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Originally Posted by Observer The WrestleMania go-home episode of SmackDown was watched by 2,698,000 viewers, which is up two percent from last week.

In terms of comparisons, last week had 2.647 million viewers while last year's go-home show had 2.328 million viewers.

Originally Posted by Observer After missing SmackDown again last night, Mauro Ranallo tweeted: "Feeling love from everyone. I am stronger. I want to wish my @WWE family another AMAZING #WrestleMania #KeepUpTheGoodFight #MentalHealth"

Originally Posted by Observer The Usos were added to the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on SmackDown last night, which means that there won't be a SmackDown Tag Team Championship match scheduled for WrestleMania.

Originally Posted by Observer Jim Ross opened up about the death of his wife Jan on this week's episode of his podcast. Ross also explained why he's still fulfilling his commitments in Orlando, saying that being around his friends and working is what he needs and what his wife would've wanted. Ric Flair and Goldberg were the guests on the podcast, with the Goldberg interview having been taped before Jan's passing.

Link to the podcast episode: http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program...19&pid=1722649

Originally Posted by Observer New Japan Pro Wrestling's weekly TV show in Japan is moving up an hour to 2 a.m. and has been extended to a full hour from the previous 30 minutes.

Originally Posted by PWI On this week's NXT, they announced that Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Killian Dain, Eric Young, and Nikki Cross) will face Roderick Strong, Tye Dillinger, No Way Jose, and Ruby Riot in an Eight Person Tag Match at Takeover on Saturday night from Orlando.

Originally Posted by PWI On the fourth episode of Dinner With The King, hosted by Jerry “The King” Lawler and Glenn Moore, The King hints that WWE might limit the amount of Hall of Fame inductees per year in the future because the speeches have gotten longer and longer. He also gives insight on being backstage with Vince McMahon during the Hall of Fame ceremony and his willingness to let presenters/inductees speak longer than expected. He also tells a story about Mr. T going long and Kane having to come out as “the hook”. Finally, The King tells some stories about the Rock ’n’ Roll Express and Rick Rude from their days in Memphis, including creating the Rock ’n’ Roll Express gimmick.

Link to the podcast episode: http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed...-color/2179bd/

Originally Posted by WrestleInc As previously noted, the WWE Network is sitting at about 1.5 million paid subscribers as of January 31 of this year. We reported last week that WWE will host a conference call the day after WrestleMania to provide an update on the number of subscribers to the WWE Network following WrestleMania. PWInsider reports that the aim for WWE is to break the 2 million threshold.

I'd be legit shocked if they could hit it even with the sudden surge of them trying to pad the numbers with 3 months of free Network offers.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc As noted, WWE sent an offer to people on their mailing list who have never subscribed to the Network for three months of the Network for only $9.99, then the regular $9.99 price after this period is over. This includes WrestleMania 33, NXT Takeover, Payback, Backlash, Extreme Rules and Money In The Bank. For inactive subscriptions of former members, WWE offered a deal where they can get three months for free, and then come back and pay 9.99 after this period was over. Of course, this is to meet the goal of passing 2 million subscribers, even if it is inflated, in order to look good to stockholders on Monday's conference call.

Originally Posted by Observer According to a report from the New York Post, WWE tryout attendee James 'Rude Boy' Riley has been arrested on child pornography charges. The local Staten Island professional wrestler was taken into custody earlier today after having his stash of child pornography found, which included photos of infants. The 25-year-old was busted after the New York Police Department found the stash on his iPhone. He was arraigned on 'charges of promotion and possession of a sexual performance by a child' and made a $3,500 bail. Riley had also reportedly uploaded some of the photos to his Google and Tumblr accounts. He had attended a WWE tryout back in February ... He was also scheduled to wrestle tonight and Friday for Punk Pro Wrestling. The promotion soon made the following announcement shortly after his arrest: "Due to circumstances James Rudeboy Riley is being pulled from this weeks events. This is only statement we have concerning it."

Originally Posted by WrestleInc As noted, Adam Cole's contract with Ring of Honor expires at the end of April and there have been rumors that he may sign with WWE when it's up. Cole joined Busted Open with Dave LaGreca and Doug Mortman today and commented on his current contract situation with Ring of Honor and what the future might hold for him once his deal is up. "I've discussed this before and I totally don't mind talking about because it's a very talked about thing," Cole said. "I have about a month left on my Ring of Honor contract where at that point, I kind of have to make a decision. And the truth of the matter is, I haven't made my decision of what I would like to do yet. Because, obviously, there are a lot of options I have to consider. There are a lot of situations I have to consider. So for me to make my best possible decision, I need to know all the avenues that I can take. "So as of right now, again this kind of sounds like a cliché answer, I have big match after big match every single weekend. So I have to focus on this next month that I have: challenging for the Ring of Honor Television Championship this weekend, I'd like to get back over to New Japan. Right now, all of my focus is on making as much of an impact in Ring of Honor as I can. When it comes to May, that's something that's kind of up in the air at this point."

Originally Posted by Observer The Hardys are coming to WWE, and soon. The only question is what day and what brand. One would think Smackdown is the brand that needs the most help in the tag team division. As far as the Broken gimmick, Matt is claiming ownership of it. Impact’s case was at least strong enough for ROH to state that the Hardys will not be doing the gimmick on their iPPV show the night before WrestleMania. The Hardys are also scheduled for morning activities in Orlando for WWN as part of a tailgate party, so they will be in the area hours before the show. Contractually, they can debut whenever WWE wants them to debut. The only question is the legal aspect of the gimmick and where that stands.

Some other sheet news includes:

• Paul Heyman recently wrote an article for Yahoo Sports in support of indie promotions using Mania week to run their own big shows in the area. He does think there is too many companies running shows during Mania week but also realizes how important it is for them in terms of money and exposure it provides for the rest of the year. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/support...232933791.html
• WWE announced they have signed a multi-year deal with StubHub making them the official ticket reseller for the company.
• Chris Jericho revealed Roman Reigns will be the guest for this Friday's episode of Talk Is Jericho podcast show. https://www.instagram.com/p/BSOXTh_F-Xu/
• The data analyst used by the Observer recently released a chart listing the gate revenue generated by every Mania. Some interesting tidbits include Hogan's mega-star power was done after 1990 and 2003-2006 being the lowest gates since end of the Attitude Era. http://www.fightful.com/sites/defaul...s/wmgates1.png
• According to a recent Observer Radio show, more evidence points towards JBL being the cause of Mauro Ranallo's recent bout of depression. Believes what triggered the latest bout was JBL being pissed Ranallo was happy to win the Observer's Announcer of the Year award and using the recent episode of Bring it to the Table to trash him. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...re_the_likely/ , https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...the_wrestling/