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It was announced on WWE.com this morning that this year’s Warrior Award recipient will be long time WWE employee, Sue Aitchison. Sue has been with the company for 30 years and is most notable for her work with outreach programs such as the promotion’s partnership with Make-a-Wish and WWE’s WrestleMania Reading Challenge. BREAKING: Longtime @WWE employee Sue Aitchison will receive The #WarriorAward at the 2019 #WWEHOF Induction Ceremony, as first reported by @StamAdvocate! https://t.co/8rKNUGeJfo — WWE (@WWE) March 18, 2019 Sue will receive the award from Dana Warrior at WWE’s 2019 Hall of Fame ceremony. The event will be streamed…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”17973″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]WWE has signed DJ Z to a WWE NXT deal per PWInsider. It has not been said when he will be reporting to the Performance Center. DJZ is most notable for his time in Impact Wrestling. He signed with the promotion in 2008 as Zema Ion and rose to prominence as DJZ in the Bro Mans stable as Robbie E and Jesse Godderz’ personal DJ. WWE has also recently signed Robbie E to an NXT deal. Source: PWInsider[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”17778″ img_size=”900×500″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]It was reported by Sports Illustrated that Arn Anderson will appear in an interview at Starrcast this year in May. It will be Arn’s first appearance since parting ways with WWE last month, and his first non-WWE appearance in almost 20 years. Anderson would tell the publication, “It used to be a dangerous setting when they handed me a live mic, so we’ll see if it will be again.” Starrcast takes place from May 23rd-26th at the Tuscany Casino Suites and Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will feature appearances from Ric Flair, Bret Hart, The…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”17658″ img_size=”770×433″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]It was announced last night on Smackdown that Shane McMahon would take on the Miz at WrestleMania. Later on in the night, AJ Styles laid down the challenge to Randy Orton for a match at the Show of Shows The card as it stands now: WWE Raw Women’s Championship – Ronda Rousey (C) v. Becky Lynch v. Charlotte WWE Universal Championship – Brock Lesnar (C)  w/ Paul Heyman v. Seth Rollins No Holds Barred – Triple H v. Batista Retirement Match – Kurt Angle v. TBD WWE Cruiserweight Championship – Buddy Murphy (C) v. Tony Neese or…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”17564″ img_size=”800×449″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]It was officially confirmed last night on Raw that Triple H and Batista will compete in a No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 35. Batista would say in the segment that it would be his last match. WWE planted the seeds for this match at the 1000th episode of Smackdown last fall in a segment involving Evolution. It has long been known that Batista wanted his last match to be against the King of Kings at a WrestleMania. The two previously competed in a series of matches in 2005 starting with the main event of WrestleMania 21,…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”17483″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]It was reported today by USA Today that Booker T and Stevie Ray of Harlem Heat will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. They join a class already including D-Generation X, the Honkey Tonk Man and Torrie Wilson. Harlem Heat wrestled for WCW throughout the 90s, winning the company’s tag team titles 10 times. Booker T was inducted in 2013 by his brother and tag team partner, Stevie Ray. Source: USA Today[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”17350″ img_size=”900×500″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Mike Johnson of PWInsider has reported that Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson are set to part ways from WWE when their contracts expire in September 2019. WWE officials tried to come to a new agreement, but the duo turned down the multi-million dollar offfers. Gallows and Anderson have been used sparingly over the past couple of years, and one source noted they may not be used on live events moving forward. They debuted in April of 2016 to much hype coming from New Japan Pro Wrestling, and had a run with the Raw Tag Team Titles in…

It was originally reported by Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet that Jim Ross revealed on his podcast this week that he and WWE have mutually agreed to part ways when his contract expires at the end of this month. JR would confirm in the podcast that he plans to find work elsewhere. “I need to move on. I still want to play in the game. I still want to stay busy. I still think I can do play-by-play even though others that may surround Vince [McMahon] think I can’t. ” Jim Ross has worked for WWE off and on…

The Tampa Bay Times has revealed that WrestleMania 36 will be held at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida in April of 2020. This will be Tampa’s first time hosting the event. BREAKING: @WrestleMania 36 will emanate from @RJStadium in Tampa Bay, Florida, next year, as first reported by the @TB_Times! https://t.co/tcgl6NFrM2 — WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) March 7, 2019 We are LIVE from Tampa, Florida, for a very special #WrestleMania 36 announcement! https://t.co/Bk3N3mPeLk — WWE (@WWE) March 7, 2019 Source: Twitter

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It was reported in the Observer this morning that WWE has confirmed Tomasso Ciampa will need neck surgery. There is no official time table for a return, but it is said he will be out for a “long, long time.” This comes on the heels of Ciampa’s call up to the main roster, just a few short weeks ago. VIDEO: @davemeltzerWON is reporting that WWE has confirmed Tommaso Ciampa will undergo surgery for a neck injury, putting him out of action for the foreseeable future. https://t.co/VilDyEax1g pic.twitter.com/XiD7P0oZnJ — Wrestling Observer (@WONF4W) March 6, 2019 Ciampa will have to relinquish the…