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Beth Phoenix was interviewed by The Miami Herald, discussing how she's inspired other females with her "Pin-Up Strong" persona at this link.
New WWE developmental talent Kassius Ohno's name is designed to play off the initials "KO." In his former persona as Chris Hero, he was nicknamed "That Young Knockout Kid", so this is a play on a similar theme for him. He launched an official Facebook at this link.
The following details were issued on this year's charity Wrestlemania auction hosted by Shawn Michaels:
Here is your chance to win an expense paid trip to Miami, as Shawn Michaels'
guest, to attend WrestleMania XXVIII. This raffle is raising funds for Operation
Homefront San Antonio, the Children's Hunger Fund and Ronald McDonald House and
the deadline to enter is Tuesday, March 27th, 2012. Open to all.
Click here for more info and to buy raffle tickets
Grand
Prize:
* Winner and guest will enjoy 2 premium seats to attend
WrestleMania XXVIII at the Miami Beach Convention Center, April 1st, 2012 at 6
PM as Shawn Michaels' guests
* Winner and guest will enjoy a 30 minute
private meet and greet with Shawn Michaels for photos and autographs
* Winner
and guest will enjoy 3 night hotel accommodations for Friday, March 30th,
Saturday, March 31st and Sunday, April 1st, 2012 (single room, double occupancy)
* Winner will receive a $2,000 allowance (if needed, if used) for travel
expenses
* * Winner will receive a cash prize in the amount of $1,754.50 to
mitigate the Winner's tax liability that results from winning the raffle. This
prize is withheld and paid, on behalf of the Winner, directly to the IRS
($1,450) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ($304.50)
Devin also sent the following....The 2/17 WWE
Vintage Collection this week featured the following:
Trish Stratus vs.
Lita
WWE Raw - December 6th, 2004
Dusty Rhodes & Dustin Rhodes vs. The
Million Dollar Man & Virgil
WWF Live Event - November 24th, 1990 - New York
City
The Midnight Express vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Express
WCW Worldwide
- July 11th, 1987
Cage Match
Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
WWF TV
Taping - December 1st, 1993
WWE released a dividend for stockholders, announcing the following late Friday:
WWE® Declares Quarterly Dividend
STAMFORD, Conn.--WWE
(NYSE:WWE) announced that its Board of Directors today declared the Company’s
regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A and B shares of
common stock. The record date for the dividend will be March 15, 2012, and the
payment date will be March 26, 2012.
WWE, a publicly traded company
(NYSE: WWE), is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global
entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and
deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed
to family friendly entertainment on its television programming, pay-per-view,
digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming is broadcast in more
than 145 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 500 million homes
worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New
York, Los Angeles, London, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Istanbul and Tokyo.
Additional information on WWE (NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com and
corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global activities, go to
http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/.
If you have additional questions, please
contact WWE Investor Relations via e-mail at investor.relations@wwecorp.com.
Trademarks: All WWE programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans,
wrestling moves, trademarks, logos and copyrights are the exclusive property of
WWE and its subsidiaries. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are the
property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements: This
news release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to
various risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, without
limitation, risks relating to maintaining and renewing key agreements, including
television distribution agreements; the need for continually developing creative
and entertaining programming; the continued importance of key performers and the
services of Vincent McMahon; the conditions of the markets in which we compete
and acceptance of the Company's brands, media and merchandise within those
markets; our exposure to bad debt risk; uncertainties relating to regulatory and
litigation matters; risks resulting from the highly competitive nature of our
markets; uncertainties associated with international markets; the importance of
protecting our intellectual property and complying with the intellectual
property rights of others; risks associated with producing and travelling to and
from our large live events, both domestically and internationally; the risk of
accidents or injuries during our physically demanding events; risks relating to
our film business and any new business initiative which we may undertake; risks
relating to the large number of shares of common stock controlled by members of
the McMahon family and the possibility of the sale of their stock by the
McMahons or the perception of the possibility of such sales; the relatively
small public float of our stock; and other risks and factors set forth from time
to time in Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual
results could differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated. In
addition, our dividend is dependent on a number of factors, including, among
other things, our liquidity and historical and projected cash flow, strategic
plan (including alternative uses of capital), our financial results and
condition, contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of dividends,
general economic and competitive conditions and such other factors as our Board
of Directors may consider relevant.
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