Today's News

WrestleMania 31:

Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins is now official. Seth accepted Orton's challenge on Raw.

LL Cool J has been announced as the musical act, that opens the event.

Two WWE icons have joined the Battle Royal, namely Goldust and Mark Henry, Heath Slater has also been granted a slot in the bout.

WWE have released the Network schedule for Mania week...

MONDAY, MARCH 23

• Schwarzenegger/Triple H: The Interview. Immediately following Raw Michael Cole sits down with 2015 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee Arnold Schwarzenegger and WWE COO Triple H in an exclusive, revealing interview, from this year's Arnold Classic.

THURSDAY, MARCH 26 and FRIDAY, MARCH 27

• WrestleMania Today 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET - LIVE. Just days shy of WrestleMania, get all the insides stories leading up to WrestleMania from a panel of WWE Superstars and analysts.

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

• WWE Hall of Fame 2015 Red Carpet 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET - LIVE. Before the ceremony, get a glimpse of what the stars are wearing, plus exclusive interviews with past and present WWE Superstars and Divas.
• WWE Hall of Fame 2015. 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. ET - LIVE. On the eve of WrestleMania, Superstars and Divas join with the WWE Universe to pay tribute to this year's inductees to the WWE Hall of Fame. This year's live broadcast will honor the legendary "Macho Man" Randy Savage, as well as box office titan turned Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

• WrestleMania 31 Kickoff 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m ET - LIVE. Hosted by a panel of WWE Superstars and analysts, get all the inside stories leading up to WrestleMania — plus an exclusive match.
• WrestleMania 31. 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. ET - LIVE. WrestleMania features epic battles and never before seen confrontations between the greatest Superstars spanning generations.

MONDAY, MARCH 30

• Raw Pre-Show. 7:30 p.m - 8:00 p.m. - LIVE.

Raw:

WWE made a group of fans (Pictured) leave the arena and change clothes, or be removed from the front row of seating. The group had dressed as stars of the past, but Kevin Dunn was reportedly angry at them for distracting people from the ring, and had security go out to deliver the ultimatum. WWE have since apologised, and offered them free tickets to another event.

WWE were auditioning people for the role of the lawyer on the show, but Vince hated the guy that was chosen. He fed JBL critical comments to deliver about his acting ability. Vince and Kevin Dunn also berated Michael Cole for botching the WrestleMania times, and again had JBL join in their mocking of the mic man.

Some Daniel Bryan signs were confiscated, security were telling people they were already too many.

Hall Of Fame:

Here is the latest official conformation video, for Larry Zbyszko...

Kevin Nash will be announced on next weeks episode of Raw, he will be the final inductee named for this years class.

Rey delay:

Rey Mysterio's AAA return was postponed again last night. This time a national holiday in Mexico meant they could not change the dates on the permits for the show. AAA also announced that, due to injury, Alberto Del Rio had been removed from the event.

ROH vs WWE:

Ring Of Honor have started to build their WrestleMania weekend super show card...

• ROH Championship Match... Samoa Joe vs. Jay Briscoe
• ROH TV Championship Match... Jushin "Thunder" Liger vs. Jay Lethal
• ROH Tag Team Championship Match... Michael Bennett and Matt Taven vs. ReDragon

WWE are feeling very confident of getting ROH talent this year, first will probably be Samoa Joe, with The Briscoes coming in at the end of their ROH deals, later this summer.

WWE signings:

WWE have signed Australians, body builder Chris Atkins, and KC Cassidy, a female wrestler, they have also secured the services of female Canadian indie star Jasmin Areebi.

WWE say goodbye to Mania venue:

WWE will host their last event from the Nassau Coliseum in May. The arena has played host to many events over it's life, most notably jointly hosting WrestleMania 2, it has also hosted a SummerSlam, but will be closed later this year for renovations.

WWE lawyer slams wrongful death suit:

Jerry McDevitt has blasted, and threatened the lawyer bringing a number of writs against WWE. He says of Konstantine Kyros...

"They just ignore these things and allege whatever they feel like alleging. You can't do that as a lawyer. You have to be basing your allegations on a reasonable investigation of the facts. It's not some creative writing exercise to see if you can get media attention."

He also said WWE would look at taking action against him personally.

He then addressed one of those writs, the wrongful death suit in the name of Nelson ''Mabel, Viscera, Big Daddy V'' Frazier...

"It's an embarrassment to be a lawyer sometimes. It's ridiculous that someone can try to blame someone because a gentleman with a weight problem died of a heart attack in the shower eight years after he last performed. It's ridiculous to try and blame someone for that."

He did say the death was tragic, and he felt for the family, but refused to accept his career was the cause of his death.

Cena wants to grow up:

John Cena says he has to remain child friendly for WWE, but wants to take  on edgier roles when he branches out into acting...

"I'm trying to get my fix of the adult, non-PG racy stuff with the movie parts that I choose. I had to take a break from movies for a while to redefine where I wanted to go, but now I get my aspirational fill from being a part of the WWE family, and I can pick and choose these small, really fun movie roles where I still get to be an adult."

TNA:

TNA have crowned new Tag Team Champions. A tournament was recorded at their last set of tapings, and was won by SPOILERS!!!...

The Hardy Boyz.

END OF SPOILERS...

The matches will air in April and May.

Dudley Boyz interview:

Bubba On fan interactions...

"If you see a wrestler in public and you want to go say hello to them, just be polite! Just go up to that person and say, "Hi, my name is so and so. Nice to meet you." If you walk up to a wrestler and you go to shake his hand and you're very polite, they will be polite to you. Don't approach a wrestler when he's putting a fork in his mouth or when he's with his wife and his kids in an intimate moment. Have common courtesy. Have respect. Every wrestler loves it when you come up to them and thank them for what they have done and show appreciation for all their hard work. Most of the time, wrestlers are jerks to a fan because the fan is probably a jerk first. And that's the reality of it. I've had many fans be rude and disrespectful towards me and then they get the full wrath. Then they get the Bubba that everybody hears about. I'm a really nice guy. I'm really f--kin' laid back and easygoing. I think it's cool as hell when fans come up to me and say thank you or they just want to introduce himself. I am so cool with that. It's the couple of fans out there that ruin it for everybody else."

On his future...

"If that was my last appearance (Royal Rumble 2015), all I can say to my fellow wrestlers in the back and the fans in Philly and all around the world that watched…thank you. Thank you for the warm welcome backstage. Thank you for the warm welcome in the arena. Thank you for everything. People always ask me about the Hall of Fame, whether it's TNA or WWE. "Do you think you're gonna go into the Hall of Fame?" I tell them, "I get inducted into the Hall of Fame every night I go through that curtain." When you go through that curtain and you can hear the response of the fans, that's being inducted into the Hall of Fame every night. As long as they are booing me as loud as they can or cheering me as loud as they can, that's the only Hall of Fame I will ever need in my career."

D'Von on WWE return...

"I think there will always be interest in Bubba and I on going back home. Regardless of where we've been, WWE is our home. We might have been away from them for ten years but the WWE and the WWE Universe will always be the Dudley Boys home. When you look at us, whatever company we're in whether TNA, Japan or what have you it's still the Dudley Boys from WWE. We still have that stamp. Do I think one day it will still happen? Sure, anything's possible. We would be definitely open to the WWE to want to talk and do business and help the younger talent and really help pass the torch because that's what this is all about now. "

Injuries:

Kevin Owens is benched for 4-6 weeks, meaning he will miss the NXT showcase events at WrestleMania.

Jey Uso is not looking good for Mania, WWE are working on an alternative for Jimmy and Naomi, should he miss the event.

DDP:

Diamond Dallas Page has now opened his DDP Yoga school.

Booker T:

Booker T's newest biog is now in the shops.

WWE star lands TV role:

Alicia Fox will appear on the debut series of Dominion, on SyFy. She taped her appearance last week.