– WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels and WWE legend The Undertaker are both expected to appear in some form on tonight’s 20th Anniversary edition of WWE Monday Night RAW, as they are the only two still tied in some form to a WWE contract that worked the very first episode. There is a belief that The Undertaker will slowly begin the start of his WrestleMania feud on tonight’s WWE RAW.
– As mentioned previously on the website, Bret Hart was contacted about making an appearance at tonight’s RAW, however he told WWE officials that unless they had something for him to do, such as an on-air authority figure or something else, then he would not be appearing, as he was not happy about his limited appearance at the 1,000th edition of the show.
– Randy Orton will be appearing at the Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con at the American Center in St. Louis, Missouri on March 22nd, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. local time. More information on his appearance is available at WizardWorld.com/RandyOrton.
– PWInsider reports that WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres is said to be on her way out of the company shortly and that it is expected that she will drop the WWE Divas Championship to Kaitlyn on tonight’s 20th Anniversary of WWE RAW. With the amount of Divas that have departed the company over the past year, they really need to look towards bringing up some WWE NXT Divas shortly, as well as Sara del Rey, who is a trainer at the WWE’s developmental territory.
– There are reports that the WWE is continuing work on their new training facility in Orlando and that the facility should be close to completion before the Fall with talents moving from the developmental base in Tampa to the new base in Orlando. The new training facilities are said to be able to house 5 wrestling rings, which will increase the in-ring time for the developmental wrestlers and give one trainer their own opinion of a certain talent. WWE have wanted to build the facility to be nearer to the Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida (just outside of Orlando), where the WWE NXT tapings are held.
– WWE are said to have locked in the surprise appearances for the 2013 WWE Royal Rumble match, with Tommy Dreamer’s name brought up in a recent WWE creative meeting as one of the surprise entrants, however the belief is that this year’s event will see more than just the familiar faces people are used to.
– Colt Cabana on his Twitter account commented on the release of Trent Barreta from the WWE:
Let’s think of @trentylocks new Indy name. Dudeman Jones, Frank Trentorton, Trenty Locks, New Warlord, Willie Mack Jr, Bill… #StupidFiring
— Colt Cabana (@ColtCabana) January 12, 2013
– The promotional trailer for The Marine 3: Homefront, which stars The Miz is below:
– WWE announced a new deal with Clearwire today. A press release on the new deal is below.
Clearwire inks Deal with WWE®
CLEAR Sponsors WWE Superstar Ryback™ and WWE Diva Kaitlyn™, Autograph Sessions at Fry’sMarquee Event Takes Place Tonight at Toyota Center in Houston
HOUSTON – Jan. 14, 2013 – Clearwire today announced a marketing partnership with WWE for 2013. The agreement marks the first time Clearwire retail brand CLEAR has worked with a global entertainment organization on this scale across the United States. Clearwire will activate at a total of 20 WWE events that will take place in 20 cities throughout 2013. Financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.
“Our market research has shown that WWE fans are a perfect match for attracting new customers to CLEAR,” said Dow Draper, senior vice president and general manager of retail at Clearwire.
“Our pioneering efforts in the 4G arena with other heavyweights has blazed a trail of innovation for our customers looking to connect Wi-Fi enabled devices to our high speed 4G internet network in 80 cities nationwide.”
“Our partnership with Clearwire will provide another way for our fans to access their favorite WWE content whenever and wherever they are through CLEAR’s high speed 4G internet network,” said Andrew Judelson, Executive Vice President, Sales and Partnership Marketing, WWE. “Additionally, Clearwire will have extraordinary opportunities to connect with our passionate, diverse and multi-generational fan base at upcoming WWE events.”
WWE Superstar Ryback and WWE Diva Kaitlyn will be making an appearance at the Fry’s Electronics store from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. today to sign autographs for fans inside the store. Fry’s is located at 11565 S.W. Freeway 59, South Houston, TX 77031. Fan’s attending the event at the store can qualify to win one of four back stage passes to meet with WWE Superstars or Divas. The store’s phone number is (832) 200-3300.
Fans attending tonight’s Monday Night Raw® event in Houston at the Toyota Center, 1510 Polk Street, will be able to see CLEAR internet product demonstrations and also have an opportunity to create posters to use throughout the arena during the telecast. There will also be an integrated CLEAR website presence on WWE.com all day today.
This month CLEAR will have presence at WWE events in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Las Vegas.