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LOTS OF LEGENDS BOOKED FOR WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND, DICK WOERHLE BEING LAID TO REST, EDGE'S FILM OUT ON DVD THIS MONTH AND MORE WWE NEWS

By Mike Johnson on 2012-03-14 09:03:38
Legendary referee Dick Woerhle's funeral will be this weekend.  The funeral will be private, but there will be a showing for friends and family this Friday in Deptford, NJ, where he resided.  For more information on Woerhle's life and passing, click here for his obituary.

Roddy Piper, Terry Funk, Dory Funk Jr., Jimmy Hart, Gerald Brisco, Hacksaw Duggan, Paul Bearer, Tony Atlas, Gene Okerlund and Hillbilly Jim are all scheduled to be at Wrestlemania weekend for WWE.

Jim Ross is down at WWE developmental this weekend.

WWE will be releasing the Edge film "Bending the Rules" on DVD and Blu-Ray on 3/27, so expect the film to get pushed hard Wrestlemania week.

The "final" event for Yoshihiro Tajiri's SMASH promotion is scheduled for today in Japan.  I put "final" in quotes because the word several weeks ago was that Tajiri would be re-organizing the promotion with new partners.

Here is this week's WWE Toyz:

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