-We noted before that The Rock was backstage at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony last night. WWE’s website has an article up wondering what The Rock might do at WrestleMania XXX tonight. The Rock tweeted after arriving in New Orleans:
“I’ve missed you New Orleans… #HomeAwayFromHome #GumboAndTequila #ElectrifyWrestleMania”
F4Wonline.com reports that Rock was rehearsing for something to take place at tonight’s pay-per-view. PWInsider reports that word going around is that Rock will be involved in “something special” at WrestleMania tonight.
-Rob Van Dam was
backstage at the WWE Hall of Fame last night. He’s officially in town for WrestleCon but
spent some time with the WWE crew.
-The latest internal match listing for tomorrow’s WrestleMania XXX pay-per-view had The Shield vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws kicking off the show, followed by “stuff in the middle”; John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt; Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker, the Divas Invitational, Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H and then the WWE World Heavyweight Title match.
-At one point, there
was a plan for a Sting promo to air during WrestleMania XXX and then have him debut the next night on RAW, similar to how they debuted Bill Goldberg. No word yet if that’s still planned.
Source: F4Wonline.com
-There’s
talk of adding a stipulation at the last minute to the Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan match at WrestleMania XXX, possibly making it a Submission Match or No Disqualification.
Source: F4Wonline.com
-Steve Austin recently spoke with The Boston Herald to promote WrestleMania XXX. Austin commented on the CM Punk situation:
“Punk’s fed up with not main-eventing WrestleMania.”
Austin also commented on a possible match between the two:
“
I could get more out of that guy than anybody else walking Planet Earth. He could have that ultimate ‘Come to Jesus’ meeting with me. Punk’s been around for a long time and he’s a smart guy, but he never stepped into a damn squared circle with the intensity of a guy like Stone Cold Steve Austin.”
-We noted before that Charles “Godfather, Papa Shango” Wright was brought to New Orleans by WWE this week.
For what it’s worth, two fans who ran into him outside of the WWE hotel claim that Wright said he would be appearing live on the WrestleMania XXX broadcast. There has been speculation online that WWE may have Papa Shango appear to do some voodoo to tie-in with the New Orleans theme.
-Newsday.com recently spoke with Roddy Piper and while he was tight-lipped about his involvement at WrestleMania XXX, he did tease a physical role. Piper said:
“All I can say is that somebody’s getting in my way in New Orleans, and I will be in a limousine. And it will be plaid.”
-We’ve noted how
Bray Wyatt is the favorite to defeat John Cena at WrestleMania XXX on Sunday. A win over Cena for Wyatt is seen as a big elevation and the hope is that Wyatt will be able to work as a top guy going forward.
Wyatt is not guaranteed to go over but his stock has only gone up throughout his first WrestleMania program.
One WWE creative source suggests that WWE is considering doing a stretcher job with Cena being taken out after a loss to Wyatt.
-It’s no secret that WWE is still grooming Roman Reigns for a big babyface singles run once The Shield splits up.
While the split has been postponed due to the current babyface run, they are still working on future plans for Reigns.
One source says that
we can expect Reigns to be “booked huge” in the six-man match against Kane and The New Age Outlaws at Sunday’s WrestleMania XXX pay-per-view.
-There has been a lot of speculation online among fans on whether or not the WrestleMania XXX main event will end up being a Fatal 4 Way with Batista, Randy Orton, Triple H and Daniel Bryan.
A source
confirms that this isn’t just speculation among fans and that scenarios have indeed been pitched for the main event to become a Fatal 4 Way. It’s not confirmed yet that this change will make the final script but it’s something creative is exploring and not just something being thrown around by fans.
-You can always count on WrestleMania to have some sort of surprise and word came down a few days ago that
Vince McMahon talked with the WWE creative team over the course of the past week and a half about coming up with something to surprise the fans with at WrestleMania XXX.
It likely won’t be anything major or a big swerve, just something people can say they didn’t see coming. No word yet on what that could be.
-Both Vince McMahon and Triple H have been high up on Sheamus for a while now and Sheamus is someone that has been labeled as one of Triple H’s “guys” but it’s said that
Vince has soured on Sheamus as a babyface and wants to turn him heel.
Vince is also ready to turn Roman Reigns as a top babyface but Triple H wants to leave The Shield in tact for now. We’ve noted recently how Triple H and Vince are differing on different angles, which translates to confusion on WWE TV and in the storylines.
This doesn’t mean there is a behind the scenes feud between Vince and Triple H, as they actually get along fine.
-As seen on Monday’s RAW from Brooklyn, the smart crowd really got behind Luke Harper and The Wyatt Family in Harper’s rematch against John Cena.
There is a lot of concern among WWE officials that
the smart crowd at WrestleMania XXX will turn on Cena, more than usual, in his match against Bray Wyatt. The talk at Monday’s RAW was that the crowd reaction was “just a taste” of what’s to come at WrestleMania.
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