WWE's long weekend wraps up, Ric Flair and the Horsemen, Greg Valentine, Colin Delaney stealing a Dot Net reader's girlfriend?
Apr 1, 2008 - 08:45 AM |
-Ric Flair is going to wrestle tonight at the Smackdown tapings. OK, there it is. That's the only April Fool's joke you'll get from me today. I'm still buzzing over the Four Horseman reunion. And it's wasn't just any Four Horseman reunion, it was a reunion of my personal favorite version of the group. How cool was it to see Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and Barry Windham together again if only for a few minutes? Of course, I'll have much more to say about Flair's retirement ceremony later today in the Raw Hitlist.
-The long WrestleMania weekend concludes for the Smackdown crew tonight in Miami, Fla. ECW will be airing live on Sci-Fi and I'll have my usual "Live Coverage" of the show beginning at 9:00 p.m. (CT). By the way, if you attend tonight's taping, please send a report to dotnetjason@gmail.com.
-Speaking of reader participation, thanks to everyone who sent in reports on the WWE Hall of Fame, WrestleMania 24, the fireworks accident, and everything else this weekend. Your help is greatly appreciated.
-Correction: The Sports Illustrated story on Floyd Mayweather working out in the ring prior to WrestleMania mistakenly noted that Vince McMahon was running through the match when it should have read Shane McMahon. If you have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, click here for the SI story. [Thanks to Dot Net reader Andy Anderson for pointing out the error.]
-Dot Net reader Mike Hurst shares a fun WrestleMania experience: "My friends and I got on the elevator (at the Citrus Bowl) to head up to the third balcony, and we were joined by none other than Colin Delaney who was with a really big guy I didn't recognize. I introduced myself in the elevator and told him it was nice to meet him. I said I 'enjoyed his work,' which was probably a lame thing to say. I said it anyway, because, well, he does entertain me. And I mark out when I see pro wrestlers up close and personal.
"He was very gracious and a nice guy. He asked where we were trying to get to, and I told him I didn't even know (which at the time we didn't). He laughed. My girlfriend during the elevator had her nose in a new book I bought her. Colin said, 'She likes to read, huh?' I laughed and said, 'Yeah, she's an avid reader.' He thought that was good and smiled at her, which in return she smiled back at him. So now she thinks Colin Delaney flirted with her. Very funny."
-No word yet on whether Mike's girlfriend will run off and debut as Colin's valet on ECW tonight. Thanks for the story, MIke.
Daily Nuggets
-Power and Glory Wrestling is scheduled to debut on MyTV 9 in Connecticut on Apr. 5 at 9:00 a.m. (ET).
-Greg Valentine, Nasty Boys, and Salvatore Sincere are scheduled to appear on the NWSWrestling show in Allentown, Pa. on Saturday.
-The ESPN website does not list a lineup for tonight's AWA show on ESPN Classic.
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