Hall of Fame Preview, Axxess Foam Pit, WWE Consider Late Night Chat Show
Maria Menounos Hosting HOF Red Carpet
Maria Menounos will once again be hosting the Hall of Fame red carpet event prior to the ceremony tonight. This along with the full event will air on the WWE Network from 7pm Eastern and will run for at least 4hr 30 mins.
How does @MariaMenounos get ready for the #WWEHOF Red Carpet? By channeling a former @WWE Champion!https://t.co/SqeGr9rNua
— WWE (@WWE) April 1, 2016
Here’s the full list of Hall of Famers and their inductors:
– Sting, inducted by Ric Flair
– The Fabulous Freebirds, inducted by The New Day, Buddy Roberts Jr. and Ray Gordy
– The Godfather, inducted by JBL and Ron Simmons
– The Big Boss Man, inducted by Slick
– Jacqueline, inducted by The Dudley Boyz
– Stan Hansen, inducted by Vader
– Snoop Dogg, inductor TBA (Celebrity Wing)
– Joan Lunden, inducted by Dana Warrior (Warrior Award)
– Legacy Award Honors: Ed “The Strangler” Lewis, Lou Thesz, Frank Gotch, George Hackenschmidt, Mildred Burke, Pat O’Connor, “Sailor” Art Thomas
The Coach Jumps In Foam Pit
One of the activities at this year’s Wrestlemania Axxess is a full sized WWE ring foam pit. ESPN’s Jonathan Coachman Tweeted himself doing a splash:
Still got it. #SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/AAUmETYMcq
— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachESPN) April 1, 2016
Tuesday Night Titans Returning?
Several months back it was revealed that WWE were considering bringing back Tuesday Night Titans to the Network, a late night talk show WWE aired in the 80s featuring Supertsars. The Spec via BANG Showbiz reports that now both Dolph Ziggler and Renee Young have been pitching a similar concept.
“Someone who I really like working with at the WWE is Renee Young. We’ve actually pitched a couple different ideas for the Network to possibly have a late night talk show,” says Ziggler.
“It would be great to be something along the lines of a Comedy Central show meets a late night talk show. Just something where we can have fun and use our improvisation skills and our training, and have a blast. I think we could start a great, entertaining show. The two of us have dabbled in stand up; we’ve dabbled in entertainment, in movies. We’re just hard working people that constantly want to entertain, that bring a different facet, and show these different views of that we’re not just guys who run around the ring, fall down and bump into each other. She’s someone who is really great and I’m a big fan of hers. We get on well.”
Kofi Wins Video Game Challenge
Kofi Kingston won this year’s WWE video game challenge at Axxess, making him the new 2K Champion.
Your winner, and NEW 2K Champion, @TrueKofi! Missed the stream? Watch it on the channel! Thanks @WWEgames! #uuddxwm pic.twitter.com/UoWJGu85RD
— UpUpDownDown (@UpUpDwnDwn) April 2, 2016
You can watch the archived stream of the event below: