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- WWE Hall of Famer and former WWE Champion Sgt. Slaughter revealed, via his official website, that he had signed a new deal with WWE as their Ambassador. Slaughter will be doing good will work for the company, which includes appearing at WWE AXXESS events.

- SmackDown superstars CM Punk and Rey Mysterio are backstage at RAW, but their role for tonight has not been revealed as of press time. One source within the company believes the two are there to promote WrestleMania 26 bout, which has yet to be announced as well.

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Gorgeous George Enters Hall of Fame

STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–World Wrestling Entertainment® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that Gorgeous George, the man often credited with creating American pop culture and who set the standard for future WWE Superstars and influenced such greats as Muhammad Ali, James Brown and Bob Dylan, will be inducted into the WWE® Hall of Fame on March 27, 2010. His 96 year-old former wife, Betty Wagner will accept the honor on his behalf. The Hall of Fame ceremony will be broadcast that night on USA Network at 11 PM ET from the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona.

“A mighty spirit. Crossing paths with Gorgeous George, was all the recognition and encouragement I would need for years to come.”

“Gorgeous George’s was a pop-culture innovator who took risks pushing the social envelope and did things that no other performer had ever dared to do,” said CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon. “He was a cultural tour-de-force who set the standard that many in the world of sports and entertainment still emulate today.”

The significance of Gorgeous George’s legacy led WWE Studios to option the rights to his story for a major motion picture slated to begin production in 1Q 2011.

Muhammad Ali, whose notorious boastful and arrogant style derived from George, stated, “I made up my mind after meeting Gorgeous George to make people angry at me…I saw 15,000 people comin’ to see this man get beat. And his talking did it. I said this is a good idea.”

Bob Dylan, the music poet, said, “A mighty spirit. Crossing paths with Gorgeous George, was all the recognition and encouragement I would need for years to come.”

Gorgeous George, born George Wagner, single-handedly changed the dynamics of not only wrestling, but entertainment and sports in the 1940s-1950s. His character was an arrogant aristocrat dressed in silk, lace and chiffon robes who spoke in a braggadocio style, often referring to himself as “The Toast of the Coast” and “The Sensation of the Nation.” Audiences around the country came to see Gorgeous George perform live, and tuned their TV sets in to see what he would say or do next, making Gorgeous George one of the biggest celebrities of his day, and an influence on pop culture for generations to come. As popular as Lucille Ball and Bob Hope, media observers believe more Americans purchased televisions to watch Gorgeous George perform than to see Milton Berle.

Others to be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame on March 27 include Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase Sr., former Women’s Champion Wendi Richter, Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon and Japanese legend Antonio Inoki.

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- Shane McMahon was spotted in Abu Dhabi over the weekend for the Laureus World Sports Awards and networking events for business people. Shane was asked by one reporter what he was doing there and he said, “You have to go where the money is.”

- Big Show, Carlito and MVP will be appearing at the FCW event on Friday, April 2nd at the Miami-Dade County Fair in Miami, Florida.

- A new interview on CTV.ca with Bret Hart noted that Bret does not blame Vince McMahon for the tragic death of his brother Owen in 1999 and Bret said that his return to WWE and match with Vince is a good way to turn the page and move on. “It’s kind of a way of clearing the table for everybody,” Bret said. “My coming back is a way to forgive and forget in a good way and move on.”

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- Kentucky Fried Chicken will be the official sponsor of April’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view from Baltimore, Maryland.

- To go along with WrestleMania 26, the April issue of WWE Magazine will feature twenty-six different covers featuring Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Triple H, Undertaker, The Miz, Ted DiBiase, Evan Bourne, Edge, Batista, Big Show, Christian, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger, John Cena, Kane, MVP, Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, John Morrison, Rey Mysterio, R-Truth, Shawn Michaels, Sheamus and Santino Marella.

- It appears Goldust may be up for some kind of push on the SmackDown brand after a good match with Chris Jericho on Superstars recently. Goldust has recent wins over Dolph Ziggler and Mike Knox. Jericho wrote the following on Twitter after the match with Goldust: “I really dug the match with Goldust last night. Hes in the best shape of his life and is as good as anybody in the WWE. Very underrated..”

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- WWE will shoot tonight’s RAW from the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California with Steve Austin as the special guest host. Matches confirmed for tonight’s show include Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels, John Cena vs. Big Show and Triple H vs. Randy Orton in “WrestleMania Rewind” matches. Tonight will also see the WrestleMania contract signing between Vince McMahon and Bret Hart with Austin presiding over the signing.

The dark main event for tonight’s show is Rey Mysterio, John Cena and Triple H vs. Sheamus, CM Punk and Batista.

It’s possible that Rey Mysterio might appear on TV as San Diego is his hometown and he usually appears when either brand is in his hometown. With Mysterio and CM Punk both being advertised for the dark main event, it’s possible both of them will appear on RAW to announce their WrestleMania match.

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