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Originally Posted by PWI WWE Hall of Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan, 65, posted the following on his Instagram: "On my way to the hospital for a planned heart procedure, will be in over night. Then back HOOOOOING. Any good thoughts and prayers will be appreciated. See you down the road."

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Grammy Award winner Yolanda Adams will be performing “America the Beautiful” at WrestleMania at MetLife Stadium.

Originally Posted by Observer Regarding John Cena, there is a deal on the table that Cena is expected to agree to for a match at WrestleMania. It is not with Kurt Angle.

Seems WWE changed their minds again on Cena's status for Mania.

Originally Posted by Fightful There were initial pushes for the women's tag team match to be a ladder match at WrestleMania, but that was quickly shot down. There are pushes still going for a ladder match of some kind to happen, but others were saying "it's a mess they don't want." I'm not quite sure what that means, but that was the explanation I was given.

Originally Posted by Fightful There's a lot to get into on the Women's Smackdown Title situation. As of two weeks ago, a giant portion of women on the Smackdown Live roster had no idea what they'd be doing at WrestleMania. In fact, a few of them weren't aware of the big changes to the show until early this week. WWE was keeping the situation very quiet almost all afternoon, and when it had to be explained what was happening, it was done in much more confusing fashion than it actually ended up being.

Originally Posted by Observer With the show taking place in Florida, several NXT wrestlers will be appearing at EVOLVE 126. Four NXT vs. EVOLVE matches have been announced for the show, which will be held at The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida on Saturday, April 13. Those matches are: EVOLVE Champion Austin Theory defending against NXT's Raul Mendoza NXT's Angelo Dawkins vs. Eddie Kingston NXT's Shane Thorne vs. Curt Stallion NXT's Adrian Jaoude vs. Anthony Henry

Originally Posted by Observer Dragon Gate wrestlers have been pulled from next week’s WrestleCon due to visa issues. WrestleCon announced this afternoon in a press release that they had worked with an immigration attorney to directly work with Dragon Gate to bring wrestlers to the US. Despite negotiations through the proper channels, it still wasn’t able to be done.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Curry Baker, an analyst with Guggenheim has placed a target price of $105 for the WWE stock following a meeting with the company on their forthcoming initiatives. In his report, Guggenheim is projecting the television renewal in the U.K. to be “flattish” while estimating a “fivefold increase” in India. Both deals expire after 2019. Additionally, the outlet believes the WWE could better monetize a third hour of the SmackDown tapings, which is currently used for 205 Live and Mixed Match Challenge throughout the year. They believe that a third hour of SmackDown on Fox could add $75 million in annual OIBDA, although that becomes tougher on network television with news affiliates running immediately after. I would be very cautious about extending SmackDown by an hour especially when it’s unchartered territory regarding how the two-hour show will perform on the network this October. George Barrios has spoken about the third hour of the Tuesday tapings and there are various ways to utilize that hour. Curry added that better sponsorship deals for the company could add $50-100 million in OIBDA. The focus of this analysis is that the WWE has untapped value beyond their television content and with the stock priced around $87, most believe it is undervalued.

Originally Posted by Fightful An update on the status of NXT UK star Jinny. Squared Circle Sirens is reporting that Jinny is currently out of action with an undisclosed injury. There is no confirmation on what the injury might be. According to the report, Jinny's status for the upcoming NXT UK television tapings at WrestleMania Axxess is currently up in the air. Jinny was not officially announced as being part of the NXT UK tapings at Axxess.

Originally Posted by Fightful Fightful is sad to report that former wrestler, MMA fighter, and sumo Koji Kitao has passed away. He was 55 ... Kitao is perhaps best known in wrestling circles for his April 1, 1991 bout against John Tenta in Super World of Sports, which ended up turning into a shoot fight. After the match, Kitao told the audience that wrestling is fake and was subsequently fired by SWS. Kitao had previously worked for NJPW, wrestling the likes of Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Scott Hall. He was fired from NJPW for using an ethnic slur towards Riki Choshu. He competed at WrestleMania 7, teaming with Tenryu to defeat Demolition. He spent the last half of his career competing in WAR.

Originally Posted by Observer There have now been 29 entrants confirmed for this year's Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. WWE added 26 wrestlers to the match today, with them joining Braun Strowman and Saturday Night Live's Michael Che & Colin Jost as entrants confirmed for the battle royal. Notably, Matt & Jeff Hardy will both be part of the battle royal. Andrade, Ali, and Bobby Roode & Chad Gable are also among the entrants for the match ... Here's the updated list of Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal participants: Braun Strowman Michael Che Colin Jost Andrade Apollo Crews Titus O’Neil Tyler Breeze Jinder Mahal No Way Jose Bobby Roode Chad Gable Kalisto Gran Metalik Lince Dorado Bo Dallas Curtis Axel Heath Slater Rhyno Viktor Konnor Ali Shelton Benjamin Luke Gallows Karl Anderson Matt Hardy Jeff Hardy Otis Tucker EC3

Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A Viceland released the first trailer for its six episode wrestling documentary series, “Dark Side of the Ring.” The first episode will debut on Wednesday, April 10 at 9 PM ET on Viceland, and the remaining five episodes will debut on each Wednesday after that.