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- Former TNA stars The Naturals were backstage at RAW last night.

- The website for the new WWE Kids Magazine will launch soon at wwekids.com.

- Here is the official blurb for WWE’s upcoming Andre the Giant biography which is due out in October.

Andre the Giant is known to millions beyond the boundaries of the wrestling ring. From his sheer size of 7′ 4″ and 500 pounds to his memorable acting role in The Princess Bride, the circumstances of his life and career ensured him recognition wherever he went. Born Andre Rousimmof in a small village in France in 1946 (to parents of average height, as were his four siblings) he suffered from acromegaly, or gigantism, which results in an overabundance of growth hormones. By the age of seventeen Andre was 6 ‘ 7″, and continued to grow throughout his life. At the time there was no treatment and life expectancy for this rare condition was forty-five. Determined to make the most of his life, Andre looked for a profession where he could put his size to good use and enjoy each day as if it were his last. As a wrestler he traveled to Canada and then to the USA where, under the aegis of Vince McMahon Sr., he quickly became a superstar, performing to crowds of up to 90,000. Chronicling his life and his phenomenal rise to stardom and featuring input from many who knew and worked with him, this book gives readers a unique insight into the man known and loved across the world as the gentle giant.

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A Chris Jericho signing has been added to WrestleMania week. He will be signing copies of his new book on Thursday, March 27th at the Virgin Megastore in Downtown Disney at 4PM.

- To update Candice Michelle’s injury status, it appears that she hurt her clavicle last night on RAW. She went to a hospital in Lafayette, LA to have tests done on her shoulder to determine the extent of the injury. No word yet on if she will need to miss time or if she will miss her WrestleMania match.

- Former WWE creative team member Seth Mates, now a blogger on Newsday’s website, writes about the infamous Katie Vick angle in his latest blog entry. In the article, he says that the name Vick was used because Vince and Stephanie McMahon thought the angle would have legs and wanted to link Katie Vick to Scott “Sick Boy” Vick. Check out the full blog entry here.

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Triple H and Shawn Michaels continue to wield more power than any other wrestlers on the WWE roster. Undertaker has a lot of stroke, but doesn’t get involved in the creative process as much as HHH and Michaels. While everyone backstage pretty much agrees that HHH is overprotective of his spot, they also credit him with getting Vince McMahon to steer away from allowing the writers to use campy toilet humor. Michaels comes across more neutral during creative meetings and doesn’t let his insecurities of losing his spot show.

Although HHH has more than his fair share of enemies in the locker room, there is at least a small feeling that he is a great asset to the company and he’ll never get the credit that he deserves because he’s married to the boss’s daughter.

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WWE RAW opens live from a sold out Cajundome with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler welcoming us to another explosive Monday night on the Road to WrestleMania.

- Chris Jericho is in the ring welcoming us to the Highlight Reel. Chris Jericho welcomes his first guest, who he says always comes back to daddy – the Intercontinental Championship. Jericho brings out his other guest for tonight, the Big Show.

Jericho welcomes Mr. Show to the ring and tells him to have a seat. Jericho rolls the clip of Big Show grabbing Floyd Mayweather last week on RAW and tossing him over the top rope onto the WWE stars, and the brawl that ensued.

Show says that’s what he calls a Highlight and reinforces the fact that nobody likes Floyd Mayweather. Show points out that Jericho is bigger and more experienced than Mayweather, but says they both know Jericho wouldn’t last 2 minutes in the ring with Show, so what chance does Mayweather have. The crowd breaks out in “Y2J” chants.

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The latest on Candice Michelle is that she will see a doctor later in the week to determine how bad she re-aggravated her broken clavicle injury that she originally suffered back in October. All indications are that Candice will work through the pain if she is medically cleared to wrestle as she does not want to miss out on the WrestleMania bonus pay.

- Chris Jericho received a stiff right hand from Big Show during their match on Raw last night. For those that missed Raw, they replayed the blow several times on television to play up the shot. Ever since WWE began broadcasting in High Definition, everyone has had to work a lot more “snug” to keep their work looking realistic. Jericho took a real stiff shot to the face last week as well in his match against Jeff Hardy.

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NEW YORK In an effort to generate excitement among teens and tweens, World Wrestling Entertainment is taking its Road to Wrestlemania XXIV to the virtual world of Habbo, a social networking site aimed at teenagers.

“For WWE as a content company and a content marketer, it’s very important for us to figure out this intersection of the TV manifestation of our product with the Web,” said Geof Rochester, evp of marketing.

Once it has expanded its digital footprint, the next stage is to develop a strategy to monetize it. The goal, said Rochester, is to have more inventory for the WWE ad sales team to sell against on a global scale.

In the virtual Road to Wrestlemania, Habbo denizens will compete on behalf of their favorite WWE superstar in one of the five matches, including “The World Heavyweight Championship: Edge vs. The Undertaker” and “The Biggest Battles the Best,” which pits WWE’s Big Show against welterweight boxer Floyd Mayweather. The campaign launched on March 24 and runs for 11 days. The WWE first partnered with Habbo in January to promote its monthly Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

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Watch Wrestlemania XXIV live on Sky Box Office – available in High Definition.

To celebrate the biggest wrestling PPV of the year, Wrestlemania 24, Sky Sports has teamed up with World Wrestling Entertainment to give one lucky reader the chance to win a Playstation 3 and a copy of Raw vs Smackdown 2008!

WrestleMania is the biggest event in the WWE calendar and the biggest Pay-Per-View spectacle of the wrestling year.This years event will feature all your favourite superstars such as John Cena, Triple H, Randy Orton, Batista, Undertaker, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels and many more. WrestleMania is famous for producing the unexpected. In the past action has featured anything from Mr T as a special match referee to Donald Trump shaving Vince McMahon’s head! There are sure to be a few surprises this year, especially with boxing champion Floyd Mayweather already set to fight the Big Show.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – It was a smackdown – Hollywood-style. Vince McMahon, the promoter who helped turn professional wrestling into prime-time TV entertainment, got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday.

He humbly thanked wrestlers and fans before shifting into the cocky, evil Mr. McMahon persona he uses on World Wrestling Entertainment telecasts.

”I already know I’m a star,” he said, drawing cheers from the crowd. ”I’m the biggest star of all time.”

McMahon, WWE’s owner, was honored in the television category.

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WrestleMania XXIV is the forthcoming twenty-fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It is scheduled to take place on March 30, 2008 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The event will be the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Florida.

It will also be the second WrestleMania to be held entirely outdoors, the only other having been WrestleMania IX. WWE and the city of Orlando plan to host festivities that will span over a five-day period within the central Florida region, bringing numerous branding opportunities and television coverage, leading up to the event at the Citrus Bowl. Despite the risks of an outdoor show, WWE chairman Vince McMahon has announced that the “show will go on, regardless of the weather.” The Central Florida Sports Commission estimate WrestleMania XXIV will pump $25 million into the local economy while creating numerous jobs, and bring around 60,000 visitors to the city for the event.

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WrestleMania XXIV will mark the first time WWE’s annual sports-entertainment spectacular will emanate from the Sunshine State of Florida. The event will feature WWE Superstars from Raw, SmackDown and ECW, as well as athletes, entertainers, and thousands of fans from around the world. It is expected that fans will converge on Orlando from all 50 states and more than 20 different countries.

WHEN: Sunday evening, March 30, 2008

WHERE: The Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida

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