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The PPV numbers are in for WrestleMania 24, and they are considerably lower than wwe and Floyd Mayweather expected. WrestleMania 24 drew 1,058,000 buys which works out to $23.8 million. This is less than last year’s 1,200,000 buys and $24.4 million for WrestleMania 23. The numbers were released this morning with WWE’s first quarter earnings report, which had the company listed as pulling in $19.5 million in net earnings over the first quarter of 2008.

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Thursday, 01 May 2008 20:32

STRIPPED OF TITLE!
At the "Smackdown" tapings in Atlantic City, New Jersey they shot an angle where Vicki Guerrero stripped The Undertaker of the World Title and banned the unnamed gogoplata finish.
Source: the LAW

FLAIR FOR PRESIDENT!
NewsObserver.com has posted an animated video proposing that Ric Flair should run for president of the United States with Dusty Rhodes as his VP. A preview for the video says, "In an effort to win over swing voters before the crucial Pennsylvania Primary, the Presidential candidates made uncharacteristic appearances on WWE Raw. If the pro-wrestling vote is going to determine the future of this country, why be forced to choose from among those posers? Vote for the real deal!" You can watch the video online at http://videos.newsobserver.com/index.php?a=player&id=1851202
Source: newsobserver.com

STILL?
Michael Hayes is still being kept in the loop of creative issues in the company via e-mail during his 60-day suspension for using a racial slur towards Mark Henry during WrestleMania weekend, reports prowrestling.NET. Multiple sources believe that the more outside pressure Vince McMahon gets to fire Hayes from his job, the more likely he is to stand by him. The betting line amongst the sources is that Hayes will return to the company at some point. Considering that Hayes is still being updated on things via email while he is serving a suspension, it seems to indicate that they're looking to bring him back at some point.
Source: prowrestling.NET

ONE HUNDRED!
Next week's edition of ECW on Sci Fi is the 100th episode of the series on the network. Already being promoted for the show includes Tommy Dreamer vs. Mike Knox in an Extreme Rules match and Armando Estrada vs. Colin Delaney with Delaney earning an ECW contract on the line.
Source: wrestleview.com

"TALK"
It looks like WWE is trying to pick up ratings by doing things to garner "talk" after the TV shows, which the announcers walking off before the main event did. Backstage, it played like it was a shoot and that they were trying to work everyone backstage (shades of WCW). It may have been a shoot, and will be turned into an angle, but the feeling is Vince and a few others had an idea and just didn't let people in on it.
Source: The Wrestling Observer

MYSTERIO TO RETURN-
Rey Mysterio should be returning to the ring in June. WWE is advertising Mysterio for some house shows during the month.
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

AT-
Raw wrestler D.H. Smith wrestled at Tuesday night's Florida Championship Wrestling event. He tagged with long-time partner & friend T.J. Wilson.
Source: PWInsider.com

PUSH-
The push Mickie James is receiving was originally going to go to Ashley Massaro. Boy, did they make the right direction.
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

LINE-UPS-
For the month of June, WWE has several house show line-ups. On Raw, they have Orton vs. Triple H, Orton vs. Triple H vs. Umaga, and Orton vs. Cena. On SmackDown, they have Taker vs. Edge, Batista vs. Edge, Taker & Batista vs. Edge & Show, and Taker, Batista & Mysterio vs. Edge, MVP and Khali. However, based on recent storylines on SmackDown, it looks like a number of these line-ups will change come show time.
source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

OPEN?
Floyd Mayweather told a reporter that he is open to the idea of working for the WWE again. He said if he does it do it again, he wants the same deal he agreed to for the first go around.
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

UNDERWENT-
Nunzio's trainer Billy Robinson, 68, recently underwent hip replacement surgery.
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

PART OF-
Just to clear things up, on the Wrestlemania 24 DVD on Blu-Ray, the Hall of Fame is part of the package
Source: The Wrestling Observer

SUFFEREING FROM-
WWE hall of famer Verne Gagne has been suffering from Alzheimer's for years, and it has gotten worse in the last year.
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

CAREER DAY!
WWE's Career Action Day at Sacred Heart University in New England, which you can check out by going to http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/23949_wwe_s_career_action_day_at_shu.cfm
Source: pwinsider.com

Y2J AT-
Chris Jericho will be in Toronto on Sunday at 10 a.m. at Coronation Park in the annual Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone, which raises funds for phone and web counselling services for children.
Credit: The Wrestling Observer

HOW MANY?
Daily Gleaner paper in Canada reports that 2,500 tickets have been sold for WWE's weekend house show in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on Sunday afternoon. It's part of WWE's first tour of Canada in nearly a year. To read the article, go to: http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/sports/article/283282
Source: pwtorch.com

MET-
Ten WWE executives met with graduate and undergrads at Sacred Heart University at the business school on Monday. Linda McMahon has a major affiliation working with the school. They taught about how the WWE Corporation is run, with marketing, creative services, products, TV production and digital media. Tony Romando, head of the WWE Magazine, spoke about publishing different magazines aimed at the adult and children's demo.
Credit: The Wrestling Observer

Credit: A1 Wrestling Newsletter