Warning: Do not take T-Rex too late...you will be up on the C&C too early in the morning...
Post WrestleMania news:
1. Benoit got a standing ovation from the crowd and people backstage as he walked up the ramp on his way to the back.(this was not shown on TV)
2. WWE confirmed (backstage staff meeting) that Brock Lesner is taking time away from wrestling to try out for the NFL this season. If he does not make it, I am sure he will resign with WWE if he wants the travel schedule. He jobbed to Goldberg and let Austin stun him, so he did not burn any bridges with WWE management....He is walking away from a 1.25m contract (that figure includes salary + bonus), in hopes to get around the same or slightly less from the NFL (a lot less travel).
3. Hart cancelled his appearance on Friday.(some people I spoke say he cancelled before then)
4. Hogan confirmed but didn't appear because of a leg or ankle injury.
5. Guys with big WrestleMania bonuses--Austin, Eddie, Angle, Benoit, HHH, Michaels, Undertaker---the average main eventer at a WM gets $250k--not bad for a nights work. Largest WM bonus was Hulk Hogan for WM 5 when he got 1.8m-more than what some people make in a life time....
6. I also heard that if Lesner did not do what was asked of him there were guys backstage waiting for him...he obviously did what he was told. The most famous story about guys waiting incase other wrestlers do not job was at WM 14. Shawn Michaels vs Austin in which was the match that started the Austin era almost didn't end the way it did. Michaels at the time was really cocky and arrogant and pretty much did what he wanted. He and Austin were not friends but not enemies either. Anyway, Michaels did not want to job to Austin but instead give up the title the next night (he did this one year before when he was supposed to drop the title to Bret Hart before WM 13-the infamous Shawn lost his heart angle). McMahon told him to drop it and Michaels basically told him he would let him know the day of WM. At the time WWE was desperate to beat WCW and most people knew Austin vs McMahon would draw some business. Michaels had suffered a injury (at the time it was thought to be career ending) and was going to be out anyway. It would not have made Austin a strong champion if he just picked up the title from someone giving it up. The day of WM, The Undertaker found out about Michaels issues with dropping the title and basically confronted Michaels face to face and told him (and this is a true and confirmed story by all parties) that if he did not drop the title, Taker would drop him as soon as he got backstage....While the match took place, Taker even waited with taped hands at the entrance where the wrestlers come out watching the monitor telling everyone, Shawn better drop the title or he is finished...During the match HHH and Chyna were sent back by the ref and they actually saw Taker sitting near the entrance and avoided him. Shawn did the job and all ended well. Another spot Shawn was supposed to really sell was the Tyson punch. Shawn did sell the punch at first but then as he is laying on the mat, the camera zooms in on him and he is laying there with his eyes closed and he is chewing gum...Shawn would not wrestle for another 4 years. Today, Michaels is not nearly as bad as he was--this could be due to age and the fact he is not the top guy anymore (although he is going to be getting a huge push again very soon.)
7. The event probably will wind up being the highest or one of the highest paid attendance ever at a WM.
8. PPV buyrate should be in between 600,000-700,000, which means about $35m--WWE only sees a small portion of that.
9. Edge will be back in April-At this time scheduled for RAW but since Lesner is leaving, he may end up back on SmackDown....He got a decent crowd pop when they showed his promo at WM...
10. Undertaker is scheduled to go back to SmackDown. Again due to the Lesner situation, this could also change. He has been with the company now for 14 years--with the same gimmick which is almost unheard of.
11. Next RAW PPV is in Edmonton, Canada, which is a big reason Benoit got the belt. They should get some good numbers in Canada from him...After that, they will see what effect he has in the states. I hope they keep the title off of HHH McMahon for a while.
12. HHH will take some time off and possibly come back as his old HHH "bad ass" gimmick circa 2000 and pull away from evolution (notice the distance they kept from each other at WM)....He will come back as a face (good guy). As I mentioned in a previous post HHH looked out of shape (still gave a good performance though), so taking time off may not be a bad thing. He can work out a little bit, maybe do a cycle or two.
13. Steph McMahon has not been on TV that much since her wedding to HHH in October but will return soon (hopefully she didn't get fat with HHH).
14. Big pushes soon for..John Cena, RVD, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Billy Kidman and Jaime Knoble..
15. Final thoughts:::: Kane should go back to wearing a mask, Michaels should get another title run if Benoit does not draw-his WM preformance was amazing, WWE needs more surprises at these events (for $49.95-surprise me), WWE needs to keep the cards around 3 hours, Christian should get a push after the show he put on with Jericho, Trish should pose for Playboy or even better Hustler, They need to do something with Big Show (he makes $1m salary per year and his contract expires in 2009!!), Did you know Sable is close to 40!?-can you say MILF, The WM stage (the huge screen display where they walked out) was awesome, You would think Donald Trump would be in a luxury box, Undertaker has a crazy tatoo on his neck of his wife's name, Torrie almost pulled down Jackie's shorts exposing all of her ass crack but stopped

...Torrie is the hottest chick ever

...Do you think loud, blazing, exploding fireworks are the best idea in the middle of NYC?, Do you think HHH yells out how long he wants to keep the title when he is nailing Stephanie (the head of writing)?...that is it...the T-Rex is starting to wear off...I am going to sleep...