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WWE sent out the following information to people who are going to attend next years WrestleMania in Arizona.

Experience WrestleMania XXVI weekend in true WWE style with an exclusive WrestleMania Travel Package. Purchase a WrestleMania Travel Package today, starting at just $494 per person, and receive:

* A Ticket To The Highly Anticipated WrestleMania XXVI Live At The University of Phoenix Stadium.

*Three-Night Room Accommodations from Friday, March 26, 2010 thru Monday, March 29, 2010, At Arizona’s Finest Resort Destinations.

-The Biltmore Hotel Will Host The Platinum Group.

-The Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort Will Host The Gold Group.

- The Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort Will Host The Silver Group.

* THIS JUST ADDED: An Exclusively Private “Morning Madness” Autograph Session With One Of WWE’s Top Superstars.

* A Ticket To The WWE Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony Live At The US Airways Center.

* A Ticket To WrestleMania Axxess At The Phoenix Convention Center Where You Can Get Up Close And Personal With Your Favorite WWE Superstars.

There is an extremely limited amount of packages available, so pick your package below and get ready to have the WrestleMania experience of a lifetime.

World Wrestling Entertainment has released the following travel packages that range from Silver, Gold and Platinum for this years WrestleMania 26 held in Arizona Phoenix Convention Center in March 28. Plus you also get tickets for this years Hall Of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday Match 27th. Here are the complete details below:

WrestleMania Travel Package - Platinum WWESHOP EXCLUSIVE

-Each person in this group (maximum four people per group) will receive a ticket to WrestleMania 26 (seating within first 10 ringside rows with collectible chair), a ticket to WrestleMania Axxess (Saturday morning session), a ticket to WWE Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony (Saturday evening event), plus a WrestleMania Travel Package gift. Each person in this group will share one standard room (maximum two-beds per room) with three-night accommodations at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel with check-in at 4:00pm on Friday, March 26, 2010, and check-out at 12:00pm on Monday, March 29, 2010.

* One Person - $1,895
* Two People - $1,488 per person
* Three People – $1,352 per person
* Four People - $1,284 per person

WrestleMania Axxess:
- Saturday, March 27th
- Phoenix Convention Center

Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony:
- Saturday, March 27th
- US Airways Arena

WrestleMania 26:
- Sunday, March 28th
- University of Phoenix

WrestleMania Travel Package - Gold WWESHOP EXCLUSIVE

Each person in this group (maximum four people per group) will receive a ticket to WrestleMania 26 (seating within floor level risers or rows beyond first 10 ringside rows); a ticket to WrestleMania Axxess (Saturday morning session), a ticket to WWE Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony (Saturday evening event); plus a WrestleMania Travel Package gift. Each person in this group will share one standard room (maximum two-beds per room) with three-night accommodations at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort with check-in at 4:00pm on Friday, March 26, 2010, and check-out at 12:00pm on Monday, March 29, 2010.

* One Person - $1,247
* Two People - $860 per person
* Three People – $745 per person
* Four People - $677 per person

WrestleMania Axxess:
- Saturday, March 27th
- Phoenix Convention Center

Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony:
- Saturday, March 27th
- US Airways Arena

WrestleMania 26:
- Sunday, March 28th
- University of Phoenix

Product: WM26TRAVELGOLD
1 Person - $1,247.00
2 Person - $860.00 per person
3 Person - $745.00 per person
4 Person - $677.00 per person

WrestleMania Travel Package - Silver WWESHOP EXCLUSIVE

Each person in this group (maximum four people per group) will receive a ticket to WrestleMania 26 (seating within Level 100 - lower level permanent stadium seats), a ticket to WrestleMania Axxess (Saturday morning session), a ticket to WWE Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony (Saturday evening event), plus a WrestleMania Travel Package gift. Each person in this group will share one standard room (maximum two-beds per room) with three-night accommodations at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort with check-in at 4:00pm on Friday, March 26, 2010, and check-out at 12:00pm on Monday, March 29, 2010.

* One Person - $1,064
* Two People - $678 per person
* Three People – $562 per person
* Four People - $494 per person

WrestleMania Axxess:
- Saturday, March 27th
- Phoenix Convention Center

Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony:
- Saturday, March 27th
- US Airways Arena

WrestleMania 26:
- Sunday, March 28th
- University of Phoenix

WWE.com has announced an HUGE main event for this Monday’s Raw at the Staples Center.

WWE’s “answer to the Lakers vs. the Denver Nuggets” featuring WWE Champion Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase & The Miz & Big Show vs. Batista & John Cena & Jerry Lawler & WWE United States champ MVP & a “fifth player to be named.”

WWE will officially release WrestleMania VVX on dvd tomorrow, May 19th. The dvd will be available in standard and in Blu-Ray. Here are the following details included in both dvds:

*Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker
*WWE champion Triple H vs. Randy Orton
*WWE World champion Edge vs. John Cena vs. Big Show
*Miss Wrestlemania Battle Royal
*Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy - Extreme Rules
*Money in the Bank Ladder Match
*WWE Intercontinental champion JBL vs. Rey Mysterio
*Chris Jericho vs. Jimmy Snuka, Roddy Piper and Ricky Steamboat (with Ric Flair)

Extras on the Wrestlemania DVD will feature:

*The complete 2009 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony inducting Steve Austin, The Von Erichs, The Funks, Koko B. Ware, Howard Finkel, Bill Watts and Ricky Steamboat.

*Carlito & Primo vs. The Miz & John Morrison in a Lumberjack match to unify the WWE Tag Team and WWE World Tag Team championships.

*Video highlight packages of Wrestlemania 1 through Wrestlemania XXIV (the video packages that aired on WWE programming in the weeks leading to Mania XXV)

Former WWE superstar, NOW Retired John Bradshaw Layfield has an interview with Around the Octagon. Here are a few snippets:

What are your thoughts on Wrestlemania 25?

I was happy. I had wanted to retire at Wrestlemania 25 for years and with the back injury I didn’t think I was going to make it. I was fortunate to make it. When I got to make it it was like a dream come true. And to see the Funks and the Von Erichs, my childhood idols get inducted into the Hall of Fame along with my buddy Stone Cold. I couldn’t ask for a better sendoff than to go out any better with all my friends in Texas, my home state.

Did you pick Rey to be your last opponent?

Absolutely, he actually retired me the first time. I was trying to figure who would be the guy to send me off. Rey is a good friend of mine. If Eddie Guerrero was around he would’ve been the guy but Rey was close to Eddie and he’s a good friend of mine. Since he retired me the first time I thought it would be great to have him do it again.

My wife was actually rooting for Rey that night. She hopes the retirement is for good this time.

What was the locker room like after the Chris Benoit tragedy?

Shock, he was a dear friend of mine. I never ever saw him get violent. Something like that happening was unbelievable. When someone snaps like that and does something reprehensible people say they never saw it coming. Well I was good friends with Chris for a long time and I can’t believe to this day that it happened.

What were you thinking as you rode to ring in your limo for the last time?

I kept thinking how cool it was. The walk back was the one that had so much retrospection in it. It was unbelievable the walk back. It was a quarter mile back to the back. They asked me if I wanted to ride in the golf cart that was ferrying the guys back and forth. I told them I wanted to walk back. I realized it was the last time I’d ever wear wrestling boots and wrestling tights and be a wrestler. It was cool there was no sadness. I was happy how I went out and I was happy it was over. I am ready to move on with my life. Read the complete interview here.

WWEShop has just released the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania Exclusive T-shirts featuring John Cena, Triple H and The Undertaker. Wear the passion, glory and splendor that is WrestleMania. Check out these t-shirts today, head on over to WWEShop.com.

Pre-order them here.

There was an rumor going around that former WWE Diva Trish Stratus was not going to attend Wrestlemania to compete in the 25 Divas Battle Royal because she wasn’t slated to win. And knowning that Santino was going to win the Battle Royal.

Slam Wrestling has the details:

“Simply, there were no finishes, no ‘What’s going to happen? Will I win?’ discussed,” Stratus said. “It was just, ‘Would you like to be in this 25-woman battle royal at Wrestlemania,’ and I said, ‘Thank you but I’m going to decline.’”

Trish adds:

“I’ve always said to come out of retirement is a big deal to me – so if I was to come out it is for something special,” she said “To be honest, I feel Wrestlemania is a place to create memorable moments in one’s career and frankly, with 25 women in the ring, I was just not sure how anyone could come out having their ‘Wrestlemania moment,’ maybe if it was a little clearer that could be accomplished for someone, I would have been a part of it.

“If I were to go back, I would like to do something that is new and fresh, there are so many girls right now that can work, I’d want to be able to mix it up with someone I hadn’t gotten the chance to before I left.” Read the complete interview here.

Source: www.ugo.com

-TMZ caught Nick hogan driving . Apparently DMV granted Nick Hogan, aka Nick Bollea a driving permit last month for business-related excursions. You can read the article here.

Jim Ross has posted his recent update to WrestleMania weekend on WWE Universe. Here are a few highlights:

Drinking with Stone Cold Steve Austin: I loved having a final “wrestling beer” with Stone Cold and, for the record, I did keep the beer can which will go into some kind of display for one of our BBQ joints in the near future. I did get significant beer on my hat but I enjoyed every minute of it. The King strongly dislikes getting beer on him which I find amusing especially on Sunday when his entire wardrobe was rented.

Speaking on Tazz: Speaking of Smackdown, my pal Tazz got a little burned out from all the travel, etc and has left WWE. Todd Grisham joins yours truly this Friday night at the announce desk. I will move to another role going forward on WWE TV broadcasts much like my role was at Wrestlemania 25. I will be doing more analyzing or color commentary than my old role of doing play by play. Who in the heck knows what’s going to happen after this Monday’s Draft? Based on my personal experiences from last year’s Draft in San Antonio, I am prepared for any thing. Maybe I can cut a lucrative, free agent deal down in Florida at FCW. Read the complete post here.

-The three hour special on June 16 on Monday Night Raw in Charlotte, NC pre-sale password is CENA. There’s been talk of making that event the 2009 King of the Ring.

-According to sources within the company, Trish Stratus was in negotiation with the WWE to appear at the past Sunday’s WrestleMania in the Divas Battle Royal, only if she won. Since hearing that Santino Marella was winning the event, she declined the offer.

The Miami Herald has an story on Matt and Jeff Hardy’s dad, Gil Hardy watching his “boys” feud on WWE.

Matt says,‘Our dad is our biggest fan, and he would always say, `When are you on SmackDown or when are you on Raw?’ We’d give him a round about time so he could make sure to sit down and watch it.”

”Well, don’t worry dad,” Matt said, “Tonight, some of the things I’m going to say are going to be a little aggressive, a little stiff, and he’s like oh, yeah, no problem, no problem.

Then Matt went on saying his promo on when Jeff’s dog, Jack was killed in Jeff’s house fires last year. Gil was not too impressed.

‘When I did that one promo where I came out, and at the very end I held up the dog collar, I talked to my dad the next day and said, `Did you watch SmackDown last night?’ He said, ‘Yeah, I almost wished I didn’t even watch that %$#@.’ It put me in a bad mood,’ but then he said he should know better, and he’s been around it a long time, and he knows what the deal is. He’s cool. He’s rolling with it and enjoying it.”

”Our dad is not a TV guy,” Matt said. “Our dad is so old school. He still goes to bed at 9 or 10, if he’s not doing anything, and he’s up at 6 a.m. working. If he doesn’t have any work to do, he’ll dump his garbage just so he can pick it up again. He feels like he has to be a man’s man and work.” Read the full article here.

Jim Ross takes about WrestleMania 25 highlights:

Undertaker Vs, Shawn Michaels: My 16th Wrestlemania experience was highlighted by the best WM bout I can recall broadcasting. The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels bout was simply a classic. Old school approach, a magnificent story, amazing near falls, drama, surprises, intensity, and awesome athleticism were just a few of the memorable attributes of this extraordinary contest. Quite simply, it’s a wrestling match I’ll never forget and I’ve seen plenty of them. I had immense personal respect for both men going into the match but that respect swelled ten fold when this “instant classic” concluded. If any young wrestler doesn’t thoroughly study this one then they are doing themselves a gross injustice.

Talks about JBL: Sorry to see JBL retire as John and I have a great relationship. I signed John to his first WWE contract over 13 years ago. We love talking football and I fully expect to do some Beef Jerky and BBQ biz with John in the future. John was a “throw back” in many ways and some aspects of his demeanor always reminded me of the late, great Dick Murdoch. That’s high praise for the record. John has no interest at this time in broadcasting for WWE but working with him would be something that I would truly enjoy.

Tazz: Speaking of broadcasting, I don’t know who I’m working with Tuesday in Austin on Smackdown but whoever WWE selects is good by me. With the Draft just a week away, I can only assume that whoever it is could be a temporary move any way. Read the full blog to its entirety here.

PWInsider reports:

For those curious, here is the list of lumberjacks for the Miz & Morrison vs. Carlito & Primo Colon WWE World Tag Team Championship unification match, which got bumped off the Wrestlemania PPV card last night, and was instead filmed for the DVD release.

Great Khali
Jamie Noble
Shad
JTG
Hurricane Helms
Paul Burchill
Goldust
Curt Hawkins
Zack Ryder
Mike Knox
Vladimir Kozlov
R-Truth
Evan Bourne
Jimmy Wang Yang
Tommy Dreamer
William Regal
Jack Swagger
Ezekiel Jackson
Brian Kendrick
Charlie Haas
Dolph Ziggler