WrestleMania week Scoops
- CJ Perry, Brittnie Brooks, RIcky Starks, J-Rod, Dustin Rhodes, Allie Katch, Jimmy Lloyd, Rina Yamashita were all in attendance at WrestleMania
- Snoop Dogg's announced attendance was not accurate. He cleverly inserted "420" into it.
- Giulia was wearing a "performer" credential while at WrestleMania.
- The Stephanie McMahon promo was kept very quiet internally and was actually listed as a Triple H promo on the run sheets. She was welcomed backstage by many, and has long had a positive reputation within the company.
- There was heavy praise all around for camera work. Coordination was maximum level with ringside crew, an army of set crew, pyro, lighting. Very little to no mishaps that we'd heard of.
- At least one source that Corey Brennan spoke with backed up Ibou of Wrestlepurists saying that WWE has been moving away from the heavy "sports entertainment" branding
- As if you couldn't tell, rules on commentary and restrictions on what can and can't be said are severely scaled back from previous years.
- Not everyone backstage or in production knew about the surprises in the main eve4nt, but main producers did. There were several within the company that knew that heavy interference was planned.
- There wasn't much of a reaction to IshowSpeed swearing, but many popped at the costumes bottle lid flying off.
- At the start of the signature roll, Triple H said : "Everyone have fucking fun more than anything!"
- Triple H was on the floor for rehearsals throughout most of the day.
- Cody Rhodes didn't wear his entrance helmet during rehearsals, but did mime it.
- Bobby Lashley & Street Profits aren't officially listed as "The Pride" internally
- Sources in WWE tell us that they were very happy with how the Jason Kelce & Lane Johnson situations played out.
- Regarding the person who got "kicked out" of the presser by Roman Reigns. We haven't been able to identify a media member who actually got kicked out. WWE has On Location packages that include sitting in on the pressers for fans.
- Match lengths were not included on internal rundowns on night 2
- Triple H was on the floor for rehearsals throughout most of the day on day 2
- Fightful Select reported that Snoop Dogg would be at WrestleMania.
- There was a ZOA Energy truck in town promoting the Rock-endorsed energy drink.
- Natalya was in attendance at Stardom this week.
- CM Punk, Nia Jax, Piper Niven, Kayden Carter Karrion Kross, Tegan Nox, Natalya, Sonya Deville and Lana/CJ Perry were all also at Bloodsport supporting Shayna Baszler.
- As seen on social media, Nick Khan showed up backstage at Bloodsport towards the end of the show as well. We're told he and Josh Barnett have a nice relationship
- Gabe Sapolsky was at events this week scouting out talent for WWE
- There were other WWE talent that were contacted about possibly doing Bloodsport.
- WWE staff we spoke to said this was one of the biggest mainstream media weeks in the company's history.
- Mike Parrow helped put the GCW Clusterfuck match together.
- There were still some inquiries about possible additions to the Clusterfuck this weekend.
- Deonna Purrazzo was in attendance at this week's Monster Factory show to support Steve Maclin, who was main eventing the show.
- Fightful spoke to Tiffany Stratton, Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Tommaso Ciampa, Ivar, Vic Joseph, and Natalya this weekend.
- There was some concern after the broken ladder spot night 1.
- Corey Brennan is told the Rock had extensive rehearsals for night 1 of the show
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