WWE: WrestleMania 39 Launch Party, Road Dogg on NXT Never Was in Competition with AEW, Lex Luger

WWE Announced WrestleMania 39 Launch Party Later This Month

WWE recently announced that they will be holding a WrestleMania 39 launch party on August 11th at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Official press release:

WWE^® Superstars Join Hollywood Celebrities for Free WrestleMania^® Launch Party

08/02/2022

STAMFORD, Conn. –(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE: WWE) announced today that its star-studded WrestleMania 39 Launch Party will take place next Thursday, August 11 at 7 pm PT from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles
. The free admission WrestleMania Launch Party will feature live in-ring matches and interviews with WWE Superstars, celebrity appearances, official WWE merchandise and more. Attendees will receive a commemorative WrestleMania souvenir ticket while supplies last. The event will give fans an exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets to WrestleMania before they become available to the general public the following day.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220802006193/en/

The WrestleMania Launch Party will feature some of the hottest stars from the entertainment world including Snoop Dogg, JoJo Siwa, and Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias. In addition, WWE Superstars scheduled to appear that evening include Seth “Freakin” Rollins, Becky Lynch, The Miz, Maryse, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, The Usos, Theory, The Street Profits, Alexa Bliss, Carmella, Corey Graves, Dominik Mysterio and Ricochet. Talent subject to change.

Fans interested in free admission and parking at the WrestleMania Launch Party can register at https://www.SoFiStadium.com/wmparty.

WrestleMania takes place Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2, 2023 from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The event will stream exclusively on Peacock in the United States and WWE Network everywhere else.

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Road Dogg Comments on WWE Never Viewing NXT as Competition to AEW

A recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast had former WWE producer and writer Brian “Road Dogg” James as the guest. One of the topics discussed included James’ thoughts on WWE never viewed their NXT brand as being in competition with AEW. James also claimed that NXT never lost to AEW in head-to-head competition due to NXT only being considered as a developmental brand.

“This is how I look at that. I’m trying to calm down a little before I react or respond. I don’t think NXT lost the head-to-head battle. I don’t think it was ever meant to. I think things got out of hand a little bit and USA agreed to a deal for NXT and Vince (McMahon) wanted that to be what it is now. He wanted it to be a total tryout thing. ‘Put these people on TV, we’ll see if they stick, and we’ll get them up here.’ Hunter has a different philosophy. ‘Train them, make sure they’re good to go before you put them on TV.’ It’s two totally different philosophies. Speaking from NXT, and I say this from sitting in every meeting when it was Black & Gold and writing, producing, and directing, we never once thought we were competing with those guys. We looked at ourselves as a developmental program. I hope for AEW they weren’t thinking that beating a developmental program was a notch in their belt because it was people nobody had ever heard of on a Tuesday night against Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley. I always thought that was apples and oranges and you can tell I take I t personally because I worked there. Of course, we wanted to beat them, but we never thought we were in competition or had to write for competition. We just wrote the best show we could,

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Lex Luger Comments on Potential Future Induction into WWE Hall of Fame

Sports Illustrated held a recent interview with Lex Luger. One of the topics discussed included Luger providing an update on his current health status.

“It’s mind-boggling. I’m in phenomenal health. Other than my mobility issues from my spinal cord issue, I’m very healthy, and that’s a miracle of God after what I put my body through. I usually use a wheelchair or a walker, but I can walk some.

I have great mobility; I drive. But you know how your power will go out for a moment during a storm? That can happen to me, and I’m on the floor before I know it. So I take a lot of precautions. I live totally independently, which wasn’t supposed to happen. I don’t look the same because I don’t hit the weights like I used to, but I’m healthy.”

Luger also stated that he would consider the possibility of coming out of his wheelchair and walking to the stage if WWE were to ever induct him into their Hall of Fame while he was still alive.

“I might pop out of the chair for that. I would take that chance if that moment comes. That honor would be the cherry on top of my career.”