WRESTLEMANIA 25 LOCATION RELEASED!
WWE issued a press release formally announcing the WrestleMania 25 PPV in Houston next April. WWE officials and Ric Flair traveled to Houston today to meet with more than 100 business leaders in the fourth-largest city in the U.S. to work on sponsorship agreements for WrestleMania.
Source: pwtorch.com

MAIN EVENT-
DX vs. Umaga & Randy Orton is the announced main event for the 5/12 Raw in Detroit
Source: wrestlingobserver.com

TITLE SHOT?
WWE sent out a mobile alert yesterday stating that Mike Knox is now in line for an ECW Title shot.
Source: gerweck.net

HOW MANY?
Based on early returns, officials are predicting the pay-per-view buy number for WrestleMania 24 to be about 1.1 million buys, with 700,000 to 800,000 buys coming from North America.
sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Wrestling Observer

SLAMS RECORD!
WWE's WrestleMania® Revenge Tours of Europe finished as the most successful in WWE history, selling out 15 of 20 events. The tours generated more than $14.5 million in ticket sales revenue. More than 175,000 fans were in attendance at events in the United Kingdom, Spain, Austria, France, Switzerland, and Portugal to see their favorite Superstars from the RAW®, SmackDown® and ECW® brands. Andrew Whitaker, President of Europe, Middle East and Africa, stated "The success of WWE's April tour is a real testament to the growing popularity of the brand internationally. We are thrilled that so many European fans had an opportunity to experience WWE live events in person." For fans that missed the excitement of WWE live in April, WWE announced that April 26 is the on-sale date for tickets for the RAW and SmackDown/ECW Survivor Series® Tours this November, which will bring more excitement and action to Europe. Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE - News), can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global activities, go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/.
Sources: wwe.com & gerweck.net

EDITORIAL-
JBL wrote an editorial in response to Keith Olbermann naming him the "Worst Person of the Week" on his MSNBC show. "What I have to put in perspective is that more people will read this article than watch him on MSNBC," JBL writes. "So, Keith, I am actually doing you a favor by writing about you." JBL goes on to boast about working three jobs "so I can support my family and me" and some of his charitable work. To read the full article, visit WWE.com.
Source: prowrestling.NET

TO APPLY-
WWE is asking Brazilian/Latina ladies to apply for the next Diva search. "Female applicants must be 18-27 years old, attractive, athletic, possess a winning personality and be bilingual in both English and Spanish/Portuguese. Information can be found at www.gotcast.com
Source: gerweck.net

DOWN ON JERICHO?
People in management are said to be down on Chris Jericho at the moment.
source: www.f4wonline.com

BODYGUARD-
There is talk of Santino getting a bodyguard.
Source: gerweck.net

NEXT EUROPEAN TOUR-
The next European tour is in November, with tickets going on sale in most places on Saturday. Dates are for Raw: 11/8 Butlins, Minehead, UK; 11/9 Sheffield; 11/10 Manchester TV; 11/11 Birmingham; 11/12 Newcastle; 11/13 Belfast; 11/14 Glasgow; 11/15 Aberdeen. For the Smackdown brand, the dates are: 11/6 Nice, France; 11/7 Brussels; 11/8 Luxembourg City; 11/9 Cardiff, Wales; 11/10 London 02 Arena; 11/11 Manchester TV; 11/12 Nottingham; 11/13 Zurich; 11/14 Nurnberg, Germany; 11/15 Berlin; 11/16 Dortmund.
Source. Wrestlingobserver.com

LOOKING STRONG-
The 5/21 WWE show in Monterrey, Mexico is already sold out. Both house shows in Mexico City on 5/23 and 5/24 at Palacio de los Deportes have sold 12,000 tickets, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This is good news for WWE, especially considering WWE charges higher prices for their tickets than CMLL and AAA.
Source: gerweck.net

KHALI OPENING A SCHOOL?
According to an article on Merinews.com, The Great Khali has plans to open up a wrestling school for children in Mumbai, India. Khali will soon be heading home to India for the first time in almost two years, and according to his brother, will be staying there for at least one month.
source: www.f4wonline.com

WRONG WAY?
Those that were rubbed the wrong way at the hall of fame ceremony by The Rock appear to be the "vocal minority." One of the guys that apparently complained was Steve Austin, who came to the hall of fame ceremony specifically to see Ric Flair's induction. Austin felt The Rock's lengthy speech cut Flair's speech time.
Source: gerweck.net

THEME SONG-
The theme song for WWE's "Night of Champions" PPV on June 29th will be "Devour", by the rock group SHINEDOWN.
Sources: PWinsider.com, prowrestling.net

MISSED-
Stephanie McMahon missed last week's television tapings since she's pregnant.
Source: gerweck.net

ELIMINATION STYLE-
The WWE Title match between Randy Orton, JBL, Triple H, and John Cena is an elimination style match
Source: prowresting.NET

ABOUT-
The belief is that Mike Knox, Ryan O'Reilly and Derrick Neikrik moved out of the Locust Grove, GA house, where the steroids were found, about a year ago.
Source: gerweck.net

FILLING IN-
With Michael Hayes currently serving a 60 day suspension, Ed Koskey has been filling in as the lead writer for Smackdown. Meanwhile, Chris DeJoseph is heading up the writing for the ECW show.
Sources: PWinsider.com, prowrestling.net

HAYES UPDATE-
PWInsider.com is reporting that Michael Hayes - who heads up the Smackdown! creative team - has been suspended for a total of sixty days for making an "explicitly insulting comment" towards Smackdown! Superstar Mark Henry. The incident happened during the WrestleMania week and PWInsider says that the company tried not to make a bid deal out of it by not announcing Hayes' suspension and saying instead that he was on vacation. However word travels fast in WWE land and eventually the real reason managed to find its way up to the surface.
Sources: Colin Vassallo, pwinsider.com, gerweck.net

SIGNS TAKEN-
At least three "Fire Mike Adamle" signs were confiscated by security prior to the SmackDown/ECW taping in Greensboro, N.C., reports ProWrestling.NET.
Source: prowrestling.NET

LEGAL-
One of those fraud promoters in Nigeria got a legal notice from WWE threatened legal action if they continue to use WWE, Undertaker, The Rock or Shawn Michaels in publicity.
Source: wrestlingobserver.com

Credit: A1 Wrestling Newsletter