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THE INSPIRATION FOR CODY RHODES' PERSONA, WHY FISHBONE NEVER PLAYED WRESTLEMANIA, WHAT VINCE WILL BE DOING THIS SUNDAY AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2011-03-29 10:00:00
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Has Chris Jericho and his group FOZZY ever been asked to perform or contribute music at Wrestlemania?

I am sure that the idea has been mentioned, but it just hasn't happened yet. Given Jericho's most recent run, playing with Fozzy wouldn't have made much sense.

At Wrestlemania 11, Fishbone was scheduled to play the national anthem but it never happened - why not?

I am a huge Fishbone fan and this was one of the great mysteries for me for many years. I was told that Fishbone was booked and paid for the appearance but once Vince McMahon heard the rendition of the song that the ska/funk fusion pioneers intended to play, he decided not to utilize their services. That's a real shame, since given the quality of that PPV, a Fishbone performance may have been the best thing on the show!

Will Vince McMahon be taking an active role in Wrestlemania?

No, he's actually scheduled to take a tour of CNN Center while the PPV is going on. OF COURSE HE IS!! It's the biggest show of the year. He runs every TV production, so Why would you assume any different ABOUT WRESTLE FREAKING MANIA?????

Now that Cody Rhodes is wearing that clear protective mask do you see him becoming a Phantom of the Opera type character?

No, I am told that the current take on Cody Rhodes' on-air persona was inspired by the Patrick Bateman character from the incredible Bret Easton Ellis novel "American Psycho", which was later adapted into a pretty good film starring Christian Bale.

Since being with WWE how would you rate former United States champion Daniel Bryan's (Brian Danielson) progress with them 1 through 10? In other words how do you feel Bryan/Danielson is being treated by WWE?

I'd say he is being treated pretty fairly, once they got past that dopey reason to release him and everything. He's been a featured performer on television, he's had good matches on PPV, a United States title run, merchandise and he gets to make out with Gail Kim. Not a bad gig!

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