate Warrior posted the following on Twitter this morning:

Fortunetelling pundits lack the integrity it takes to figure me out. I'm honored @Linda_McMahon accepts my request to introduce #wwehof2014. For all the Medicinal Marijuana users & ADD crowd w/ half-ass functioning brains: Introduce=Induct. One more time. Induct=Introduce. Got it?

According to PWInsider.com, while the announcement of Linda McMahon inducting Ultimate Warrior into the Hall of Fame might have come as a surprise to some, it shouldn't, as back in the day Warrior was very close to the McMahon family on a personal level, which is why his falling out with WWE was so difficult.

Fandango Talks About Concussions In Sports and Praises Chris Nowinski for His Work

A week after Chris Nowinski said kids in the UK aren't taught enough about head injuries, Fandango talked to The BBC about suffering a concussion and how well WWE treated him. Fandango said Nowinski's concussion work is ""really beneficial." He said:

"A lot more research is going into them [concussions] now, where they're impact testing. Ten years ago people didn't know a lot about concussions. Chris [Nowinski]'s organisation is really diving in to that and really figuring out the impacts of these concussions and what they're doing to these athletes and performers."

"Knowledge is power and the more power you have, you're going to live a better life. With Chris spearheading a big campaign into research on concussions, it's really beneficial, not only to professional wrestlers but hockey players, NFL, rugby [and] football. The more we know about concussion and the more we can do to prevent coming back too early from a concussion, it's vital for the future of our performers and athletes."

More On Triple H’s Backstage NXT Meeting

When Triple H addressed the NXT roster before the last set of NXT TV tapings, he informed the talent that they would be getting a lot more exposure with NXT airing on the WWE Network now. He also informed the developmental talent that the NXT product will be pushed hard as its own wrestling entity in the WWE, and call-ups to the main roster will likely be less frequent as a result. He told them not to worry about this because they will all be bigger stars due to NXT having a new home on the WWE Network.

Basically, the mindset WWE is trying to establish is that with the Network, the stars of NXT will be getting plenty of added exposure without having to be called up and featured on the main roster.

WWE Network Subscriber Targets & Revenue Breakdown; More On International Launch

WWE posted a new investor presentation for March 2014 on their corporate website. In it, there is some interesting data in regards to the WWE Network.

The presentation highlights three scenarios of WWE Network subscribers, net revenue and incremental OIBDA in the United States. Here’s a look:

1 Million Subscribers – $115,000,000 – Break-even
2 Million Subscribers – $225,000,000 – $50,000,000
3 Million Subscribers – $350,000,000 – $150,000,000

The same scenarios are broken down for phase 1 of the Network’s international launch in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Nordic countries:

250,000 Subscribers – $25,000,000 – Break-even
750,000 Subscribers – $75,000,000 – $70,000,000
1,500,000 Subscribers – $140,000,000 – $85,000,000

CM Punk returning to television next week and not for WWE

CM Punk (advertised under his real name of Phil Brooks) is being advertised to appear on next week's "Talking Dead" on AMC (3/16) following the latest episode of "The Walking Dead" at 10:00 p.m. Eastern (9:00 CT). Punk will join Melissa McBride and Yvette Nicole Brown. This will be his first public appearance since leaving WWE in late January.

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John Cena, Michael Cole & Stephanie McMahon Present At SXSW

WWE sent John Cena, Michael Cole, Perkins Miller and Stephanie McMahon to SXSW on Sunday for a presentation on the WWE App (See also – Crushing Second Screen: The Ultimate TV Companion).
They were there to discuss how the company has used their social media landscape of more than 260 million followers to launch the WWE Network. The hashtag #WWESXSW actually trended Twitter during the discussion.

"Adapt or get out of the way" @JohnCena at #WWESXSW referring to adopting new social media trends and platforms. pic.twitter.com/WOqobqc0ja

— Chad Brizendine (@ChadBrizendine) March 9, 2014

"We have 270 million fans engaging - only 20K fit into a stadium so MultiScreen is what we build for" - Perkins Miller, WWE EVP Digital Media