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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Sin Cara featured, E&C podcast note, a LOT of Mania week hype, HHH conference call, celebrity HoFer hospitalized, Greatest Rumble sale date pushed back, Jarrett on Table for 3, Kalisto profiled, new WWE Network collections, Impact audience, Raw live event notes, and Questions on HBK's famous Rumble elimination, Ambrose being pulled, Hawkins teaming with Braun, who should be a top wrestler, and WOH on TV

Sin Cara was featured in a Texas mural. Awkward acknowledgement that he's not actually from Mexico City.

Edge, Christian, Beth Phoenix, and Tommy Dreamer did a giant Q&A on the latest Edge and Christian podcast.

John Cena was all over the Today Show Thursday.

Daniel Bryan was on WWE's Wal3ooha in the Middle East.

Paul Heyman promoted his meet and greet during Mania weekend. That should be memorable!

Triple H did a conference call to promote Takeover: New Orleans. Here are highlights.
- I think people are rushing to have more women's titles. I think that could make things a little too crowded on the belt front.

- Wow. Kind of crazy to see a WWE executive putting over other companies' events.

- Interesting idea regarding more Takeover specials. They could do some in smaller venues in-between the major shows.

- There are only so many stories/angles to do. There's inevitably going to be some overlap.

WWE Hall of Famer Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent emergency open heart surgery. Thankfully, he's in stable condition afterward.

Greatest Royal Rumble ticket sales have been pushed back to April 13. They were initially set for March 31. Fans will only have two weeks to purchase them.

Nia Jax discussed her current angle and more. The women have a lot of spots on the Mania card this year.

Roman Reigns was profiled in Louisiana. He's driven to be a lightning rod for WWE.

Wrestlemania VII coming to Los Angeles was covered. The initial plans for the event were quite ambitious.

Jeff Jarrett will be part of a "Table for 3" episode. I'm curious who will be with him.They could either put him with people like Joe and AJ or Sting and Angle or some pre-Impact associates.

Kalisto was profiled by Cricket Wireless. I love the idea he wears a mask pretty much 24/7.

AJ Styles discussed his injury and more. He and Shinsuke are getting a REALLY big opportunity.

An Andre the Giant collection is coming to WWE Network Monday. Good timing with the HBO documentary. Also scheduled are a look at top Wrestlemania matches of the modern era and a collection devoted to Finn Balor. Advertised for May are a collection for Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco, as well as one for Mickie James. I kind of miss The Stooges.

MLW's TV show was confirmed by beIN Sports.

Impact Wrestling drew 399,000 viewers Thursday night, their biggest number since Final Deletion on July 5, 2016. The company was understandably pleased. That's a very impressive milestone for them.

Wrestlemania 34 is scheduled to begin with Kickoff at 5 p.m. EST, with the main show beginning at 7 p.m. EST and going through midnight. It's going to be a REALLY long night.

At Raw's March 30 live event in Massachusetts:
- Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy brawled after Bray cut a promo on Matt. Matt tried to get Bray to join him before they began fighting. I'm curious what their future holds.
- Brock Lesnar won a triple threat with Kane and Braun Strowman. So either the story of Brock having worked his last live event on his contract was wrong or they worked something out for him to an additional date. Either way, he's probably done at WM34.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. They've made use of the one foot rule since then. I'm surprised they never did anything with Zack Gowen in that capacity. Theoretically he'd never be eliminated!

2. I see why they want him to focus on physical therapy so he can hopefully return sooner. I imagine that much travel wouldn't be advisable at any rate.

3. Curt has definitely teased it on Twitter! I was honestly hoping he'd challenge Goldberg given the streak angle. I'd like to see Hawkins get some kind of nod on the show after that many losses, but I think Elias is more likely to be Braun's partner, since he's been much more visible than Mr. Main Event.

4. I've basically accepted the notion that the top wrestler isn't necessarily who I personally think should be pushed. It's a lot to do with where someone is and at what time, as success generally is.

5. ROH has definitely featured the women on-screen more than they used to, even if it's just showing highlights. Hopefully once a champion is crowned, we'll see her in action more.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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