ANOTHER COLON DEBUTS ON WWE, WRESTLEMANIA KICK OFF PARTY

Orlando Colon, the cousin of WWE Superstars Carlito and Primo, made his WWE debut at last night’s Florida Championship Wrestling tapings in Tampa. He teamed with Johnny Prime and Incognito to defeat Tyler Reks, Derrick Bateman and Vance Archer.

WWE will be holding a WrestleMania Kick-Off party on Friday, March 20th at the Westgate City Center in Glendale, Arizona. Prizes will be given out, food will be available and WWE Superstars will be making appearances. The party is from 6-10pm and SmackDown will be shown on a big screen TV.

UPDATE ON MONEY IN THE BANK(MITB) LINE UP

WWE Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre became the ninth participant for this year’s WrestleMania Money in the Bank match on tonight’s SmackDown after defeating local independent wrestler Aaron Bolo.

The line-up for Money in the Bank now looks like this: Evan Bourne, Christian, Kane, Matt Hardy, MVP, Shelton Benjamin, Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre.

The tenth and final Money in the Bank participant will be determined on this week’s RAW. It’s believed that Kofi Kingston will earn the final spot

BATISTA PASSES RANDY SAVAGE AND STONE COLD, 80'S WRESTLER ON WWE

WWE Champion Batista passed Steve Austin today on the all-time longest WWE Champions list. Batista passed Randy Savage last week on the list. Here’s the list:

1. Bruno Sammartino – 4,040 days
2. Hulk Hogan – 2,185 days
3. Bob Backlund – 2,138 days
4. Triple H – 1,151 days
5. Pedro Morales – 1,027 days
6. John Cena – 969 days
7. Bret Hart – 654 days
8. Batista – 530 days
9. Steve Austin – 529 days
10. Randy Savage – 520 days

WWE has signed Dennis Condrey, one-half of the 1980’s tag team The Midnight Express, as a developmental trainer. He will be working with the NXT talents in Florida starting this Monday. This will be Condrey’s first job with WWE in his career.

WWE WILLING TO WORK WITH BILL GOLDBERG

WWE showed a WrestleMania recall on RAW this week of Bill Goldberg pinning Brock Lesnar in 2004 as a way to plug Steve Austin’s guest host gig but the company has actually been talking about Goldberg and trying to get some kind of relationship going with him.

They realize he won’t come back and wrestle but they’re thinking of some kind of Legends deal to use his likeness in video games and such. Goldberg could also be possible for next year’s Hall of Fame in Atlanta since they’re running low on “main eventers” to induct.

OFFICIAL PREVIEW OF UNDERTAKER'S GREATES MATCHES DVD

Here’s the official preview for WWE’s upcoming DVD on The Undertaker’s greatest matches:

“He’s the most ominous presence in the history of Sports Entertainment, known for his remarkable “WrestleMania” streak and taking the souls of scores of superstars. Now the Undertaker’s most dangerous conflicts are collected in one 3-disc DVD set, “Undertaker’s Deadliest Matches”. This set includes “Casket Matches”, “Buried Alive Matches”, “Hell in a Cell”, “Last Ride Matches”, “Body Bag Matches”, “Boiler Room Brawls”, “Concrete Crypt Matches” and numerous other brutal bouts.”

UPDATE ON MONEY IN THE BANK, CREATIVE TEAM HAPPY, MATCHES ADVERTISED

Word from within WWE is that the winner of this year’s Money in the Bank match will cash in his shot sooner than usual, possibly even that night. The decision will most likely depend on what they plan for the Money in the Bank pay-per-view in July.

The WWE creative team is in favor of the new pay-per-view schedule since there are less events to worry about writing for.

The top matches advertised for the RAW tour after WrestleMania include Triple H & John Cena vs. Sheamus & Big Show as well as Christian vs. Randy Orton. Triple H vs. Orton and Cena vs. Sheamus is advertised in some cities. The top matches advertised for SmackDown events are Chris Jericho vs. Edge, Rey Mysterio & Kane vs. CM Punk & John Morrison, Edge vs. Mysterio vs. Punk and Kane vs. Drew McIntyre. 

SPOILER ON RAW AFTER WRESTLEMANIA

John Cena, Triple H and Edge vs. Batista, Sheamus and Chris Jericho is being advertised for the RAW in Phoenix, the night after WrestleMania. The Undertaker and Edge vs. Chris Jericho and CM Punk is being advertised for the SmackDown tapings the next night in Las Vegas.

UPDATED PLAN ON WWE HALL OF FAME

Word is that no Hall of Fame announcement was made on RAW this week because of time restraints. It’s believed that WWE still has three names to announce, with one being Stu Hart. Stu’s announcement will likely be tied into the contract signing with Bret Hart, Vince McMahon and Steve Austin on RAW next week.

While it’s speculated that WWE and Warrior may have agreed to something recently, Warrior was not one of the names scheduled to be announced at last word. The only thing known about the remaining names is that “they are not names that would be expected.