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Originally Posted by Observer There are now nine matches set for WrestleMania 33. The updated card for the show, which will take place on April 2nd in Orlando, Florida, is: Universal Champion Goldberg defending against Brock Lesnar WWE Champion Bray Wyatt defending against Randy Orton The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse Raw Women's Champion Bayley defending against Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair in a triple threat match SmackDown Women's Champion Alexa Bliss defending against every available woman on the SmackDown roster United States Champion Chris Jericho defending against Kevin Owens Raw Tag Team Champions Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson defending against Enzo Amore & Big Cass and Cesaro & Sheamus in a triple threat match The 2017 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Originally Posted by Observer Big Show was confirmed as an entrant in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which would likely mean that his match against Shaquille O'Neal is now definitely off.

Originally Posted by Observer Former Rutgers University defensive tackle Eric LeGrand will be honored by WWE at this year's Hall of Fame ceremony. It was announced on Monday that LeGrand would be the recipient of the 2017 Warrior Award. LeGrand was paralyzed from the neck down while making a tackle on a kickoff return during a football game in 2010. He has since served as a motivational speaker and started Team LeGrand of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to help those living with spinal cord injuries. In an interview with ESPN, LeGrand said that it was Paul "Triple H" Levesque who told him that he would be receiving the award.

Originally Posted by PWI With WWE announcing the "Warrior Award" winner yesterday, I asked around within WWE about the expected induction of William Regal (which we reported several weeks ago and mentioned again yesterday on PWInsider.com) not being announced instead as the last several years, the Warrior Award has been the last announcement. Two different sources within the company told me this afternoon told me that they did not believe Regal was still planned to be inducted this year. No word on a Celebrity inductee yet. One would think it would have been Shaquille O'Neal this year, but that's obviously not happening. The one who is most blatantly missing from the Hall is Cyndi Lauper but she is on tour in Australia Wrestlemania weekend, so that would eliminate her. Maybe they will finally get around to honoring Regis Philbin? We are told there have been plans for another round of "Legacy" inductees, but no word yet what names could be included.

Originally Posted by Observer The WWE will air a one hour edited version of the Hall of Fame show at 11:05 p.m. on the Monday after WrestleMania, which should do great ratings since the Raw that night is likely to be the most-watched Raw of the year.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE have applied to trademark "Bella Style" and "Bella Glam" which are associated with the Bella Twins Youtube channel. They also took out a number of trademarks for "Be Like No One", what looks to be a name for a new show.

Originally Posted by PWI Bray Wyatt got a bit of a plug on ESPN. They have a ticker going through all the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament teams with some interesting stats, including one notable alumnus for each school. Bray Wyatt was named as the notable alumnus for Troy University.

Originally Posted by Observer Dennis Stamp, best known to modern fans for his role in the movie "Beyond the Mat," passed away Monday at the age of 68. Stamp had been suffering from cancer ... In the movie "Beyond the Mat," Stamp was shown talking with Terry Funk, hoping to be booked on the show with Funk's so-called 1997 retirement match in Amarillo against Bret Hart, who was then the WWF champion. He was mad about not being booked, even though he hadn't wrestled in years. Eventually he was booked as the referee of the match. He gained some cult popularity from that movie with the phrase "I'm not booked" and the shots of him training in case he gets called for a match, even though he hadn't wrestled in years.

Originally Posted by Observer Jack Swagger is officially done with WWE. After a couple of weeks where his status was up in the air, WWE announced on Monday afternoon that Swagger had been released by the company. Their statement: "WWE has come to terms on the release of Jack Swagger as of today, March 13, 2017. WWE wishes Swagger the best in all his future endeavors" Swagger initially appeared on the "Beyond the Fight" podcast with Chael Sonnen at the beginning of this month to reveal that he had requested to leave WWE. But the company clarified that Swagger had not yet been released when he started to take outside bookings, including a match against Alberto Del Rio for WAW in the United Kingdom. When noting that Swagger hadn't yet been granted his release then, WWE said that Swagger would have a 90-day non-compete clause once he officially left the company where he would get his downside guarantee and wouldn't be able to wrestle for other promotions during that period.

Originally Posted by Observer It is confirmed that Rusev had shoulder surgery last week. There were rumors going around and we were only told he'd be out of action for a while, but WWE officials confirmed it was shoulder surgery. Cedric Alexander is also out of action with a right knee injury. Pro Wrestling Sheet first reported the Alexander news.

Originally Posted by Observer Impact announced that even though TV ratings weren't up, that YouTube views were up to 2.4 million and up 275% percent from the prior week. They also announced they would be taping television on 5/30 and 5/31 in Mumbai, India. They will tape two hours of the show both nights, meaning that in June, there will be four shows from India. They also announced they were looking at doing their own satellite promotion in India for local television in quarter four of this year, using a lot of local talent and flying in Impact talent for tapings.

Originally Posted by Observer Saraya Knight, Paige's mother, announced that the Bellatrix promotion would be holding a women's tournament on 5/12 and she's looking for women from all over the world to attend.

Rumored to be happening as part of the Paige Family's payback for the recent antics by the WWE. Being rumored the date for this tournament is when the WWE was planning on holding their own and targeting some of the same women wrestlers the WWE wants for their own tournament.

Originally Posted by Observer In an interview with Sports Illustrated's Justin Barrasso, Bully Ray claimed that his Bully Ray character was previously set to debut in WWE when he was with the company but the idea was nixed at the last minute. “We came one day away in August from debuting Bully Ray in WWE,” Bully Ray said. “At the last second, the decision was made to not go forward with it. Bully Ray was ready to go, but that’s all I can tell you. We were one day away, and they had to pull the plug on it.”

Link to the interview: http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017...-roh-interview

Originally Posted by Observer Reby Hardy continued to go off on Impact Wrestling on Twitter today. She tweeted: "UPDATE: TNA sending 'spooky' letters to cable providers threatening to sue if they air Hardys. Trying to screw ROH & ruin wrestling for fans," and told Dish Network to do better by fans after they didn't carry last night's ROH pay-per-view because of legal threats. She also claimed that Matt Hardy's contract with TNA didn't have any exclusivity and he could have appeared on any other televised wrestling program while under contract with them, and questioned who would work with Impact now.

Originally Posted by Observer Pete Dunne and Mark Haskins will be wrestling at WWN's WrestleMania weekend EVOLVE vs. PROGRESS Supershow. PROGRESS announced Haskins, Sami Callihan, Toni Storm, and the South Pacific Power Trip (TK Cooper, Travis Banks & Dahlia Black) for their show in Orlando.

Originally Posted by PWI There is promotional material circulating from the Snickers brand regarding an interview opportunity with Enzo and Cass promoting their very own SAWFT bars as a part of Snickers' Hunger bars campaign for Wrestlemania 33

Some other sheet news includes:

• According to reports, Kane is done with the WWE at least for the time being. Currently preoccupied with running his insurance business and plans to run for mayor for Knox County, Tennessee.
• RAW's ratings and numbers got delayed till a TBA date this week due to Nielsen's data center in Florida suffering from power outages recently.
• Sports Illustrated had a recent interview with HBK involving Mania 33, the Kliq, and Kurt Angle's return to the WWE. http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017...s-wrestlemania
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Bray vs Orton for the WWE title at Mania 33 will be the first time in Mania's history a main event tier match had all participants be sons of former Mania wrestlers. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...mania_will_be/