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MORE ON THE NEW HEAD OF THE CREATIVE TEAM, SHEAMUS TALKS ABOUT BEING LEFT OFF OF WRESTLEMANIA LAST YEAR, MICK FOLEY AND EVE NEED YOUR HELP AND MORE

Sheamus did an interview with Sky Sports talking about his win at The Royal Rumble at this link.  It was a mostly storyline interview and he was asked who he would face at Mania and said he won't say until after The Elimination Chamber PPV.  He was asked if his match with Daniel Bryan being left off of last's year WrestleMania upset him and said, " Absolutely. I've had some incredible ups and incredible downs in such a short time. I remember being excited about that match with Daniel because we knew that we could tear it up and have a match like nobody else. We were young Superstars ready to go out there and do what it takes, so when we found out it was going to be a dark match it was definitely a real kick in the gut. This was the big moment that we'd worked hard all year for. We work hard anyway, but WrestleMania is the moment to go out there and become legends - or try and become legends. When we were told it was huge disappointment to us."

Hulk Hogan will be a celebrity co-host on the 2/9 Wendy Williams show.  Maybe he will actually push that weekend's Against All Odds PPV.

Mick Foley tweeted the following.  

PLEASE RT! @EveMarieTorres and I have been working to put together a once-in-a-lifetime #WRESTLEMANIA dream vacation where 100% of proceeds (after expenses) would go directly to @RAINN01 to help survivors of sexual violence. All it would take to enter is a minimum $10 raffle purchase. To see how this type of charitable raffle works, check out http://www.celebritiesforcharity.org/about/online-raffles.cfm

Right now it's still in the planning stage. But I believe we can make it happen IF there is enough interest out there. This is the package we are hoping to put together,

1) 2 GREAT seats to WRESTLEMANIA!
2) RT airfare for 2 from ALMOST anywhere!
3) 2 tickets to a session at Wrestlemania Axxess!
4) 2 seats at the WWE Hall of Fame induction!
5) 3 nights in a 4 star Miami hotel!
6) EXCLUSIVE lunch with Eve Torres and 3 other WWE Divas

We CAN make this happen! But we need to know there is interest out there. Talk about it, RT it, think it, do it! 

WWE announced the following today about the hiring of Eric Pankowski to run (or at least coordinate) the WWE creative team. 

WWE(R) Appoints Eric Pankowski SVP Creative and Development

STAMFORD, Conn., Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- WWE(R) WWE today announced the appointment of Eric Pankowski as Senior Vice President, Creative and Development. Pankowski, previously a senior executive at Reveille and Warner Bros., will report to WWE Executive Vice President of Creative, Stephanie McMahon. In this role, he will be responsible for the creative development of all television content including concepts that go beyond in-ring such as reality and kids programming; the management of WWE's creative writing teams; and selling programming to major cable and broadcast networks, studios and other content distributors.

"Eric is a creative veteran whose knowledge and experience will be a tremendous asset in both the creation of new WWE content as well as enhancing our core product," said Stephanie McMahon.

Prior to joining WWE, Pankowski was the Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs for Reveille charged with launching a department that focused on daytime, access and late night programming in syndication and cable. Pankowski spent more than 12 years of his career working for Warner Bros., most recently serving as the Senior Vice President of paraMedia inc., Jim Paratore's production company. Pankowski oversaw paraMedia's development slate which included the development, launch and production of Lopez Tonight where he worked closely with the creative, promotion and product integration teams; managed pilots and sales presentations for all projects including TMZ; and produced and pitched original show ideas to broadcast and cable networks. Prior to paraMedia, Pankowski served as Director of Programming for Telepictures where he oversaw The Ellen DeGeneres Show and several other shows. Pankowski started his career at Warner Bros. Corporate Media Research Department as a Junior Analyst, quickly becoming Manager.

Pankowski holds a Bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington.

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